It didn't occur to me immediately, sorry. I thought there was one more player in the game. I started rereading, trying to figure out who scum would be, in light of Sudgy, Liopoil, Me, Ash and EFHW being town, it took me a page or two to realize that only two people remained. I'm sorry I didn't count sooner.
And yes, it then did take me a minute to psych myself up with the claim, I'd solved the game, I thought I had it, I waned to be sure that if there was a counterclaim, I was the one more likely to be believed over nkirbit or Jimmmm.
I thought that one of them would claim VT, and that would sway EFHW. I admit to not thinking this all the way through. I should have.
I don't see how this benefits scum at all.
It also seems like the interaction with nkirbit would have require a lot more coordination if it was him and me than if it was Jim and him. And what would it have gained scum?
Let's keep in mind that this is my 2nd online game (and the other isn't complete, so I can't talk about it). In real life werewolf, which I've played a couple times, people can usually read my sincerity versus the scum panic, at least with the people I played with. (Admittedly this situation never came up, but I don't think it would be nearly so hard there.)
I didn't think things through, but which is more likely, some elaborate, well-choreographed scum gambit that seems to gain nothing, or rookie mistake?