Well done, Hope! We successfully identified and punished another Despair member! With *Splinter and CzarTim out of the game, I believe we may have at least two more Despair to discover amongst our ranks. Judging from the size of the game of 23 players, 4 Despair would be a proportionate numbers.
To be honest, I did not expect CornBurrito to have died over night. Like many of you, I thought that Sawneeks would not survive the night. This is a strange development. However, it has given me a few pointers to work with.
First of all, I agree with the paths of thoughts that some of you have identified for today. Terrabyte20xx and Makai, in particular, have presented a list of suspects that closely resemble my own. My top suspect for Despair for today is:
Swamped.
There are a number of reasons for my suspicion, and I shall list them as such:
1. A few times she seems to have alluded to have the intention to go back and reread some of the players (Post. 3405, 4071, 4082, 4097), which reads to me as pro-Hope intentions but she never quite presented her findings to us,
even after the night phase has ended and the new day has began. The lack of the follow up repaints her good intentions as attempts to assume a pro-Hope profile. All bark and no show.
2. Swamped is also persistent in her attempts to insinuate uncertainty and doubt against a few players who have not only been cleared by the confirmed Hope cop, but also who had consistently proved that they are pro-Hope in terms of their contributions and votes. She has tried many times to muddy up the waters by suggesting that Pau and Ty4on are uncertain factors in Day 6 and even today in Post No. 4406. The pair of lovers have done nothing but volunteered information when they needed to and contributed with valid theories. She even voted for AbsolutBro in Day 5.
She has also tried to keep revisiting me as a questionable player though I believe she has not come up with supporting explanation for this behavior. Again, her lack of presentation of actual reasoning behind her throwing suspicion every other way reeks of Despair to me.
3. I reviewed the few numbers of successful night-kills that Despair had managed to perform and I believe that excepting Night 1's kill, they have the pattern of killing their immediate neighbors - to minimize the chance of being sighted at night.
Night 1 was unique, I suppose, because no players had actually understood the implication of movements in the corridors at night. But once Despair had grasped the concept, they became much more cautious about the distance they traveled during nights. In other words, I believe CzarTim took out SalvaPot on Night 2 (adjacent room), *Splinter took out AbsolutBro on Night 5 (adjacent room), and Swamped took out CornBurrito on Night 6 (adjacent room).
With that, I will cast my vote accordingly -
Vote: Swamped
As a closing, I would like to also point out that CornBurrito's list is another list that mirrors Terrabyte20xx's, Makai's, and mine own (Post No. 4196).
Ok real talk if we choose to believe every outed PR and trust in ABs skill at interpreting role names:
Swamped
Barrylocke - Mackzenie
CornBurrito
ViviOggi - Royals
Rest
those are the only people left. And I know I'm not Despair which leaves: Swamped/Mackenzie/Royals/Rest.
I really think someone's lying. Whether that be Splinter or Pau/Ty4on.
I am thankful that CornBurrito was astute enough to leave a clear pointer on his thoughts before the day ended early yesterday. It was unfortunate that the day had ended prematurely for two reasons; firstly, it deprived other players the chance to chime in with their inputs just in case they would not survive the night, and secondly, it provides a convenient smoke-screen against voting analysis. Had Hope wished to question a suspicious player's vote for Day 6, the player may simply state that he or she did not have a chance to cast his or her vote for the day. For this reason, I also found that it was the players outside the voting block that feels more suspicious to me. In short, I believe *Splinter hammered the day early to shield his team members from future voting analysis.
To safeguard against another early day's end, and just in case I will not survive the night, I would like to suggest that if Swamped is found to be a member of Despair, we should look into analyzing her pattern of camaraderie. This may be a long shot, but I noticed how she had jested with *Splinter when TL21xx departed from the game, and in post no. 2944 she seemed to have praised the Despair team in a backhanded manner. I reiterate, a definite long shot. But, if there is anyone she has particularly spoke for or defend in the course of the game that falls within Hope's small list of suspects, on the occasion that Swamped has been found Despair, then I believe we will have found our last Despair.
Curiously, one thing to note would be that CzarTim and *Splinter had never had their votes on Swamped.
