Firstly,
Extend. If we're going to be replacing someone, I want time to read them.
Toaster/JackI think I can kill two birds with one stone here.
I've not been active during the day because I work 14+ hours a day most days; it's why most of my posts are inordinately long walls of text. I'm trying to cram an entire day's worth of interactions into a single post. Just an FYI on that.
As for my lack of suspicions, I don't feel this has been the most active D1, so it's been harder for me to formulate much of a case in my head, and since we're clearly out of RVS I refuse to vote unless I've got a decent suspicion.
Having said that, my suspects...
Dariush at the moment tops my list because he hasn't been very active, and when he has been active seems more interested in quietly slipping under the radar of the other players. I also feel that his missing some rather obvious details from the game summary is a red flag; he doesn't seem all that concerned with the nature of the game or its roles. I feel that he is the cult leader because this lack of attention to the game details and quiet watching is the behavior of a cult leader who 1) doesn't care about the rules as they impact Town, since he is scum, and 2) is more interested in scoping conversion targets than anything else.
Admittedly, this is a weak case (for now), but putting him under FoS would be a waste of time, and he's my highest suspect at the moment.
Max and
Native are in a tie for now; I know at least one of them is town, but they're both getting awfully personal with their attacks, and seem somewhat narrowly focused. I'm not sure if one of them is scum trying to provoke the other into cracking, or if they're both town and just hashing out some latent hostility here. I feel they both bear watching closely for this reason.
I was suspicious of
Powder Miner, but now that he's asking for a replacement I'm inclined to believe that his absence and lurky behavior was a result of this game not getting enough attention rather than a deliberate attempt to hide from scrutiny.
So, on to questions of my own!
Dariush: WHY weren't you paying more attention to the summary? Why aren't you saying and doing more in this game? I know you were around earlier today, because you had to end the day in the BM and write the summaries of the night actions. You were free enough to post for a period of several hours, but couldn't be arsed to check in here?
Max and Native: You two argued for quite some time, and it got a little heated. Neither of you voted for the other, I noticed, that entire time. My questions to each of you, individually, are: What did you get out of that whole ordeal? If you didn't see (the other person) as scummy enough to vote for, why did you spend so much time attacking them to the exclusion of investigating anyone else? Why was another person worthy of your vote instead of the person you were having a pissing contest with?
Max, in particular: You don't seem to be keeping the argument going now, but unlike Native you haven't moved on either. I can accept that maybe you haven't been around to, but in either case: if your argument is done, what do you intend to do know? Are you going to investigate someone else? And now that Native has given you an example of what he wants, are you going to finally answer his hypothetical question or find another reason to dodge the issue?
NUKE: So, I want an answer from you. You dismiss out of hand the idea that my question about your town meta has any merit as a topic of discussion. How is it not hypocritical to laugh off the suggestion we discuss your town meta and its impact on this game, then turn right around and POINT IT OUT YOURSELF in the same goddamned post!?
Ahahaha. Wait, you're serious? May I remind you that the question was about meta. Town meta. That shit ain't 'discussion worthy'.
Then, later in that same post (bold is mine, for emphasis)
Seriously, guy, how fucking incompetent do you think I am? If I wanted to keep suspicion away from myself, I wouldn't be making a big fuss about not participating in the RVS, now would I? I may be counting on said suspicion being neglected on account of previous history of mislynches, but I certainly ain't attempting to avoid it completely, and suggesting that I am is ridiculous.
"My town meta is not important enough to discuss because it has no bearing on this game, and now I acknowledge it may indeed be a factor in this game".
Seriously
NUKE, inconsistent shit like this is what keeps getting you lynched. It's hard enough to tell Town from Scum, and I'm not going to give you a free pass just because you do this all the time. You act scummy, you're going to hang.
Or are you going to try and feed me some BS about how, like overdefending or pre-emptive defenses, contradicting yourself isn't a scumtell either?