I am in favor of Ostracize people this early in the game… So the question becomes whom to ostracize… I can see voting for Angel for editing, as in principal editing is bad and she should know better!!! But given it is not disallowed and it was a formating thing, I am willing to let it slide… I can see voting Bill, but he posted a message that r/l is getting in the way of participation until tomorrow… So I am going to go back and re-read this format takes some getting used to…
in my opinion, the scummiest thing is voting to execute verse ostracize (at this stage of the game)… That mean a choice between Spurious George orMeeko given that this is day one either is a good choice… so…
Where did we get the idea that an Ostracized person will just go away?
What we know
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[li]An Ostracized person may chooose to IGNORE town and perform ‘an action’ that Night[/li][li]We don’t know what action that is, and if it’s a regular action or if it’s a special action by an ostracized person[/li][li]We don’t even know if they die. Nothing even says they won’t continue playing the next Day if they so choose.[/li][li]Town do not appear to become Sinners. That is, they won’t be involved in the tempting or perhaps know who the Sinners are, but they’ll be placing their bets on the Sinners and perhaps using their powers to try to aid them.[/li][/ol]
I think we’re hung up on the fact that Pede said there were 2 ways to lynch.
It appears to me that the 2 types include Execution, which is a standard lynching and Ostracization, which is almost an option lynching which can be ignored.
Am I way off base here? I think I’m missing something.
Are we just assuming death or removal from the game, however? Am I missing where that is stated clearly?
point 4 means that if infected, Town can choose to align their win condition with the Sinners. I assume that the Sinners have a thread in which to discuss who to infect, strategy, etc. We doin’t have information that an infected Townie will join that discussion. We also have no indication that an infected Townie will lose their powers.
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pede, if Town votes to Ostracize someone:
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[li]Will that player be removed from gameplay becuase of the Ostracization?[/li][li]Will that player be able to indefinitely avoid being removed from the game until another lynching or killing action is performed upon him/her?[/li][li]Will that player gain an additional Night Action power that is available to them because of the Ostracization?[/li][/ol]**
Exactly. Ped won’t answer speculative question, as that takes the fun out of it.
I wouldn’t assume Meeko wants to vote for himself. He may have some other reason to ask.
Meeko, if you do want out, you can get a sub. Scum or not, you really should get a sub if you want out. Please, stay, though. You are fun in games like this and Haggle.
Here’s an idea: we vote to ostracize, see if anything “unusual” happens ie, anything more than just a Night power, as in they vote in the next lynching or whatever, and take it from there.
My interpretation:
Ostracizing: removes player from discussions and voting, but can still use Night powers
Execution: removes player from discussions and voting and denies use of Night powers.
Let’s assume this is how it works until shown otherwise. Ped wont answer any of these questions, so we’ll have to find it out for ourselves. Speculation is fun, but let’s see if we can gather any evidence to back up any of it.
OK, so do we have any indication that an Ostracization is anything more than asking a player to kindly leave the game? I mean, if it can be ignored…
From all the evidence, it seems that executing is lynching as we know it, and Ostracization is something all together different, and may or may not be effective.