Wow, it is hard to get out opinions in this game with so many posts from so many people. Anyways, responses.
I disagree that I am lacking in reasons to vote Hourai. His play this game has been giving off major lurkscum vibes due to the sparse posting and lack of quality contributions/opinions when he does appear. Like I said, in his
his only notable post, he fails to actually come to a conclusion about any player he thinks is scum aside from Zakeri, making it difficult to tell where he stands on people. I can not tell who he thinks is scum other than Zakeri, who has generally been cemented as an easy target at this point. The complete drop of his earlier case on me is disconcerting as well, as he did not even explain why he dropped it. Lack of thought process, which is bad. While I typically do not particularly mind D1 lurking, Hourai's play so far has been giving town incredibly little to work with beyond an easy wagon jump and this should be reason for suspicion. I was generally hoping that my vote on him would give him some incentive to actually start playing pro-town, but that seems to have failed, as he
still has not met my requests for more content beyond another jump onto an easy target (Dormio) in a post that continues to neglect the rest of the players. I'll probably switch off of Hourai by the end of this post since nobody seems to agree with me at all and we need a majority to lynch in this game, but let it be noted that I'm not willing to give him a pass yet.
Affinity, I seemed to recall Serela handling his votes better and actually giving off some sort of pressure while voting, but I looked back and I guess this actually hasn't been the case. Which makes me pose a question for Serela, where do you currently stand on Conqueror? Aside from that, I still feel that Hourai's general play makes him more deserving of suspicion than Serela, since he was the one potentially turning Serela's Zak vote into a wagon via lazy scumhunting, and has also been actively contributing a lot less.
Bard, a majority of my ED1 focus was on Conqueror instead of PX was because Conqueror was being unclear, passive and generally un-motivated while PX did seem to have genuine conviction after his return. It should be noted that PX's return also implied he was not yet finished laying out his thoughts, so I had intended to let him finish his post before looking into him further (except then it took forever for him to actually do so, derp <_<). As I kept pressing Conqueror, I felt that he slowly cemented himself as scummier than PX and the superior of the two targets. I still have this sentiment now that PX has put some actual thought into his capt. h vote, although I am currently completely confused why he chose to unvote.
Shadoweh
seems to think I can put my votes in multiple places (she does that
here too, and it should be noted that had I realized my mistake earlier I would have most certainly chosen to vote Conqueror at that point) and her case against me is still generally silly, not much to really address here. It should be noted that it's also pretty difficult to pressure somebody who has gone to bed and isn't responding, so I think my focus on Conq/PX was reasonable considering that I had no way to continue pressuring Bard at the time. Everything I had to say had already been said, not that it really mattered. As for why I never posted points on her until recently, I have no real excuse for that beyond laziness, but it should be noted that I never actually felt she was particularly scummy until my re-read. The claims that I was cheerleading on Schezo's case on her are downright false, considering that the most I had said about her in response to Schezo was that I had found her forgettable. Additionally, I still believe that Shadoweh's sudden pressure on me seems forced, as if she's making it up as she goes along in response to the people pressing her for comments. It should be noted that pretty much everything she claims to have against me could have been stated by her much, much, earlier, which adds to the feeling that she's just BSing a weak and easy case up on somebody to get everyone off her back. I don't like her at all at this point.
However, out of the two currently leading wagons, I think I am a bit more inclined to stick with my guns and vote for Conqueror. Why? Well, for one, I strongly dislike the way Shadoweh's wagon slowly sprang up out of nowhere from a bunch of selectively weak votes: Dormio's bullet point case on her is difficult to understand and comes off sort of like an awkward shotgun attack, and Schezo's case on her began as IIoA and I still find that it is needlessly nitpicky and overall confusing. You know how I said that Conqueror's wagon seems to suspiciously lack a counterwagon right now? Well, if scum did attempt to make a counterwagon, then the Shadoweh wagon is definitely it. (This also makes Conqueror's flip somewhat more valuable.) In contrast, I've been getting townie vibes from all the players on the Conqueror wagon up to this point, so that is noted as well.
As for Conqueror himself, his recent post has failed to impress, even if it is superior to the rest of his scummy play so far. I see a lot more requests for opinions or further clarification than actual scumhunting, and that's no good. His line on Hourai says nothing and is pretty much negligable too, which irks me, considering my own personal stances. Even his primary case boils down to a clarification/opinion request and some reportering of Serela's actions. It's a fairly weak jump and seems like he is just using Serela as a convenient location to park his vote now that capt. h has begun shaping up.
##Unvote Hanged Hourai ##Vote ConquerorOther people (not willing to type up :words: on them because they're less notable to me and this post is long enough as is):
- capt. h seems to have stepped up his game and I'm a little bit less wary of him now. Willing to pass off his earlier play as a newbie trying to get their act together and failing in light of his recent contributions.
- PX is better than Conqueror but needs to get a vote out, why did he unvote again? :| I seriously can not figure out what reasons he had for doing so.
- I have not been thoroughly reading Dormio's posts at all up to this point because they're so scatterbrained and confusing. He needs to clarify his thoughts better instead of posting in bullet points. His case on Shadoweh seems kinda weak, but it's hard to tell considering his posting style.
- Schezo's posts are confusing but this is also in line with his meta. Reading him as derp right now. I think he's focusing on Shadoweh a bit too much.
- Hourai, post content on more than one player, please. I would still be on you if people actually cared about your existance, but the end of the day is nearing and I'd rather not have my vote idling around in a game where we need a majority to lynch.
