I promised to talk some more about my c4 suspicion. It seems he has gained sufficient momentum since last night anyway, but I will still dump my thoughts into the thread.
Something that I feel is sometimes true about mafia members is that they struggle to actively pursue suspicions. It is one thing to name suspects and place votes, but it is another to flesh out reads and have them develop in real time. Making up fake arguments about a person about why they are lying when you know that they are not can be a difficult thing to do, especially when the person you are targeting is capable of being more vocal than you about it. The result is a bunch of stagnant suspicions that fail to take off, with more energy spent arguing (truthfully) about why certain players are town instead of mafia.
I think I see this trend playing out in c4's posts. Observe:
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:53 pm
[VOTE:
Creature] aubergine
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:23 pm
The fact that Creature can only bring himself to talk about one thing so far is wolfy.
The fact that he's clearly beenfollowing along live for a reasonable amount of time given how quickly he voted nut makes it wolfier.
The fact that it's a piece of mechanical information also makes it wolfier.
The fact that it's an obviously fake redcheck also makes it wolfier.
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:39 pm
Creature wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:34 pm
Is soup kill a thing?
Derp denied
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:05 pm
@Sloonei post
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:20 pm
Creature wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:14 pm
I feel like I shouldn't be the one towncasing myself
Then lemme do it
Creature's strings of posts of talking to himself came off as pure and more drawn out than w!Creature would bother with
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:04 pm
Porscha wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:03 pm
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:00 pm
[VOTE:
Porscha] aubergine
Sup
hey gamer what's poppin
You feel wolfy from a glance
Are you a wolf?
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:12 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:10 pm
C4, shoot:
Scotty (scummy)
Bo (as KZA wanted)
or
Wilgy (as he requested)
Could totally shoot Scotty
Bo seems to be genuinely enjoying himself and is decently polarized but since both of you know him better do you have specific insights?
Wilgy lolno
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:26 pm
Yeah Mac isn't towny lul
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:19 pm
Ender townreaders talk to me about Ender pls
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:30 pm
[VOTE:
Sloonei] aubergine
Where's that spark I saw in RYM 96
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:46 pm
alexa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:44 pm
i think paopan may be town rn based on his response and my spiritual vote is not on him, just haven't figured out where to go yet
@dyachei what's your read on me rn?
I have an idea of where you can go
Were you paying attention to Sloonei's posting in RYM perchance? It was miles townier than this even with low engagement.
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:59 pm
I'm very tempted to just shoot Sloon
Etc.
C4's most substantive Day 1 posts are
an exchange with Porscha that lists reasons to suspect her, but never develops in any meaningful way. The rest of c4's Day 1 feels like aimless prodding and asking for direction on who to shoot. I am lacking the full context leading up to his decision to shoot Bo, but based on c4's posts alone I do not find his process to be all that convincing.
The suspects c4 does prod for most of Day 1 are easy options. He starts with Creature, whose playstyle invites suspicion, especially early on. Then he shifts to Porscha, an unfamiliar face with light activity. Then he spends a few posts prodding me with no direction because of my absence/lack of spark. But c4 never actually put real pressure on me. He demanded that I post and then didn't have anything to say to me when I did.
Compare all of this to the amount of time and energy c4 puts into townreading people on Day 1. I am having trouble finding any evidence that he is making a sincere effort to uncover suspects. He steps in to declare town reads every once in a while, and then gropes around listlessly at potential suspects. I'm uninspired by all of this. If c4 is town, I need to see him demonstrate that he is actually trying to develop reads on players.