I was going to wait until my lynch was inevitable before posting this, as a sort of goodbye and here is my final will and testament post, but then it occurred to me: what's the point? I'm self-censoring and that's not bad and unhelpful. I believe strongly in being as honest as possible in mafia (even when scum! It's so much easier to appear convinced about a townie looking scummy if you honestly believe his actions are scummy so++town points if you do that, haha.) These are my honest thoughts on the game, and they're a little different from when I replaced in:
Firstly, I'm pretty sure elvis_knits and chibosempai are town. elvis moreso than chibo for a slew of slightly complicates reasons and gut reads. However, my reads on chibo and elvis are based on their positions on me: it very strongly feels like btoh are actually thinking and trying to work out whether I'm scummy even if both are coming to different conclusions. I think Chibo is slightly scummier partly because I thought he was scummier to start with and partly because it still occurs to me that it could be a scum ploy to distract attention from himself by attacking me in an over the top manner. But their approaches feel like what a good townie would do.
I was wavering on Budja too, but Yankee's entrance is ridiculously underwhelming (nice bland wagon vote) and contributes to the deep sense of unease I had a bout that player spot. I'm not sure he's in my top spot still though, as GreenDude is up there too, but I'll get back to that later.
I still think elvis_knits and Budja/Yankee are linked. Considering the lack of content generally that Budja gave us, it seems incongruous that he would choose that point to touch on. There's just an awkardness to the exchange which feels like he is talking about a scumbuddy. I can't put it any clearer than that, except to say that I have seen that sort of thing before (where Yos defended DGB, I'll look up the link if you like). I think it's worth pursuing IF elvis turns up scum (and not the other way round).
While Pom does appear to be thinking about the case and legit scumhunting now, I can't shake the feeling it's just a ploy, especially given how little she had done before. It's like she knows fo form's sake she has to be indecisive.
SocioPath looks p. damn town to me with his "attack me" stunt. I wouldn't lynch him any time soon. I haven't seen anything else really, though, that makes him look as town as people are saying he does... which makes me worry a little bit that there's a bandwagon effect going on here, especially as a lot of the players seem to be on the same page and think similrly about this game.
I'm less convinced about zazie's towniness than I was when I replaced in. I find playstyles like hers hard to read, and while I was originally reading chamber's replace out as a towntell the more I think about it the more it seems it's actually a nulltell. Still wouldn't put her in the top half of the scumminess list.
Greendude has offered a bland, blanket: Shanba is scummy quote with no real backing. He also hasn't offered much content in this game and even when active was active lurking somewhat. Player slot deserves more pressure and is about equal with Budja on my list.
The others I don't really have a decent read on. I'm slightly uneasy about Kirby for reasons I can't quite express, and slightly happy with nachomamma.
THEORY (you can stop reading here if you like, as this isn't all that game relevant:)Now, I'd normally be a bit cautious about posting who I thought was town, as it's easy fro scum to manipulate that information. BUt in this particular game I don't think it matters, for a couple of reasons. First, I am very likely to be lynched anyway: it doesn't matter whether scum know who I think is town as they can't use that when I'm dead. Second, if I can contribute to a feeling that a player is town; well, if I believe in my reads, why shouldn't I want town to think townies are town (if you see what I mean?) Games can be won as much by isolating several town players as anything else. So in a game where I have strong town reads I want the rest of the townies to know and acknowledge this.
Aside: I want this to be a relevant reference point until the end of the game. For those who are convinced I am scum or otherwise, it makes sense to drill me for as much information about the state of the game as possible before lynching me. If you have any particular issues you want me to address, I suggest you ask me about them.
TLDR: Long post is long.
Still waiting on Yankee though...with a name like that, he's gonna have to do alot to prove himself town (kidding).
