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[Phalla] The Renaissance of Phalla (Tie Game)
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Fair enough, but that could describe me too.
As I understand it, Lemminghead has been doing the "Oh, I'm so confused and lost in this big ole phalla" dance, which is a standard mafia strategy for avoiding too much attention. The accusation initially came from TehSpectre, if I recall correctly.
On the other hand, we have Elldren vs Thomamelas, where both have come forward as being part of a soft-network with Dread Pirate Arbuthnot before her death. The obvious conclusion is that one of them is in the mafia, given last night's results. Since Thom came forward first, I'm inclined to think Elldren is our mafioso, but some people are still voting for Thom (and I suppose it's possible that Thom is mafia and came forward so that people would draw the exact conclusion I've drawn above).
*Except in cases where meta-game soft networks have actually won games.
Elldren
Basically, yeah. Without the push from TehSpectre.
I originally joined the LemmingHead wagon out of self-preservation. I have left it there because I don't want to bring it off, creating too-small a gap between #1 and #2. I've also had low suspicions of her posts anyway, so have left it there since I don't feel strongly enough one way or the other about LemmingHead and Elldren.
EPIC REVEAL (not really)
I am a teenager. I have a jorb. I am tired, get home late, do housework, and I have had much more stuff to do lately (my job has picked up recently!). Thus, I don't have as much time to read the forums.
I also have a life! And I'm easily overwhelmed. When there's a bunch of crap to read through, I don't think about being helpful in phalla. I'm sorry if that offends you
Plus, the game of 1kBWC that I'm in is, to be honest, much more fun than the metric crapton of ridiculousity that this phalla is. I am not helpful when I'm derp, which happens a lot now. I'd rather do stuff like bake cake. Or cookies. I made some really good chocolate chip ones yesterday! (Instead of watching the phalla thread, I know
That said, I'm gonna vote for !Elldren to save my butt.
Exception..somethingsomething...proves...somethingsomething...rule.
This seems pretty unlikely. We know from Savant that he had no idea about DPA's soft network. Thus, Thom would have had no reason to come forward and out Elldren if both were in the mafia.
They have 9 members left (just under 20% of the total). I could easily see the Mafia offering up one of their own to situate another as a trusted friend. We don't have a Seer--there's no way we could actually confirm Thom (meaning we couldn't discover the lie, either) and would be presented with a pretty strong case for trusting Thom.
It's not the craziest of schemes ever (let alone ones suggested in this thread as extreme outlying possibilities re: Savant).
In a strictly dispassionate view it makes sense to kill both of us. Either of us could be mafia, or neither. If one of us is, then you trade 1 for 1. Which is a good trade. If we're both mafia and I'm simply throwing Elldren under the bus, then you get 2. Worst case is both of us are villagers and Cass was betrayed by another unknown member of the network. Then you're exactly where you are now with slightly more info from the voting pattern.
I'd suspect you too, Drez, but I think Element Brian was using your LaOs vote (and Baidol's, since changed) as cover to hide under. That makes me suspect you less.
Indications are that they might not have known that I didn't know there was a soft network between them however. They might have expected Dread Pirate to have told me everything relevant on who she was working with, and thomas could just be trying to get brownie points by taking initiative in making the accusation, but might not have expected that I was in the dark about it when he made his reveal public rather than talking to me at all. This is the devil's advocate position
Frankly, the whole thing stinks, and I'm not entirely sure what to make of it. It gets hard to differentiate between incompetence and malice in what happened.
As of your vote in #1131:
LemmingHead - 10
Elldren - 9
Farangu - 4
Thomamelas - 4
Fiaryn; LaOs; spool32; Turkson - 1
15 living players have not yet voted today.
[Edit]
Had forgotten Turkson received a vote here recently.
Magic Phalla Box says:
As of post count 1115
Crazy forced retraction mode is on
LemmingHead: 10 (TehSpectre, 101, LaOs, spool32, BobCesca, Arasaki, Egos, chamberlain, Oats, Phyphor)
Elldren: 7 (Thomamelas, Raiden333, garroad_ran, Jason Todd, AngryPuppy, Baidol, pablo_price)
Farangu: 4 (simonwolf, Cythraul, FecklessRogue, Void Slayer)
Thomamelas: 3 (Elldren, Honk, Turkson)
LaOs: 2 (Drez, Element Brian)
Turkson: 1 (JebusUD)
spool32: 1 (Lucedes)
Fiaryn: 1 (Farangu)
Elldren
it is now 2 and a half hours later and im very disoriented
some one direct my suspicion or I could just read the thread I guess
Elldren
If in doubt, vote for Zot.
Do this.
Please, be in the habit of doing this.
There's a thread?!?!
Some would say.
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Anyway, I'm apparently being taken out for the evening (unexpected!), so I'll leave with this:
LemmingHead and Elldren are both tied as of post #1142 with 10 votes each. Thomamelas is next with 4 votes.
Catch ya later, thread.
Picture yourself in a thread on a forum,
With mafia men and villager guys.
Somebody says that you !voted so slowly,
A girl with a Phalla surprise...
Random-like !voting of bright red and green
Clogging up all of the thread
Look for the girl with the bandwagon on... and she's gone.
!Voting makes the mafia frightened
!Voting makes the mafia frightened
!Voting makes the mafia frightened
Ahhhh...
Ahh...
Follow the !votes to the end of the cycle
The bandwagon really was fueled by lies...
The mafia smiles as you make your goodbye post
Because they were behind your demise... :whistle:
At least I have chicken... and cashmoneys
Looking back over peoples reasoning for Lemminghead I can see why some people want to vote that way, her posts so far could be read as carefully constructed carelessness. But I still personally feel that the soft network is a more likely hunting ground and that's why I'm sticking with Elldren, giving Thom the benefit of the doubt for pointing the finger first.
Anyway I would urge people to forget about the prospect of a first place tie and vote based on your beliefs. I also feel that mafia could simply claim to be voting to avoid a tie in order to save Elldren. Can we all agree that unlikely as it is to occur a first place tie in this instance would not be a bad thing for the village and shouldn't be avoided?
Anyway! Bed! Jesus! I didn't expect this to be so riveting.
Elldren
That brings his votes to 11 right?
And man Tehspectre you are paranoid. I liked your bandwagon but kept mum about it until now.