OK then, finished my re-read on CSPVG. I'll start from a bit earlier as there was something that stood out to me, but didn't get the chance to address it in full back then.
In his post #244 he said [emphasis added]:
I wonder if Krypsyn's PM contained both a real and a fake name, or if he merely stole one of the names from someone's dislike (the former is much more likely than the latter).
I asked him about this in my post #255, and he replied in his post #285:
I did say that the former possibility was more likely than the latter possibility.
The point behind my question was that Krypsyn turned out to be drealmer7's dislike, who was the very last to reveal hi dislike. Krypsyn had already introduced himself as "Dr. Heather Ursula Tublink"
before this particular name was mentioned, hence it was impossible for him to have stolen it. It didn't make sense to me to even consider the possibility. This in turn made me wonder if perhaps CSPVG was busy in another game-related thread where Night actions and Day plans are discussed.
Then he continued what seemed like an endless back-and-forth with Dessimu. I understand his desire to defend himself, and I'll give him that Dessimu does indeed try to take anything someone said that may mean from little to nth, and turn it into some sort "
evidence" of that person's scumminess, if he thinks there's something there (and I've told him as much).
Other than this, can't say I see anything in all of this, it was still very early in the game.
He appeared to quick-hammer Lifthrasil (according to dedoporno it was like 9min after I placed my vote on him). The timing in and of itself is not that much of a bothering point (though dedoporno made a good point when replying to Leaonard03 about it), the arguments he used to hammer make it questionable, however (post #440).
He hammered Lifthrasil as if D2's lynch depended on his vote, and his vote alone. But was it so? He had no firm stance on the matter of No-Lynch, No-Lynch was not a sure thing at that point, and he was not exactly convinced about Lifthrasil being a good choice (post #429). And said that he might have been a bit quick to do so, only after it became a topic of discussion and reason to suspect him (post #636).
When D3 started, he was the first to post, and the first thing he had to say was [emphasis added]:
So, unless someone has something to reveal or a compelling argument to make, I still feel pretty strongly about the whole Dessimu thing
And when flubbucket made a revelation that should at least give him some pause, and make him re-evaluate his view on others and the game overall, he kept doubting him, and making a case of "testing if he's lying", mainly because he had absolutely no read on him (post #506) and his view on Dessimu (post #534).
What I find interesting is that he never considered the possibility of flubbucket telling the truth regarding his role and reads, and that perhaps something else might be in play if one of his reads were misleading. Like him perhaps not being a sane Cop or a Godfather, and see if/how thing fit together. Interestingly, he never reacted to the latter when brought up by others (@dedporno, have not forgotten your question, will get to it later).
He never really participated in the discussions around Leonard03 and his lynch, other than what he said in his post #604. He also said he'd hammer him closer to the deadline, but never did. Which reminded me a bit of how he went about drealmer7. Did he hold off because of the D2 quick-hammer and the suspicion it brought on him?
He made a comment regarding trentonlf early on (post #285), but based on posts #384, #388 (that's bler144 post to which he never presented any counter-arguments) and #534, his view by the end of D3 was:
[...] have leveled out into what I expect a Town-Trent to look like.
But when he became Lynch-candidate #1 on D4, his previous view on trentonlf (post #738) suddenly became [emphasis added]:
When I confronted him about this, I feel he intentionally toned himself down, [...]
and he uses this to justify the rest of his argument that led to his vote on trentonlf [emphasis added]:
[...] has subsequently disappeared from the game almost entirely (this could be explained by RL issues, but I also feel that he has been more of a lurker than he usually is).
I understand that anyone would defend themselves, and would try to make a case against someone else, and I would see it in a different light if he had said that trentonlf's lurking made him rethink his earlier assessment of him. But this sounds like backtracking from his previous view, and attempting to exploit an opportunity to shift attention to the one of the unconfirmed players with the best chance he sees of getting lynched in his place. More so with his argument against his own lynch being [emphasis added]:
So, I'm going to have to at least try and make a counter argument - if you kill me, you'll just be killing a Town Vanilla, which wouldn't be so bad if it were not for the fact that we're this late into the game - which not even I am fully confident in making.
when, as dedoporno already pointed out, he's comfortable lynching either one of our key-roles to winning.
Last, but not least, and as others have already pointed out, the fact that he's been sitting at L-3 since early D4 may well indicate that he's Mafia, and his buddies are reluctant to bus him.
I will hold off on placing a vote as I have a few more re-reads to do.
