PaltryExcuse in ISO:
23: RVS - OMGUS on StrangerCoug. Standard.
32: Doesn't like early role talk - unsure whether Jack or TQO is worse for starting and speculating respectively.
47: Implores Jack to drop cop talk - has started discussion (+) but also rolefishing talk (-). Points out TQO's "but srsly guys I'm town!!!!" talk means nothing.
80: Asks to distinguish between Sir C and StrangerCoug. Tells Sir C and TQO to STFU with the ad hom nonsense. Again, lambasts TQO for role talk and questions her case against Sir C. Agrees with Jack that Sir C has yet to participate in scumhunting. Asks Zang why 2 FoS's and a HoS and no vote. Asks TBM to contribute some analysis.
Votes Jack
as he started the rolefishing and is hiding behind Sir C(?).
140: Asks Sir C why it's Jack's job to explain Sir C's argument re:benefits of investigating town. Explains his vote to Jack, as his q bred role talk.
157: Asks Zang why he finds Jack scummy and perceives him more of a threat to town than Sir C. Asks Coug why he bothers mentioning his own scummy meta.
168: Calls TQO on what seems like a sudden turn on Jack.
193: Asks AGar why he feels TBM has stifled conversation. Asks why TBM isn't voting TQO even though he is encouraging Jack to ISO her and vote her.
Unvotes
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232: Again smacks down TQO for "waving the I'm a townie flag" as it makes no sense. Questions why suspecting her should be scummy in itself. Tells AGar he likes the case on TBM. Tells ConfidAnon that Zang FoS's TQO on 22nd and believes her on 24th. Asks Zang why he believes TQO.
233: EBWOP, and
votes Zang.
235: Says Zang doesn't believe his own accusations of who is scum, and changes his mind on his FoS's without offering explanation to why. Finds it scary.
240: Again says he finds Zang's quick change of heart unnerving. Picks up on POSSIBLE slip: "Why could only 2 of your 3 suspects be mafia?" (Re: Zang post xxx) Asks a couple of other valid questions, wonders why Zang is speculating on a killing role.
247: Again asks Zang why he believes TQO.
249: rephrases question after Zang doesn't answer the actual q (probably accidentally). However, Zang seems to contradict himself between 170 and 248, as Paltry points out.
257: asks pertinent questions of TQO and TBM. Asks for more from lurkers.
282: suggests cruelty make a massive case against someone as he is "almost new" into the game.
284: Correcting Coug on cruelty's comments re: TQO.
288: dislikes cruelty's question about single most important event.
291: pushes for info from cruelty.
303: basically a repost of 291.
319: Explains to TQO why role talk so early is -EV for town. Asks cruelty to answer his own question. Calls Zang on stupid question.
347: After cruelty and I jump on the wagon, asks for patience and to get answers before we string TBM up.
352: Suggests we wait for my PBPA, asks cruelty who he suspects.
383, 385: Asks TBM who he has as scum (after TQO), then implores him to give information to help himself out, says he's only waiting on my PBPA before he hammers.
390: Explains his case against TBM.
392: Responds to TBM's defence.
397: EBWOP
410: Slams Zang's iso "analysis" and hammer of TBM, says Zang should have been lynched instead.
414: Asks Zang why he didn't wait given two players were catching up.
418: Points out he had Zang as his #1 scum read but found TBM scummy also.
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After this, nothing more of use is said, and Paltry is killed.
Analysis of this: He seems to catch Zang not paying attention at best, lying/scumslipping at worst on a couple of occasions, and builds a really decent argument against Zang. Continually tries to get TQO to calm down with the rolefishing and supertownie claiming, to not much avail. He seems to be uncomfortable with the way cruelty comes into the game - doesn't really have time to build a case due to the TBM wagon rolling on. Early on he shows suspicion of Jack which seems to die down as the game wears on, as well as a little suspicion of Sir C.
Since we know now that he is confirmed town, and since the standard of play so far in this one has been fairly poor from all sides, I have no problem believing that the NK was down to scum-Zang having figured out that he was probably going to get owned by Paltry in D2, and acting out of desperation. I am definitely looking for some decent work by Zang to keep him from being our daykill today.
I do, however, think the key to town getting a good lynch today is that TQO absolutely, imperatively HAS to stop waving her town flag, volunteering for investigations/lynching, and all this other batshit insane crazy lunatic dumdum talk. It is so unbelievably antitown that it's making it easy for potential mafia to hide in plain sight by pointing out that everything she is doing is so, SO bad for town that it hurts. Please, PLEASE, TQO, stick to scumhunting, and stop focusing on trying to deflect attention from you. At the moment I buy your town neighbour claim. If you keep going on about you and how innocent you are, then I'm going to grow less convinced. By now, you have said all you can say on this, and those who don't believe you, aren't going to be swayed by re-hashing the same defence. The best way to defend yourself as town is to go after the scum proactively, not pursue vendettas (you OMGUS'd Sir C D1 and you chased down TBM who was town but who, coincidence of coincidences, had his vote on you) and continually say you're obvtown.
In fact, the more I think about it, the weirder everything about your town neighbour claim is. It's so obscure a role that it's barely worth claiming, which probably lends extra legitimacy to the claim. But you're OMGUSing everything in sight and you're behaving in the most antitown way ever. I'm leaning more towards awful play than scummy play, but IGMEOY.
My vote stays on Zang, at the very least until he can provide a sensible reason not to flat out kill his ass.
Fatter, but still not Tony...
Record as town: 2-4 (33%)
Record as scum: 1-0 from 1 games (Mini 1584, werewolf). But I'm totally town this time, I promise.