PFP because I probably won't be back online before the day ends.
No, flavor counter-claims in this case manifestly
do not tell a damn thing.
Hypothetical:
ToonyMan posts:
flavor text chocolate banana
Imp counter-posts:
hang ToonyMan, flavor text bacon!
Or:
agree flavor text chocolate banana
And what do we know in the end? Nothing more, because it then comes down to "I trust one, or the other, or both, or neither."
So how is that any different from my claims?
Oh, wait,
I can at least quote the PMs with other players if I choose. You can't quote Meph's PM. So yours is perfectly unverifiable. And ultimately so is mine, except that I can leave in the original "feel" of the message I received, if I so chose, to reveal the player at the other end without naming them.
Which I won't do, because I promised I wouldn't.
I give up. I'm right, I'm wrong, doesn't matter anymore. I believe what I believe based on the data I have and logical analysis of it. And now I'm right back to defending myself.
Toaster: Persus' case against Jim is "he feels scummy". Jim's case against Persus is, to me, equally thin. Frankly, they're acting like a damn married couple. And Persus is not acting like he was in Sprint, the only place I have to compare his behavior against, where he was scum.
Ironically, I believe they're both Town.
Role claim:
I'm a Town Detective. Last night, I found a Harvester with Mind Stealer power. They had targeted Caz. When I approached them, after some wrangling, I got this out of them (paraphrased):
Caz isn't a dopp. He was actually a town Heroic Guard.
After TheDarkStar was lynched and flipped dopp, I wagered that town would be a better bet to side with.
I targeted Caz because I thought he might've been some kind of nasty third party. I did it partly because I was really curious and wanted to know, partly to disable him, and partly because it would have been more interesting than abducting somebody I thought was town so that I didn't end up dead during the night with a wincon I didn't really want to have.
Clarification was asked about that last bit, and answered to the effect that it was more fun to try and find a crazy third party role, even though it meant insta-lose in the event they were NK'd last night. The easy, safe, choice was find a strong Town tell and abduct them. Fun was chosen, and then it turned out, wow, crazy Town role, who saw THAT coming, amirite?
I agreed to work with them, and not out them, so long as they continued to help the Town. So far, all indications are that they are doing just that.
Another I PM'd with claimed Observant Guard, Town
presumed, guarded the player I targeted as Detective, and their target wasn't targeted for a kill in the night.
So, Caz, Town Heroic Guard claimed, guarded no one, because Mind Stealer abduction.
Unnamed Mind Stealer claiming to want to side Town because they're likelier to win that way, because of TheDarkStar's role flip.
Tiruin, Heroic Guard claim, Town
presumed but not claimed, guarded Imp, who was also role-blocked. No kill attempt.
Third, unnamed, Observant Guard claim, Town
presumed but not claimed, guarded the Mind Stealer. No kill attempt.
Just in case I don't see you all in the morning, it's been fun.