
Originally Posted by
Nightbringer
So we're left with viper, who has been very inactive.
Let's see what barto has had to say about him.

Originally Posted by
El Barto

Originally Posted by
Al Sipsclar
However, I'd rather lynch SV or Nightbringer over GH.
Vote: SeveringViper
I'll repeat myself then. Why and why? (well, with 20/20 hindsight I can definitely assure you that GH is not town)
Too blatant of an attempt to sway things towards myself over viper, or trying to make sure his inactive buddy isn't the inactive being targeted? After all, having a new player who may get nervous while being mafia be staged as an inactive isn't a bad strategy.
Or maybe pushing Al about the reasoning for his vote to seem like engaged town? Have you also considered his having in mind to make me, a seeming inactive who probably won't note/respond to the defense, look bad by association should he die?

Originally Posted by
Nightbringer
Also, his one substantial post
here (I'm sick of nested quotes...) really reads like he knows exactly what has been happening in thread (even if some of the meanings of things are unclear to him). Knowing what's going on without really commenting is often a tell of a fake inactive to me.
(Well, maybe nested quotes wouldn't be such a pain if you could quote them instead of having to manually set them up? -~-) So, what do you mean by fake inactive? Someone who knows what's been happening but has nothing to say? But then there's this:

Originally Posted by
Nightbringer
Zain feels genuinely a bit befuddled and overwhelmed, as I am. Based on these, I feel reasonably safe about him.
So you clear someone for seeming "genuinely a bit befuddled and overwhelmed" (and Zain seems to have had a clear idea of where he wants to go, at least, as I will point out next), yet you suspect me for showing I'm "keeping up without really commenting" which, as far as I understand, is pretty close to what makes you like Zain? Or would you say you like someone flailing over just not bothering to talk about what they don't know? (I'll also note that as of this post, our post numbers are equal, for what it's worth. ^^)
As for Zain, he starts off with his first serious (or semi-serious) post by voting Night for inactivity. (Is that why you called him confused?

) Then he says he won't be around that much, which would serve as his reason for the low number of posts:

Originally Posted by
Zain
Though it's hard for me to be very active during this holiday season
And his next two posts are:

Originally Posted by
Zain
I'm not lurking on purpose if I am...

Originally Posted by
Zain
Just want to be helpful, I just can't keep up. It's like y'all know rules and strategies I haven't heard of so I'm learning.
Then later, he comes back to me, but decides to ignore me as inactive and having little to look at. He then adds this:

Originally Posted by
Zain
So I weigh my options, and I feel that activity may be an easy cover-up for scum. I know in the past playing Mafia in person, when I was scum it was easy to fool everybody by obviously drawing attention to myself.
But:

Originally Posted by
Zain
That being said, inactivity is both scummy and intriguing, therefore for the time being...
Vote: Nightbringer
So you consider inactivity scummy enough to vote someone for it early, but later on, you suggest scum would more likely be active?
Then he votes Al based on "instinct"...or perhaps, being one of the three highest posters that isn't his scumbuddy and voteable by the logic he just used.
Finally:

Originally Posted by
Zain
Wow 3 deaths... I can't help but suspect that SeveringViper may be scum. Al isn't clear off my radar either, but I do smell Lurker-scum.
Vote:SeveringViper
So he "can't help but suspect me", going back to lurkers being scummy in the process, while leaving himself open to go after Al again later. Also, Al is still on his radar due to the previously mentioned "instinct", I take it?
In summary, he takes clear positions...that he switches between, and mainly pushes people for inactivity (besides for one unexplained suspicion/vote on Al) despite claiming that he feels scum would easily hide in activity, which he at the same time appears to use to justify suspecting Al. I would say he seems more likely to be somewhat inactive and confused scum, trying to get a mislynch or two with some decent doublethink.
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