Scum have the opportunity to talk before day one starts in most newbie games -- so unless your partner decides to be a non-looker, it's quite possible you'll get a PM from him/her and your plan will be ruined if you're scum.
If you're town and you're about to be lynched, you do the town a great disservice by not claiming --
especially
if you're a power role.And, last but not least, it would kind of ruin the entire point of the game. The whole idea is for an uninformed majority to catch the informed minority. If you keep yourself uninformed as scum, there's really no
strategy
to the game! The real challenge (and fun) is to get proficient in "playing like town" even when you're NOT town and to lock-on to the slip-ups of the opposing team to use to the greatest advantage.I see what you're saying about not giving anything away...but evil passing themselves off as good while the good try to root out the evil is what this game
is
. Take away the "passing themselves off as" part and you don't have much.