Yeetmas 3 - Day 1: The War for Relevancy Begins

[Archangel]

Originally Posted by A Poor Shepherd Boy

HOH 6. Day 1here.

Thank you!

[guiri]

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

Colby said he wasn't playing this one after the way the last game went.

I’ll accept a big chunk of the blame for that…

Originally Posted by Meeko

/snipped vote

Talk me back from this, gang.

.... At your peril.

Not sure that it’s AI, he posted the same thing N0 in the last game, leading to some confusion about whether he was simply referring to receiving his PM or an actual power, which hadn’t yet been assigned. Are you suggesting it’s a soft claim? I see Prof. P. reads it the same way.

Originally Posted by A Poor Shepherd Boy

If the Cop claims and the Doc protects the Cop then we get Cop reads until the Doc dies. Though Town lost last time using this method, I think the concept is sound and that loss had more to do with poor play than poor theory.

With three potential kills per Night and a Doc who cannot self-protect, this plan maximizes and directs the use of Town resources.

Assuming 17 potential choices for the Cop toNight and only two at most potential bad reads, this semi-clearing of Town players while hunting for the four vulnerable Scum puts Town on the offense.

With two godfathers, a cop result is a little less valuable. I think docs can self-protect, so there’s some wifom for elves and Mariahs if they ever need to claim. Don’t recall what happened in HoH.

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by Archangel

@Vanta Black, why did you want *me* to explain the D&D monster? Or did I misunderstand what you were asking me?

I thought I remembered from somewhere that you were playing D&D, that's all.

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by BillMc

more like darth vader's jingle bell march

So I thought you made that up. But of course I had to google it. And the internet is a most amazing place. Of course there is a mashup of the Imperial March and Jingle Bells, why would I have thought otherwise?

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by Annoying Christmas Singer

I know the song… can’t remember the title…

Christmas Noel?

Can you hum a few bars?

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by TheCatsMeow

Loving the first day posts! How is everyone doing today?

Happy solstice!

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by Meeko

[ Vote]Vote Bashorian Clement [/Vote]

Talk me back from this, gang.

.... At your peril.

I was gonna say that I didn't read anything in particular into that statement, as it was a pre-Day 1 thread. But a game thread is a game thread so I ask, what do you find voteworthy about it?

(Oh yeah. I have a vote on someone for something in the signup thread. I will fix that.)

[raventhief]

Originally Posted by A Poor Shepherd Boy

Getting Covid tested today at 2. Normally feeling like this I would just take over-the-counter meds and go in to work, but that seems risky now. The store will be crowded and we are short-handed to say the least. But what else to do?

Are the results same day? Heres hoping for a negative

[raventhief]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

I was gonna say that I didn't read anything in particular into that statement, as it was a pre-Day 1 thread. But a game thread is a game thread so I ask, what do you find voteworthy about it?

(Oh yeah. I have a vote on someone for something in the signup thread. I will fix that.)

Good, the Deliverator doesn't need to be eliminated.

[raventhief]

Originally Posted by raventhief

Good, the Deliverator doesn't need to be eliminated.

<Goes back to check who you were actually unvoting>

Oh. Not the guy in the Metaverse.

[Archangel]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

I thought I remembered from somewhere that you were playing D&D, that's all.

Oh! I am and it’s fun but I don’t know much yet. Our dungeon master is very fond of Tieflings though.

[Meeko]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

I was gonna say that I didn't read anything in particular into that statement, as it was a pre-Day 1 thread. But a game thread is a game thread so I ask, what do you find voteworthy about it?

(Oh yeah. I have a vote on someone for something in the signup thread. I will fix that.)

Random Neal Stephenson?!

[Meeko]

Originally Posted by Meeko

Random Neal Stephenson?!

Or ATPG ?

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

It's A Marshmallow World for a Snow Crash.

[Meeko]

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

It's A Marshmallow World for a Snow Crash.

So.

I've just started Cryptonomicon. (The bike ride to the Zeppelin crash from the fire tower) I have my book with me at work. Suffice to say decided not to take it today.

Last night at work, two different coworkers, at different times, impressed by the size of the tome, asked me about the book. And I tried, and failed to explain Cryptonomicon, and Stephenson, writ large.


All of that to say, neither of them knew Snow Crash.

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Meeko

So.

I've just started Cryptonomicon. (The bike ride to the Zeppelin crash from the fire tower) I have my book with me at work. Suffice to say decided not to take it today.

Last night at work, two different coworkers, at different times, impressed by the size of the tome, asked me about the book. And I tried, and failed to explain Cryptonomicon, and Stephenson, writ large.


All of that to say, neither of them knew Snow Crash.

Enjoy it. Crypto's my favorite of his works, at least so far.

[LightFoot]

I am here[yea so what] I need to filter the posts that do not seem to be game related ( If they are I don't have the decoder ring calibrated)

Limited access and yesterday our internet tower was compromised [as in NOT working] It is sporadic now.
I can focus this weekend some but then it will be Night.

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by raventhief

<Goes back to check who you were actually unvoting>

Oh. Not the guy in the Metaverse.

Yeah, the guy in the Metaverse, it was kind of an allusion to the HoH game, where the same poster I voted for in this game played as Hiro Protagonist, or else I'm confused, which is possible, in which case I will look like a fool, but not for the first time.

Actually with the vote counting robot if you unvote anybody it unvotes whoever you voted. I was also kinda testing that. (Yes.)

Originally Posted by guiri

With two godfathers, a cop result is a little less valuable. I think docs can self-protect, so there’s some wifom for elves and Mariahs if they ever need to claim. Don’t recall what happened in HoH.

Speaking of HoH, if this is the same setup as HoH, and I think it is, the docs could not self-protect.

[Meeko]

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

I don't see a problem with this scenario, and I'm the Cop.

Straight up missed this claim here. Ok. For today, I'll give you benefit of the doubt here.

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

It would seem to me that BC's claiming of a Power makes him a target for either or both of the two Scum teams, --SNIP--

So, My entire train of thought here, was to look at the "odds". Town has 10 extra bodies. That, if I was wrong with my BC vote, [[Assuming that it leads to a BC final offing vote]] better to do it early when we could make up for it, with brute force of bodies, even at vanilla, we would still have the vote.

And that is where I stopped. Totally did not consider that we have a third team playing, and that, therefore, crossfire could be a thing. And that we could duck and cover.

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

I was gonna say that I didn't read anything in particular into that statement, as it was a pre-Day 1 thread. But a game thread is a game thread so I ask, what do you find voteworthy about it?

I'll get to this further in a second, with Guiri's below.

But, Yes, I did try to "do the math" on this, and realized that BC was the fourth, when alphabetical, and that apparently, we had our roles handed out to us via alphabetical order.... and then the time stamps ..... All of it congealed to a mass of "Hmm. at this point 4 roles are out, and we have a claim, and, if A then B, etc .... it felt right, from a meta, game breaking stand point.

Originally Posted by guiri

Not sure that it’s AI, he posted the same thing N0 in the last game, leading to some confusion about whether he was simply referring to receiving his PM or an actual power, which hadn’t yet been assigned. Are you suggesting it’s a soft claim? I see Prof. P. reads it the same way.

Not sure that it’s AI,

Alignment, I agree, can't glean alignment from it. But, if it is Power as in "Non-Vanilla" then I was considering, again, the odds of it all, that a 2 in 3 chance would be worth it.

he posted the same thing N0 in the last game, leading to some confusion about whether he was simply referring to receiving his PM or an actual power, which hadn’t yet been assigned.

Aha!

Ok. So "Power" as far as what "I" [BC speaking] can do in this game. It is my "power" in this game to Cop, Doc, or simply vote. A Top Down proposition.

As opposed to how I come to it, as bottom up, Vanillas have no "capital p" Power.

To me, this is a strained reading of it all. But I mean, I "get it" and I won't hold that against them.
Are you suggesting it’s a soft claim?

Essentially, Yes.

[LightFoot]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

~

Speaking of HoH, if this is the same setup as HoH, and I think it is, the docs could not self-protect.

doc s cannot self protect
THE ROLESDOC. IT TOOK 69 minutes forthe page to load=reaction timesmay be slow.......................

[Swammerdami]

Making my indecision official:

Originally Posted by LightFoot

THE ROLESDOC. IT TOOK 69 minutes forthe page to load=reaction timesmay be slow.......................

You have Internet even slower than mine?

On a loosely related matter, why does Windows wait until 5 seconds before crash to send the "Charger unplugged" message? Ten seconds might give me enough time to, I dunno ... plug in the charger!

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by LightFoot

I am here[yea so what] I need to filter the posts that do not seem to be game related ( If they are I don't have the decoder ring calibrated)

Limited access and yesterday our internet tower was compromised [as in NOT working] It is sporadic now.
I can focus this weekend some but then it will be Night.

There is so much that isn't game related and my eyes just glaze over. I am beginning to think it's scum just pretending to post things.

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by Swammerdami

Making my indecision official:

You have Internet even slower than mine?

On a loosely related matter, why does Windows wait until 5 seconds before crash to send the "Charger unplugged" message? Ten seconds might give me enough time to, I dunno ... plug in the charger!

I'm not sure no wrap is the best thing to do in a game with 2 scum teams, I am tempted though If we do wrap someone toDay we still have a chance of catching scum and put them at a disadvantage. The problem with this game though is that everyone will be scum hunting.

I just breathed a huge sigh of relief cos I thought Day ended today (wed) and it's really tomorrow.

[Bashorian Clement]

I'm going to see if I can find what we did Day 1 in HOH. I don't think we no wrapped, but I'm not certain about that. And I don't remember how that game turned out.

[Vanta Black]

Okay, here's a lineup of suspicious looking people with a little over one day to go.

Archangel. 12 posts, the only thing she really said about the game was that she couldn't understand anything.

Silverjan. Only 5 posts, only one of which was game-related, and that one was basically saying not many of the posts in this thread are game-related. I cannot dispute that but saying "not many posts are game-related" is like kinda almost not game-related in itself, ya know?

Annoying Christmas Singer. 2 posts. No songs. No solving.

TheCatsMeow. Again, some posts, no substance, no suspects, maybe a little about mechanics.

Christmas Sock. 1 post, voting TheCatsMeow. So this is a game-related post but the reason was bad. Because she's excited to play? Come on.

Mordenkainen. Two posts, no substance.

So those are my top six suspects at the moment. This could change.

Partly because of my suspicion and partly because there's already a vote on her.

FOS on Swammerdami for pushing No Wrap. Sure, we don't want to kill town, so let's not. But No-Wrap is a bad idea.

FOS on Suburban Plankton. 1 post, game-related because it was a vote, but pretty low effort if you ask me (yeah, nobody asked me, told ya anyhow). It is basically a naked vote for Lightfoot, who had not even posted yet.

Would really appreciate hearing more from others, particularly those who only posted early on D1.

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by Bashorian Clement

I'm going to see if I can find what we did Day 1 in HOH. I don't think we no wrapped, but I'm not certain about that. And I don't remember how that game turned out.

Close race between 1 scum and 1 town. Shenanigans ensued. Executed town. Scum Producers won that game.

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by LightFoot

doc s cannot self protect
THE ROLESDOC. IT TOOK 69 minutes forthe page to load=reaction timesmay be slow.......................

You are patient! I also tried to go to the game rules thingie to check on that, and my computer hung up, but I didn't wait 69 minutes. I don't even think I waited 69 seconds.

[Bashorian Clement]

But first I'm going to bed and sleeping in because theoretically anyway I'm off work the rest of the week, which means withing just an hour or two.

But get this, before I went to the office this morning I packed a small suitcase with my clothes and bathroom stuff. As I was closing the suitcase, Mrs Clement walked in and saw me. I say the suitcase upright, wheels down on the floor, and I heard off to work.

When I pulled in the driveway arriving home a few hours later, her car was backed in and the hatch or whatever you call it was open and I saw there was stuff in there, not looking at exactly what stuff, but it looked like it was stuff we were talking. So I put my satchel with my laptop in with the other stuff and went into the house. I go to the bedroom and throw some odds and ends like cords and things into a small bag, take it out to the car and put it with the stuff, which I see she has added to.

We leave. Six hours later we arrive at it destination and start unpacking. She asks, "Did you bring your suitcase?" "Umm.. no. I thought you had already grabbed it when I saw the stuff in your car when I got home." Nope.

I take complete responsibility, but looks like I'm going clothes shopping tomorrow because I can't wear the same suit of armor for the next 5 days. It's about the dumbest thing I've done in a long time, and I deserve to get laughed at.

Sorry Jan. Game content from here on out.

[Bashorian Clement]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

Close race between 1 scum and 1 town. Shenanigans ensued. Executed town. Scum Producers won that game.

Okay. Saves me the trouble. We didn't no wrap did we?

[BillMc]

Forgetting the Mrs when travelling is understandable, but forgetting your clothes.

the shame :-)

[Bashorian Clement]

Quite shameful indeed

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by Bashorian Clement

Okay. Saves me the trouble. We didn't no wrap did we?

Pretty sure we did not. Not on D1 for sure. We did one double-wrap, but only one, I think.

[Swammerdami]

I am NOT pushing for No_Wrap. I think we want to Wrap somebody. My No_Wrap vote was just my way of saying "I'm here! But Christmas cheer makes me reluctant to vote to Wrap any of my friends." ... Especially in the absence of any real case.

I DO have one scum lean already ... but I'm reluctant to vote her because I think of her as a special friend. There's still time; I will revisit later toDay.

[Vanta Black]

Originally Posted by Swammerdami

I am NOT pushing for No_Wrap. I think we want to Wrap somebody. My No_Wrap vote was just my way of saying "I'm here! But Christmas cheer makes me reluctant to vote to Wrap any of my friends." ... Especially in the absence of any real case.

I DO have one scum lean already ... but I'm reluctant to vote her because I think of her as a special friend. There's still time; I will revisit later toDay.

Okay, FOS merrily rescinded. For now.

[Archangel]

Good morning. My reads are that Vanta Black, Swammerdami, and Silverjan are probably Town. Don’t have anything on anyone else.

I’m going to need to ask for a sub, my house has been for sale for months and I finally got an offer last night but have nowhere to move.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy New Year.

Mahaloth, I apologize but I need a sub please.

[Archangel]

Actually add Prof P to the probably Town list too, I don’t think he makes that claim out of the box as scum.

[Archangel]

Vanta because he’s actively pressuring people, Swammi because I don’t think he sticks his neck out with the no wrap thing Day One as scum, even if he’s saying it is a placeholder it draws attention, and Jan for tone, I can’t properly articulate it but she has a certain tone as scum and this is the same tone as the previous game where I was certain she was Town and was right. (The latter read could be confused by multiball.)

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Merry Christmas, Angel, and best wishes on selling your house!

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by Archangel

Vanta because he’s actively pressuring people, Swammi because I don’t think he sticks his neck out with the no wrap thing Day One as scum, even if he’s saying it is a placeholder it draws attention, and Jan for tone, I can’t properly articulate it but she has a certain tone as scum and this is the same tone as the previous game where I was certain she was Town and was right. (The latter read could be confused by multiball.)

I have a tone? Okay. Vanta always thinks I'm scum, even in the last game, on the last day when we were so close to winning it, I don't know what to do about that except die.

I think you are probably Town, I don't think you would ask for a sub as scum. Prof is almost certainly Town because of his claim. If it was a false claim then the real cop would have outed him so it wouldn't be a very good scum strategy.

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by Bashorian Clement

But first I'm going to bed and sleeping in because theoretically anyway I'm off work the rest of the week, which means withing just an hour or two.

But get this, before I went to the office this morning I packed a small suitcase with my clothes and bathroom stuff. As I was closing the suitcase, Mrs Clement walked in and saw me. I say the suitcase upright, wheels down on the floor, and I heard off to work.

When I pulled in the driveway arriving home a few hours later, her car was backed in and the hatch or whatever you call it was open and I saw there was stuff in there, not looking at exactly what stuff, but it looked like it was stuff we were talking. So I put my satchel with my laptop in with the other stuff and went into the house. I go to the bedroom and throw some odds and ends like cords and things into a small bag, take it out to the car and put it with the stuff, which I see she has added to.

We leave. Six hours later we arrive at it destination and start unpacking. She asks, "Did you bring your suitcase?" "Umm.. no. I thought you had already grabbed it when I saw the stuff in your car when I got home." Nope.

I take complete responsibility, but looks like I'm going clothes shopping tomorrow because I can't wear the same suit of armor for the next 5 days. It's about the dumbest thing I've done in a long time, and I deserve to get laughed at.

Sorry Jan. Game content from here on out.

I don't mind things being not game related it's just that I don't get most of it. Your story was very funny

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by Archangel

Good morning. My reads are that Vanta Black, Swammerdami, and Silverjan are probably Town. Don’t have anything on anyone else.

I’m going to need to ask for a sub, my house has been for sale for months and I finally got an offer last night but have nowhere to move.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy New Year.

Mahaloth, I apologize but I need a sub please.

Good luck with the house hunting and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[Christmas Sock]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

Okay, here's a lineup of suspicious looking people with a little over one day to go.

---snipped---
Christmas Sock. 1 post, voting TheCatsMeow. So this is a game-related post but the reason was bad. Because she's excited to play? Come on.

---snipped---

Ah! But there's rarely a good reason to vote someone. We have to start somewhere. See how the TheCatsMeow reacts. See how others react. In this case, you. Do others add to my vote? What are their reasons. If others follow, does another train appear?

Right now my vote isn't eliciting much so I'll likely move it elsewhere to see if that brings out reactions elsewhere.

[Christmas Sock]

For clarity, when I say rarely a good reason to vote, I mean on D1.

Originally Posted by Christmas Sock

Ah! But there's rarely a good reason to vote someone. We have to start somewhere. See how the TheCatsMeow reacts. See how others react. In this case, you. Do others add to my vote? What are their reasons. If others follow, does another train appear?

Right now my vote isn't eliciting much so I'll likely move it elsewhere to see if that brings out reactions elsewhere.

[TheCatsMeow]

Originally Posted by Vanta Black

Hey, CatsMeow, good to see you back! I would not worry about typos. Everybody makes 'em.

Good to be back! TY I’m heading to the doctors office now but will be reviewing and post my suspicions of scum today. Possibly place my vote after.
See y'all soon.

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Pleonast

On family ski trip this week, so won’t have much time to post.

I’ll claim now to avoid the hassle later: I’m not a doctor of any type.

for their initial post.

So, Pleo's claiming, which is standard. But he's claiming he's not a doctor of any type. To my suspicious, paranoid mafia eye, that implies he may be a Godfather.

Or Town.

I'm not certain that deserves any more than the slightest FOS.

[A Poor Shepherd Boy]

Sorry for the lack of participation. Sill waiting for the phone call telling me whether I have Covid or not.

[Silverjan]

Hi everyone, as most of you know my Monty died in June. His big sister Victoria is now at the vets for tests and rehydration, she could be in kidney failure. My stomach is in knots and I am crying. Vicksie pixie is 15 and nearly blind but I love her to the end of the universe and back, please think of her.

I know this post wasn't game related but I had to tell someone.

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by A Poor Shepherd Boy

Sorry for the lack of participation. Sill waiting for the phone call telling me whether I have Covid or not.

I hope all is well, fingers crossed.

[Silverjan]

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

So, Pleo's claiming, which is standard. But he's claiming he's not a doctor of any type. To my suspicious, paranoid mafia eye, that implies he may be a Godfather.

Or Town.

I'm not certain that deserves any more than the slightest FOS.

I would be a lot more suspicious if Pleo hadn't claimed at all but it is worth considering that he is a Godfather.

[Dizzymrslizzy]

Originally Posted by Silverjan

Hi everyone, as most of you know my Monty died in June. His big sister Victoria is now at the vets for tests and rehydration, she could be in kidney failure. My stomach is in knots and I am crying. Vicksie pixie is 15 and nearly blind but I love her to the end of the universe and back, please think of her.

I know this post wasn't game related but I had to tell someone.

Ugh we are all a hot mess!!!

I hope Vickie is okay!!!

And I hope Shep doesn’t have Covid

And I just got my booster and am hosting Christmas. Eek. Stressed to say the least!