Hinckley

I'm going to be really annoyed if McCoy ends up being a Romulan. Would I? What do you mean by this?

Well, we have to vote and Kyle's last post keeps clawing around in my brain. "Played it off." I think I've voiced my suspicions of him thoroughly. vote: Lieutenant Kyle (KotZ) I have to admit this may be tunnel vision. When he first said "Why not M?" I admit thinking that was Scummy. Then he reacted to my reaction explaining it was a joke which I thought would've been obvious. If someone voted for me and said it was because of my behavior in a previous game, I think I would've had a strong reaction. I realize Kyle isn't me but I found his reaction timid. Is timidity Scummy? Maybe. Trying not to make ripples. Overall, it seems to me he spends most of his time defending himself instead of truly looking into suspicions. Maybe I'm totally wrong, it's happened before. It happened with Spock. Tunnel vision it may be, but I really think the term "played it off" is sealing his coffin for me. Or his trip to the brig or whatever we're calling it this time.

I was trying to avoid that until I had something more solid, but I suppose you're right. I read over what everyone said the last two days and now found a reason to suspect everyone. Seriously, everyone. Sorry. So, I'll do my best to articulate the stronger suspicions, which I admit might just be paranoia or my brain working overtime. I suppose if the Scum do end up with a night kill, I'd be a great target as I suspect everyone and then there would be nobody specific to point to as to who would want me dead and analyzing my posts would be almost futile. But here I go anyway. I'll start by saying I still suspect Kyle and I'm surprised to see so much traction on a McCoy bandwagon again. They were both in sheepish voting positions and I understand the idea that McCoy was pushing the vote to a tie and saving himself from being lynched yesterday. That's a good point. I did find his reasons for voting solid, though. We saw Kyle on the same sheepish vote position twice yesterday. Twice. Kyle. If McCoy is lynched and comes up Scum, I'm going to look super Scummy. I'm taking that risk, though... So, if I was to ask myself who I trust most at this point, I would say Ensign Mallory. Our analysis lined up most closely yesterday. Trusting someone in this game is bad. And that's now why I suspect Ensign Mallory. Sorry. There's almost nothing Scummy about his behavior at all. Which is suspect. If I were Scum in this setup I would want to distance myself from my buddy and Mallory has been all over Kyle. If the Romulans are Kyle/Mallory, I'd say they've done a solid job of not seeming like they're on the same team. That's what I think I might try to do if I was Scum in this setup. This still is a hard sentence for me to read. I meant to mention this earlier: what? Missed vote by commander Scott. What vote was missed? Where? I'm trying not to think of this arbitrary "One Scum voted for Spock, one Scum didn't" view. That's a bad place to get stuck. We have no idea what tactic they chose to place their votes on which wagon or whatever and we should stop compartmentalizing the game this way. Why not hammer a Townie? If you're Scum and you get a night-kill if there's no lynch but you've got a Townie on the line, why not hammer to seem Townie. You know a Townie will die either way and then you look even better for it tomorrow, knowing the Town won't have anything to work on with one dead Townie. Also, using a night-kill early in the game would've been an advantage to the Town, because we could've analyzed who the Scum chose to kill. So, no. Neither the hammer nor I should be clear in regards of voting position. Sulu wins for "Most Under the Radar." If my theory that Scum is trying to fly down the center, I believe Sulu has the lowest post count (or that's my general impression without counting). He does a lot of summarizing which is a common Scum tactic to seem active. I mean his vote "analysis" from yesterday is Epic Fluff. He really just gave us a play-by-play of the votes. With zero analysis. He also wins "Fluffiest Fluff." Congratulations. Would you like to give a speech? I quoted this just to remind myself where that analysis of McCoy's vote position came from. While I'm at it, the second paragraph I left in made me laugh out loud. Thank, nurse! Laughter is truly the best medicine. I forget why I quote this but I want to leave a pin in it, in case I remember. Here's my other top candidate for "Middle of the Road." Half his posts are ... titles of Star Trek episodes? If I was Scum and wanted to fill my posts with a little fluff to seem more active...and I was nerdy enough to know the titles of Star Trek episodes...I would totally work as many titles of Star Trek episodes into my posts as possible. See why I wasn't sure this would be helpful? It's just suspicions thrown at everyone. My suspicions about Chekov, Chapel and McCoy are the weakest which is why I don't mention them...but now that makes me suspect them more... McCoy and Kyle were our other two vote-getters yesterday and there's two wagons formed on them again. I don't like it, but I may end up voting for Kyle anyway. This setup seems difficult to win. I like it so far. Playing it off? You mean my joke vote? I mean when you explained to me that your idea to vote for a letter of the alphabet was a joke. Of course it was a joke. I thought it was a Scummy mindset that would think my reaction, questioning your suspicion of the letter M, would not be a joke or that I would need it explained. Like you were trying to cool off what might have been a true suspicion or confrontation when it was a clear invitation to continue joking that the alphabet was after us. Now you say you "play[ed] it off" which I assume you are referencing your response to my joke vote. That is an immensely interesting phrase for a Townie to use. "You made a joke vote against me but I played it off." I can't wrap my mind around a Townie reason to play something off. Sounds guilty.

This is aggravating. This concept is going to make it very hard to find the Scum. They don't need to do anything but slide by. So who is trying to slide by? What does that even look like? I still don't like Kyle, but so much of that feeling was based on what was happening yesterday with Spock. Still, his voting position was Scummy. His reaction to my joke still pings me. Something about his general demeanor is pinging me when he's defending himself against accusations. I'm tired and very busy so I doubt I'm making sense. I have the vague recollection of thinking something he said today seemed much more of a contribution than yesterday. I'll have to go back and look. I'm also trying to look at you looks like they're just contributing enough to slide by without being noticed. I have a list of four people that I suspect for that behavior. Which is half of us! I'm just trying to think of how I would play if I didn't have to hide anything, meaning there's no night actions, no kills, no investigations. If the Romulans fix their ship before we find the two of them among us, we all die, but they're not doing anything in the mean time but hanging out. There's no evidence. There is no evidence. I find this frustrating. I'm aware this is hardly helpful, I'm just trying to organize my thoughts.

What? In what ways did I not help myself? And in what ways would I be trying to help myself by voting for who I find the most suspicious?

Chekov did. What seems iffy about the yellow shirts?

Sorry about that. Your post was hard to read. So you think that if the vote was split between the remaining four, not me or Sulu, that it would be Mallory and McCoy as the Romulans. Still find you Scummy.

This reminds me of a certain story called "The Eurobricks Mafia Game: The Forest 3" where the Town acted super Scummy making it hard to find actual Scum. Spock, you win the Scummiest Town award. I imagine it would be really easy for Scum to blend in with the Town in a game where they're not doing anything wrong. They're not killing anyone and there's no way to see their actions. This will be a lot harder than pegging the Scummiest behavior. I was thinking they'd have to be pretty bumbling to wagon onto McCoy and defend each other (meaning Kyle and Spock). I thought that would make pretty stupid Scum moves. Turns out at least Spock was just un-helpful, kind of bonkers, flailing Town. It pings my radar that you use the term "poor Spock." I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe it's because you were the first to vote for "poor Spock." You remember correctly your own concern. If you're so concerned about it, why not look at those fast voters and offer some analysis on why their quick votes might not have been sincere? Are you specifically accusing someone or just vaguely mentioning a memory of a concern so that you seem active? You seem to have a problem with vote rates. The votes on McCoy and Spock seem too fast for you. This pings me too. Like a canned "Townie" line. Gee, these votes are sure piling up fast. That's concerning. I hope I remember tomorrow that I felt concern regarding this vote speed. If I remember, I'll be sure to mention it again. So which group of quick votes was the Scummiest? Whose votes on each wagon made you concerned? Or is it just a blur of reading bold text while biting your nails in fear? Oh, it's you. Kyle. So, what the hell is this? Sulu and I hammered (I actually thought I was. I had missed Sulu's vote) and "locked it in." Would both Romulan's be on Spock's vote? It's possible. Duh. But are you counting me and Sulu out for consideration? It seems like you are if I'm reading you right. Which I might not be. I admit my read on Spock was wrong. Well, I'm right that his behavior was Scummy. But it was amateur Scummy and a Town game I couldn't read. He seemed to think we'd be on a path to find Romulans with his death, but I feel up in the air. I still don't like you, Kyle. I specifically hate your name. And your red shirt. But, wasn't Ensign Mallory on the wagon too? Why are you not considering him. Why are you trying to point us to Uhura? Racist? Misogyny? Just kidding. Sorry. But why? And why would I not be considered because I "locked it in." Are you saying you think I'm Starfleet because I "locked it in?" Same question for Sulu. You don't suspect him because he hammered Spock? I know that Scum hammers the lynch some times. I feel like in the last game I played some Scummy little shit hammered a lynch right before the end of the day when the heroic and handsome Townie was not around to defend himself. And he hammered over two penalty votes. It was really shitty. I don't remember the specific details but I think that might've been you hammering my lynch. Jerk. But you just hammered a lynch as Scum and now you're excusing Sulu from scrutiny because he hammered the vote?? You read as Super Scummy today. But maybe that's the new Town tell around here.

You meant the only girl who matters. Gotcha.

Upon further investigation, @Chromeknight ...

No worries. I didn't look at your nametag. I just got lazy.

Loud and clear.

Let's take a look again at how the day progressed: McCoy says "most votes...would...empower the scum." Spock and Kyle come in and are like Wha??? Would that empower us? How? I'm paraphrasing. McCoy comes back with a reasonable explanation. I admit, I thought the same thing. 2 votes alone could end up being the most votes on any one person. Spock and Kyle both reply to his explanation with no further questions. Kyle even makes a self-deprecating joke, seeming to me to accept the explanation given by McCoy. But then whoever Chromeknight is playing comes in and votes for McCoy. Emphatically. McCoy is "sowing confusion." Bing! Bang! Look who quickly follows suit: No reason, just jumping on a wagon. He questioned McCoy about the "confusing" statement and seemed satisfied but didn't press him any further. Kyle hit the green button on the copy machine and sent off his reply again but this time with a vote. Whoever the hell CMP is playing points this out. But don't worry Lieutenant Kyle, Spock is here to explain your behavior. If one or both of you are Townies, you're bonkers. Unhelpful Starfleet are as bad as Romulans so way to stumble over your own feet all day. Kyle @KotZ hasn't said much at all about the questions that have been proposed to him. As CMP pointed out, he somewhat disappeared once the focus turned to him. I'm curious, Kyle, what do you have to say about your involvement in this little kerfuffle? He says as he places the first vote. self-addressed WIFOM. WIFOM in WIFOM.

Look Memie, you're starting to contradict yourself. First you voted for McCoy, saying that there were no good reasons to vote for Kyle. Have you given any good reasons for voting for McCoy? Then you say Sulu had a good reason for voting for me: because I made a joke. How is that better reasoning than what CMP and I said about Kyle's behavior? Then, you answered for Kyle when he was being scrutinized and wasn't around to answer. This doesn't look like a Townie desperate to get a lynch so the Scum can't kill, this looks like Scum protecting Kyle. It's more than enough for a Day One lynch. "I need a wagon! Any wagon! I must get on a wagon so the Scum can't kill! No, not Kyle's wagon!!!!!" ANY WAGON BUT KYLE'S!!!!!

Well, how about I help like this? Unvote: Lieutenant Red Shirt Kyle Vote: Commander Spock (Trekkie99) Because, and this is not a joke, while your fluff and jokes seem par for the course for your gameplay, your behavior seems Scummy this time. You repeatedly mention looking at different wagons as if that's the way to hunt Scum. You're wagon-shopping like you have the knowledge of who is Town and who is Scum. That is not Town perspective. Maybe you're Town or Starfleet or whatever, but if all we have is our vote, you vocally attempting to get "on a wagon" that will end in a lynch is not pro–Starfleet, it's pro–Romulan.

Your face is not much. I've explained twice that I delivered it in a joking and lighthearted manner but your reaction to my joke is my strongest Scum read. I wish people would stop explaining it away as a joke. It's Day One. We can't be sure of anything. I was being lighthearted about my vote since we were still kind of in jokey phase but there wasn't going to be a "voting is now open" that we're used to. You being defensive about the joke I made is why I voted for you. Plus you're a red shirt. No! That's a joke. Shame on me. Oh? You think the wagon on me should gain momentum up to a lynch? Please expound upon this. I'm curious what you find convincing about Sulu's vote on me? @Trekkie99

Why would you look for a wagon to join instead of looking for Scummy behavior? I realize the days are shorter than previous games but we have 21 hours to reach a lynch.

As I mentioned in my vote, he is my Scummiest read. I've quoted myself where I first called him out about it. Forgive me for making jokes about it. I'm not considering his feelings too much, he's just a red-shirt. I mean, his name is Kyle. Who still has the name Kyle in whatever century this show takes place in? His name is the Scummiest thing about him. That's a joke, Sulu. The point is to vote for who you think is Scummy, not who think is too jokey. And I should vote for you for not having your character name in your signature and making me open a new window to find out who you are playing. That's a joke, too. Good thing you don't get a double vote.

Vote: Lieutenant Kyle because he sucker-lynched me in the last game. And he's a red shirt, so they're supposed to be fodder for the fire. This is a half-hearted vote in case I get sucked into work. I, by no means, find Kyle Scummy at this point. Except for his Romulan-like defensiveness to my joke...so I guess I actually do find him the Scummiest. But I have been incredibly busy and want to place a vote so the same shit doesn't happen to me that happened to me last time.

Uhura farted!

Unlike my reply which was a clear and serious entreaty for you to vote for a letter of the alphabet. Any reason you couldn't pick up on my joke? Defensive? Does that tone not read on your planet, Romulan? What is the name of your planet? Romulo? We cannae joke! There's not enough power!!!

We cannae do it! We don't have enough power!

If you think M deserves a vote, vote for M! Why are you asking me?

Aha! It's the alphabet that's out to get us. I agree. Except I think it's Z. Vote: Z

I was suggesting the opposite, but when you put it that way, it does sound like fun.