T-I-G CIV: Spambot Apocalypse (Game Thread)

[Galadriel55]

This is in chronological order. Warning: the quotes are taken out of context to keep it brief.

Originally Posted by G55

I am a wolf.

Shasta ignores it.

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Good enough for me!

++Galad......

Nah.

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I'd rather we have wolves. Spambots are nasty business. Years I've spent honing my wolf lynching skills, only to now have spammers. How do you even begin finding the bots?

Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

But are you A spambot?

Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

Though we could take G55's "I'm a wolf" comment at face value like hahaha see a wolf wouldn't actually say that.

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Highly doubtful a bot would say that, unless they wanted to give the seer a good target. G55 is up to something though, it seems.

So, what can I conclude? In reality, nothing, since this is too much in the field of banter and too far from the real stuff. Now that I've started this analysis, I don't actually want to do it. Bugger. Anything that can be gleamed is soooo grasping straws. But it could make a starting point for a discussion, so for argument's sake and not for the sake of suspicion.

Shasta's response, or, rather, lack of such, is either perfectly normal ("this is silly banter, I'm not taking part in it") or perfectly suspicious ("voicing my thoughts on this matter is dangerous as it could give away some true feelings, so silence is best"). Or maybe he just shrugged the whole thing off as a joke and didn't bother joking back. Who knows.

Inziladun and Boro take it as a joke, but in different ways. Inzil goes for the content, Boro for the wording. Morsul echoes Boro in this sense, but he doesn't mention his prior wolf hunting skills that Boro laments about. No joke comparison to the other enemy. Morsul has a good point later, because I would totally do that as a wolf, despite what Inzil replies to that. Also, after Morsul proposes a literal, face-value meaning, Zil goes to say that I'm "up to something". Ah, so it's not plain banter anymore. Interesting turn.



Ok, I'm done. It's something from nothing, though admittedly not much of a something. Go on, discuss.

EDIT: xed with 2 Zils.

[Morsul the Dark]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Shasta ignores it.


Shasta's response, or, rather, lack of such, is either perfectly normal ("this is silly banter, I'm not taking part in it") or perfectly suspicious ("voicing my thoughts on this matter is dangerous as it could give away some true feelings, so silence is best"). Or maybe he just shrugged the whole thing off as a joke and didn't bother joking back. Who knows.

Just thought though what if Shasta wrote it off as banter because he knows for a fact it was, IE he's a spammie?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

This is the example of the Cobbler-y behavior (from G55) I was talking about. Hard to tell how "realistically" interpret it, but still, with the little we have, I find it disturbing. It looks like trying to get the Spambots' attention. Well.

...You know Zil and I were discussing a game that didn't happen yet, right?

Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

Just thought though what if Shasta wrote it off as banter because he knows for a fact it was, IE he's a spammie?

Not exactly what I was thinking. It was banter for a fact regardless of anyone's role. And, while of course he could be a bot, he could also not be a bot. This is very inconclusive.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

...You know Zil and I were discussing a game that didn't happen yet, right?

Okay, in fact, I did not get it. My bad. It was with the context of the rest of the posts, or in fact, especially the self-confession and such, that it looked really wrong. But now upon re-reading your posts, they look rather normal. Okay. Well, back to the evaluation. Where are the rest of the people, anyway? Well, there's still like half a day, right?

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Just a short remarc from me before i sign off...

So Galadriel is stealing the thunder, this kind of behaviour is infuriating. It can at times be helpful, but mostly it just results in confusion that bots/wolves can hide in.

My guess is that people don't want to vote for an active person on day one, and under any circumstances it would be wise to look furter than Galadriel.

Despite Legate's remarc earlier he seem relatively harmless, or rather he does not seem overly suspicious.

Weather or not Morsul is his usual self, I cannot judge. Very active, but nothing special. Probably just a result of this being day 1.

I want to say something about Boromir as well, but I cannot.

See ya.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Rune isn't being very helpful, at least in the last one, but given the stage and time of the day (resp. night), and that he's sitting here next to me, I'm going to let it pass.

Well, for the time being, off. I hope I'll wake up early enough to appear before the DL. So far, there isn't so much to go with. Hope to see everyone.

[Morsul the Dark]

Gah. I don't think I'll be around much longer andI doubt I'll be awake before DL. stupid sickness...

So I'm trying to decide if I want to vote early based on flimsy as Mordor "evidence" or abstain.

[Galadriel55]

Not quite awake but reading.