Back at my desk now so I can start to address some of this: That post was not intended to garner sympathy/pity whatsoever. I was asked to explain why I'm playing differently this game, and I did that as matter-of-factly as I could. Your summary is apt, and I'd debate the statement that I'm putting a significant amount of effort in, but that's semantics AND arbitrary, so that will go nowhere. You're free to scumread me for this as you will, but it's not going to change how I play.
Lastly, I don't think I've tried any sort of trick so far this game. I believe I've been very straightforward with who I am and what I claim. And on that that note:
-vote Mike
I've voted Mike in nearly every post I've made so far this game, but you insist on calling MM out for it, not me. Okay.
First you throw you vote on the train, and THEN you try to justify it, with reasoning inconsistent with any of your other votes so far this game. You had plenty of valid reasons to put your vote on me:
"He's intentionally trying to distract the town"
"He's chain voting to make an appearance of pressure"
"He literally claims Godfather and fingers Mike, lynching him will give plenty of information based on the voters and reasoning given, regardless if he flips Jester/Exe what have you"
"He's shown an unwillingness to cooperate with town and is sticking to a ridiculous claim"
Instead, what you went with was a paraphrase of Auckmid's analysis that shows you haven't even read all of my posts (I did claim why I was voting Mike other than just "fuck Mike"
This 'analysis' is a paraphrased version of Auckmid's post (He's acting against his meta and is more careless with his actions) with statements of facts thrown in as fluff and your conclusion being "he said a lot of scummy stuff". I like that you're trying to bring the floor back to discussion on me, but I'd like a stronger contribution from yourself.
Strong sheep vote. Honestly I'm okay with lynching me today too. It frees me of my commitment to this game and my Godfather flip will throw shade Mike's way. It would be cool if anyone could bother to put some real analysis on this train though instead of just sheeping Unknown/Auckmid.
I know Damus and Mike are my scummates so most of this train must be Town, but this is a really weak showing from y'all regardless. Very little to get reads from with mostly sheep votes in such a small timeframe.
Honestly I think I still can whine about being ignored. So far only Unknown and Auckmid have provided real reasoning for their votes. Arsonist, Naz, and Light_Yagami provided total combined notes to the tune of "I feel he's scummy/he's said scummy stuff/I'm okay with his lynch" You are providing pressure to push me to be serious, which is great, but I won't be backing down from my claim today. I am the Godfather, Mike is the consort, and I would like to see Mike in the graveyard. I hold grudges against him from previous games for playing me like a fool, for being so god damn infuriating and incompetent in his claims (malicious though they may have been), and I don't believe he will be useful to my scum faction, especially after his meta-revealing back to back "go full retard" plays in my previous 2 games with him.
I've lost too much time from work today to this post, so in effort to be more productive and not let myself get too consumed, I will try to refrain from posting too heavily again until after work today, if I'm still alive then.