I'm with Workdawg on a couple points: I don't like straight up reads lists, for similar reasons. However, you will find me writing up a list of people on occasion, especially when it gets quiet like it is now. But please never confuse that with being a full status report of how I feel about everyone at the moment. It's a just list of things I want to talk about, that's all. And as a sidenote: In general, I always found it more useful to discuss our scum reads than our town reads.
Second, god I hate policy lynching.
In post 231, Workdawg wrote:I REALLY hate policy lynches in newbie games. Newbies make stupid mistakes and while the chances of a newbie being scum aren't insignificant, it seems to me they will more often accidentally scum tell vs just making newbie mistakes. But he's an SE. He has no excuse for newbie mistakes and thus should be exempt from the previous statement. That said...
Not only has he been all but absent, but the few posts he has made are all things that others have already pointed out. He has been zero help so far. Does that make him scum? Not necessarily. Right now though, he's on the top of my list of "bad town". If we can't come to a consensus about who to lynch before the deadline, I would be okay with lynching him.
As I posted above, we need to know if TheDom is really V/LA or not
I hate policy lynches regardless of game type / skill level -- but yes, especially in newbie games. They basically just stall the game for a day cycle and rarely provide any useful information. Even if you somehow get a scum kill out of it, it isn't very satisfying.
The thing that bothers me more than anything is that it's just so inconsiderate. If you aren't going to put in the time, don't sign up for the game. If unforeseen circumstances arise that prevent you from playing, get a replacement. It's bad enough if a regular player does it, but ICs / SEs are supposed to be here to provide better flow to the game, not worse.
For the record, I believe Dom was off V/LA on Dec 30th. But if he
is
somehow still in V/LA that would mean he's out for almost the entirety of D1. O_o That can't be allowed.
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Activity in general has sort of dropped off, which is making things difficult. But here's your list, with some of the observations I've been having lately:
Ness -
Went dark after I voted him with a single exasperated post and doesn't appear to have logged in since. That isn't encouraging. Although several people have echoed suspicion and/or questions for Ness, no one else has yet voted him just yet. After writing comments below, I now realize that Workdawg and Newbie have been on him for longer than I'd thought. (Not that they were the only ones.) I'd hate to think he dropped out -- maybe it was just a hell of a New Year's party -- regardless, it's hard to change my vote this way.
EE -
As noted previously, you have been a bit of a null read to me the whole time. Lots of scum reads balanced by lots of town reads. I am noting that the tone of your posts has changed considerably, right around the time I replaced in. (Not necessarily alignment indicative, just noting it for later.) Partially as an answer to your earlier question: I really don't think I understand your rationale for hunting Kahlan, and I'd be interested if you'd explain it.
Kahlan -
I consider the 'noobness' genuine. However, I have second guessed my alignment read multiple times here. I don't have anything conclusive I feel like sharing just yet. One thing though: There was some good scumhunting going on in
156 and
200. Come back and talk more.
Drixx -
You were talkative at first, now you are very quiet. (Interesting parallel: Your posts changed dramatically right about the same time as EEs did.) I kinda have issues with the 'mysterious private thoughts' bit, because it reduces the amount of interaction going on in the thread. I have private thoughts too, so I understand where you're coming from -- but don't keep them private so long that there is no way to act on anything before deadline.
Newbie -
It worries me how much you fly under my radar. And I just realized you've been on Ness a lot longer than I thought. (Noted above.)
Workdawg -
I'm not having much luck here. His usefulness as an SE is perhaps blinding me to the obvious. Somebody pitch me a wild scum theory about him so I can try to prove / disprove it!
Usted -
Found
219 interesting. (Echoed by Drixx.) Looking back at ISO, he doesn't have as much content as I thought he did. I kind of wish I felt a more townie vibe here.
Dominator -
Literally doesn't rate a mention. Eight posts with barely fifty word between them, and that's counting his confirmation. (Which was more verbose than most of his posts.)
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As noted, my vote stays on Ness for now. And I am always interested in listening to anyone who wants to sway that vote in either direction.
[i]"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use Caps Lock as my 'run' key, and to never, ever, leave a single Bob alive."[/i]
) so I just reworded my vote because I thought that was how I was suppose to do in order to show I'm part of the town and who I wanted to vote for was just the same as Drixx. I was asking questions because I though that is what we were suppose to do to wager on if we are voting right or if votes need to be changed. I honestly didn't realize you have already put a reason to your vote. That is why I asked the question. And still voted for who I was using as my RVS vote.
He also seems to be playing a misunderstanding/misinterpreting card a few times. It makes me feel like because he is wrong and someone calls him out on it, he just has to play it off as a misunderstanding/misinterpreted and then try to reword the post. It seems he gets a bit defensive when that happens as well. He also seems to be very impatient and not very forgiving sometimes. May be or may not be scum but I'm not voting for him now.