I still don't trust Kantrip. Despite going back and rereading his play, I dunno how to take what he did. He's newer, and is therefore more likely to make dumb mistakes like this one. Yet, for the life of me, I can't understand why he continued the gambit despite most of the game failing to believe him and already pulling off some success with it. It became less of a gambit meant to move the game forward and more of a stick--he forced Freeblock to retract on his miller claim and put info out there that should not have been put out there, and I think he put out two more additional claims on top of his own because of his hastiness and his bullying. I don't trust that kind of play at all.
He's been overly-defensive. Look at where Gheb mentioned Kantrip being a good lynch target if my slot flipped town and how he immediately reacted to it. His responses were some of the worst: he immediately got hyper-defensive, told Gheb that he was lining up two mislynches, and I think he even put Gheb on his scumlist for it later. That reeks of a guilty conscience getting jumpy at the slightest hint of pressure, usually a good newbscum sign.
I also think he's bull****ting his reasons for his terrorist claim. I think the largest reason why I didn't automatically trust him is this:
Why I did it initially: I was in a moment of frustration about how I play this game, that was legitimate. I intended to pull out a suicide dayvig gambit with it and I was using my frustration as leverage to make it look more legitimate. I decided to use the terrorist front for two reasons: One is that it would play hand-in-hand with the frustration and would help to make the whole claim look plausible. The other reason is that it's not just the same old dayvig gambit which no one falls for.
I can't see how, in a moment of frustration, he'd have the calm and the concentration to think up an entire ****ing gambit and execute it. I think he's bull****ting that, which reeks of scum trying to take advantage of how a situation shook out. If he had it planned from before, I don't know why he waited to execute it until he looked frustrated. Nothing seems legitimate about his actions and it makes me question his motives. Explanations like "newbies have gaps in their logic" just doesn't apply. There's something more sinister about this.
If you've noticed, despite calling Gorf out five times (and getting nary a response from him to any of it), my vote's still on Kantrip. I've read his play, and nothing's really settling any of my worries that I've listed above.
