@Wondalfy what are your thoughts so far?
I am still most sus of the fluff train. This is all depending on the fact that fluff is actually an exclusionary faction and not a wolf. From the moment fluff mentioned wanting to eliminate a faction to win, before anyone really talked a ton about mechanics, I thought they were an exclusionary village and that it was genuine they thought that faction was wolf (and who knows, maybe the faction is). I don't know why a wolf would go out and say this, especially without knowing if it is a mechanic in the game. Yet, this statement did make fluff look bad, and I have not been a fan of some of fluff's further messages/defensiveness. This made them an easy misyeet target due to possible sus --> easy for wolves to bandwagon on.
I thought PSV was playing a little sus from the very beginning of the game (few and relatively neutral messages, although lots of people were somewhat inactive at the beginning so that's not much to go on), and the very strong focus on fluff by PSV only furthered my suspicions. PSV was also the second vote on fluff, not the first, which was perhaps trying to continue a bandwagon that already began.
Because assumptions about mechanics with no evidence to back that up is dangerous, and it doesn't really matter what the wolf faction is called imo.
I also generally agree with this and ignored mechanics discussions for this exact reason, except I didn't like that they said it doesn't really matter what the wolf faction is called. That's the one thing I did want to theorize a bit on, as it would provide insight to future yeet reveals/PM messages if people are not directly called a wolf when they are yeeted/investigated/etc. I will say also, I think people who did participate in mechanics theories are more likely to be village because I think it's less likely a wolf would try to theorize something that was possibly incorrect, and additionally, looked down upon by others.
I said Zenge is sketchy. But I agree with his logic voting for you, and if you're a hit then he clears himself
I also don't really like this train of logic. I get it would clear Zenge, a sketchy person, but like, why is that the primary method you would use to clear someone? Also, if fluff isn't a hit, then what. Idk maybe it is a common strat, but I don't see myself doing it. PSV also hasn't gotten a ton of defense (or sus besides from people I feel best about) this game from other players, which is maybe a sign to me that people want to quietly move the vote to someone else, and if PSV does flip wolf, they don't look sus for defending them. As village, I like to defend people I think are more likely to be village, whether they actually are or not, but I haven't really seen that happen for PSV. I know none of this is concrete, but I feel better about it than anyone else at the moment.
Others on the fluff train were Zenge, April, chic, and miranda. April and chic were involved in mechanics discussions in some way or another so I feel less sus of them than the others on this train. Viscernable was also pretty sus of April, and now Vis is dead. Would April kill Vis for that? Mm I feel if April was a wolf, it's more likely they'd try to ignore Vis since April only had one vote, rather than bring attention to themselves. That leaves Zenge and miranda who I don't feel great about. Miranda more than Zenge.
I also thought zuri was more village pretty early on due to what I interpreted as a different playstyle than the noob game (explained in an earlier post) and heavy mechanics talk. However, I can also see where the sus on zuri came from (bringing up topics multiple times/defensiveness), so I feel like maybe there were more village there.
I also kinda get the genny train due to the focus on factions by genny, but I'm still more inclined to think those who agreed with that are exclusionary factions. I feel like wolves would not say anything since they were mentioned in the intro as existing.
In general, I feel best about DubZ, AM, & Santy (please do not mention rule of threes, I like threes in any situation). I'm also feeling pretty good about the contributions of subbed-in players (samac, mayo, and yourself) + wiisp. Slightly sus of Plum. SOV, clem, SAR, alley, veggie, Nate, and moth are relatively neutral/could be wolfy to me right now. Did I miss anyone?
This took like an hour to type up so I'm not accounting for new messages lol. Side note: my lack of activity today is because I was packing all morning and then drove for 3 hours straight back to campus. I was able to read/like some messages in the morning/early afternoon but didn't have time to reply.
