No, it does not necessitate subversion. I do not think bussing is a good idea. Every scumbuddy you bus is another Townie you have to mislynch, and that much longer you need to make no mistakes. It's also not something that can really hurt me as scum, because as Town, I am often wrong. Hell, this game where I nailed half the scumteam right out the gate is an outlier, not a representative sampling of my Towngame. I flat-out think that bussing is a BAD strategy. Not a not-good strategy, a BAD one. This isn't likely to change any time soon. The small amount of Towncred isn't worth it. How much did it help Nacho? Not too fucking much. Maybe it helped him survive D2, but he still got caught.In post 7070, Desperado wrote:you and i and everyone else knows that "i never bus as scum" is meta that by definition must be subverted eventuallyIn post 7055, Pine wrote:Yeah, we are not rehashing my early D1 setup spec, nor are we debating how you would have played the role. Kindly fuck off about those things. I made the decisions I did, and was instrumental in three scum lynches. So go fuck yourself. I *DO NOT DO THAT* as scum.
Lynching scum and softclaiming a strong power-role is ALL I should need to do to bait the kill. Plus, I was only 2-shot, so I had to be strategic about it. If I were full-shot, I'd have claimed full Doc and said 'come at me bro,' but I wasn't.
there's no reason to think this isn't that game
Okay, granted, I could see some weird-mechanics small game where it becomes a good idea, but the above logic is ESPECIALLY true in large games.
Further, the minute I subvert my ironclad meta, it is no longer ironclad meta that I can rely on.
You'd think holding the same position unflinchingly for six years would get you some credit on a site, but I guess not.
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