To clarify, I'm not solely following novice around. He's the closest we have to a confirmed townie, and I think the posting restriction coupled with Mattimeo's cloaking ability further strengthens his innocence. I think he has demonstrated skill in previous games, and he's putting in a lot of time investigating. Given that I don't really care to do much investigation myself at this point, I think aligning with strong + mostly confirmed villagers is not a bad move. If we get more mostly confirmed villagers with good judgement, I will lean heavily on those as well. Many players are doing the same much of the time, they just try to cover it up or don't draw attention to it. Moreover, novice is sticking his neck out to defend Sareln. I don't think he'd do so unless he feels strongly about his innocence.
My general impression of the game is that many players are being allowed to go unchecked. Little suspicion is poked at Azza, for example. A quick read through his 15 posts suggests he's lurking and prodding away at an easy target with minimal justification. Day 1 he made a total of 3 posts, and placed a single vote on waterbat because waterbat said "I AM A MAN OF GOD I AM OBVIOUSLY INNOCENT". And all he ever says is "they feel scummy" in various ways. Yet very few votes and accusations go his way.
I'm not saying this is damning, but I think it's enough to warrant suspicion. The fact that there's been so little suggests to me that a pack of wolves is busy sending votes in other directions. I think the same goes for a few other players as well, Azza just stood out to me because he likes voting for me every few hours. I also think uberfish is being voted up a little too easily right now. X-posting with a few people, just noticed novice seems to think so too. Yes, that was an independent thought ™!
My general impression of the game is that many players are being allowed to go unchecked. Little suspicion is poked at Azza, for example. A quick read through his 15 posts suggests he's lurking and prodding away at an easy target with minimal justification. Day 1 he made a total of 3 posts, and placed a single vote on waterbat because waterbat said "I AM A MAN OF GOD I AM OBVIOUSLY INNOCENT". And all he ever says is "they feel scummy" in various ways. Yet very few votes and accusations go his way.
I'm not saying this is damning, but I think it's enough to warrant suspicion. The fact that there's been so little suggests to me that a pack of wolves is busy sending votes in other directions. I think the same goes for a few other players as well, Azza just stood out to me because he likes voting for me every few hours. I also think uberfish is being voted up a little too easily right now. X-posting with a few people, just noticed novice seems to think so too. Yes, that was an independent thought ™!