Murder By The Book - Ender's Game

anyway pala uh

why were you gambiting at all, exactly?

Because I thought you realized and were up for the fact that we were working together after I lied to 'townfirm' you. I mean, you knew I was lying from the getgo (you even admitted it) so you knew I was on your side and now just like

fuck it. I warned you two. I said you both didn't need to be alive and I knew you'd be throwing me under the bus so if I'm going to lose I'd rather it be to the town than to you guys.

Akumu, seedy, Pilot, I give you my final, truest claim. Well, technically it's basically my old claim, just replace every instance of 'lovers' with 'scum' (Yes Pilot that means you had the right of it when you guessed I was up to a godfather plot).

Schazer is the rolefucker (reverses role's result without informing user).
Sotek is the godfather.

That's right! I am the dreaded anti-town third party from way back on the mspa forums (Winefia if I remember correctly - Sotek I hope you're appreciating the irony). I was given a few bonuses though to make up for the original's shitty wincon and lack of powers (namely, the flavourcop that told me if who I checked was scum). In addition, I was given a bodystacker back-up win condition (with my main one being surviving to scum overrun). I'm assuming my inclusion was to help balance shit like Garuru's power play and the fact that every town vanilla is actually a caramel capable of gaining other slightly less important but still game changing powers.

Note that the whole 'nebulous not technically MYLO' thing was probably a combination of the traitor and the fact that though I am technically third party I could easily help scum steer the game with a successful town lynch. As Sotek said - if he was a lover then the traitor basically couldn't have been a thing since it would have meant 'nebulous danger' would have happened the day before.

Like I was planning to never resort to the backup one but donut just failed time and time again to check me and left me with just myself and one of the two people I know are scum. I have basically been trying to lynch Schazer since, you know, self preservation. I made the claim I originally made because I was hoping it would tip scum off and if they'd just let the Schazer lynch go through Sotek (and me, presumably) could ride safely to a scum victory.

Then the lover claim. Which was basically a giant middle finger right at me that I've been trying to avoid actually outing since doing so would have to lead to this post and basically pitting the word of a deceitful third party against the people he worked to 'townfirm'.

Then Schazer claimed scum, and I assumed that she at least had figured out what was what and was going to actually let me have my win too and figured well I might as well try to push it as a sort of last salvation option but then Sotek blew that up as well.

Some interesting notes to help solidify my (admittingly weird) revelation:

1) The obvious - I pied the guy I knew to be the godfather while he was coming under some heavy scrutiny. There were many better subjects but I hit what was until that point basically an inactive. Seedy was right when she pointed out that Sotek was not the towniest choice.

2) Sotek pushing a me/Schazer potential scumteam early day 8 and day 7 - the same time he was basically panicking over how he had to claim lover. He knows as well as any that 'basically MYLO' is the absolute worst time to pull some gambit involving throwing suspicion on your lover and then revealing himself - especially when some guy basically claimed (as far as he would have known) traitor by claiming to have a townfirm on him. So he was clearly leaving his options open to bus his remaining scummate.

3) Schazer claiming doctor - it was clearly a skin saving plot. If she was a lover, a doctor claim is literally the worst one you could make as it basically ensures you'll be shot - which would have killed Sotek.

3B) Sotek was among those saying that the real doctor should claim - which would have led to a Schazer lynch and therefore his own death (again, according to him).

4) Holy crap a lover who can redirect? why that really just defeats the whole point of lovers doesn't it? Especially one who can self-protect. Also, let's be honest, she claims to only have been suspicious of me then but if she really was town she would have basically known by then that I had to be scum. Also I always love it when people claim that they dropped hints earlier in the game - I mean there's no way scum can do the exact same thing (and building up a redirection claim when you know a scummate is a busdriver is just golden).

5) Gnauga lynch. If Sotek/Schazer were lovers and she had her supposed redirection power, why wouldn't they out themselves and lynch the guy who was confirmed scum to them? Why wouldn't they have gone after me the instant donut had checked everyone else? Instead, they basically leave me alone and start trolling through the cop clears - also note that by that time I had basically claimed scum-sided role to Sotek, so they probably went through with it all assuming I was the traitor and thus that any other lynch would be on a town member (and thus guarantee their victory).

tl;dr:

I would rather take the half win I get for surviving to endgame (or at least the satisfaction of revenge if scum decides to spite me any further) over losing because scum just had to stab me in the back.

Vote: Sotek for slightly greater satisfaction than if I voted Schazer.

Also I'm going to be gone for the next 10 hours or so, I'll be back to answer any and all questions (assuming they're from town, I'm tired of helping people whose only gratitude consists of knives in my back).