I've been trying to reread.. it's hard for this game. Day 1 is like 1000 posts. My general impressions...
One thought is, I think it benefits scum to have a slow game leading up to the deadline and then a rushed vote. There really isn't enough time to understand everything and think things through, and there isn't enough time to change lynch candidates either, or get input from people who aren't constantly on. This was a big cause of a crucial Day 2 mislynch in the other game I played (newbie House of Cards). Also on Day 1 of this game everything was going on in the last 1-2 hours. And I think a nolynch today is better for scum than for town.
So I think Yuma is right that we need to get moving. I also think that all the talk on Yuma's role and its validity is distracting us. If Yuma had never claimed, I'd probably still think he was town from the way he acts. This would lead me to suspect those that were really concerned with Yuma proving himself today.. I believe that was Twisted Archer and Xeiron. TA seemed towny to me before, and I think his claim about Yuma almost confirms him as town. So more suspicion on Xeiron than on TA here.
Another thought. If the whole Yuma v. people talking about his role is town v. town, then I would think scum would just want to sit back and let it all play out. The delay is working perfectly well for them, and they don't want to move things onto the right track. So this leads me to suspect people being quiet, or posting but not really adding to the conversation. That would be, Xerxes, Arch, ADK, possibly Jimm but he was posting some stuff about it. Ash is on vacation so I don't know if there's anything to be said about him in this regard. TA, Xeiron, and Yuma would be town in this assumption. Andrewis falls into this category too, but he's not someone I want to lynch today (I guess I should be careful here. It's Andrewis' claim flavor/role claim that makes me not want to lynch him. It's probably wrong to be completely swayed by that, so I should allow for some doubt. Regardless, I don't plan to vote for him today.)
From my rereads, Ash seems less scummy than when I was originally reading all the posts. His play reminds me of Shraeye on Day 1/2 in my other game, where Shraeye was town and aggressively pushed two mislynches through. So my Day 1 read is a little more null. I still find Ash's actions on Day 2 kind of questionable, though.. not sure why he is hammering on Andrewis so hard, especially when just about everyone disagrees with Ash. I actually don't see this making sense for either town, or scum. I guess he either has to be really really sure of his read as town and hopes he can reveal something, or feels he needs to act really really sure as scum. So unsure here, slight scum read.
I already posted my reread results on Jimmm. His play reminds me of Faust (scum) in the same game, who was fairly non-present during Day 1, but came in with a pre-established reason to hammer the mislynch (in Faust's case, a VT claim; in Jimm's case, a strategy policy of preferring lynching over non-lynching).
Andrewis I've put in the not-lynching category, though when I reread Day 1, I still react the same way that did when I was originally reading it. So assuming he turns out to be town here, he's probably just someone that I have a misunderstanding with when communicating online.
Xeiron... he had that weird interaction with Jimm at the beginning of the game about questioning Yuma's claim.. and then a much larger discussion today about a similar thing. Xeiron and Jimm seemed to switch sides on the issue, which I found a little odd, but, like has been said, people change their minds. I still didn't figure out why people said he was super scummy on Day 1... I don't think anyone ever justified it. His Day 2 behavior with Yuma I find more questionable, because of my first paragraph.
Archetype.. non-present as well. When he does post he seems to post about reads, but doesn't ever say why, or when he does the explanations don't really resonate with me.
ADK.. very similar to Archetype.. lurking, voting, not really explaining. Reminds me of him in my other game where he was scum. I don't know what to take form his vote against Andrewis today.. especially since he was pretty against voting for Andrewis yesterday. Maybe he was obligated to not vote against Andrewis since he made the same "slip" that Andrewis did.
Xerxes .. what mostly stands out is the claiming. He has a flavor claim and a role claim that fits the flavor (not what I would have guessed, but it does fit very well), but he decided to claim them without anyone asking, any suspicion on him, or anyone agreeing that claiming was good. And his role seems to be non-verifiable (today). Not sure what to take from it.. he says it helps us narrow down scum, but it doesn't really at all if it doesn't make him look any more town.
Yuma is basically confirmed town, and on Day 1 he seemed either town or brilliant gambitist. TA has seemed fairly town throughout.. I'm not sure why/how he could have lied about Yuma or be scum and found what he did about Yuma. I don't want to lynch either of Yuma/TA.
Okay so.. I would want someone from the set of {ADK, Xeiron, Xerxes, Jimmm, Archetype, Ash}. My preferences would probably be ADK or Jimm, maybe Xerxes. I'd prefer to wait on Ash unless he comes back before deadline.
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