Retro Mafia - DP4

Do you really want to lynch a cop claim? Look, I know this looks really bad for me. But look what happened the last time you lynched me!

Do you really wanna lynch Chase H.Q., the last bastion of law and order in this lawless vector hellscape.

While you were busy pushing Icon, RT, and whatever discount Galaga roleplay Pie was selling, I was burning rubber through the ISO of truth.

My investigations were real.

My reads were divinely inspired.

My predecessor’s lies? A test.

A cosmic gambit from the mod to see if any of you could discern the signal from the static.

Spoiler: you failed.

You say my claim makes no sense? Of course it doesn’t. You think truth makes sense in a world built on 8-bit lies?

My role PM was a QR code inside a fortune cookie. I had to microwave it and hold it up to a mirror while listening to the Tron soundtrack just to decode one line:

“You are the cop now. Drive fast. Die loud.”

And I did.

So when I flip?

When you see my name in cold, red font?

Know this:

You didn’t catch scum.

You lynched justice on wheels.

GG.

I’ll see you all in the bonus stage.

Bring quarters.

And when I die and flip cop - whiteflame is guilty!

I stopped thinking a while back.

I stopped thinking a while back.

It's overrated. You're better off.

I stopped thinking a while back.

I think everyone did

So string me up beneath the moon,

The end has come for me too soon.

You caught my lies, you played it smart,

A dagger deep in this dark heart.

I wore my mask, I played my role,

I schemed and danced without a soul.

But now the town has turned the tide,

No place for me, nowhere to hide.

Accusations, votes, and rage—

A fitting end upon this stage.

You cast your lots, you sealed my fate,

And now I walk through Lynch's Gate.

But know this truth before I swing:

You're safer now—but not the king.

For shadows linger, friends betray…

Another scum still walks your way.

So raise your torches, light the pyre,

I burn with pride, a liar’s fire.

And as the rope pulls tight and high,

I wink and whisper—“One more lie…”

One more lie: Ragnar is town!

I'd understand if you trust him because of the mustache of that guy on the arcade cabinet

Can you even afford a mustache?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_savCwJEw7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARTwLLhQZHw

The key here is to have a stache on hand for all occasions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXU38PwNrOs

Also, if we're sharing stache songs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB5FTZkfXDs

Alright, I’m not even entertaining Vader/RT being town anymore. This is just laughable.

Realistically, he’s probably the TP cause I would be shocked if his scum partners allowed him to say this, meaning there are likely still 2 scum left.

With that being said. Who do you all think that pairing is and why

50/50 RT being mafia or TP. If hes mafia, then I'll have to do some thinking on who his buddy is. I think Mafia!RT probably just did this with no input from his buddy.

I don’t think he’s paired with anyone. He’s either a TP or a Lone Wolf.

Realized I didn't respond to your actual question when I checked my phone this morning.

Right now, my scum pairing is either Casey/Earth or Casey/You. Current money is on the latter, but I'm still undecided.

As for the why, I think I've already justified why I think Casey's scum. The main question is, who do I think is Casey's likely scum partner, and that's harder to determine. My attention on the two of you is mainly a result of POE. I don't buy either Ragnar or Rex as scum. I've explained the former a lot already, and the latter is mainly because he just knows too much about who visited him, all visits I can validate based on the information I have. If he somehow has that information as scum, props to him for somehow knowing all this, but I can't fathom having it outside of Rex's having a Tracking role. If he's somehow scum anyway, GG, well played.

That leaves Earth and Pie. Both of them have been Tracked for one NP by Rex, so there's at least some evidence that each of you didn't do anything for one NP. I've already given some pretty extensive reasoning for why I think Earth's claim is genuine, and most of what I've seen as responses are that the items don't really fit the claimed roles or came from future games, both of which have some validity, but they don't move the needle much. As for Pie's, we know he's Popular and the lack of movement NP1 supports that, but everything else is behavioral. His claim's believable, sure, but there are plenty of games that could fit Popular and it's been a little strange to me ever since he claimed it that Tetris doesn't have anything else to it. I don't really scumread him for being on both lynch wagons, especially since Ragnar was also on both of them, but I also can't dismiss it out of hand.

I just have a whole lot less to go off of for Pie, and much as I know that has a good deal to do with my being in a Mason chat with Earth and not Pie, it also means I had a lot of opportunities to note inconsistencies in Earth's responses to me and behaviors I've seen in his scum play as his partner before. I haven't seen them, so Pie's my pick.

NP1 - Earth town

NP2 - Whiteflame scum

NP3 - Pie town!

I find this all a bit mystifying if you're town. Why not push a WF lynch?

Your behavior makes zero sense as TP or scum. As town it seems like it's a crazy risk if you're trying to get lynched to be vindicated by the flip. If there are three scum we're fucked even if a flip would vindicate you.

Your behavior makes zero sense as TP or scum.

It makes a lot more sense if, say… hypothetically… he was in a Mason chat with someone trying to figure out the fake claim a player (rhymes with Nader) previously left him while being asked questions about it, and lacking the means to effectively respond, keeps saying that he’s trying to find out while posting an action that didn’t match the role this other player was told about.

And, again, completely hypothetically, he then tried to fix said fake claim by providing another fake claim and not so subtly hint at the existence of a separate scum player in the game.

And then, just to take this hypothetical a step further mind you, he went ahead and just stated outright to that other person in the Mason chat that he was the Lone Wolf in the hopes that that other person was secretly scum only to be told that he had just outed himself fully to a town player.

Again, all hypothetical. Definitely not based on any personal experience.

And then, just to take this hypothetical a step further mind you, he went ahead and just stated outright to that other person in the Mason chat that he was the Lone Wolf in the hopes that that other person was secretly scum only to be told that he had just outed himself fully to a town player.

I can't figure out what a lone wolf is. One site says a mafia member who will only win if they are the last surviving mafia member, which doesn't make sense in your scenario. Another says it's a TP with an NK like a serial killer, which would have resulted in the game ending at this point imo.

What do you mean by the term?

I can't figure out what a lone wolf is. One site says a mafia member who will only win if they are the last surviving mafia member, which doesn't make sense in your scenario. Another says it's a TP with an NK like a serial killer, which would have resulted in the game ending at this point imo.

What do you mean by the term?

To my understanding, a Lone Wolf is scum that is not in the scum chat. I did ask for clarification and he literally said it's "a scum person not being involved in the main chat". They function like a Traitor, essentially a TP who only wins with Mafia.

Jesus Christ I can see why Supa wanted to replace out if that's the case. I genuinely feel bad for him, he hates being scum to begin with. Making him do it without a group chat is just cruel.

But it does make sense why his behavioral scumhunting felt real to me - there's no information asymmetry if he's a lone wolf. He could have stayed off the RT wagon because he thought he was scum and didn't want to lynch a teammate.

At this point I'm going to go with an RT lynch (again). On the off chance that he is telling the truth the flip will confirm that if there are only two scum. If not, GG.

VTL RT

Jesus Christ I can see why Supa wanted to replace out if that's the case. I genuinely feel bad for him, he hates being scum to begin with. Making him do it without a group chat is just cruel.

Yeah, I've been the Lone Wolf before, puts you in a rough position. Didn't help that he was unaware of my role before he claimed the Absorber role.

But it does make sense why his behavioral scumhunting felt real to me - there's no information asymmetry if he's a lone wolf. He could have stayed off the RT wagon because he thought he was scum and didn't want to lynch a teammate.

Very well could be, I wouldn't be surprised anyway.

I think he's at L-1. We have a little under 11 hours left in the DP if we want to discuss plausible scum teams. I know the game will continue unless scum somehow have two NKs, and I've given out as much information and perspective as I can at this point. I don't know who scum will target, but if I die during the NP, please consider everything I've said this DP.

VTL RT

Srop posting

RT has been lynched

flip will be next Dayphase

4/7 - whiteflame Ragnar Rex rt