I could still probably see why they'd keep a Talent Scout alive of all the roles over a cop, which is why I'm not all too excited to immediately point out Tesung as mafia, but his play certainly bothers me. He claimed out of the blue, for no particular reason, then he outright refused to out his information. Information that actually wasn't all that great, to be honest. The worst it can really do to mafia is force them into claiming something like Vanilla Townie rather than Doctor, which is already a scummy claim at this point.I was under the impression that it gave out both alignment and ability for some reason. <_< Also, math isn't exactly on Tesung's side here; A Talent Scout on the town's side is less likely to show up than a mafia-sided one, with one for town roles, and three out of the mafia roles. That reason alone wouldn't make me doubt him, but the way he's been so top-secret with his info is really concerning me. Probably who'll I'll end up voting, but first I'd like to know why he's willing to clear Ace, but not give out his actual role. If he is a doctor, the mafia probably already know that, and if he's an information role, I'd appreciate it if we had a more "reliable" source. Then there's the chance he could be the Hider, who can clear people depending on who they hide behind. If he got "no ability" for Ace, then it'd seem like he's just as clear as a mafia goon who could get the same result.
Out of the second-choice options, I'm not really sure. So I'm just going to take the opprotunity to post some reads, and the first one I put up top will be considered my second option I guess.
Celever's had some pretty convincing arguments thrown his way, and I'm disliking how he seems to want to overcompensate for some of his pretty scummy actions over the course of the game. Starwars tried doing this last cycle, and I was taken a fool for it, turning a pretty strong scumread to a "well...maybe he isn't that bad..." That said, (and I've said this plenty of times now), he's still obnoxiously flip-floppy for me. Like I'd consider him town for a few days or so, and then he says or does something really really stupid, enough to make me want to re-read his tl;dr's entirely. I'm not the only person with these feelings, right? Then the next cycle comes, and somehow I drop my suspicions of him, starting the vicious cycle over again. As for his claim, it's not like I don't buy it, but as MC said, you don't really have much to back it up with. :/
Ace hasn't done anything incredibly scummy, but I still have my own doubts about the guy. Wasn't a huge contributor at all yesterday, basically just bandwagoning starwars for the sake of majority, and that's basically it. No real scumreads of note, maybe a little comment here and there, but I wouldn't put him past "active lurking." For some reason I find it a little silly that he's considered the most townie out of all of us. He's just been "out of the way" like I have all game, only he's probably a bit busier than I am considering that I'm just a kid. That said, the dude hasn't got much scrutiny at all, unlike cxinlee and myself. Although in my case I was just being an overemotional little bitch hiding behind LightWolf, so any suspicions toward me now are pretty legit as far as I see it. I'm not planning on voting him anytime soon, but I still have my suspicions at hand.
More Cowbell I've tried to look over a bit, and my opinion of him hasn't exactly changed all too much. The compliments were maybe a little unnecessary, I just figured I'd return the favor after I felt a little flattered by his read of me a while back. I don't idolize the guy, but he posts in a way that I'd hope to one day; logically and often. That said, I'm still bothered by a few of his actions last cycle, notably his willingness to lead a lynch on someone on the grounds of inactivity at the very beginning, and the sudden bandwagon on Obbmud toward the end. Also, a bit of what I said for Ace could also apply down here, I suppose.
Andd I've already talked about my feelings on von, which haven't really changed much. Still think the initial reason for suspecting me was absolute garbage, but at least now I could see why he'd find me a bit scummy now if Celever does indeed flip up scum. We've both been hesitant to lynch starwarsfan, to the point where I didn't even vote for him, and I've been pretty dodgy about Celever himself. I'd much rather be suspected for this rather than being suspected for posting my reads on people and apparently "pretending to ignore him" even though I haven't been the only person to skip over posts. <_<
I don't really like the idea of a lynch on Obbmud, if only because starwars tried to attack him so often in the game, even more than he tried to with Tesung. Maybe this was a bus, I have no idea, but it looked like a last attempt to cast suspicion off himself and snag a win. That, and his claim is the most believable out of all of ours, and that's a named townie of all things. LightWolf pointed out that he was being fairly consistent with his playstyle at the very least, even if he did call him a stupid townie. :P It'd be nice if he posted a little more today though.
I'd also consider cxinlee solely because I felt a tad uncomfortable with his previous player, not just because of his inactivity. I'd be a pretty big hypocrite if I were to base my lynch on inactivity alone. I'm still waiting for those reads of his, though, but if we were to lynch him, he'd seem like the kind of guy the mafia could afford to lose if any busses toward him are in the works at the moment.