Let's recall some fun facts about day 1.
Blake cast the 6th vote on AoG (giving anyone a chance to hammer the guy just because he has a different strategy and forcing a town roleclaim that could have allowed the mafia to know who the doctor is - luckily, AoG claimed to be just a VT). He then cast the 4th/5th vote on DoomYoshi (which is usually when mafia members vote on townies). Let's remember exactly what he said at the moment.
blakebowling wrote:Vote DoomYoshi. I was hoping I wasn't the only one seeing something weird about him accusing everyone.
Probably the fakest day 1 affirmation. Blake's one-liner (because writing a lot could lead you into contradicting yourself - has anyone noticed how terse Blake's posts are?) implies that he considered Yoshi to be scummy and was happy that others agreed with him, while, in fact, Blake would have voted on any townie that was close to being lynched (just like he had done with AoG). Blake couldn't be happy by the fact that the "majority" agreed with him on DoomYoshi specifically because it was HIM that "agreed" to the majority in order to get a townie lynched or at least to force a second roleclaim (both things happened, by the way, as Yoshi roleclaimed only to be mistakenly hammered by, of all people, me). Let's not forget that, when day 1 ended, the townie that suspected Blake the most was me. I had, in fact, asked the cop to investigate him right before night 1 started.
Now, I'd like everyone to make a brief thought exercise. Imagine you're a cop. Imagine that you investigated someone that did a somewhat scummy act at the very end of day 1 (because I must admit that lynching Yoshi after I had just defended him - and later seeing that he was indeed telling the truth - is a decent reason for people to consider me suspicious). Imagine that your investigation report said the guy was guilty. Now, imagine, also, that 2 town protective PRs have died, meaning it is unlikely that there is a another one out there and that your cop role is likely the most precious role the town has. Question:
would you reveal to be a cop unless it was absolutely necessary? Who would be there to protect you on night 2?
You're all obviously free to draw your own conclusions, but I'll show you mine.
[quote="thinking like a true cop"[/quote]If I was the cop, I'd have tried to lynch the person I investigated WITHOUT promptly claiming my role. After all, I could use that person's hammering vote and his 180º degree opinion on DoomYoshi against him. That means I could try get him (someone from the mafia) lynched WITHOUT revealing my power role and thus WITHOUT giving the mafia a great advantage by killing the most important town role on night 2 (remember: 2 protective roles have already bit the dust - killing the cop after he claims is extremely easy). Again, I'd have tried. If I later seemed unable to get him lynched through other means than claiming, then (and only then) I would have claimed[/quote
All that said, I find it EXTREMELY convenient that the scummiest day 1 alive player decides to reveal himself a cop and claim that the townie that suspected him the most during day 1 is scum. The fact that he claimed so quickly and certainly before it was absolutely necessary only shows the despair of scum trying to get the bullseye out of his own back by preemptively accusing his accuser.
For the aforementioned reasons,
vote blakebowling.
FOS freezie for sheeping blake so quickly and later justifying himself saying he trusted blake completely. Blake is mafia and trusting him completely is miles beyond scummy.
I'll roleclaim later, if necessary.
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