Probably not Today. It looks like bufftabby will be lynched. But a good example of the utility of the mass claim is that she hasn’t claimed. That’s and indication of scum at this point.
The way it helps to to let us concentrate on a smaller pool of players. The Patsy doesn’t have a good reason not to claim. The Zoning Inspector still has a power to use, so might think they have a reason to hide, but I think their utility is minimal.
Maybe that doesn’t matter Today, but it should have…
bufftabby, why haven’t you claimed? There’s at least one vanilla out there. Are you one? Or are you the Patsy or Zoning Inspector?
I’m not sure why you are asking me this. I think everyone claiming, as soon as possible, is a net positive. That might not directly help us Today since bufftabby is probably getting lynched, but I think it will help us Tomorrow, and help Town win.
We have Days to go. Why should we hold off on hunting scum because Today is decided? Scum have plenty of targets… I don’t think additional town claims helps them.
At this point I’m not worried about giving more information to scum. They have plenty. Should we hold off on the Patsy and the Zoning Inspector claim until Tomorrow? I don’t know, but I think they are hurting town by holding out. But I said:
See the confusion that could result? If bufftabby claims Patsy or Zoning Inspector at the last minute, what should we do?
Do you think the Patsy should wait until Tomorrow to claim? I can understand that stance, but it goes against the utility of a mass claim. It gives scum more time to deal with it. This hasn’t been the most successful mass claim, though.
Those who haven’t claimed, though, should be viewed with more suspicion. I’d bet that most of the scum haven’t even claimed vanilla. Narrows down the pool a lot.
the masses think that everyone should claim to limit the Scum pool. Suspicion of the cult was based a bunch on their unwillingness to claim.
I asked you the question because I am half claiming ( more than you did when asked-) and I wondered what * you * were thinking when you didn’t claim. and how that might differ from my reasoning to not fully claim.
I would love to know why the last two claims haven’t happened yet
Vote bufftabby
I hope that Monday the stress in my life lets up a bit so I can look at those claiming vanilla town. This post is necessarily brief today as I am out of time here.
I expect more vanilla town claims to commence, at some point. I was originally looking at the group (of which I am one) that was put on notice re low participation, with the theory that vanilla townies are more likely to drift away, at least somewhat.
Those four:
Raventhief
Sinjin
Zeriel (did you post anything at all in Day 8?)
Plumpudding
The reason I suspect this is because I believe all of our modkills have been vanilla town (please correct me if I am wrong) - and I think Meeko ranted early on that being vanilla town in a game with so many people, and so much power, resulted in a sort of depressed interest in the game. I know that it has been hard for me at times to stay engaged.
Of those four, I and plumpudding have claimed vanilla town, and sinjin has claimed cultist. That leaves…zeriel.
But if my theory were to hold water…it would mean that I, plumpudding, and zeriel are all vanilla town. Sinjin gets a pass for being essentially vanilla cultist. It would have to be Johnny Bravo, who has claimed vanilla town yet remains exceptionally active. Two of the “on notice” individuals have also claimed VT.