Scotty's early posts are rife with hedging.
Scotty wrote:Nerolunar wrote:Scotty wrote:Matt wrote:Checking in. Haven't read the thread yet, will try to get that done before work today.
Yay game!
Are you the Riddler?
Not this again
I'm feeling good about Silverwolf.
You know, I was just gonna say that of Silverwolf and ika, I find silver more suspicious. She seems more subdued thus far, where ika has already tried to work out the game (albeit in an exploitive manner).
That being said, they could both be civs and I'm probably voting a low poster day 1
Scotty wrote:Metalmarsh89 wrote:Scotty wrote:EBWOP: becauSe I find it strange you are attaching yourself to bwt while patently avoiding discussing Dom thus far, and to an extent even Dfaraday
Why is this strange?
You have not mentioned Dom or DFaraday at all this game before this post, but you suspect me for not doing so?
You're walking a dangerous road my friend.

Ah yes, but I votes for you on the reason that you haven't mentioned the trains and voted for someone for a thin reason that had a vote on him already.
I'm calling the kettle brown to an extent, because I think based on your actions I think that one of Dom or DFaraday is bad
but I don't feel comfortable voting there yet in case I am wrong.
I feel better voting for you
Scotty wrote:I think that It is too early to tell for Dom and DFaraday. I lean scum on Dom, but having 4 people outright vote him is either a bullseye by town or a huge mistake.
im curious about bwt. My gut tells me he could be bad (yes I see that you are voting him) but I need a reminder: was he bad in "A World Reborn"? He was NK'd n1 I remember, and he is acting differently this game I feel.
In Turf Wars, I lied about making a spreadsheet to throw some last minute discord into the thread (I had no spreadsheet in Turf Wars). This was Scotty's reaction to my joke:
Scotty wrote:Dom wrote:Scotty wrote:Epignosis wrote:Long Con wrote:It can be upsetting to mess up a nice spreadsheet.
Fine.
Ah, I see you messed up your spreadsheet in a game in which you were bad and that aroused a lack of interest.

wait are you serious?
Maybe.
Scotty wrote:Not so much impressed with bwt's lack of defense on the matter. His D1 has been pretty unfulfilling thus far.
bwt
Scotty voted birdwithteeth for the above reason. The only mention of bwt was to ask about his alignment in a game he ended up getting confused over.
Scotty wrote:Sorsha wrote:Scotty wrote:I think that It is too early to tell for Dom and DFaraday. I lean scum on Dom, but having 4 people outright vote him is either a bullseye by town or a huge mistake.
im curious about bwt. My gut tells me he could be bad (yes I see that you are voting him) but I need a reminder: was he bad in "A World Reborn"? He was NK'd n1 I remember, and he is acting differently this game I feel.
bwt was bad in A World Reborn but he was not killed night one. Timmer was killed night one and then later replaced bwt
Ah, you know what? I meant Recruitment IV. I didn't even play World Reborn, I just got the two confused.
And before that, Scotty criticized (and voted for) MetalMarsh89 for this reason:
Scotty wrote:Hey Marmot: what do you think of the 3 current trains right now? How do you feel about those particular people being voted for?
Scotty wrote:EBWOP: becauSe I find it strange you are attaching yourself to bwt while patently avoiding discussing Dom thus far, and to an extent even Dfaraday
Scotty wrote:I guess what I'm tryin to say is: Metalmarsh
I could very well see a Dom or DFaraday/MM pairing. A teammate trying to save one of the big trains by attaching to another. A day 1 marmot lynch wouldn't be so bad, would it?
Scotty wrote:Metalmarsh89 wrote:Scotty wrote:EBWOP: becauSe I find it strange you are attaching yourself to bwt while patently avoiding discussing Dom thus far, and to an extent even Dfaraday
Why is this strange?
You have not mentioned Dom or DFaraday at all this game before this post, but you suspect me for not doing so?
You're walking a dangerous road my friend.

Ah yes, but I votes for you on the reason that you haven't mentioned the trains and voted for someone for a thin reason that had a vote on him already.
I'm calling the kettle brown to an extent, because I think based on your actions I think that one of Dom or DFaraday is bad but I don't feel comfortable voting there yet in case I am wrong.
I feel better voting for you
Scotty accuses MetalMarsh89 of trying to start a third bandwagon (on bwt). Scotty thinks one of Dom or DF is bad, but is unwilling to commit to either, to read between the two of them and come to a decision. Instead, he temporarily votes for MM, and then
joins MM's lynch against bwt.
It's also worth nothing that MM and Scotty have voted together three out of five times, the last time for ika. Keep this in mind.
In conclusion, I think Scotty and MM are teammates, and this was warning early distance. Erm, Distance Early Warning. Erm. You get what I'm saying: Red Alert.
++++
After birdwithteeth died, Scotty pointed to me. His MM suspicion up and vanished. What was Scotty's criticism of me?
Scotty wrote:RIP bwt.
I think Epi is bad.
I think he is capitalizing on slight mistakes people are making that don't necessarily indict them. I think he's hiding behind his BR vote and throwing a banana into the ring instead of his own two feet. Epignosis is Donkey Kong.
Epignosis wrote:Sir David Withteeth gets taken out yet again because of go-along voters.
Epignosis wrote:Black Rock wrote:I voted for epig because that was a weak ass vote that I think he's hoping to generate some speed. He knows he can out talk me. One of your teammates in trouble?
Linki: I don't think I've been that good at mafia recently.
Oh yes. I took my vote off Dom (who had three votes) and put it on you (who had none) to save a teammate.

This is what I'm talking about. If Epi were bad, he may be certain that his teammate is not getting the axe.
Never mind that multiple people stayed out of the Dom / DFaraday / bwt triumvirate- I don't think that's important.
What's important is that Black Rock accused me of trying to save a teammate (see what Scotty underlined), but his interpretation was that I "may be certain" (more hedging, by the way) that none of my teammates are in trouble.
That contradicts the idea that Scotty thought one of Dom or DFaraday could be bad. If he genuinely believed one of Dom or DFaraday could be bad, then why didn't I vote to save one of them, as Black Rock accused? Bear in mind that we know DFarday was good, and that my vote was on Dom for most of Day 1, and I switched to LC and then Black Rock near the end of the Day (as I recall).
Even more unsettling is Scotty's criticism of me here is that I stayed out of the bwt / DFaraday (false) dilemma, implying some sort of civilian credit on his behalf that he, unlike me, jumped in "feet" first. Scotty's criticism of me was that I
did not lynch a civilian.
However, fast forward to Night 5:
Scotty wrote:
I can only start looking at the common denominator- something you so readily gave us:
Epignosis wrote:Lorab
8
Epignosis (4), Nerolunar (10), Matt (11), DFaraday (12), Metalmarsh89 (13), sig (14), Spacedaisy (15), Polo (19)
42%
DrWilgy
5
Epignosis (9), Nerolunar (11), sig (12), Metalmarsh89 (13), DrWilgy (16)
31%
Nerolunar
6
Epignosis (3), Illyria (5), Black Rock (7), Long Con (8), Scotty (10), Sorsha (12)
46%

So which is it? Am I bad for not lynching birdwithteeth11 Day 1, or am I bad for leading a lynch on DrWilgy and Nerolunar?
After telling Dom I was "flicking my poo finger" at people (whatever that means):
Scotty wrote:Epignosis wrote:Well, I'm one of those rare sorts that actually listens to messengers who say something useful.
Edith didn't say anything about Long Con, however.
Wait so you're taking the advice of a party that knows nothing but gut read? Or are you implying that you think Black Rock
is Edith?
Either way, that's a quick turn around for someone that has been clinging to petty votes thus far.
Epi
Scotty wrote:OKAY well I didn't check the poll before writing hat. Epi is off the poll today.
How convenient.
Scotty wrote:I hope Mrs. Hughes knows what she is doing. Because if so, that makes me feel better about Epi for the time being.
What this tells me right off the bat is that Scotty cannot be Mrs. Hughes.
Three minutes after this little revelation, Scotty does not pursue suspicion of Dom or DFaraday or MetalMarsh89, but rather opens a new can of worms: Matt:
Scotty wrote:Matt wrote:Oh man, I'm gonna get shit for this, but I still haven't caught up. Randomed between Bwt, DF, and Dom, and got Bwt. Sorry, even if you are bad Bwt

I don't like how you are handling yourself this game. Hollow promises to catch up (x3), not catching up, and "random" voting between the 3 trains. This doesn't spell confidence, Matt.
Matt.
And then another can:
Scotty wrote:Ok. If Matt never comes back I'm keeping my vote on him.
If not, I'll humor the Nero vote.

This time, he would considered a Nerolunar vote, whom we just lynched. Again, do note that Scotty had his vote on Nerolunar all Day but switched to ika at the end.
I know that ika likes bussing his team and being bussed himself. If ika did kill Silverwolf, he would beg his team to lynch him (and here he is even voting for himself).
The upside here is that, if Scotty and ika are on a team together, Scotty can vote out ika and point the finger at me for thinking through whether or not ika killing Silverwolf Night 1 fits the evidence and concluding that it didn't. Indeed, that is Scotty's plan. It's posturing:
Scotty wrote:i still want to vote ika before you, especially since you think he is civ.
When I asked Scotty what he meant by this:
Scotty wrote:That bubbles replacement does seem...coincidentally timed with these votes rolling in for her. I must admit. But at least she's showin up. That's why I'm voting Matt.
He dodged the question.
My intention for asking him to talk more about this was his appraisal that Bubbles was "at least...showin[g] up." Yet Bubbles had
three posts, and only one of them was content.
At the end of Day 2, Scotty makes a worthless poke at MM:
Scotty wrote:You know who hasn't been around on the later half of this day? MM.
Is he still set on Matt? did he cocoon himself away to evolve from marmot to man?
This is Scotty's list. ika is listed as good, but MM is listed as bad. Bear in mind that Silverwolf is long gone. Night killed. Scotty played Turf Wars in which ika was bad and wanted to be lynched and wanted to kill Silverwolf.
Scotty wrote:Hokay. I'm not gonna rainbow list, but I will list thoughts I have for every person. Nothing super long.
Black Rock: null read for me. Epi's back and forth with her regarding LC didn't ping me either way and for some reason, Lady Edith trusts her. Would like to hear more from Lady Edith in why we should leave BR alone
DFaraday: suspicious only because he garnered so many detractors but I think his detractors had the most hollow of points in suspecting him. I still don't see the arguments against him, and would like to believe that statistically he didn't roll 3 Mafia roles in a row.
Dom: is still a suspect to me. I don't know what constitutes "bad Dom" but I do remember him being slightly antagonistic when he was bad in Arkham. He's not quite to that level right now, but he has a pattern this game of asking people if they are bad, and not following up on it. Aka lots of stoking the fires but not putting any logs on.
His vote for Illy yesterday does nothing to sway my mind.
DrWilgy: I have good vibes from him, though it's very hard to read his diary entries or actions thus far as indicative of his alignment.
Epignosis: I have Epi as slightly civ right now, primarily because he was removed from the poll Day 2. This is a strong statement and I went into the day thinking he looked most fishy for his voting for an outlier day 1. But he has appeared to offer something of substance as a civ so far, so I'm doubling back on my original suspicion.
Illyria: it's a toss up. I see that most of her writing hasn't been brought with substance, but she could just need to get her bearings after being away for so long. Someone brought up that she had been asking questions in thread a bit
too much. I don't know her playstyle, but on the surface she seems like she could be posing. I mean that not as Audrey Hepburn, but as Milli Vanilli. Ya dig?
Ika: ika Is acting different than his last game where he was bad. I think he is thinking along linear tracks that makes sense. No reason to suspect him right now.
Long Con: slight pings here and there, but nothing overwhelming. He suspects me for buddying him and for a few other things, which I guess makes sense. I agreed with his assumptions day 1, but day 2 he grew weary and has been a little slipperier.
LoRab: looks bad. I didn't remember anything she has said so I ISO'd her. Not a lot of anything there. Half her posts are just nostalgic posts of the past or asking questions. The other parts:
Day 1, she laments that she doesn't see the case on Dom or DFaraday because they're both playing typically. She votes BWT with the crowd because...he made an inconsistent point, and that was unlike him. Then, shying away from all the bandwagons 24 hours later, does a meaningless vote for Wilgy because he is posting in normal Albeit strange Wilgy manner- also demanding he post normally.
She has played with Wilgy before and knows he has some quirky posting style every game. For someone that doesn't suspect certain people for posting similar to their meta, this is a surprising vote.
Day 2, she misses the vote, and comes back recently saying she doesn't know how she would have voted. Offers the same excuse: "I need to reread" the case on DFaraday. She accepts Epi's suspicion for being quiet, and says that her game has been unusually quiet so far.
Her excuses make her seem worse for wear. Even admitting recently that her game has changed recently.
I think LoRab could very well be bad, and would like to follow this suspicion further.
Matt: I'm feeling better about Matt. I probably would have taken my vote off him towards the end since he actually started to catch up and post thoughts lol
MetalMarsh: ehhh this guy is my top 3 suspects. We have voted similarly but I think his votes are disengenuous. His comments seem....hmm, off? Somehow? Than normal bantery MM. Like he's trying to appear civ.
Nero: null read. I go from civ to bad. It's not that he's pinging me, but that he's not saying anything that is making me feel he is civ.
Polo: he's a newb and I lean civ right now. Epi trusts him.
Sig: I like his posts and am reading him as civ. Which, as he has said, if he appears civ then he is probably bad. So...
Sorsha: she's taken a pretty aggressive stance this game. Not sure what that says about her alignment. Null read
Space daisy: don't have time to ISO her now, but I haven't really had a great read from her. I'm leeeeaaaaning bad but she has said some stuff (from tone) that reads civ.
Llama: I don't like llama coming out brazenly and latching onto a Nero lynch, not expanding on it, and then changing to Bubbles at the end. Could he really have something on Nero and want to stave it off until a time he can really peg him, and ultimately just jumped on a suspicion of someone else? Llama is a null leaaaaaaning civ read for me.
The most substantive thing said here was against Lorab. That's where he voted Day 3. Another can of worms without following through old suspicions.
Scotty wrote:For now, placing a vote on LoRab.
I'll be looking to her, MM, Dom and several others this phase.
Here is what Scotty had to say about ika Day 3:
Scotty wrote:sig wrote:sig wrote:I see three scenarios here.
1. Ika is mafia and killed Silver before she could get a strong read on him.
2. Someone killed Silver to frame Ika, this points to an experienced mafia member.
3. Silver mainly talked about DF, Epi, and LC around the time of her death and EOD. One of them is mafia and killed her.
I'm requoting this, the more I think about the more likely it is to be true, plus I think all three would think that Ika could be framed for Silver's death. I'll do the leg work for it over the phase, I'm just throwing out some thoughts right now.
Yes, I thought about this, and I'm actually surprised ika hasn't talked about this point more. If I recall, he and silver like to feast on NK analytics. Though some people, like (arbitrarily) baddie DFaraday has admitted to preferring to kill people that support him or aren't involved with him one way or another to throw people off the trail. This wouldn't seem like a baddie DFaraday move.
I could be behind LC though.
i wish not to believe that ika is bad because a) that would undermine the role that takes people off the poll and b) he is acting vastly different than his last baddie game. Too much WIFOM in the argument that he killed his wolf partner.
After tangling with Lorab a bit, Scotty decides to stick with his guns and-
Oh wait no.
Scotty wrote:ika wrote:i feel liek thsi game is going nowhere and its jsut back and forth aboutt he same things....
lets lynch dasy!
Ok. Ill throw my stick in the fire.
Daisy.
Scotty votes
with ika.
Keep this recent accusation in mind as you read this stuff. Let it be a refrain to this song of the damned.
Scotty wrote:i still want to vote ika before you, especially since you think he is civ.
Scotty wrote:Well I'm mad again. Way to go, household.
Also, hi.
Scotty is mad because he was silenced and couldn't vote Day 4. That means Scotty isn't Mrs. Patmore.
Scotty wrote:Thanks for not lynching me today while I was holed up in the basement. I will respond in the morning to what I'm sure are rivoting reasons why I was the lead lynch for a while.
Also brief thoughts off the top of my head:
Llama seems bad to me. Nero seems bad as well. I'd be down with a Nero lynch tomorrow.
I trust Epi right now.
I am willing to leave LoRab alone, as well as Daisy.
I trust ika.
MM is still a ??? to me.
Matt...is about as hopeless this game as Bernie is to win the nomination.
More tomorrow.
Scotty wrote:Dropping in to vote for Nero. Nothing he has said in defense of his leading 4 votes all day has made me think he is anything but bad.
No discussion between that and this:
Scotty wrote:Voted ika.
Sorry I've been gone most of the weekend. Busy stuff.
The results of the champs game came out and ika did in fact kill silver n1. This seems eerily similar.
Now we're here, with Scotty wanting to lynch ika and then me.