Here I quote the parts from FF's post that were directed toward me so I can answer him. I cut out the other stuff because it's a real long post.
Kashta attacks Wiz, JB, Rich, and Noods, all in one block of posts. Doesn't vote any of them, doesn't decide who she thinks is evilest, just muddies the water with opinions and questions. Could be digging, could be more sinister.
FF, I went through the thread that first night and had some questions to ask. So I pulled the posts I wanted to question. These were the posts that made me say, "wait a minute, what?" or "really, why do you think that?" None of that was an attack against any of them. I was asking questions to get responses so I could then decide whether I felt their answers made sense or not. I wasn't making accusations against players or calling anyone scum. I asked direct questions and was clear about it when I disagreed with someone and why.... to find out how they would respond to the question(s). Sometimes this also stimulates conversation from others that gives us other clues worth considering. That's pretty simple and straightforward.
What do you expect the town to do, cast premature votes based on nothing and build cases against people for no reason without bothering to ask questions first? I didn't know who I was going to vote for yet, I wasn't even trying to figure out my vote. Nightfall wasn't until the following day so there was time for that later. This was the first time I got into the thread after posting my hello/game on post.
Wizard - When I read his post questioning the singleton voters after nightfall, I wondered... wow, where does he come off doing that when he just did the exact same thing himself? It was hypocritical. At the time he voted, Wizard was a single voter too. And since he left his vote there knowing he wouldn't be back before nightfall, it was a bit much to see how fast he turned against others who did (for all he knew) the exact same thing he did.
JB - How do you see my question as an attack, FF? I noticed he pruned a quote he replied to, so I asked why he did it. When JB answered that, I thought his explanation made sense. I was satisfied with the answer I got from him so I dropped it there.
Rich and Noods - I disagreed with Noods and had just typed up a post questioning her and saying why I disagreed with her. Rich had also posted essentially the same thing, so I directed the same question to him too. They both sounded like they might be trying to push our votes against either Wizard, DD, or Ice just because those are the 3 who voted UN. I didn't believe that was being objective. They'd both said they thought 1 of the votes against UN was probably scum. It's dangerous for us to make blanket statements like that...... or base our lynch on something that "could be" but just as easily might not be, so it made me suspicious. That made me wonder if all 3 of those voters might be innocents the scum team were hoping to set up for night 2.
In the end for Day 1, I was still undecided about Wizard, so I left him neutral. I leaned JB a little more innocent than evil, so I focused on other posts/players. And I was most suspicious of Noods and Rich... decided to leave my vote where it was on Noods since I hadn't found anything else scummy enough to be sure of as voteworthy.
Why tentative? You made a case against her, did you know she was innocent before you voted her? I see no other reason for a "tentative" vote on Noods there.
I called it tentative at the time I posted an early vote because I was still undecided about other players and thought I might change my vote later. That way everyone would know it was subject to change instead of being definite. I also didn't see she had answered my question in her response to Wizard. Part of my reason for voting her was thinking she'd ignored my question or was trying not to answer it.... which is why I said that in the post you quoted above. I figured if I asked her to answer my question again and voted her at the same time... I might get her to answer me.
After this, Noods posted that she was sorry she didn't reply to me separately but her answer to me was in her reply to Wizard.
SO, all in all, my list would be:
DD: for defending herself badly and because of the Ice comment and the time it took to lay down an answer.
Kashta: For her "digging" that never really went anywhere, and for the "tentative" vote on noods after creating an argument for voting her.
Ice: For being an ***.
Wiz: Seems a little off to me, but it's been a while since I played with him so it could just be me.
And that's all I have to say right now.
I ask questions (or dig) to find out if there's anything worth going somewhere. Sometimes there is; sometimes there isn't. I don't know if someone's reply to questions will ring true and sound innocent/reasonable or seem scummy/suspicious until after they have time to read my question and post their response.
My "tentative" vote on Noods was partly to poke at her or prompt her to answer my question (as I hadn't seen her answer to me in her reply to Wizard). And I did disagree with Noods. The more I thought about it, the more I suspected her. I think it's wiser for the town to base their votes on scummy behavior than to just say I'd bet at least 1 of 3 voters is scum and leave it at that.
