My apologies, I had a circuits exam today(which I did horribly on
). Please give me 32 hours before you start replacing me, alright?
I suppose I'll put up a list of my suspicions like boski. Seems like a good idea
From least to most scummy:
Webadict - Self explanatory
Toonyman - He does what he always does as town: tunnelvision, hunt down those he's even slightly suspicious of, and pursue them with a vengeance until either they crack or are cleared. Somewhat meta-gamey, to be sure, but still is a good indication.
Cheeetar - As web is a confirmed townie, if he's 99.99% sure that someone is town, I'm willing to give them a good probability of being town. I'm guessing he's been confirmed by some night-action or another that web just doesn't want to explain in public. Why should having a confirmed townie be a good thing if we can't listen to what he says?
Zai - Been sick lately, but always felt town to me before that. Also, his recent posts, while an attack on diakron, that doesn't seem to be especially scummy to me. You're right, Boski, Dai is an easy target. But he's easy because he looks scummy. I don't see anything wrong with attacking a scummy person.
Mr. Person - Alex was near-certain that he was town, but his insistence on that point knocks him down a bit.
Boski - Haven't been able to get a good read on him.
Chaoticjosh - Already mentioned his bandwaggoning, also seems to buddy up with dakarion.
Diakron - More on this when I get back from class.
Dakarion - I love it how this quote:
WIFOM+self defense= Very Ugly Post
follows this one:
@Web
Thought so. You're running off your gut. You also seem pissed over Day 1. Silly that, since it's good for the town to scumhunt rather than bandwagon. I can't help the fact that the town decided to follow my lead over and over. All I could do is hunt the best way I know how.
Very well. You ask me "How I am town." Very messy question, but I'll answer anyway.
I don't follow bandwagons, nor ever ask the town to follow me blindly. When Josh made his offer to reset, I didn't deny him or jump with him: I saw where the town could turn a semi-risk into a near-sure bet by asking for confirmation. That way, the only way for Josh to lie is to have a second scum with his 'known PR' cover for him. I didn't like the idea of trading a scum for a Beloved Princess, especially since it would destroy the chance of a good Day 1 discussion, give the mafia 2 free kills, leave you dead, and possibly lead to another kill from the Chaotic role (since all of us would have <2 posts in Day 2.. since NO posts would have occurred). Trading 2 scum wouldn't be so bad though.
Of course, chances are, it would just lead to someone confirming and us using the reset, as is what happened.
After that, I scumhunted. I've proven that I don't tunnel vision, nor do I just accept other's arguments. I listen to them, argue with them, prod them, until I get good or bad answers. If I want to kill, I don't DEMAND the town to kill, but instead ask them to take notice. I don't ask for a 'counterargument' to go "OMG YOU DEFEND SCUM!" I WANT those counterarguments so that I can make sure "I" am sound in my reasoning. I could've easily kept pushing on Alex: you were being rude, Alex was being a jerk, and many MANY wanted him dead. It wouldn't take much just to go Tunnel Vision and pass around Person's post and your outcries to finish the kill. I mean, JEESH, YOU got sick of him enough to put him on the Kill list.
But I didn't. I listened to Person's argument and shut down that bandwagon. I never fully confirmed him town, but I did pull away.
Btw, I asked you about your "don't kill him" since you didn't say whether that was towards Meph or Panda. The day ended before you replied, though.
Fact is, I've shown myself as town time and again, from acting in the town's best interests to taking risks that would hurt my credibility or even kill me. I avoided mindless following and explained my actions every step of the way. THAT is why the town followed me Day 1 and not you. For every explanation post you gave, you had 2 or 3 that browbeat the town or pushed it towards mindless following.
You claim you could come up with a million reasons. I doubt that. I bet if that gut was removed, THESE would be your reasons:
1. You swear the mafia is trying to stop you from following the list:
(which sounds odd since it means the Chaotic role (or Arg if his 'random' did the kill) is scum or else the mafia were VERY lucky. It also brings out the "What if the Mafia WANTS you to follow that list" WIFOM. It also grows weak since you're willing to kill me for being on the list but NOT josh, meaning you AREN'T just following the list, contrary to what you said when you first posted.)
2. I've lead the town towards multiple town deaths.
(Which, like I point out to Cheeetar, is Pot-kettle-black since much of your list had Townies as well. Bad reasoning to assume that someone can't possibly have the same idea you do)
3. I'm hard to read as town since there's too many town-tells. That reeks of the "Too Town" argument.
The best argument given so far is that I didn't "directly say I was town" and that I mentioned the Doctor before others have. The strongest force the town has is that Web is after me. The strongest forces you have, Web, is that the gut that found Vector in BM1 and Meph here points to me.
I'll end it all with this. If your gut still streams "Scum" then go and vote, but DON'T shorten the day. If I only have a few RL days to work with then I'm going to go scumhunting. If I live the day, I'll find a proper scum to kill. If I die, I'll make sure to provide enough for you to find the proper scum tomorrow.
If you have any other questions or issues, I'll gladly answer, but if that's all then don't mind me when I turn to other matters.
What I find interesting is that you explicitly list off a list of things which are "townie-like."(by the way, the correct answer to web's question is not a list, it's "because my role PM said so") Now, you'll probably call that the "too townie" fallacy, but I call it a question of your playstyle. Do you simply follow the list of town-tells whether you're town or scum? However, I'm personally inclined to say you're town simply on that point. You've made a lot of good posts with a lot of good content, and your reasoning is logical.
More on this when I get back from class.