I'm baaaaaaack.
Anyway, there are a few players who I think could be scum, but i'm not 100% confident on any of them.
Ranmaru - First 2 days by this slot were cool, but Day 3 trying to distract from Bardull lynch and then toDay attempting a FAKE COP GUILTY ON J both make me suspicious of the slot. However this is my weakest scum suspicion because unless there is a 4 man scum team, that play by Scum Ranmaru would have got him lynched in a heart beat after J flipping town. It's also a play that's pretty elaborate and not something I expect scum to plan out. I don't think 4 scum team is likely because with Marshy/ Bardull having 2 votes, unless Gorf is also MAFIA (super unlikely), that means scum would have 5 votes out of 13 (presuming Gorf is voteless) players, meaning Day 2 could have been Lylo with 1 town lynch + a NK. That just seems ridiculous from a setup standpoint. So in summary, likely not scum unless scum team is 4 man and I would not lynch toDay.
KwK - Here more or less by default because I don't have reason to think he's likely town based on previous scum flips, play is alright and would not lynch this slot toDay without a good case.
Vult - Stronger scum read because his hops onto Scary's and Bardull's wagons both looked like a potential bus and his pushes on Scary looked half hearted. Combined with play that has had a lot of weak stances, low reasoning, and overall being lurky and keeping his options of what to say open makes me think he could just be lurking scum. However what keeps me unsure about him and making a case is simply how Marshy/ Bardull approached this slot. Bardull started Day 3 trying to get this slot LYNCHED. Even before that, Marshy slots were pushing this slot, not a lot, but enough for the pushes to look like real pushes and not just distancing. Would lynch toDay but I have another scum read I feel a bit stronger about.
DSH - Quite simply, he tried to defend Scary's play and claim it was noob town, yet couldn't ever adequately explain what about Scary's play was noob town and just not scummy, along with some other stuff about his defense of Scary I mentioned in a post on Day 2. In fact my little case on DSH from Day 2 should still probably stand, (Don't know post # but was probably early in the Day). Day 2 was also when his opinion on Scary started to change where he thought Scary's play might in fact be scummy, but what he said was extremely weak and uncommitted IIRC, along with him never pushing Scary. Marshy's slots AND Bardull liked DSH throughout this game and had him as a town read yet never really explained why (post 1954, 1501 as examples of this). Day 3 DSH approached Bardull in a way very similar to Scary in that DSH started to be ok with Bardull's lynch while not being committed to it IIRC (post 2099) and DSH definitely never pushed Bardull. Meanwhile as MC brought up in 2531, DSH was on the start of JD's lynch, in fact IIRC he was helping to push JD's lynch very early into the game. So in summary my scum read on DSH comes from what I said in a small case on Day 2 (IIRC biggest thing was that he doesn't appear to be scum hunting), and then him NOT pushing Bardull or Scary's lynches yet pushing JD's lynch, and DSH positioning himself to be alright with both Scary's and Bardull's lynches when the lynches were looking very likely. Now I probably look super sold on DSH scum, but I also acknowledge town RR is liable to white knight people to his death, so that meta is what keeps me from being confident that he is scum; but this is the slot I would be most ok with lynching.
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ranmaru
I think what you said in 2466 makes sense and it looks pretty similar to my thoughts. When it comes to Gorf, I think every side of the argument brings good points about when to lynch him so it's hard to make a committed stance on him, I can compromise with leaving him alone toDay.
Everyone else I will claim as at least a town lean of mine, except Gorf obv.
