That said, I don't think there's anything wrong with him pointing out that Mina's plan is a bad (and unnecessary) one; at 11-1, we ought to be able to continue to scumhunt properly and lynch the remaining scum well before endgame without having to resort to a strict lynch plan (and personally I want to win with 11 townies left alive). I do also see where he's coming from about scum-Mina hoping the plan would get derailed at a later stage, as it did cross my mind as a plausible gambit. I do think we probably will hit scum in that list, but that doesn't mean we should get lazy and do it. Even if we do lynch those 5 candidates first, we should do it properly, hearing from everyone and seeing where and how they decide to place their votes. The large majority of accusations here are going to be town on town, so it's not going to be hard for the last scum to make people look bad for pushing for a townie lynch. If there was some heavy bussing going on and one of the 'town' players does turn out to be scum, they've got a breathing period of 4 or 5 easy lynches before anyone even
starts
to think they're scum. Let's not forget that we have people playing who can bus both their partners D1 and D2 and still win games as scum. That's why we should make them work hard and not end up on D5 or D6 saying 'hey, we haven't got anything out of Sotty for a while' or 'has anyone seen IAI?'. The vehemence with which Percy tries to push it on Mina as a scumtell does give me pause; it's certainly a possible scum play, but I wouldn't consider it anywhere near the most obvious, nor do I think it's anywhere near the best scumtell we have on Mina.Conclusion: aside from the buddying, I still feel ok about Percy. I perceive town-concern in his reaction to the plan, with my only concern being that it felt like he was trying a little bit too hard to make Mina look bad.
On Empking: I don't know if I've ever seen a town/scum list from Empking before. It seems off to me, like he's actually trying not to get lynched. His point about Percy being protected by scum is nonsense, as DF was our first lynch and it's ludicrous to think that any single player could possibly have protected Percy from 13 townies. Having played with Emp before, I have to say the briefness and vote-hopping is a null-tell. All in all, I think the main reason I feel bad about Emp (aside from being Lrd's replacement) is that he actually seems to be trying to offer more of a detailed explanation for his suspicions, which isn't usually something he seems bothered about.
One other thing I'd like to say after reading back: I've got my eye on Elmo. Something I've spotted has pinged my scumdar, but I'd like to hear from him on this situation first before I ask him about it.
