Given that we already have scrubs who are saying shit like "final wagons are forming" and "people are tunneling so we should just lynch the player being tunneled" I am going to move away from the main cases and onto this sheep who is content to lurk in the background, spectate the game and go with the flow.
VOTE: Fire Assassin
I've played with Fire off-site and I can acknowledge that his play-style may be different to what I expect from him. (e.g., he clears townies a lot more than he does here, but I get why that's the case and I'm not scum-reading him for not doing that) However, I don't think that's an adequate explanation for what he's done this game.
92 - Votes Lapsa. 2nd vote on the wagon.
In post 99, Fire Assassin wrote: In post 97, BananaCucho wrote:I guess a better phrased question would be, anything I should focus on in the last four pages while I skim it?
How haven't you already skimmed it? Its mostly standard RVS, though Lapsa sticks out cause he is trying to get reasons for votes from people and asking a lot of questions. It seems like someone attempting to look like like they are town.
What's the difference between 'someone attempting to look like town' and someone actually trying to move discussion away from RVS? Why did Lapsa's behaviour fall in the former category?
102 and
106 are two examples of posts where he comments on the game but does not relate this to scum-reading or town-clearing anyone. Comes across as complacent and unconcerned about finding scum.
210 - He says that Lapsa has the 'highest chance of flipping scum', implying that Lapsa is his top scum-read...
In post 275, Fire Assassin wrote:
Lapsa was the main wagon....I think.
I don't know, Kush might be scum, I feel more so on Lapsa.
Might need to reread.
...but when Kush comes up as a potential option, he dithers around and never explains why he thinks Kush could be a better option than Lapsa or why he feels that Lapsa is a stronger case at that point in time. Doesn't stick to his guns either, given he later votes Kush 'for pressure'
In post 281, Fire Assassin wrote:hmmm.....I am rethinking this actually.
I wonder how much I am misreading by language barriers?
UNVOTE:
Claims language barriers could be causing him to scum-read Lapsa, even though his initial reason for voting Lapsa was because they were asking a lot of questions and 'trying to look town' which isn't something that would change much even if Lapsa was a native speaker, so this reason does not make any sense. If there's any progression in his Lapsa read from 'most likely to flip scum' to 'possible misreading due to language' then we're not informed of it.
Fire, what posts gave you the impression that you were misreading Lapsa? Were there any other reasons that made you reconsider your vote?
Spoiler alert: He doesn't. The fact he didn't pick a side or make any attempts at figuring out which one of the two is the most likely to be scum comes across as scum who wants to leave his options open.
527, where he switches over to Kush as he is 'fine pressuring this', is a worthless vote. A five year old would figure out that outright stating your vote is for 'pressure' weakens the pressure of that vote. Why he thinks Kush needs
more
pressure after he's been discussed in a fair amount of detail eludes me.
In post 528, Fire Assassin wrote: In post 522, Garmr wrote:
Pretty good yourself. Have any thoughts. So is my mason buddy town and who's yah hydra head?
I am thinking JarJar looks suspicious, ill dig into them later.
I am just an assassin man. I don't like defining myself as town or scum. I am just me.
Once JarJar's case gains traction, he considers switching over to them...for reasons. Notice that he's only voted for Lapsa and Kush at this stage - players that have had more than their fair share of the spotlight.
Fire, I'd like you to follow up on that 'digging' through JarJar's posts that you promised to do. You should also explain why you felt that Kush needed more pressure given what had already happened.
On the other hand, I find that
237 (despite exaggerating what Meeseeks actually said) and
535 to be some decent contributions, but his preference to bandwagon and not push anyone outweighs this. This is the kind of behaviour that fits the profile of a lurking scum who seeks to avoid attention and is precisely why focusing on players such as Kush, Lapsa, JarJar, etc, to the point where there's an unwillingness to consider other options is a sub-optimal move.
Discuss.
