And a quick post before I start actually working: the vote receivers so far:
peekercpa (2): Chronos 360, Meeko 383
Chronos voting because he thinks peeker is a distraction, because peeker made what Chronos sees as an unsupported vote of TexCat, and because peeker could have been trying to get the benefits of both an early and a late claim.
Meeko for “policy reasons” related to peeker’s unclear communication.
Thanks to ed’s exposition I can kind of understand Chronos’ reasoning about peeker’s scum motivation - it still seems like a stretch to me. I have no idea if peeker is scum or town but I haven’t seen anything that looks scummy (as opposed to anti-town) to me in his behavior thus far. I don’t like Meeko’s policy vote.
One And Only Wanderers (1): Jimmy Chitwood 184
For fishing for extra information from Chronos after Chronos had already given his name and profession. Also, for the typo vote.
This is a look-and-feel thing, and I don’t really have the time to go back and reread, but I don’t get much of a scum feel from OneAndOnly thus far.
KellyCriterion (1): NAF1138 313
For voting NAF for a typo and then promptly unvoting.
Since this vote, Kelly has not reappeared. I mentioned in the spoiled thread for Cecil Pond that I was going to keep an eye on low-participation noobs (and near-noobs); this case deserves some attention but, well, see next vote recipient.
TexCat (2): Red Skeezix 316, Tom Scud 328
Skeezix for voting peeker without explaining his scum motivation for creating a huge distraction. Tom Scud for voting peeker for obfuscating at a point when peeker had just posted his clearest post of the day (at 303); I also expressed suspicion that TexCat was trying to start a wagon on a controversial player.
I’m still comfortable with this vote; unless peeker is scum, there’s a clear scum motive in stirring the pot around him, and TexCat’s vote certainly had that effect. Before the vote peeker’s somewhat obscure/obfuscated claim was one topic among many; afterwards it takes up most of the next 3 pages.
Oredigger77 (1): Drain Bead 347
For pushing on Meeko’s supposed PIS. (Or rather, for wondering why other people weren’t pushing on it).
I dislike the sort of passive-aggressive way Digger phrased the original query that drew Drain’s ire (and to a lesser extent, Jimmy’s). If you want to express suspicion of someone, express suspicion, don’t wonder out loud why other people aren’t. Doesn’t rise to the level of a vote for me, though.
Red Skeezix (2): TexCat 356, Freudian Slit 364
TexCat because she thinks creating a distraction is in and of itself enough of a scum motivation & thus she thinks Red’s vote was undersupported; Freudian because she thinks peeker was acting scummy and thus TexCat’s vote was justifiable & voting for her for an unjustified vote is scummy.
Obviously this rides on my analysis of TexCat’s vote; I don’t think Red’s vote was scummy because I think TexCat’s vote was scummy because I don’t think peeker was scummy (as opposed to distracting/anti-Town). Thus I don’t really buy either rationale, though I could see how either one of them could be honest about their own reasons.
Chronos (2): storyteller0910 416, peekercpa 450
story for riding peeker hard and then voting on him when the Town’s mood seemed opportune; peeker for basically OMGUS reasons.
I’ll have to reread some time when I’m not rushed, but from memories of rereads past, Chronos didn’t stick out much as riding peeker; special ed and (in his own way) Meeko both stand out more in my mind, and to be honest the person most responsible for riding peeker over the past 150 posts is peeker and his “in the good old days people used to THINK about Mafia. Wake up, sheeple!” schtick.
In summary, I’m comfortable with my vote where it is.