Ahoppy: For a while, I had him as my top scumread. He was around, but engaged only in theory talk, and would give reads soon after players started to pile pressure on him for not having many reads. I went back and re-read him in Mean Girls, where he was town, and his play was pretty similar to here. He was slightly more active here, but in Mean Girls he didn't build cases anymore. His actions here fit with his actions in mean girls. I'm still slightly worried, as he has been active here, but much less so than before. Slight scum read.
Ashersky: He's been very protown, but I think he might be able to fake that well. He certainly faked it well when he was a watcher in mean girls (Note: Wasn't actually a watcher in mean girls). I recently have issues with differences between how he pursued mail-mi's lynch, but was reluctant to do the same with Xeiron, despite them having very similar metas and similar cases. If Xeiron eventually flips scum, or mail-mi town, this would be something to keep in mind. I also am uncomfortable with how he found Mail-mi scummy for reacting to his jokes about watching in mean girls... it seems like it could have been a trap. But, Xeiron hasn't flipped scum, and mail-mi hasn't flipped town, and he has been a leading force in moving the game forward, so for now, a slightly town read.
Chairs: Very towny. I think his claim is newbie town. See my post #668 if you want more in-depth reasoning. Big town read.
Eevee: He defended SB, who I think is slightly scummy, and mail-mi, who I don't think is that scummy. He defended from Ashersky well, and had good answers to all his points. He's been very open and pro-town, and I have no reason to think that's a facade at this point. Town read.
EFHW: Not really a strong opinion here. Her early argument with Shraeye is a null on both sides to me. I actually can't remember her specific views.. perhaps a re-read is in order soon. Null for now.
Mail-Mi: Has done a few things that have been scummy (the flip-flop on Eevee, asking who to reread), but I don't actually have a huge concern here. The biggest thing is the inconsistent explanation of his vote for Eevee, which was just really odd. He was voting Eevee for inactivity, moved off to ash, revoted for Eevee for inactivity and "feeling off" or something like that, then explaining his vote as being purely for inactivity. It's inconsistent, for sure.
The Eevee thing is all I really have serious problems with. I wouldn't be shocked if he were scum, but I think we can do better.
Slight scum read.
Raerae: Not much recently at all. My town-read from before was based on the fact that she broke up the shraeye-EFHW argument, which was very similar to how she broke up TA and myself in Shakespeare, where she turned out to be town. Town read, but I'd like to see her back and contributing more, along with,
Shraeye: Not much recently either! I had a null-read on him before, and still don't have any reason to think he's scum or town. It is important to note that he was the first one to put us on the track towards lynching inactive players, and at the time gave a list of players that he would not consider lynching. As players start flipping, I think we should keep in mind the categories he listed players as and see if we can detect any patterns. Null read.
Spiritbears: His main stance this game was supporting EFHW as towny as Shraeye as scummy. If I'm remembering correctly, the only stated reason for supporting EFHW is that she was saying a lot of things he agreed with. This SB-EFHW connection is something to keep in mind. What's odd here for SB is that I don't at all know why Shraeye is (was?) a scum-read for him. He never gave us a reason! He put some effort into pushing Shraeye, for example asking Theorel if he was okay with Shraeye pushing a weak case. Placing a vote on someone, pushing for it, but never explaining why you think that player is scummy is off, and scummy.
I don't at all buy the argument that SB's aggressive defense is towny, either. People say that the last time he did this, he was town... well, yeah, but as town he has also not been this aggressive. I think it's possible that SB could be aggressive when pushed regardless of alignment when pushed. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the defense here, but I don't buy it as of now. Scum read.
Theorel: Missing for so long. Was dead null before his absence, and even more null now. As null as it gets.
TwistedArcher: Initially, I had a feeling that he was "off". But looking back, I'm not 100% sure why. He drove a case fairly hard against SB, which is exactly the same thing he did Day1 in Shakespeare against myself, Day2 in Pirates against mail-mi, etc. He may or may not be right, but town!TA builds cases like that. He's asking good questions, participating actively, and I find myself agreeing with a lot of the things he says lately. I don't have any reasons to think he's scum at this point. Town read.
Xeiron: I think how he responded to Ash's case on raerae by voting raerae was scummy. He made so many assumptions when giving his reasoning.. that ash *might* be a town member who *might* be insinuating that he *might* have info on raerae. What?? And then he comes on and gives Theorel's math a challenge, that's also bad and appears like he didn't impartially read the post.
My only concern is the 12 post thing. This is my least favorite part about forum mafia.. when you play in real life, everyone is there, and you can ask them anything at any time. Here, we have to play around people's availabilities, and participation is very self-driven. I think it is quite possible that town!Xeiron is disinterested. But I still think we have a better case on him than anyone else, and he's my preferred lynch. Scum read.