Alright, it seems this is becoming a big deal. I recognize (and did recognize when I posted it) that many of you would disagree with what/how I was posting. I realize that f.ds mafia doesn't like prompting/leading to the next exile. It might be semantics, but I see a difference with saying "if we exile e today and he's town, then we need to exile MiX tomorrow because he's probably scum then"... and "I think it's quite likely that one of Mix and e are scum - I don't know which one, but I'm fairly sure one of them is". Some of you seem to think that by saying the 2nd, I'm implying the 1st. I disagree.
What I posted was my version of a reads list. As an overall, many of you will post "this person is the scummiest, then this person, then this person... etc. and this is my chummiest", or "these 3 people I'm fairly sure are town, these 2 I think are, these 3 are probably scum, and I'm definitely sure this person is scum". To me, people don't fit on a sliding scale like that, even D1. Yes, I see MiX as scummy right now. Yes, I see e as scummy. They would probably be my top 2 (though Didds might have jumped ahead of e recently). But I've got a gut feeling, based on their interactions, posts, and reads, that they cannot be scum together. So I state that.
Would that be more useful for me to say D2 if we exile one and find out they're town? Maybe. But what if I don't make it through N1? (I'm not counting on flipping as a hatched tree stump!) Then, even though f.ds usually doesn't look at dead townie players' posts and reads (and I really think they should, and will continue to say that)... at least I've shared my opinions on people *and* my interpreted connections, which start becoming more useful D2. I recognize that I have some polarizing views, and that might make me a D1 exile or a N1 kill, so I feel that getting my thoughts out there early is more helpful than taking them with me to the abyss (or wherever it is we get exiled to).
If you want to policy-exile me for saying "if not x, then y" on D1, I can't stop you. But at some point, f.ds will realize that's not me being scummy. That's just me. And really, if I was scum trying to stay under the radar, knowing this would raise a flag, would I really say it? (I know, WIFOM, but still.)
Ok, useful question. mathdude, do you still play mafia elsewhere (online or in person), or is f.ds the only place you play these days?
I do play fairly regularly with a group of people still. Often we're in person, but sometimes we use an online site to play virtually.