Right, now it feels like we might start actually getting somewhere.
zooyork and
Kaze are my remaining concerns for needing to be drawn in, assuming
Nilie shows up again.
##UNVOTE: Disland##VOTE: KazeThat's a show of good faith for contribution,
Disland, so long as you do come through at that point. As the
zooyork issue is already on the table, it's time to reel in
Kaze.
Kaze, you've been on since day 2 has started but not chimed in, and you do have that unsupported train vote to explain. Nothing like a bit of defence to lead into some attack, surely.
Delta, you're now very much next on the list as things stand. If it was an innocent little blip then you're doing neither yourself nor town any favours by trying to have it slide. Consider this
FoS: Delta in the meantime.
schnwtfhisname: I won't press you for your role suspicion of
Silver, but won't put any weight behind it either. On one hand, if your thoughts are correct on all counts, then the scum either already have the same trail or will definitely pick it up if you spill and are more likely to NK him if the role seems likely to have a [useful] power attached. On the other hand, be warned that it's more than possible that the scum have been given safe name claims to make, particularly ones that are like a good version of their evil one, so just because he's acting like a good guy that doesn't mean that he is that good guy. In short, don't put too much weight on an implied name claim.
....I'm scared to vote at the risk of getting shot by the "Mafia" or townspeople. Lol.
Cid has already explained the pro-town benefits of pushing things forward (don't let scum hide in your shadows), but let me appeal to you on a personal level. In short - sitting on the fence is
a lot worse for you than getting stuck in, especially early on. In a day, as much fireworks as there may be between a few people here and there, what will happen more often than not is that people will go "hang on, [[so and so]] hasn't been talking" and a lurker will get lynched. It's actually even more dangerous if you're town than scum, because if there's a scum lurking around then his scumbuddy/ies will do their best to place the train on an innocent lurker instead. At night, the first priority for scum is, naturally, to kill the town power roles. Now, if they don't have anything else to go on (for instance later on someone might be oddly certain of someone's guilt and hence could be the cop), then the sort of person they're likely to try is someone who's been trying to get involved but without sticking their neck out too far, as a cop, doctor or such feel more pressure on surviving (yes, WIFOM and depends on the people, but
it does happen quite often).
So if you're non-commital then the town are more likely to think you're scum and lynch you, and the scum are more likely to think that you're a town power role and NK you. Suddenly that doesn't sound quite an appealing strategy, huh?
As long as you tell us why you're doing what you're doing, you're not going to be suddenly bandwagonned for having an opinion. In particular, there's nothing inherently wrong with changing your mind if the person you're voting for defends himself well or someone else puts their foot in it. In attack and defence, honesty and clarity are among the town's greatest weapons.
Honestly, the one flag of suspicion you've raised for me is the survivalist attitude you're taking.
Well looks like my attempts at Rping have been deemed as lame, so I will stop with that style for now. In fact it looks like any superfluous RP is considered excessive...
...
I shall reserve my vote for later today. (anyone can give a rough idea how many hours are left? thanks)
I like the RP in general, and it'll be a shame if it goes. The only trouble is when it obfuscates what you're trying to say, which is why I'm probably going to go with keeping the serious and the RP separate.
We don't have a time limit, so don't worry on that sort of scale. The reason we had a deadline in day one was because of
Ailerion and
ShiChelle being modkilled for inactivity, which I'd hope won't happen again. As such, we're hopefully only limited by whenever we can get the hammer to fall on someone.
Roflknife,
schnwtfhisname,
Disland, and
Remo (and
Silver as well, actually): remember the joy of the
unvote feature. We're unlikely to seriously press for a lynching this early on in the day, so don't feel like voting commits you to pursuing one person or otherwise makes you look bad (and presses the scum to vote as well, so we have actual trails to follow). Is that person you have a little suspicion about not talking nor taking what you say seriously? Well, maybe he's more likely to want to clear his name if he's got some votes on him. Your vote is your power: don't cripple yourself.
(just don't all go after the same guy this early on in the day. If you want a general principle to go by, I'd say that two, maybe three, votes should be enough pressure to get someone going for now, unless they then don't do themselves any justice or incriminate themselves more. If you think that everyone you want to pressure is being pressured enough already, then sure, it's not like you
need to have a vote down, but at least wag your finger and say that you're suspicious of them)
(more general than that, think for yourselves and get pro-active. I'm trying to help you into the game (mostly so that scum have no excuses for lurking or fence-sitting), not to hold your hand and tell you what to do the whole time. I imagine that this 'bullying' claim partially comes from this school-masterly approach to dragging people in to remove excuses early on, but you can rest assured knowing that this will die as everyone shows themselves capable of independent thought)
