I have a bad feeling about Jalmont, Rediamond and co. While I do understand that there is power in numbers, many other mafias in other games have had five members, in addition to a neutral. A good example would be PMD mafia, in which both mafias has five people, leaving 14 village vs. 5 mafia vs. 5 mafia vs. 1 neutral, and that game was designed well and had good balance. Therefore,
five members stepping up at once is not conclusive proof that any of them are villagers; in fact, it could mean that both mafias are joining forces to take out the most able villagers.
Adding on to this logical reasoning, I have more reasons why we should not trust Jalmont and co. Go back to Rediamond's first major post, and you would see that I apparently did not claim to KD. However, I
did claim to KD almost a full day before Night 2 began, giving KD plenty of time to update his spreadsheet/however he was keeping track of data. Jalmont's excuse for why I was on the list of people who did not claim was:
<jalmont> thanks anyways kd didnt do a very good job of organizing claims
<jalmont> so some people who claimed to kd
<jalmont> me and the others didnt have any info on
While this may very well be the truth, it just seems off that KD would not update his spreadsheet, especially given the time he had to do so. Jalmont has also said to me that if I don't claim tonight, he'll have the vig kill me. This is a complete overreaction imo, and for multiple reasons. I haven't acted shady (aside from not posting, but the clusterfuck that was happening in the thread gave me plenty of incentive not to post), and this is only the first day that a group of new leaders have stepped up to claim. Would you trust leaders who claim that they are clean only becuase "alliance checker checked me" without any claim from the checker? I would sure hope not.
So, anyone who has not yet claimed to them should not. While I'm fine with the Mastadi lynch, we should not put our full trust in Redimaond, Jalmont, red_kryal and TalkingLion just yet. Let's instead wait until KD comes back tomorrow and until we can get the results of this lynch before making another move. Also, if I am killed tonight, then you guys should put only more pressure on Jalmont and his group.
Finally, if we could generate a bit more discussion on everything, that would be appreciated. And especially if KD could confirm that I claimed to him, that'd be great to sure up any doubt about myself.