Mid-Range Game 60: Overexposure

[Mat he/him]

Conq

Okay with this after his switch onto me and the (albeit minimal) things I highlighted in my catch-up post. Are we officially in the cycle end danger zone?

Edit: I think Shining’s reevaluation is villagery and that kinda kills me reading Mark as elim though his vote on me doesn’t look good on paper. Devo/Shining still a possible team on paper and her vote is eh. Conq is was the only one with reasoning but it was bad so idk

Kinda also just voting where I’ll survive but the VC is a ? to me

Trying to stop myself from just reading everyone voting me as elim lol. The sudden unrestricted train caught me off guard.

Edited October 15, 2022 by Matrim's Dice

[Mark IV he/him]

17 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Seriously people

@Shining Silhouette @Mark IV @Devotary of Spontaneity @Conquestor

Do all of you think that my exe taking off with literally zero resistance and questionable reasoning results in my red flip. This is a legit question.

Ugh, why do you have to make sense. 

The zero resistance is still fine because of how fast it happened. My earlier theory was that the elim team was Mat + Xino (idk, there could be a third, but I'd prefer to not think about that for now). If that's the case, neither Xino nor you had any time to really stop the train after Shining and I shifted my votes. 

However, your point on Conq does raise my suspicions about him again. I'm wont to chalk it off to a mistake though - same as you thinking Me + Shining would be a viable team given that I have been the second vote on Shining for a while now and it doesn't make sense for e!me to wait until the last minute to pull a weird stunt to pull the votes off of Shining when I could have just not voted on him in the first place. However, it still makes me want to reconsider my read on Conq.

I'm half tempted to remove my vote and let Conq and Mat tie to see what happens though. But, it is now officially past my bed time and I can barely remember why I do or don't trust whom I do or don't trust.

I will analyse Conq though, if you do turn out to be village. If you're claiming an important role, then just say it, at this point, I think. We'll worry about verifying it next cycle. 

E: You know what? @Archer Mat. Do you feel the dice rolling in your head, Mat? 

Edited October 15, 2022 by Mark IV

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

8 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

I'm half tempted to remove my vote and let Conq and Mat tie to see what happens though. But, it is now officially past my bed time and I can barely remember why I do or don't trust whom I do or don't trust.

Do it! I don't see Mat as being evil when literally every player who's voting besides him and me are voting for him.

VC:

Mat (4): Stick, Conq, Devotary, Mark
Conq (2): Mat, Shining

Also @xinoehp512, you should vote for Conq if you're around.

Edit: @Mark IV, if you remove your vote, they won't tie. You have to vote for Conq to make it a tie.

Edited October 15, 2022 by Shining Silhouette

[Mark IV he/him]

6 minutes ago, Shining Silhouette said:

Do it! I don't see Mat as being evil when literally every player who's voting besides him and me are voting for him.

VC:

Mat (4): Stick, Conq, Devotary, Mark
Conq (2): Mat, Shining

Also @xinoehp512, you should vote for Conq if you're around.

Edit: @Mark IV, if you remove your vote, they won't tie. You have to vote for Conq to make it a tie.

Oh, Conq My bad. 

VC: 

Mat (3): Stick, Conq, Devotary
Conq (3): Mat, Shining, Mark

E: I don't think Conq knows we're voting for him, possibly? @Conquestor, because might as well, what with the variable roll over. 

Edited October 15, 2022 by Mark IV
Ping Conq

[Mat he/him]

13 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

Do you feel the dice rolling in your head, Mat? 

I am the dice  

I’ll hold off on claiming specifically but my role is Even so it’s useless this turn. I don’t think fullclaiming would change anything.

[Mark IV he/him]

3 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

I am the dice  

I’ll hold off on claiming specifically but my role is Even so it’s useless this turn. I don’t think fullclaiming would change anything.

Ah, well, do dice feel dice in their heads? 

I meant, claim if you think losing your role would really hurt the village. 

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

@Devotary of Spontaneity, @_Stick_

[Mat he/him]

3 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

Ah, well, do dice feel dice in their heads? 

I meant, claim if you think losing your role would really hurt the village. 

Guess we’ll see :P. Though if the elims have manip and I’m against e!Conq I’m toast.

I don’t think it would, no.

Edited October 15, 2022 by Matrim's Dice

[Conquestor he/him]

Wait, what just happened??? I guess this is how you felt Mat!  I'm wondering if it's possible that we are all village right now and if Xino, Stick, Devo, and Illwei are who we should be going after... This is so much changing and the last time I remember it being this crazy is in the first cycle of the last QF with Mat being the only elim. 

@Matrim's Dice, there is also a decent chance of there being other vil manips as well that are going to mess with the current vote count, which is what I'm most afraid of.

1 hour ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Seriously people

@Shining Silhouette @Mark IV @Devotary of Spontaneity @Conquestor

Do all of you think that my exe taking off with literally zero resistance and questionable reasoning results in my red flip. This is a legit question.

Also, doesn't the same apply to me? Again, perhaps the four of us (Mat, Shining, Mark and I) are vils and we are just playing into the elim's hands. Also, doesn't it seem weird that Devo hasn't voted?

Edit:

Also, if there is a three elim team, don't we have a good chance of losing if we get this vote wrong?

Edited October 15, 2022 by Conquestor
Clarification

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

9 minutes ago, Conquestor said:

Wait, what just happened??? I guess this is how you felt Mat!  I'm wondering if it's possible that we are all village right now and if Xino, Stick, Devo, and Illwei are who we should be going after... This is so much changing and the last time I remember it being this crazy is in the first cycle of the last QF with Mat being the only elim. 

@Matrim's Dice, there is also a decent chance of there being other vil manips as well that are going to mess with the current vote count, which is what I'm most afraid of.

Also, doesn't the same apply to me? Again, perhaps the four of us (Mat, Shining, Mark and I) are vils and we are just playing into the elim's hands. Also, doesn't it seem weird that Devo hasn't voted?

Edit:

Also, if there is a three elim team, don't we have a good chance of losing if we get this vote wrong?

That is valid, actually.

AHHH this is scary. I'm thinking about the possibilities and it's not looking good.

How do we feel about Devo?

Edit: I think there is a real possibility that the four of us are villagers, but if we all switched (or three of us - @Conquestor, @Mark IV and Me) we could protect Mat and lynch Devo instead. We'd have to be on the same page though cause rollover could be really really soon

Edit 2: I just don't know. Mat, Mark, thoughts?

Edited October 15, 2022 by Shining Silhouette

[Mat he/him]

27 minutes ago, Conquestor said:

Also, doesn't the same apply to me? Again, perhaps the four of us (Mat, Shining, Mark and I) are vils and we are just playing into the elim's hands. Also, doesn't it seem weird that Devo hasn't voted?

Devo is voting me.

The difference is that you posted, then Shining, Devo, and Mark all voted me immediately. When I retaliated, Shining and Mark switched over more hesitantly.

But that’s fair enough I suppose.

I think I prefer Devo and Illwei to you, but I’ll stay where I have the best chance to live  

Edited October 15, 2022 by Matrim's Dice

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

3 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

I think I prefer Devo and Illwei to you, but I’ll stay where I have the best chance to live  

@Conquestor, I also prefer Devo to you. 

If you see that, this is, as I don't want to lynch Mat.

[Devotary of Spontaneity]

I voted Mat because I knew I wouldn't be around for a while and thought he was more suspicious than Illwei/wanted to see how they replied. I don't really understand what's happening but would still prefer to vote Mat over Conq since I'm not sure why people are voting for him. Is it just that he provoked a swing to Mat and people wanted to vote to save Mat? I still don't know what the deal with Shining was.

[Conquestor he/him]

@Matrim's Dice, no Illwei is voting you. Also, Illwei, Mat. How do we all feel about Illwei? @Shining Silhouette @Mark IV @Devotary of Spontaneity

Edit:

Also I did this quick because I'm worried I have very little time left.

Edited October 15, 2022 by Conquestor
Quick posting

[Mat he/him]

9 minutes ago, Devotary of Spontaneity said:

I voted Mat because I knew I wouldn't be around for a while and thought he was more suspicious than Illwei/wanted to see how they replied. I don't really understand what's happening but would still prefer to vote Mat over Conq since I'm not sure why people are voting for him. Is it just that he provoked a swing to Mat and people wanted to vote to save Mat? I still don't know what the deal with Shining was.

You voted Shining last turn, right? Yes, that’s mostly why it moved to Conq, I think. Why do you think people are voting me? The implication there is that you know, and I don’t

Would rather go Illwei but also this is a 2-2-2 tie, yes?

Edit: wait wdym Illwei is voting me, no she’s not lol

Edited October 15, 2022 by Matrim's Dice

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

Prefer Illwei to Conq

I don't really know what's going on either, to be honest.

Edit: Wow this is like the craziest cycle I've ever been in.

If lllwei flips village I'm going to be so upset. Anyone have a VC?

Edited October 15, 2022 by Shining Silhouette

[Conquestor he/him]

27 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

You voted Shining last turn, right? That’s mostly why it moved to Conq, I think. Why do you think people are voting me? The implication there is that you know, and I don’t

Would rather go Illwei but also this is a 2-2-2 tie, yes?

Edit: wait wdym Illwei is voting me, no she’s not lol

Whoops, when I looked at the vote count I read Illwei (1): Mat as Illwei voting for you... It's Stick who is voting for you... Also no! Thanks to Shining who has made it 3-2-1.

Edit:

@Archer, did you set an end time for this cycle or is this one just for jokes and is going to go for one more full day? 

Edited October 15, 2022 by Conquestor
Cycle

[Devotary of Spontaneity]

4 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

You voted Shining last turn, right? That’s mostly why it moved to Conq, I think. Why do you think people are voting me? The implication there is that you know, and I don’t

I did vote for Shining, but I'm not sure why that means the vote moved for Conq. I've said why I'm voting for you, and I know Conq said that he voted for you because you weren't giving enough reads except for saying Shining is village. I still don't know what Illwei thinks of the game since her most recent reads were invalidated by Wizard being village.

Illwei (4): Conq, Mat, Shining, Devotary
Mat (1): Stick,
Conq (1): Mark
None (2): Xino, Illwei

I don't know what to make of all the vote switching. If the elims never cared about who died that makes the team pool Mark/Stick/xino, and if they did it's hard to say who since there was backlash against all four of Shining, Illwei, Mat, and Conq. It doesn't make sense that e!Conq started the Mat swing to save e!Illwei since he then started the push back onto him. If Shining's elim it's not with any of the other options unless there's weird vote manip stuff. Xino's still an evil possibility but not likely to happen this cycle. Illwei could be with Mark or Stick or xino. Good enough for a vote Mat Illwei, but next cycle (or ideally now) hopefully things get explained.

 

[Mat he/him]

6 minutes ago, Devotary of Spontaneity said:

I did vote for Shining, but I'm not sure why that means the vote moved for Conq

It doesn’t, and I edited that for clarity a bit ago  Those were two separate statements and the ‘that’ in question was your line on Conq in the post I quoted.

[Archer he/him]

29 minutes ago, Conquestor said:

 

@Archer, did you set an end time for this cycle or is this one just for jokes and is going to go for one more full day? 

This cycle will end sometime within the next hour and 15 minutes

[Devotary of Spontaneity]

1 minute ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Those were two separate statements and the ‘that’ in question was your line on Conq in the post I quoted.

I see, noted.

[Archer he/him]

1 minute ago, Devotary of Spontaneity said:

noted.

that's my line  

[Mat he/him]

That’s twice now I thought the cycle ended  

[Archer he/him]

Finally. The cycle is over. Please stop posting and PMing while I get the next one up!

[Archer he/him]

Cycle Four: Crop

***

Even Slanderous member of The Press Matrim's Dice was fired (out of jealously, they'd tell you). Illwei was followed in the Snapshot under suspicion of murder, which revealed that they were an Odd Favored Polaroid Gang Member!

The votes were:

Illwei (4): Conq, Mat, Shining, Devotary
Mat (0): Stick,
Conq (1): Mark

Players remaining:

Spoiler

 

1. Matrim's Dice as Marty Meeker, who holds a top column job despite having never lurnd to spel  Even Slanderous 

2. The Wandering Wizard, as Jimmie Hesler, a journalist who ends up writing about cats instead of important events  Odd Influential 

3. The Unknown Novel as Ethan "Echo" Elmer, a reporter with the Epic power to project his mind to hear and see anywhere he wishes Full Investigative 

4. Illwei as an uncredited ghostwriter. (No relation to Wilim) Odd Favored Gang Member!

5. Shining Silhouette as Sil, the illiterate exec who's really good at getting people to do their jobs. (Likely Marty's employer)

6. Stick/Tani as Wilim, the actual ghost who lives in the printer

7. Conquestor as Tommy, Son of Gun!

8. Xinoehp512 as Gun

9. JNV as Jenny Wise a new reporter trying to get a big score Full Informed

10. Dannnex as Peter Parker  Odd Influential 

11. Mark IV as Mark

12. Devotary of Spontaneity as as investigative journalist Earring, hoping to quell the wave of spurious arrests that the simulator encourages

 

This Cycle will run forever end on Monday, October 17th between 4pm and 8pm EST.