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Wow, this was indeed quite shocking and troubling news at the same time. Unfortunately for Mehmet, the only way to verify the result is to sacrifice him... Looks like we were all right to doubt that that many people will trust Mehmet on Day 1. I also previously stated that I found it unfathomable for him to acquire all those significant info on the first freakin' day! I was right to think that only dumbos would be foolish enough to reveal their roles this early, no matter how if virtual force was used. His "list" was too good to be true and it was just probably made up. And it was easy for him "to clear" Mr. Fitz because he knew all along that he's Innocent, granted he is indeed a Cultist.

I tried to read my notes on what happened yesterday, and I looked back at those who voted for Mr. Fitzsilent, the only confirmed Innocent amongst us so far. One highly interesting incident that really struck my attention is this: Let me refresh all of you: At this particular point in the voting, both Mr. Goodenarde and Mr. Fitz are in a tight battle in the vote tally, with the latter leading by a hairline. After the this update from our host Ossie, Mr. Fitz changed his vote to Roger to even the things up, and then Mr. Leplot (WhiteFang) also voted for Roger that put Mr. Goodenarde in the lead. It is at this point that, when the voting seems to be turning in favor of our only confirmed Innocent Mr. Fitz, that Ms. Ophelia Balls (fhomess) and Ms. Jennifer Taylor (Sandy) began to vote for Mr. Fitz, in succession, to once again put Mr. Fitz in the lead in the vote tally. Once Mr. Fitz was forced to reveal his Virginity, I, your reliable greasy engineer tied things up once more when I voted for Roger in order to possibly save a Virgin in Mr. Fitz. Then Ms. Balls suspiciously followed and unvoted for Mr. Fitz, BUT instead of voting for Mr. Fitz's closest 'rival' at that point (Mr. Goodenarde), Ms. Balls inexplicably chose to vote for Ms. Taylor (who was in no way in danger at that point). Owing to his vast experience in these types of situations, Mr. Fitz immediately noticed these suspicious behavior from Ms. Balls: Was it a half-assed/half-hearted move from Ms. Balls? I'm sorry Ophelia, I know you "asked for advice" from me privately regarding this, but I think the rest deserves to know the reasoning behind your suspicions move. And mind you, these two were also the first ones to test Ms. Taylor's questionable voting tactic, with Ms. Balls "starting" with her weirdo moment of voting-unvoting-revoting of Mr. Lelplot followed by Ms. Taylor's (being true to her word) voting the same. A staged act perhaps? I think these two are worth looking at...

Of course I am aware that those who've revealed their roles to you will definitely keep a watchful eye on you, and the way you actually put yourself at risk by being in this precarious situation makes me inclined to believe that you are one of us Innocents (and with apologies to my perceived "role model" Mr. Fitzdef, you seem to be the Towniest of the unconfirmed Town). My statement was just an expression of concern, especially knowing some Innocents who are quick (and dumb?) to reveal their "Virginity" to you this early, as I've always thought the best course of action for Virgins is to keep it to themselves as much as possible - to keep these coward Cultists guessing their stupid minds off. The Virgins telling you such vital info, even if kept "confidential" by you, still risks of being revealed to the Cultists in one way or another (slip-ups, blind faith/trust). So I just hope in the best interest of the Town you will do what's best for our cause.

Sarcasm

While I admit that I had a public conflict with Percy yesterday due my annoyance to his repeated questioning of me, it doesn't automatically mean that I am a Cultist does it? If I were a cultist, would it make sense for me to have a public conflict with an Innocent and have my Cultist team kill poor Percy? That would be a dumb scum move on our part if I was part of the Cult as it would just expose ME the next day! THINK GUYS THINK! Though I wouldn't take these against the both of you Mehmet and Ms. Murgatryod, I understand the reasoning behind your suspicion and if I were your in position I would probably do the same thing. If anyone is still suspicious of me, here's what I propose you to do: - Ask me more questions (publicly or privately), and out of respect for Percy for "not answering" his questions right away, I will do my best to address any suspicions you may have on me. - Anyone with a Nocturnal Skill, I very much welcome any investigation on me tonight. - Lynch me so you'll know that I'm one of your fellow Innocents. I'm very much welcome to go through any process to confirm my innocence. And I'll do my damn best to help us rid out these dumb cultists among us. And one last thing: Killing Poor Percy? That's a bastardly COWARDLY move by the Cultists - kinda expected, but totally unfair for someone of the stature as Percy. (STUPID METAGAMERS! GO TO FREAKIN' HELL! ) Hans, I couldn't agree more. Even if Mehmet was clearly working doubly hard, I was quite surprised that A LOT of people had trusted him on the First Day! I'm in no position to accuse Mehmet of being a Cultist, but if he's indeed a Cultist, then all who revealed their roles to him will be completely ducked up in the coming days. And here I though I was in the company of experienced people. But if he's one of us Innocents, him having a lot of significant info would surely put a HUGE target on him, so he better have some kind of protection on a nightly basis...

Indexed!

My apologies for the late reply, I got swamped recently. February seems to be the perfect timing! It will give interested participants a much needed break from the holidays and ample time to prepare for this PT CB. Preferably yes, and is one of the significant factors in allowing a member to host a build. You're a proven exceptional MOCer so I don't think you'd have any problem with that. And I shall provide you with the title image, unless you want a better customized one if you like? It depends on you, since my title images are a bit on the "generic" side. ----------- And on the issue of interested potential hosts, although not required, we more or less prefer experienced builders to lead the builds and be able to inspire the other participants. ACPin is an exceptional MOCer, so is Oky, both Brickdoctor and Masked Builder have also proven their worth in MOCing with their highly-accurate vehicles and clone mission builds, respectively. So we do take the MOCing ability into account in granting members the chance to lead CBs, so I hope everyone would understand this criterion. Though we could consider giving a chance to new builders based on their MOC track record and most probably under the guidance of an experienced builder.

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A measly 17%. Am I even sure that I'm part of the right forum? But I don't buy sets that much, and most of my purchases comprise of BL parts for my MOCs so...

Sure thing! (Moved - even if it's late)

More than anything else, it is the helmet print/decal that really stands out for me, you really did an excellent job there! You should! Now that the current CW series is already in Phase II, it would be cool to see your take on customizing the new helmets. Once again, thanks for sharing these and hope to see more custom works from you in the near future!

Official pictures of 10224 Town Hall are available on the Romanian toy shop website Caramidute. It seems the set can already be ordered from the shop.Thanks to our member Mikey26 for the link. Image is link to pictures and discussion.

Alright then...

Thanks for the comments guys and gals! Thanks Fangy! I spotted these over the weekend and grabbed 'em together with some Batman sets (SW wasn't available yet unfortunately ). Yeah, you're correct, my mistake. It seems I've missed the "Gear" link on the BL page referring to the Sunblock game. I was but a li'l kid at the time, but was it MacGyver? I had a couple of ideas for the ending, but I chose the "Lighter Side" and more "Friend-lier" ending.

Four words: >>>Back to the Future>>>! This will probably be my first ever modular building. Thanks for the great news mikey26!

Results for the Historica's "All Along The Watchtower" challenge are in! With a whopping number of entries in round 1 has been a huge success, thanks to all who entered! A link to all the amazing entries can be found here along with the latest update in the Historica saga. Don't miss out on round two in the Historica sub-forum now!

And here I thought nothing would beat the recent 23-page Opening Day of Gotham City Mafia.... But you guys did one CRAZY & HELLUVA work! This is simply the BEST FIRST DAY EVAH!!! I'm lovin' it!

Mehmet, as much as I'd like for us to have the best possible vote today but don't you think that switching our votes this late is very risky and could just potentially backfire to us? If you and I unvote for Big Butthole right now and vote for Shaq Attac then that would once again leave Fitz (and probably Roger too) leading the vote! We have no assurances that there would be enough people to rally at this point. And I'm about to go to bed (it's really gettin' late in this part of the world my bodyclock) so I'm afraid this little contingency plan is too late? Unless you could convince more people at this point?

I was already in my bed about to sleep but somehow the instability in the voting keeps bothering me, that's why I had to go back and hear more of the discussions. I honestly find it difficult in my heart to vote for you after hearing the sincerity in your defense. And since there is now a better alternative lynchee as noted by Mehmet, I will: Unvote: Penelope Fargo (Waterbrick Down) and Vote: Hugh Janus (Eskallon) I really hope with all the crazy amount of vote switching we've witnessed our collective decision at the end of the day will ultimately benefit our overall cause. Here's hoping for the best. ---------------------------------------------------- I apologize to our gracious hosts but I can't help but make my own unofficial tally especially in these crucial closing stages of the voting: Unofficial Vote Tally Ishaq Ettaq (Wuntin): 1 vote (ADHO15) Roger Goodenarde (Professor Flitwick): 3 votes (Scubacarrot, Brickdoctor, Tamamono) Penelope Farago (Waterbrick Down): 2 votes (TinyPiesRUs, Zepher) Fr Thomas Thomson (Ricecracker): 1 vote (Waterbrick Down) Gordon Bennett (KielDaMan): 1 vote (Fugazi) Jennifer Taylor (Sandy): 2 votes (Cecilie, fhomess) Patrick Fitzwilliam (def): 3 votes (CallMePieOrDie, JimButcher, Sandy) Hugh Janus (Eskallon): 4 votes (Hinckley, Professor Flitwick, Whitefang, KielDaMan) As we have temporarily agreed, we're saving Fitz (claims to be a Virgin), Roger (claims to be a flavor cop), and Penelope (innocent). So far Hugh Janus is leading, but only by a hairline, and the three aren't exactly safe at this point. I suggest everyone to keep a watchful eye to those who will cast their votes late and see how they will tilt the balance of the voting and their motives could be certainly read through their votes.

In light of Roger's claim and in the interest of preserving a potential useful town role (if proven correct), I shall: Unvote: Roger Goodenarde (Professor Flitwick) and Vote: Penelope Farago (Waterbrick Down) Among three that I've voted, Penelope was the only one who didn't claim a useful role. It's not her fault really, but I just have to give a chance to those who claim something. Sorry Ms. Farago.

Which would make sense for the doctor to give Mr. Fitzvulnerable protection tonight so we could somehow verify if his claim as a Virgin is true tomorrow or in the coming days. Just a humble suggestion once again from this greasy engineer, in case the doctor hasn't thought of it yet.

Now that it is becoming apparently clear that the Cultists' ultimate goal is to specifically "any"/kill a select group of Virgins among us, I think it would be wise for the Virgins to never reveal their roles under any circumstances to anyone no matter what, not even to your closest trustworthy allies! Why am I being Captain Obvious here? Because someone (who I won't name - it depends on him/her if he/she would like to surface) behind the scenes claimed to be a Virgin also. It's either he/she is indeed a Virgin and honestly "slipped-up" after thinking aloud or he/she is a cultist who intentionally claimed as a Virgin in order to gain the trust of other possible Virgins. Just sayin' guys - BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Our only way to get out of this goddamned desert hole is to save the virgins and weed out the cultists.

Don't worry I'll answer since you explained why you kept on asking me, sorry if I found your zeroing on my comments rather weird and a bit annoying. But just to straighten the record once and for all: 1.) No I wasn't steering any investigative actions. Is this greasy inexperienced engineer influential enough to persuade an unknown investigator to follow my suggestion? I don't think so. It was just a simple and humble suggestion on my part, and I'm just acknowledging the valuable skills and experience of both Mehmet and Mr. Fitz and thought they could be great team players if ever they are cleared innocent in investigations. 2.) But you are right in saying that the possibilities of conversion and false investigations would certainly mess things up. I admit I didn't think of that when I said that spur-of-the-moment statement. Yeah my thinking was ideal but not realistic, not impossible but highly improbable. To that end, I acknowledge my mistake. 3.) And with regards to me suddenly saving Mr. Fitz's in the lynch? Even if I suspected his super high activity earlier, I thought him claiming to be a Virgin is worth "looking at" in the coming days. I certainly wouldn't want to sacrifice a Virgin (and consequently allow the Cultist one more step closer to their goal) without at least verifying the truth about his claim.

And yet here you are nagging me again for the third freakin' time. Why do you have sort of weird infatuation with me and you always seem to ZERO in on my comments?!? I have the right NOT to answer questions that I feel they aren't worthy to be answered. Your questions on my statement about investigating Mehmet and Fitz being "great assets" and useful for "our cause"? I wouldn't waste my time answering such elementary question.

Ms. Taylor's suspicious late bandwagon voting should be noted and seriously considered for tomorrow. But if you really are keen on saving Mr. Fitz's megablocks, you might as well go the full distance and vote for Roger Goodenarde as it will give our Virgin (or so he claims) a better chance of surviving today's lynch.