Rumble Strike

There is that exact guide pinned to the top of this forum.

Thanks for hosting again Bob, I hope everything is OK where you are now. Congrats to the Town, we got there in the end!

Can we put Pherson out of his misery yet?

Vote: Lt Commander Dustin Pherson (Duvors) [/B] We will be fine, sir. I'm the Excalibur's helmsman. I pilot, you keep the ship going. We are a dream team!

I wanted to come right out with it, no point in allowing Pherson to muddy the waters and get a fictitious roleclaim in. For my blocking record, it is pretty poor: I didn't block anyone Night one, the simulator guidance suggested that I was much more likely to stop a Townie. Which is somewhat ironic because on Night two I blocked someone I had been suspicious of during that Day - the "playing it straight down the middle of the road" Macdougal, who we found out was Town on her death that night. Then Night three I blocked you, which you have confirmed, Cheseelo. I was still suspicious of you and it seemed the best idea. I can't provide any more evidence and Macdougal is no longer here to confirm the second block, obviously. It's over, Commander Pherson, we have you now. I cannot wait to vote.

Ok, we are in the endgame now. I didn't vote for Arnold yesterday, because I know I am Town and if they were Scum they would have hammered me. She turns out Town. I also, like most of you, thought Fenton was Town because they were the hammer vote on Heecan. They are killed by the Scum and yes, he is also Town. I voted for Cheseelo, believing him to have the most Scummy voting pattern, and gave my reasons. We are 2 Town versus 1 Scum now, and I know who it is. Cheeselo will be pleased, as I am going to out myself as a Power role. Last night I followed my vote and used my Block on Cheseelo as the most likely Scum. It was successful. However there was a kill last night, and being blocked means he could not have killed Fenton, and so... the remaining Scum is Pherson. Case closed.

I would really like a lynch but I just know that Arnold didn't hammer me and followed my vote for an eventual Scum in Heecan - surely if they were also Scum it would have been a lot easier just to hammer me rather than set up some elaborate Scum double bluff with regards to voting. It's such a small game, there aren't any long term strategies needed, just lynch Townies during the day and kill them at night. However I don't think Arnold has added a lot to the actual discussion throughout the days, and I do put a lot of stead in contributing to the days because that's where we can find inconsistencies and ask questions. Arnold's point about Pherson is a good one but having played with Pherson in several previous simulations he does vote and unvote regularly whatever his allegiance, that's just how he approaches the simulations. However, he hasn't voted yet today, I hope he is OK.

Wow, it is quiet on the bridge. Not good when we must be close to the end, surely there can only be 1 Corrupted left amongst the 5 of us left. We can't let apathy win today, we must try for a lynch. I have talked a lot today and hopefully you can follow my reasoning when I say that Cheseelo seems to be the weakest link here in terms of previous voting. I will vote: Lt Cheseelo (Zepher) Who has admittedly spoken a lot, tried to add reasons to his ideas, but may just be a very clever Scum who has taken up the talkative position and is leading from the front. The only other thing that pings me is his belief that Power roles should out themselves, it is clear that if any are still alive, they are not happy coming forward.

I just checked and I had 3 votes on me when Arnold voted for Heecan after I had done so. Arnold would have been the hammer if they would have followed the bandwagon and voted for me. From my point of view that is a Town move. Equally Pherson took off his vote for me and went for Heecan. That was vote 3, unnecessary for a Scum to put his teammate in danger, albeit close to the end of the Day. As mentioned, Fenton was the hammer for Heecan and that's a massive Town move because if he was Scum he could have tied it up again or even voted for anyone else. It is a shame Macdougal didn't get to vote, would have given us more to go on. So from my vote analysis it is Cheseelo who didn't try to get someone who we later found out was Scum. However all he said during his actual vote for me was that he found me "slightly suspicious" with no further analysis at that time, although he had given out a lot of questions which I answered, not to his satisfaction, clearly.

As to your point about me changing my mind halfway through the day regarding the day one non voters, yes you are right. I gave them the benefit of the doubt early on, but when most of us were discussing things, neither were very vocal for the second day running so I stated I would be likely to vote for one of them. I don't think a change in my position there is unreasonable.

Unfortunately my attendance on the bridge may be spotty today. It is great that we got a Corrupted, note that I was first to vote for him when I had a few votes on me. That would be a ridiculous play if I were also Scum, there would be absolutely no point in doing it when a few others were under more suspicion. Fenton as the hammer makes me lean Town on him, as Scum would have been perfectly happy with no lynches the first 2 days. Cheseelo is leading the conversation and is engaged, leaning Town. Pherson is also engaged, maybe more middle of the road. Undecided. Arnold is very quiet, not had much to say but did follow my vote on Heecan when they could of added to my votes - would it have been the hammer? Need to check. Undecided.

Thanks for a reasoned vote, Pherson. That's 2 bandwagon jumpers with nothing to add. Take note! I will vote: Lieutenant Reechsavo Heecan (Jimmynick) for contributing nothing this whole time, ridiculing people who are trying to generate discussion, and running in at the end with a bandwagon vote.

How do we try to catch Scum if we don't get everyone to contribute to discussions? If people don't contribute then we have nothing to go off. I have been active, Cheseelo has seen something they think is a little off with something I said and they are voting on it, which is fair enough. I understand that. I obviously don't agree but I can see where he is coming from because he is vocal and has instigated discussion and I have responded. Whereas this vote doesn't seem to address anything. I have not blathered, I have consistently said we need more engagement from the quieter crew members and that would be where my vote is going.

Once again, I have twice given my reasoning for why I personally think this. However, I don't think Arnold or Heecan have brought anything to the discussion today and my vote will be one of them or Fenton, for at least the others are participating and adding discussion.

I just think that in a team they would all be making sure they voted. In previous simulations, not voting gets you penalties which make it easier to get a lynch on you, so clearly that's a bad place to be, but especially if you are Scum. As Commander Dustin said, due to the low engagement on Day One, we can't take it as a fact, and I am not presenting it as an absolute. But all we know for sure is that Te'voka didn't vote, and they were Town.

There is that Scum sweet spot of activity, to fly just above the radar, active to not draw out accusations of not being interested - but not too active that they get caught out. Saying stuff but being non-committal, I'd say Macdougal is doing quite well at that. Did you have a look back at Day One like you said you would, Dr Macdougal? Find anything interesting? I didn't spot anything particularly incriminating by anyone, but it was very quiet. Maybe you will have better luck or a keener eye than me.

I just said in the entire post that I didn't think it was a good idea for the investigator to reveal themselves yet, I am certainly not asking anyone to reveal themselves. However we are now at the voting stage and so far there is not much to go on. I appreciate Cheseelo's attempt to force more discussion, that is always a positive as it draws people into taking a position. Maybe we do have to deal with the fact we have a smaller crew and try some out of the box thinking, or we are unlikely to reach a consensus again. For what it's worth, I can definitely see where Pherson is coming from with regards to Macdougal.

I did indeed, as it is mandatory to do so. It will be interesting to see if there are any penalties for not voting. I can't imagine any Scum putting that kind of pressure on themselves when it could so easily be avoided and we were intentionally trying to spread the vote. Given how quiet the day was, I didn't think we should try to form a consensus, stated that, and voted for the guy who had just voted.

In that Main Street Mafia simulation the dashing, animal loving investigator (who was a one shot only) was killed night one. The prior simulation about Pirates also lost the investigator early, albeit to a lynch. However I believe that investigator was also not a 'regular' investigator, and his action took longer than one night. So with Te'voka dead, we may have already lost our investigator, and won't get any information. It would certainly be a bold move to reveal themselves if we do have one, but I am not sure yet that we require that nuclear option.

An enemy team working together is unlikely to allow one of them to not vote when it's mandatory, it is basic fitting in tactics. If anything I would be more suspicious of those who voted.

Not much to go off at all, Te'voka only spoke up once all day. Never got involved in either the 'how many are we facing' discussion or the 'first day phasing' discussion, which is surprising for a crew member who is so experienced. As mentioned, they didn't vote either, and Lt. Arnold and Lt Heecan also failed to vote.

Nobody did much yesterday, it was far too quiet and that means the Corrupted can just hide. We need more from everyone now or we are just going to be picked off one by one.

The rules do state that voting is mandatory. As I have already stated, I am OK with not reaching a consensus today, so in order to not incur a penalty I will Vote: Lt. Commander Hiveon Cheseelo (Zepher) to spread the vote. The next person to vote, feel free to vote for me next.

As Lt. Commander Cheseelo asks, is it worth us trying to co-ordinate a vote today to get a 1 in 4 chance of a Corrupted? If the 2 out of 8 is accurate, that is. There isn't much to go on today, not much talk, it would be a real shot in the dark. I would be OK with us not finding a consensus.

Not the Captain, this is terrible! How many more enemies do you think we are dealing with, 2 out of us 8?