Post by Naomi on Oct 11, 2007 23:52:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but here is this:
spies4Candy (10:58:15 PM): Naomi.
spies4Naomi (10:58:46 PM): hi
spies4Candy (10:58:48 PM): What's up
spies4Naomi (10:59:01 PM): not much
spies4Naomi (10:59:02 PM): you?
spies4Candy (10:59:00 PM): Nothing
spies4Candy (10:59:05 PM): Looking at shoes
spies4Naomi (10:59:23 PM): ha ha
spies4Candy (10:59:37 PM): So mmmmmm ... what are people talking about these days?
spies4Naomi (11:00:04 PM): not sur
spies4Naomi (11:00:05 PM): e
spies4Naomi (11:00:11 PM): leon looks bad right now
spies4Naomi (11:00:17 PM): at least to jeremiah and i
spies4Candy (11:00:14 PM): Leon's the one who thinks he's all that and a bag of chips
spies4Candy (11:00:16 PM): Right?
spies4Naomi (11:00:47 PM): that and, he's nay-saying the unified vote thing
spies4Naomi (11:00:56 PM): saying it's impossible
spies4Naomi (11:00:59 PM): when it's not
spies4Candy (11:00:58 PM): You really think so
spies4Naomi (11:01:15 PM): well yeah
spies4Candy (11:01:17 PM): Why would I want to vote the same way as the spies
spies4Naomi (11:01:34 PM): you can't
spies4Naomi (11:01:42 PM): now THAT's impossible
spies4Naomi (11:01:46 PM): think
spies4Naomi (11:01:52 PM): we outnumber the spies right?
spies4Candy (11:01:50 PM): In theory
spies4Naomi (11:02:27 PM): so if we vote a certain way, and they another, not only does it make them stand out as spies but we have the majority over them anyway
spies4Candy (11:02:29 PM): Mmmm
spies4Candy (11:02:41 PM): But we have plenty of whiny brats
spies4Naomi (11:02:49 PM): and then we all vote together on who won the mini-vote
spies4Naomi (11:02:54 PM): I know i know
spies4Candy (11:02:48 PM): Who all want THEIR way NOW
spies4Naomi (11:03:02 PM): they're difficult
spies4Naomi (11:03:30 PM): we just have to convince them that this is best for everyone, and if they really want their opinions heard, they'll campaign it
spies4Candy (11:03:59 PM): If you all say "waste a vote by getting rid of an inactive" I'm out
spies4Naomi (11:05:02 PM): ha ha
spies4Naomi (11:05:15 PM): well, the whole point of this is to avoid that very thing
spies4Naomi (11:05:46 PM): obviously someone who votes kiyoshi again wants our exile wasted
spies4Candy (11:05:55 PM): Kid, they don't see it that way
spies4Naomi (11:06:14 PM): a lot of them do
spies4Naomi (11:06:19 PM): who are you speaking of?
spies4Candy (11:06:16 PM): Not the ones interested in self preservation
spies4Candy (11:06:22 PM): Not voting out Kiyoshi means someone else is voted out
spies4Candy (11:06:38 PM): And the more they think the votes might point in their direction, the more they push for Kiyoshi
spies4Naomi (11:06:55 PM): hmm...
spies4Naomi (11:07:04 PM): wait candy
spies4Naomi (11:07:19 PM): if the votes pull against them
spies4Naomi (11:07:49 PM): then obviously they won't vote themselves...yeah, they'd vote kiyoshi. But that's only one vote
spies4Naomi (11:07:56 PM): against all the rest of us
spies4Candy (11:08:07 PM): Don't forget - 3 self voters last time
spies4Candy (11:08:15 PM): Lots of ways to work the system
spies4Naomi (11:08:32 PM): Candy you're really being negative
spies4Candy (11:08:38 PM): I never said I wasn't going to go along with it
spies4Candy (11:08:46 PM): I'm saying that you're going to have a lot of problems
spies4Candy (11:08:49 PM): And you should know what they are
spies4Candy (11:08:53 PM): So you have your comeback to them
spies4Naomi (11:09:01 PM): what could be wrong with us being together on something for once? I just want us unified as one town
spies4Naomi (11:09:08 PM): ok
spies4Naomi (11:09:23 PM): *sigh*
spies4Naomi (11:09:27 PM): this is possible
spies4Candy (11:09:22 PM): Yeah
spies4Naomi (11:09:31 PM): it can work
spies4Naomi (11:09:44 PM): it just requires an unreal amount of cooperation.
spies4Candy (11:09:43 PM): Exactly
spies4Naomi (11:10:07 PM): I just realized my hill is a mountain.
spies4Candy (11:10:02 PM): This is a game where instinct can take over
spies4Candy (11:10:11 PM): And I'm saying self-preservation is a HUGE instinct
spies4Candy (11:10:25 PM): So be prepared
spies4Candy (11:10:48 PM): It's everyone's mountain, kid
spies4Naomi (11:11:14 PM): hmm
spies4Naomi (11:11:19 PM): ok, thanks candy
spies4Candy (11:11:16 PM): One more question
spies4Naomi (11:11:25 PM): sure
spies4Candy (11:11:19 PM): To think about
spies4Candy (11:11:26 PM): Why JUST Kiyoshi?
spies4Candy (11:11:29 PM): Why not Bunni and Damon?
spies4Candy (11:11:39 PM): Why have they avoided criticism?
spies4Naomi (11:11:55 PM): I talk to bunni all the time
spies4Naomi (11:12:07 PM): though she seems off in her own little world
spies4Naomi (11:12:14 PM): she's going to be in this next one
spies4Candy (11:12:11 PM): Good
spies4Naomi (11:12:21 PM): and we've seen a little from damon
spies4Naomi (11:12:29 PM): not much though
spies4Candy (11:12:24 PM): My point being: I think they're being protected
spies4Naomi (11:12:58 PM): i can really see the citizens uniting though. At least...ideally...
spies4Naomi (11:13:06 PM): protected by whom?
spies4Candy (11:13:09 PM): I have 3 people who can't vote for me right now
spies4Candy (11:13:15 PM): So do you
spies4Candy (11:13:24 PM): That means one less vote against me in exile
spies4Candy (11:13:53 PM): Summer, Kip, Singe - they haven't been proactive in protecting Kiyoshi
spies4Candy (11:14:17 PM): Doesn't sound like they need his vote
spies4Candy (11:14:21 PM): But spies do
spies4Candy (11:14:30 PM): Is this making sense?
spies4Naomi (11:14:46 PM): not at all honestly... :-(
spies4Candy (11:14:45 PM): Who's in your fam
spies4Naomi (11:14:59 PM): just masaki and leon
spies4Candy (11:15:04 PM): Martha eh
spies4Naomi (11:15:14 PM): yeah
spies4Candy (11:15:34 PM): If you were a spy
spies4Candy (11:15:38 PM): Would you have protected Martha?
spies4Naomi (11:16:02 PM): hmm...that's pretty wifom. But...yes?
spies4Candy (11:16:00 PM): wifom?
spies4Naomi (11:16:49 PM): The thought that"I knew you'd think that so I thought opposite. But then I knew that you would know I'd think that so I did the same thing you didn't think I'd do"
spies4Candy (11:16:56 PM): Uh
spies4Naomi (11:17:05 PM): it's circular and can't be used
spies4Candy (11:17:08 PM): Ooooookay then
spies4Naomi (11:17:28 PM): basically, you can't assume you know their reasoning
spies4Candy (11:17:28 PM): True ...
spies4Candy (11:17:45 PM): My point is, with Martha gone, you're a little more vulnerable now
spies4Naomi (11:18:03 PM): OH
spies4Naomi (11:18:06 PM): i get it
spies4Candy (11:17:59 PM): Someone who couldn't vote for you left
spies4Candy (11:18:01 PM): Right
spies4Candy (11:18:12 PM): Kip, Singe, and Summer don't seem to care if Kiyoshi leaves
spies4Candy (11:18:16 PM): They aren't protecting him
spies4Candy (11:18:31 PM): If I was a spy, I at least think I would keep as many defenses in line as I could
spies4Candy (11:18:39 PM): Which means keeping my family together
spies4Naomi (11:19:05 PM): ok but what that tells me
spies4Naomi (11:19:15 PM): is that no one in kiyoshi's family is a spy
spies4Naomi (11:19:27 PM): or that they know the futility of it
spies4Candy (11:19:26 PM): Not necessarily
spies4Candy (11:19:29 PM): All they have to do is say
spies4Candy (11:19:33 PM): "What about DAMON?"
spies4Naomi (11:20:14 PM): that's deflection
spies4Naomi (11:20:21 PM): and will get you under suspicion
spies4Naomi (11:20:34 PM): we'd notice stuff like that wouldn't we?
spies4Naomi (11:20:36 PM): mafiascum.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=browse;oldid=WineInFrontOfMe;id=Wine_in_Front_of_Me
spies4Naomi (11:20:46 PM): that explains WIFOM if you wanted to know
spies4Candy (11:21:15 PM): Not working
spies4Naomi (11:21:37 PM): hmm
spies4Candy (11:21:35 PM): The link looks fine - don't know
spies4Naomi (11:21:42 PM): ok, i'll copy
spies4Candy (11:21:44 PM): Just isn't displaying
spies4Naomi (11:21:55 PM): "All right: where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead."
"But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's?"
-The Princess Bride
spies4Naomi (11:22:13 PM): So begins the game of wine in front of me, or WIFOM, for short. In gaming, it's any kind of game or subgame, especially a psychological one, in which a player is given a set of apparently equal choices where one or more is completely wrong. In such games one often may try to use what he knows of his opponent to make a better choice, but this often leads to recursive reasoning, as anything that one player could think of is something another player could think of, in the form of "But that's just what he wants me to think, so I'll do the opposite…but maybe that's what he want's me to think…so I'll not do the opposite…but maybe that's what he want's me to think…etc, etc.". Such games are basically random, and therefore should be carefully considered before they are engaged in.
spies4Naomi (11:22:28 PM): In mafia, WIFOM arguements are usually a Scum tactic used to distract the Town. The scum will make an unusual play at night, which would lead to a situation that would 'clear' them. Also, these arguments are often used by Newbies and should be avoided if possible, in favor of clearer arguments.
spies4Candy (11:23:02 PM): If you really believed that you'd never get anything done
spies4Naomi (11:23:28 PM): ?
spies4Candy (11:24:06 PM): Every move in this game involves choices
spies4Naomi (11:24:56 PM): Candy, it's been proven time and time again, that trying too hard to figure what your enemy is thinking is awful logic. Like this says, it leads to recursive thinking and it's basically random
spies4Naomi (11:25:10 PM): Spies is a glorified mafia
spies4Naomi (11:25:38 PM): I've seen logic like this fail often
spies4Candy (11:25:50 PM): How are you supposed to beat the enemy if you don't try to think like them?
spies4Naomi (11:26:25 PM): using logic that isn't flawed
spies4Candy (11:26:31 PM): You can't
spies4Candy (11:26:37 PM): We don't have any basic premises that are true
spies4Candy (11:26:48 PM): We don't even know how many spies there are!
spies4Naomi (11:27:01 PM): maybe the spies realize that we're trying to think like them, so they do something different.
spies4Naomi (11:27:15 PM): I know candy, thats why this game is hard
spies4Candy (11:27:33 PM): You make it sound like there's no control over the outcome
spies4Candy (11:27:35 PM): That it's chance and luck
spies4Naomi (11:27:53 PM): you have to catch them in the act, trying to sway us into thinking wrongly
spies4Naomi (11:28:01 PM): which is why it's easier at the end
spies4Naomi (11:28:25 PM): you can see along the way how they've manipulated everyone into exiling the wrong people
spies4Naomi (11:28:44 PM): which is why ralph was suspect after martha turned up citizen
spies4Candy (11:28:59 PM): Why did so many people turn anyway?
spies4Naomi (11:29:19 PM): what do you mean?
spies4Candy (11:29:13 PM): I have no idea what happened because Lloyd spent the whole time trying to get my attention
spies4Naomi (11:29:41 PM): I don't follow. Turn where?
spies4Candy (11:29:54 PM): I sign on
spies4Candy (11:29:58 PM): "Blah blah blah vote Kiyoshi"
spies4Candy (11:30:05 PM): Martha gets majority
spies4Candy (11:30:07 PM): What happened?
spies4Naomi (11:30:20 PM): well
spies4Naomi (11:30:30 PM): the citizens were SO sure they were right
spies4Naomi (11:30:37 PM): mob mentality works that way
spies4Naomi (11:30:42 PM): that martha was a spy
spies4Naomi (11:32:00 PM): so instead of voting on kiyoshi, who would ruin our next exile when have more information and evidence of an actual spy, kiyoshi will instead be out because of penalty votes
spies4Naomi (11:32:36 PM): which is why I'm now struggling to fix it and trample over the kiyoshi penalty votes
spies4Candy (11:32:35 PM): Sounds like you have no confidence in the host
spies4Candy (11:32:39 PM): He seems like a smart guy
spies4Naomi (11:32:55 PM): well, the penalty thing is stupid
spies4Naomi (11:33:13 PM): mods should have backups and such for replacements
spies4Candy (11:33:46 PM): That's why I think he'll just give Kiyoshi the boot
spies4Naomi (11:34:03 PM): there's no point in us wasting our time with a huge unified vote like this if he'd just remove kiyoshi without wasting our exiles
spies4Naomi (11:34:20 PM): yeah, and he says he will after this exile if he's still around
spies4Naomi (11:34:26 PM): in the rules
spies4Candy (11:34:30 PM): Rules are made to be broken
spies4Naomi (11:34:40 PM): so he has to abide by his own rules i hope.
spies4Candy (11:34:44 PM): Not if there's no reason for doubt
spies4Candy (11:34:57 PM): If a player says "HEY I have to quit" it's a different story than "Oops I didn't show up twice"
spies4Naomi (11:35:26 PM): kiyoshi said something came up
spies4Candy (11:35:30 PM): I saw that post earlier today
spies4Naomi (11:35:48 PM): best case scenario: Kiyoshi comes in and starts helping us out
spies4Naomi (11:36:18 PM): worst case: No one unifies, and a likely citizen is exiled and we all just bickered along the way.
spies4Candy (11:37:03 PM): Basically
spies4Naomi (11:38:02 PM): this is all why at first I was reluctant to vote kiyoshi
spies4Naomi (11:38:10 PM): it was too late to change later however
spies4Candy (11:38:20 PM): I don't care that Martha's gone
spies4Candy (11:38:28 PM): She was loud and suspicious anyway
spies4Naomi (11:38:46 PM): because in regular mafia, the citizens aren't punished for someone elses actions!
spies4Naomi (11:39:15 PM): *sigh* it's really not sams fault, I know...but I really think it's unnecessary.
spies4Candy (11:39:20 PM): Tell him
spies4Naomi (11:39:38 PM): he's never around!
spies4Naomi (11:39:43 PM): I'd have to pm him
spies4Candy (11:39:43 PM): He always answers me in my confessional when I ask him stuff
spies4Naomi (11:40:09 PM): hmm.
spies4Naomi (11:40:11 PM): ok
spies4Candy (11:43:48 PM): And with that it's been 1 hour
spies4Candy (11:43:54 PM): Which means I can go
spies4Naomi (11:44:11 PM): ?
spies4Candy (11:44:04 PM): Night Naomi
spies4Naomi (11:44:14 PM): ok
spies4Candy (11:44:11 PM): Sam said 1 hour every day on aim
spies4Naomi (11:44:18 PM): goodnight candy
spies4Naomi (11:44:22 PM): ha ha ok
spies4Candy (11:44:23 PM): Bev said though that today was a day off?!?!?!?!
spies4Candy (11:44:28 PM): Did I miss something?!?!?!?!?!
spies4Naomi (11:44:40 PM): yeah it kinda is
spies4Naomi (11:44:46 PM): we have a break
spies4Candy (11:44:39 PM): NO
spies4Naomi (11:44:49 PM): but I can't rest
spies4Candy (11:44:43 PM): UGH
spies4Candy (11:44:43 PM): WHY
spies4Naomi (11:44:56 PM): lol
spies4Candy (11:44:57 PM): Now I am PISSED!
spies4Candy (11:45:10 PM): SLJSDLFJSDLJSDFL
spies4Candy (11:45:19 PM): What else did I miss
spies4Candy (11:45:22 PM): Exile Monday
spies4Candy (11:45:27 PM): Uhhhhhhhhh
spies4Candy (11:45:45 PM): Challenge is .......
spies4Candy (11:45:51 PM): Friday?
spies4Naomi (11:46:02 PM): i think
spies4Naomi (11:46:13 PM): and imprisonment non-live saturday
spies4Candy (11:46:23 PM): We vote two days after imprisonment? But this time it was 1 day
spies4Candy (11:46:27 PM): What is up with that
spies4Naomi (11:46:56 PM): The last one was predetermined
spies4Naomi (11:47:02 PM): this one's for real
spies4Candy (11:48:36 PM): Sucks
spies4Candy (11:48:39 PM): Night
spies4Naomi (11:48:57 PM): night
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spies4Candy (10:58:15 PM): Naomi.
spies4Naomi (10:58:46 PM): hi
spies4Candy (10:58:48 PM): What's up
spies4Naomi (10:59:01 PM): not much
spies4Naomi (10:59:02 PM): you?
spies4Candy (10:59:00 PM): Nothing
spies4Candy (10:59:05 PM): Looking at shoes
spies4Naomi (10:59:23 PM): ha ha
spies4Candy (10:59:37 PM): So mmmmmm ... what are people talking about these days?
spies4Naomi (11:00:04 PM): not sur
spies4Naomi (11:00:05 PM): e
spies4Naomi (11:00:11 PM): leon looks bad right now
spies4Naomi (11:00:17 PM): at least to jeremiah and i
spies4Candy (11:00:14 PM): Leon's the one who thinks he's all that and a bag of chips
spies4Candy (11:00:16 PM): Right?
spies4Naomi (11:00:47 PM): that and, he's nay-saying the unified vote thing
spies4Naomi (11:00:56 PM): saying it's impossible
spies4Naomi (11:00:59 PM): when it's not
spies4Candy (11:00:58 PM): You really think so
spies4Naomi (11:01:15 PM): well yeah
spies4Candy (11:01:17 PM): Why would I want to vote the same way as the spies
spies4Naomi (11:01:34 PM): you can't
spies4Naomi (11:01:42 PM): now THAT's impossible
spies4Naomi (11:01:46 PM): think
spies4Naomi (11:01:52 PM): we outnumber the spies right?
spies4Candy (11:01:50 PM): In theory
spies4Naomi (11:02:27 PM): so if we vote a certain way, and they another, not only does it make them stand out as spies but we have the majority over them anyway
spies4Candy (11:02:29 PM): Mmmm
spies4Candy (11:02:41 PM): But we have plenty of whiny brats
spies4Naomi (11:02:49 PM): and then we all vote together on who won the mini-vote
spies4Naomi (11:02:54 PM): I know i know
spies4Candy (11:02:48 PM): Who all want THEIR way NOW
spies4Naomi (11:03:02 PM): they're difficult
spies4Naomi (11:03:30 PM): we just have to convince them that this is best for everyone, and if they really want their opinions heard, they'll campaign it
spies4Candy (11:03:59 PM): If you all say "waste a vote by getting rid of an inactive" I'm out
spies4Naomi (11:05:02 PM): ha ha
spies4Naomi (11:05:15 PM): well, the whole point of this is to avoid that very thing
spies4Naomi (11:05:46 PM): obviously someone who votes kiyoshi again wants our exile wasted
spies4Candy (11:05:55 PM): Kid, they don't see it that way
spies4Naomi (11:06:14 PM): a lot of them do
spies4Naomi (11:06:19 PM): who are you speaking of?
spies4Candy (11:06:16 PM): Not the ones interested in self preservation
spies4Candy (11:06:22 PM): Not voting out Kiyoshi means someone else is voted out
spies4Candy (11:06:38 PM): And the more they think the votes might point in their direction, the more they push for Kiyoshi
spies4Naomi (11:06:55 PM): hmm...
spies4Naomi (11:07:04 PM): wait candy
spies4Naomi (11:07:19 PM): if the votes pull against them
spies4Naomi (11:07:49 PM): then obviously they won't vote themselves...yeah, they'd vote kiyoshi. But that's only one vote
spies4Naomi (11:07:56 PM): against all the rest of us
spies4Candy (11:08:07 PM): Don't forget - 3 self voters last time
spies4Candy (11:08:15 PM): Lots of ways to work the system
spies4Naomi (11:08:32 PM): Candy you're really being negative
spies4Candy (11:08:38 PM): I never said I wasn't going to go along with it
spies4Candy (11:08:46 PM): I'm saying that you're going to have a lot of problems
spies4Candy (11:08:49 PM): And you should know what they are
spies4Candy (11:08:53 PM): So you have your comeback to them
spies4Naomi (11:09:01 PM): what could be wrong with us being together on something for once? I just want us unified as one town
spies4Naomi (11:09:08 PM): ok
spies4Naomi (11:09:23 PM): *sigh*
spies4Naomi (11:09:27 PM): this is possible
spies4Candy (11:09:22 PM): Yeah
spies4Naomi (11:09:31 PM): it can work
spies4Naomi (11:09:44 PM): it just requires an unreal amount of cooperation.
spies4Candy (11:09:43 PM): Exactly
spies4Naomi (11:10:07 PM): I just realized my hill is a mountain.
spies4Candy (11:10:02 PM): This is a game where instinct can take over
spies4Candy (11:10:11 PM): And I'm saying self-preservation is a HUGE instinct
spies4Candy (11:10:25 PM): So be prepared
spies4Candy (11:10:48 PM): It's everyone's mountain, kid
spies4Naomi (11:11:14 PM): hmm
spies4Naomi (11:11:19 PM): ok, thanks candy
spies4Candy (11:11:16 PM): One more question
spies4Naomi (11:11:25 PM): sure
spies4Candy (11:11:19 PM): To think about
spies4Candy (11:11:26 PM): Why JUST Kiyoshi?
spies4Candy (11:11:29 PM): Why not Bunni and Damon?
spies4Candy (11:11:39 PM): Why have they avoided criticism?
spies4Naomi (11:11:55 PM): I talk to bunni all the time
spies4Naomi (11:12:07 PM): though she seems off in her own little world
spies4Naomi (11:12:14 PM): she's going to be in this next one
spies4Candy (11:12:11 PM): Good
spies4Naomi (11:12:21 PM): and we've seen a little from damon
spies4Naomi (11:12:29 PM): not much though
spies4Candy (11:12:24 PM): My point being: I think they're being protected
spies4Naomi (11:12:58 PM): i can really see the citizens uniting though. At least...ideally...
spies4Naomi (11:13:06 PM): protected by whom?
spies4Candy (11:13:09 PM): I have 3 people who can't vote for me right now
spies4Candy (11:13:15 PM): So do you
spies4Candy (11:13:24 PM): That means one less vote against me in exile
spies4Candy (11:13:53 PM): Summer, Kip, Singe - they haven't been proactive in protecting Kiyoshi
spies4Candy (11:14:17 PM): Doesn't sound like they need his vote
spies4Candy (11:14:21 PM): But spies do
spies4Candy (11:14:30 PM): Is this making sense?
spies4Naomi (11:14:46 PM): not at all honestly... :-(
spies4Candy (11:14:45 PM): Who's in your fam
spies4Naomi (11:14:59 PM): just masaki and leon
spies4Candy (11:15:04 PM): Martha eh
spies4Naomi (11:15:14 PM): yeah
spies4Candy (11:15:34 PM): If you were a spy
spies4Candy (11:15:38 PM): Would you have protected Martha?
spies4Naomi (11:16:02 PM): hmm...that's pretty wifom. But...yes?
spies4Candy (11:16:00 PM): wifom?
spies4Naomi (11:16:49 PM): The thought that"I knew you'd think that so I thought opposite. But then I knew that you would know I'd think that so I did the same thing you didn't think I'd do"
spies4Candy (11:16:56 PM): Uh
spies4Naomi (11:17:05 PM): it's circular and can't be used
spies4Candy (11:17:08 PM): Ooooookay then
spies4Naomi (11:17:28 PM): basically, you can't assume you know their reasoning
spies4Candy (11:17:28 PM): True ...
spies4Candy (11:17:45 PM): My point is, with Martha gone, you're a little more vulnerable now
spies4Naomi (11:18:03 PM): OH
spies4Naomi (11:18:06 PM): i get it
spies4Candy (11:17:59 PM): Someone who couldn't vote for you left
spies4Candy (11:18:01 PM): Right
spies4Candy (11:18:12 PM): Kip, Singe, and Summer don't seem to care if Kiyoshi leaves
spies4Candy (11:18:16 PM): They aren't protecting him
spies4Candy (11:18:31 PM): If I was a spy, I at least think I would keep as many defenses in line as I could
spies4Candy (11:18:39 PM): Which means keeping my family together
spies4Naomi (11:19:05 PM): ok but what that tells me
spies4Naomi (11:19:15 PM): is that no one in kiyoshi's family is a spy
spies4Naomi (11:19:27 PM): or that they know the futility of it
spies4Candy (11:19:26 PM): Not necessarily
spies4Candy (11:19:29 PM): All they have to do is say
spies4Candy (11:19:33 PM): "What about DAMON?"
spies4Naomi (11:20:14 PM): that's deflection
spies4Naomi (11:20:21 PM): and will get you under suspicion
spies4Naomi (11:20:34 PM): we'd notice stuff like that wouldn't we?
spies4Naomi (11:20:36 PM): mafiascum.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=browse;oldid=WineInFrontOfMe;id=Wine_in_Front_of_Me
spies4Naomi (11:20:46 PM): that explains WIFOM if you wanted to know
spies4Candy (11:21:15 PM): Not working
spies4Naomi (11:21:37 PM): hmm
spies4Candy (11:21:35 PM): The link looks fine - don't know
spies4Naomi (11:21:42 PM): ok, i'll copy
spies4Candy (11:21:44 PM): Just isn't displaying
spies4Naomi (11:21:55 PM): "All right: where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead."
"But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's?"
-The Princess Bride
spies4Naomi (11:22:13 PM): So begins the game of wine in front of me, or WIFOM, for short. In gaming, it's any kind of game or subgame, especially a psychological one, in which a player is given a set of apparently equal choices where one or more is completely wrong. In such games one often may try to use what he knows of his opponent to make a better choice, but this often leads to recursive reasoning, as anything that one player could think of is something another player could think of, in the form of "But that's just what he wants me to think, so I'll do the opposite…but maybe that's what he want's me to think…so I'll not do the opposite…but maybe that's what he want's me to think…etc, etc.". Such games are basically random, and therefore should be carefully considered before they are engaged in.
spies4Naomi (11:22:28 PM): In mafia, WIFOM arguements are usually a Scum tactic used to distract the Town. The scum will make an unusual play at night, which would lead to a situation that would 'clear' them. Also, these arguments are often used by Newbies and should be avoided if possible, in favor of clearer arguments.
spies4Candy (11:23:02 PM): If you really believed that you'd never get anything done
spies4Naomi (11:23:28 PM): ?
spies4Candy (11:24:06 PM): Every move in this game involves choices
spies4Naomi (11:24:56 PM): Candy, it's been proven time and time again, that trying too hard to figure what your enemy is thinking is awful logic. Like this says, it leads to recursive thinking and it's basically random
spies4Naomi (11:25:10 PM): Spies is a glorified mafia
spies4Naomi (11:25:38 PM): I've seen logic like this fail often
spies4Candy (11:25:50 PM): How are you supposed to beat the enemy if you don't try to think like them?
spies4Naomi (11:26:25 PM): using logic that isn't flawed
spies4Candy (11:26:31 PM): You can't
spies4Candy (11:26:37 PM): We don't have any basic premises that are true
spies4Candy (11:26:48 PM): We don't even know how many spies there are!
spies4Naomi (11:27:01 PM): maybe the spies realize that we're trying to think like them, so they do something different.
spies4Naomi (11:27:15 PM): I know candy, thats why this game is hard
spies4Candy (11:27:33 PM): You make it sound like there's no control over the outcome
spies4Candy (11:27:35 PM): That it's chance and luck
spies4Naomi (11:27:53 PM): you have to catch them in the act, trying to sway us into thinking wrongly
spies4Naomi (11:28:01 PM): which is why it's easier at the end
spies4Naomi (11:28:25 PM): you can see along the way how they've manipulated everyone into exiling the wrong people
spies4Naomi (11:28:44 PM): which is why ralph was suspect after martha turned up citizen
spies4Candy (11:28:59 PM): Why did so many people turn anyway?
spies4Naomi (11:29:19 PM): what do you mean?
spies4Candy (11:29:13 PM): I have no idea what happened because Lloyd spent the whole time trying to get my attention
spies4Naomi (11:29:41 PM): I don't follow. Turn where?
spies4Candy (11:29:54 PM): I sign on
spies4Candy (11:29:58 PM): "Blah blah blah vote Kiyoshi"
spies4Candy (11:30:05 PM): Martha gets majority
spies4Candy (11:30:07 PM): What happened?
spies4Naomi (11:30:20 PM): well
spies4Naomi (11:30:30 PM): the citizens were SO sure they were right
spies4Naomi (11:30:37 PM): mob mentality works that way
spies4Naomi (11:30:42 PM): that martha was a spy
spies4Naomi (11:32:00 PM): so instead of voting on kiyoshi, who would ruin our next exile when have more information and evidence of an actual spy, kiyoshi will instead be out because of penalty votes
spies4Naomi (11:32:36 PM): which is why I'm now struggling to fix it and trample over the kiyoshi penalty votes
spies4Candy (11:32:35 PM): Sounds like you have no confidence in the host
spies4Candy (11:32:39 PM): He seems like a smart guy
spies4Naomi (11:32:55 PM): well, the penalty thing is stupid
spies4Naomi (11:33:13 PM): mods should have backups and such for replacements
spies4Candy (11:33:46 PM): That's why I think he'll just give Kiyoshi the boot
spies4Naomi (11:34:03 PM): there's no point in us wasting our time with a huge unified vote like this if he'd just remove kiyoshi without wasting our exiles
spies4Naomi (11:34:20 PM): yeah, and he says he will after this exile if he's still around
spies4Naomi (11:34:26 PM): in the rules
spies4Candy (11:34:30 PM): Rules are made to be broken
spies4Naomi (11:34:40 PM): so he has to abide by his own rules i hope.
spies4Candy (11:34:44 PM): Not if there's no reason for doubt
spies4Candy (11:34:57 PM): If a player says "HEY I have to quit" it's a different story than "Oops I didn't show up twice"
spies4Naomi (11:35:26 PM): kiyoshi said something came up
spies4Candy (11:35:30 PM): I saw that post earlier today
spies4Naomi (11:35:48 PM): best case scenario: Kiyoshi comes in and starts helping us out
spies4Naomi (11:36:18 PM): worst case: No one unifies, and a likely citizen is exiled and we all just bickered along the way.
spies4Candy (11:37:03 PM): Basically
spies4Naomi (11:38:02 PM): this is all why at first I was reluctant to vote kiyoshi
spies4Naomi (11:38:10 PM): it was too late to change later however
spies4Candy (11:38:20 PM): I don't care that Martha's gone
spies4Candy (11:38:28 PM): She was loud and suspicious anyway
spies4Naomi (11:38:46 PM): because in regular mafia, the citizens aren't punished for someone elses actions!
spies4Naomi (11:39:15 PM): *sigh* it's really not sams fault, I know...but I really think it's unnecessary.
spies4Candy (11:39:20 PM): Tell him
spies4Naomi (11:39:38 PM): he's never around!
spies4Naomi (11:39:43 PM): I'd have to pm him
spies4Candy (11:39:43 PM): He always answers me in my confessional when I ask him stuff
spies4Naomi (11:40:09 PM): hmm.
spies4Naomi (11:40:11 PM): ok
spies4Candy (11:43:48 PM): And with that it's been 1 hour
spies4Candy (11:43:54 PM): Which means I can go
spies4Naomi (11:44:11 PM): ?
spies4Candy (11:44:04 PM): Night Naomi
spies4Naomi (11:44:14 PM): ok
spies4Candy (11:44:11 PM): Sam said 1 hour every day on aim
spies4Naomi (11:44:18 PM): goodnight candy
spies4Naomi (11:44:22 PM): ha ha ok
spies4Candy (11:44:23 PM): Bev said though that today was a day off?!?!?!?!
spies4Candy (11:44:28 PM): Did I miss something?!?!?!?!?!
spies4Naomi (11:44:40 PM): yeah it kinda is
spies4Naomi (11:44:46 PM): we have a break
spies4Candy (11:44:39 PM): NO
spies4Naomi (11:44:49 PM): but I can't rest
spies4Candy (11:44:43 PM): UGH
spies4Candy (11:44:43 PM): WHY
spies4Naomi (11:44:56 PM): lol
spies4Candy (11:44:57 PM): Now I am PISSED!
spies4Candy (11:45:10 PM): SLJSDLFJSDLJSDFL
spies4Candy (11:45:19 PM): What else did I miss
spies4Candy (11:45:22 PM): Exile Monday
spies4Candy (11:45:27 PM): Uhhhhhhhhh
spies4Candy (11:45:45 PM): Challenge is .......
spies4Candy (11:45:51 PM): Friday?
spies4Naomi (11:46:02 PM): i think
spies4Naomi (11:46:13 PM): and imprisonment non-live saturday
spies4Candy (11:46:23 PM): We vote two days after imprisonment? But this time it was 1 day
spies4Candy (11:46:27 PM): What is up with that
spies4Naomi (11:46:56 PM): The last one was predetermined
spies4Naomi (11:47:02 PM): this one's for real
spies4Candy (11:48:36 PM): Sucks
spies4Candy (11:48:39 PM): Night
spies4Naomi (11:48:57 PM): night
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