In post 1883, T S O wrote:
Votes:
I'm getting tired of repeating this point, but it's worth saying - Gray shamelessly votes anyone who has a chance of getting lynched.
Votes red here, finally justifies it over 1500 posts later
here by saying it "wasn't serious". To anyone who thinks this is a legitimate response - it's not. It really, really is not. It is the Mafia equivalent of filling space with empty words. When Gray voted red, he was legitimately in danger of being
speedlynched by Sala. He knew exactly what he was doing when he placed it. He wanted the day over as soon as possible - his actions blatantly contradict his words.
Votes me here, and gives his reason
here. To paraphrase that reasoning: "I was sheeping SilverWolf". We never hear why he was sheeping SilverWolf, why he felt her reasoning was good, what he liked about it - nothing. He never gives any evidence to verify his claims.A more trusting person might believe him. I'm of the opinion that this was a lie. There's no way to conclusively prove this, but seeing that he's done the exact same thing five times, I find it incredibly hard to believe.
Votes Wake here, with reasoning
here. "I was sheeping Sala" - yet again we see a bullshit excuse for his vote. We never hear WHY he was sheeping Sala, what part of Sala's case swayed him, nor anything whatsoever. Just that he was sheeping. It's lies. And the worst thing about it is that he constantly attempts to glaze over it like it's nothing.
Votes Ozgin here, we've been through this before. It's him voting anyone he can under the guise of sheeping. Although
here we are told that it is no longer a sheep vote! That, for the first time, Gray has actually used his own brain to vote someone! But, as you may have guessed, we never find out what changed his mind. That would be a bridge too far. So, essentially, this is a carbon copy of his other bullshit votes.
Votes Anna here. As time moves on, Gray gets more and more nonchalant about his scummy behaviour. By now, he doesn't even have to pretend he's sheeping any more - he literally just puts the vote down and leaves. This isn't town, okay? This isn't bad townplay. This is arrogant scum who knows that he's not going to be punished for playing anti-town, so happily does it. He actually lacks so much respect for us, the town, as a cohesive unit, that he makes blatantly scum plays, without any justification, KNOWING that he won't be punished for it. It's literally the most disrespectful thing a scumfuck can do.
Claim:
Early in the game, under no pressure, Gray
claimed VT. This is a terrible play, but that's not scummy in itself. The problem is the fact that he had no reason to do it as town. As town, claiming VT d1 makes scum more likely to hit a PR at night because they now know that you aren't one. As scum, on the other hand, it's an extremely advantageous play. It means that, if the game is multiball, you're less likely to be shot. It makes town PR's less willing to use their night action on you. And it allows you to
complain that you shouldn't be lynched because you're just a VT. Has Gray ever offered an explanation for why he did it? Yes, but it's fucking terrible. Apparently, he claimed because
he wanted to mix it up. Again, this is a blatant lie. "I wanted to mix it up" is a sentence which means nothing. The benefits of claiming VT as town are almost none. The benefits of claiming it as scum are extremely high. I'll let you decide which alignment is more likely to claim it so early with so little need.
Meta:
I want to preface this by saying that I am aware that both Gray and Wake will fixate on this and this alone. Speaking to everyone else: even without the inclusion of meta in this case, Gray's alignment is patently obvious. If you haven't read the two parts above, you really should.
I played on a scumteam with Gray briefly in a game that ended in January, the
Masquerade (which I won!) Gray made 5 posts out of 1240, less than 0.5% of the total postcount, before replacing out. However, Gray did not come under any pressure that game, and did not once have to defend himself. In this game, Gray made 56 out of 1240, which is significantly more. However, Gray has endured significant pressure this game. I can't count how many times I alone have called him scum, not including people like Ozgin who are also doing the same. Because he has had to defend himself more, his postcount is naturally higher. 38 out of his 56 posts are responding to pressure on him by me or Ozgin, or arguing that his meta doesn't make him scum. If you remove those, then his postcount would be 18 out of 1240. It's higher than 5 out of 1240, but it's still incredibly low - less than 1.5% of the total postcount. It remains the postcount of a lurker. My argument is that Gray has not been able to lurk like he did as scum the last time because of the pressure on him forcing him to respond or be lynched.
General play:
I am not sure Gray has offered a single opinion of his own this game. He scumreads anyone who is being voted or who calls him scum. He townreads people who call him town. Getting in Gray's townreads is really as simple as this. If he is town, then this indicates an almost mind-boggling level of incompetence, an incredible mix of naivete and lack of paranoia fusing to create the worst town player ever. I don't buy that image. Too scummy to be scum is something that doesn't apply when the scumminess is as calculated as this is. Gray's scum.
