And, naturally, my ipad connects as soon as I send out my post.
I much as I think origamiscienceguy is scum, the fact that TDS conveniently disappeared for 24 hours before the lynch and let Peradon get lynched has been bugging me a LOT. I actually mention it
here, in my reads list, when talking about him. I'm getting the feeling that
OSG and TDS are scumbuddies, but urrrrggggghh I don't know for sure and don't know which one we should lynch first. The only way I'd know which one to lynch first would be if they claimed their powers, autos, and flaws, and on the off chance they are town that's not a good idea. But in the end, while OSG was overeager in jumping on a lynch, TDS had an entire day worth of scumminess racked up on him and he's my choice for the lynch.
flabort: Tunneling was perhaps an imprecise phrase. I was hyper-focused on TDS and Peradon, as they were my top two scumpicks, but I wasn't doing the traditional Toony-tunnel where you digdigdigdigdig until they make a misspeak or say something suboptimal. I was using the word tunneling to mean that I developed tunnel vision, although I wasn't being entirely clear in the matter.
hector13: I wouldn't call it the last minute, I gave him a good... 5 hours (I think) to respond during a time of day he is highly active. The one thing I do regret was not being able to interact with him to hear out his defense, but my schedule is... urk. And the worst part of it is that the next class I would have happily had our debate had bay12 not been blocked, because we were just watching a non-essential video.
Hold up now I'm rereading things...
Yeah no actually I change my mind.
Unvote, origamiscienceguy, do you honestly think that people wouldn't give up when put in a seemingly impossible situation? Particularly a new player? Unless a new player displays astounding cunning and ability to fake emotions they have actually given up. Doesn't negate the scummy things they've done in the past, but I strongly disagree that it is "scummy" behavior. People give up sometimes, and they express it in the thread. Just because something is "anti-town" does not automatically mean that town won't do it, particularly if its related to an innate emotional response. While there is no reason to unvote someone because they've given up, it is in no way grounds to VOTE them, particularly when it's listed as the sole grounds to do it. What benefit is gained from voting a player who is already the top lynch target and has given up? Unless the scum are going to slip in at the last minute, none, and you, by your logic, wouldn't have believed they would unless for some reason his giving up, which isn't particularly controllable in the immediate moment, is actually a SCUMMY activity. Scummy and anti-town are two different things: anti-town is anything that isn't high-odds town play, while scummy is scum-oriented play.