Mini 910 - Empire Records Mafia ~Over~

[semioldguy]

Vote: kyle99

Shares my first name, clearly an impostor.

[semioldguy]

I don't know that he isn't also actually named kyle. But not knowing whether or not he is named kyle is not evidence for his name being kyle. If I were to make that assumption it would be a logical fallacy.

[semioldguy]

@ortolan
Did you read your role PM?

[semioldguy]

Disregard the above post.

I thought he had posted confirmation in the thread already for some reason. I am confused.

[semioldguy]

Ahh, but how do you know my name is kyle?

Your user name is kyle99. If you are not a kyle this only further implicates you as an imposter.

[semioldguy]

Are you two alignment-confirmed to one another?

[semioldguy]

I don't see a reason to vote him. In my experience, scum are more likely to claim at inopportune times. With no apparent town benefit to the claim it leans more toward a scummy claim in my opinion.

Though in this instance it is closer to a null tell in my mind. In honesty it's actually just dumb and muddies the waters. That sort of thing should be discouraged.

CallMeLiam's vote doesn't make him scummy.

[semioldguy]

CML needs to be lynched before too long regardless. If that is indeed his post restriction, then town loses in lylo if CML is town.

Unvote; Vote: callmeliam

FoS: Nikanor

For the breadcrumb. Several reasons why. In my experience, most breadcrumbing seems to come from mafia as an early way to set up 'evidence' for a role when they might need it later in the game. Town doing this is bad because it allows scum to find out about your role (as already mentioned here). This is bad if breadcrumbing as town because it lets scum know what not to claim and lets scum know what out there to be wary of.

Also, if you are breadcrumbing a role name in a themed game, it doesn't necessarily indicate power or alignment. It does prevent scum from using that as a potential fake-claim that you might have been able to catch them in. Also scum might themselves have that name as a safe-claim and thus breadcrumbing their safe-claim. Also there may be other disadvantages to having your powers or role name publicly known (see Mini 857 for an example of such instances).

Bottom line is that breadcrumbing is not helpful to town and is often scummy.

[semioldguy]

I would have died night one anyway it appears, whether the mafia targeted me or not.

[semioldguy]

Would have been funny if you role blocked me and killed Zito or someone else instead though!