Bulbazak's progression of reads on Pitoli:
SCUMREAD
372: Accuses me of chainsawing Pitoli.
375: Agrees that scum might be on the same wagon implying that Pitoli and I are scumbuddies.
377: Says Pitoli is scum unambiguously and with conviction. Still has me as a possible scumread but isn't sure.
394: I become a stronger read. He votes me. Pitoli is seemingly his second scumread.
410: He clarifies to Sangres that he never said he changed his mind. I just became a stronger read. Clearly, Pitoli is still the second strongest scumread. Asks Chaos to join him on me. He is persuading someone voting his second scumread to vote for his top scumread. Interesting point to note for later.
420: He considers that I could be scum even without Pitoli. He says that I am chainsawing if she is scum, and whiteknighting if she is town.
This is where he starts to doubt his Pitoli read.
426: Calls Pitoli "leaning scum," yet says that what Chaos pointed out about her is a pretty strong indicator regarding desire to be scanned. Also says that her
424 mimics his reads. The tone here suggests that he finds her scummy.
428: Continues to agrue that there is no town motivation in asking to be investigated by the cop. Implies that he still finds Pitoli to be scummy.
433: Refers to Pitoli as my "partner." Pitoli scumread is clearly still there.
436: Calls ChaosOmega's case on Pitoli "good." Scumread is still there.
THE POST THAT CHANGED IT ALL
Pitoli's
438 (The post that changed Bulbazak's mind): Defends Bulbazak. Gives a "fuck you" response at the end, etc.
439: Continues attacking me while also saying that Pitoli's actions were scummy (he didn't seem to have read Pitoli's
438).
440: Explains why he said Pitoli was mimicking him. Says "fair enough" to the last part of Pitoli's
438.
TOWNREAD
445: Says that I was looking for "towncred" while I defended Pitoli. This signals a clear shift to Pitoli being town.
449: Defends Pitoli some more asking how she could know that I wasn't whiteknighting her. Again, makes sense if he thinks of Pitoli as town.
453: Continues accusing me of WKing again implying that Pitoli is town.
456: Says that I changed directions from him to Sangres because I encountered resistance from a source I wasn't expecting (Pitoli). This implies that Pitoli is town because it makes no sense that I would encounter resistance from a scumbuddy.
466: Explains to Sangres that there is very little town motivation in asking the cop to scan you if town. But it doesn't seem like he is actually pushing Pitoli scumread but rather justifying his initial scumread on Pitoli (so it is possible he still read Pitoli as town at this point).
478: Accuses me of WKing Pitoli. Again points to a Pitoli townread. Defends the case against Pitoli although he could just be trying to accuse me of attacking a "good" case even if he now believes the case to be on a townie (Pitoli).
483: Asks Sangres why he is not on Pitoli again if he was pushing wagons like they say he has. (The implication is that Pitoli is town).
491: Explains that he finally concluded that I was chainsaw defending Pitoli. I'll assume that he was explaining a state-of-mind he had at the point he made the conclusion. ETL asked him a question and he was referring to a past timeframe.
525: Flat-out says that he doesn't feel like a Pitoli lynch anymore. Pitoli is clearly town to him to the point where he refuses to join her wagon.
530: Calls my defense of Pitoli "whiteknighting" and says that he reversed his read on Pitoli. Consistent with a Pitoli townread.
532: Flat-out says that he no longer reads Pitoli as scum.
Conclusion:
What I see is that Bulbazak's reads are fairly consistent with what he is saying. His Pitoli read is
binary
. There is no progression or continuum. He reads Pitoli as scum until a post that changes his read and then starts reading her as town. There is a consistent thought process on each side of the binary line which I am leaning towards it being a town thought process. LastSurvivor, Nacho (and ffery if you are willing to discuss) what do you think of this? I see his loss of a Pitoli scumread as completely effortless, he doesn't even mention it. Rather it is implied. His actions on both sides of the line make complete sense considering his Pitoli read. I am not sure if Binary vs Continuous thought processes are necessarily alignment indicative. Did you notice anything relevant to this while playing with Bulbazak before? Is it alignment indicative for him to switch reads gradually or in a binary fashion?
On the flip side, if he is scum, he had to plant these thought processes very carefully. From a scum perspective, Pitoli's post agreeing with him could mean that he chose to buddy her instead of attacking her and as such could have tailored his posts from then on to getting her on his side but I am leaning towards it being less likely than the town perspective. I'll meta-dive when I find time to follow up.
