As Cop, I always like to choose the people that lay low under the radar or don't look like lynches or night kills in the coming days. I want targets that scum are hoping to take to end game so it turns the tables on them. More active players tend to work themselves out naturally. I did in fact bread crumb that I scanned Velazanth during Day 2. In fact, I thought I did it too obviously because I drew the attention of at least 2 other people (rofl and mcstab) when they asked me why I trusted Velazanth so much when he had such a limited amount of posts, which had me fearing that I might get the block or kill the next night... so I started outright acting scummy day 2, going against the grain and just being stupid, to hopefully throw off the scent (I was planning to lay under the radar).
Breadcrumb post here:
In post 145, Toogeloo wrote:I originally suspected the possibility of a SK VE, which is why asked for his thought process in choosing IaI. But his play today has pushed that thought from my mind. He is too prominent and with a dead Tracker, I don't see a motivation to bring attention to himself as third party. I'd say VE is more likely town than third party.
Adding to my town reads, Velazanth is at the top.
I also like nhammen, McStab, and mcqueen (in most like to a little less sure).
2. Why did you claim for absolutely no reason other than your personal ego being bruised?
I calculated the odds of us winning after revealing TWO living players with True Innocent scans on them (Godfather is already dead). If we take out Empking, that is one less (or the only) Roleblock to contend with during the night. Between VisceraEyes, mcqueen, Toon, Velazanth, and myself, all cleared (
largely
assuming you take my word for being Cop, VE's word for being Vig, and mcqueens play speaking for itself Day 1), scum has to get rid of a lot of town to get a shot at any kind of winnable MyLo/LyLo. If VE can kill every night, it will quickly narrow down their chances. I actually weighed claiming today with trying to ride one more day out, but Toon, Vel, and myself all seemed to be the most focused players right off the bat, and I would rather claim now and make sure the other two don't ever have to claim, then possibly have all of us claimed at some point.
3. Why are McStab (via Pine) and inte (via Tangion) not possible scum simply because Day 1 went fast?
Well, first off, I never said they weren't scum, I simply said that their slots shouldn't be condemned for being off the wagon simply because they were. Pine never even confirmed and the slot never posted once on Day 1. Tangion I think had one post, then dropped off the face of the planet for a week before replacing (reviewing his posts in other topics on the site, he claimed he was unable to log into mafiascum for a while). Pine-slot had nothing to do with being on or off the Presc wagon, and it can only be a null-tell at worst. However, McStab's first post upon entering the game read to me from a townie perspective. Tangion was gone a long while, and between the two has the larger possibility of being scum, but for now, inte's play has been constructive enough that I would warrant leaving it alone.
Considering I have cleared half of the non-wagoners and don't feel like it's prudent play to pursue McStab or inte, I feel certain that at least one other scum was on the Presc wagon at the end of Day 1.
We are not lynching VE today. I want his extra kill going forward, and we can condemn him later if his shots are ever out of line. With almost half the town being a threat to end game for scum, we can narrow down the player list relatively quickly.
