@194, so here are the problems that I've got with that theory you've got regarding Majiffy's behavior towards you. First off, I'm pretty sure that the new scum players that Majiffy had in mind in his theory have to have been TheHossaim and Fujiko. It fits nicely with everything that he's said before that, including his defense of you. I don't think that he was particularly expecting another push against you today like Thor665 was making yesterday just based on what the remaining players had to say about you yesterday. Unless he was planning on having a partner stir something up (and the closest we can to seeing that before my entrance was Fujiko sending some attention your way) I can't see his interactions with you being a main part of any of his plans for today. I just don't think that it was possible to predict that I'd come into the game and things would fall into the position that they have.
Second, I don't think that he actually cares what you think about him particularly. I'd be pretty surprised if he was defending you to get you to think that you should trust him. He's being way too heavy handed for that and in general the bump that people get from being trusted is fairly minimal.
I could see the defense of you be a contingent thing that gets triggered if someone did attack you, but it almost can't have been his primary scum plan for the day if he's scum. Without that motivation for the day play do you still feel as strongly that he's your top scum suspect.
Also, have you come across any other play that's scummy? Even if you're right about Majiffy there has to be a partner. Who else is worth a vote at this point? We've had a round of night kills and 20 days of play to work with now so there are hopefully some other things you could point to (and I'm looking for non-lurking issues here, though lurking can be part of a case.) I guess I'd also take a couple strong town reads outside robocopter87 at this point with at least brief reasoning.
@Fujiko, could you clarify exactly what your opinion about 194 has been over the course of the game? Here's what I see from you in isolation:
- Voting to get him to talk more I think in Post 357
- A scummy read on day one, but more neutral since the start of day two in Post 438.
- One of your two scum reads as of Post 530.
- Someone who you've always had a pretty null read of as of Post 554.
There's nothing wrong with changing your read, but I feel like you're changing your previous reads a bit which is more troubling. If you've found him scummy in the past what was it you didn't like. If you've found him mostly null what was the main motivation for your votes day one?
@RachMarie, any progress on the ISOs yet?
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