Sure.
At first I didn't think much of the RNG stuff from Kyryk, but after we discussed how outside comm groups likely work, it gave me a better understanding of certain aspects about this game that I should be looking out for. So I reread and the first post that stood out like a sore thumb was said RNG post.
Roll up, roll up! Er...person below me at least. Pick a number from 1 to 14, the number will be used to pick someone from a randomized version of the playerlist for me to vote for. Why not 17 you ask? Well i've taken my scumbuddies off the list, i'm not gonna risk voting for them am i.
On the surface level this looks like a largely anti-town method of getting a vote on someone during RVS, but as another player pointed out (Bats I think?), I thought it was very strange that he wanted a number between 1-14 since there are 17 players in this game.
After receiving a couple of votes he then made the following post:
Just because you don't see what it'll accomplish doesn't mean it won't accomplish anything. Just remember, western education is sinful. Gaah! Sorry, thought i was Slam there for a second. Now if you'll pick a number it'll be very helpful to me.
This bolded parts are very telling. Kyryk is not only subtly letting us know that there is actual intent behind wanting a number between 1-14, but he's PUSHING for it despite the fact that its leading to votes being put on him. It's still a null read from me at this point, but I can at least piece together that there was a lot more going on here than meets the eye, which leads to the following post from me:
Now that I have a better understanding of how this game works I just reread some stuff and I clearly missed out on cues that I should have picked up on much earlier.
Then after @
Holder of the Heel
shared his knowledge of the setup in posts
#348,
#354, and
#361 (great posts btw that I think are very likely to come from town mindset) that's when the pieces came together and I started wondering if Kyryk was trying to communicate with his outside group somehow.
Then Kyryk confirms my suspicions later in the game with the following post:
Ronike, why 14? Well seeing as we all know we have out of thread communication now there's no harm in saying i was trying to let the people in my group know i was in it without making it too obvious.
Kyryk breadcrumbing so early in the game is clearly a town tell based on the fact that Mafia already knows whos is in their comm group at the start of the game, so they have 0 reason to stick their neck out and push for the crumb like Kyryk did.
If Kyryk did all of this as scum just as an attempt to look town it's a very high risk low reward play since it obviously led to so much suspicion being put on him, but in hindsight it's clear to see why the gamble would be worth it as town.
I COULD be wrong (nothing is 100% in Mafia until a flip is revealed), but I'm pretty damn positive Kyryk is town.