I'll do a reads list of people who I'm fairly confident with of my opinion right now. I'm not sure on a lot of people because a lot of stuff still seems to be based on meta, etc, which I, of course, have no experience with and can't really hold an opinion on.
1. Damniel - as I explained earlier, voting first if a risky move that would draw way too much attention to a maf from the off. Town lean.
2. Trundle - Trundle just seems... off to me. From my point of view, I see a player who is experienced and manages to just not read their role PM? I... don't see it. Scum lean.
3. Jacob - I've not seen a lot from them that I feel can be commented on as a newbie, but general vibes are... meh. Saying just now that
i dont have hard reads on day 1
is a bit weird when other players have been able to come up with reads lists with ease. Trundle also requested one from me when I don't feel as if I'm in a place to make one, so clearly having a reads list sorted is a thing that people do, even on day 1, even when there's not much to go from, so saying that you don't have one is a bit hmm to me. IDK if it's hmm enough for a scum learned, but it's hmm. Again though, this is what I see as a newbie who does not know people's metas.
4. Emolga59 - Another newbie I believe, not been as active as me I don't think. I don't think this means anything bad. They might be much like me and not feeling like they can contribute when a large portion of ideas comes from previous games, waiting until there's more from this game before they contribute significantly. Maybe a tiny town lean? Maybe null? IDK.
5. DinoTown - hard scumread, clearly.
6. f11 - I'm not sure I've seen enough to be able to lean either way here. I need more to go off of than others as a newbie who can't be all "this person said 'hi.' without a capital letter, that matches their town meta" lol.
7. Locket - same as above.
8. Oath2Order - same as above. I spend ages going looking for a certain post only to realise it was a different person and I was getting mixed up. I'm not used to names yet. Sue me, ig.
9. PunchyDaHufflepuff - I'm not sure. I've seen this name thrown around a lot but without anything I can sink my teeth into as viable odd/interesting posts that can really give hints without need for meta. Maybe scumlean just because I've been the name so much and clearly something's going on for them to be a such a big point of interest.
10. amazonevan19 - this is who I managed to mix up with Oath2Order, the post I was looking for was their reads list about me.
5. DinoTown – asking a lot of questions, seems to be trying his best to navigate a lot of unfamiliar territory and terminology. I do find it interesting that Trundle chose him as a better newbie over Emolga, could be indicative of a mafia coaching relationship (ie Trundle coaching Dino to act clueless), but that’s too reachy a conclusion to come to atm. For now I will slight townlean him because he seems genuine, but do be aware of him as we keep going.
This is one of the only posts I've seen where someone actively points out the 'what if the newbie act is a sham' which is a good point to make, even if it is 'reachy'. Obvs not saying it is the case here, but just wanting to say that this dude here has the cogs turning and is thinking about possibilities of what is going on behind the scenes. I don't think a maf would be the only one to stand up and make a claim like this. I sure know it's never a maf when it happens in Madness
because it's usually me and I've never been maf in Madness so townlean I think for now.
11. Geoni - Not entirely sure I've seen enough to really get stuck in with analysis but I get good vibes from their posts. Seems invested and interested when around. Townlean.
12. Skarmoury - I'm not sure if this person is a newbie or not since Trundle specifically pitted me and Emolga against each other for the 'better newbie' place, but if they are, then my answer is the same as Emolga - probably waiting for the game to get going more because anything significant will come from them, maybe slight townlean.
13. PandaDarling - put three relatively new people in their RQS scum team as what seems to be a reaction test. Don't really think it worked, but hey, I'm here now making this massive list so you got what you wanted in the end. Null for now though.
14. Sheabae - Are they a newbie or no? Same message as Skarmoury, except less townlean vibes from them. Maybe null. Maybe like 0.005% scumlean, simply going off of 'I read that post and I didn't like the way it sounded'.
15. tae - Still waiting for the nitty gritty here. Maybe null. No real stuff to make me feel either way.
16. glow - didn't someone target glow a lil because they didn't do the RQS? Not entirely sure that was fair, it's not like they were stated to be mandatory or anything. I'm not entirely sure what doing the RQS/not doing the RQS means for peeps. Maybe some more experienced can give me some insight and I can form a better opinion.
17. Shawo - not really sure. They seemed pretty present at the start of D1 but sort of trailed off from there. I've yet to see them react to much of the reads lists and other stuff going on around now so I'm not sure where I can place them yet. Null.
18. Mogyay - same as above.
19. Heyden - not sure I've seen enough to be confident either way. Hopefully they (and everyone else who I want more from) will contribute at least a lil before the day is over.
20. Harbour - I know for a fact that this person is a least a lil bit newbie. I'm not sure. Thinking about who's newbie and who's not just makes me wonder why Trundle made it me vs Emolga as 'better newbie' when Emolga and me weren't the only choices. I'm getting distracted. I'll just null for now.