I’m not apathetic, but I did make a mistake in my analysis. Let’s not lose the game because of a stupid mistake on a townie’s part.
I mean, in terms of my pro-town playing, I was voting for Tom for the last three Days and was one of the first to push for it. I know that could be a scum bussing another scum, but think about it. I didn’t jump on and bus Tom at the last minute or add my vote to a pile of votes on several days. I suspected(correctly, by the way) that Tom was scum and made my case for it and voted it.
Anyway, I did make a mistake, but I’m far from apathetic.
It’s about using the word “retard” or “retarded”, guys. I teach as well and agree that it is a highly overused word, especially considering there are actual mentally retarded people deserve to not have the word thrown around to describe dumb things or ideas.
We, in my school, also disallow the word “gay” to describe something lame or uncool.
So in the space of less than an hour, Meeko declares that scum voting for scum is bad strategy, and then votes for me over Oredigger. :dubious:
Vote Meeko
Unfortunately it seems that everybody still living(only Z wasn’t was on Oredigger when Meeko made that first post). However, the way that Meeko phrased that makes me wonder if the scum had planned the bus in advance. In that case, the most interesting Oredigger voters are those who voted before me:
GuiriEnEspaña 1032, TexCat 1035, special ed 1037, Drain Bead 1039, Tom Scud 1047, MHaye 1116
This is where the lack of reveal on MHaye and Zeriel’s deaths really hurt us. Still, it comes back again to Drain and ed.
You know, there would be a great sense of humor to all of this, if we were at Ly/Lo.
Make no mistake Town, you deserve my death*****.
***** Once I’m confirmed, hopefully you will understand what I meant here. I highly doubt it, but if you guys can admit to the problem, well, there are only 11 more steps, right?
Related, it has been said that insanity is doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results.
I wonder how much of that, as far as it pertains to Mafia games I am in, that I don’t own.
I wonder who gets the remainder.
Blah blah blah, but I am town, blah blah blah. [It makes no difference what I type, I doubt anyone reads it, or this, anyway.]
Also, you’d be a lot more convincing in the whole “Town can make the Scum voting for Scum argument” if you’d actually voted for Scum there, especially given the fact that there was really no reason for Rysto to counterclaim if he were Scum (unless the Scum happened to somehow know there was no Town Doctor, which is possible but not plausible).
Scum could make neutral observations about everybody. They could then board a wagon on town with a simple Me Too!.
I mean, If you go around saying things about everybody, it would be all to easy to simply nod to the argument later and place a vote.
It would be a good strategy for Scum to start arguments on everyone. Then, once someone else forwards the argument into a wagon, that scum player could come back and board the wagon with less attention on them. They would sneak aboard the wagon, increase a vote on the innocent, and fear no retribution.
I think the normal construction to get that point across would be “if we ARE at LyLo.” If we were implies something that is not, as in “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
We can’t be sure, but we can be more sure than not, and in the context of the Oredigger vs. Rysto claim and counterclaim, it would make no sense for Rysto to have been the Scum in that situation. If Digger had been Town, at that point the Scum know that he’s the Doctor, and they can plan accordingly. There’s no sense in risking a one-for-one trade at that point with a player who, IIRC, wasn’t getting any heat at that point. Scum’s main daytime goal is to expose Town power roles, not necessarily to get them lynched.
Of the games I’ve played in recently, it seems Town has won more often than not. Maybe that’s not the case for you.
This seems like a diversion. You’re asking us to focus on something that isn’t in the game. I think you want the people who are voting for you to conclude as follows:
Scum has been winning lately.
Town must be doing something wrong.
I think Meeko is acting Scummy.
Therefore, since Town has done badly, I must be wrong and Meeko must be Town.
I’m just not going to buy into that theory. I do realize Town has lost some the last 2 games on SDMB. I can attribute this to:
Good Scum play. (Cecil Pond)
Mistakes made by Town. (Cecil Pond and Colorless)
However, that doesn’t mean I’m going to throw out all logic and analysis because it hasn’t worked in. I think there are lessons to be learned (e.g., Vigilante behavior in Colorless), but, overall, I’m going to stick with my best ideas in terms of hunting Scum.
That said, if you have some idea of how to hunt Scum differently and more effectively, I’m willing to listen. But please don’t jsut tell me I’m wrong, because that’s not helpful.
