Whoops, realized I'd neglected this thread for a day.
So I'm a bit torn. I stand pretty strongly by the fact that even the potential presence of a cop should be enough to deter a Mafia S_B from even attempting a Gambit like claiming VT. Even if a Mafia S_B decided to try it anyway, he should at least be given the night for a cop to confirm/deny his claim.
That said, I'm a little wary of the people still pushing for his lynch. Drawing from experience however, it's usually town that pushes bad wagons along with their votes. Back in M-II, when Robz and I were new scumlings, he pushed hard for Morgrim with his voice, while only adding his vote at a later time. I also didn't climb aboard until late, denouncing many of Robz's arguments as "straw-man" cases. That said, I chose to apply pressure elsewhere by placing my vote on bozzball. Incidentally, the choice of bozzball was that (aside from his nature as a player), his vote was not on Morgrim - so I could tie them together as partners.
Why is all of that relevant you ask? Well, because I'm not convinced that there is scum voting for S_B right now. There have been a few reasoned arguments, including my own why he should live to see the night at the least. It would look rather scummy to ignore those, and continue to think S_B is scum. But I'm here to find and lynch Mafia, not scum.
So, I'm looking at Eevee, Robz, Captain_Frisk, and timchen.
Eevee: Not normally a lurker. FoS Fuzzy. Come play.
Robz: Also lurking, but in a lot of games. He is mixing up his playstyle,, which could be to throw a former teammate (me) off his scummy tail. Or he could be genuinely interested in trying new things.
CF: He makes a lot of sense. Almost too much sense. Alright, I can't hold that against him, but I COULD see him and Timchen working as a team. Their RVS OMGUS votes could have been preplanned. I mean, who would expect scummies to come out playing towards each other like that? ME! That's who! Still, that's about all I have to go on at the moment.
Timchen: Matches much of what's said about CF, except that his overall play has given me a slightly more negative vibe. Not to mention (and this is really, personally unfair - but it's how I feel) anybody who reads me (or anybody else) as "obvtown" gets a huge FoS from me. Not only do I detest the term, I find it MUCH more in the repertoire of scum than town. Scum need friends. Town needs to stay on it's toes. Timchen is definitely highest up on my list, but still not high enough to vote yet.
Oh, and let's not forget me! Hi! I'm not voting S_B, but I'm not scum either! My role PM proves it... Unless this is a Bastard Game...?
So: That's where I'm at. Thoughts?