We start with some witty banter that was fun.
When Black makes 256 at ProjEctRy, I started to suspect her. The early posts might have been disagreements, but Black knows what newbie scum can do. We've done it. This suggested a pocket of ProjEctRy. 258 suggested to look more at what ProjEctRy was pushing at the time.
If you look at posts 249 and 251, ProjEctRy was denying townreads on AK, Bellaphant and me. In 144 ProjEctRy wants to deny townreads on Dann. Altogether, ProjEctRy was scumhunting, but being wrong in his first game.
This promotion and buttering of wrong reads and chaos is exactly what I'd do as scum.
I know however, if you take a shot at the scumhead, you'd better not miss. So I had to get people to my cause while they think it's their idea. Evil and manipulative, sure but I also had reasons for staying in the back.
I kept watching.
In 260, Black talked about "town vibes" from K, which was the opposite I got but maybe it was the language barrier. Maybe Black was pocketing. So I checked her ISO more. This is more past reading than I ever do in a game, but Black is worth the challenge.
We'll address Black's interactions with K as we progress. For now, she's fine with having "vibes" on K but disapproves of gut hunches I had on K. She "can't argue" 131with vibes for townreading Aisa. 124 The implication is that Black would want to argue. She does want something different from Bella, which strongly suggest Bella is town and so is Aisa.
We then have a conversation about "gut" which is really synonymous with "vibes". I mention in 152 that my K scumread is gut. In 197, Black promotes ProjEctRy based on "gut". ProjEctRy is denying townreads in 144 like we established. At this point, Black is using ProjEctRy to throw out reasons to attack town, which is a common tactic I use. Promoting bad reads.
But I digress. Black in 269 is questioning JupiterXV townreading Dann because of gut and nothing Dann did. This is an implication that if JupiterXV stuck just to logic Dann would remain out of the townblock. This is also notably the first time Black straight up objects to gut. She only offered a different opinion on K. This suggests both Dann and JupiterXV are town. Her renewing the objection in 275 reinforces this. While it's not an issue being a hypocrit in a mafia game, the hypocrisy reveals alignment.
282 and the others in that section are a pocket attempt on JupiterXV. 313 Black is objecting to shaddow sticking up for Aisa's little evidence to TR me. This suggests Shaddowez is town along with Aisa.
348 Black reasonless townreading K. In 349 Black suggests that K's content is better than Sky and Nono. She accuses AK of shade. She takes the opposite position that we should eliminate in the active posters because 1) town wouldn't likely go for a no lim in a cohesive gamestate and 2) with T3 v/la and K being low content himself, an active lim is better as it had high odds of being town.
383 I am taking a back seat but watching. 419 Scum generally don't apologize for actually helpful posts.
463 Black walks back a townread on K. The backing off comes when K isn't a wagon. 477 more evidence JupiterXV is town.
543 is where I drop a hint I think Black is scum. If I shoot there, I cannot miss.
I'll include more solve tmo. But TLDR Project, AK, Dann, Aisa, JupiterXV, Bellaphant and shaddowez are all hinted clear from my pov from just the first 500 posts since Black does not treat K or T3 in anywhere the same manner. Black approaches like a chess match. I'll explain more manipulation tonight or tmo.
Sorry Jupiter, question required to much but explaining the early game is a start.
