ok catching up now, gonna try to put some reads down so i can actually keep track of where im at
thoth - town lean
i still think the role pm thing is pretty weird to fake this early. i dont think its a hard clear because obviously we dont know exactly what scum were given but i dont really see why scum would draw that much attention to themselves this early
pie - slight town lean
i think i like pie more than i did before. hes been pretty aggressive but at least hes actually pushing people and trying to get answers. i still wanna look more at the pie/kohai thing tho because idk if im fully sold on either of them
kohai - slight town lean
i think his reasoning for not wanting to claim makes sense. especially with scum having a fake claim. i also liked his answers when i was questioning him more than i expected to. still dont really wanna hard town him tho
magic - town lean
i actually think i understand the magic reads more after catching up
i dont really see the changing reads as a big problem tbh. the game is still pretty early and there were a lot of people who hadnt really posted much when some of those reads were made. if he started with a pie read and then went back and reread him and realized he had some confirmation bias i dont think thats inherently scummy
i also dont really buy the idea that having multiple possible scum worlds means hes trying to keep his options open. theres not really enough information yet to expect everyone to have a solved game. hes also already put actual scumreads on people instead of just sitting in the middle on everyone
i think the thoth read makes sense too. i dont know if id call thoth lock town from it but i understand why magic would see that as unlikely to be a scum play
lunatic - slight scum lean
this is probably the one im most unsure about but i dont love the case on magic
a lot of it feels like "your reads changed so i think youre keeping your options open" and idk if thats enough for me. magic has explained why his reads changed and i dont think lunatic is really giving enough weight to those explanations
also the way lunatic is pushing this feels kinda weird to me. theres a lot of talk about magic being "safe" but im not really seeing a specific thing magic has done thats actually scummy
i dont think lunatic is necessarily scum from this but i think id rather look at this slot more before i decide
vader - null/slight town
i actually kinda like some of what vader said about magic. the fact that hes independently questioning the pie progression makes me wanna look at him more
not enough here for me to really call him town tho
whiteflame - null
i dont really have a strong read here yet but i think theres a little more to look at than just "hasnt posted enough"
some of what whiteflame has said feels reasonable and i havent really seen anything that makes me think hes trying to force a bad narrative or anything. at the same time i dont feel like ive seen enough from him to really know where hes trying to take the game
so for now im mostly null but i wanna see more from him before i move him either way
jen - null
jen is kinda similar for me but i think im a little more interested in this slot
i feel like ive seen some thoughts from jen but i havent really figured out what the overall progression is supposed to be yet. like i can understand individual points but i dont really know what jen is actually trying to solve right now
could just be because im catching up and missing some context tho so i dont wanna force a scum read from that
overall im probably not voting magic right now. i think his explanations make sense enough that im not really seeing the scum angle there.
i think lunatic is making a pretty big case out of something that might just be normal town behavior. changing reads isnt inherently scummy and magic has actually explained why some of his reads changed
i also dont really like the way lunatic keeps framing it as magic being "safe" because im not sure what magic could realistically do differently here. theres still a bunch of people who havent really posted much so obviously reads are gonna be pretty fluid
i dont think lunatic is necessarily wrong about magic but i think hes more interested in making the magic progression look suspicious than actually figuring out why magic changed his reads