Notes:
Post
26 from HPE is still the scummiest post in the early game.
The change in attitude from
60 vs
71 does not make much sense regardless of what justification one might use. If this for any reason is tied to
80 then that is worse as Adorable is perfectly understandable.
By page 5 both Black / Gimli offering Aureal town reads citing "Aggression" are shallow
70,
107 . Aureal back and forth with CT is mirrors what is typical for the early game (much like grasping at straws) but content from Aureal's side if it was given a deeper look should not be garnering such reads.
102 is not germane to the game but worse is
105 which unnecessarily shoots down HPE for a fair point.
119 "Klick is obvtown since his 2nd post" is not true. If this was some reference to a post during the fake reaction testing thing that he clearly saw coming, it would not be true either.
Noting that on page 6 I agree with HPE
here in that I had not seen Hydra dissonance until that page. T-bone somehow managing to catch that there was private dissonance makes him a better sleuth than I since I was not sensitive to it occurring based on Dragon's testimony. I take Hydra dissonance in stride as it is hard to help it regardless of Hydra's alignment, However it is true that reveling in dissonance is scummy for Hydras. That particular level has not even remotely occurred thus far.
In post 164, CUDDLE TIME wrote:
I think HPE is scum for several reasons: its approach to Adorable, specifically soft defending it but not really townreading it, feels scum motivated and similar to how I've seen it interact with town (as scum) in Mini Normal 2322
This resonates with me. Eating your cake and having it too is how I would describe it after posts like
145 147 158. There is a logic about voting a "policy lim" until something better comes along but its undercut by the reason its a policy lim, that is, being expected to be dissonant and a net negative to town and also being personally fine with Hydra's current play. That and I don't see what makes Adorable incite a kneejerk reaction so conclusion is that all of this is fake.
167 I think Dragon sounds more town than Black sounds anything atm. I also like Thomith and Adorable is just fine. There is a large gradient of movement here suggesting town basically.
173 This is correct.
186 I suppose this is better late than never.
--- I sense the game transitions from here to a new phase.
I'm simply not into Aureal's posting on page 8. I'm a little biased here as some of it concerns me and I know it's followed by a vote after at some point. Shallow is what I'd call it; no real depth going on and I can't help but wonder if there's some tailored aggression / exaggeration that's playing into what got her a couple townreads prior.
In contrast I do like Hu's posts on page 9. The takes are simple but good throughout. Though vote still on Cuddles.
If you're going to use Meta to back this up I'd like to know if there's any actual content from Aureal that you are fond of that you can say holds up as town on its own.
Of course after dissing Aureal
228 is solid. (but
229 is not!)
Hydra posts between
197 and
243 are limited to Black voting Hu. Some introspection perhaps?
246 Really? It does not strike me that Klick is in particular "working out the game" via voting / pressuring HPE. supposing HPE as a follower is not a noteworthy deduction. More notable Klick contributions are town reads on Cuddle and possibly T-bone, if anything. Also between posts
239 and 240, I recall your townreads of Aureal / Cuddle being relatively fast in 107. If those were not hardened reads than the ones in 239/240 are and are also imo just as fast as Klick's. That strikes me as a tad hypocritical.
251 is a bit uncharitable. while I'm not fond of 229, it is just one question.
--- Game is going to change its tone again but I need a bit of sleep before continuing this.
I haven't reached any definite conclusions but I think it's a bit obvious who I'm wary of from the above.