Well, with regards to only voicing my suspicions as of late, I only did so because prior to that I was much more suspicious of both JInxy and Drakari. Plus, still had to deal with the fact that you pretty much started the lynch on Ekaru, so it's kind of difficult for me to really fathom why you would so readily lynch one of your own at a point where it would have been possible to save them.
As a final explanation of my flipflopping, my desire to lynch Mashley was solely based on his inactivity and his unwillingness to contribute at all. With him being replaced, I decided to go back to my original suspect. The suspect I never voiced was a suspect because I honestly didn't think the game would come down to this. With the massive misstep made by Ekaru on day one, I feel that the only way this game would go on as long as it did is if it was orchestrated from the start by someone who was largely seen as pro-town.
I'll just recap all the notable actions NoHItter did with my perceived/slanted reasonings as to why he did them:
- Day 1, started lynch bandwagon on Ekaru to establish himself as pro-town
- Night 1, kills LadySuburu because at this point is the only one who really suspects him enough to vote on him. Rantai noticed an early aggressive playstyle but didn't really do much of anything beyond that.
- Day 2, opens with
viewtopic.php?p=1368709#p1368709 , specifically "I doubt Mafia can argue with such veracity with each other - not to mention be one of the group who voted Ekaru first." At this point he can just take a backseat and bandwagon on anyone who seems suspicious enough based on their day 1 behavior.
- Night 2, Sync is killed, possibly because he's the other most-confirmed town, or possibly to draw attention to Drakari since Sync threatened to lynch him due to his d2 hammer. I'd wager the former more than the latter, really.
- Day 3, at this point I don't think it matters to NoHItter whether either Drakari or JInxy gets lynched, as he can easily just nightkill the other. Backfire's only real defense for his play up until replacement is that he claimed vanilla townie on day 2, and that's only so effective. Starting a lynch on a mafia rolecop is a waaaay better defense. In addition, Rantai's voting patterns are similar to NoHItter's with the exception that he bandwagoned on day 1. Plus, with Mashley's indifference/anti-town play on d3 it'd be fairly easy to go either way at this point. I'll admit that my day 4 actions may have been voiced inappropriately and perhaps too late, however.
In any case, there's really only one valid option left for me. Also, shoutouts to Kiddo-Kun.
Vote: NoHItter