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I wanted to respond to Our House earlier, but I didn't get a chance until now. He suggested that it certainly isn't beyond me to openly defend a wolf. That is absolutely true. In fact I don't think wolves defend other wolves often enough. For me to choose to do that though, a few things have to be true.

The wolf has to be capable of living for a long time if he doesn't get lynched. - Patton fits this description. He had a bad day, but he might well have faded into the background if he had lived past the first day. This is the same reason I wouldn't defend Bobo for instance. He has most of his WW skills down, but not getting lynched isn't his strong point.

I have to think that I can change people's votes - In the beginning this was true. The thread was slow, but I first defended Patton with plenty of time left. It cannot be true later though. Making a post in response to Zurvan with two minutes left in the day is hopeless and it only makes things worse.

I have to think that I am playing with a group of people who won't necessarily punish me for my defense. - I wouldn't do it in this game because we have a ton of newer players who are much more likely to look at who was right and who was wrong in their conclusions, rather than how they post. I would much rather defend a fellow wolf when Kyro, GTIT, Amp, Traz etc. are playing.

So there are some reasons I might have been a wolf defending Patton, but I wouldn't do it in this game, and if I did, I wouldn't have made that post right before night under any circumstances.