RE: The Wander Island Incident - Day Three: A Bloody Denouement [16/21]
09-13-2018, 08:29 PM
(09-13-2018, 11:28 AM)Sai Wrote: »Insofar as Granola's thing goes, I just want to restate my point early that if Granola is scum with a daykill, he had to shoot Airey. Remember that Scumola knows Airey's power, which means that he knows that Airey was about to be hammered with himself quite likely in second place. That would mean ending discussion and going into night as the town's #2 target immediately following a scum lynch. He didn't know at the time that Airey was hit by a one-shot vig. He just knew that someone had shot scum N1 and N2. Going into the night in that position would seem like an almost a guaranteed death, and it means that he is in a very difficult position at the start of the next day. Being able to use a day vig doesn't clear himself, and unless he would be willing to shoot what could very well be his last teammate, then at most he gets one more kill out of it. It wasn't so much a gambit as the only play available to him.See, on the one hand, I agree with the logic here. If true, I think it may also iscumplicate one or more of Numbers (as someone we've suspected may be scum basically from the get-go), Beru and Laser (as folks what haven't been around and are thus liable to die regardless). 'Cos yeah, it may have been his only play? But it feels weirdly desperate to me, like scum is running out faster than we know. That's just my take, tho.
On the other hand, I don't see how claiming powers, let alone powers you appear to have mechanical grasp on, makes you look good? Like you could still be 3P? but,
a) claiming a power that only works while people don't know about it seems like it renders that power useless, which, you're clearly suspect, but I'm more apparently more suspect, so I'm not 100% on your motive there, and
b) precedent suggests expressing any mechanical confidence in what powers you may have means you're Not Town, even if said powers would be useful for a townie to have.
Like, I'm still willing to go another direction if there's a good enough push, but if this is how we doin', this is how we doin'.
@Palamedes: You're alright 'cos your analysis posts are cool and well-thought-out. Pretty sure your non-mind-stick-thing is a combination of dumb factors such as you taking your time between posts and not having an avatar. Like I said, meant to snip that bit.
I feel like there's more I'm forgetting, but I gotta get to work. Will try to be around as much as I can, but mafiaday ends before workday, so. We'll see, I guess!