Bastard Politician Mafia

[Truce]

Three people is a lot to accuse in one day, Cephrir - especially since you seem to jump from post to post. So yes, that is a lot.

As for why you accuse other people - it's not so that they will get lynched today, since you're so very intent on lynching Tendronai. No - it's because you're going to try to get them lynched at some other point in time.

Build suspicion around them right now, that way you can lead a bandwagon on them later - so that you won't be the next person to be impeached. You've even suggested that both Megaman and Tendronai are cult heads - specifically, the two remaining cult heads.

Since the media has reported that you're a Democrat, it's only natural to assume you're lying about one of them, even if you deny being part of the cult.

My vote stays on you.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Well I do find Cephrir a bit suspicious I want to hear his theory of how the media works before I vote him. Because he was voting Tend on media investigations so clearly has some idea in his head of how the media works

[Stress Ball]

SMB, you're the same person as BHS, correct? If that's the case, then why would you turn up Illuminati-aligned if you can't be culted? I'm pretty sure that you're telling the truth with your claim, but if you were investigated, it proves that Stephen Colbert is paranoid to some degree.

As to who we should investigate, I think it might be best that some the non-Colbert members of the press investigate SMB. Since we're pretty sure he's town, if the others pick him up as Illuminati, we can prove that the media does have an 'echo' effect.

Also,
Unvote: Truce.
Truce still seems suspicious for his roleclaim, but Cephrir seems to be a bit suspicious as well. I'll wait for more information before casting a vote.

[Pip Boy]

As much as I hate truce for being a commie, his logic about cephrir seems to stand. So far there is no reason to think that I am a member of any party at all except that Moogle allegedly tried to recruit me during my two week absence.

As far as I see it, either Moogle never actually tried to recruit me at all, or someone has some sort of recruitment blocking ability that they used to block the recruitment because I was never told that anyone was trying to recruit me.

On the other hand, what about Cephrir? Surely my sudden return to the game will make some people think that I am suspicious of something, but no one will give much thought to it. Most likely, Cephrir saw this as an opportunity to throw in a potshot accusation (a groundless one, at that, as his only reason for thinking I am a cult head is that my excuse to not be one sucks).

Therefore it stands that:

Truce, be he democrat, republican, leader, or lobbyist, is attempting to confuse the masses, and therefore he is an enemy of the masses.

Cephrir is concluding that I am a party leader even though there is no great evidence that this is the case. This is, in all probablity, also a ploy to confuse people so that we can't use our lynch effectively. In this logic it stands that Cephrir is also an enemy to us average Joes.


TWO OTHER THINGS

1) Can someone link me to the post where it was discovered that Moogle allegedly attemtped to recruit me? Knowing the circumstances of the alleged recruitment and the person who announced it will help me figure out what happened.

2) I have a theory that a cult-blocking role is currently active. It would explain why Moogle was able to try to recruit me without my ever knowing. Furthermore, if that person is able to prevent their own lynching (anything is possible in this game), then that person could be truce, which would explain why he is so confident that he can't be lynched.

[Stress Ball]

Originally Posted by Moogle0119

Roleclaim: The Elephant - Leader of the Republicans

And here's who I tried inducting each night.

Night 1: Smarty McBarrelpants
Night 2: MegaMan FTW

Both inductions failed though for whatever reason.

Here you go, Megaman. Full post is near the bottom of Page 40.

[Ravashak]

While I'm not denying that Cephrir could very well be a Democrat (importance in party unclear), I do find it interesting to see how several previously reasonably inactive people have seemingly banded together to try get Cephrir impeached.

In a best-case scenario for town (meaning an entire cult is showing itself in an attempt to get the opposition killed), this would mean that those most actively attacking Cephrir are the Illuminati.

Based on the media reports so far, that'd be:
Tendronai (x2), who has done nothing to try and deny the Media's claim
SMB, there's still the media report and Moogle's claim, you'll have to allow me some cynism on your claim, given the Zilla precedent

In my eyes, based on actions, other Illuminati members include:
Megaman FTW, I guess he might have been double-culted, but the (lack of) answers and excessive attacking of Cephrir seem to be me like he's trying to save Tendronai
Truce, whose posts seem to be based solely on the distraction of actual impeaching.

ps. Megaman FTW, Moogle's claims were made after it was already decided by town he'd be impeached, with no Lobbyist to take the party after, there was little reason to lie.

[Pip Boy]

Thank you, stress ball.

I'd like to add, now, that the second of my TWO OTHER THINGS in my previous post makes absolutely no sense, looking back at it. At least the part about Truce blocking lynches, because cult-blockers block cultings, not lynches. If they blocked lynches they'd be a lynch-blocker.

Its been like 5 posts since my last vote change, however, so I'd like to throw it this time at barrelpants. Nothing personal, its just suspicious that you found it so suspicious that moogle failed to cult me, especially after you didn't get culted yourself. It probably means that you have some power or position that makes you uncultable.

RULES THING: Does a person actually have to be the leader of a party for a roleclaim? Or can roleclaims be used as a bluff?

[Pip Boy]

Sorry about the double-post, but Ravashak ninja'd me and I'd like to respond:

So, here it is.

REASONS TO THINK I AM NOT TRYING TO SAVE TENDRONAI:

My first responses to Truce's ramblings were that he must be trying to save tendronai, so we should go ahead and lynch tendronai. At one point since then, I'm pretty sure I've even thrown in a vote to lynch him.

FURTHERMORE: I only started attacking Cephrir after he started saying that I was a cult head. In pretty much every case that I have been accused of something, I have responded by throwing a vote at my accuser and colling him a communist. The only reason I haven't actually gone ahead and voted for you in this case is that your logic seems to make sense and if I didn't know that I was TOTALLY innocent, I would agree with you, and thus it is unlikely that you are actually a commie cult member.

If I did come back at the same time as other people, it is only a coincidence, as I am not willing to almost end my activity on the entire forum for two weeks as a part of a single ploy in a single forum game.

[Ravashak]

it can be used as a bluff, which Zilla used earlier this game (claimed to be unable to be culted, as well as being the killing role in the game), while in reality, she was the Libertarian leader. Moogle's claim of Republic leadership was confirmed once he was impeached, though.

[Fenris]

Originally Posted by Megaman FTW

RULES THING: Does a person actually have to be the leader of a party for a roleclaim? Or can roleclaims be used as a bluff?

Roleclaim: Ape Boy

Originally Posted by Megaman FTW

Sorry about the double-post, but Ravashak ninja'd me and I'd like to respond.

Then edit your response into your previous post. Forum rules don't change once you're down in the Games Forum.