OK, I’m back. I want to take a look at some of the people who have been skating by in this game, not generating information, not voting or throwing on lame “Me, too” votes. I believe this is fertile ground for scum-hunting. I’ll start with someone who has left that impression on me so far this game, and I will see if my impression is valid: One and Only Wanderers.
Starting back on Day One, OAOW had a post about Rysto’s “be smart with your info” post that generated a lot of commentary. After the voting started and the mud began to be slung, he had three fluff posts 177, 179, and 185. Then after Omi’s bad vote for Chipa, OAOW votes for Omi in Post 214 (Omi’s 3rd vote) and then follows up with a clarification in post 215. Omi quickly takes the lead in voting and I posted my (in hindsight) incredibly stupid Post 219. OAOW responds to that with Post 220, which contains the following: “I have stated the reasons for my vote and am happy to be accountable if things go pear shaped. I think “me too” votes, or votes light on reasoning are the problem.” Then there is a follow-up in post 221.
All in all, I would say that while his posts were not super long or substantive, OAOW comes out of Day One with a whiff of Town to my nose.
Day Two is toast. So, on to Day Three. Red Skeezix comes under early heat, and OAOW is the 4th vote on him. It’s a bit of a “Me, too” vote for my taste, but he does give a reason which makes sense based on his Omi vote. There is a short follow-up in post 320 after Red’s claim reiterating his happiness with that vote. That’s it.
Day Three ends with OAOW looking neutral to me. Yes, he voted for Skeezix, but that train had left the station, and it would have been very strange for him not to do so based on his Omi vote. Minimal amount of participation is slightly troubling, but it was a fairly quiet day overall, so null tell for me.
Day Four begins with a post that he was away at sister’s wedding, and apologizing for his absence. Shortly thereafter he comes in with Post 419, a vote for Chronos for "
For the Godfather as vanilla being “most” expendable. This obviously presupposes no other vanilla’s and seems to be PIS like" This vote stuck out to me at the time as being - at best - a lazy “Me, too” vote. It’s vague and opportunistic, and is what first made me get queasy about the Chronos train, particularly given what I quoted from him on Day One about votes “light on reasoning.” OAOW comes back after Jimmy and I get into it with a somewhat vague defense of my LPN vote in post 466. He responds to a leading question from Jimmy in Post 473 but avoids the question.
Based on continued minimal play and the Chronos vote, OAOW comes out of Day Four looking either slightly scummy or slightly anti-town (or both).
Day Five features a couple of tiny posts responding to a question and arguing against a mass name claim. That’s it, though of course the Day is not over yet.
So, where does all that leave me? Well, to be honest, as I said above I came into this thinking that OAOW was skating and lurking in plain sight. That Chronos vote got him onto my mental “keep an eye on him” list. And while I can see possible scum motivation in all of his voting, I can equally see Town motivation. The record is a little slim, so I hope OAOW posts more frequently and with more than just one sentence drive-bys. But that is not enough for me to vote for OAOW at this time. I hope you enjoyed this episode of OAOW: Friend or Fiend? 
