Ok, I finally have a few moments. Friend Computer has given us a wonderful troubleshooting assignment, but my better half fails to appreciate its urgency. In brief - I am happy with my votes on Spacetyrantxenu, and extremely unhappy with this back-and-forth. Xenu essentially played the NO U card when asked to claim. That might fly if he had a lot of towncred to back it up, but he doesn't. Rowain still has a very solid voting record from day 1, and is also unlikely to be a SK, since Serdoa tells us that he didn't visit anyone who died on N1. So to me it is clear that Xenu should go first, and this all reads like a stalling tactic. I also agree with Serdoa when it comes to his evolution since day 1. Off-hand, I can't remember a single read from him. Thinking back, there was the big post with a vague non-read on everybody, which I found passable at the time, but mostly because it was a step up from all the terrible posts that preceded it. Lately... lots of rhetoric, no actual reads. He's fencing with Rowain and Serdoa, but I don't see the scumhunting - certainly not compared to them. Of course, I might be picking the wrong side, but that's how I feel about it. By the way - this case is certainly not based on roles, given that we actually don't know his role.
Cross-posting a bit but I'll have to post this now before I'm distracted again.
First my claim; I think this will clear up some small things, but not the main points. Better to make it than not at this point, I suppose:
I don't know the exact term for this (a quick Mafia wiki search did not help), but I am basically a kill-preventer, like a doctor but I prevent my target from making kills as well. I do not block other actions. Also unlike a normal doctor, the wording suggests that I prevent all kills going in or out, not just one.
Night 1, I was not around at all, so I submitted my order during Day One, before I crossed into Canada. I choose to target Old Harry because he was, at the time, creating a ton of discussion but it did not look like he was going to hang. If I had been around to see that Azza was scum, I probably would have targeted Lewwyn instead of Old Harry.
Night 2, I targeted Ryan, since he was down to 1 clone and had claimed a powerful role.
Night 3, I targeted Q. I was torn between targeting Q and MJW, since I thought that both were villagers and both had only 1 life left. If Jowy is telling the truth, I made the wrong choice, which is why I was a little angry (at myself) after his reveal.
Merovech's Mapmaking Guidelines:
0. Player Requests: The player's requests take precedence, even if they contradict the following guidelines.
1. Balance: The map must be balanced, both in regards to land quality and availability and in regards to special civilization features. A map may be wonderfully unique and surprising, but, if it is unbalanced, the game will suffer and the player's enjoyment will not be as high as it could be.
2. Identity and Enjoyment: The map should be interesting to play at all levels, from city placement and management to the border-created interactions between civilizations, and should include varied terrain. Flavor should enhance the inherent pleasure resulting from the underlying tile arrangements. The map should not be exceedingly lush, but it is better to err on the lush side than on the poor side when placing terrain.
3. Feel (Avoiding Gimmicks): The map should not be overwhelmed or dominated by the mapmaker's flavor. Embellishment of the map through the use of special improvements, barbarian units, and abnormal terrain can enhance the identity and enjoyment of the map, but should take a backseat to the more normal aspects of the map. The game should usually not revolve around the flavor, but merely be accented by it.
4. Realism: Where possible, the terrain of the map should be realistic. Jungles on desert tiles, or even next to desert tiles, should therefore have a very specific reason for existing. Rivers should run downhill or across level ground into bodies of water. Irrigated terrain should have a higher grassland to plains ratio than dry terrain. Mountain chains should cast rain shadows. Islands, mountains, and peninsulas should follow logical plate tectonics.
(January 27th, 2014, 17:14)novice Wrote: The jury is still out. If you don't claim I will vote to lynch you. I've tried to be rational today but I've had enough, frankly.
And you think that's for the benefit of the village?
(January 27th, 2014, 17:14)novice Wrote: The jury is still out. If you don't claim I will vote to lynch you. I've tried to be rational today but I've had enough, frankly.
And you think that's for the benefit of the village?
In that scenario I will blame any harm to the village caused by your lynch entirely on you.
Mero don't be angry at yourself It's just bad luck. And you didn't even know about my role, whereas I knew about yours (from you defending Gazglum earlier)
Okay, this means that Merovech protected Ryan N2, which is another scenario that can explain the missing kill.
This also opens up my new favorite theory: Azza WAS bussed. Rowain, Zak and Bob are all scum.
I await your reveal, Rowain.
In brief - I am happy with my votes on 
