Open 652: Making Friends and Enemies Mason PT

[Thor665]

SMURFIN HELL
THOR GET TF IN HERE

What the heck is the bee in your bonnet, sweet cheeks?

If there was a scum in Naru's wagon it's N_M.

I would tend to agree with this, though it's hard to parse him because he so aggressively plays anti-town.
I also remain pretty neutral on Tex - that is not a particularly brilliant slot for town, but I do feel like Peng and N_M are hard competing to be worse than him.

[Thor665]

I don't think anyone particularly disagrees that the slot is dreck.
Do you town or scum vibe Penguin at the moment?

[Thor665]

I crumbed enough.

BBT vibes town to me at the moment, though half of that read is from his buddying, but I don't really grok the scum push some have on him.

[Thor665]

oh wow
ok thanks for outing us thor ffs what was that

Ok, I'll follow Penguin initially then jump on later, if i can

Go and read what I posted, NJAC is being horribly paranoid, and you're being comically over reactive.

[Thor665]

Like, you didn't even remember if I claimed.
NJAC thinking mentioning a five post dance equates to cluing scum in is...well, I suppose it could be feasible, but it's pretty unlikely I wager.
I'll be happy to take a bet on it - how about if they didn't figure it out from my post then you *never* get to say the f-word or any abbreviation thereof to me ever again.
And if they do, I'll always mention whenever I claim that I wish I could learn to do it as well as you.

Done and done.

[Thor665]

Considering how many people appear to suspect me, I'm a perfectly fine person for scum to shoot - as I'm pretty much likely going to be obligated to claim or to be shot one way or the other prior to game end, and since there's zero way to connect me back to the two of you, the issue becomes fairly moot as a concern.

Also, Zyf's constant f-bombing me while not actually apparently having anything to talk about with me curls my annoyance toes and makes me want to hiss back at him.

I am not sure on scum kill thoughts - but agree with you that it is fairly meaningless to debate them beforehand.

I stand by my N_M read at the moment.
I don't feel BBT scum.
I'm fencesitting on Penguin, but his attitude about my wagon felt more townish than some others despite how bad his logic was - at least he stated and defended his logic.

I'd say likely one scum on me, one on Naru.
I kind of feel Dunn or Penguin off
Tex or N_M on.

I'd like to flip Tex or N_M with a current preference for N_M.

[Thor665]

I don't feel BBT scum.

Is there some meta involved or is it exclusively based on this game?

As far as meta goes, I don't see their play here as different from what I would expect - though I'm hardly claiming awareness of brilliant town or scum meta...but I think anyone who claims that is silly.
I don't get the particular flow of thinking he's scum either - what's he done that's scummy?
I feel like the case on him exists for a 'lack of clear town' concept rather than the opposite.

n_m can get pushed by others without us having to get our hands too deep in the blood

You're talking like scum - at the end of the day we know our votes are town, there is a value in a vote we agree with being the one that goes through.
I agree N_M is a cuss to read - that's why we need to lynch him every game until he learns how to play as town.
I've seen hm do better than this as town (and scum) in the past - so he's a solid enough lynch option almost regardless. if he's not scum, scum isn't shooting him. (incidentally - he would have been a better mason target than me - just saying, I can actually town if people relax on the paranoia for five minutes.)

I could vaguely buy Tex as town off general positioning, but I presume we can agree that scum voted for Naru, right?
To my mind that says - who do you town read more, Pengy or Tex?
I'd probably say Pengy myself.
What about you two?

[Thor665]

Do you see an argument for Tex town?