Why Something_Smart could've been the scumshot: the conspiracy theory.
This are the posts that pinged me the most while looking at SS' ISO. Now that I read it, it's not that crazy to think that he was the scumshot, since he said some things that could be considered as PR crumbing:
In post 652, Something_Smart wrote:Well, I'd be skeptical of ANY strong read on me, not just a scumread.
I don't believe that a strong scumread on me is questionable because I'm obviously town-- if that were the case, I'd write something closer to the latter. Instead, I believe that a strong scumread on me is questionable because I haven't given enough content to be readable that confidently, in which case my guilt or innocence is actually irrelevant.
Talking about "guilt or innocence" pinged me the first time and pinged me again rereading his ISO. Maybe the scumteam thought he was the cop?
SS was being pushed on D1 too, and says "glad we didn't out a useful PR", could perfectly be genuine relief that he wasn't the one at L-1.
In post 1255, Something_Smart wrote:My reads are basically:
HitAlt, the worst, ruru, BlackStar, and Zoronos are bad lynches because I townread them.
jjh is obviously a bad lynch barring a counterclaim.
Mathdino, davesaz and northsidegal are bad lynches because I haven't seen anything especially bad from them and they should be easier to sort later in the game.
I still don't have any scumreads worth anything. But since you're looking for consensus, my preferred lynch would be one of {pintu, HWS, ofrhz}.
This was the last (and only) readlist coming from him. We know HWS is conftown, so either ofrhz or me could be worried being his target if he was the cop; I don't think that's the case, because I'm not scum, duh, and I don't think ofrhz would be a good cop target. I think his three "bad lynches 'cause they should be easier to sort later" could again be considered as crumbing an the list of players he would target as cop; we know NSG is town, so davesaz and Mathdino are both players that could be worried about a cop check.
But here's some refutal: from vig's perspective, SS saying this could be taken as scummy; "if we get a JK flip" could sound like "I'm trying to hide the fact that I KNOW this is not a JK flip".
Either way, my conclusion is that SS was a good shot either coming from the vig or the scumteam, while NSG was a good shot coming from scum but not as much coming from the vig, unless the vig thought my lovely theory about scum!Dino and scum!NSG together and didn't have the willpower to shoot the dinosaur.
I'm not a fan of NKA, but I do think that both deads are good for scum!Dino: if SS was the scumshot (
), both Dino and davesaz could've have done it, and Dino now publicly stating that he's a great PR hunter could back up this theory; if NSG was the target, scum!Dino could be worried of her sorting him out later. I personally think that's not the case, but it does ping me that scum decided not to kill a confirmed PR and instead shot another player. Given the facts, shooting SS over NSG looking for one of the PRs makes more sense, so either a) NSG was killed because of something else than her being a possible PR, or b) SS was shot because being a possible PR.
Now, Something_Funny I noticed about Something_Smart: he didn't vote not a single time during D1.
VOTE: Mathdino
