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1 neutral and that's a standard breakdown, 5 scum out of 22. A second team would make it 5/5/1/12, or something close to that, which would be idiotic and result in the post-game assassination of the Admiral. The second team theory is as big of a joke as the bomb, except people are trying to use it to cause confusion, and confusion only benefits the scum. Those efforts are being noted. Now for the real business of the day. Vote: Ensign Brian Pewter (Palathadric) If you need any help having your legs, let me know.

I am the bomb. Diggity. Beyond that, I agree, I think it was a very funny roleclaim designed to trip up the scum in the simulation and somehow it has carried over to this game, but has no basis in reality. Apparently you don't know how to read, because I still support voting out Pewter today, I think it's an incredible opportunity. Since it needs to be spelled out more clearly, I believe it will tell us who to vote for tomorrow. If he's town, I'd lynch Rockford tomorrow for what seems to be an intentionally bad interpretation of a joke (assuming it turns out to be one). If Pewter ends up scum, I'd go for Campbell tomorrow. Are we clear now? Yeah, as I recall he did the same thing in the simulation, and we all know how that turned out. And before anyone says it... metagaming? From me? I've had it done to me by the best, don't think I haven't learned a few things, though in this case it speaks more to ability than a direct pattern, thus it actually qualifies as worth noting. Except for that part where I think we should lynch him today. As for roleplaying, I think you missed Harriet the Slut in your list.

Ok, that's starting to look like something we can work with. Wine, wine, wine, it's all you ever do. Shut up and bend over, it's lonely out here in space.

I don't know where all this 'two teams' talk started, but it's idiotic to assume something like that so soon. I agree with the idea that this is a much more classical situation involving a few bad apples and one nutcase serial killer. As for what we do today, I don't know yet, I want to review yesterday and see how things progress, but I do think it's important to remember that the whole "omg, he said he's scum in pm" thing turned out to be, for lack of a better word, overplayed. Once the conversation was shown, it was obviously a joke (a lame one, sure) and that makes me wonder why so much was made of it. If the vote hadn't been so split up, it could have gotten someone killed, and a joke is rarely a reason to lynch (though there are times...). The split vote is another point I'd like to look at today, it seems likely that at least one person in there is scum and the split was added insurance to protect them.

Yay for moving clocks!

It's true, there's been a lot of nonsense today, but I do think we'll get something out of all of this and am actually pleased with this as a day 1, it's given us a lot to analyze tomorrow.

He means that we're taking your word on this without anything to back it up. If it turns out untrue, we'd be left to figure out what happened and one of the possibilities is that you lied. Another is that he's a complete moron. Hopefully he will reply and at least clear up that matter.

Makes the most sense in this otherwise senseless day. Vote: Ensign Brian Pewter (Palathadric)

I don't know what to make of all of these accusations, but I do know that splitting our votes so thin only benefits the scum. Even if we're wrong in the end, we need to try to focus on one or two targets and not just throw useless votes around, they give the appearance of activity when in reality they're just a distraction. It's one reason you can't look at activity as an indicator of guilt, a lot of the supposed activity today is meaningless or worse. At this point, I still haven't seen a compelling argument for anyone, just a lot of behavioural theories that could easily be countered with past experiences and one pm claim that should be directly quoted or it's impossible to judge.

Much like in the simulator, I've got nothing, though this time I could use some kind of hair conditioner or something. Seriously, what is it with this mess? As for the matter at hand, if someone can present an even slightly compelling case, I'll be inclined to go with it. The closest so far is the whole early messaging thing, which does look a little odd to me, especially since I didn't get one. Though if I was a loyalist sending messages, I might not have sent me one either, so that's less suspicious. Then again, I wouldn't have sent one to some of the ones who did get one, or anyone for that matter, so it's back to being suspicious again. I will wait and see.

Not if the host shows it in the pics, that would be madness!

Well, this is certainly more interesting than the simulation, though I'm not sure it's more helpful. Still, I do see a few potential patterns emerging. Carry on, folks, I'm just going to keep watching for now. Nooo, really?

Do you know what happened to the last man who criticized my hair? He won the lottery, married a hot blonde, bought a mansion and a fast spaceship. Had it all. A short time later he commented, "anyone else hear that ticking?" but there wasn't anyone else around, just a package he didn't recognise. "Heh, a gift, I really do have it all, unlike that punk with the bad hair." The explosion that wiped the smug grin off his face was said to have shaken every house in the area, but fortunately the security footage survived. Do you get my point here, or should I be less subtle? I'm pretty sure I saw that on a late night holovid. Yeah, that's it. I think it was called "Da Bomb."

Oh dear, not again... Let's just get this out of the way from the start. Someone throw a fit! Seriously, that fit over there needs throwing, one of you subordinates can just pick it right up and throw it. Go on, you know you want to. *time passes* So, until one of you gets off your sorry butt and throws that fit, let's look for clues! Look at the clock... IT NEVER CHANGES! *time passes* SEE? IT NEVER CHANGES!!!

LOOK! ISC HAS A KNIFE! HE MUST BE THE SCUM KILLER!

Any port in a storm, I suppose, but I'm confused by your additional frontal hardware. He's on holiday and will be later than his usual late self in participating, but he will be here. Consider him confirmed.

Lieutenant Thomas Hornby, chief cartography officer reporting for duty! Oh ffs, this is going to be a long trip. I don't know who that is, probably someone way below my rank, but you're living up to the name at least. Scrutinizing your picture, you're kind of cute, but it isn't entirely obvious if you're a boy or a girl named Jason. Please be a girl named Jason, it's going to be a long trip. Yes, it has been said before that I am da bomb. Diggity. Or something. Indeed. Helloooooo nurse! I you already.

Perhaps not, but it was particularly bad. The first time I read the claim was in pm before looking at the day, and even without the benefit of having seen the picture, I knew it was crap. Then again, I'd already suspected him from his previous pm and wasn't overly surprised. The rant, real, fake or a mixture of both, was even worse and such behaviour will never be tolerated on EB, and that ends that discussion since Flipz is currently chambered and we do not discuss specific situations related to chambered members.

Happy Birthday, you monster! "You know how I'm going to live forever, but you're going to be dead in sixty years? Well, I've been working on a belated birthday present for you. Well... more of a belated birthday medical procedure. Well. Technically, it's a medical EXPERIMENT. What's important is, it's a present!" If he had a heart, that would be the way straight to it.

Yes, the new crew will be decidedly fatter, but they prefer if we call it 'safety padded.' As for quantity, I would guess it will be the same, but the Admiral will decide who he is sending, so we'll just have to wait and see.

You monster. The game is just restarting, and not because of you. Well, not too much.

In an interesting and unexpected twist, it turns out that the events you have just seen were a simulation to prepare you for the true emergency situation that lies ahead. Stay tuned as Excalibur 2.0 is currently being prepared for your Mafia pleasure.

Active and dead players: Stay tuned for further developments.

It's pretty much a historical fact in these situations that the pictures are intended to be meaningless and often contain jokes or just funny coincidences. It was poor sportsmanship, pure and simple, and I'm inclined to believe that at least some of the reveal is true as I've had my own suspicions already. Indeed.