With an hour and a half left, I don't see much chance of turning things around here. Going to check out for a bit, so it seems prudent to leave some final comments before doing so. I don't expect to be alive when I get back. It'd be great if I was wrong about that, but it seems unlikely. The first person to denounce this as defeatism or scum giving up gets hit with my shiny, new Muppy Brand Orbital Death Laser. Seriously, I'm at minus one to hammer with a deadline looming. Has anyone ever talked their way out of a situation like this? Even if people had doubts, it's too late in the day to build another train. Besides, I've been trying to claw my way out of the hole for the past four hours with little noticeable improvement. Anything I could try, I have done.
Alex: You may say you're not convinced, but you know what? I've responded to questions when asked, defended myself when necessary, pointed out someone else I find suspicious (who has yet to respond to any of my criticisms), and interacted with or commented on nearly everyone by this point. If there was anything I could've done to change your mind, it would've happened by now. I can only conclude that you're either not willing to consider alternatives or scum just wanting to see me hang. Pity I have such trouble discerning which is which.
Also, it was never my intention to "make excuses." It's in my nature to explain things and try to provide people with a better understanding of my actions. It's unfortunate that you hold this against me, Alex, but we do seem to hail from different dimensions.
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Highly suggest that you all lynch Sopko tomorrow if he doesn't provide something substantial on day two. He's done very little today, despite Alex's confidence to the contrary. Sopko has primarily cruised under the radar, made one comment that happened to get the attention of one of the board's most prolific posters, and sat back to let the rest of the group do his dirty work ever since.
I'm looking at Ciato, too. She is notably reserved as scum (metagaming, but I think it's a valid observation that she's less comfortable playing non-Town). I believe she made some solid arguments early on in the game, but has been laggardly in the last day or so. Her announcement that she'll be away doesn't necessarily help matters. As it has been said, legitimate excuses are great for scum.
I'm increasingly less suspicious of Delta, ironically. I have nothing substantial to back this up, though; it's just a gut reaction to recent happenings, and my instincts are notoriously unreliable.
I'll stick around for 5-10 minutes if anyone has any last-minute questions.
