Bulbazak's Catchup Reads
Town
Vezokpiraka/Perpetual Nonsense:
Conf. town.
Mastin2:
This is town Mastin, no question. I can actually see the gears turning in her head and see her thought process, whereas she is a bit more opaque as scum. I also take it as a good sign that she's been easily sidetracked, which shows a level of freedom and spontaneity that she doesn't have in her scum game.
Guilty Gunsmith:
This one took a little while to develop, but by the middle of the day, both heads of GG were in prime scumhunting form. AP has been hitting all the right notes for me like he does when he's town, and Snork's posts have a level of genuineness that is hard to fake. They're a little unorthodox and a little rough around the edges, but that's exactly what I'd expect to see from town them.
Marquis:
Early game was what I'd expect to see from Marquis, and since he's had to take the reigns and not wait on NS, he's kept that lighthearted feel while seriously scumhunting. This feels like his town game from NY 171.
ZZZX:
I got this townread early on due to his interaction with the Saki hydra, and nothing has happened to shake it. Where GG sees ZZZX trying to push a crap case on them, I see a young player get overexcited about thinking he's found scum and pushing the case for all it's worth.
PeregrineV:
This looks like town PV to me. I've seen actual scumhunting among all that lurking.
Titus:
I waffled on Titus for quite awhile. What sold me on her being town was her interactions in the middle section of the game. Her scumhunting doesn't look fake at all, and I can understand a bit where she's coming from. I also know that Titus is harder to get a bead on when she's town, where she can appear obv. town when scum. I also don't think she would soft claim like she has if scum.
I've seen indications of town Sthar from the little posting he's done. I don't want to give them a full townread, because I'd like to see them actually participate, as I think it would be easier to solidify my read. However, I really doubt that Jingle would be this lurky as scum. I'd prefer it if we give them another day phase to sort their issues out. If they haven't done so by then, I'll help lynch them.
This slot hasn't really done anything for me to get a solid read on them. The only thing that I noticed was Ac saying that nothing happened in the middle section, when that was actually where all the important information is that helped me get solid reads.
I really want to believe they're town, but Marquis is right that there is something off. The big thing that sticks out is Saki being overapologetic. If they're town, they should be able to obv. town it up enough for me to change my mind.
MTD:
Gut really. Something seems off, but I can't pinpoint what.
Wickedestjr:
I'm not really seeing scumhunting from him. He's calling people scum, yes, but I don't see him actually trying to figure them out. Instead, I see him stretching to make cases and pushing reasons to call people scum. There's no figuring out motive or intent. It just seems incredibly fake to me. However, I'm giving myself a little leeway with this one, because early indications from Mastin and AP indicate that he may just be someone who is difficult to get a good read on.
I'm really not seeing the level of scumhunting that I'd expect to see from Majiffy. Sure he's calling people scum, but he seems to be going after easier targets or targets where he doesn't have to really try. Take the PL he tried to push on Doduo as an example. That looked like a cheap line of attack and one where he really didn't have to try to appear like he's scumhunting. That's not what I'd expect from town Majiffy. And while I started to doubt my read with his self-vote AtE, where he showed an extreme level of aggression, I didn't see him do anything with it. In fact, I haven't really seen a high level of scumhunting from him. Sure he blusters a lot, but that's about it. There's also his extreme defense of Mollie, which really doesn't make sense given the posts she's made. Bottom line is that he's a lot of noise with little substance, and that's not town Majiffy.
Pirate Mollie:
Same issue with Mollie. Where is the scumhunting? Where is her trying to figure out other players? Heck, where is her going knee deep paranoid on someone and trying to run them into the ground? She did that at least twice on the first day of NY 171, with varying degrees of paranoia and pressure. Where is that here? Sure there are a couple of bright spots, but they do absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. She's a non-entity this game, and that's concerning.
Beastcharizard:
Thanks to ZZZX for really getting me to analyze his play further. Beast is not playing like I've seen him play as town. He normally goes with the flow a lot more as town. In this game, his posts are a lot more aggressive and they seem to be carrying an agenda. It's a stark contrast to what I've seen of his town play.
Vote Majiffy
I know there are more people who want to join me.