WW 44: Battlestar Galactica

[Dp101]

I have a plan as to how to handle Gaz and Novice claiming. Right now I just want them to claim in some form at the very least, but if they both turn up at the same time we have a 50% chance of figuring out if there is a mafia among them. Basically, we ask them to both claim in the same minute, so neither of them sees what the other claimed before they post. There are only 2 town roles left unclaimed, doctor and VT. If one of them are mafia, then they will have to pick one to claim, and will have a 50% chance of being the same as the other. If there is no conflict, we gain no info, as they could either both be town or the scum got lucky and didn't counterclaim. However, if they are the same, one must be lying. This is all assuming that both show up in-thread together before deadline, which I doubt, but it will be nice if we can pull this off.

If you are town, as you say, and cop, as you say, and I'm scum as you say, then what is the point right now of claiming? All it does is out the doctor. If you were really the cop, right now you would be doing everything you could to keep the doctor safe so he could keep you safe. But oh yeah, I forgot, you're supposedly undoctorable.

I am doing it to try and find your partner, not to try and accuse you. Besides, if Novice found out that Gaz was scum, or vice versa, then whichever one of them is town would probably stop voting with you, and it would be up to Lew. It has a very good chance of saving me, which is why Gaz didn't go along with it.

[Jabbz]

Ok, I will address the rest of your points later, but there is one thing I want to get out of the way first. Macho cop is an actual role, which looks like this and it is indeed the role I have been given. In what world does scum me try and claim that the real cop is fake because they have an additional role you haven't heard of? It's the most bizarre strategy of all time, and TBH I think you trying to claim the macho part as flavour is stretching it a little. No one else has a character trait put beside them, everything else is just a description of their role and what they do. Macho is integral to the role, it is not just flavour.

I get that it's a real role, which is why I didn't accuse you of making it up and instead credited you with trying to turn flavor into an argument. As to why scum you would try to claim that the real cop is fake because they have an additional role? Because it could work, and you're in a corner. Doctor is the only one without flavor, as there is no need. The Chain smoking Dr. Cottle actually has the name Doctor attached to him. There is no cop, roleblocker, or vanilla scum in BSG, so Qg had to add flavor. Thus, the three characters with flavor all have their real role in parentheses. If Qg wanted to convey that he was using a macho cop, it would have read "one security officer (macho cop)." I know how much effort goes into putting that first post up. We know townies and scum will read into every little bit looking for something useful or informative, so we are very careful with them. It means what it says, cop.

[novice]

Roles:
There is one macho security officer (cop), one doctor, three unskilled pilots (vanilla town), one Cylon agent (goon), and one Cylon seducer (roleblocker).

There is indeed a thing called macho cop, and I also read this as a macho cop the first time. Jabbz interpretation also makes sense though.

[Jabbz]

I have a plan as to how to handle Gaz and Novice claiming. Right now I just want them to claim in some form at the very least, but if they both turn up at the same time we have a 50% chance of figuring out if there is a mafia among them. Basically, we ask them to both claim in the same minute, so neither of them sees what the other claimed before they post. There are only 2 town roles left unclaimed, doctor and VT. If one of them are mafia, then they will have to pick one to claim, and will have a 50% chance of being the same as the other. If there is no conflict, we gain no info, as they could either both be town or the scum got lucky and didn't counterclaim. However, if they are the same, one must be lying. This is all assuming that both show up in-thread together before deadline, which I doubt, but it will be nice if we can pull this off.

If you are town, as you say, and cop, as you say, and I'm scum as you say, then what is the point right now of claiming? All it does is out the doctor. If you were really the cop, right now you would be doing everything you could to keep the doctor safe so he could keep you safe. But oh yeah, I forgot, you're supposedly undoctorable.

I am doing it to try and find your partner, not to try and accuse you. Besides, if Novice found out that Gaz was scum, or vice versa, then whichever one of them is town would probably stop voting with you, and it would be up to Lew. It has a very good chance of saving me, which is why Gaz didn't go along with it.

So your argument is that somehow Lewwyn is more towny than Gaz or novice. Gotcha....

[novice]

If Qg wanted to convey that he was using a macho cop, it would have read "one security officer (macho cop)." I know how much effort goes into putting that first post up. We know townies and scum will read into every little bit looking for something useful or informative, so we are very careful with them. It means what it says, cop.

Well, either way I'd say the ambiguity is a bit careless.

[Dp101]

If Qg wanted to convey that he was using a macho cop, it would have read "one security officer (macho cop)." I know how much effort goes into putting that first post up. We know townies and scum will read into every little bit looking for something useful or informative, so we are very careful with them. It means what it says, cop.

Well, either way I'd say the ambiguity is a bit careless.

I'm in the middle of typing up another long rebuttal, are you locked in or is there a point to me continuing my posts? Cause my hands are starting to hurt.

[Jabbz]

Take a break and come back man. We've got 10+h, more than enough time to relax your hands. Carpal Tunnel is no joke.

[Dp101]

Take a break and come back man. We've got 10+h, more than enough time to relax your hands. Carpal Tunnel is no joke.

But I know that based on his timezone Novice will probably be sleeping for many of those hours, and so I wanted to get in another post before he left us.

[Jabbz]

Your call man. He will likely be around at EOD. If you feel you have something to post that needs engagement now go for it. If its just your closing argument, it might be able to wait. Either way, at least take time to stretch your wrist. If your hand is starting to hurt from typing you're probably not being ergonomically correct, and stretching can help avoid long term damage.

[Jabbz]

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