This is going to be a dissection of Mharman's post since that it was sticks out on pg 5 about BK because there are some things I agree and disagree with it
1. The whole "Idk what to do" thing in Post #6, only to be followed up by a lot of comments that look like he's pretty sure of himself (a new example of this contradiction is found every time they post).
I don't think this is a scum/town tell. When I first played mafia I wanted to learn about the game and tried to use the best types of logic that may or may not have been right. It looked like I new the game but I did not know the basics. In mafia and debating, you need to be sure of yourself and assess confidence when playing, and I do not think it's scum/town
2. The immediate town read of you in Post #7 based on your research. I'm not saying that announcing research is inherently scummy, but it's not inherently towny, either. It's not something that we can use to evaluate affiliation. At first, I said it was only slightly scummy because it could just be bad/inconsistent noob logic, but then they go on to call out the illogical parts of Lunatic's sus on you, and then assert in Post #56 that Lunatic is scum because his instant scumread (as B.K perceives it, more on this in a second) on you is irrational. Yet, they ignore how their instant townread on you would be just as irrational.
So it's not really that B.K's poor logic is the problem, it's the fact that they give so much thought to the idea of logic, EXCEPT when they make a conclusion. With that in mind, the fact that they instantly called you "town" and than instantly called the one person who disagreed "scum" reeks of buddying.
I do agree with this take that I believe BK is buddying following the reason you provided. Hopping on a wagon with similar reasonings to one users. However, while it is a reason for FOS (and why I have a FoS on BK), it is not a reason enough of itself to vote BK.
3. The whole "testing reactions" thing (as he claimed in Posts #54 and #61 looked legit to me for a bit, until I noticed how he did it. When he set up his "test" in Post #10, Lunatic didn't even respond to the vote itself (instead focusing on you), and yet by Post #19 they were already calling Lunatic "scum." While they gave a different reason than their "test" in Post #19, he makes it clear in Post #56 that Lunatic's focus on you in Post #13 was a failure of his "test."
Not to mention the fact that Lunatic didn't even say you were scum; he only said in Post #13 and reiterated in Post #29 that you COULD be scum, based on you being a noob. Was it dumb? Yes. But it wasn't outright saying you were scum, as B.K claimed.
It's completely unfair to test someone's reaction, and then say their lack of reaction is scummy, especially when the person conducting the test is exaggerating claims of "accusation." Again, one could chalk this up to poor logic, but for the same reason from earlier, I don't think that excuse holds up anymore. It's basically a test where Lunatic was damned if he did, damned if he didn't.
I'm just a bit confused about this point. Can you reiterate this for me?
4. The idea in Posts #56 and #61 that Lunatic, Pie, and Supa are all somehow scum because they "baited" those three all into "uniting against" them. Ignoring the fact that they're basically claiming Pie and Supa also failed their "test," it is ridiculous to assert this game has 3 mafiosos, especially in Posts #65 and #69 after being told in Posts #62 and #68 how unfair a 5v3 would be. And of course, it's all to justify that idea that B.K somehow "baited" 3 players who made an observation that B.K might know a bit more than thought into failing his "test." It's all way too convenient. To me, it just looks like they're expanding their lynch pool.
I like this point and again, is another reason why I have an FOS on BK. It feels to me that the lynch pool is trying to expand to the greatest amount, which is inherently scummy. As town, you want to limit the lynch pool to have assurance in your lynches based on what town believes to be probable
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I agree that BK has FoS for sure, but I can easily write this off to angst and overall nerves about playing and a level of newness that may make him unaware of the some of the things he committed. Plus, with your vote on him, unless we are specifically need a vote, I don't think it's enough evidence to suggest a vote at this stage