I know what I said earlier about not keeping up with the thread as much as I wanted but looking over the player list Im actually surprised that I can recall most of the names in there (barring some sub-10 posts players) pretty good for me on D1! Here's a mega summary on my thoughts
Sorian feels like Sorian so far. Im terrible at reading him so I will gladfully delegate that to somebody else. Here I thought some of his early posts felt scripted but then again he did admit to being extra handhold-ish for the newbies. His interactions since (specially those with Natiko) feel like Sorian to me.
Sexyfish feels genuine so far. Hes given some thoughts on other peoples posts and maybe focused a bit too much on Lifeline, but I cant fault him for scoring some easy logic points there. Only source of suspicion is that maybe hes being a bit too humble with the Im new thing? Not that that points my read in any way for now. Maybe would like some more assertiveness here.
Lifeline Ive spent enough time talking about. I dont see his tunneling as some deep strategy of any sort - I see where it comes from but it is a bit early in the game for that sort of blind aggression. As I said if hes scum hell probably fall down along with some other domino down the line.
MickD - Ignoring whatever that string of nonsensical messages was. Aint working with that.
Flush is a bit off this game for me. A bit too much of focusing on the Lifeline thing which Id think hed be rolling his eyes at. His relationship with Terra is interesting; he did spend some posts trying to justify Terras humouring of Lifeline, but maybe thats because thats when he happened to be online and what he happened to comment on? Thats pretty much it so far. I think I expect a bit more thought-out posts from Flush?
Not enough Mazre in this game. Need way more than the formalities he provided at the beginning and the vague feelings hes posted since. Id love to read some more committal from him - Natikos vote on him feels super lazy.
I was suspicious of Dr. Worm earlier due to him maybe relying a bit too much on fluff posts to get by, but I think hes been real solid since. Hes been tunneling a bit on Sexyfish but I dont see it as a bad thing; everyone should have an eye on them and hes not been aggressive enough as to take over the entire convo.
Terrabyte is also feeling a bit off here. The vote for Lifeline then Acohrs then unvote then going on the defense since and having to back up awkwardly I dont know what to think. If it is a scum play, it seems real sloppy and like it got botched. Also someone who needs to post his thoughts ASAP. Also a bit puzzled about the recent Mazre vote.
Batsnacks seems to have plenty of suspicion on him and I can somewhat agree? He seems like hes playing from a distance. His post asking for percentages from Lifeline felt lazy, purposeless and had like no payoff. Id like to know how this line of questioning leads to anything valuable. Other than that, he had some mechanics discussion that dont really make me lean any particular way.
Time feels like Time so far. Really liked his analysis post and his posts come across as him telling what his thoughts on the game are so far despite what other people may think. Solid playing.
AbsolutBro has barely been playing. Null as null can be.
Faddy, plenty of activity, though most of it has been supporting his thoughts that bad plays must mean whoever made them must be town (yet he calls Times post analysis boring as if his surface level reads were any better). Null read for now but it does feel like he wants to push that Lifeline and Terra must be town for what he perceives as stupid plays. He has a vote on Natiko for voting for Terra; looking forward to see if that changes throughout whats left of the day.
Kalor I called out earlier on about answering a question from me that was directed at Lifeline, which some people jumped on. Other than that nothing super remarkable. Null read so far.
Fat4all has been active and posing decent questions, not much to say other than that.
StarSketch, way too inactive. Nothing that I can work with which is a shame because I think of Star as a good player. Maybe she just hasnt found any good thread to latch on to, but still, expecting a bit more.
Not much to read about *Splinter, he hopped onto the Kalor bandwagon but other than that
eh. Also need more content.
As said earlier Acohrs has a surprisingly high amount of posts for how little Ive noticed him since that sloppy reads list. I can see some decent questions in his previous posts and he did refer and comment to my posts on being suspicious of Worm, but thats mixed with some posts on how his name should be spelled that dont sit right with me if anything because thats focusing on the wrong stuff. Id love to see a post with a bit more committal here.
Verelios has been posting meaningful questions (sort of the opposite of the Batsnacks one I mentioned above) and managed to give me a good impression despite the relatively low post count. Leaning positively here, looking forward to see where his vote is gonna go.
Natiko Ive never played with but feels really off, and a threat if hes scum, using activity and particularly his convos with Sorian as a shield. Its easy to bait Sorian into a convo and just get cozy with that guaranteed back and forth. Hes obviously comfortable writing tons, and a good player. That last reads list is throwing me off; I can agree with most of the content but the conclusive vote is just
puzzling. Why Mazre? All that solving for X throughout the thread and you place your vote on the inactive guy whos barely posted who you acknowledge needs to commit more? Solid process, safe and lazy results is what I see here.
Very low activity from Zipped, who Id expect more from. His posts seem ok and expected from a coasting player until that half-assed vote for Lifeline. Whats up with that? I can maybe get the intention behind someone wanting to get the suspicion over whether Lifeline is truly some daring/misguided scum player over with, but yeah, I dont think the conversation is swinging that way and I doubt he doesnt see that himself.
Vote: Natiko
I've spent most of my day doing this so I'll be back in a while.