Moving on.
JGOESGAMING
120 posts is not a lot but itās not nothing either. I digress.
A ton of first posts from him are fluff, until he posts his āself-read.ā You could say itās the same thing as what I mentioned with Soul - self-meta being a hilariously bad defense, it reads as BD. But what Jgoes did is different. He reads himself to āhelpā BD figure out his alignment.
Jgoesgaming:
Since multiple people have been calling me scum (KyoDaz, Ozzkozz and Alice), and others seem to have no idea why, I had the (probably horrible) idea of scumreading myself,
Jgoesgaming:
All I can say is Iām not Cult, though I canāt prove that yet.
This reads like LAMIST to me and not something a BD would do. What would be the point of BD doing this? Itās not self-meta, itās a self-read and itās a self-read when youāve barely done anything until that point. Therefore itās a useless read and highly suspicious to me. With no D1 lynch Jgoes doesnāt run the risk of getting lynched, but he doesnāt want to be suspected too much because potential Paladins can check him, etc. As a result, LAMIST couldāve been his answer.
I repeat, itās not the same thing as Soulās self-meta. That defense was so bad it looked good to me. But Jgoesā defense feels like itās trying way too hard to be read as BD. āWhat scum would think of self-reading?ā
Jgoesgaming:
Thatās not really an option, since Iām not scum, but youāre free to distrust me.
This hedging continues for a long time. Instead of trying to contribute so that he stops being read as scum, he keeps on being wishy-washy like this.
Jgoesgaming:
Alright, hereās a highlight of what I think are Teleās most suspicious post, Iāll probably do a longer (and also likely better/more thorough) one d2 though.
I asked him for a read and he provides a read that has no conclusion. In the end he seems to read Tele as neither BD nor Cult in a setup with no neutrals. Is this really BD behavior? Iām inclined to think BD would be much more motivated to try and find Cult.
Jgoesgaming:
I think either Kai or Italy is scum, but Iām not sure.
What? At that point he has not provided a read on either of them. Is this a weak attempt to contribute? Also, hedging again.
Jgoesgaming:
Kai seems to be the best target rn, since his vote would give a lot of information, and he is a scumlean for me.
He has not provided any information about why he thinks Kai is scum before, and when he is directly asked for it, he piggybacks off of my explanation and read. Somehow I donāt think that was a mindmeld because he has never brought this up before or even suggested it.
CONSENSUS
Jgoes is Cult . I donāt like the things heās been doing throughout the game, many of his posts ping me the wrong way, and in general he does not seem to have been BD-motivated.
Iām perfectly fine with a Jgoes lynch today unless he manages to somehow clear himself before EoD.