Okay, looking at ZZ's (Xyzzy's) posts, I'm not all that impressed.
Post 0 is a flavor/intro post.
Post 1, votes PWS because he thinks the "happiness for the game starting is a scumtell" tell is dumb. Also adds Skruffs and LmL for no discernable reason.
Post 2: Defends DP.
Post 3: Mgm's posts are each "a little scummy," but passes it off as possible playstyle and calls it useless. Based on my opinion of Mgm, I could definitely see this as a weak distancing tactic. "He's scummy but not really" pings hard.
Post 4: Defends his analysis of Mgm, as Zindaras accuses him of a misrepresentation. ZZ basically says he's calling it like he sees it.
<--NOTE: He fails to address Skruffs' question to him in GamePost 201. Skruffs asked how he factored into ZZ's Post 1 -- the same thing I found curious at a casual glance just now.-->
Post 5: Um... that's just confusing.
Post 6: "Yeah, that last post didn't make much sense." I think what he's getting at is this: Defending rapid changes in stance such as LmL's Condorcet change is okay. Post 6 and the relevant part of Post 5 came in response to Zindie's GamePost 244.
Post 7: An attack on Skruffs for Yay Thesp (assumes Thesp to be protown because Thesp is good) is a misrepresentation. The second point (not going to analyze Adele because he likes playing with her) is actually somewhat reasonable, though that doesn't surprise me much coming from Skruffs.
Post 8: Basically invokes a variant of
Too Townie against Skruffs, with a dash of admitted WIFOM tossed in. He says if he's scum, he's going to try to look protown, so Skruffs outing himself in a way that is admittedly scummy means nothing for Skruffs. Ironically, ZZ points out his own WIFOM at the start of his post, but uses this reasoning anyway.
Post 9: Was working on PBPA of LmL, lost it, internet went down, might rewrite it. Somebody explain to me how this is any different than posts made by PWS, TSQ, Cubs, or anybody else who has been accused of flying under the radar.
Post 10: Says that "nothing is ever not a huge issue" in response to my thoughts on whether Condorcet-voting helps the scums choose who to kill. I believe I already addressed this, and that I saw it as a genuine misreading of my post.
Post 11: Three things. First, he is voting for PWS and not Gaspar. Lazy and/or not paying attention. Second, PWS is still near the top of his list for unknown reasons. I doubt it's based on the "dumb" scumtell that ZZ pointed out in his first post, but if it is, that's awfully weak. Third, in Post 10, he said that he "didn't think [Gaspar] was scum for" his response to Tamuz, yet he still has PWS at the top of his suspicions.
Bottom line, I would like Xyzzy to explain all of his current top suspects much more clearly. He's thrown down a couple of votes, but I don't feel that he has adequately explained
ANY
of them. Instead, he has pseudo-defended and pseudo-distanced from Mgm (somebody I believe is scum), made a really bad attack on Skruffs right at the height of the Skruffswagon, and he's made a few nonposts. I am rather unimpressed.
