I'll put some general thoughts down now on the votes I suppose, just for something to think about at least.
(Also, I might say that I'm not going to do much digging, but knowing me, I will still probably make a good number of posts in here overnight, so like I have told all of my private chat partners in the past, prepare for some large posts from me in here lol)
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The first thing of note to me are the non voters. B-Dubs, Flatearthpandas, and Vincent did not vote. Vincent did have a vote on Bae, but removed it after her claim and then did not put it on either of the other two leaders. Dubs and FEPs were not around very often, and I don't think either of them really expressed any strong feelings anyways, so they really just had nothing.
The other people voting off the top two wagons were:
Geno and Sparks, who stayed together on Monkey/Stu.
Donna and Rac, who both left their votes on Bae/Malus.
SkyOdin, who voted for Fran/Fandorin.
Stuart, who voted for Sorian/Dubs.
Z-Beat, who voted for Apollo/Verelios.
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And now for some rambling thoughts on the players:
Verelios/Apollo - How townie are they actually? I remember realizing that a lot of what Vere was doing was asking around and kind of shading different people here and there, but not giving many of his own reads. However, this is what Faddy was calling him out for on D1 in the last game, and Vere was Town there, so it's probably not very alignment indicative for him.
Ty4on/Absolutbro - Probably not going to be too concerned with returning here immediately tomorrow, but they are worth watching in case they did just slip through the cracks there at EoD.
Sorian - Mastermind Scum? I kind of doubt it, but I could maybe see it. His EoD actually improved my thoughts on him, because he was making some decent points and definitely trying to shut down some of the bad discussions, like lynching the PR claim, that were coming up. But that's all NAI, Sorian will do whatever.
Fran/Fandorin - Still pretty sure on this town read tbh, but I'm willing to reassess if anything starts looking strange from them tomorrow.
Natiko/Terraforce - Feeling ok about this pair still I guess, but I would consider it more of a null read than Town read tbh.
Pirate Bae/Malus - If they survive the night, Bae will almost certainly tell us that she's a Cop tomorrow, the breadcrumbs were real. Scum almost certainly have a Roleblocker though, or else a Strong Kill, so I doubt we'll actually get a result from them, which is sad.
Monkey/Stuart - Stuart basically dropped off after a while, but hopefully he'll be able to get back to his normal pace on D2. Monkey I am worried about, there were some posts from her at EoD that were just... Ohhhhhhh I swear to god Monkey if you are Scum again, jesus fucking christ.
Brazil/Flux - Flux is an oddball, but honestly there isn't much outside of how I would expect him to play. I think Sorian made an interesting point about his meta read on Flux, being that cool/collected Flux is usually Scum, but Flux rebutted that by saying he's trying to be less emotional now in games just generally, which is something I feel since I'm trying to do the same thing. As for Brazil, I wish we could get the more active Brazil that I love playing with. I'm having a tough time here because sometimes I think he is making good points, but then other times I get the sense that he doesn't fully buy his own arguments, so I'm conflicted.
Rac/Vincent - Rac is a performance artist. Vincent seems fine so far, I expect I should get a better read on him tomorrow, but honestly, I'm pretty solidly leaning Town on this boat solely based on that post where Rac went and grabbed a bunch of quotes from Pirate Bae to explain his scum read on her. When Rac and I had a love boat together in MafiEra, that was exactly what he did. He would grab quotes and put them in the boat chat, ask me about his reads and how I was feeling, then go into the thread and drop a vote without saying a word about why he was doing it. His advice to me was "Never show your work" lmao.
Sparks/Geno - Meh. There is no read to be had on Sparks, and I suppose Geno is being his usual self. I do think Geno went in on the Stuart/Monkey vote way too hard and came into at a really opportunistic time too, which makes me raise an eyebrow that way, but we'll see what happens tomorrow.
Coolest/Z-Beat - I was honestly tempted to start a train here at EoD with Kyan when he voted there for a moment, I think Monkey also said she'd be down with that swerve, but we didn't make it happen. I might start tomorrow by pressuring this spot a bit, couldn't hurt.
SkyOdin/Chuggernaut - Eh, Chugg seems normal, and I've liked enough of Odin's posts even though he hasn't been around as often as Chugg. One of these days though, Chugg is going to be Scum and totally blow us all away because I swear to god if he can act the same way as Scum then we will never find him lol.
Reki/Xbro - Pretty good town read here too tbh. Reki's first game, though they have spectated a few in the past so they have some experience with the game and the community even though they haven't hopped in a game yet. I think Xbro has made some great posts though even though he hasn't made too many. In fact, I will go so far as to don this pair with my patented "Town as Fuck" read, which I have not been bestowing on people recently, but I am that sure on this one.
FEPS/Stan - Interesting pair. Their timezone differences can make activity and engagement with them difficult for those of us in the western hemisphere, so I think people tend to forget about them or write them off as either Town or Scum because of that. I've seen Stan get town read on like D2 and then not even have to post really because no one was interested in going after him and he was barely around when everyone else was awake lol. My point here is, don't forget about these two and engage with them, because they could very well be Scum. I will want to see a lot more from FEPs tomorrow for sure, he is a very astute Town player, and I expect at least some decent reads to come from him if he's Town even on D2.
Kyan/Donna - Nothing out of the ordinary here, tbh. Donna seems fine, and I actually hope she gets to make it deeper into a game this time because she always seems to be the recipient of some early, and bad, scum reads. Kyan though, he's great lol. As a member of the Kyaaaa fan club, and his one-time Mason Buddy in GTA Mafia, I am willing to bestow an early town lean on him here because he has been making the usual kind of posts I expect from him and I'm not quite sensing fakery from him yet.
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Whew, so there you go, first mega post of the boat chat from me lol you can rest assured that it will not be the last either. But perhaps the only one for this night phase at least.
I'll be back later to discuss some possible targets for our night action here.