Wildcard vote:
Spak-Spang
ShyGuy
Kairon
Vudu
Stevey
Well, I think if we looked at this game of who most affected it, this would be the list of names. Nothing against the other people I left of the list but I don't think you can deny that those on the list all made impacts on what happened in the game.
That said, let's look at the ups and downs of each:
Shyguy - contacted me right away about a townie alliance and tried to get into the allaince by helping start it. It didn't pay off but it did help. When I asked for people to pm me about being investigated, Shyguy was the first person to do so. This led to me erronously assuming he had a townie role that he couldn't talk about. T-Rex maybe. Unfortunately, I did investigate him on day 2 and he came back as mafia. However, thatguy sent me a message right away stating that was an error and my investigation turned up nothing. However, I had laready told Decoyman about it. I let Decoyman know to disregard the message but suspicion probably started then. We formed two theories. One the mafia was setting me up by switching my investigation with a mafia member. This would cause me to vote out an innocent person and really ruin my credibility with the townies. Or two, the investigation wasn't an error and Shyguy asked to be investigated knowing the mafia would switch my result with someone else innocent. Due to mass confusion from the message Thatguy sent me about my investigation and becuase I didn't want to capitalize on the host's error and make him look bad (it's his first time), I just left Shyguy alone and didn't bother to work out what happened. Vudu definitly pointed out that Shyguy was playing dumb too much and if I was still in the game, I would have come after him at that point also.
So, bold play by asking to be investigated, tried to get into allaince, refused to tell role limiting his options, acted too dumb and got caught.
Kairon - according to a message I got from Decoyman, he said he had been in communication with Kairon and KashogiStogi before contacting me. So when the alliaince between Decoyman and myself started, Kairon was in due to his Decoyman connection. Although I wasn't sure about Kairon's allegiance, I had no real inkling at the time he was mafia. Plus, I was pretty sure Decoyman told me he had revealed his role to Kairon and Kashogi before talking to me. I figured the mafia would have put a hit on him fast if they knew the vigilante so that helped calm my fears about Kairon. Kairon also never spoke to me. That may have helped since I then left it up to Decoyman to contact him. Although, I did try to leave Decoyman a hint to realize I was trusting his opinion. I'll show that in a minute. Anyways, I'm sure he definitely learned some good info from that. Looking back, I'd say Kairon played the best of the mafia in that he had the lowest amount of suspicion on him and was able to infiltrate the townie allaince that way.
So, low suspicion, infiltrated townie allaince and learned important info, killed by T-Rex so no error on his part. Role reveal was a shocker to most.
Spak-Spang - This is an interesting case. I believe Spak came to me about joining the allaince and claimed to be a townie. But, I deleted the message and when I wanted to make a list of all I learned to Decoyman, I couldn't remember is Spak said he was a townie or not. So, I just sent Spak a message asking if he said he was a townie. But, as Spak told me, he thought I was on to him and thought he had told me he had a townie role. So, Spak sent me a message back saying he was Mrs. Wormwood. It was a total shock since I was just expecting to get back that he was a townie. But it was also a good play. To keep Susie on my side, I knew that Mrs. Wormwood and myself had to remain alive. Otherwise, if Susie could no longer win, who knew how she would react? Now that I knew who Mrs. Wormwood was, I could keep Spak relatively safe until he was the last mafia member. I let Decoyman know under the condition that he reveal the knowledge to no one. After my bargin plea to the mafia, I wasn't sure how people would respond to the knowledge I was holding back from revealing a mafia member to them. The only problem was this. I got killed that night. With me dead, Susie lost the win condition and so there was no need to keep from voting out Mrs. Wormwood. Might as well get rid of a known mafia member. That's not what happened but it's what I thought would happen and what I thought should happen. Of course, Spak still didn't last long after that but it was smart because the person I was looking for the most was Rosalyn and that's who he was. And now he had me on his side protecting him to keep Susie around.
So, used his power against me well, tricked me with an incorrect role and won me to his side, killed me, but ultimately revealed he was mafia which would have doomed him in the end.
Vudu - I was right to vote for Vudu at the start of the game. It was a tough vote as seen by my big apology but my instincts told me to put aside my emotion and vote him. But with Pale changing his vote and then Vudu contacting me, I let it slide. When I was killed, thatguy told me the roles. As soon as I learned Vudu was the T-Rex, all the clues became so obvious. He kept telling me that he thought Pale and Stevey were mafia. I knew they weren't so I kept wondering why he was targetting two townie roles. Was he trying to get info from me? Was he mafia hoping to get me to kill some powerful townies? I wasn't sure so I didn't talk to Vudu much and left him out of most of the loop. Once I learned he was the T-Rex, I laughed for a good minute at myself and this misunderstanding. Vudu wasn't trying to trick me. He was trying to lead me in the right direction to the townies I needed for protection. It was so obvious now. I also congratulate Vudu on sticking to the role as originally created. My only beef was when Decoyman declared you innocent of the role yet you talked yourself right back into suspicion. While you could have used the argument that it wouldn't make sense for you to put yourself back into suspicion if you were the T-Rex since you were declared above suspicion before, wouldn't the T-Rex want to have been kept out of suspicion? Ultimately, you just seemed to talk yourself into your death. I don't get it. I also don't understand why you would kill Calvin's mom and then try to lead me to those who would protect me. Maybe I'm still confused. Still, although I was right about a couple people, Crimm and Patchkid, you were the one ultimately responsible for how much of this game turned out.
So, led stevey in direction of mafia, left clues for everyone in case of death, tried to aid me, kept to the original role and refused to take the easy path despite having the chance, ultimately left himself exposed in the end.
Stevey - Didn't vote for me Day 1. I said that it must mean stevey wasn't mafia. I was right on that account but stevey was still dangerous. After the death of Calvin's mom, stevey contacted me realizing that he would sadly have to save me for the rest of the game. I actually didn't have much conversation with stevey. I asked him to check with the T-Rex so I could understand what the T-Rex was planning to do. I wanted to know if the T-Rex would hit the mafia. Specifically, Mrs. Wormwood because I wanted to convince the T-Rex to leave Mrs. Wormwood as the last mafia kill. Like I said earlier, if I lost Mrs. Wormwood, Stevey might stop protecting me to hit other people of his choosing and that could leave me vulnerable. Never did get any answer on that regard. In fact, I hardly got any communication from stevey at all. I didn't even know if he was protecting me on Day 3. Pale asked if I needed protection but since his role had already been exposed, I told him not to worry about. Day 3 ends with Suzie making a mafia hit and my death. I couldn't beleive that stevey didn't protect me. I soon learn that he did but Rosalyn switched the actions. Stevey then sends me an angry message complaining that I betrayed him and gave away his role. I told him I did no such thing and only told Decoyman his role so if anyone else knows he is Susie, it is Decoyman who told them. (Spak sent me a message also saying the switch of Decoyman and Stevey's actions was just a random guess that paid off.) I basically give stevey a pep talk telling him to never quit. Stevey never does die and is a major reason why so many mafia died.
So, was willing to withhold vendetta, did what he could to protect me, followed the T-Rex orders to kill mafia, never betrayed the townies, seemed to be defeated but then toughed it out and survived.
Looking at all the plus and minuses of the players, I'd say the wildcard vote should go to Vudu. As described, the other players all played well and everyone had some errors they committed. But with three mafia members known by the end of day 3, Spak admitting he was mafia but lying about the role and two mafia members killed at night, the mafia victory was pretty much ended. Plus, Vudu started to rally hard against Shyguy. While stevey did much to help the townies and speed the game along, he benefited greatly from Vudu's advice. Plus, Vudu survived a lot of votes against him during the day and still outlived the mafia members despite constantly having suspicion follow him. And I called him my nemesis so that has to count for something, right?
That said, I'm still going to VOTE STEVEY FOR WILDCARD. I know I think Vudu deserves it but I have to give Stevey the vote for personal reasons. I owe him from last game. He came to my aid this game and worked with me despite probably wishing he could backstab me at any time. He stuck with the townies even though he had officially lost and never betrayed the alliance. Here's to you stevey.
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