3. [m] nin1000 - Waiting for nin to check in. nin is a strange case this game - came out very aggressive, said he was trying to engage and encourage reactions, but did it really work? Did his attempts produce anything? The shotgun/repetitive posting style really just clogs up the thread if nothing else is happening with the posts. Backed off that some. Wasn't particularly productive last day phase. Posted some images, some one liners, talked about being confused (so say we all). Posted a quick recap but it was off track. Agreed with me and others on kits being out of touch. Asked for vote count at the same time Ynny posted vote count so I guess never scrolled up. Turboed when CM said he was about to get serious and while the timing was bad it wasn't the worst thing ever (though I think FEP's worry that the Stan lynch might not have gone through is wrong; people were pretty set). Verdict: kind of a null here. Was a town lean for me going into last phase because the aggro seemed too obvious for scum. Possible arsonist, maybe; showed no real inclination to get involved in the machinations and while threw some shade on CM did not seem at all inclined to vote that way (said should die after Stan and oh hey, he did). But looking back, I think it might be worth putting some suspicion on anyone who did not try to figure out what the fuck was going on last phase.
5. [m] isaacnukem - has not been much of a presence. this is standard for isaac, though; short posts that i tend to wish were developed further. He has written some longer posts this game. I didn't watch him much in inFamous but now I almost want to go look to see if this might indicate an attempt to look more busy. Not necessarily just related to isaac, but in general I wonder if the lack of a scum discussion thread would lead to busier or even less inactive scum in game. isaac showing up late in the day phases has piqued my curiosity but it doesn't seem alignment indicative. He voted Stan d2. If Stan is scum, does that clear isaac? If Stan was in no d2 danger, does it?*
7. [f] kitsunelaine - if you'd asked me d3, I'd have said kits was absolutely coming off as scummy. I thought a lot about that nin vote though and damn does it seem obvious. It's such a clear flag to run up the pole, just to shout I'M NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW; CARRY ON - how can that not put shade on you? But again without scum chat, especially for a newer player, is that a bigger possibility? Just a bad gambit? Today, despite saying she's not interested in defending herself, she's spending a lot of time defending herself and I don't see much interest in looking at how to go forward or how to proceed. I am less certain, but still a scum lean to me. Possible arsonist, but I think scum is more likely. I agree with FEP that her tunneling and focus does remind me of LB2, though I know someone else disagreed there. But the biggest scumtell here for me is that she didn't argue about the cop checks/claims in any way, just said "I'll bite," briefly voted for Stan, then switched back to nin and, out of the blue, claimed generic townie. That whole chain of behavior seems weird to me and I'm not satisfied with her attempts to explain it. She seemed to KNOW it was strange and pseudo-explained at the time.
10. [m] flatearthpandas - FEP remains my strongest town lean. However, in the interest of putting as much out there as I can today to see where, if anywhere, it leads, I'll say my one hesitation on FEP before today has been his strong stances. I know a lot of people push that in GAFia meta, or did when I first started (seems to have died off a bit), the no-holds-barred "lynch them" confidence-trending-toward-aggression raises some small red flags to me. That FEP seems a little more uncertain today in the face of an uncertain situation makes me feel better, actually.
14. [f] hey_monkey - I'll go ahead and talk about myself here because I'm left in a weird place after d3. The only green check left, could be godfather, argued against the Stan lynch when Stan was almost certainly scum. I want to say that scum-me would not be so blatant but since I haven't played scum, sometimes scum motivations and actions slip past me because it's abstract (I read the hell out of scum threads on OG to try to see how things go down in games I played). To me, scum-monkey trying to stop a Stan lynch seems like a stupid move; yes, I was green checked, but that doesn't seem enough because of the gf possibility. I understand if I show up on some scum lists today.
15. [f] sawneeks - I have ONLY played with Sawneeks when she is scum and boy does she make a good show of being town. I feel like she's worked a little harder this game in terms of producing rather than prodding and that makes me think she's more likely to be town.
*rac brought up the nin-Stan-kits votes and it doesn't look like they'd all be in on a team together because of that... but with no scum chat and none of these people being in real lynch contention, does it matter? If the only people on your scum buddy are you and you're not pushing them, and someone else who's not pushing, is it a safer way to build town cred? Idle thoughts. Not just limited to those three but referencing rac's post.
(but the way kits continues to push nin, yes, it seems unlikely they are scum together but I also agree with FEP that that doesn't mean one of them has to be scum, either)
The rest are coming - I'm doing vote analysis to help with the people I have less of a read on.
out of his actions.
