Mid-Range Game 72: A Breath of Fresh Air

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

Alright that's a bit scary 

TUF

I can give my Breath today.

[STINK he/him]

Oh yeah who wants to nominate the 2 players giving up their breath this cycle 

[OoklaApologist She/her]

As you wish. 

48 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

We should out pressure one 1 exe candidate and put forward 1 person we think will get NKed each cycle to give up their breath for us to maximize Breath Utilization.

Elim candidates giving breath is hard thing to do

Trains don’t really settle for a while in my experience so we’re giving one potential elim a golden ticket into the next cycle, because we can’t eliminate the breath person.

NK candidates? Sure. Does anyone have any suggestions?

46 minutes ago, The Unknown Flame said:

I can give my Breath today.

Go for it. Stink, I nominate you too

 

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

3 hours ago, |TJ| said:

This is my trust order for now.

Hoid Slayer > ruler > TUF > Wiz > STINK > TwinStorm > BridgeBoi > Polly > Raven

10 players, 8 Breaths left. We should out pressure one 1 exe candidate and put forward 1 person we think will get NKed each cycle to give up their breath for us to maximize Breath Utilization. If we put forth a strongly village-read player to give up the Breath, the elims then have to make the choice between letting a strong village player alive or keeping more Breath in the game. Potential exe-candidate/elim will have to give up their Breath and help up, instead of not using them. 

I propose we move Wiz up. Theyre being super jumpy with their votes and i dont like it. 

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

21 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

I propose we move Wiz up. Theyre being super jumpy with their votes and i dont like it. 

You can't change their reads list, you'd have to make your own

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

9 minutes ago, The Wandering Wizard said:

You can't change their reads list, you'd have to make your own

ah yes, i reminder that i have ADHD: I completely miss an entire section of that post and only see the 2/3 of triangles. 

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

7 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

ah yes, i reminder that i have ADHD: I completely miss an entire section of that post and only see the 2/3 of triangles. 

How would you rank everyone?

[ruler of the mists He/His/the survivor of the pit]

i am willing to give my breath this cycle and I belive stink is a Assasin.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Okay, seems like I missed a lot. Let's see

Evinir returned from lunch break back into the busy conference room. Austre, why had that meeting needed to be so long? Regardless, it was time to get caught back up on all the action.

After some quick milling about, Evinir was surprised to see yet another huge push of pressure on TUF. And yet, to Evinir, TUF had still done nothing particularly suspicious. The opposition against him appeared to have been inherited by Wiz (someone who Evinir had mainly ignored so far, but he should definitely begin to pay more attention to), Elidyr, and... Timmy? In fact, Evinir found it interesting how Timmy suddenly, without seemingly providing any explanation, shifted seamlessly from pressuring Wiz to TUF. Suspicious, or just nervous behavior? (OOC: Can someone please tell me why we're all attacking TUF? I still don't get it. Also, like I said, I'm not a huge fan of Bridgeboi's varying levels of activity, and then suddenly coming in and giving his vote without evidence.)

And then there was TeeJay... in the morning, Evinir had been suspicious of him, due to the conflict between him and Izmir. He still was a little wary, but he had to recognize certain things. First, TeeJay was a highly experienced member of the Assembly. If he wasn't a traitor, then he was undoubtedly one of the most invaluable tools in catching them. So for now, Evinir chose to leave him alone and allow events to play out. His attention was more focused elsewhere... (OOC: Honestly, I dunno. TJ has a point about him maybe getting framed, and also, he does seem like the person who most knows what he's doing (although that could be a ploy). I just don't see an elim leading the villager force so completely, unless he completely duped all of us.)

Evinir couldn't help but agree with the arguments TeeJay kept lobbying at Raven; and while they weren't particularly strong, he also didn't like how defensive Raven was getting, in particular when TeeJay inquired as to their change of mind regarding Simon. Simon, who was also now on Evinir's radar. (OOC: Yeah, Raven is kinda sus here. Throwing around accusations, without good evidence. Let's take a look at them, shall we? In their opening post last cycle, Raven attacked Stink (although that might have just been a poke). However, they suddenly changed their mind about Stink (a little sus) and went on to not really make any attacks for a while. They went out of their way to mention their reads are notoriously bad (perhaps covering up their nonsensical nature) and then... never voted for cycle 1? Then in cycle 2, Raven suddenly became much more active, attacking TJ because he feels "off" and furiously defending themselves.)

And then there was also TwinStorm, who had been oddly quiet the entire time so far. So quiet, in fact, it was easy to forget he was even there.

Due to the evidence presented above, my vote is changing from TJ to Raven.

[|TJ| he/him]

@Hoid Slayer what do you think about Polly?

I'm kinda of the mind that because Polly has already given her breath, it might be better to go for her this cycle, while asking Raven to use his Breath today. If Polly turns out v, I don't think - wait would that indicate v-Raven then?  Trying to figure if Polly/Raven might be e/e -  would 2 elims come forward to give breath C1? Elims would actually  want to be burning their Breaths quicker without being suspicious then, but in this case uhhhh I don't really see it? 

I feel like Polly has been quieter than how she played in the previous game though. 

edit: @ruler of the mists do you suspect STINK because they voted on you?

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

14 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

@Hoid Slayer what do you think about Polly?

I'm kinda of the mind that because Polly has already given her breath, it might be better to go for her this cycle, while asking Raven to use his Breath today. If Polly turns out v, I don't think - wait would that indicate v-Raven then?  Trying to figure if Polly/Raven might be e/e -  would 2 elims come forward to give breath C1? Elims would actually  want to be burning their Breaths quicker without being suspicious then, but in this case uhhhh I don't really see it? 

I feel like Polly has been quieter than how she played in the previous game though. 

edit: @ruler of the mists do you suspect STINK because they voted on you?

Polly... I don't know. I haven't really noticed anything EXCEPT for that time in C1 that they said they almost made a PM with the elims from last game... which, unless I'm interpreting it wrong, sounds pretty incriminating.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

1 hour ago, Hoid Slayer said:

After some quick milling about, Evinir was surprised to see yet another huge push of pressure on TUF. And yet, to Evinir, TUF had still done nothing particularly suspicious. The opposition against him appeared to have been inherited by Wiz (someone who Evinir had mainly ignored so far, but he should definitely begin to pay more attention to), Elidyr, and... Timmy? In fact, Evinir found it interesting how Timmy suddenly, without seemingly providing any explanation, shifted seamlessly from pressuring Wiz to TUF. Suspicious, or just nervous behavior? (OOC: Can someone please tell me why we're all attacking TUF? I still don't get it. Also, like I said, I'm not a huge fan of Bridgeboi's varying levels of activity, and then suddenly coming in and giving his vote without evidence.)

 

Our Lord Stink demanded it  

I'll switch eventually when I have time to reread the previous cycle

[OoklaApologist She/her]

1 hour ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Polly... I don't know. I haven't really noticed anything EXCEPT for that time in C1 that they said they almost made a PM with the elims from last game... which, unless I'm interpreting it wrong, sounds pretty incriminating.

I’m confused. Why is it incriminating that I was an elim in the last LG?

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

2 minutes ago, KelsierApologist said:

I’m confused. Why is it incriminating that I was an elim in the last LG?

BC you made it sound like you wanted to make a PM with the elims from this game and got them mixed up.

But otherwise, I don’t really find you that suspicious.

[OoklaApologist She/her]

9 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

BC you made it sound like you wanted to make a PM with the elims from this game and got them mixed up.

But otherwise, I don’t really find you that suspicious.

I still have massive pm fomo from stick and wiz mentioning theirs in the thread, so if anyone wants to pm me, let me know

[OoklaApologist She/her]

On the topic of Wiz: My gut says he’s kind of suspicious, and I don’t love how he’s mostly parroting votes. It seems like he’s trying to dodge any real analysis. Going to leave my vote on him until more happens 

TUF

The Wandering Wizard

Edited April 12, 2025 by KelsierApologist
added retraction

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Hey @KelsierApologist, what do you think of Raven? Just wondering.

Also, I was thinking and I think TJ should give up his breath this cycle, cause if he's not an elim, then he's definitely a target for them, and they're less likely to go for him if he's a drab.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

42 minutes ago, KelsierApologist said:

On the topic of Wiz: My gut says he’s kind of suspicious, and I don’t love how he’s mostly parroting votes. It seems like he’s trying to dodge any real analysis. Going to leave my vote on him until more happens 

TUF

The Wandering Wizard

Ooo sparkly  

[BridgeBoi]

I trust TJ. He’s made up for a bad C1 with a very good post earlier about nominating people to give breath. 
 

4 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Bro the TUF train was a joke train as seen by TUF literally voting to kill himself. Besides STINK demanded it. Also sorry about not really being active last cycle. I was busy.

TUF

my reads: 

Vill: TJ, Hoid Slayer

Null: Twinstorm, Polly, Ruler, TUF

Elim: STINK, Raven, Wiz

i don’t love STINK’s drama with Raven but that could just be Raven overreacting. This is by far the weakest of my e!reads

Wiz has been a little too jumpy with his vote. Feels like trust farming? Plus the tiebreaker on Stick last cycle.

Raven is my strongest e!read. I don’t like the drama in C1 about PMs and the about face on STINK. Plus attacking TJ off “vibes” is never a good sign. Vibes is the easiest copout if TJ turns out to be village.

Edited April 12, 2025 by BridgeBoi

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

37 minutes ago, BridgeBoi said:

I trust TJ. He’s made up for a bad C1 with a very good post earlier about nominating people to give breath. 
 

Bro the TUF train was a joke train as seen by TUF literally voting to kill himself. Besides STINK demanded it. Also sorry about not really being active last cycle. I was busy.

TUF

my reads: 

Vill: TJ, Hoid Slayer

Null: Twinstorm, Polly, Ruler, TUF

Elim: STINK, Raven, Wiz

i don’t love STINK’s drama with Raven but that could just be Raven overreacting. This is by far the weakest of my e!reads

Wiz has been a little too jumpy with his vote. Feels like trust farming? Plus the tiebreaker on Stick last cycle.

Raven is my strongest e!read. I don’t like the drama in C1 about PMs and the about face on STINK. Plus attacking TJ off “vibes” is never a good sign. Vibes is the easiest copout if TJ turns out to be village.

Sir, Vibes is all i have. 

on a seperate note: TJ Wiz

[OoklaApologist She/her]

57 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Hey @KelsierApologist, what do you think of Raven? Just wondering.

Just from memory, pretty neutral, to be honest. I don’t love his TJ vote, but I disagree with the idea that his pm-avoidance is theatre. I think Raven’s making odd choices, however I can’t really say they’re elim choices. He is, however, someone I’m going to review more later, so my opinion might change a bit

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

ok, why did we suddenly start sheeping off of Stink? Now im back to being suspicious again. Granted, my suspicions werent fully gone, but still... heres my order: 

 

Wiz > TUF > > TJ > Polly > BridgeBoi > ruler > Slayer 

these are, of course, liable to change. but this is where im currently at. 

edited to add: once again, i did not read through a whole post TwT

Edited April 12, 2025 by TheRavenHasLanded
I forgot to add TJ into the mix TwT

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Evinir watched the ongoing discourse, unnerved. He hadn't been amused by the joke attacks against TUF, but he didn't want to create problems. He noted with interest Gandor's reaction as Timmy began to apply pressure on him; the priest was new, yes, but he seemed too focused on diverting attention away from himself. So far, the primary suspects seemed to be him and Wiz; although Evinir still had his eye on Elydir and Simon, and he hadn't forgotten about TeeJay.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

51 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

ok, why did we suddenly start sheeping off of Stink? Now im back to being suspicious again. Granted, my suspicions werent fully gone, but still... heres my order: 

 

Wiz > TUF > > TJ > Polly > BridgeBoi > ruler > Slayer 

these are, of course, liable to change. but this is where im currently at. 

edited to add: once again, i did not read through a whole post TwT

Alright yep, Raven.

Raven is theatrical, but not this theatrical. 

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

If im going to be lynched, ill give up my Breath then.