Right.
Caught up.
I'll do full reads only on request (as in, literally, just ask about any single read and I'll elaborate on that one read; don't ask for them all because I'll flat-out refuse), but the cliffnotes:
{TheDominator, The Banterlords, BlueBloodedToffee, Dragon Knight, FA_Q2}
{Masquerade, Polar Vortex}
{Code of Honor}
{PhantomCobalt, BlackStar}
{A Real Scourge}
{MagnaofIllusion}
TheDominator is a chronic lurker. He plays this way every game, town or scum. A lynch there would be for policy reasons alone, and have objectively no better chances of hitting scum than random lynching. It would also give no information whatsoever. The reason I have TheDominator as such a strong townread, however, is that in spite of his lack of content, I still got strong town vibes from his early posting.
The Banterlords was a bit of an iffy read at first: there was some town stuff, and some not so town stuff. But the more I read, the better their logic looked. Not necessarily
right
, but looking like it came from a town player. BlueBloodedToffee has this even stronger: a decent (but not rock-solid) start, which later posts make even better. I love basically everything he's done.
Dragon Knight was hard to get an initial read on, but I felt the AtE around the claim was incredibly genuine.
FA_Q2 is a townread for very solid pushes in very good areas. This is similar for the SnowStorm head of Polar Vortex, but Bearbert D's posts keep them from being in the top-tier because I have quite a bit less love for them. Masquerade looks town, but isn't as solid in his positions as my strong townreads.
Code of Honor is basically dead null. I can't get a grip on Titus one way or another. I
want
to say town, but I simply can't say that with confidence.
PhantomCobalt is playing closer to his scum meta than his town meta, but it's difficult to be sure; he plays similarly to TheDominator, in that he's an absolute minimalist and chronic active lurker. Unlike TheDominator, I did not get town vibes from his early posting.
BlackStar was an initial scumread, because I hated his entrance into the game. However, his later content actually looked good. I have mixed feelings about his latest content: on the one hand, it looks bad, on the other, I don't think scum would actually be seriously pushing for a Dragon Knight lynch on D1. So, overall, could be scum, but not definitely scum.
A Real Scourge started out looking decent, but the more I saw, the more Scourge's posting stuck out like a sore thumb. Similarly, MagnaofIllusion is playing
exactly
the same way Red Coyote did in Twin Peaks. It's textbook scum play. That level of objective distance allows for him to push stances which are logically sound, but which will result in a town player being lynched. His entire iso is basically one long scum claim.
