I'm going to list people in roughly T->S order as I think of it.
Toolenduso has been very objectively pro-town this game. Supplying the links to Keyser games is still the most standout indication of it, but providing information and not wielding it like a bat or otherwise trying to make a contriver point off of it is town-motivated. The readslists and points made at various points are well-formed and combined with the effort that went into it all, I really think this is just an obviously town slot. The defense of Trivium in particular seems fairly unlikely from scum, regardless of Triv's alignment.
I read your last bit about me and BMR. I generally dislike meta, but if you've played with MonkeyMan before...this is basically just his MO. Lurk a lot, push fairly superficial observations and get lots of flak for being judgmental about many things (like the hammer post). You mentioned thinking I'm a good scum player and I will only add that I do take pride in my scumgames, perhaps more than most people. I'm town in this game though and mentioning that I have a good scum game isn't going to get you closer to figuring that out. The biggest feeling I absorbed from your last post is that you want to think I'm town but are having doubts and don't really want to commit to it. Thats fine, I've been there at various points in my past. You're gonna have to talk to me though; it feels like you are putting up a barrier preemptively to keep me at arm's length. I'm not gonna figure out my own alignment for you, so lets talk? I really really think you are town here and being pro-town so all the more reason to talk some things out. Unfortunately this Day phase is mostly over, but if we are around Tomorrow I'd like to discuss some things about Performer, Lapsa, and Garmr for sure.
Jar Jar Drinks isn't quite the same level of town for me, but may as well be. I'm seeing a lot of indications that his reads are updating organically and his suspicions all make a huge amount of sense if you look at it from his perspective. The zulfy push that I mentioned about buddying him really stands out as a paranoia that Town is likely to exhibit but scum doesn't really gain too much from arguing. The push on Keyser early on was very much progressing the game state and sticking his neck out. Post
248 really hit the nail on the head as I was reading through that part of the game about Gray who was previously kinda getting by. The points on Lapsa are also pro-town points to be making.
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Keyser is definitely someone I'm taking a bigger picture approach to reading and the more I read Keyser posts the more I think hes just town. My gut was really torn at some of the early self-defending which felt a bit fake and I was concerned that some of the posting schtick was really a mask to distract from some scummy elements. At this point, I'm convinced that Keyser is mostly carefree and just doing things how he wants with little regard for how his posts will come across, ironically the opposite of my prior opinion. But frankly, just the tone of his posts would be really hard to fake. The zeal, confidence and occasional cluelessness that gets meshed in when someone argues with him would be really tiring to do as scum and while I'm not really able to rule that out as a possibility, I think its less likely than him just being blatant town here.
Zulfy...nothing really specific about Zulfy that screams town to me; I just really like the air behind most of his posts. Hes very analytical but also abridged which makes him easy to understand. Low fluff to content which is refreshing at least if not towny. I like
80[/post and [post]122 in particular. The only things making me a little concerned are that he was fairly aware of the tunnel on Trivium when called out on it. The refusal to vote BMR felt a little white-knighty, but makes sense in the context of his push on Trivium at least. Sooo I'm reasonably confident about Zulfy being town, but thats definitely a notch below my previous mentioned reads.
Trivium: This read got more town, the more I read. I could pin down a couple things in particular but the self reflection after the meta of Keyser came out felt fairly genuine. I'm largely drinking Tool's koolaid on this slot so rather than rehash that I'll just take a lazy approach and ....link
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Aristophanes: I really should have more to say about Aris right now but I'm getting lazier as I write this. The post
100? read really town to me. For similar reasons that I thought Tool came off as town, the questioning of the meta links for Keyser aligned with some prodding I would have done around that time. The post seemed very aware of what was going on and the careful developing of the discussion without interjecting personal bias or leading questions looked like genuine scumhunting over fake scumhunting. Aris on the last few pages has been more of a blur to me since it happened all at once and I read it all at once. My main gripe with Aris is the Lapsa read which seems to be like Schrodinger's leopard. Lapsa is town stop harassing him for the playstyle!; but lapsa is actually only null-town because he's...been protown? Really want to discuss that further with him because I'm not sure why hes seeing Lapsa town and when it comes to interacting with people scumreading him, just makes melodramatic gestures in defense of Lapsa without really doing anything to dismantle the pressure. But ya. I generally like Aris's other content and I'm willing to call Aris probably town.
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Bleh, I'm heading home so I'll be on in a couple hours to move my vote if needed.
Quick summary of everyone else
Makara/Lapsa: Kind of feel the same about both of these. I've seen a couple things that I've liked, but Lapsa is coasting really hard on not explaining things and Makara had a post that I recall thinking looked hedgy. Null and would really like to discuss these slots Tomorrow.
Gimlear: I don't really remember much of anything from Gimlear. Quick skim of the ISO tells me that I should devote some time to thinking about this. Null.
Garmr: Already talked about Garmr previously. Thought his reaction to my entrance was off and the whole spiel about the Trivium wagon was definitely less-than-town imo. I recall thinking that Garmr had some things that I liked so I'll likely go through some of his posts again when I have the time. Leaning scum.
Performer: Stances have been expressed by other people for the most part. The case on BMR and Aristophanes rang bells and especially the Aris one looked like an attempt to open up a wagon there without sticking his neck out. Still not totally sold on that, so null scum.
GrayFoxx: Probably scum? Not sure why Gray managed to get by all Day with minimal amounts of scrutiny. Unfortunately the V/La is alignment neutral. I wouldn't really feel bad about lynching him anyways though because I think hes the scummiest person in the game and he had his chance to post content. The question to Trivium and follow up on why he asked it looked ridiculously scum motivated and the sheep vote on to the triv wagon was pretty much scum behavior.
VOTE: GrayFox for now.
