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  1. Metacognition
    Because I'm a Fearow with the same ability. I don't care about winning anymore. I'm righting an injustice done to another player.
  2. Metacognition
    I'm on mobile right now, but really guys? There is no Witch. We have word from Aman that everything is based on first generation pokemon. But beyind that, I KNOW that Elenion is lying because I know what Orlok is. He's a Pidgetto and has the ability Fly. I'm revealing this because I think it's incredibly unfair that Orlok is going to die just because Elenion blatantly lied. That shouldn't be rewarded, IMO. Think about how you'd feel if you were killed just because of something someone made up. Not too pleasant I'll bet.
  3. Metacognition
    You haven't explained why my attack wasn't redirected then, Elenion. Sorry, but everything else in this game makes sense as far as the Pokemon set up goes. A redirect ability does not and thus I'm pretty sure you're lying. As Alv just pointed out, there isn't one. Even Mirror Move only allows you to copy a move after it's been used on you. It has to hit and then the next attack is duplicated. It's not redirected. I call you on your bluff.
  4. Metacognition
    Exactly. Reflect increases defense. It doesn't redirect, as Elenion claims.
  5. Metacognition
    Elenion is straight up lying about Orlok to get someone other than people on his alliance targeted and I won't stand for that. I targeted Orlok last night as well (I thought it was strange how much he tried to buddy up to me) and my attack was not redirected to me. My attack hit and it was "Not Very Effective." Beyond that, I don't know of a single Pokemon that has an ability to redirect attacks. There's moves like Barrier, that protect against attacks, but nothing that redirects them that I'm aware of. Especially in Generation 1, which I assume we're working with considering the Pokemon that have been revealed so far. If there is one, I'm all ears. In fact, with my attack going through and thus why I highly doubt Elenion's claim, I question whether he even attacked Orlok to begin with. He could've picked just about anyone....
  6. Metacognition
    Thank you for proving my point guys. I told you this would happen and yet everyone else is just letting it happen. I pointed out the influence that their voting block would have and now, if not for Alv, I would be the one getting lynched because I went up against them. I'm surprised that everyone else is just so accepting of such mafioso tactics, but if you're all willing to let them just continue to gain power, that's your call. I doubt I'll be around to help with it from here on out.
  7. Metacognition
    Alliances so far: Elenion Bugsy Eol Elenion, Lopen, Bard Eol Bugsy Lopen This, everyone, is a voting block. Notice the interlinking between all the alliances made so far. That's not a coincidence, IMO. What they've done is make it so that if any of them get voted on, someone else will get lynched instead. Any vote on one of them will likely require at least 5 votes to be successful. Don't believe me? Test it. The chances that they'll just let someone that won't attack them die is slim at best. The more people that they have that won't attack them alive, the more likely they are to survive after all. That's just simple statistics. Personally, I consider myself a dead man walking. I have no doubts that I won't make it to the end. As such, I don't have any problem pointing this out so that everyone can see what's happening. If you want to join their alliance, good for you. You'll survive only as long as the alliance lasts. I don't be fooled, there will likely be some favoritism when it comes to who gets turned on first. If you don't, I suggest we break up these formal alliances before they even get a chance to start. Or else we'll be playing a faction game, instead of a free for all, where it was decided by who was on before everyone else was.... @The Only Joe Given my thoughts on alliances in general (and while I don't have time to RP it right now), I'd be happy with a RP alliance only at this point. I won't say I won't attack you, but I'd like to stand a chance to continue the RP further.
  8. Metacognition
    This is a very good question and I suspect that some of the people ignoring it are likely those that got "unknowns;" especially if they are an eliminator faction! Unless the Unknown Pokemon want to step out into the limelight and reveal that there isn't an Eliminator team, It behooves us not to get so caught up in just killing anyone other than ourselves and try to figure out who is most likely to be a threat*. For example: Right now, Elenion and Bugsy have already said that they're willing to form an alliance. That would make them likely to vote for anyone other than each other and to attack anyone other than each other; thus making them a larger threat than anything else at the moment. Beyond that, the fact that they are so quick to ally with each other when they don't know if one of them actually isn't an Eliminator faction! Beyond that, Magestar, Straw, and Ecthelion all hopping on the same vote so quickly is worrying if there is an eliminator faction. With everyone focusing on the FFA aspect, they might feel like they could get away with it. Or they could be an Unknown that has to all vote the same way (Dodrio or Dugtrio anyone?). *Yes, I know that puts me on the list just because of how dangerous people think I am, but to help with some of that, please remember that I have never won a game as an Eliminator. Eeven if there are none in this game, as a FFA, technically we'd all be Eliminators. So my chances of winning this entire thing are incredibly slim. I sure hope not. The last time we had a FFA (The Hunger Games QF), some of us tried doing that and it was against the rules then and should be now. To me, that is similar to using PMs in a game where there isn't any PMs; you're specifically trying to bypass the rules to give yourself an advantage. Thus why it was outlawed then and that should still stand now. Now, as far as finding people to team with, if you hit someone with your attack and it's not effective or not very effective, that person should probably be someone you work with. They wind up covering your weaknesses and you'll be a stronger team because of it. It's better than just picking at random, at least and that's how I plan to go about it. It's either that or we all wind up dividing off into teams (like in the game: Instinct, Valor, Mystic) just to compete with the other alliances that are made and then we've take this FFA and basically turned it into a Faction game. :/ Micheal waved his phone around the arena, using one hand to steer his wheelchair in a 360 as he took it all in. In reality, he could see all of his opponents spread out throughout the arena. In the game world, it was a virtual Garden of Eden, with different terrains and atmospheres and everyone's avatar was unique. Already he could see groups starting to form. Some people seemed to recognize each other and they congregated together, giving each other high fives and laughing. Micheal didn't see anyone he knew offhand, but that wasn't surprising. He was pretty abysmal when it came to making friends. Still, he had hoped that he might find a few other Team Instinct players and join up with them. After all, his Pokemon might be strong, but if other people were teaming up and fought together, then (as history had proven to him time and again) he was sure that his inability to run away very fast would make him a prime target for them to go after....
  9. Metacognition
    ....Filthy Mystic.
  10. Metacognition
    Micheal logged in to his game: Username: @rch@ngel Password: H0p3&R3tr1but10n It wasn't that he was all that religious, but ever since he'd learned about angels with swords, punishing the wicked back in grade school, he'd been fascinated with the idea. Back then, he would wish that they were real and would come down to smite some of his tormentors. That idea had stuck with him throughout high school and had helped him get through the worst of it. He was immediately greeted with his avatar; dressed in Team Instinct colors. It always brought a small smile to Micheal's lips to see his avatar standing there, with its smirk and crossed arms. He could almost picture where the wings would be if his avatar really was an archangel. The game music swelled as Micheal hit start and he was transported into his own fantasy land. Here, all of his worries melted away. Here, there were no limitations; no awkward looks or conversations; no one to make fun of him or pity him. Here, he was free. Here, he felt as if he wasn't confined to his wheelchair....
  11. Metacognition
    So it's like a mix between Pokemon and Sword Art Online. Sounds like fun. Quick, but fun. I'll sign up. You'll have to wait for a character though. I'm about to sit down to dinner.
  12. Metacognition
    Oh I planned to. I just hadn't been on the Shard yet today, Bugsy! I'm really hoping that this is finally over after we lynch Elodin today. If not, that means that Lopen has played this extremely well! That's why we hit you last night, Lopen and also why I didn't say anything in thread. If I had said that we were going to hit you and Elodin was the DF, then he could attack as well, knowing that we weren't going to attack him during the night. We needed to keep him from using the kill by trying to protect himself. It also let us test your Aiel-Bloodedness on the off chance that you had been lying about it this entire time without risking you actually dying because of it if you weren't. Also, Meta. I talked to Bugsy about this a bit as well, but if you are the DF Lopen, then this secures a village win. If you get us to lynch Elodin and then kill Bugsy during the night, then the game ends in a draw. You won't be able to kill me in the night but I won't be able to lynch you during the day because the mayorship would be up in the air. On the other hand, if the mayor votes are tied, the previous mayor stays in power; thus giving me the vote we'd need to lynch you if you're the DF. This is all just precaution though. If you are the DF, then you're definitely the MVP of this game, just for how well you've fooled us all! But better to play it safe on the chance that you are and lynch Elodin now than realize later that we could've won if we had just been a bit more cautious. EDIT: Upvotes all around for a game well played!
  13. Metacognition
    You've got to be freaking kidding me! Lopen defending Winter seems more to me like he already knew her alignment rather than an attempt to protect an innocent. It's a fairly common tactic. Protect someone that you know is innocent so that you can say, "I told you so!" later on. I'm not saying that is what happened here, but I'm not willing to discount it considering the game isn't freaking over! I have an idea, but I don't want to put it in thread. We could still lose this one if we're not careful after all. EDIT: and a very big thank you to Wilson! Remember to add her to your GM PMs if you want your orders to count!
  14. Metacognition
    I'm finally back guys. It took me an additional day to recover, but while my birthday was a blast, it's time to get this ball rolling again! I am suspicious of El, now that we know Bard is likely a Villager*. Plus, the whole WGG from the other night (we still don't know who protected El, which makes it pretty convenient that it was just some outside source) does seem planned to throw off the need for a scan just as we're starting to get the Senate narrowed down. That said, I don't trust Elenion or Aman all that much either. Not until they've been scanned as well. I trust Elenion a bit more at this point in time just because he's been very active and has been instrumental in helping us catch our first Derethi. Doesn't stop him from being a Jeskeri though. Aman has made some good points and his plan has made it almost impossible for the Jeskeri to gain control of the Senate. Doesn't stop him from being a Derethi though. Considering Bard would've been my choice for recall before the scan (his plan that the two Eliminator groups working together sounded like he was subtly trying to signal to whichever one he didn't belong to, IMO), I'm fine leaving it as it is and scanning El or Aman tomorrow. I'll do a more extensive analysis of everyone else tomorrow. Just because we're focused on the Senate right now doesn't mean that we shouldn't also be focused on everyone else. The two Eliminators we've killed haven't been from the Senate after all and with the missing kill, there's plenty of reason to be poking at the inactives right now. In fact, if the Monk doesn't have someone to guard, they should start picking people off of that list for us. *I say likely because it's very unlikely that both Aman and Bard are Eliminators, but we shouldn't just jump to that conclusion. If we're willing to make the conclusion that El and Cloud could be on the same team and just so happened to get the other's results, then we can't just count out the possibility that Aman and Bard aren't doing the same thing here.
  15. Metacognition
    I'm fine with that, Bugsy.
  16. Metacognition
    Hey guys, just popping on real quick to let you know that I'm still alive. Today is my birthday though, so don't expect much from me. I need to catch up on last turn before I do anything else anyways! Sorry!
  17. Metacognition
    I'd rather finish off Winter before we do anything else. As Bugsy said, with still no kill, it doesn't seem prudent to start killing more of us until we know for sure about Winter. I'll say this much though, you seem to be very eager to get us to kill off even more of us rather than finish off Winter, Lopen....
  18. Metacognition
    Well, at the moment, it doesn't matter. Almost none of the Senators have spoken up at all. On top of that, the night is over half done at this point. Even the village Senators failed us here in their complacency. Not that we're doing a much better job. The only recall vote is mine, so it's not like we're putting a lot of pressure on them to come forward and speak up.
  19. Metacognition
    We already killed Rubiks. Gamma just forgot to mark him down.
  20. Metacognition
    So that takes care of the Corrupted. They're all accounted for unless Fain started with one, which I doubt. At the most, I suspect that there's one more left. Bugsy, do us the honors of taking out Winter this night. That should finish it unless the DF have been holding back their kill for this long. At the very least, we kill the only inactive left and we can then focus on the rest of us. If it isn't finished with Winter's death, I plan to go back through the entire thread. Because, at this point, I have reason to account everyone left as a Villager. If one of you are hiding, then definite kudos to you. We'll see what happens after Winter is killed.
  21. Metacognition
    Well that is a welcome surprise. At least that explains all the votes on him. Since he was an inactive member, I won't be surprised at all if the Cultists tossed him under the bus, as it were. I'll bet that there are one or two that voted for him in the hopes of clearing themselves to a degree. And unless I'm mistaken, it looks like a landlord moved their anonymous vote onto him as well. That's a lot of people that wanted a "random" inactive dead, IMO. Just seems a little too easy. As far as the Senators go, I think that each one should make a case for themselves before we vote. That way, if there is an Eliminator Senator (which I do think there is, considering my suspicions) and they want to stay in their position of power, they have to try to convince us to leave them in there. That way, if someone is trying too hard, they might be a Cultist. But as I said during the day, I don't trust Elenion much at all right now. If he or someone else in the Senate gives me a reason to want to change this, I will, but this is where I'd go for now. So in the infamous words of Jack Sparrow, Persuade me.
  22. Metacognition
    Okay, I'm back. Sorry I've been gone for so long. Today was much busier than expected. And I'm still not done! I've got about 3 different tasks I need to get done going as we speak! First of all I'm just not seeing why everyone is so assured of Bard's innocence; especially people like Aman and Elenion from the Senate Doc. I'm still highly suspicious of him. That bandwagon just feels incredibly orchestrated. We had a discussion about bandwagons in LG22, where we got an Eliminator on the first day. One of the things that I said in there was that, if a bandwagon tends to form quickly and early, it can sometimes be indicative of us barking up the wrong tree. And now, we have exactly that happening right here. Then, every single vote on Bard just vanishes and people start pushing the idea that Bard is innocent. This just seems a little too coordinated for my tastes and I'm still not convinced just because Bard said that he was willing to be scanned. That could be a simple delaying tactic so that they can survive at least another turn. For every Eliminator that claims that they would like to be scanned and that we don't lynch them because of such, that makes it that much more likely that we're going to hit a Villager instead. As far as the vote between Cloudjumper and Conquestor goes, I'd rather lynch neither. Lynching an inactive tells us very little in comparison to lynching someone who has been active. This just feels like a waste of a turn in that right, but it is what it is. And I'd rather not kill a Duelist this early on when, even if he is an Eliminator, we can suggest who he should defend and if that player dies, we'll be able to tell that he's lying. So in either case, he either has to work for/with us or reveal himself. If I were to go after anyone, it would likely be Elenion or Bard. I'm not buying Bard's claim that he did that just out of paranoia and a lot of what Elenion was saying in the Senate Doc makes me question his motives. There was that bit about "Gambling and lost" with his vote on Seonid earlier and he seemed a little too concerned with getting recalled out of the Senate, IMO. No one had even brought up who should be recalled yet and he was already concerned about it. Why? If he's a villager, wouldn't not being in the Senate make it even less likely that he would be a target? To me, it almost sounds like he knows that he won't be attacked and is more worried about the loss of power. I'll hopefully have more once I get done with everything else I need to take care of! EDIT: Forgot to take my vote off of Lime.
  23. Metacognition
    I think that this is what most people meant by you being excessively aggressive so early and I'd have to agree. What was it in what Maill said that made you think that he was trying to play mind games? As far as I could tell, he was only clarifying a part of the rules. So why did you jump directly to already throwing suspicion about his motives? The only thing that comes to mind is if you don't want people trusting Maill all that much because you already know that he's not a Derethi due to you being one. Granted, I'm not a big fan of how quickly you accrued votes for it, but since most of those votes also went away pretty quickly, I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of them were from other Derethi to make it seem like a bigger bandwagon than it was. Not going to vote for you yet, but I'm definitely keeping an eye on you and would suggest that the Senate either scans you or recalls you tonight*. Stating that you're willing to remove your vote just because they say something isn't all that helpful. Your vote has no teeth when you do this. Eramit could pop on just to say hi and that's enough, which makes me think that you're voting just to be seen voting at this point. At the very least, state something like, "I'm voting for Eramit because they seem to be lurking. Unless they can give a reason for that, my vote stands." As such, Lime. Why vote when you're just going to tell the person what they need to do to get out of it? Finally, as El pointed out in the Senate Doc, remember that the turns are only 24hrs long! We need to come to a consensus fairly quickly. We don't have time to waste on a lot of poke votes and such or else everything will be decided at the last minute, which gives both the Derethi and Cultists a better shot at being able to manipulate the vote. We need to minimize that as much as possible. I have a few other thoughts on what we could do, but it's incredibly late for me, so I'll get around to them tomorrow. *Which reminds me of a question for McKeeDee: The rules are unclear. Does everyone vote for a Senator and a Recall at night or is it just the Senate? Because that changes how we should go about making sure that the Cultists can't maintain a majority there.
  24. Metacognition
    See, if you were really a Villager, you'd want to give more than that. You'd want to tell us everything you know before you die in the hopes of us still winning in the end, even if we were being deceived. Letting the "Lord of Chaos rule" is a DF/Corrupted thing, not a villager thing. If the game doesn't end with you and killing Winter, then we'll really have to dig deep to find any final eliminators. But, I don't think we will have to at this point. EDIT: Don't have time right now for that RP I wanted to do. I'll try to get to it later.
  25. Metacognition
    There's still plenty of NPCs in the town to mayor over. This town wouldn't survive unless we had a couple farmers and breadmakers and cobblers and such. We just don't see a lot of them because we're the main characters. Besides, the dead still win when we do, so we're keeping this town alive for the fallen. May they never know the Dark One's taint.
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