SPIDERS III -- Use your imagination, fuckstick.

[Sister Fracture]

I donno who to vote for, and I have no time to think about it right now.  Busy busy busy today.

[Jasper]

Have I missed something?  How do we know Blight is innocent?

We can rule out

Roger (open Discordian)
Coyote (he was part of the clue that verified A Villager, so we know he's not a spider)


That leaves

Blight
Niamh
Fracture
TGG
Semaj
Sigmatic - I can't prove it either way, so...
Eater of Clowns
Remington - unlikely because of above stated reasons
BDS
Phox

Who among these looks the most likely?  I don't notice anything particularly leading.  If only the discordian who got attacked last would come forth and give us the two guesses, we would have the spider in no less than two turns, and secure unstoppable victory.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I think that my innocence can be inferred by not only exposing a spider, but exposing my girlfriend as a spider. If I were the other spider, I would have gone with Coyote and bought her another round to subsume someone.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If the other Discordian posts two names that don't include Siggy, I'll obviously change my vote.  Until and unless that happens, my vote is cast.

[Don Coyote]

If the other Discordian posts two names that don't include Siggy, I'll obviously change my vote.  Until and unless that happens, my vote is cast.

Likewise.

[Jasper]

I think that my innocence can be inferred by not only exposing a spider, but exposing my girlfriend as a spider. If I were the other spider, I would have gone with Coyote and bought her another round to subsume someone.

Of course, my bad.  I forgot about the whole 'dating a spider' thing.

And Remington could still be the spider.  He might have just elected who to subsume earlier, so he's still a possibility.

The list of objectively possible spiders:

Niamh
Fracture
TGG
Semaj
Sigmatic
Eater of Clowns
BDS
Phox
Remington

[The Wizard]

I'll vote for Siggy.

Sig-5 I think.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Of course, my bad.  I forgot about the whole 'dating a spider' thing.

And Remington could still be the spider.  He might have just elected who to subsume earlier, so he's still a possibility.

The list of objectively possible spiders:

Niamh
Fracture
TGG
Semaj
Sigmatic
Eater of Clowns
BDS
Phox
Remington

No worries. We'll just wait for Roger's protege to reveal the two names, but at the moment my vote remains on you.

[Jasper]

hhhhhh...

This is what I get for suggesting that we shouldn't take people's word at face value in a paranoia game... 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

hhhhhh...

This is what I get for suggesting that we shouldn't take people's word at face value in a paranoia game... 

As well as suggesting extending game play, now that I've thought of it.

Blight,
-working with available info

[Jasper]

Eh.  Villagers will always win, even without the help of Discordians.  I guess I'm jaded.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Eh.  Villagers will always win, even without the help of Discordians.  I guess I'm jaded.

Well, it's the amount of people playing this round. Probably a good game would get going with about 20 people.

[Jasper]

You think more villagers would balance things out?  How so?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

You think more villagers would balance things out?  How so?

Because, from what I can tell, the amount of Citizens is reflected by amount of Spiders. 1 out of 5 people is a Spider. 20 people would mean 4 Spiders, and presumably, 3 Discordians. The spiders would then have the advantage of 2 being known to each other.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

From another perspective, in this game, due to lack of people there are 2 spiders, and one of which was discovered early, partially due to slip up and partially due to failure to subsume. Now, it would have been easier to form the Machine if Villager succeeded in subsuming, but it gave her a shelf life in this game when she didn't. Now there is one Spider, who also failed to subsume a Discordian, meaning this Spider also has a shelf life, and this game will probably be over in two rounds. It came down to crap luck for the Spiders, but the numbers aren't there to have allowed the Spiders some recovery. Also, with fewer players, the odds of the second Spider going after the converted Discordian increase.