Posted June 19, 2020
Lifthrasil: @dedo: Joe is actually right. It is questionable, why you tried to paint my valid theory as 'planting the seed of doubt'. If you knew that Carradice will indeed flip scum, this pre-emptive de-validation of a theoretized connection between you would make sense. If you are Town, however, you have to agree that it is a theory we have to keep in mind. As we discussed, if Carradice is scum, then he wasn't participating in a scum day-chat. A day-chat is a significant balancing factor in any game setup that features it. Therefore, it is entirely reasonable to assume that any scumbuddy of a possible scum!Carradice would try to find a way to tell Carradice to finally read his PM and move his butt to the day-chat. ... You, trying to turn a valid thought into a 'seed of doubt' looks strange.
I never said it's not a valid theory that can come from a Town player. As I said I was expecting people to bring it up and I was actually a bit surprised that you were pretty much the only one who said anything in that regard. On the other I was also not surprised it was you who brought it up. This isn't an automatic scum accusation, you don't need me to tell you that you are capable enough to spot such things as point them out as Town if truly scumhunting. But tell me and please be honest, if you were scum and you knew I was Town would you not try to make that same observation to see if others won't agree to build up on it? After all, it is a plausible Town theory so it can't really hurt that much to try. It would work even better in a scenario where Carradice is your scumbuddy and you are preparing for the scenario where they screwed themselves beyond the point of no return and are likely going to flip. In which case there are grounds for potential instant trade-off with myself as I was stupid enough to defend the game and players on a low level. Consider all of the above is happening after our last game together. You remember what happened then, right? Taking all of that into account do you still think I'm being unreasonable here to have at least some suspicion about your intentions?
Bottom line, I don't expect to not be scrutinized further in case Carradice does flip scum as I took that risk by defending them but I also hope that wouldn't be the sole basis on any potential conviction. To be honest that's one of the things I hate most about these games in general - sometimes it's so much easier and safer to just STFU about something instead of saying anything but I'd rather get flak for it and do what I can to correct it rather then accept something that messes with the game and players on a basic level.