Okay, so I went back and ISO'ed all the living players plus Surye.
Interactions with Surye
Salmon - Specifically expressed a gut scum read on Surye Day 1, and stated he would like a Surye wagon, but never voted him. Got a null in Surye's read list (
219) when most people were town reading Salmon, so that seems to make the scum team unlikely. Salmon immediately got on the Surye wagon Day 2. Overall, I don't think it's a very likely scum team, more because of Surye's read on Salmon than Salmon's read on Surye. This association read is weaker than all the others though.
vonflare - Scum read Surye on Day 1, but focused on Karlos. On Day 2, he initially voted Surye, putting him at L-1, but turned on Thor and got off the wagon. Surye gives vonflare a null read in
219. I think this scum team is quite possible; they were on the same wagon Day 1.
Mindgamer/hua - The slot has expressed literally no thoughts on Surye. Surye puts hua as leaning scum in his reads post, and seems to think hua is pretty scummy in a couple of other places, too, but never acts until day 2. In Day 2, pretty much all Surye did was push hua. The accusation was made that scum intended for hua to be lynched Day 2, but Surye could've rolled with that to clear his partner. Overall though, the scum team seems unlikely to me, though certainly possible.
Ulysses/Bert - Ulysses also said literally nothing about Surye, even on Day 2. Surye scum-read Ulysses in
219, but never mentioned this read again. What's interesting is Bert's hammer. We've agreed it's not a town tell, as it was pretty obvious Surye was dead at that point. Bert's lack of caution actually strikes me as a little anti-town. This seems like a fairly likely scum team.
Thor - Though he actually gave Surye a slight town read early on, and never really talked about him Day 1, he abruptly led the Day 2 lynch. Surye called Thor town in his read list. Thor does bus pretty hard when he's scum. But since it wouldn't have been very weird at all for Thor to not push Surye, I think this scum team is unlikely.
Independent reads
Salmon - I don't like Salmon's play and I don't know why you all are town reading him. Reading his ISO, he's contributed so little to scum hunting and such. I realize he "lacks motivation" and stuff but that's pretty easy to say. Without the Surye flip I actually think Salmon's the scummiest.
vonflare - Some of his posts from really early on (
43,
78,
86) seem very town-like to me. I don't like his play a whole lot, especially some of those ridiculous arguments against Karlos, but overall he seems quite town-motivated.
Mindgamer/hua - My head is still spinning from the Thor v. hua debate. Looking back, my gut reaction is that the arguments were so subtle and nitpicky in places that neither side was probably that strong. The Karlos hammer was weird; it tells me hua really didn't want to die. She was pretty frustrated throughout the debate, which seems a little more town than scum to me. Call it a small town read, but more because of the interactions with Surye than anything else. I want to hear from Mindgamer soon.
Ulysses/Bert - Reading Ulysses' ISO, he wasn't as bad as I remembered. Still though, I didn't like his voting patterns, and he was pretty lurky. Besides the eager hammer, Bert seems more town to me. I find going on gut reads annoying but it's not a tell. Given that Bert has kind of made himself the center of attention, I find the slot overall leaning town.
Thor - Thor is the leader of the game, and as such he would be in excellent position as scum. In fact, I'd advocate any investigative role investigating Thor tonight (if tonight happens) since he'd be extremely useful as confirmed town. He's done a lot of pro-town things, instigating discussion, leading the lynch on Surye, and scumhunting. I don't like how yesterday he seemed to be trying to ride town cred, especially since I thought he was giving himself more than he deserved. Nonetheless, his play seems town.
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My problem right now is that the players I think would work best as Surye's partner are players I think are pretty pro-town otherwise. I think for now I'll
VOTE: SalmonellaDreams, but I'd also be willing to lynch vonflare or Bert.
@Bert: Can you post your reasoning behind your reads please? This quibbling with Thor is going nowhere.
@Thor: Let me put it this way. If you didn't have any other reads, would you be scum-reading Bert?
I do kind of see your point, but I'd still like a reason beyond process of elimination.
I dunno.
Ergo...