Aloha everyone, I am caught up and ready to post.
I think the primary subject that deserves attention is the spontaneous Zaj wagon. It is clear that Zaj has not contributed much, as shown by his 1-3 sentence posts, and occasionally his one word posts such as "jmurph". Although, the seemingly only reason (except for one post of his) for him to be scummy is his lack of contribution, I agree that is a valid reason for a lynch, especially on day 1. We managed to hit 16 pages of activity, which is good, and of course that lends itself to actual cases being built because there is a pool of content to gather information from, but day 1 is still so early. Lynching the lurker is definitely a possibiliy in terms of what will enable town to collectively win later on. even if Zaj is town, his lack of contribution is anti-town, and some would say I am not contributing as much as I should, but I am posting when I can and trying to post content. Regardless, my point is that a Zaj lynch is not a bad idea, and I definitely identify with the reasons behind it.
One other interesting thing about Zaj is this post here:
Zajnet wrote:
Only that you're the only other person I've really seen as scummy so far. I would need to ISO you better before wanting to lynch you, but you're the only other person I'd vote for right now besides Haylen, unless somebody brought up what I find compelling evidence on somebody.
This is in response to Jmurph questioning why he would be Zaj's second choice for a lynch. This is the second time that Zaj says he would need to do an iso on someone to get a better read. Well, do a frickin' iso then! Zaj adds stimpulations to his scumhunting, which is quite suspect. He says he would take a closer look at Flay IF Haylen flips town, and now he says he would need to do an iso on Jmurph IF he would consider lynching him. Part of staying on track with this game is doing those things that will give you better reads, whether they br prodding someone, doing an iso, or looking at meta. For goodness sake, do them! 1-3 sentences every day or two does not help the town one bit. Also, why so undecided this late into the day. There are 16 pages of content to look at, and all Zaj has to say can be paraphrased as "Haylen is scummy and maybe Jmurph". I'm sorry, but that is not much of an opinion. Overall, I would be perfectly fine with a Zaj lynch, but, as mentioned, his response is critical before this turns into action.
Now, moving on from him to Haylen, I'm getting less and less happy with this wagon. Admittedly, Haylen has posted scummy things , and has absolutely no answer for those (myself included) who refute her claim that people are twisting her words.
@Haylen
Iso me and read my third post from the bottom (as of this one's posting) and please respond. Also, feel free to respond to any of the other times people have quoted you to prove they are not twisting your words.
Eithe way, as of late, this wagon is losing steam as it probably should. Her posting has been much better and even though she claims being bipolar as a defense, her posts have been more analytical (as Nexus mentioned). Furthermore, I think the loss of Haylen would greatly inhibit the town's ability to stimulate discussion on day 2. She has been one of the more consistent and content filled posters in this game, and I feel that cannot be overlooked when considering a lynch candidate for day 1. All in all, Haylen is still suspect in my mind, but I would rather not have a Haylen lynch today.
And lastly, there is Nexus. Nexus asked recently why I still think he is scummy and my answer is that nothing has changed. All of the earlier posts that incriminated you have not left my memory, and those were enough to convince me of your scummy alignment before. Some will say that Nexus' poor defense is a newb tell more than anything, but to that I say hogwash. His reactions did not sit well with me, and still don't. His posts as of late are not saying too much, but merely echoing other people's posts. His reasons for any suspicions are sloppy at best and often just plain assumptive and illogical. I don't like his play.
Just briefly, in temrs of Kov, several red flags that were raised for me abotu him earlier have not really panned out and I see him in a neutral light as of now. Although claiming to vote and not change it is quite stubborn and anti-town (bloodthirsty as Flay calls it), I see this more in a newb light than anything. Also, I find it hard to believe that scum would come on that strongly, but that's just my opinion.
So overall, I am going to pute my vote on Zaj for the aforementioned reasons and also because I don't see a Nexus lynch occurring today. This puts him at L-1, so before anybody hammers, wait for his explanation.
Unvote: Nexus; Vote: Zajnet
Mortality is the number 1 cause of death.
Town: 2-2
Scum: 1-0
