Reads list for the remaining players:
Bronx-Man Leaning Scum
Has been aggressive and vitriolic this whole game. Has pointed fingers at groups of people who have made "mistakes" they couldn't possibly foresee if they were town. Blamed people for pushing Terrabyte to suicide, even though townies would have no way of knowing he was actually town-aligned. The same goes for mislynches.
Alone, I didn't really care about this because it sounded like that's just how he does things, but now he's blatantly lied, and he has yet to actually give a proper reason for why he did while also acknowledging that he did lie. Sounds like it was a slip that came from a moment of panic.
OceanicAir Null (Leaning Scum)
Seems to have been scum hunting since the game has started by asking questions and posting his thoughts adequately.
The reason I'm not leaning town for him is mainly because he hadn't voted at all until I asked him to vote for me. There's the fact that it leaves no concrete paper trail of his opinions regarding lynch targets, but it's also because, fundamentally, voting is our most powerful tool to win. For the non-vigilante of us, it's the
only way for us to kill scum. So how am I not supposed to look at the act of zero votes with utter skepticism?
He's even
explicitly talked about who he "would" vote for before, but never did. The only time he did vote?
Right after the day ended, so it didn't even count. Not a good look; it's like he's on the sidelines, not really caring who gets lynched.
There's also the part where his supposed FA discourages voting for him. Has talked about FAs a lot, in general. Seems to want to know what everybody else's is, except presumably without the excuse Karkador had given his Power Role.
StarSketch Town
Not much to say here. I was suspicious of her before, but after her override, I'm pretty much convinced she's town the more I think about it. I wouldn't understand this at all from a balance perspective if she turned out to be scum. If she is (or a neutral), there'd have to be something that would heavily hint at her true alignment caused by her true forbidden action or something. For right now, I don't see it worth our time to discuss her alignment.
nin1000 Null
He's like a Blarg, but without the pretense of trying to gather information through subterfuge. While Blarg was doing his stuff, Nin was all too happy to engage with him to further the confusion. Early on, none of his posts amounted to much and were essentially just fluff. Only adjusted after he was called out on this by several people.
Also, that exchange about trying to
implicate StarSketch as possible scum despite the override, and then quickly changing his mind once I explained my stance was pretty weird.
Reading back, though, I'm not sure I'm getting the strong scum vibes I was before. Not sure on this one for now.
Natiko Null (Leaning Town)
Seems to be playing standard mafia. Asking questions. Debating. Pressure voting. Has developed his thoughts on a number of discussion topics. I disagree with him on certain points, like the supposed connection between my FA and OceanicAir's.
Weirdest thing for me was how he went on the offensive against Blarg, which Blarg himself pointed out, when he was already cornered and was basically an inevitable lynch at that point. Dunno if there was a real meaning to it, though; could have just been to elaborate his though process as to why he believed Blarg was likely to be scum.
Sorian Leaning Town
There are two players right now that I can read what they say without having to constantly consider ulterior motives: StarSketch and Sorian. More so for the former, naturally. But Sorian has pretty much had a perspective I've agreed with since the game has started, while actively participating and looking like he's genuinely scum hunting. He hasn't been trying to distort any arguments to fit his own narrative or seemed to pursue his own interests. Overall, a good feeling.
The thing is that this is a read that can easily change as the game moves forward. He has an excuse to live through night phases due to his claimed commuter ability, but that's the dangerous part. I can't just take it for granted. The longer he lives, the more suspicious he becomes.
StanleyPalmtree Null
Probably the player I've been noticing the least next to kingkitty. I'd like to see this guy's reads list. I actually don't really know what Stanley's thoughts are on the overall temperature of the game. He seemed to be into lynching inactives previously, while ironically acknowledging that he would fit in that category.
An interesting thing to point out: StanleyPalmtree has never once been voted on throughout the course of this game. It feels like he's weirdly been lying low, despite a few people being suspicious of him. Never really pointed at or becoming the subject of discussion. He's just been... there, taking part in discussions when he's felt like it, with no one really pressuring him to do so.
Ty4on Null
That Scumputer thing is pointless. Reminds me of Hyperactivity busting out graphs and stuff in Persona Mafia, only for them to never have lead in the right direction. You can't properly quantify a game with nuance like this, and relying on it will only get us lost. A neat reference, I guess, but it's just that.
Despite this, he has contributed. Has posted his thoughts, interacted. All that stuff.
He's also another player who has never been voted on, and thus has never had any pressure put on him regarding his opinions.
For some reason, I feel like he's had weird interactions with Sorian throughout the game. I'd need to go back and check this to see what I'm thinking of, but it's been on the back of my mind for a while.
kingkitty Null (Lean depends on Bronx's flip)
Again, I don't really have much to say about kingkitty. I guess I like the
reads list he's posted recently. He was the first to point out Bronx's lie regarding his power role, which I don't think a scum partner would do to their own teammate, and instead they would wait in case that blunder went ignored. How I feel about kingkitty will largely depend on what Bronx's alignment is.
His forbidden action apparently consists of not being able to talk about his forbidden action. This kind of ouroboros-like attribute doesn't make much sense to me.