I do want to say that it was an incredibly fun game, and that I actually really like the Intruders faction. I think it was the first time we have had an actual third faction that isn't just purely neutral. I do agree that all of us pretty much went the way of town, but there was a point before faonkarino's lynch that I was actually thinking of helping the mafia and playing both sides. In the end, it was kinda a domino effect with the mafia, not expecting meow to survive, and the mess up with VerrKol, then again with Olsi, which lead to Niernen being defenseless.
I knew that Meta and TheBirds had some type of connection, but I kept brushing it off because the only connection I could think of is that they were both mafia. I knew TheBirds probably wasn't Intruders because their ability hadn't come in, but I let it go because revealing they where town would only hurt the town.
So on xBTAx's notes:
1. I was actually afraid that faon's comment on the strongman was true, and my thinking was that it would have been a waste to use it on Holypie, since the mafia going after the doctor to confirm a kill on meow would be most likely. Like you said, I also didn't know that Polantaris had copied Holypie's ability at the time, and I was actually hoping to do the same thing Polantaris did and troll the mafia out to revealing themselves-which they did kinda do. I actually was going to keep the pin on me for the first night, but decided to use it that night for fear of getting roleblocked.
2. To me it made sense that people would ignore that he was an Intruder. Most people didn't expect a third faction to be in and I knew that I had to speak up at that point.
3. The whole third day was a bit of a mess for me. I was starting to think of helping the mafia at this point since the town wasn't getting anywhere. At this point I still suspected Niernen, faon, and Polantaris, but people really didn't trust me too much to be going after any of them. The huge thing that threw me off was actually Holypie's post:
When I first read it over, I had assumed that all of us had been given some type of power/item from Kyr's ability. Then I noticed faon said something about strongman, but by the time I got to class and figured out that Holypie was talking about his IRL laptop, meow had already done the reveal. This logic then looped around to point 1 where I chose to use the pin on meow fearing a roleblock or other possible items/abilities.
To end, I did make a few mistakes. Niernen and Luv caught on me saying there were "4" neutrals. I added this at the last minute only to realize that if I revealed myself as neutral the mafia would have one less target to get rid of. This is part of my reason for not saying I was neutral outright until everyone started revealing their roles on day 5. Another mistake was telling meow to investigate Cakes instead of Niernen, but it wasn't too big of a deal in the end. Also, like I said, I should have asked Polantaris if he did block a kill because at the beginning of the day I had assumed it was me. Then when I read deeper and didn't get any confirmation, I started to suspect Olsi. This was actually the most ironic part, that by Olsi saying they had been roleblocked and no kill had occurred, it later implicated Niernen. Either way, the mistakes weren't too bad, but still they were facepalm moments.
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I was actually hoping that the mafia would target meow on the last night; it would have made for such a hilarious moment into my power reveal. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
Oh, and another mistake of mine was that I didn't try to convincing Luv to wait to use his ability. I wanted to keep Luv alive for another night or two so that the roleblocker at the time would be preoccupied with Luv and allow me to keep meow alive for just a bit longer. It ended up working out with Polantaris, but it got pretty quiet with no Luv or Kyrastri.
Oh yeah, good job to the Town and the rest of the Intruders (including the honorary Intruder, TheBirds).
I knew that Meta and TheBirds had some type of connection, but I kept brushing it off because the only connection I could think of is that they were both mafia. I knew TheBirds probably wasn't Intruders because their ability hadn't come in, but I let it go because revealing they where town would only hurt the town.
xBTAx Wrote:[1*]CJ could have saved Holypie but instead just left his Pin on meow from the moment he got it; that's a valid strategy especially as he couldn't have known about Polantaris, but it seemed weird at the time.
[2*]Most of you missed Luv straight up saying he was an Intruder before Chaz's PM revealed that faction and their win condition, and continued to suspect him of being mafia-allied; I feel like Holy would've pointed this out had he been around but instead it took CJ to do it, and that's only because he was also an Intruder with that same win condition.
[3*]At some point it seemed that faon's random theory of Kyrastri's roll making everyone a strongman got turned into a totally agreed upon fact. I'm surprised CJ didn't speak up here; it's unlikely that Meta would reveal they got an update, but CJ didn't have much of a reason to hide it. Similarly, I'm surprised that meow wasn't targeted that night; I figured faon actually believed the strongman thing and would have had Olsi target meow as a result.
So on xBTAx's notes:
1. I was actually afraid that faon's comment on the strongman was true, and my thinking was that it would have been a waste to use it on Holypie, since the mafia going after the doctor to confirm a kill on meow would be most likely. Like you said, I also didn't know that Polantaris had copied Holypie's ability at the time, and I was actually hoping to do the same thing Polantaris did and troll the mafia out to revealing themselves-which they did kinda do. I actually was going to keep the pin on me for the first night, but decided to use it that night for fear of getting roleblocked.
2. To me it made sense that people would ignore that he was an Intruder. Most people didn't expect a third faction to be in and I knew that I had to speak up at that point.
3. The whole third day was a bit of a mess for me. I was starting to think of helping the mafia at this point since the town wasn't getting anywhere. At this point I still suspected Niernen, faon, and Polantaris, but people really didn't trust me too much to be going after any of them. The huge thing that threw me off was actually Holypie's post:
Holypie Wrote:Yay I found some power outlets! They look really pineappleing disgusting though so I don't want to use them unless I have to.
When I first read it over, I had assumed that all of us had been given some type of power/item from Kyr's ability. Then I noticed faon said something about strongman, but by the time I got to class and figured out that Holypie was talking about his IRL laptop, meow had already done the reveal. This logic then looped around to point 1 where I chose to use the pin on meow fearing a roleblock or other possible items/abilities.
To end, I did make a few mistakes. Niernen and Luv caught on me saying there were "4" neutrals. I added this at the last minute only to realize that if I revealed myself as neutral the mafia would have one less target to get rid of. This is part of my reason for not saying I was neutral outright until everyone started revealing their roles on day 5. Another mistake was telling meow to investigate Cakes instead of Niernen, but it wasn't too big of a deal in the end. Also, like I said, I should have asked Polantaris if he did block a kill because at the beginning of the day I had assumed it was me. Then when I read deeper and didn't get any confirmation, I started to suspect Olsi. This was actually the most ironic part, that by Olsi saying they had been roleblocked and no kill had occurred, it later implicated Niernen. Either way, the mistakes weren't too bad, but still they were facepalm moments.
Edit:
xBTAx Wrote:[*]Niernen sorta just gave up and targeted Vlad, and I understand the reasoning (getting disabled would confirm you as townie) but it hurt the Mafia overall. Lucky for him that he didn't try to contain meow on the last night, though.
I was actually hoping that the mafia would target meow on the last night; it would have made for such a hilarious moment into my power reveal. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
Oh, and another mistake of mine was that I didn't try to convincing Luv to wait to use his ability. I wanted to keep Luv alive for another night or two so that the roleblocker at the time would be preoccupied with Luv and allow me to keep meow alive for just a bit longer. It ended up working out with Polantaris, but it got pretty quiet with no Luv or Kyrastri.
Oh yeah, good job to the Town and the rest of the Intruders (including the honorary Intruder, TheBirds).