This post below has the smell of Zombie trying to steer us towards a human lynch. In fact, I have noticed quite a few posts where people voting Serc concede that he is likely a human, but then vote him anyway. Are you people frigging dense??? The Zombies are the tthreat. Not an independant with his own win condition. Not a dog, not any of the human faction. Zombies. They can Kill, they can recruit and they are 10 strong right now. Anyone on Serc's train that has admitted he may be independant is instantly suspect to me right now. This includes Mockra in the post below.
Mockra, on 30 April 2012 - 12:48 AM, said:
Serc, on 29 April 2012 - 11:53 AM, said:
Human Faction VCs: To be the last faction standing.
I'm not saying this suggests that you're not part of a faction, or maybe you're just part of the BBs, I dont know. That's not where Im going with this. Im just wondering if it wouldnt be a quicker way to victory by taking out the other factions as quickly as possible. But to be honest, its hard to say at this point.
I suggest we go for what seems to be the most SURE target. If we are more sure weve found a zombie, we take it out. If not we can take down each others factions in the stead, especially if we have a really strong suspicion like Galain's seeming connection to Sorrit, who might also be a Faction Leader. Because you said it could be either Sergeant Daniel Jackson - Sergeant of the squad BurnBridgers OR Corporal Mike Horvath - second in command of the BurnBridgers that Sorrit knew as part of his faction. But seeing as he was a dog, a PET, to the Sergeant, I'd say odds are if he knew someone he'd HAVE to know his master, who is also the man who found him (Benny - a border-collie who Sergeant Jackson found after becoming stranded, and decided to bring with him because of his sense of smell.)
If Galain IS a Faction Leader for BBs, then everyone from both other factions, zombies, The Lone Avenger, Survivor, and even the Voodoo Master would all benefit from this.
But I'm more willing to see where everyone else stands before I commit to anything just yet.
I think we can safely conclude that Serc is NOT in the BurnBridgers....I really don't like the way he's trying to coax us towards a possible human faction lynch already. Serc knows full well that unless a finder comes out and reveals themselves to say that they've found a zombie, there is hardly any possible way we'll be "SURE" (capital letters SURE) of a zombie lynch. In effect, that 'suggestion' is pretty much unworkable from the beginning - which of course automatically leads us back to the thought of lynching Galain. Notice that we can't be SURE of Galain's affiliation either, and yet Serc is pretty much taking that for granted.
Here is one of those posts I was talking about. Liosan basically admits that Serc is human... but votes him anyway. absurd. Zombies are the threat. Human factions can't recruit and aren't 10 strong. Independants have their own VC's Let the killers and zombies take them out. We need to pare down the zombie numbers. The sooner, the better. I completely disagree with Lio's logic here.
Liosan, on 30 April 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:
JLV, on 18 April 2012 - 04:39 PM, said:
Zombies:
Killers and Recruiters.
No DR
Zombie faction VC: To remove all other factions from the game.
Independants:
Lone Avenger - A man with a serious grudge against all three human factions.
Defense Rating = 3
VC = be alive when all 3 faction leaders are dead. Kill at least one of them yourself.
Priest - A man of God, as such his duty is to fight the evil that is the zombie infection
Defense Rating = 3
Create Blessings that offer some amount of protection against zombies
VC = be alive when 10 zombies are dead,
Survivor - (Higher Time requirement, but very rewarding) - You only care about making it out of here alive. You hate all the bloody mess, and the whole situation is a complete nightmare for you. You just want to survive it and that is it.
Defense Rating = 3
Manipulate and coerce to victory
VC = Be alive when the game ends
Voodoo Master - (Somewhat complicated role) You are not a nice guy, not at all. Frankly, you don't really care about all the people or the zombies at all.
However, this is a good opportunity to complete the Ritual to summon the great Demon Hutzlaputzl. You win, if you manage to summon Hutzlaputzl. You will win and leave the game to reign over other puny mortals, while Hutzlaputzl will hold a bloody feast on the remaining players.
Defense Rating = 3
Kill and maim for the samples required to summon your demon.
VC - Summon Hutzlaputzl
Finally, a last thought to stack up all that I've had over the night. So VC's, people keep saying that zombies are scum kill them all. Looking back at the VCs, I get the impression that such sentiments are misleading (maybe not from human players).
Human factions have to be the last one standing to win. Therefore the most expedient path to victory is to target every human they can and hope to eliminate their rivals before the zombies consume them.
Zombies, on the other hand, benefit from the waiting game, especially if we are dealing with zombie bosses. Think about it. We lynch a zombie, so what? That's less chance they'll recruit/kill someone over night, but that doesn't mean they won't or their partner won't. It's like shooting zombies without a head shot. They'll keep coming, albeit slower. According to the VCs, zombies just need to get enough nights to probe every player still alive and either convert or kill them. The only reason I can think of to attack zombies is to hope that by lowering a zombie boss's vote count, it ups the chance that they will actually run into a DR-1 situation and lose one of their minions.
As for the independents, if we really want to eliminate someone other than human faction people, we need to get the voodoo priest. If he sticks around long enough, he wins. Another theory for DR = 0 is that a maim by the voodoo priest diminishes someone's DR. So Kasch could also be a BP who just lost his only night protection. The other independents are helpful (e.g. the priest) or annoying (e.g. the Lone Avenger who will just be hunting leaders with no other motivations).
So my conclusion is that we have it a little backwards. I mean, perhaps I've missed the point, and we are going for weakening the zombies enough so as to no longer have that threat when the human faction blood bath begins. But really, the longer we wait, the better odds there are for the zombies and the voodoo priest. Counterintuitive to the scum/town mindset, but this isn't a M&P game.
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I agree with Meanas here. With 30 people, and 1/3 of them zombies, we need votes and we need them early. We shouldn't curb discussion, but we need votes out there because a no-lynch is a win for the zombies.
Meanas, on 30 April 2012 - 10:46 AM, said:
Korvalain, on 30 April 2012 - 10:30 AM, said:
You may think that but day one went right down to the last minute. There are too many votes need at the moment for "oodles of time". We have lots of time to discuss things yes, but actually getting everyone to agree on a target is a different matter. Plus Ampelas could be modkilled if he doesn't arrive and that may be a waste of a lynch..
I agree with Korv here, this is definately a signaling post. I thought so as well when I first read it. very contrived. I don;t think Zombies would need to signal, so Emur is down on my list as a zombie suspect.
Korvalain, on 30 April 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:
Emurlahn, on 26 April 2012 - 06:33 PM, said:
I can't think of any kinky sex acts that would require beads and a mat, so I'm thinking this is signalling of some sort? Or is he insinuating he's a priest?
Anyways, I'm still reading, got several pages to go.
I know I am coming off as defending Serc here. Thats fine. But I can't see many scenarios where his play indicates that he is a zombie in anyway. Hence he is not a lynch option for me. He's playing like a retard, sure. But at least he's probably human. Especially with his slip-up about how he was the target of a NK last night.
I think we need to go after non entitiy low posters, or people that give some inkling that they are nto human. I could go With Korbas, he did seem to slip with his zombie lingo, but I am liking my amp vote until he shows up and contributes. Even if he is human, with no participation he is prime zombie fodder and a very viable recruit possibility. Come end game, those non posters we didn't lynch will come back to bite us in the ass. And in this game.. thats fatal. (see what I did there
