Rolepgeek:
Birdy: I didn't vote extension because I saw no point. I know who I think is scummy. Extensions are to allow the players time to find who is scummy, as far as I know. And voting for someone when you don't want them lynched, in all honesty, sounds like you want to make it seem as though there's an altercation when there isn't. Now, don't get me wrong, I find him scummy as well, I just don't take your semi-agreement to mean you're town. If you would give examples of what you're talking about for what he's done, then I might be willing to look at you in a different light. But for now, voting for him because you can't decide/figure out whether he's scum or not, when you don't want him lynched, is simply a poor idea, and a scummy one at that.
I'm still not entirely following you. While you may have your own ideas on who is scummy, there are many others who simply haven't contributed, whether out of time management or absence. Leaving out their voices leaves room for error. And we are missing a lot of voices right now.
As for the examples you requested.
Imperial Guardsman, you will want to read this as well as it pertains to you.
Yeah, we remember day 1 griffinpup
Remember what from Day 1? The mislynch?
From my own experience, I have found mislynches are not rare occurrences. They happen whether we like it or not.
Until you can prove yourself innocent from your actions on day one, the vote stays.
Note how he still fails to specify any specific examples. IG uses a blanket term, "your actions". No specifics, just "your actions". Implying that Griffinpup did do something wrong… But he doesn't have the slightest clue what that action is.
Thus, how can he expect Griffinpup to effectively defend himself?
Back.
Unvote.
Griffinpup seems town.. for now. Ill check the posts and decide who to vote next.
And now, suddenly Griffinpup is Town
FOR NOW, without a single whisper about how he arrived at this miraculous conclusion.
Frankly, his reasoning is baffling me right now and I don't have much to go off of, save for the fact that he has seemingly no clue what he is doing. Not supporting your arguments is a terrible policy to uphold, no matter what role you play. So at the very least I want to see IG put some kind of effort forth in his gameplay from here on out.
This is after all a BM. I'm still in this game to win, but I also want to see players improve. Starting with him by forcing him to attend to his past actions or fall. The ball is in his court now. Whether he wants to take the time defend himself is his decision.
GriffiondayFAKEEDIT: MY OH MY That was scummy. That seemed incredibly similar to OMGUS(which I think stands for OMG U Scared, right?). DAMN boy. You're definitely being voted.
OMG U Suck actually, it's voting for someone because they are pressuring you. What IG did is scummy, but not necessarily OMGUS as it did tie the vote that was otherwise against him.
A indulgence in pessimism
Reads before you personally have interacted with someone are deadly for town. And they WILL kill us all. Have a plan to pressure every one, more than once if you've the time, make sure you've talked to everyone and THEN formulate your reads. Comments such as: "What's your fresh perspective and opinion on everyone here?" are stupid and focus attention to the wrong things. The goal shouldn't be focusing on the past scouring the thread for the tiny tells that must be there, but on developing your reads on people through interaction with them. If you think you have a read on someone without interacting with them, assume it's put there deliberately, get suspicious, and talk to them. Try to avoid flailing randomly, but at the very least put in the footwork.
With this in mind time to start these interactions:
Griffinpup: Why are you focusing exclusively on the past in this game when you could be generating your own material to read? Interact with everyone, and once you've a feeling for them, move on and talk to someone else. Seriously. Your emphasis on reads, events, and past oriented hunting is equally detrimental to the game as IG. I'm glad you're focusing exclusively on easy lynches (it makes you kinda obviously scum though), but don't you think you should question the more difficult ones as well? I can guarantee there's far more satisfaction to be found there.
Rolepgeek: I'm glad you know who you think is scummy. Please one of them and one person you think is town, and try to deepen your read on both of them. In the mean time, do you think hiding as scum is easy or difficult? What sorts of things would make it more or less difficult?
Birdy: Do you disagree with my previous comments? If so why, if not, why are you asking for reads?
I do agree with what you have said, at least in principal. Too much focus on the past is dangerous.
However, there are some questions that have yet to be answered. Which is why I want IG to respond in a meaningful manner. His past behavior has been scummy as hell, but I cannot say with full confidence whether that is because he is scum or just a very flippant townie.
Until that question gets answered, it’s going to be difficult to move forward onto more beneficial conversation.