I took a day off to catch up in another game I had been neglecting, and again I find myself pages behind. I can't catch up properly before the deadline, so I have only skimmed enough to know the current situation, who has claimed and what. It looks like all that needs to be done today is to make up my mind about bvoigt and StefanB.
Reading bvoigt in isolation and comparing his play to his meta did not yield much. He looks to have been coasting this game, but that may not be indicative of alignment, since I found no previous evidence of him lurking as scum, and several players have either replaced out or have trouble keeping up, including myself. The content of his posts is more problematic though. He seems to spend much of his time answering questions and explaining himself rather than actively looking for scum, which I would expect from him as town. And there are some thoughts of his I find suspect. The defense of Starbuck and suspecting me for believing her to be scum is obvious, but I feel there is something off about his reaction to MoI's self choice as well.
I get the point about scum trying to deliberately invoke a town tell by self choosing, as that is exactly what I believe Starbuck was doing, but I find it odd that bvoigt would find MoI suspicious for this while defending Starbuck, particularly since I chanced on a comment in a past town game of his where he called self voting null. The only difference bvoigt mentions between them is that MoI would have been asking for town credit by asking what the scum motivation of self choosing was. Frankly, this makes no sense. Sure, scum will try to invoke town tells if they can, but for them to be effective they have to be subtle. You have to trick the reader into believing the tell is genuine instead of planted, and bluntly calling attention to the tell is entirely counterproductive. I believe MoI was just being facetious, and that has no bearing on his alignment.
In the same post bvoigt questions why supposed scum MoS would make an obviously incorrect case. I have to wonder why he does not question why supposed scum MoI would make an obvious plea for town credit? He should know MoI is too experienced a player to try something that crude.
VOTE: bvoigt
I don't get what the case on StefanB is supposed to be, and even looking at the posts of those voting him only turned up vague suspicion from Regfan and several players sheeping him, only kortul had something of a case. I still think his early play, particularly correcting himself, makes him more likely town. I believe bvoigt is far more likely to flip scum.
In post 1231, bvoigt wrote:You seem to be one of the few people, if not the only person, to suspect Starbuck. What makes shooting her a better idea than shooting someone who you have a weaker scumread on, but also is more of a consensus choice as scum?
I don't have many strong suspects to begin with, and I think a vig shot is best used on suspicious players that would be hard to get lynched. Starbuck has proven unexpectedly difficult to start a wagon on. The only benefit I see in a consensus choice is that it may give more connections, but I think quite enough people have commented on Starbuck too.
I also saw Shadow claimed, but there is not much to be said or done about it now. He is not getting lynched or chosen today, and with that claim he may not last the night. My choice is staying on DCLXVI, obviously.
