Hah, I just noticed Paladin's block on Dormio essentially says "He's coasting but it's justified. As I said, he's coasting, but as I said, it's justified."
Cut by Kilga... Um, okay.
First one:
Why Serela? Because even as Serela votes Sky for the weak point of "lining up lynches" she admits the point isn't strong yet rationalizes it by invoking gut. Meaning Serela realizes it isn't good enough to think Sky is scum and votes him anyway.
As far as I'm aware, gut is a fully valid reason to cast a vote early on in Day 1. Reasons that are "good enough" to think somebody is scum during Day 1 (especially so early on) are also extremely rare as far as I'm concerned, and besides, without votes about small stuff ED1 nobody would go very far beyond RVS.
Next one:
I also get what Dan is saying about Serela. Serela's point itself is fine and I agree with it, but then what is the reason behind distancing himself away from it and going "it's serious but still only ED1 strong"? Obviously people realize that reasons for votes are not going to be as strong early on in the game. There's no reason to point it out when you make the vote unless it's a really really minor thing, which this isn't.
...Oh. Well, I believe I've already embarrassed myself nicely on this one. Giving it more thought, though... Even though SB said that it's scummy for someone to distance themselves from their vote, I'm inclined to disagree. Particularly for cases made during ED1, in fact, and this happens to fit the bill.
(Also, as I learned last game, trying to not look like you're scum is something that townies should do too!)
Next up:
I should clarify my Serela statement. I do think Sky Paladin's initial behavior was a bit scummy and voteworthy at the time, but Serela's word choice in his voting post was oversensationalist and tried to sell his vote and case more on how shocked and offended he was than on the actual merit of the case.
I don't know what to say about this other than I just don't see it that way. Also, the "trying to sell his vote" argument pretty heavily contradicts both the actual post's content ("of course this is only ed1 strong") as well as the other Serela arguments (even though those are all wrong anyway.)
So yeah a Serela lynch would be pretty much entirely unwarranted.
Also, this has no relevance, but I'm confused about which pronoun to use for Serela. I blame either Dan or mostly everybody else for this depending on who is right.
