In post 707, implosion wrote:I guess I see the point that TL hasn't taken risky stances much but I think that's not surprising from town in this game. It took me a while to form like any material opinions in this game. I like
150, particularly calling one of Pine's posts a possible townslip; not a likely scum->scum interaction, and not something that i think scum points out if they see town do it (even if the townslip itself is bunk).
235 isn't a bad post either imo.
281 feels like a genuine thought that scum wouldn't think as much about, and I don't really buy that he's scum avoiding giving reads since he has now given a full reads list, justified them, and given decent answers to questions about why he has those reads. I think the way he's been scumreading katsuki is reasonable, and that katsuki is a really easy person to scumread in general if you aren't familiar with him.
Again, it's not a strong read. There are things that give me pause. 281 could potentially be scum who are more aware of the fact that scum only need one key to win because they're thinking about their own win condition, and his tone feels kinda bad in a lot of places. It's not a read I'm wed to.
You know, I was going to do a point by point on why this is bad, but that's not the point at all. My thoughts here is that this post is backfill reasoning. It's what you would get if you started with the premise "TL feels town" and then went through his ISO to justify that premise. I'm going to point out a few logical flaws here.
For instance, 150 looks like a weak fish about to think about jumping off the Pine wagon, or just general thoughts and feelings. It's not a good post, or one that sells me on much of anything (and for all I know, Pine or TL could be third party, and thus unaffiliated - or there could be two scum factions, this being a CYS which can lean heavy on scum/3P picks). 235 was AWFUL. "I don't want to scumread Alisae because Deathtunneling Pine (
the person his vote is currently on
) feels scummy" What is that exactly is good or compelling about this? The townread thing from 281 could be a genuine thought - one made before the game started. There was plenty of time to read the rules and think about the setup before you even read your role PM, and I think TL is the sort of person who enjoys that. But it does come across as mighty convienent. He didn't do much to share that, or to convince other players not to give townreads. Which could be a more passive personality. But conspicuously not pushing the town to do something he states is probably advantageous to the town is not a town read.
So you know I hate shit that is not genuine. But at the same time, Implosion, I think you were "called out" (not really my intent, but did come across that way) on a throwaway opinion you tossed out there. You then reacted predictably, by backfilling why you thought that, when my intent was really to ask if it was as true as you thought it was. So I'm going to ask that you take a long, genuine look at TL, and tell me what you think. Especially noting his vote was parked on Pine during the entire Pine wagon, and his interactions around it.