Nexus wrote:Oh, and I've just thought: she put FoS on herself when she came in. That threw me initially, and I imagine threw a couple of other people. Surely a townie wouldn't FoS herself? I think it might've been an attempt at making us think she was town, and was trying to stimulate discussion. I'm struggling to explain my reasoning, but I think it might've been a scum bluff.
Honestly, this play by Haylen doesn't surprise me, nor did it throw me. I've seen it done by both scum and town, so I consider it a newb tell. It is an attempt to make you think she is town. She's basically acknowledging that the slot she was replacing into is scummy but that doesn't mean that she is.
Personally, I'm going back and forth on Haylen. I really don't like her OMGUS vote on Mr. Flay, which is basically what it is, as her whole case on him boils down to not liking his case on her. I feel like Haylen's a better player than this, which is why I feel that her getting sucked into an OMGUS vote reeks of scum desperation.
At the same time, some of the problems that people are seeing as scummy of Haylen are, IMO, nulltells. WoTs, for instance, which Beefster called out as scummy, or her read on millar, or even just her semi-erratic behavior/posting.
Personally, looking at what's happening thus far in the game, it looks like a lot of people are being very opportunistic on the Haylen wagon. Nexus, you haven't posted a real case on Haylen yet (though your latest post is better). I'd like to see that (preferably with something other than "I read what other people say and agree", which was your first post). Beefster, same for you. You post one line saying "Kov seems like town" and another saying "Haylen seems like scum". I'd like some reasoning beyond Mr. Flay's case.