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Old 06-28-2007, 08:33 AM
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A few things:


I don't hate the idea of everyone picking a name and yelling it out, allowing the Oracle to find the apprentice. From a risk/reward perspective I see a much greater reward then the previous oracle/apprentice discussion.

If I understand the rules correctly, once the Oracle investigates the Apprentice the apprentice gains a better percentage of being correct in their investigations, eventually becoming infallible as well. This would give us 2 powerful investigators, and could hasten the demise of the cult. As stated by others by day 5 or so there should be enough investigations by the Oracle to break the back of the cult. So wouldn't better investigations by the Apprentice hasten this process along?

The downside, as I see it, is that if one is found so is the other. Unless this happens very quickly, say we dunk the apprentice today or tomorrow, or s/he is night killed in the first 2 nights the information gained would outweigh this risk. As well we do have a priest who can protect the oracle until the cult find the priest (or s/he is dunked). As well it would take some of the guessing game out of "when to reveal".

Ok, so the cult might not agree to the plan. So? All it should take is a majority, or say 20 people to agree to the plan to make it moot. 20 names should make enough noise to make the risk worthwhile. I do realize this cuts the group size that the cults have to choose from to get an investigating role to 1/10 (2/20), however I still see a worthwhile reward.

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Originally Posted by zuma
Pleonast: Your explanation of your vote/unvote based on mistaking Scuba and USC sounds reasonable enough.
I don't agree with this completely. I still am not buying the actions of Pleonast, and if I was forced to vote he (along with NAF, Diggit Camara and Pasta) are on my shortlist.

Diggit for similiar reasons as Pleonast (which I have previously stated).

NAF partly because I don't like this statement:

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Originally Posted by NAF1138
I was calling out people who seem to be below the radar, not just people who haven't posted. I had forgotten you were in the game when I looked at the player list. Same with Mal and zuma. I knew you guys were posting, but I couldn't remember a single thing you had said.
Your inability to remember players statements should not be used as a reason to find them suspicious.

Pasta for saying "oh I have this brilliant idea but I won't post it now. You will have to wait". Huh? You have a brilliant idea then post it. Don't attempt to make us think "oh look at this smart person with a great idea, we better leave him/her alone"

On preview: Zuriel, you can click on the number of posts in the main forum page. This will bring up a list of everyone who has posted, and the number of times they have posted
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