Akonas wrote:Whether or not it is valid to lynch wolfcrier is a bit of a tough decision... I want to hear more from him--an explanation, if you will.
I don’t think it’s a tough decision at all. There is evidence that he is a Jester. There is evidence that he was simply making a frustrated exit with that fake-claim.
It seems that patience is our friend in this situation. If wolf was making a frustrated exit we can just wait for his replacement. If not, we should go for other scum for now and save the wolf question for later. Right now we have no concrete information and it is pretty silly to risk the game hanging wolf until we have that information especially because, if he is scum, his play was clumsy enough that his alignment should be clear from his interactions with the other scum.
Akonas wrote:Sikario seemed to have almost all worthless posts.
Sikario had a problematic playstyle, but claiming that even a slim majority of his posts were worthless is not accurate. His sig:noise was 13:5. The trick, I think, was in deciphering the information he provided. I’ve given my own take, PBPA style, below...
0: Hello.
1: Random vote, fishing for reactions (see #2).
2: Tests a questionable reaction to his random vote (pete); finds farside scummy with reason; gut read that Law is scummy.
3: Other reasons to suspect farside (the pink and red bits); sets up color coding.
For people who don’t know the bible, Satan challenged God to refrain from interfering in the decisions of the people while Satan himself was tempting them; I believe this is the allegation.
4: Votes farside; color coding suggests that the vote is for the biblical reason above.
5: Color coding suggests that Tar find his answers in posts #3 and #4.
6: Color coding explains that Sikario supports mass-claiming in the endgame only.
7: Check in post.
8: Explains check in post.
9: Accused of voting farside without reason, Sikario posts “eh…?” because he gave reasons for the vote.
10: Denies agreeing heavily with farside; points out color coding to reiterate “red” reason; reiterates “pink” reason that wasn’t attributed to the vote via color coding; repeats the “eh?!?” with more emphasis.
11: Will try to avoid nested quotes.
12: Challenges farside for voting a lurker, though color suggests that he agrees with the pressure (see #13).
13: Determines that farside’s vote is indeed a pressure vote; adds his own.
This could be honest pressure. It could also be Sikario testing farside, seeing what she will do with the added pressure on Draux.
14: Challenges Nocmen for voting without reason.
15. Points out that Nocmen is still voting him.
16. Denies having a post restriction; asks for clarification in defense of himself; plus posts that devil smiley in response to farside.
The smiley could indicate pleasure/irony that farside is attacking Nocmen, who is attacking Sikario, who suspects farside (color coding supports this hypothesis). It could also be a reference to the Satan/God accusation earlier but, if so, the color coding is wrong.
17. Asks for clarification in defense of farside, challenging Crub.