This is quite the dilemma. Right now, I am certain that at least one of the less enthusiastic players is a townie, which means that town has a definite handicap. I haven't figured out whether or not I can trust Elephant Parade yet, either. I'd like to, since he does seem to be scumhunting. On the other hand, he also seems to be experienced enough that I may not be noticing the less obvious scumtells.
Here're my reads, from most to least scummy:
Tawarochir: Super inactive. He only ever went after GWG, who does not seem particularly scummy at all. I've been told that going after lurkers is a scumtell, but if this wasn't LYLO, I'd be going after him with much more candor. Idleness does nothing but hurt the town, so even if he was town, a lynch would at least narrow our selection to people who've posted. I'd like to pose another question to you,
Tawarochir, but you've got enough of a backlog that it seems unnecessary.
tn5421: He's crafty. He's taking his time in a game labeled sprint, for one thing. Thinking through posts is important, but with such a drought of content, his brief posts and relatively frequent delays feel off to me. While I'm not expecting walls of text, I feel like the way Elephant Parade and I are posting is more forthcoming. Granted, coming from a different forum may explain this somewhat, but I just cannot shake this feeling. Here's a question,
tn5421: If you were the detective right now, who would you investigate? Would it be the person you feel is most scummy, or would you go for someone whom you are less sure about?
Elephant Parade: By far the more active of posters, I said some of what I feel about EP up above. While he has said that he suspects me, I have a definite bias because I know I'm town. I'm new to the game, so for all I know, I'm playing very scummily without even realizing a lot of it. On the other hand, he could also know that I'm town, know who his partner is, and thus plan to use me to win the game by lynching me today. His
accusation of TheDarkStar is especially suspicious, since I now know that both of us are town AND because he followed TDS's lead in voting for me on day one.
Elephant Parade, you said that you would give more explanation as to why you feel tn5421 is scum. Can you share with us your findings now that you've had more time to think it over? I feel like you've had a lot more time asking questions rather than answering them.
GreatWyrmGold: I don't think you're scum, but like Elephant Parade said earlier, this could also be a desperate gambit to escape suspicion. I really doubt it, though, so hopefully we can get you replaced with someone who's interested in playing. I'll be able to give reads on them if we end up having enough time to let them post first.