Boozahol has been low on my radar since this:
vote: Boozahol Squid, P.I. [color]
For these two posts.
The first one was a very slight ping along the lines of what snfaulkner and ThingFish pointed out – self-consciously grouping oneself with town. The second quote morphed from defense against the accusation (‘don’t we all present ourselves as town?’) into some kind of weird promotion of information-gathering – which he wasn’t even doing – as a pro-town tactic, and manages to drive the “look how townie I’m being” ping up several notches.
And then I guess asking about scum communication is more of the same, though I didn’t notice it negatively at the time.
I’m not thrilled with Johnny Bravo’s defense against my skepticism of his vote on me, either. ‘You’re trying too hard to find me scummy’ is not exactly a convincing read in a game where even the scum have rich hunting grounds to go after. On the other hand, the ‘ohmygodyousuck for suspecting me’ impulse is strong in some townies and could be the real reason for the vote. I’ll let that one percolate a while.
That’s Normal Phase on D1. I’ve been getting small pings from Booze, but nothing that rose to the level of my mistaken case on ToeJam or my potential case on Pleonast.
I agree with Ender that D4.48 comes off as very self-conscious. I was the target of Angel’s suspicion yesterDay/last Night as well, but my first thought wasn’t “That looks bad for me,” but rather “At least I can file her opinions under ‘known townie thoughts.’”
Biotop:
In reading through Thing Fish ’s postings he is among the first to I find that **Boozahol **was suspicious for the “canoodle” question on Night 0, and in post N0 #238 throws out the “ceremonial first FOS of the game” towards Boozahol .
Does Thing Fish follow up his FOS when the real game starts? No. Instead (Day1 #141 ) he finds Total Lost ’s suspicions of ToeJam to be the more “egregious” example of possible Scum asking questions to mods of which they already know the answer. D1#327 he likes the cases against both Colby and ToeJam , but no longer mentions Boozahol Squid . Thing Fish tangles with Pleonast for much of the time over the next two game Days while also posting cases on MHaye and** Hal Briston**. When he finally gets back to** Boozahol**, it is only in the context of analyzing Brewha voters (Day3, #263 ). He still gives Boozahol a slight Scum lean. In doing so he says Boozahol was “weird and overaggressive on Day 1, Townier since.”
My impression is that** Thing Fish** wanted to draw suspicion on Boozahol , without it* really *drawing suspicion-- Scum team members trying to create separation. Of course maybe Thing Fish was just throwing out cases and leans he didn’t really have any intention of following, just to see what would stick. As someone else pointed out, Scum don’t care who dies, as long as it is not their team. But in reading **Thing Fish’**s postings I get the feel everything is measured. You can almost see the ruler marks in these posts. Odd he did not follow up on Boozahol .
There are other concerns that point to Boozahol as Scum:
Vote on** Hawkeyeop** for making his N0 “unfair to Scum” comment on Day 1. Does he really think a Scum player would argue about whether a tactic was fair or unfair to Scum on Night 0? Poor vote.
Complains to Mods about how Town roles don’t have cool names, being sure to refer to “us” as Town. Seems forced, phony light talk with hidden agenda of aligning himself with Town.
Spends lots of time wanting to vote for the cult and then voted for Crys75 on Day 3 before deciding now Day 4 we probably shouldn’t go after the cult.
Worries on Day 4 about what the Angel Town flip means for him. He votes Professor Pepperwinkle and then unvotes him. This whole exchange is troublesome. I have no problem with his initial suspicion of and arguments with Angel , who plays a great Scum game. I have no problem with his suspicion of Professor Pepperwinkle because I still think he (PP ) could flip Scum, but not LUTHA. But I do have a problem with Boozaho l’s voting self concern over Town concern. Angel of the North ’s death removes a major Boozahol accuser.vote Boozahol Squid PI[color]
This adds to the existing case and continues with the leg work I have put off. Boozahol was on my early short list of people who needed a deep delve, but never made the top of the list when I had the time. I think I’ll get around to it tomorrow, but for now, I’ll rely on my gut and the cases others have presented.
[color=blue]vote Boozahol Squid P.I.