okay, so some postgame thoughts
- @Eurykins Aster revealing hooker to me was the catalyst of me shooting you. People have been roasting me for the decision but I will die on the hill that FMPOV I had to shoot you the moment she claimed hooker to me. Even setting aside the fact that I always lose in a 2v1 shootout, your hook basically guarantees control of the night, and you were (IMO) more townread than me, so I would have had no way to control the day phase either. Basically I thought that I a) needed to introduce some chaos into the game (this was my running strategy in general tbh) and b) had to double-cross you strictly before you chose to double-cross me, so my shooting you was the best way I could think of to accomplish both goals at once. In hindsight I could have lynched Aster D3 and claimed the track on you D4, but idk.
- I shot @Bartozio N3 because he was the only person who really thought twice about my awful D1 Marth vote, I should have just pretended to be away. Yes, it was a bad shot, but it didn't actually end up mattering (maybe if I'd shot Jamie, but my next choice was Weapons anyway). By then I was totally lost and the moment Boron posted her rolespec saying that it had to be me I knew I was cooked. I like to think I almost got away with it (I probably would have been lynched D5 no matter what) but them's the breaks. If a different combination of roles had made it to endgame I think I could have won.
- @Elieson continuously reaching the correct conclusion through the most batshit conspiracy theories was pissing me off the entire D4 (to this day I think this grammar argument is complete bullshit). Like, Elie claims it's 1+2=3 by way of 3-1=2 but the way I see it is that it's 1+2=3 by way of "the sun revolves around the earth twice, an apple falls into the sky and the word 'sun' has three letters so the answer must be 3".
- If people had believed me on the scum/scum neighbor (this was hilarious with knowledge by the way) it wasn't impossible for people to notice how Aster didn't really know what to do about me (this finger-of-suspicion into immediate backoff when pushed was really sus)
Speaking of @Aster and @DefyingFates, I hope that you had a good time and continue to play with us! Some specific things I have to say:
- Aster: You kind of got dealt a brutal hand in your first game. IMO rolling scum in your first game is already rough, but rolling scum neighbor in multiball is just really difficult. I felt really bad about the backstab (I would not have felt bad if Eury was partnered with anyone else other than Fates) because I had the thought that, as a new player, I could intimidate you into backing off even if you didn't trust me.
- Fates: Well done for reaching endgame and correctly voting me! You mentioned earlier that you think that scum is easier because you know who you "can" case, but IMO this is a backwards way to think about things -- town's job is to Lynch The Bad Guy, not to survive, and this is a crucial distinction. Knowing who you "can" case means that you know who you have to case, and writing a natural-looking case when you already know the answer is harder than it sounds. Looking for this difference is basically what "old fashioned scumhunting" is doing. A few others have said this too, but I think you could improve your play pretty dramatically immediately just by sharing more of your original thoughts and not worrying about what other people will think of you. For reference, I genuinely cannot think of a single opinion you had during the game that was not just "yeah, I basically agree with [Boron]".
