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  1. Salmon Meerkat
    This is an... interesting turn of events. Three villagers dead, among them all of my suspicions. I suppose that its time to start throwing darts in the dark. The Elims have successfully avoided our attentions for 4 days now, which means that they are obviously hiding in plain sight. Mauve Crocodile. I've gotten the impression that you're shifting around without real input. You joined the Dingo bandwagon D1, then laid low for a day, then joined the Tuatara bandwagon. You've had an off feel in the back of my mind for a while, and now that I'm just grasping at straws, it's a good enough time as any.
  2. Salmon Meerkat
    My dearest apologies, but I have been quite busy today with a variety of activities, and I have not been able to get much time on the Shard. So let's take a look at what's happened. The current leading lynch is Tuatara, followed by a tie between Beagle and Vulture. Tuatara has been mainly targeted, from what I've been able to gather, for minor inactivity and certain suspicious posts. However, the key posts referenced are a bit of a stretch to say suspicious. Vulture has been mainly targeted because of past inactivity and only a recent return to posting, which had "suspicious timing." As for Beagle, the accusations I've seen pretty much are a retaliation vote from Tuatara and insinuations that Beagle is a bit "mayory" a statement derived from Beagle's PM connections and alleged actions. I believe another underlying factor is Beagle's role in Swan's lynch and that whole fiasco. Unfortunately, my impression of Beagle is really starting to sour. At first, I thought that Beagle was all well and good, a nice active player. However, starting at about the Swan bandwagon, it seemed like Beagle was becoming manipulative and slyly swinging lynches. Dragonfly is very trusting of Beagle, perhaps because he wants to believe that Beagle can be trusted. However, I would not like to lynch Beagle without further evidence, especially since it is such an active player. Vulture is a strange lynch to me, and I'm not so sure about Tuatara either.
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    I just explained that in my post a few lines down.
  4. Salmon Meerkat
    With Opal dead, I see two possibilities for it. The Dustbringer is a villager, who thought Opal was highly suspicious from the bandwagon yesterday, or an Elim (Leras Preserve us) who wanted to prove that Opal was a villager to scramble our suspicions. Of the two, I reckon that the Dustbringer is a villager, because the Elims would more likely leave Opal alive so that we could waste a lynch on it. Depending on how many Elims there are, suspected 4-6, there is most likely one or two Elim(s) among the more active players, and the rest are in varying states of activity. Given the amount of strongly active players we actually have, there should be more Elims among the fringe-actives, as previously noted. Unfortunately, its hard to get a target on fringe-actives based on how many posts they make, and the one active Elim will be influencing the vote through analysis.
  5. Salmon Meerkat
    Well, Beagle? And Swan, I suppose I need to remedy some of this, for soiling your image D1... There was a highstorm that evening. Fierce, unforgiving, the harsh mother that Nature is. The rain was unrelenting, soaking everything through. The town shut itself into its homes for the night and prayed to the Almighty that a stray boulder would not crash through their roof. And then it passed, leaving crem and puddles in its wake. A soggy reminder of the destruction. Durthu walked the dark streets, carrying a small sphere, recently infused, for light. The stars above were briefly obscured by passing clouds. Water dripped from rooftops, dimly reflecting the sphere's light. His boot splashed in a puddle. Ironically, he felt safer walking the dark streets than mingling with the village during daylight. A lot had changed in the past two days. So surprising how the hearts of people could change. Durthu paused. Besides the gentle plip plop of the runoff, he heard a softer sound. A sniffle, a whimper. A feeble cough. He looked around him, scanning the dim road for the source of the sound. He took a tentative step, straining his ears. A shuffle, in an alley. Quietly, he crept towards it, sphere held aloft. As he approached the neighboring building, he noticed scorch marks on the walls, side by side with fresh planks. The inn... He turned back to the alley and peered in. The light of the sphere was just not enough to see, so he stepped closer. Someone inside scrambled back and slipped, splashing down in a puddle. A child's gasp cut through the darkness. Durthu froze. A child? Where was its mother? And why is it out after a highstorm? He held the sphere higher and reached out his hand. "Don't... don't worry. I won't hurt you," he said. He took another step forward, now close enough to see the child. It was a young boy, rather damp, with reddened eyes from crying. Durthu leaned over, dropping to his level. He held out his hand. "You can come with me. I have a dry house, you can stay a while," Durthu offered. The child stared at him for a moment, studying him with his young eyes, before slowly placing his hand in Durthu's. Durthu smiled and stood, guiding the child out into the street and back towards his own home.
  6. Salmon Meerkat
    Now that I'm actually available, I need to process all that just happened. If Swan turns up villager, I feel I should accept some responsibility for actually putting it in everyone's radar D1. I'm leaning village for Swan. Thank you to everyone that came forward and posted since my last post. Mission accomplished. What irks me a little is how quickly this bandwagon on Swan formed. What is even more concerning is how little the subsequent players had to back up their votes. Behold: However, Beagle's reason for moving its vote to Swan left something to be desired, given how active Beagle had been. I would have suspected more evidence to back it up. ^This is the post Beagle was referencing. And why was Beagle planning on lynching Swan later? "I was going to hold out on trying to lynch you until day 3" That sounds very suspicious. If Swan flips village, I would definitely keep an eye on Beagle.
  7. Salmon Meerkat
    Current vote tally: Chameleon (1): Beagle, Axolotl Gecko (1): Swan Flamingo (1): Weasel Rhino (0): Beagle Weasel (1): Scorpion Heron (1): Dragonfly I didn't post anything earlier, because I didn't have my thoughts laid out and I didn't want to post some half-baked slew of words. Impressions on the votes so far: Despite Flamingo being quite active and verbal about the lynch and suspicious, it has not actually cast a vote. I find this interesting, because most of the other active players this cycle have already voted. That isn't alignment indicative, but I just thought that was an interesting bit of data. Both Heron and Chameleon have not posted yet/barely posted this cycle. @Opal Lion mentioned it wanted to sit back until the lynch progressed to vote, though was leaning towards voting on Flamingo, if anyone. There were quite a few players who posted once, but have not posted since. I technically fall into that category, but this post breaks that. @Sage Kangaroo, @Sunburst Toucan, @Mauve Crocodile (though you've posted a few times, they were small) @Cream Tuatara, @Amber Vulture, @Scarlet Octopus, and @Pearl Chameleon. I suggest you come out and say a few things. Of the individuals with votes on them, I'm interested to hear what Gecko has to say. It said that it had a large analysis coming up sometime in the next hours. @Mint Heron should actually say something, but otherwise, I'm not sure what to think of the other candidates.
  8. Salmon Meerkat
    I understand your concern, and I assure you that there is a reason for my behavior. I tend to reiterate past events to provide a base for what I'm going to say. As for that post you referenced, "We lost a Lightweaver", I was short for time and couldn't really say much more than that. Now, I'll explain that its clear that Iguana did not have much of an opportunity to make use of her ability, which could have been quite beneficial for the village if used wisely. As for your concern regarding my vote on Swan D1, you seem to have overlooked much of my explanation when I put forward the vote. We did not know anything for sure D1. As you can clearly see, looking back, that my intent in voting on Swan (generating discussion and hopefully providing new lynch candidates) was fulfilled. Do you mean to say that I was attempting to shift the lynch from Gecko to Swan? If you look back again, I was not the only player who expressed feelings that the Gecko lynch was not particularly helpful, since Gecko was purposefully cryptic and would not provide much information if it was lynched. I selected Swan as an option because she was a more active player, and her voting patterns were slightly suspicious. I left the rest of the lynch to the rest of the village, whether they agreed or not. By saying that a village!Swan lynch would only help the Elims, yes it would, but so would any other village lynch. We had no way to know if Swan was an Elim or not, and it ended up that we lynched Dingo, who was also a villager. Though you mean well, many of your arguments could be applied to a variety of players, not just me.
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    Is "melon" supposed to rhyme with "felon"? And how so? "Meelon?" Fehlon? It's a shame that we lost a Lightweaver... would have been useful later on.
  10. Salmon Meerkat
    I'm not sure what to say that hasn't been said. Dingo's death was disappointing, and if he had just spoken up, then it would have been avoided. I guess we'll see what happens in the morning.
  11. Salmon Meerkat
    So this is the new vote count. (My edits are strikethrough and underlined) To make this more simple, this is all that really needs to be known. Dingo (5): Falcon, Chameleon, Dragonfly, Beagle, Crocodile Swan (4): Gecko, Meerkat, Axolotl, Zebra As the vote stands, it is highly likely that either Dingo or Swan will be lynched. With only a vote separating them, vote manipulation is a key factor. (Underline mine) This sums up the Dingo lynch, and is probably why Beagle and Crocodile added their votes to it. Between Swan and Dingo, I do not have a true preference. As Dragonfly said, the Swan lynch did generate discussion. The Dingo lynch also served the same purpose, (providing a different lynch candidate to Gecko, more active, and generated discussion). Dingo has not been a truly inactive player, but is just active enough to not be classified as inactive, as Dragonfly explained. Both lynches have achieved the goals I set out earlier. To prevent more vote manip, Swan, Dingo.
  12. Salmon Meerkat
    Not that the argument was wrong, rather that it didn't mean anything. It was fluff, a filler, an illusion of size. And I wasn't lying, because I truly did feel like it was a little confusing. You miss the true reason why I brought such a forward argument. I feel that someone, should be lynched today. There are 30 of us, quite a lot, and quite difficult to keep track of all at once. I didn't see much reason in lynching Gecko, who wouldn't give us much information, so I wanted to present the village with another candidate. It was up to the village to determine how they felt about that.
  13. Salmon Meerkat
    That is true. Other variables will contribute to the chance of lynching an Elim. However, most discussion analysis becomes more effective over time, as evidence is tested against confirmed alignments. Thus, at D1, most discussion analysis yields are near zero.
  14. Salmon Meerkat
    I understand that bit. Really, I wanted another point to express to make my argument seem more valid. Thank you. Again, about the RP, I was trying to find something to shift suspicion towards you to make my argument seem more valid. As for your other points, those are valid. You and I seem to have different opinions about the lynch, which is okay. However, the ever more pressing question is who to lynch. And your statistics are faulty. If there are 30 players, and we assume 6 Elims, there is only a 20% chance that we lynch an Elim. If we use your scenario, 6 lynch candidates, how can we be sure that there are even any Elims in that group? If we have a group of all villagers, then there is a 0% chance of lynching an Elim. But we have no idea what the alignments are in the group, so we can draw any conclusions yet. And I'm apologetic because I'm sympathetic. I try to be an honorable player. I see an immediate problem with the 3-way tie for two votes right now. If a vote were to be taken off Gecko, we'd be at four different players tied for the lynch. Those indecisive will enjoy such an outcome, since all candidates will have an equal chance of death. I do think we should have a lynch today, because with 30 players, we need to start narrowing down the possibilities.
  15. Salmon Meerkat
    My thinking with D1 lynches is always that it gives us information. We need to start somewhere, as a village, and work ourselves from there. As to what the lynch actually is, we have Penguin (as a counterlynch to Gecko), and Gecko. Now, I don't see much reason to go for Penguin (haven't seen much of them yet) other than inactivity, but if you saw Seonid's discourse in the previous LG and Orlok's big speech on inactivity in the signups, Inactivity will be accounted for. I'm sure our faithful GMs have implemented multiple inactivity filters that will solve Penguin. Thus, lynching Penguin is useless and redundant. As for Gecko, it "explained" itself, but in vague pinkish terms. Please, please, provide a bit more than that, even if you are simply admitting it was a poke vote, or a random vote. Thus, Gecko is, I feel, a distraction implemented by itself and its own ambiguity. It provides so little information that literally everything about it is nonalignment indicative, and to lynch it would provide no stable leads. Thus, in the face of two poor lynches, I feel we must take a new route. It might be a little late for such a U-turn, but I think we need to force discussion in a new direction. Coral Swan. In all seriousness, not just your uncanny similarity to pink in hue, I feel that you should be a new target for the lynch. Please realize that I have no information about you, garnered from previous cycles, or anything. My main drive for this is to bring forward a more probable lynch candidate for D1. To begin my claim, I will begin with your vote on Ivory Dragonfly, which you cast in RP. Two things are strange about this. First, is your suspicion of Ivory. You provided no evidence for this, despite the fact that Ivory had been one of the more active participants in discussion, giving you ample information to sift through to give reason to your vote. It also raises the question of why you wanted to lynch an active player anyways, and a new one at that. You only said that you didn't want to lynch an inactive. I feel that if you chose to push a lynch on an active player over an inactive one, you should provide more evidence. Second, is your RP itself. You've established an RP base for yourself, but little else. This is not to say that I despise RP, in fact I find it fun and creative. But RP should be moderated with game discussion and contribution. Another habit you seem to have acquired is inserting ingame information into your RP, making it tedious and confusing what your actual meaning is. That might not be a proper lynching platform, but it is a little distracting. @Coral Swan I understand that no SE player wants to be lynched D1, but it is a critical part of the game. Indeed, this game revolves around Death. If I did not feel this was best for the village overall, I would not have been so forward in pushing for your lynch. A good day to you too.
  16. Salmon Meerkat
    I respect your proper taste in hue. Pardon me, I do not wish to offend a fellow non-pink. However, I do have concern towards Taupe Gecko, for selling suspicious auto insurance and actually tipping the vote towards the Octopus. However, until I will refrain from further action for it to show its true colors.
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    Hello, and no, it is not pink, it is salmon. There is a significant difference, and if you claim otherwise, I, along with my salmon brethren, will feast on your corpse. I would try to discern who is who based on their RP, but now that there is about a handful of RPers, and I feel it would be illegal to reveal someone's true identity in thread, I will refrain from trying. So in this game, there are bad-guys and good-guys. Bad-guys are bad, and cannot tell "pink" from "salmon". Good-guys, on the other hand, have exquisite taste and know the difference from pink (ugh) and Salmon. Luckily, there are no pink animals among us. It would make the game too easy: bad-guys are obviously pink. While I am on my fashionable soapbox (because only things that go well with salmon matter in my life), I will say that @Fuchsia Ostrich needs to remove its vote from me. It is looking very pink right now... for that matter, Coral Swan and Magenta Albatross are pinkish as well. Now, don't take that as offense, my fellow animalings. Only Ostrich has displayed true pink behavior...
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