interesting discussion.
some thoughts on the last mission.
if there was exactly one infiltrator.
a no brainer for them to vote failure, obviously.
it's the best-case scenario for infis, which makes koodauw a little bit more suspect, as the person who selected the team.
it would also mean that 4 of the rest of the mission were agents, so it would make sense to change the mission as little as possible
it would also means that 3 of the 5 remaining are Infis, which again it would suggest to change the mission as little as possible
in this scenario, moyank is cleared and so am i . so one on the infi would be in the mscriv-QoS-fenris group, and 3 in the koodauw-wood-astroboy-techgod-twietee group.
if mscriv is the infi, than the spy was basically just a sharade, if not, then he had 1/3 chance and picked the wrong one.
if there were more than one infiltrators.
more complex for the Infis: if both/more vote failure, then it comes up in the score and there is a strong reduction in the suspect pool. if any decide to hide, it is risky since if they all do they qould wast a golden opportunity to score an easy point. ideal is if they can sort of subtly communicate -in the thread- who is the person to vote 'fail' so the rest can hide.
i need to go back and re-read the posts with this in mind, to see if anything stands out (knowing well that paranoia creates a powerful reality distortion field).
an alternative is that there could be events in the thread that bypass the need for that. one is possibly the Spy plot. if the spy plot is assigned to an Infi, that would be the ideal candidate to vote fail, as a) they cannot be spied and b) they can use the spy to 'clear' another infi. would this be enough for the putative second/third infi to vote 'success' with confidence, on our very first game, without any previous communication/discussion about strategies? hard to say, maybe not but not impossible. this scenario would make mscriv-moyank suspect
alternatively they could have just tried their luck and hit the good combination (with two infis odds would be 50% F/S, 25% F/F, 25% S/S), not that unlikely. In this case, if mscriv is the infi who voted 'success', than he would scan a non-infi for sure, which would clear moyank.
if 2/5 in the mission are agents, then 2/5 of the rest also are so switching is kind of neutral. the more agents were in this mission, the least likely koodauw is a suspect in my eyes
because of the above and the tone of his post that stroke me iffy, i have some reserves regarding mscriv.
all this said, i am going into meetings all morning so i might or not be able to sneak a peak on the phone.
therefore -notwithstanding my reserves on mscriv- am voting
YAY,
with a very strong nod to
@Queen of Spades to
scuttle the mission after the plots are assigned by Mission Central, which i thought would have been a good Agent play already yesterday.
