TWG 210: Vanilla Ice Cream in Sprite [GAME THREAD]

[ShadoWolfe]

the sun fan - I've had my moments of paranoia and hesitation but he's lock town. his read progressions actually make sense when you trace them, and he hasn't had a single structural push that ties him to anyone. his votes and pushes and even switches have been pro-town. the way he got to ben at D0 EOD was genuinely painful to watch and felt real. his read on DBP has been independent and persistent across both phases. EVERYONE WHO IS LIKE ME AND GETS PARANOID, DO NOT TINFOIL THIS READ. Town.

Hakulyte - town. voted DBP at D0 when nobody else did. I can see he's evolved as a player since we used to play together, but there's a certain kind of tinfoil I relied on to be able to read when he was town and I haven't gotten it wrong yet and he's been showing it this game. his reads have been better than ever and show the evolution I'm talking about. he's also been updating on new information rather than entrenching or echoing endlessly. I don't have a single flag on him. town.


bugkid666 - their low D0 presence was explained upfront and the posts they did make were honest. their vibe has been genuine all game and their D2 (and earlier) read on DBP has personal weight that I think is real. they knows what wolf DBP looks like, or at least what town DBP doesn't look like, and they're calling it out. their observation in #1130 about whether two wolves would pile onto a wolf zenith and asking if that's why DBP switched was sharp and independent. solid town as well.


botchi246 - the D0 NV was bad and the D1 vote on me was thin. but D2 has been more engaged than I expected. his "I really don't see a wolf just voting by themselves" reasoning is at least a real principle and he's been honest about his own confusion throughout. the sunfan vote looks OMGUS to me and I think he'll admit that. slight town lean but I haven't done enough work to clear him properly.


FreezinIce - two bad EOD calls is a problem. he was on HnH with DBP at D1 EOD and they were the two most vocal drivers of that wagon. his D2 self-disclosure about playing on surface reads and tone rather than analysis was either genuine transparency or a wolf getting ahead of a read, and I can't tell which. his read shifts have tracked with whoever was most recently talking to him rather than developing independently. his mic drop of xel/botchi/zenith conspicuously excludes DBP. null, can't clear yet, and if zenith flips red his stocks go up.


XelNya - was early on the ben wagon alongside DBP in D0 without much stated reasoning, and ended on the zenith wagon at D1 EOD also without reasoning. Xel could easily bus, so not giving much points for that. low engagement across both phases. his D2 post was the most substantive thing he's produced all game but it arrived very late and some of his reasoning was hard to follow. slight wolf lean, lowest priority.


Zenith - today's vote. the D0 contradiction between threatening sunfan and later claiming he was "just building a town circle" has never been resolved. the PR comment in a vanilla setup generated four different explanations when pressed. he and DBP validated each other's case against ben in D0 and ben was town. he survived D1 only because DBP moved off him at the last second to create the coinflip. wolf read.


DaBackpack - covered in the post above. wolf.