Episode 9 thoughts

[Stephanie]

Why is it that citizens can't resist the urge to lie? What on earth did Awohali hope to gain? Did he think his last minute claim would move votes off of him? Did he think that we were too stupid to lynch Jenny-spy-cit without his help lies?

This game is just way too much fun. Aren't you going to miss all of this Sam?

[Stephanie]

A few notes on game mechanics:

There have to have been more bribes than we have seen. I keep looking for them, but only seem to come up with crazy (and incorrect) theories. Were they all for money, or is it possible that some were for a power? You get an investigation, but the spies get one too. That sort of bribe is one that people might easily accept.

Chance was trying to tell me something, similar, I think with his prisoner's dilemma. And unfortunately I don't watch whatever game show he was talking about, and am not smart enough to figure it out. But I am guessing that he and Gertrude had to give up something to the spies in order to have their little mason group. What good that knowledge does me I am not sure.

On a similar note, something is peculiar with Claude's role, or at least with his use of it. He has "forgotten" to use it twice in a row now. I don't think so. Is he really that "depressed"? Seems unlikely to me. I am guessing that he only gets his power as a result of something else. And why is that something else a secret? Because it would make his role and him look spyish?

[Stephanie]

Here it is the morning of exile and I don't know who I am going to vote. And it's not like I am having trouble deciding between A & B, it's like I just don't have a clue.

Claude has been a likely pick for the past few days of this episode, because I've been suspicious of his role, and how he has used it or not used it. Owen pointed out again in his post that Isaac voted for Claude in the very tight episode 1 democrat exile. This is just the sort of thing I accused Owen, Cory, and Gert of ignoring when they voted Zeke. One interesting thing came out of all of this was that Jasmine appeared in chat last night rather actively pushing for a Claude exile. So, all told, this does not look like a very good vote.

I was very suspicious of her voting Awohali over Jenny. But then when Jenny also flipped cit, that took a lot of the wind out of my suspicions. Broderick was building a case on her when he was snatched. You could wifom this either way, and he might have been snatched for some totally different reason, but I'm now leaning towards Broderick being snatched to help protect spy-Cinnamyn. I looked back over Broderick's record this morning; he's definitely had some good suspicions in the past.

I have been suspicious of Jasmine since I first met her in episode 3. I've thought she was disruptive in chats and didn't seem to have much meaningful game talk except to protect herself. Everyone keeps telling me that Isaac has cleared her. Isaac, single-handedly, seems to have cleared half of the burg, Jasmine, Claude, Chance, the list seems to continue to grow. How is that possible? Last night Jasmine was promoting Claude as an exile suspect, but I see she posted that she would vote Rondak if she could. This was also Cinnamyn's pick for her non-vote.

[Stephanie]

I've been leaning very slightly to the spy side on both of these replacement characters. I don't seem to have a good handle on either on of them. Possibilites here.

Kiara has gone back into the neutral pile after the Jenny flip. Dane also is looking better after the Jenny flip, though I still have no clue about why Jenny thought he was a citizen so strongly. Hambone seems to have entrenched himself in this middle group.

The cits. Owen another person cleared by Isaac. Mary is way too much of a hunter to be in the spy group. I may have to give up on Chance being a spy.