Sorry, making big posts is probably going to have to wait for evenings or weekends now that I've got a proper job. I'll try to give my thoughts after responding to a few things.
Holy moly, I wish I could double or nothing my vote or something.
You started a wagon on me and stuck with it even though you didn't really think I was especially scummy (just somewhat anti-town). Now you're backing down from your wagon now that it seems like something you might get push-back on.
Makes me wonder if Storm threw a jester in the setup.
Help, I'm blind.
The fact that nothing happened shouldn't be enough reason for me to switch from being your vote to your #2 highest townread (with storma at the top for some reason?) You gave reasons for your reads, though, so that's something.
At least you've got Deku where he belongs, but that's another thing it seems like you've taken a 180 on considering you backed his wagon over mine yesterday.
Thank you. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone for most of yesterday, I appreciate that the validation that I'm not in fact crazy and that indeed me getting scapegoated for being a bit cranky in a bastard setup where no one was trying that hard was bizarre.
Deku's been nothing but passive and safe, but has done so actively so as to avoid being lynched for not contributing. He's avoided saying things that haven't been voiced by others, allowing him to distance himself from any opinions he repeats because he's not the originator of the ideas. It's a pretty textbook scum play style.
I would have come back if it had been optional, actually. I'd have felt pretty bad dragging others down like that just because I don't like the setup.
What are your thoughts on Funnier?
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To give my general thoughts on the game (aside from the fact that Deku is very, very scummy):
1. I don't think it's safe to assume that scum is entirely excluded from, included from, or made of a mix from the pool of players who got lynched before and after the time warp. This kind of mindset can be used to easily steer town into a place where we tunnel on a certain group of players and lose because we refuse to consider players outside of that pool.
2. That said, most of the four players listed are higher up on my scum radar. Deku is obviously my highest suspect, but YIGA's D1 and Hero being so quick to flip his opinion both could be indicative of something. Doc feels pretty proactively town so far, perhaps a bit more so than I would expect of him on average.
3. I don't think the players who died due to inactivity the first time should be ignored.