I, by no means, expect to be cleared from that instance. I more so just voted out the greater of the two evils (Ritsu for inactivity) not realizing it would actually flip wolf.
Yes, I was hesitant. 2 people I town-leaned were on the block. It didn’t feel right. I know I didn’t make a scale for my townreads, but you weren’t at the bottom of my reads at that point. You probably would’ve been in like the middle-ground (not null though). So, to see you being voted alongside Ritsu, I felt as though we were going down the wrong path.
However, after the voting phase started, I quickly realized 2 things:
Ritsu was inactive.
Arturo’s desperation seemed genuine. They were full-on scrambling for reads and assistance. It felt like they were willing to fight until the last second, and compared to the other person on the stand, it felt incredibly townie. It was also a matter of Arturo would be more likely to be active in future votes.
I will admit I did say 2 things that can be interpreted suspiciously, so I’m going to address them:
I did try to defend Ritsu by proposing that they weren’t aware of the time for EOD. I said this because I would’ve 100% missed it if I wasn’t told about it earlier today.
I claimed that flipping Ritsu wouldn’t give us information. And honestly, I didn’t think it would. I don’t recall Ritsu making hard calls or making specific pairings (not enough for me to notice back then anyways). I townread them because they met my townie criteria, but I don’t recall them having strong reads. (If Ritsu did have reads that were mentioned in my read list, they were not memorable. This isn’t meant to be mean. I just genuinely don’t remember).
I am sorry if I made you doubt your reads. I just wanted you to keep in mind that with using POE for reads, you’re working in reverse. And, when working in reverse, getting one piece wrong breaks the system. That’s all I was trying to point out to you.
I will actively protest against either of us going up until later. I don’t think it’s a good idea to shoot into us if town doesn’t have a solid consensus on us yet.