“even if we lynch scum”? 
While I understand that Day one is pretty much a crap shoot I still don’t totally agree that pure random is the best way to go. I’m going to play lynch the lurker until I have some baseline points. I mean, that strategy alone would have gotten two (three?) scum in Simpletown.
Since this is a game that takes a lot of time I don’t want to stretch a participant who is at least trying as opposed to someone who is just laying back/under the radar type of thing.
Meh, my two cents.
Can you give me your picks for today’s play off games so I can bet the other way. 
In the spirit of my last post while adding a touch of the random element I notice two players with no contribution. Therefore it be heads fluiddruid and tails Thing Fish. And the toss is a head. Therefore:
Vote fluiddruid
Since it’s so early the commitment to this vote is equal to Elizabeth Taylor’s commitment to “until death do we part” kind of thing.
But listen to what BlasterMaster is saying. Some things in this game are counter intuitive. For example you would think it would be in the town’s best interest if the Detective were able to always get a scum read. But look at Simpletown where NAF1138’s third read was scum. On the surface - whooppee. But if he would have read a live town then the game was over. We wouldn’t have to have gone through two more Days of the whole RyJaye miller angst.
When it comes to selling a house: location location location
When it comes to Mafia: information information information
Okay – so what do we do now? Hang out at the school bake sale to see who brings pie? I’m not much of a cook, so I think I’ll bring Rice Krispies Treats ™.
The game has started! Awesome!
My first vote is random, in the hopes of generating discussion and getting this whole thing rolling.
Vote Hoopy Frood
Vote Count
Koldanar - 1
fluiddruid - 1
Hoopy Frood - 1
One thing I don’t believe that has ever been approached in a heck of a lot of detail initially is the Mod running the game. One thing I picked up post Simpletown was that each Mod has their own style and that can influence game composition/dynamics.
I kind of broke Simpletown by pointing out a loophole. But I was absolutely convinced that sachertorte would enforce the letter of the rules. Therefore, I went ahead - good, bad or indifferent. At the end I thought he would be pissed but he responded more along the lines of “You found a loophole and took advantage of it, good for you” (that is a total paraphrase). If I would have thought that he would have wiggled even a little bit I would have never said a thing.
Does anyone know anything about CoG888? She/He doesn’t have a heck of a lot of posts and not to offend our wonderful and all knowing Mod I don’t think I’ve ever run across her/him in any thread.
I mean, ultimately we have to catch scum based on our interactions with each other. But would it be at all productive to try and get any type of edge based on the predisposition of the Mod, if any?
And just to toss a lollipop to the field. Can we get gender and how many games you have played: either on or off board.
Male - 1
Male - 0
Sorry, Twicks, the answer is a lot more sinister than that. We’ve gotta start killing each other, actually. Seeing as how those Rice Krispies Treatums are chock-full of sugar, I’m going to assume you’re trying to kill me, and anyone else in this game whose insides go crazy when sugar comes along. I’ve got my eye on you!
NETA: buff’s a two-timin’ lady. (Meaning that I’ve played twice, not that I’ve got another game going on the side.)
Happy Mothers Day to any mothers in here.
Since this is about random voting, which I totally agree is better than no lynch day 1, I used random.org put in 14 numbers based on the player list. (me included) it came back with #7 first. Then I said what the heck and I put everyones name in, and got the same person in the first spot! Random, or is it trying to tell me something? 
vote cckerberos
Oh cckerberos explain yourself, why does random not like you? :smack:
*oog to peekercpa for whatever reason he is concerned he may hit on someone based on a confusing handle 
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RYan son
JAElyn daughter
I’m not the one celebrating Mothers Day today, my wife is.
[OOG]Who would ever get your gender wrong, RyJae? Not me! (I could have sworn I read a thread where you mentioned your husband, but I bet it was some other Jae/Jay character. My memory can be rather meh.)[/OOG]
Female, my first game.
anyrose, because of the Shelbyville comment, which I’d never heard of, but Deanna Durbin was headed there in the movie I watched last night.
Is that random enough?
[Oog]I should have led off with RyJaye’s sentiments. Happy Mother’s Day to all. My mom turns 85 next month and is still totally cool. My wife sets the standard for being fair and setting a reasonable expectation bar. How they are able to do all they do while putting up with my annoying habits is beyond me.[/oog]
And the gender thing is just because the whole pronoun thing gets me confused. I get mental images based on usernames and when that image is totally wrong it’s kind of a WTF moment.
And the Jaelyn name is cool. I’ve got a McKenzie and an Adelaide with two more generics so I am totally down with out of the mainstream naming conventions.
Hello everyone, nice to meet…um, 9 or 10 of you. My name is Thing Fish, I am a male newbie (but I followed Simpletown obsessively and found my instincts worked pretty well there…we shall see).
twickster, I don’t know how strict our mod is going to be, but I think you need to put not only your nominee’s name in blue, but also the word “vote”, and that should be on a separate line all its own. Unless you knew * that, and you were trying to look like you were casting a vote which wouldn’t really count, so you could deny responsibility…(cue ominous music) SCUMTELL!!!
On the other hand, I agree that this* anyrose** is a suspicious character…after all, where do we find roses? On the graves of murder victims!!! She is taunting us with her very username! So, in order to put this fiendish florist on the spot while also thwarting** twickster’s** scummy pseudo-vote plan and illustrating the proper voting format, I will
vote anyrose
Let’s get this bandwagon rolling! Remember, next vote for anyrose is a scumtell!!
PS And** RyJae**, I find it* very * suspicious that you would wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day…what do people do on Mother’s Day?? Give roses! So you are subtly trying to snuggle the dastardly anyrose?! Nice try, buddy, but I’ve got my eye on you!
So I go to check the boards this morning to see if the game started, and try to post, to find out that my subscription expired.
Uh…huh? I don’t remember getting an email about that.
So I go and look at my email. Ahhh…I see. They mailed the notice of expiration about 45 minutes ago. And they mailed it twice. The problem is, apparently my subscription expired sometime yesterday. Silly intarwebs.
Anyway, I advocate a “lynch-the-lurker” strategy on Day 1 myself. So for now, no vote, because the game just started, so there’s really no way to see who’s lurking at this point.
And for the Demographic questions:
Male. Played in 1 off-board game.
And as a heads up, I probably won’t be around much on weekends, though I’ll try to check in at least once.
While I agree with ** BLaM [\b], random is a great way to get conversation going, I think it can be carried too far as well 
I generally don’t do a random myself on day one unless no one else has.
Male - 5th game?
Oh and re: ThingFish’s post about 3rd vote being a scumtell.
That really doesn’t apply these days. It’s become such a well-known meme that at this point 3rd vote is (usually) a null tell. Even in newbie games.