In post 2493, Volxen MJL Combo Pack wrote:I think Icon is scum.
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1. He talked a lot about wanting to lynch Shadow/Wisdom through the BP claim on day one, but he never once voted for the slot, so his actions were not consistent with his words. He criticized people for disagreeing with him on lynching Shadow/Wisdom through the BP claim and even voted for RCEnigma for this reason, but he never once voted for Shadow/Wisdom. He claimed that it was "too hard" to lynch this slot once Wisdom replaced Shadow (
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2. After Wisdom replaced Shadow Icon asked him, "Was Shadow scum?". Something feels off about this interaction between Icon and Wisdom, especially since Icon never voted for the slot. If Icon is town he should be seriously trying to sort Wisdom, not asking him if his predecessor was scum while simultaneously not applying any pressure to the slot.
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3. Icon claims to have our slot as his strongest scumread, but he’s offered very little of his own thoughts on our slot. For example, on day three he just quoted one of his day one posts to justify voting for us again; and in that post, he mostly just agreed with points brought up by URAP2. If our slot is his top scumread he should be able articulate reasons of his own for scumreading us so strongly, but he hasn’t had much to say about our slot beyond agreeing with points brought up by URAP2, saying that MJL’s posts in this game somehow “perfectly align” with her one completed scumgame with no explanation as to why he believes this is the case, and talking about our slots position on the Cerb wagon.
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4. Despite claiming to have our slot as his top scumread, he spent most of day three parking his vote on Moongrass making it a vanity wagon. Icon realistically knew that Moongrass would never be lynched, so why waste his vote by leaving it on Moongrass?
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5. Icon did not comment on Liger's two lies (1. his lie that he was an investigative role and 2. his lie that he got an innocent result on Wisdom) until towards the end of day three. He brought up other points related to Liger earlier in the day (e.g., he said he thought Liger could be scum with RCE), but he didn't address this until the end of the day. Considering this was a
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event, Icon should have addressed this right off the bat at the beginning of day three, and he should have taken a hard stance on Liger one way or the other. Instead he criticized the wagon on Liger and didn't really explain his townread of Liger until the end of the day.
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6. Icon claimed to suspect Pops could be a deepwolf, but he never voted for Pops on day three. Pops was the counter-wagon to Liger; his wagon formed after the Liger wagon collapsed. Icon managed to avoid being on both wagons, despite claiming to be suspicious of Pops. Considering it was very clear that Moongrass wasn't getting lynched, why didn't Icon vote for Pops? If Icon is scum and Liger is town, then Icon knew that both Liger and Pops would be flipping town and he made a conscious decision to deliberately avoid both wagons. And instead left his vanity vote on Moongrass. Which makes sense if he believes that Pops would be lynched anyways, as it allows him to look good by staying off of the wagon.
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7. Icon was inconsistent on his stance towards Liger on day three. For example, he made posts where he called Liger a liar and said he thought Liger and RCE could be scum together (with no further elaboration as to why he thought this could be the case, or why he found RCE independently scummy), and then a short time later he said he thought Wisdom and Liger couldn't be scum together. Which contradicts his previous point about Liger and RCE being scum together, because if Liger isn't scum with Wisdom, then he isn't scum at all.
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8. Given that Wisdom was supposedly such a strong scumread for Icon, why was Icon so quick to dismiss the possibility of scum!Liger faking an innocent result on his scumbuddy? Most of us were suspicious of Liger at least at the beginning of day three, but it’s as if Icon never even considered this possibility and just immediately defaulted to voting for our slot until he switched his vote to Moongrass.
- Volxen