Of course, that could be a brilliant strategy of the wolves to make us think this. If they went after the people we expected them to go after, it would show we were on the right track. Now we are questioning this.
Lynch Nonsuch.
I’m putting my chips on Cygnus.
In my opinion, that is the type of logic knot that Town like to attribute to scum when really scum aren’t that complex. It’s too risky for scum to leave ‘confirmed’ town alive. Town could have just as easily lynched the last Wolf on the previous day. Prof P and Cygnus were NOT going to be lynched. That meant a smaller pool for the last wolf to hide in. Which would you prefer, hiding 1 Wolf against 4 town unknowns or hiding 1 wolf in a pool of 2 unknowns and 2 knowns. Wolfs kill the knowns because they should.
Cygnus has been planning this endgame way back with the Night Kill of Thing Fish.
Also, why doesn’t anyone think its sangfroid?
Great game, by the way. Down to the wire, even after a terrible start by Town.
Cygnus voted for Sexton on D1 and Sario. He’s quite a busser if he’s scum.
My vote is still on Nonsuch, but no doubt Sangfroid will do something scummy before EOD and make me second guess my vote.
However this game ends, great play by town. We wolves got off to an amazing start and y’all were not only persistent, but effective in capitalizing on our own weak play. Very well done.
This was indeed a good game. I wish I could have had a better contributor to Town’s cause, but alas, I sealed my fate with my cryptic comments early on. Horrible strategy Dante. Horrible.
So, how did I do? [reads thread]
Gack!
Well, sachertorte, NOW do you think I’m town?
…any hints on how to improve my game? Anyone?
ProfP, I thought you did great. You voted for scum and you were killed by scum. That’s a successful game by any standards.
Cygnus is making a pretty good case for Nonsuch.
Thanks for the kind words, TexCat.
Yeah, the best case is for Nonsuch, as far as I can tell. However, it’s possible that it’s Sangfroid, simply because his style is, as he has admitted “weird”. And it’s possible that Cygnus himself is the last Wolf, and voted for Sario &c. to make him lynch-proof. That might be why Sario voted for him on Day 4, as a signal, before he switched to Sangfroid. And he did lurk more than any other. I’m kinda glad it’s not my problem now.
We’ll all know in a few days.
If Cygnus’s vote count is accurate, then it appears none of the final three have yet voted for each other. Just a coincidence, I guess.
I think the opposite. I actually think Cygnus’s case looks more like Cygnus is the Wolf. 4/4 on lynching wolves? It’s not impossible for an uninformed Townie to be successful in that respect, but it is unlikely. Not voting for scum is actually more of a Town tell than a scum tell in my opinion. I think we touched on this earlier, but nonsuch joined wolves in voting for town when it would have been just as easy to vote for the Wolf who was clearly going to be lynched. The circumstances of the vote are much more important than the raw vote target.
I want Cygnus to be the Wolf so bad.
However one wolf was a give away and JB and DC were wolves simply through lynching through the remaining pool so for someone at end of game to have that record is not wholly unnaturally good.
**Prof. P. **, you did awesome! After my two fellow masons were killed early, you and **Cygnus ** became my surrogate masons. And while I could never be 100% sure, I felt like I could trust you both-- and you also stuck up for me! Thanks!
I wish **Cygnus ** had posted more, but I think he is town.
No, the wolf has just about got to be **Nonsuch **. And if our two remaining townies have the sense to lynch him, then we will win. You are a huge part of that potential win, **Prof P. **!
Cygnus’s posts read very town to me, so I’m not too concerned with him being the final wolf. I really just don’t see the last wolf putting so much effort into their posts.
I’m glad you said that. I upped my efforts the Night after we lynched Sario because I thought Biotop was going to be killed, and somebody had to pick up the slack.
However, according to sachertorte, that’s scummy.
The voting for night kills make sense if **Cygnus ** is the wolf. But hardly anything else points that way. If I am wrong then I give props to him. Voting at the last moment to try and save **septimus ** on Day 1 would sure be a top dollar (and risky) play for a first time wolf player.
The simplest explanation for everything is that **Nonsuch ** is the wolf.
Cygnus’s posts (plural) or simply his latest post? I don’t recall Cygnus being particularly vocal in this game, but I haven’t been paying close attention. I see your point, and it is possible that a wolf in good position would coast. But that isn’t the only possibility or even the most probable possibility. I can also see a wolf on the verge of winning feeling more inspired to play.
Similarly, nonsuch’s lack of interest in the game points could be a Wolf giving up, but it could also be a Townie giving up too. Regardless of nonsuch’s alignment, nonsuch is losing this game. That’s a pretty shitty position to be in. The writing on the wall is pretty clear. Everyone else in the game the previous day said nonsuch would be the last lynch if mollusk was Town.
I suggest taking commentary and accusations of being scum less personally. As the unspoiled thread, we are uninformed. We actually know less than the players in the game. You do realize that you just spent the last two months falsely accusing others of being scum too, right? Please be aware that the fact that no one accused you of being scum in the game is an anomaly. If you can’t handle being called scum, you should not play this game.
While your motivation for a behavior change makes sense to you, others can’t read your mind. You state above: “I upped my efforts the Night after we lynched Sario…” Now its all fine and good that you thought Biotop was going to be killed, however:
(1) Part of my problem with your earnestness was that your posting was informed by the TexCat death.
(2) Your change in gameplay happened after the Alpha Wolf died. Does it not make sense that others would conclude that your change in behavior was in response to that? As a Townie you acknowledge the need to ‘up your game’ in response to the fear that a Townie you trust might die. Is it so unreasonable to assume that a Wolf would ‘up his game’ in response to Sario dying? That has happened before.
How was unvoting septimus risky? septimus died. Cygnus’s unvote of septimus did not change the game state. He enacted the unvote at literally the last minute. If I recall correctly, he also did not vote for the next highest candidate.
I’ll also note that I’ve seen scum helpfully try to save a late claim or whatever and just miss the deadline.
Isn’t this exciting! It’s like the game has moved to the Forbidden Thread.
Personally, I don’t find the nonsuch case to be so simple. I have problems with the way he voted with other wolves. The Johnny Bravo lynch looks especially weird to me. Why would nonsuch join Johnny Bravo in a futile vote for mollusk?
Okay, fair points.