I decided to read back on D2 Faddy since it looks like today's lynch will be between me and him. Comments on posts that got my attention with a conclusion at the end.
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- #2517 comments he likes Chuggs and is surprised Fantomas is pushing a scum read on him. Mentions his dislike of Brazil shot on Terra while throwing some shade at Fireblend, mentioning he has been "elusive" this game without an actual stance.
- #2527 explains more about his Fireblend and Brazil read. He also comments KetKat's scum read on Fantomas and agrees with her. He then offers a quick read list.
Town: Fran, Chuggs and CeeCee (for their claims), cabot as top town read, Fandorin, Sorian and Natiko.
Scum: The coasting group (KetKat, Zubz, kyan, malus, AB), rac and Flux as top scum read, developing a bit on that read with quotes.
- #2562 responding Brazil, he gives detailed readings on Sorian, Natiko and Monkey, orders them as Sorian > Natko > Monkey.
- #2612 pushes Sawneeks while commenting on her shade on Fantomas, in which she said "Fantomas was playing like I play scum". Faddy commented that Neeks initially had Fantomas as town in her read list, but then backed off it later saying he was scummy "for the same reasons".
#2671 orders Fran's list, with rac as the scummiest and turmoil as a null read right in the middle. Has Pirate Bae as likely town based on her interactions with Fantomas, who he was scum reading.
SCUM
Rac
Ketkat
Fantomas
Blarg
Turmoil
Pirate Bae
CeeCee
Chuggs
TOWN
- #2679 in a conversation with absolutbro, comments that he and Fantomas were scum reading each other, later tries to clarify it on #2683 after Fantomas calls him out. Mentions that there were posts where Fantomas hedged him as scum, but doesn't link to anything.
- #2685 puts a vote down for Flux while lamenting that reads don't actually mattered this phase due to Fran's override gun.
-#2752 comments that Malus "was probably meming" with the graph and that there wasn't much to read into it.
-#2836, #2846, #2874 and #2901 are the posts where he pushes for Flux lynch after turmoil fake claimed. Differently than Brazil did, he considers more mechanics when calling out, mentioning that "a commuter could still be targeted depending on the gamemaster". In the first reaction post to the mess, quoted below, Faddy mentions "This is not the mindset of vanilla town", and I found a bit peculiar how he adds the word "vanilla" in there. What difference would it make if this was the mindset of a Town PR?
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Conclusion:
Overall, I town lean Faddy. I understand the concerns on his day end last phase, though he wouldn't be my vote this phase (my read list coming up soon).
He expressed most of his reads well, considering we couldn't really pressure vote and that the discussion ended being limited to the names Fran put out. I liked his Sawneeks read, and his Fantomas progression as well. His initial scum read on Sawneeks began due to a comment on Fantomas, who he admittedly had a eye on, so that felt genuine.
Faddy what is your take on Neeks this phase? If you commented on it already, I didn't catch it so I'm sorry.
It is worth noting that, despite being his biggest scum read, Faddy had a big post going pressuring Flux but then didn't mention him again until he voted for him in the last few hours of the day. He wasn't on Fran's list and Faddy sorta carried his scum read from D1, but could be the scum team wanted to pressure Flux after finding out, somehow, that he was a PR at N1.
My take on the final stretch of D2 is that scum could've reacted both ways after turmoil fake claimed: a) prepare the bus since his flip was inevitable one way or another after the claim, or b) find footing and push against Flux, hoping turmoil's gambit pans out to give scum that "extra lynch". I can see Faddy fitting into that second category, considering he could use his game long scum read on him as cover. I can see why some want to lynch him for this.
His offhand comment on malus is noteworthy though. If one of them flips scum, I'd look back and see if there are weird interactions there.
