Galzria has been 2 days absent, can we get a mod prod?
It's not a 2-day absence that triggers a prod. It's a full 48-hour absence, and that hasn't happened yet. His last post here was Thursday at 8:18 p.m. EDT.
Well, as far as what to do next, I'm a bit torn. Mafia know that if a mislynch occurs today, the town is likely down to lylo (3 town, 2 mafia).
I see two paths available to me: YN (and his partner is likely Manda or Timchen) is the first - as he was my most suspicious (with Eevee close behind) - but with PPS saying "no Eevee", that choice would be clear.
The second path is PPS (with Eevee/Manda/(MAYBE Timchen) as his likely partner). PPS played an awesome job as a PR in M-VI. He was stealthy and productive. He was, well, simply amazing. That said, his claim her that Eevee is innocent and we should focus on YN/Manda (with a soft-claim too?) is just... Very forward of him for a town PR. Almost too forward.
I just can't swallow PPS's softclaim. Not after I've seen him so expertly play a PR.
Vote: PPSHere's my thought process of the Mafia thought process on this:
PPS/Eevee are Goon/Rolecop. There are 7 town to start the game, 5 left now. They probably know one of us is Vanilla after a Night investigation. That person is probably me after I refused to claim D1 (this IS a claim now). So PPS soft-claims Cop as the Mafia rolecop, hinting his partner is in the clear. He doesn't full-claim because at this time he doesn't want to risk counter-claim (not terrible if it happens, but not great either).
He then points to two unknown townies, one of whom gets led off to lynch (perfect for Eevee to be the one to point this out "PPS is kinda leading, which makes me a little uncomfortable" - it's a distancing statement that works well after your scummate has just "cleared" you). So you hedge back and forth, and eventually decide on one to lynch. The confused townies support this because, well, they're suspicious of those two anyway.
Night comes, and there are 4 town left. They lynch one (not the first investigated guy) and investigate another. Now if they haven't found a possible Cop, there's only 1 person it could be. So PPS opens D3 with a full-claim as cop, saying he's found scum.
With or without a counterclaim, it's a big debate - very likely ending in his favor (seeing as he'll have one person to back-up his claim). Since it's lylo, a mislynch there is game-over, and even if you lynch him there, you go to D4 with 2 town, 1 scum. Given that you can bet his teammate bussed him for town cred, it's still highly likely Mafia wins.
So: Given my success as Mafia in M-II following a very similar ploy (my partner, Robz, claimed Doctor D3), I've seen how successful and difficult this is to beat. I also know PPS to be a MUCH more careful PR player, I have to go with my gut on this one.