DEFCON 6.0 - GAME OVER!

[Roden]

i think chell is town and i'm not sure whether unowen is scum or just a goober

I think just a goober for now since they didn't commit to trading nukes immediately. Hesitance feels townier in this situation.

[Gamma Emerald]

...does a player's death abort their nukes? that's not how any prior defcon game has worked

I thought it did but I misread

[Bell]

That would be the lamest nuclear apocalypse if they got aborted because the launch site blew up.

[Bell]

i think chell is town and i'm not sure whether unowen is scum or just a goober

I think just a goober for now since they didn't commit to trading nukes immediately. Hesitance feels townier in this situation.

Just an fyi, I am both town and will immediately counter nuke someone if they nuke me.

[Roden]

...does a player's death abort their nukes? that's not how any prior defcon game has worked

Maybe I’m missing something but once the nuke is in the air it’s in the air so counter nuking only really works in the event they launch the “winning” nukes and get counter wrecked as the last remaining scum.

Yeah that's the idea. The strategy is to stop a mass-nuke endgame plan from going through. As long as the counter threat exists, they can't coordinate.

Besides that...I don't see a town reason for investing in MIRV. It's only purpose is to hit as many people as possible since you can't double target somebody with MIRV.

[Cephrir]

...does a player's death abort their nukes? that's not how any prior defcon game has worked

Maybe I’m missing something but once the nuke is in the air it’s in the air so counter nuking only really works in the event they launch the “winning” nukes and get counter wrecked as the last remaining scum.

Yeah that's the idea. The strategy is to stop a mass-nuke endgame plan from going through. As long as the counter threat exists, they can't coordinate.

Besides that...I don't see a town reason for investing in MIRV. It's only purpose is to hit as many people as possible since you can't double target somebody with MIRV.

it increases your overall firepower faster than lethality at the start - if you have 2 scumreads, it's fine. i was planning on a small investment there

[Andante]

nukes go BOOM

[Andante]

i am suggesting we not play optimal because i'd rather have fun

it's not rocket science

I vote for fun over optimal

[Andante]

Last gun game i played it consisted of town banding together and all agreeing on a scummy slot we all mass shoot our nukes at, and if anyone deviated from that or made errant scummy shots we murdered them.

see, we're 10 pages in here and it's still feeling like rvs from my skim, all agreeing on d1? idk if that'll happen, but I do like that idea with the low odds of them hitting

[Andante]

that is the scummiest way ive ever seen someone present a pro-town strategy

there's literally nothing scummy about that post?

[Andante]

here's the thing unowen, you might just be a cautious person who doesn't want to hit buttons without thinking through the ramifications of every potential consequence

but "responsible nuke owner" is also a very convenient position for scum to take up

like scum usually don't have to be worried about being town read or not pissing off every single slot in the game

being conservative and lethal with your nukes is kind of a great way to play against that

so i mean it might be true that you are a special kind of person who has enough discipline to not immediately go for the rush of dopamine that comes from sending your upgrades in or launching a nuke

but i think on average it makes you greater than rand scum

Excuse me, I am very much the person who wants to hit buttons without thinking through every potential consequence.

But there is no dopamine rush to sending a nuke without the sense of righteousness and conviction about it. And don't see it on upgrades, if I knew for certain that I couldn't double up on a stat I would have sent them in already but even then it would hardly be comparable to trying to turn someone to nuclear ash.

None of this why you nuked me in the first place though?

this is 2 scum talking to each other

[Andante]

that feels like enough skimming

[Andante]

pretty sure roden is town

[Andante]

bell is also likely town

[Chell]

nuke: adante

[Andante]

excuse me?

[UNOwen]

Understandable, I wish you the best, comrade.

[Chell]

you're excused

[UNOwen]

See now I think Chell is probably town

[Andante]

of course you do

[Doctor Drew]

i am suggesting we not play optimal because i'd rather have fun

it's not rocket science

I vote for fun over optimal

VOTE: optimal

Get out of here good pro town strategy.

I do feel Norwee was just kinda going for town points with there idea.

[UNOwen]

What in particular? I liked Chell’s progression from 131 to 137 but it’s definitely not unfakeable and I’d guess that it’s well within Chell’s scumrange too.

What's good about that progression?

[Klick]

Hi Andante! Long time no see

Should I nuke you this week?

PEdit: I see Chell beat me to it

[Chell]

t3 kinda feels like he just picked something completely random out of my iso to say he liked

[Andante]

nah your nuke is better sent elsewhere