*consults with scum chat*
*looks at files*
"team, how should we handle Splinter?"
Scum member: "Eh, he's a noob, don't worry too much about it."
"Word."
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Ok enough of this tomfoolery, let's put Gorlak out of his misery.
I'm literally just going through his posts again in order. First thing to jump out at me that I haven't already spoken about is his
early attack on kyanrute. You may not remember this because he immediately drops it and never goes near it again, which is odd given how strongly worded it is, and completely useless if he actually suspects Kyan to be scum. His excuse at the time was he was more focused on Darryl, but he's found time to search for scum elsewhere, so why never question Kyan further?
My theory: he dropped it because he forgot about it, because he never believed it in the first place.
FTR I also disagree with this post itself - scum Kyan seemed much more cooperative, saving his sarcasm for private chat, and I don't doubt he hates D1.
Then there is the conversation about breadcrumbing. We disagreed here but I assume it was an honest disagreement, I don't think this was very scummy.
Some
aggressive prodding on feng. Thought this was weird at the time but he's since explained it and the logic checks out.
His
No Lynch vote was pointless and I've
already described how I think this was intended to manipulate us (although
slightly rescinded on closer analysis).
He did a good job defending against Sophia, although I think she backed off too easily here.
Then he's out of the conversation for a bit until
his response to my reads list. Now I have a number of problems with this so I'll quote it:
Splinter I don't like your reads at all. That is to say I mostly disagree with your top town. Neither Darryl nor Sophia strike me as being town.
Darryl hides behind a gambit
1 that could be coming from him no matter his role/alignment. He states it was very obvious what the PR would be called like. He'll survive Day 1 with his play. And at the moment I want to see what else he tries to achieve.
I'd like you Splinter, to explain the obvious reason for him being town though, I don't see them.
Sophia doesn't feel townie in the slightest. She was the one to highlight the "may" part of the removal of gods. Initialising some speculation, but without ever giving her thought on the matter. Maybe she was looking for hints of knowledge some can't hide. Next thing is a "joke"-vote on zipped (and she called my first votes flimsy...) In
post #74 she kindly tries to summarise the thoughts on gods and again, does not really state her opinion on the matter, but offers an if-case. She hasn't said a word about what she thinks of the gods, despite being interested in the matter. That's what led to my "she seems to know more" thought, swamped. She doesn't feel town, but she doesn't feel scummy either up to now, I'd say a null read.
Well, it's Day 1 and we have not a lot to go on with... this leads to me being suspicious because I try to initiate discussion?
2 Before we start the bandwagon on me I'd like to read some actual reasons for my lynching.
3
Darryl is unnerved by me.
Splinter votes me because ...? Seems you simply don't like me?
4
Seath voiced a drive by "oh yeah he's suspicious" without anything concrete, some goes for Zipped. Do you two still think the same? Would you please in your own words describe what you think about me?
1. I don't know if this is misunderstanding or misrepresenting, but Darryl didn't gambit. He was simply talking about town PRs in a way that was less likely for scum. The only way this is a gambit is if Darryl is scum.
2. This is disingenuous. Maybe there hadn't been a clear enough argument against him - which would be partly my fault - but you are not being scumread for "initiating discussion".
3. Similar, trying to discredit the arguments against him before they gather momentum. There are only 2 votes on Gorlak at this point and one of them is old. So calling it a "bandwagon" is the start of him overreacting to suspicion - something that he continued to do all day.
4. I hope this is just another attempt to discourage my attack and you don't actually believe this.
The rest of the day he mostly moans at me for not doing this write up sooner. He's making a lot of fuss over some D1 suspicions (I. E. near-baseless accusations). This, ironically, is the most suspicious thing he's done all day. It's common for scum to feel like they are under more scrutiny than they really are. I've observed this in myself, my teammates, and even my enemies in different games. (Recent example: love boat D1, all 3 scum pairs are going crazy in private thinking they are doomed, in reality none of them where in significant danger on that day.)
Of course this still isn't solid, comments like
this one could be frustrated town as much as panicked scum. But this, approximately, is what I have been thinking of Gorlak throughout the day.
Sorry it's so late, that took way longer than expected.