OK - so - that catch up went must faster than I thought it would when I woke up this morning. (I'll admit, I popped online only to see some writing that I didn't have time or caffeine to think about then went off to work hoping for the best.)
First of all:
MP. I'm so so so very sorry for your loss. I know how special grams are. I miss mine every single day. If there is *anything* I can do for you, please don't hesitate to let me know. You have more than one way of getting a hold of me. I'm not working tomorrow so if you want someone to talk to or chill with please let me know.
Ironically, I think you yourself addressed my major concerns with you this game socky. You said "you try very hard to model your baddie game after your civ game." And to be honest, you are, IMO, the most successful at doing just that. I'm never quite sure when you're pulling a "I won a piece of parchment" on me. Often, I don't realize you are bad until I can't figure out for the life of me why you won't listen to me as you are leading my lynch.

I get that my read on you may be off because we've not played together in a long time in a game that you're "into" - most of my remembrances of you in recent games have been you playing but being distracted by your very active and full (and totally awesome) RL. That said, I never said I was voting for you, only that I could see what others were saying in regards to you. You did jump the gun a bit there, but much like crazy theory 101, as I live in a glass house there - I too shall not throw stones about that one.
Re: DP - and by extension Devin and Vompi.
I get the whole "this feels too much like work" feelings. I get them in games too. Especially when I feel like I'm playing catch up. Some of that stuff that happened at the beginning of this day phase is still a little wonky in my brainz. It hurts me when I'm reading 3rd generation re-quotes (though I get why they are done. And I've been known to do them too. It's hard to cut out the tags to make things appear pretty. I'm a technoidiot really.)
Devin and Vompi have behaved exactly the way they always seem to behave at the beginning of games.
DP - IDK how you feel about me saying this, but I read your initial post as "that makes total sense for DP. It's hard to concentrate as it is, when there's so much going on, it probably feels overwhelming." That said, even though you keep saying you have nothing better to do this summer, you've been turning into quite the active player, and I just wanted you to know that I'm impressed and continually amazed and proud to watch you grow and develop.
Re: Elo - I couldn't tell if she was saying she randomed either or not. I don't remember her saying anything about saywer before, but I could have *very* easily missed it.
As far as my vote goes, I've got like nothing. Even with the discussion, it feels like everything has played out like I would have expected it to. I find no one really suspicous for anything that's happened. I was very sad to see that this poll ends at 7 am my time because well, while I have to get up early to keep my sleep schedule on track, I was hoping to push the sleep in till like 9

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I will either vote early before I go to bed in a few hours, or I will wake up early and vote. At this point, I'll likely random unless someone wants to fess up to being a baddie. I don't have the issue with randoming that others do.
linki - re: CBK - while I can understand people's thinking, this is only CBK's second game (if I am remembering correctly) Her first game was as my baddie teammate in Avant part duex. I'm willing to give her some time to post more. Especially since she was shy when she had bts, if she doesn't this game - honestly, I'd expect her to be more quiet.