Hinckley

That's a much better way to word what I was saying earlier. It'll be interesting to say what he says about having a piece or not.

Well, we have been instructed to metagame. And I did that to you in the last game, but I was right and you wanted me to and I knew I was going to be converted if I didn't kill you and then didn't guess there would be a backup leader, Anyway, I agree.

Here's what it looks like with DarkDragon's piece:

I think there should be four pieces left. One was Cecilie's. Redblade might have had one. That means at least two of the three remaining people should have pieces. Once we have more pieces, we'll have a better idea of how many pieces are missing, and from there we can see how many people are lying to us about not having a piece. That would be a hard lie to get to the bottom of, considering how many people claimed not to have pieces. And there are bound to be Townies with Power Roles in that group...

No, I wouldn't assume Redblade had one. Cecilie had one. That, I believe. You're analyzing the info I've compiled more than I am. Perhaps I should take a closer look myself...

It could be very telling later to find out who kept theirs to themselves until after it was solved. I understand people thought it would benefit the Scum to get the question and be able to solve it, but if the idea was to stop the Scum from getting it, then people would have to suggest that and therefore suggest that the Town not get the question either, and therefore not get the benefit and nobody suggested that, except for Cecilie. Again, there are all sorts of reverse psychology tactics to be had with this puzzle. For example, if I were Scum, I could've shared my piece early to encourage others to show theirs and therefore gain the advantage, having two or three pieces my Scum buddies and I never planned to share. However, If there are 26 players and 20 pieces to the puzzle and we think that the Scum have two teams of three... Hmmm...everything is a viable theory until it is tested and proven one way or another. The two lynch candidates so far are Flare and Big Cam. Flare hasn't produced a puzzle piece, nor has he claimed to have been given one or not, so I think we could test a couple of things by lynching him: 1. Does the distribution of puzzle pieces have anything to do with allegiance? (I doubt it would be setup this way. If a Scum team had no puzzle pieces among them, I doubt anyone would be admitting so quickly to not having any...) 2. Does the reluctance to share or talk about puzzle pieces have anything to do with allegiance? (Did either Scum team decide not to reveal their pieces? Is that a way they could be finding each other right now?) 3. Are the people who voted for Flare the dumbest Scum team ever? (Or did random selection of a previously unknown player lead them all to their lynches because he turns out to be Scum? ) I can't vote, and I'd probably still have mine on TrumpetKing67, but I'd advocate for a Flare lynch at this point. Yes, even though I voted for him for mayor. My reasons for voting him mayor were based on my lack of knowledge of him. Since placing my vote and hearing his responses, the knowledge I've gained is not comforting. His responses are somewhat confounding. Couple that with the fact that many people voted along quickly and some with no reason, it would be most interesting to see where his allegiance lies. If he's Scum, I'm in trouble, but I'd rather get myself in trouble and find a Scum than stay safe and not solve anything. That's a pretty long list of people who voted for him, and several of them after the tactic of voting for a lesser-known player was already loudly in question. It's almost like a lynch voting pattern. If Flare is Scum, we'd have a lot to analyze there.

Well, there has been a lot of activity today to base a vote off of. And everyone who has voted has presented a case. Not very many votes have been cast yet anyway.

Puzzle Pieces: Shadows - Sixteenth person to reveal his puzzle piece. CallMePie - Third to reveal his puzzle piece. Zepher - ? Dannylonglegs - claims not to have a puzzle piece. DarkDragon - ? Adam - Fourteenth person to reveal his puzzle piece. Tamamono - Fourth to reveal his puzzle piece. JimButcher - claims to not have a puzzle piece. Hinckley - Second to reveal his puzzle piece. Cornelius Murdock - First to reveal his puzzle piece. Scouty - Tenth to "reveal" his puzzle piece. PirateDave84 - Eleventh to reveal his puzzle piece. Nightshroud99 - Ninth to reveal his puzzle piece. Trumpetking67 - Sixth to reveal his puzzle piece. badboytje88 - claims to not have a puzzle piece. Cecilie - claims a piece but won't reveal it, but now dead. iamded - Fifth to reveal his puzzle piece. DarthPotato - Eighth to reveal his puzzle piece. Flare - ? Alopex - Fifteenth person to reveal his puzzle piece. Pandora - Thirteenth to reveal her puzzle piece. Big Cam - Twelfth to reveal his puzzle piece. Capt. Redblade - we'll never know Rick - claims to not have a puzzle piece. TinyPiesRUs - claims to not have a puzzle piece. Dragonator - ? People whose claims are in bright red or bright green claimed after the puzzle was solved. Didn't someone else claim not to have a piece since the last time I posted this list? I thought I remembered someone claiming that but I don't see it now.

Reading that word "alliance" makes me think the idea that the Scum would spill themselves on Day One by trying to get one of their own elected Mayor (a role whose importance still seems dubious, although less so considering many of us have gambled our votes away. ) is ridiculous. Really, that would have to be incredibly stupid.

Fine, I'm on the list then. Although Flare turning up Scum would heavily incriminate me, I have to agree with your logic here. I find it interesting that two votes for Flare followed mine. Everyone seems to have had reasons, but as I've stated, I found other behaviors DarkDragon exhibited weird, although you defended her, and Zepher is being typically nonsensical, but I thought his reasoning was a little weaker (it's a tool to get the sheep more involved). The weirdest thing that Flare has done was his first post after seeing I voted for him. He asked if I was trying to get on his good side. As I said to someone in private (as I have a disturbing number of them going for being Day One. Don't worry, nobody has claimed to me. Most people want to know why I'm being such a dick.) he's either an inexperienced player unfamiliar with my gameplay or a Scum not sure how to respond to being voted for and getting advice from fellow team members to seem suspicious of my vote. I would like to see Flare's allegiance, even if I end up getting lynched tomorrow for being the first to vote for him for mayor. Who started this trend? Can't you just quote the actual posts instead of linking to them? I know we can't multiquote from a closed topic now, but can't you copy the text and put it between quote tags?

He already told us what it said. We're just seeing who has the pieces and if they were trying to hide them from us and why...

The reason it looked like there were random letters strewn about is that it's center justified and spreads even the smallest words like "ce?" all the way to the edges. Derp. I did realize this earlier but have been going over Night Zero and today and just wanted to comment on my dumb comment.

I hope this is the result of a Night Action because it's megablocking irritating.

I will never play one of those games again. Wagering a vote is stupid. Count me out. With 13 pieces: I would guess there are 20 pieces in total...

Puzzle Pieces: Shadows - ? CallMePie - Third to reveal his puzzle piece. Zepher - ? Dannylonglegs - claims not to have a puzzle piece. DarkDragon - ? Adam - ? Tamamono - Fourth to reveal his puzzle piece. JimButcher - claims to not have a puzzle piece. Hinckley - Second to reveal his puzzle piece. Cornelius Murdock - First to reveal his puzzle piece. Scouty - Tenth to "reveal" his puzzle piece. PirateDave84 - Eleventh to reveal his puzzle piece. Nightshroud99 - Ninth to reveal his puzzle piece. Trumpetking67 - Sixth to reveal his puzzle piece. badboytje88 - claims to not have a puzzle piece. Cecilie - claims a piece but won't reveal it, but now dead. iamded - Fifth to reveal his puzzle piece. DarthPotato - Eighth to reveal his puzzle piece. Flare - ? Alopex - ? Pandora - Thirteenth to reveal her puzzle piece. Big Cam - Twelfth to reveal his puzzle piece. Capt. Redblade - we'll never know Rick - claims to not have a puzzle piece. TinyPiesRUs - claims to not have a puzzle piece. Dragonator - ? Danny and Scouty were both reading the thread as the pieces were coming in. Scouty didn't reveal his until the following day and only as part of a larger jpg. We haven't seen the actual shape of his original piece. TrumpetKing67 suggest we wait until Day One to solve it Why wait?

Is it right that only twelve people shared their pieces? I think I must have at least one piece wrong. However, we know that Cecilie had a piece that we'll never see and Redblade might have had one too. Somebody must have the piece that completes the word "homicidal". Come on, people. Share your pieces. You have nothing to lose at this point.

I've changed my mind anyway. I'd like to put the pieces we did have together to find out how many pieces there likely were. Wouldn't this be an easy game if we were all supposed to have one and the ones who said they didn't are just liars? We'd have busted all the Scum. It's worth a shot and a better use of my time than sitting around being a dick to everyone.

Congratulations, Cornelius! I hope you're not Scum.

Were you going to say something to me and then changed your mind? I like being talked to...

Why are you quoting me as saying that? When you click the arrow in the quote it takes you back to a quote of mine, but the words in that post don't match what you've quoted. What are you playing at?

Sorry if you're offended. I mean nothing by it and I don't find it all that harsh. I've been moving hastily and I think that has caused my posts to be a little brash. However, if we killed everyone in this group for acting like a dick, we'd be out of suspects pretty quickly. And I don't think I've been quite so offensive as I've been pressing people for reactions. Speaking of Heartlake, I commented to someone earlier how much your post was like one of Katie's. You think being harsh is a Scum-tell? I think being defensive about being pressured is a Scum-tell, so there. Have I? How? Where? Was I specifically accused anywhere? All I recall saying to your accusation is that I didn't give a rat's megablocks if I was on your good side or not. Did that clear me? I like your hair. See how I'm being nice while just pressuring you to see your reaction? I love you all. Whatever. PirateDave explained how he came to a quick explanation. 1977 hit c'est was enough to google. I don't see the point in completing the puzzle when def has already given us the question and answer. Sounds like a waste of time. Am I missing something?

So, why are you a better tool than anybody else? Why can't you quote like a normal person? I think you've already answered your own concerns. Yes, I can now see how those things contradict each other and yes, I read your post too fast. And my thought process did spill out into that post as I was posting between tasks at work. Notice that signifies that I'm not afraid to let my thought process spill out onto the page. You know how I obsess over what I say when I have something to hide. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to explain yourself twice. To clarify: Redblade would be a vig target, but I don't think that was the vig, based on the MO. The trap killer in The Forest II was gleeful because the ACME catalog made the traps sound like fun and he had an obligation to behave like the road runner. However, I would also assume that if there is a Scum killer, which we know there is, there is a serial killer, which also seems to have been confirmed, that it would be the most likely if any killer was to choose not to act, it would be the vig. It's possible a killer was blocked or a target protected last night as well. See what all of this speculation has gotten us? We should've stopped talking about this a long time ago. No, I think we've learned a lot. Like, I'm a dick. OK, so we haven't learned much but we've seen a lot of ... behavior. Also, I'm not saying that definitely wasn't the vig as either kill. These are just opinions I've expressed. I don't think, by any means, that I'm 100% right about it.

You state how confused you are, a common Scum tactic. Instead of just professing confusion, ask for clarification. Actively participate. Then you excuse everything you do by saying why you shouldn't vote for Flare for mayor and then vote for him. Scum tell. Ping. First of all, I didn't even notice that the three of you disagreed with my "choice" for mayor. Why does one vote have so many people suspicious? And speaking of being a drama queen, you think the mayor will be in charge of things? Settle down. He or she will break any tie that occurs in the voting. That's hardly anything I would consider being "in charge". Shouldn't you suspect PirateDave67 then? Isn't that who TinyPies posted about?

Seeing as I lost my vote, I may as well say who I would be voting for. I would vote for TrumpetKing67 based solely on the Scumminess of this post: