Glork, I'm not going to read over all of Ibby's games to try to find a counter-example to your claimed "tell", seeing as I'm not Ibby and I don't pay attention to her gameplay in every game I've been with her or read with her in it. I
will
defend her actions, but will not try to respond to a "tell" I don't believe I have seen you try to use in any other game, and one of which I already
know
is incorrect, seeing as I'm not scum. Personally, I thought you were deserving of Ibby's posts on Day One - you looked scummy, and yet were not receiving votes.
So far as reading Ibby's posts in context, I think that only goes to show that she wasn't trying to use your so-called "tunnel vision" - you did
multiple
things I (and Ibby) found to be scummy and needed to be pointed out.
1.) You asked for a hammer on MBL on
page one
with absolutely no discussion on the table. Ibby hit on this.
2.) You claimed that people should be voting Nightson while
you
were voting for Bogre. This is highly unusual, seeing as townspeople
should
remember who they find scummy and who they are voting for. Ibby hit on this.
3.) You tried to shake Ibby off by claiming that you are often "off-the-wall" at the beginning of games. Ibby responded (and truthfully) that she was willing to overlook it
at first
, but that you pushed the limits of what slack she was willing to give.
4.) Your interactions with Nightson on Day One were
weird
. I thought the
exact
same thing when I saw it. I honestly haven't thought of a good reason for some of the exchanges you had with Nightson yesterday.
I don't think it's that she was "going out of her way to try to justify her vote on Glork": it was definitely more the fact that you kept doing things to
deserve
a vote. Seeing you try to construe her actions as being such is striking me as an attempt to downplay your actions, whether you are doing so consciously or not.
In fact (as you probably know), I have had multiple conversations with Ibby out of games. One topic we both were annoyed with was the fact that
both
of us (both in ScumChat and forum play) have a tendency to be suspicious of Glork
early
in games when he is scum, but then
get talked out of it later
. So far as I can tell, the fact that Ibby did not back off immediately seems to be the reason Glork is voting for me now. I haven't decided whether or not I think your vote on me is scummy or not, however. I still need to get to reading this game again.