Alright, here we go
Tom - Tom hasn't done anything so far. On any other occasion, I would be fine with Tom. But Maven has spent this whole game deliberately trying to take Tom out for reasons that we are unable to know today. My opinion: I trust Maven. While I was curious about "why Tom" for a while, I made my post of curiosity at the same time that I voted for Tom, because I anticipated that Maven couldn't tell us just yet. This turned out to be true, as the Mafia are still present, and they would probably be able to use Maven's information to their advantage. That is a respectable reason to keep quiet, so I am perfectly fine with remaining ignorant for a time to let Maven do what he needs to do with a Tom lynch. If not a lynch, at least pressure until further events arise.
Now, what if Maven is scum? In this case, that would imply that Tom is then town, and Maven is trying to instigate a mislynch. This seems like a terribly silly play, as it would get Maven killed the next day, or night if a vig is present.
The other two possibilities is that the two of them are both scum, which would be incredibly risky but I guess plausible, or their both town. If they're both town, then... this isn't possible. Maven is too seasoned of a player to randomly accuse a fellow townie and is probably the most anti-town move I could imagine in any game. So with TvT off the table, and scum!Maven v town!Tom damning for the mafia, I have no choice but to assume the best in Maven, and hope that they aren't both scum. So I'm down to roll with Maven's plan, as I'm pretty confident that it will lead us to the best-case scenario.
Finally, the last possibility is that Maven is Indy. This would throw a complete wrench into everything, as it would lead to zero information concerning Tom's alignment, either town or scum. So I'm hoping for the best.
Z25 - Sure. We all had discussion about the setup early in the game, as we tested who we could and couldn't vote for. However, I'm not really sure why Z25 is still exclusively posting about the game itself. While the "exclusively" may be an exaggeration, it doesn't really feel like Z25 is trying to scumhunt. You feel? The only reads they have had besides voting Tom per Maven is
"I’m fine with Utopian atm. I don’t see him as scum currently not have I found anything bad in his plays so far. my read on Red is more null. I would support a TK lynch I’m just worried that it might have effects we don’t know about that could be bad or good." While I'm fine with setup posts and learning about the game itself, as that too is important, I was rather concerned with this statement:
As for a plan of action, I say figure out game mechanics first. We probably won’t solve them but they’d be a good day one topic to keep discussing as a day one lynch usually won’t make any huge difference in a game overall. It’s day one so we have plenty of phases to go through and can afford a mislynch. It wouldn’t be easy to hunt down scum in this setup day one
Our goal isn't to "mislynch". I would rather we narrow down a lynch target from here on out, as we've had plenty of talk about whether we can or can't vote for "?". You're right; we probably won't figure them out today. So why try to? More and more info will be revealed as the day goes on and flips are revealed, so I would rather we learn about it as we get new info rather than speculate what is and what isn't. It's easy for scum to scoot through the Days while posting about these topics, as it seems like they are genuinely trying to help.
