Jeez, X1 was right, the first five parts (40 ppp) of this game were pretty tedious to read.
Btw I did not read Cello's 233.
Also if it concerns anyone I am not in support of a no lynch of any kind. I didn’t run the numbers to a precise point like Cello did but I did kind of skim over the math and I can already see the advantages of lynching over no lynching. Plus since pretty much everyone has been saying that no lynch is not a good option , I’m going to go on and assume that it’s really not.
Okay so here are my thoughts on all of the players + questions for them:
Cello
Generally, Cello has been pretty okay this game. However, there are something’s about his play that do worry me. For starters, Cello seems to generally get a lot of claims out in a relatively short period of time. This is risky because it increase the change of outting the FBI agent Day 1 (unless he's suggesting the FBI claim mafia under LPM? I honestly don't know if he is, and I would like him to clear this up for me).
Also, there are two points of his case against Zim that bug me. The first is where he compares tHE-MAN’s play to what Zim was doing to try to prove a point about how Zim could be the SK. It’s wrong to do this because tHE-MAN was under completely different circumstances. THE-MAN was mafia, he could afford being lynched. SK cannot. So yeah.
The other point about his case against Zim that bugged me is when he called him out on NOT asking him about something (I don’t remember what post it was and I don’t feel like looking back). To refresh everyone’s memory, Cello called Omni out on not asking him a question about a character’s name (I think?), saying that it was uncharacteristic for Omni not to ask about it. I don’t like this because it’s trying to make a scum tell out of a vague lack of action. I could see why someone deliberately not doing something is scummy (for example, not voting someone while you’re logged on, which ends up causing a no lynch). However, this is something that’s really vague. You thought he was scummy because he didn’t question something which (I think) was just flavor? Sure this is based off of meta but couldn’t you make that kind of case against anyone? It seems too easy.
Some may say that this is just town Cello, and I’ll admit that it does seem awfully similar to how townie Cello plays. However, I could also definitely see a sk Cello playing like this because it is still in his best interest to hunt mafia, and he could just as easily do it. Since it’s much more likely for Cello to have been given a town role than the role of SK, I would have to assume that, going off of meta alone, he’s probably town (not saying I’m going off of meta alone btw).
So yeah, in the end I got a slight town read on this guy. He honestly seems to care about this game which I think is the strongest tell for him. However, him trying to root out the FBI and plus the fact that Cello could still be SK and acting this way (maybe even mafia trying to hunt the SK) keeps me from fully believing in his towniness.
@Cello: Forgive me if I missed it but what exactly made you get off of the Zim case? Why do you not believe he’s sk anymore?
BSL
Null, nothing much to say about this guy, except that he needs to get back into the game ASAP. However, there is one question I would like to ask him:
@BSL: In your 130 you say the following:
BSL said:
i dont understand how Zim's lack of comment on your confusing question makes him the SK. i mean.. only Sho and I commented on it.
Disregarding Cello's current views of this playerslot, did you, or do you, find this to be scummy at all for Cello to be calling Zim out on the reasoning that he did?
Swiss
A couple of things worry me about Swiss. In his interactions with X1, especially in his 251 and 253, he seems to be trying way too hard. Obviously he’s trying to get reactions, but I don’t see the townie intent behind doing so. I mean what, are you trying to get him angry? If so, why? How would that reflect on his alignment in anyway? Explain.
Some of Swiss’es reads match mine. That’s cool. . . I guess.
I like how he got a non sk read on Zim with what I would consider sound logic, but I also know he’s not new to defending townies as scum for points so meh.
Overall Swiss is slight scum. If he is mafia he’s definitely not in it with X1. Right now I think that there are bigger fish to fry than Swiss.
Also, more questions for Swiss:
@Swiss: Would you agree that it’s funny how both of the hydra’s are the most inactive? IIrc, you’ve said earlier that Afro was playing safe. Would you say that this is evidence of that (the fact the a hydra is playing safe)?
As we all obviously know, Cello has been number crunching for quite some time now. Do you feel, though, that all of it is necessary? If not, do you think that it’s excessive to the point that it’s scummy?
Swiss, could you expend on your 237? Specifically, what do you mean when you say that Delvo’s reaction is like a “recycled version?”
X1:
Null, leaning scum. This guy just jumped back into the game, and right out of the gate he’s tunneling Swiss. This by itself is null because I know that X1 pretty much always does this. However, I think that the content he’s doing it with is pretty weak, and I kind of think he’s just phoning stuff in.
I pretty much already asked him everything I already want to know from him, so I’ll just leave it as it is.
Sho
Ugh, I do not like you guys this game. For one, why is your playerslot so inactive? You’re a hydra, you shouldn’t have a hard time staying active. Also, I’m not to fond of your 248. Some of the accusations in it are dumb (mainly 1 and 2). Also, the timing is too convenient, as the case comes right after the tides started to turn against Delvo and it’s also a case from nowhere in the sense that it came after a bunch of inactivity on your part. I also find it weird that you don’t vote for your scum pick, and don’t say it’s because you you didn’t want to put him at L_1, because in your 309 you did so with ease. I generally find that it’s scummy not to vote for your scum pick because it shows a lack of commitment, and thus a lack of genuine interest in scum hunting. Plus, just like town, it’s also helpful for scum to keep their options open.
Also, why DID you think it would be okay to hammer Delvo? Prematture hammering is really, really sketchy.
Question. Can you expend upon what you meant when you said Delvo was acting like the middle man?
Afro
Null. Reads are good I think but just a bit too inactive for my taste, or at least has been. Again as a hydra he really shouldn’t have this problem. He really needs to get into this game more.
Delvo
Not liking you. Just the general way you’ve been carrying yourself seems . . .off. Like, you overeact at everything, even when not under pressure. It seems phony. I’m also not liking your reasoning for jumping on the Zim wagon, it seems weak and looks like you’re wagon hopping without a reason. Also, in my last post I asked what the case on X1 was. This question was addressed to everyone, but not consider it to be just addressed to you. Why are you gunning for X1? What’s the full case against him?
Luckily, I cannot see Delvo and Sho on the same faction (unless they’re both town, which I doubt) so I definitely think one of these two should be lynched toDay.
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Phew, done.
vote Sho
Would be fine with Delvo, but I don't want to put him at L_1 yet. Probably really would like Sho over him though.