I have been reviewing ISOs mostly in silence.
Dolby is an interesting case. I think my review of his posts made me feel slightly better about him, but not in any concrete way. Some of his early posts that gave me particular
feelings:
Dolby wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:37 am
Speedrunning the thread I don't think is working for me rn. Not in the right headspace.
If someone could give me names of people who are worthy of being ISOd that'd be great and I'd love them forever.
I
think I like this post because I like the conscious effort to adopt a different approach to get involved. This really only works because Dolby showed good follow-through on his pledge to read ISOs on suggestion. I can see this being a town player who was genuinely trying to wrap his head around the game, but found that a straight catch-up was frustratingly unhelpful (#downwithketchup).
However, I'm not certain about this reading of this post because it could also be a mafier whose main goal is appearing engaged, and it is easier to do that when he has a specific ISO to sink his teeth into.
Dolby wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:41 am
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:40 am
Dolby wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:39 am
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:37 am
@Dolby what’s got you spooked about the players in The Triad?
All players are capable of putting on good scum performances and it feels in some way to be an extending "you were here in the beginning and I liked you so you must be good". Like, there's more reasons for you to be TRing each other but I feel like it's just starting there.
Okay, thanks. We’re all pretty familiar with each other. Sloonei is even the exact same human as me. I don’t fault you for that perspective.
almost wanted to call the "don't discuss other games" mindmeld to be towny
I also liked Dolby's whole handling of what he dubbed the "triad". He could have treated any one of us with some level of skepticism. I would expect a mafia member to want to sow discord in that grouping. But dolby restrained his caution to a mere warning about trusting too much, but did not engage in any sort of unfavorable reading of any of us individually. In fact, he was willing to acknowledge a slight inclination toward reading Jay and I as town.
I would put dolby as a mild town read right now if I were compiling a reads list.