hector13:
A lot of it kind of comes down to experience and gut feeling. ATH's behavior matches with other over-eager town newbies that I've seen before. Megggas is giving off a helpful town vibe. Looking up notes from previous scumchats and things like that.
You? Your posts are very detailed and highly polished. Now that could just be your style (goodness knows I preview my posts half a dozen times before submitting), but scum players will often be very careful about posting and making sure there's no little detail they've overlooked that could be a slip. Town players are more likely to shitpost because they're not as worried about trying to hide something and they're more focused on getting content out there.
I'm just anxiety-ridden in general, particularly when I'm interacting with other people and expecting judgement, so yeah, I tend to preview my posts a lot and make sure I'm getting across what I want to get across.
You've obviously been busting NJW2000's balls for a while, so what is your read on TolyK and TheDarkStar?
TDS is one I've been suspicious of for a while, but I've been suspicious of him in every game of mafia I've played with him, so that kind of tempers my read a bit. He has been reasonably good with questions when he does post, but the lack of sustained pressure on anyone, and what I suspect was a chainsaw defense earlier is bothersome. He's in my top 3 scumreads, anyway. Has posted a lot outside the thread during the game, too.
Tolyk I'm less sure about. NJW pressing me about questioning inactive players had me avoiding that, which I know is ridiculous. Seems convinced that ATH is scum, and hasn't really moved beyond that since D2 start. Null, leaning scum.
Furthermore, while you've obviously spent a large amount of time compiling links and stuffing words into paragraphs like Paula Deen stuffs her face with sticks of butter, I can say that my (and quite possibly other players') eyes glaze over when presented with such a huge amount of info. Brevity being the soul of wit and all, can you sum up your case on NJW2000 in a paragraph?
I only really have two strong scumtell-esque things on NJW, which is his tunnel-vision on me/confirmation bias when he ignored my explanations for my play, and active lurking. I think I'm the only player in the game NJW has really gone after.
Tolyk I think your points in D were in reference to me. The post immediately before ATH's response I asked him why he thought NJW and I were scummy to him. I think that's also what he was (repeating) talking about in the G spoiler.
Equally so, you've been quite single-minded in your pursuit of ATH as scum. Who do you think is his scum partner, and why?
Also, I think Shakerag's questions were directed to me, but thanks for the ATH read summary anyway