One final argument for my case before I leave for the day.
Zak, there's a question I would like you to ask yourself: Why are both Rou and I still alive? We know now that either Rou or I is scum - which means that the other has been a very powerful force for town, left untouched by scum even after the doctor's death. I will cover both scenarios.
Rou ScumRou's been at my throat since d3, and before then was a paragon of townieness. If Rou is scum, then he knew my analysis in my case against Sodium d3 was correct. He also knew that I had a vig power which I was loath to use on Jam (someone he also knew wasn't scum; that is, someone who it would be good for me to use my vig power on in the eyes of the scum). So why didn't he kill me that night? Well, perhaps he was afraid that a doctor would save me. Luckily he got rid of the doctor that night. So why didn't I die last night? Because Rou knew that you were already predisposed towards me, and figured that the two of you vs me would be the easiest final day configuration available for him.
Or we could go with my pet theory that Rou is a rolecop, and he knew that I was bulletproof. Thus, he had to get my lynched if he wanted me gone. Would nicely explain why he waited for me to vote on d4 before he placed his own vote. If I hadn't of voted for Jam, then he would have had a nice excuse to start a wagon against me.
Kefit ScumRou's been at my throat since d3, and before then was a paragon of townieness. He's been the largest threat to scum all game, and continues to threaten as he attempts to get me lynched.
Yet I let him live through the first two game nights untouched. Maybe I'm afraid of the doctor on night three, when Rou really started going against me. But was I really too afraid of the doctor to go after Rou on any of the first three game nights? Somehow I luck out and kill the doctor on night three. So why didn't I kill Rou last night? Did I really prefer to keep the two people most against me alive? I'd have nothing but a flimsy WIFOM defense to use in standing up to this lynch mob. Alternatively, I could have killed Rou last night, getting rid of the super townie and leaving a much less biased play group of me, Zak, and Edible. But for some reason I didn't do this.
Which of these situations do you think is more likely? Or is this just more WIFOM? Well yes, it is WIFOM. But that doesn't mean you should discard it out of hand. The general idea behind WIFOM is that a given choice is less immediately advantageous for the scum, but brings with it a lower chance of detection. Thus, a single piece of WIFOM, when taken alone, invites reasonable skepticism. But many pieces of WIFOM will aggregate into an insurmountable hinderance for the scum, as each individual disadvantage adds up. And man, if I'm scum this game then I sure have let a lot of WIFOM disadvantages add up against me.
Don't believe me? Just ask Rou! He's been kind enough to point out possible Kefit WIFOM ever since he got on my case during day three. See
here, and
here. Of course, I recently took to pointing out potential Kefit WIFOM myself (ie choices I made that would disadvantage scum), such as in the previous paragraph and in this post
here.
A Rou scum scenario, on the other hand, would see Rou stopping the WIFOM induced bleeding after the Pesco lynch (a scum bus is essentially a WIFOM situation). At this point, as established town, he had no reason to bring about more disadvantages for the scum. Funny enough, this was the last time Rou would something harmful to the scum, as shortly after this he started driving full speed ahead on the Kefit and Jam train.
So, what makes more sense: Kefitscum wiling to bleed to death in an endless series of needless tricks to fool town, or Rouscum smartly applying a bandage after pulling off one painful trick to affirm his innocence?