Metagaming

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Not naming names, though it should be fairly obvious who I'm referring to.

If there is a particular player who, no matter whether they are scum or town, plays in a way that draws the attention of the town to distraction in nearly every game, is it a sound metagame policy to lynch that player every day one in order to eliminate a distracting element?

I'm in/have been in a fair number of games with this particular player, and this player always seems to be in the thick of suspicion, whether or not they are town or scum. Is it worth it to keep them around just to see who falls back onto the "wagon Player X" strategy, or more useful to off them early?

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Ok, these are all good suggestions. I've just become a little fed up with his play recently. It's not that I hate him on a personal level, I just think that in general his play is detrimental to the town, no matter what his alignment, and the only way to eliminate that element is to lynch him.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Well, aside from me. I seem to have the same effect in a lot of my games, so maybe I should look to my own house.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Yeah, I mean BM. And it's not just that he's always a little scummy. People seem to think I'm scummy a lot, which I don't entirely get. It's that he can derail legitimate bandwagons with his mere presence in the game. It's that he openly and blatantly says, "yeah I'm scummy as hell, but it's worth it to screw up the games in which I'm town in order to have cover when I'm scum."

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Yeah, it's pretty clear I need to work on my own play before I start bitching about other peoples'.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

In the scheme of things I prefer modding anyway.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Just for the record, I don't play with the wiki... I've pretty much resolved my issue with BM.