That took longer than expected. At least Valhalla has voted, and he chose well.
And yes, non voting is a huge problem in Lite. I prefer out on the first strike, because in situations like this that one missed vote of reis' could have been crucial.
In my defense, Telesien only sent me my role when it was really close to the deadline. I think he should be able to confirm this, as it really has no influence on the game...
And look at me go. Note that I'm the one being proactive and trying to find the wolves, while snoop and reis sat back. And if I were a wolf, why did I go after snoopdogg instead of reis? All it would have done is cost him the chance of winning, without making my job today any easier.
Snoop was burned out, and Malurous was onto him. So, rather than trying to lynch someone that, for all you knew, could actually be in JL with Malurous (with Valhalla used as a decoy to draw hunts), you instead chose to clearly and deliberately move against Snoopdogg, confident that you could, after disposing of Malurous, make a case against me and get Valhalla to cooperate. It was your best shot at winning.
Again I start working to get things finished off. Note that it's Taiisatai I've cleared, so why hunt Steed who might have been lynchable? There was nothing I saw suggesting Steed was a goodie, and if I was a wolf the last thing I'd want is one less lynchable player.
My previous post has an interesting theory about that hunt.
If you're wondering what dead players who we know are villagers thought, both randakar and Malurous were reluctant to lynch me. Hardly a strong argument from authority, but just giving you an idea since we haven't played together.
Randy can be a bit too trusting at times, and I imagine that you would have been PM'ing him to reassure him, something you manage to do fairly well. Still, he apparently didn't trust you enough to have you do the outing, instead contacting Snoopdogg. As for Malurous, he was, at the time, pursuing a flimsy case against me, of his own initiative, or perhaps due to private communication between you two. And I've already shot down that case when you brought it up in your post earlier this day.
There's also the possibility that they suspected you, and tried to mask it to avoid getting hunted by you. Randy contacting Snoop instead of you seems to reinforce this...
Now we hit end game, and my activity picks up. This normally only happens with me when I sense victory is coming - and why would I think that as a wolf when a packmate was killed and the mouthpiece left unharmed? No, this is me as a villager seeing things starting to go our way after a string of no luck.
Why would you think that as a wolf? It's 1 wolf, two villagers. If you can convince the cleared villager to vote me, as he indeed has, you won. It's excellent odds for you as a wolf.
This is a tangent but... WHAT?! snoopdogg gets contacted by randakar, told to do an outing, instead votes him saying he heard he's a wolf, and then randakar gets eaten that night, and the JL doesn't bat an eyelid?! I see why randakar was surprised snoop lasted so long.
Again, I cite AOK's "I would never do that as a wolf!" for a possible explanation.
But only because no one followed me on to him. It could easily have developed into something, as I did provide a case, and even a flimsy one will attract other votes.
Again, as a wolf I lynch packmates quite happily. It's conceivable that if I were a wolf I would do this to prevent the pack being blown apart by snoopdogg protecting me. But I would never have been so half hearted about it, better to do the job properly if you're going to sell out a packmate. Not to mention that snoopdogg would have known to sacrifice me for his own good the day before.
snoopdogg and I weren't working together. If we were packmates, our strategies would have been directly conficting - him trying to save the pack and me selling him out. I usually communicate pretty well with my packmates when I am a wolf. I wouldn't have let that happen.
Don't insult your own intelligence, Kiwi...
And here's the closest thing I have to a trump card. My gut feeling was to trust randakar, partly because of his banter about not getting a role PM. But snoopdogg's vot shift felt odd, even if it did help me. As it turns out he was protecting tamius, but I suggest the other possibility - he wanted to create a connection between us.
I find it, from an external POV, far more likely that Snoop wanted to avert the catastrophe of having two wolves being ran up on the same day.
randakar said:
Two factors.
1) He voted someone who got hunted the day before. Wolves would know who they hunted.
Flimsy argument perhaps, since smart wolves can fake that, but as a rule, they don't.
2) He gets votes on the convoluted premise that because he 'attempts' to look clean he must be a wolf. And then, when he hits the lead there is no movement in the village at all anymore.
Flimsy, wrongheaded argument, and he goes into the lead for it? Classic stupid village move, really.
Randy, you should really know better than this, after a certain Lite where he ran up his packmate, which happened to be me, on a flimsy, wrongheaded argument, purposefully so that the village knee-jerks and lynches someone else.
As I meticulously read, file, and re-read PMs. So either a villager mistake or a wolf ploy. Could I have been faking it? I don't believe in drawing attention to myself like that when I'm a wolf. I'm sure reis will enlighten you about my overblown reputation as a devious wolf, but if you look at my games I don't use those kind of techniques. Instead, I use analysis and manipulate others into doing my work for me. It would be completely out of keeping with my play style.
It's a possibility, but I would be more inclined to challenge your computer-like memory. And you are too good of a wolf to stick with one predictable play style.
