Looking back over the record between when I made my vote, and Day 2 ended, I found a few interesting things that I suspect ought to be cleared up.
Cranbud - You're the one person who posted in between when El Cid said we had an indeterminate amount of time before he hatbotted the final result, and Yakumo deciding to hammer. You said you were about to vote, for Nitori no less, but Yakumo barely beat you to it. What I'm wondering is, you had an hour. Why did you only post that one time, and not respond to any of the posts made. Especially when you specifically requested quick thoughts?
I was going to vote for VSM, but posts came in while I was typing. I agree losing a lynch is seriously bad news, and that's the overriding priority. I feel worse about CK than I do about VSM, and they're one vote apart. If we miss the lynch by a vote, I'll feel dumb afterwards.
##UNVOTE Nitori
##VOTE Cmdr. King
That quote is post #302 in this thread, made by Mad Fnorder. The interesting thing about this vote is that it drove CK to one vote below VSM, came five minutes after Shale's vote for CK, and was promptly followed by CK's roleclaim.
Now, let's take a look at this for a moment. CK had been under fire for most of the day, but the heat was starting to die by that point as people like Rat and Kilga were starting to take VSM to task for his stances. There was some other suspicions, but, on the whole, CK wasn't looking that bad, and he was just one name among many at 2 votes, along with Sopko and Nitori. Then, Shale lands a vote on him for the following reason.
Meanwhile, CK hasn't done anything to change my opinion of him. Still posting an average amount but saying little, and not even doing much to flesh out a suspicion or line of thinking, much less committing to one.
Oddly enough, the same complaint was being tossed at other people, such as VSM who was closer to lynch at the time. But he never really says what he has on VSM besides just chiding his method. Even more interesting is the fact that Shale didn't just pull the 'good townie' routine at the end of Day 1, holding us all up so that there could be a last minute reveal which could have effected absolutely nothing. In fact, the practical effect of that would be to provide a pulpit where some who had said little all along could show up out of nowhere, tell us we're all wrong and here's why, and be able to change absolutely nothing, because we'd all have to first read it, agree on it, and change our vote before deadline hit. Consider this when you look at Shale's antics at the end of Day 2. A deadlock between two people, neither of whom he has a stake in. And he lets it go to the wire in the hopes that someone else might make a better choice, preferring that Hatbot choose instead of himself.
It behooves the town for everyone to vote and make concrete arguments every day. And meanwhile it behooves scum to leave as little paper trail as possible, so I can't say that argument really endears you to me.
Oddly, a quote from Shale's post where he votes on CK. And yet, by day's close, he'd rather let Hatbot have final say, then at least letting the day end with a human calling the shot, and a record of who to take to task for the results.
Pair this up with the other person in the duo, Mad Fnorder. Now, the arguments against him are less complete in some ways because he is a replacement. However, CPU was already flailing before Fnorder came in, and pulled a similar stunt with Evil Tom. Not to mention, Fnorder's still quiet, even after having had a fair chunk of time in order to get caught up. His vote, as seen above, says little to nothing, and I cannot recall any true content that he's posted since.
Now, I'm suspicious of both of these people. But, in the spirit of letting the people who talk continue to talk, I'm going to focus my vote on the silent partner.
##Vote: Mad Fnorder
