Uggggh. I'm so mad at myself for missing so much. (On the bright side, thanks to my studying last night instead of playing Mafia, I only missed one question on my math final! Highest score in my class period!)
Now, I just want to say this: I do not find Raindrop suspicious at this point. I really don't. And I'm willing to bet that more than a few of the people voting for her are Mafia. (Unless she actually is Mafia.) Of course, that isn't to say that she is certainly Town, either; I just don't see a reason to lynch her quite yet.
At the moment, I am sort of confused by her description of her playstyle, though. She describes her style as "lurking" often, yet she was very, very active in BM7, which she was Mafia in... so maybe that's her usual Mafia tactic? (Or she was just trying to be active because it was a beginner's game...)
However, Viral on the other hand... I'm kind of feeling a bit suspicious of him. I'm really sorry, but from the moment he stepped in, I haven't really had a good feeling about him.
First off, from what I've seen, he kind of started off by
voting for Raindrop without much backup,
saying vaguely that she "lied". Everyone else was very confused, and as they started discussing it and bringing up points, Viral agreed with them. From then on, it was a major sudden bandwagon.
This post in particular sets me off:
Post 165, and 173 in Werewolves is what's getting at me.
Overall, I just think Rainy is lying. Why I'm voting for Rainy is cuz I think musicfan is innocent and as for the Marshal, he's new, so thus him defending himself a lot (which I didn't think was too suspicious, yet) seemed... logical, in a sense.
Raindrop didn't say that she NEVER makes an RV after three pages... so I'm very confused as to why one exception sudden makes her a liar. There are several explanations other than her flat out lying just to seem more innocent and Town-like. I mean, she could have just forgot about that, or made a mistake, or simply thought that that one didn't count... It's not like she asserted this point over and over. I guess I can see where your suspicion comes from, since it is kind of odd that she'd say that when she clearly has RV'd later in the game before, but first of all, why would she lie like this? It doesn't make her seem any more Town than if she claimed she RV'd all the time. That makes me think it was simply a mistake. And second, simply the fact that you didn't particularly bring this up until after others began questioning you just makes me so confused. In fact, it seems like Dracomajora had to explain for you:
In Werewolves (I think), Rain was random voting all the time halfway through the game, an she's been random voting in previous games often too, and now she's contradicting herself. That's why Viral's voting her.
...which I'm also very confused by. I don't think it was Werewolves. I just briefly skimmed every one of her posts there, and the only RV she made was on Xin in post 165. As far as I've seen, Viral never commented on this, and no one pressed his logic any further. It's even possible Draco's a Mafia trying to back him up, but I wouldn't go that far quite yet.
It simply seems to me like that Viral was just trying to come up with something to accuse her for – especially considering that he claimed she was lying before providing any kind of explanation, as I think I've said, like, three times by now, haha. Also, could you please explain what post 173 had to do with your vote? It seems consistent with what Rainy has been saying this round about voting for someone just to get something done. (For those who are lazy, these are those two posts:
165 and
173.)
Then his only other justification was that the other two main people being accused seemed innocent... which isn't a very good reason, in my opinion. Maybe it's
a reason, but it shouldn't be an explanation. It's not like you HAVE to vote...
And this was even stranger:
I don't believe that. Especially, if you look closer at the games Annie posted. Half of Rainy's random-votes (or votes thrown out on a whim) were like 80-90 posts in. Way past page 3.
...No, they were not. Not the ones Annie posted, at least. Her list is
here, and aside from the Mafia D ones, the highest post number she included was 28. The Mafia D vote does not seem random to me, but actually backed up by some kind of suspicion. Looks like some people already called you out on this, but I don't see a response.
The rest of your reasoning makes sense, but it seemed as though you only started really formulating reasons for your vote after it was made, as though trying to haphazardly justify a hasty move. Thareous sort of agreed with me here:
That aside, I'm getting a feeling that Town is getting led into voting for one of their own. Viral Maze rather spontaneously started encouraging the vote on Raindrop before ever elaborating on his actual suspicions. Now, that's either me confusing that scenario with pure instinct, or it's Viral pressing a lynch because he found an easy target.
This is kind of what I'm trying to get at. He was even encouraging LG to jump in the bandwagon before explaining everything. Initially, it seemed more like a joke at trying to get others to join his somewhat joking vote, but I think after people started really noticing he tried to turn it into something more serious.
This is just what I feel. This whole scenario seems soooo suspicious to me. I suppose Raindrop's just as scummy at the moment (at least to most people), so they're trying to lynch at least someone – and, truly, her lynch will reveal a bit. If she's Mafia, then I'm ready to take back most of what I said here.
I'm so unsure on whether to make a vote or not... I'm thinking I will, just because no one else has voted for him (right?) and it's nearing the end of the day anyway. But I'm still eager to hear the defense. (I'M SORRY LG. IT'S OKAY. WE'RE STILL BEST ENEMIES FOREVER. I'LL VOTE FOR YOU NEXT GAME!).
Unvote
Vote: Viral Maze
I have a feeling I'm going to regret this whole post later. XD
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Okay, maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I'm soooo confused. You think Dracomajora's play style is suspicious, but then that's just his meta? His meta is suspicious? Is that good or bad to you?
Yes. Assuming I actually used meta right (I thought I did D
, Draco's meta is just plain suspicious in my opinion. Just the way he posts is terribly scummy to me, and I constantly think he's Mafia. However, the last game I played with him in showed that that's kind of just his way of handling things. Personally, it's bad for me, because I can't tell when he's being serious or not, and it's really difficult to determine his role.