I’m not very gung-ho about a ZMD lynch. He brought up a valid point against RW when it already looked like RW was going to be lynched, which tells me ZMD was trying to make the best choice and not just save his skin in that instance. I still don’t understand why RW pushed FD suspicion but that’s discussion for post-game.
The reason I originally suspected him, that he focused on secondary discussions and ignored the larger discussions at the time haven’t really continued with the way this game has progressed. He’s been more at the forefront now so maybe the tell is something to do with how he gets into the flow of a game.
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Nyballs was on RW for a long time and had several reasons to join the wagon. Definitely not a hop. However, they haven’t said nearly as much as the rest of us and its hard to judge where they stand on most of the remaining living people. They’ve had 2 full months to contribute and all we have of them are a dozen posts that are mostly about RW and Trotsky. More posting please.
@nyballs: Is ZMD still your top suspect? How much of it is this reason:
nyballs wrote:Top two candidates on my list right now are Raging Wishbone and ZMD. Both made the ridiculous attempt of painting Frog Dodging as possessing confidence that they wouldn't die by taking their post out of content.
I don’t think it’s noteworthy that Nyballs suspected Yosariwen more than most people.
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I need to re-establish my read on Zaphod, which has gone from mild concern to pretty suspicious.
Zaphod wrote:2. The SK has been caught and lynched and is dead; that's excellent news. Now I need to go back for more tells and analysis. Grrr Smile.
I meant interpretation #2 (noting that the town lynched the SK while I was out). I could see that one might interpret it as #1 (personal gloating, including gloating for the work of a hydra buddy); I tried, and continue to try, to clarify.
I’m ready to believe this perception of Post 141 and that as a catchup post there was some legitimacy to talk about something that was over and done with.
Zaphod wrote:Hey shaft.ed I didn't know you were in this game... you might be upset at the innuendo suggested by one of the hydra's name... give my regards to your wife.
This concerns me mildly because I feel that Zaphod is trying to draw attention to the fact that she is not paying attention to shaft.ed. People should naturally be concerned when a player ignores another player, so you’d think said player would not want to make it known they are doing a suspicious thing by ignoring another player. And that other player flipped scum.
The more I look at Zaphod’s interaction to Trotsky, the more I get concerned.
Zaphod wrote:Furthermore, as of late, I also have never, ever seen you fail to stubbornly tunnel on me. I must therefore conclude that you are scum.
This is just such a bizarre tell but when I try to take out the emotion between Trotsky and Zaphod present at the time, I think this failure to tunnel is just a bad point and was pushed for too long.
Zaphod wrote:I don't remember it, and everything you do is to irritate me anyway, so buzz off, scum. I don't care to answer your questions or interact with you but for the fact that you're a scumbag in this game and you should be dead already.
This was before the Trotsky wagon even existed and Zaphod was done trying to play with Trotsky. It looks like it could be an attempt not to push the wagon using emotion as a tool, when in reality Zaphod was helping to push the wagon just by saying this.
They don’t mention Trotsky for about a week and in that time we pass around that “Who we’d vote for” list and Trotsky is tied with the largest wagons.
Then when Trotsky is lynched, Zaphod does something suspicious:
Zaphod wrote:I'm pretty sure there's a lot of scum on Trotsky's wagon, because beyond gut reads, there wasn't much of a case, roflcopter's habit of lurking as scum gave him away.
I'm very sad not to be on that list, but paradoxically I'd be delighted to vote any player that is on it. How 'bout that.
I feel that they were pushing the Trotsky wagon pretty solidly while staying on the outside of it just so they could come back and say they were scumdriving a wagon.
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Right now I’d vote for Zaphod first but I want to take this day in stride and get a better read of Ojando and Ortohoops, who I feel I’ve been neglecting to really analyze critically.
The frog and the alpaca are still looking town to me.
