The NK was hella weird; Merc seemed pretty disconnected from the game. Thought for sure one of me/Aelin/Chloe was gonna bite the dust last night.
Honestly I feel like reading into NKs this late in the game is kind of a trap; the last scum is most likely going to pour wine over everything they do in an attempt to make it to f3
Still think that the best way to approach today is to hunt for three townies rather than actively hunt for the last scum. Iāve been in late-game situations like these before, and if we can get everyone to agree on a consensus towncore and then stick to the PoE, then the last wolf will eventually die.
(The key obviously is to make sure the last wolf hasnāt snuck into the towncore, which is why I would prefer if we could write reasoning as to why X/Y is town today and get a game-winning solve)
Like for me, Aelin and Chloe are my lock clears and I will try to explain in words why they are both town today. I need to find ONE town out of:
Blitz/min/Wisdom/Zone
I know Iāve been pretty gung-ho about Zone being the last wolf, but I donāt want to get complacent when weāre on the cusp of victory. With almost all the flipped wolves dead we can reread to get a better view of the gamestate, and build the consensus townbloc
if this site was actually conductive for rereading
Okay gonna keep scrolling through, just wanted to better outline my philosophy on what to do in late game situations like these
I really donāt know why Zone has a self-fatalistic streak, and I also donāt really know how to read itā¦ which has been like, my issue with him all game. He plays so differently from most other mafia players I know that itās so hard to actually get inside his brain.
Like, why are you so afraid of dying in lylo when if we lunch the final wolf Today the game will just end?
Him also justā¦ not doing a whole lot on Days 1-6 but really stepping it up in terms of posting/solving Yesterday and Today is also bizarre. I also kinda expect wolf Zone to kinda go after me Today on the basis of not having a chat confirmed but heāsā¦ not really doing that?
(sorry that this is a bunch of fencesitting, my lizard brain just wants to lunch him and be done with it but general play this game has been so bizarre for me)
Like WTF DOES THIS EVEN MEAN
Not to slight Blitz, but Iāve met plenty of scum players who are extremely logical and by-the-book. Why are you putting him into your towncore simply because his logic makes sense?
Do you think that Nika was distancing from Blitz before smalls replaced in? Again I need to reread context on how that went, but Nika doing that + Blitz joining the CFD on Wisp Day 1 kind of make me believe that heāsā¦ not a wolf?
(tldr I should really reread some of the early/mid game with all of the flips, thatās something Iāve been putting off)
What Helz interaction(s) are you talking about?
Iāve mentioned this throughout the game but I wasnāt really responsible for catching him - I was actually townreading him for most of Day 2.
It was only until Day 3 when I thought that there could be a deep wolf in my townreads and Windward re-evaluating him that I subsequently also re-evaluated.
I think the game will most likely end with your lunch.
In the event that it doesnāt, Iām going to put work ensuring that our PoE is bulletproof so we /will/ lunch the final wolf. And that involves finding one townie out of four (you, min, Wisdom, Blitz)
I know Wisp pretty well but even I donāt know what he means in that post 
Okay finished catching up.
Honestly, the right way to play right now is just look at the history of the game. Theyāre in the body of work of the 11k posts that have been produced over the past month or so. If only this websiteās ISO function didnāt break after 10k posts
I think Chloe and Aelin are town.
Thereās one wolf in {Blitz, min, Wisdom, Zone}.
We know itās a packwolf because Lemon flipped.
We have three mislunches to play with.
There are four wolves flipped; three of them have critical interactions we can look at to find the last wolf out of these four.
Because we are decently ahead, we can do the lazy personās solve and look for ONE townie out of the four, or we can spend time trying to solve for the last wolf. I think Iām gonna do the former because I am lazy, but Iām sure I wonāt be able to help myself from actively solving for the last wolf lol.
I think Zone just ends it in most worlds, but Iām still gonna put in my due diligence and again work towards a bulletproof PoE, just on the slim chance it doesnāt.
Iāve been repeating myself for most of today so Iām gonna take a break and then try to reread Nika/Blitz interactions
Then maybe look at Wisdomās progression/see how all the flipped wolves interacted with min
Probably gonna rage at this siteās broken ISO function, wish me luck
Have a few things Iāve gotta do for this research paper then I plan on skimming the entire game and doing some ISO dives later tonight
Nika spew is probably the best place to start. Iām not taking much of what small said for granted since he was incredibly overwhelmed and panicky when we were in the thread together - and definitely doinā the whole antispew thing
(Even though iām really tempted to just take his defense of Zone at face value wowee)
Ping me if theres anything you want my thoughts on
Otherwise iāll be back in a bit, sorry lol
Yeah, I donāt want to read too much into smallās spew, but my gut tells me that his last scumbuddy would have to have been incredibly uncooperative/afk in wolfchat, sinceā¦ why else would have he played the way he did
Idk how yāall wolf though
What are your thoughts on the gamestate atm? Who are the three townies you would be comfortable clearing? Do you think Zone is the last wolf? What are your thoughts on min/Wisdom/Blitz
Itās been a while since the events took place so itās a tad blurry but it still felt like you played a crucial role in catching him even if windward was the first one who had re-evaluated him. Withouth you pursuing it, I felt like there was a good chance that Helz could have survived that day based on the state