Regarding Teal: I don't care if people have strong suspicions at this juncture (I myself don't have strong suspicions, just some inklings). I do think it's important, even more so than in a normal game, to give reads and interact with other players quickly. Others have alluded to meta being a crutch more than they may have realized, and together with the short deadlines and nature of dance setups, we have every reason to put ourselves out there quickly so we have material to sort out. This can include townreads. Teal being willing to give a gut townread on Olive, at the least, is something. However, it did feel like drawing blood from a stone, and it does feel somewhat placative being given a single gut townread, especially in a post where Teal said they were "doubling down" on "still parsing things" (even if, I think, that phrase was referring specifically to giving scumreads).
Regarding Cyan: it certainly would be lovely if they'd follow this advice to engage with the game as well.
Regarding Purple's page 4 solve: I can understand seeing those posts from Green as team-y toward Yellow, but I don't think it's anywhere near ironclad, and I still don't really buy Yellow as particularly suspicious (and it seems Purple's logic starts with finding Yellow suspicious). I more see those posts from Green as somewhat dubious in isolation - the "out of context" thing feels like an excuse to push the person who happened to call them scummy earlier, and I particularly don't like
83, which feels dismissive, because this feels like a somewhat arbitrary line in the sand:
Green wrote:Yellow was the only one to take a specific line of text and misrepresent it.
It feels to me like Green has already decided to suspect Yellow (perhaps because Yellow was the first one to call out Green's first post), and now that they're being called out by a player like Purple, feel the need to justify it with some sound looking logic. But I don't see why "taking a specific line of text and misrepresenting it" should be the distinguishing factor, logically. It feels manufactured.
Regarding the Yellow half of Purple's solve, I'm willing to listen to arguments, but I feel Purple's wall decrying Yellow was a bit of a mountain from a molehill; for one, Purple spent three full paragraphs lambasting the phrase "agenda driven", which has now also been used by both Olive and Magenta. I've mentioned thinking Yellow is townish, and I think the continuation of their play is as well. It feels, I suppose, not especially agenda driven, like they're just calling out reads they have and going with the flow of the thread. (And also, I think their reads are very good).
If there's anything in this game that's been audacious so far, it's the degree of Purple's surety at any given juncture.
My reads are in flux, but right now I like Olive, Blue, and Yellow (and since there's been so much ambiguity over this throughout this game so far... "like" means "consider likely town"). Purple is an interesting case, because the more they post, the more I realize it's going to be exceedingly difficult to feel confident about them in the absence of meta. There are definitely players on this site who would relish the opportunity to take a scum draw in an anonymous game and play it in this manner. I think my impression of their slot on the whole is still more likely town than not. Magenta (and of course, Cyan) have yet to leave a strong impression, and Teal and Green are where my current suspicions lie.
