Rumble Strike

Yarr, that be great work by the Vig, finally a Scum is caught and sent to Davy Jones locker! I have to say I am not surprised Miss Pierce was Town, I did have my doubts about it and voted for Mr Newport, not to toot me own horn there. Now there can only be 1 traitor left, or we'd be at parity. I know where my vote is goin.

It be a bit late to try and change the crews minds on this, and it's not like Miss Pierce has come out swingin with any kind of defense or ideas as to who else we should lynch, but I had this thought earlier. Do ye all not think that if Miss Pierce were Scum and part of a team, that she'd not get herself into a position where she has penalty votes which makes it easier for her to be voted off? I said before that I found it unlikely a Scum team would sit back and let her talk so infrequently the rest of us end up findin her suspicious. I find it just as unlikely that they would just watch her not talk or vote for a whole Day. If you're Scum, you do try to keep under the radar but not to that extent because it is puttin yourself in jeopardy. I dunno, maybe I am overthinkin this, I am just not that confident now that we are on the right track.

Metagaming here so forgive me lack of piratey talk. Bob has done an anonymous Mafia with no night actions but it was clearly indicated at the beginning of the game.

So who do you suspect, Miss Pierce? Who should get the black spot instead o ye?

This boat be silent again. The Scum can hide, knowin that a quiet boat gives us nothin to go on. With the majority confirmed on Miss Pierce, who has only spoken up the one time today, I am going to vote for Mr Newport because he has also only spoken up once today. Vote: Kieran Newport (Tariq j) The other Day Mr Blake voted for him and he suddenly became more active, let's see if the same thing happens.

Well Miss Pierce has enough votes now to be sent overboard. I still don't think her theory has much merit, but it did provide a bit of discussion which has been sorely lackin. Speakin of stupid theories, what does everyone else think of this: Was somethin stoppin all night actions ever a thing on other voyages? Tis a fancy that seems far beyond the bounds of reality.

I simply don't agree with Miss Pierces theory. I agree with Mr Newport, Mr Blake and Mr Nelson that it is incredibly unlikely that the Scum have decided not to kill for three nights runnin. If the Scum had killed someone each night and we'd lynched Day One, this crew would have had the Traitors runnin the show by today. With so few of us to start with, they should have been killin us right from the off because there are no drawbacks to them killin any Townies. It don't really matter if they have roles or not, any Townie killed by the Scum puts them closer to their win. What gets me is both things are massively unlikely - us picking the right blocks and protections for 4 nights straight, and the option that the Scum aren't killin. So what does that leave us, a mixture of the two?

Aye, tis a real pickle with not much to go on. I was only askin you as you be the first crew to pop their head out above decks. I know I keep sayin it but it is far too quiet on this boat.

What be your thoughts Mr Wallace? Who among us be raising your hackles at the moment?

It is a real shame that Mr Milford be Town. There wasn't much hard evidence against him and I was relyin a bit on Mr Wembley's testimony when placin my vote, but he was very quiet at the end of the day, much like the rest of the crew, and didn't put up any kind of fight once the majority had been reached. "The Cutlass" indeed. We are sailin into dark waters here with 2 of us gone. However, if ye think about it, there are indeed only 2 of us gone, thrown overboard and not taken out in the night. That's incredible. I can't believe we have had 3 nights of actions, and now on our 4th Day and have only lost 2 crew to the lynch. In my experience, which admittedly is quite brief, no Town has that kind of luck in blockin /protectin key crew against the Scum. Somethin' must be up. If ye 'below decks' talks are bearin fruit, I not be lookin a gift horse in the mouth, but there ain't been a scrap of hard evidence presented in 3 days; even concedin the fact that Mr Wembley was our investigator, there be other actions that could help us. But there be nothin in the days, no info, no claims, no counter claims - I not be fishin, just lamentin that I personally don't have much to go on today. But still, with 2 Loyal Pirates known, let's see what the votin shows: Day One (No Lynch): Vote Count with votes/unvotes in the timeline Harper Lawson (Rumble Strike) - 0 (JintaiZ) Murphy Blake (Duvors) - 1 (JintaiZ, Kaanere, Duvors) Noah Nelson (JintaiZ) - 4 (Duvors, Rumble Strike, Jack Sassy, Darkdragon, Tariq j) Spencer Milford (KotZ)- 0 (JintaiZ) Douglas Wembley (Darkdragon) - 3 (KotZ, JintaiZ, Duvors) Day Two: Vote Count with votes/unvotes in the timeline Douglas Wembley (Darkdragon) - 5 (Rumble Strike, JintaiZ, JintaiZ, Tariq j, Kaanere, KotZ) Noah Nelson (JintaiZ) - 1 (Darkdragon) Kieran Newport (Tariq j) - 1 (Duvors) Vivian Pierce (Kaanere) - 0 (JintaiZ) Murphy Blake (Duvors) - 1 (Jack Sassy) Day Three: Vote Count with votes/unvotes in the timeline Spencer Milford (KotZ) - 4 (Duvors, JintaiZ, Jack Sassy, Rumble Strike, JintaiZ)Noah Nelson (JintaiZ) - 1 (KotZ)Vivian Pierce (Kaanere) - 1 (Tariq j, JintaiZ) My observations: Not a massive amount to go on. Mr Nelson has had confirmed Town votin for him each day, but caught a lot of votes Day One especially. Mr Blake unvoted his majority. No huge Scum votin reads either, no-one consistenly votin middle/end of a bandwagoned Town which is where Scum like to be.

I have looked over the previous days again and Miss Pierce spoke once on Day One, and three times on Day Two, We have not heard a peep out of her today. I know we have talked about inactivity and it not specifically signifyin alignment, and I do agree with that, but that level of activity is really low, she isn't contributin at all. But I really feel that if she was part of a scum team, they would have been on her case all this time to speak up more and try to occupy that sweet, safe middle ground... where you don't get called out for inactivity. This wine in front of me? Don't mind if I do! However in goin over the transcripts it was really noticable how little Mr Milford has spoken up this whole voyage. Mr Wembley was absolutely correct to call him out on it as it was particularly obvious on Day Two. So, I will: Vote: Spencer Milford (KotZ)

You all know my reasonin for votin Mr Wembley yesterday, I was actually the first vote, but I gave my reasons at the time. Then his responses to the vote did nothin to persuade me to change it. If that be suspicious to anyone on deck, I can understand, but I don't back down from what I did. There are 2 crew I be lookin at today for the black spot - Miss Pierce, who still hasn't spoken up yet. I agree with ye all that this in itself isn't a sign of scum, but she sure isn't contributin much to our hunt over these past few days. I be callin out crew constantly to try to get more involved in the discussion, so naturally this does vex me somewhat. I am not the only one who finds some of her statements, few as they are, a bit perplexin. And as much as myself and Mr Wembley went at it yesterday, I would be a foolish man not to at least consider his partin words, I can see where todays votes for both Mr Nelson and Mr Milford are comin from. As I said before, Mr Nelson started our voyage erratic but is heavily involved. However Mr Milford, in Mr Wembley's own words I have said before that I believe the Scum are the quieter ones here, just tryin to blend in and not make any waves (heh, a nautical joke!) so I'd be happy to vote for either Miss Pierce or Mr Milford. I would like to see Miss Pierce at least show up before I decide.

Poor Mr Wembley never even had a hook!

She also stated explicitly that she was joinin the bandwagon on Wembley with her vote, although then she did state that she felt we needed a lynch on day two which I am sure we all agree on. Still, for someone who so rarely posts and contributes, there are a lot of questions around her and she has not talked up today so far either. As for Mr Milford's points, it is correct that Mr Wembley said Investor rather than Investigator - in different forms twice - which makes it really weird. I had a look at the parchments ye found and it really doesn't seem a necessary role as we can all talk 'below decks' with no restrictions.

I agree that Miss Pierce hasn't brought much to the table so far, and agree with your suspicions Mr Nelson. Definitely one to keep an eye on today. That 'scum could have sat out' idea has even less merit today with no scum kill. Mr Wembley with his last Townie breath didnt say who he had investigated and what the results were, instead gave his opinion on who the scum were and pointed the finger at Mr Nelson and Mr Milford. We have all seen Mr Nelson in action, day one he was certainly erratic and received a few votes due to this but day two asked a lot of reasonable questions of others and was very involved. I have again had talks below decks with him and see him as someone trying hard for us, he is actually my biggest Town read at the moment with the effort he has put in so far. Mr Milford put the hammer vote on Mr Wembley but I can't actually disagree with his reasoning that gaining a lynch on someone Day Two was important even if he was very non-committal with his read on him. What does everyone else think? Where do we go today?

Yes, I just don't understand Wembleys attitude yesterday. Unhelpful and sarcastic yet actually Town. It baffles me. It is also interestin that we didn't lose anyone else. Things must be pickin up below decks now which can only help us.

That is so unfortunate, Mr Wembley was loyal after all. Let's hope that he wasn't the investigator because he claimed far too late for anyone to change their vote. I really don't understand his actions the entire day, saying how little we had to go on when as investigator he would have been one of the few of us who should have info.

Thank you for openin up a bit, Mr Wembley. I appreciate you doing so. I agree that we need a lynch, and hopefully the non-voters will be able to actually vote, as the Capn says it is mandatory. I will say again, from your point of view is it not unlikely that the 2 most vocal crew are Scum? You say the crew are generally quiet, I personally think that is much more likely where Scum are, tryin to not get noticed. It would be difficult on such a small ship if the majority of the crew were active, here we can have people speak up just once or twice a day with no comeuppance, and that surely plays into Scum hands.

My vote is stayin on Mr Wembley, I don't think anyone else has any traction at this stage.

I agree, you can only talk once or twice but still come up with somethin useful, she hasn't done that as I said earlier. Mr Milford also only posted at the start of the day as well, we need the crew to be more involved in this even if stuff is goin on below decks. Only half of us have voted. It be troublin.

No, Mr Nelson, you have misunderstood here. What Douglas means is that if someone isn't very active they can be either loyal or traitor. Inactivity in itself is not an indicator. This is absolutely true. He wasn't speaking about his alignment. I am glad some others such as Mr Newport and Mr Blake see Mr Wembley's responses as being a bit over the top, currently he is my choice for a lynch not just for my initial vote reasons but his reaction afterwards seemed particularly unhelpful. We have what, 16 hours or so to secure a lynch? With not losing a crew member overnight maybe that gives us a bit more grace - the usual arguments against a day one lynch are so we don't risk losin a Townie straightaway along with any Scum kills night one, but clearly we entered day two with the same crew complement as day one. This does buy us some more time but this voyage would feel a bit rudderless if we don't lynch for two days straight.

Great, let us know your observations so far, it would be useful.

I agree Mr Newport, Miss Pierce really is flyin under the radar (arrr, what be a radar?) and her contribution over these two days doesn't amount to much in terms of rootin out scum. However when she came in to do her solitary day one post, she didn't vote for a bandwagon in progress. Now I take that to mean that she is unlikely to be scum, unless of course she and Mr Nelson are both scum and she didn't want to seal the deal on a scum buddy. Not too far-fetched, but unlikely, I'd say. This is where lynchin Mr Nelson yesterday could have told us somethin, whatever his alignment it would have been a way to examine the votes on him. If we are also lookin at the votin yesterday (and that's really all we have to go on) then Mr Blake takin his vote off of Mr Nelson could be read into if they are the scum team. Again, unlikely - I really don't see Scum then self-votin, as Mr Nelson has pointed out - but he did stop a majority on Mr Nelson at the time. Are ye goin to vote one of your suspects Mr Newport?

I be thinkin he means us, Mr Nelson. The two who were at each others throats on Day One. Could be seen as a Scum tactic, but given there are 2 Scum at most on a crew this size, I think it unlikely that both Scum would try to lead the day's discussion and get so much attention on the first day. And you all know my philosophy - talkin be good, silence be bad. Pick holes in my views of the crew, the votes I cast, my opinion on lynching day one, I not be mindin that if it leads to more talkin. I still feel the crew is very quiet, would like to see more discussion, but I be bangin that particular drum all voyage.

A vote I could also get behind. Now I best sort out the sails or the Captain will be pi.. Unhappy.