(Apologies in advance Mathblade if a wrong pronoun slipped through. This is a fairly long post, and the longer the post, the more likely I am to accidentally drop the wrong one on someone.)
In post 5525, Not Chara wrote:do you think desperate scum Mathblade would still attempt to play the long game by going after conftown/obvtown? when they're about to be lynched?
That's the smart play, yes. I'd do it. And I know Mathblade would too. I have a fairly decent psychological profile on them. Notably, so too does Titus, given, you know.
Titus is Mathblade's sister
. You have the two players who best know Mathblade in the game, both saying basically the same thing about them, that their actions fit with a scum profile of them and that they are
not
being even remotely pro-town at all.
Mathblade is playing as scum. Every move Mathblade has been making has been strategic, start to finish. The entry, where Mathblade avoided giving too much info when they were near lynch. Their push back, when it looked like they could maybe survive. Their casting doubt on the confirmed town, something vital to do for scum in the long-term. (What's the worst that happens if Mathblade's lynched? The conftown were already conftown, so it's not like they can become MORE conftown. What's the best that happens if Mathblade isn't lynched? People buy what they sold. So, it's a NO-risk, HIGH-reward move.) Not to mention, doubling as a way to fake being "insane town", when Mathblade is anything but insane. Their mostly-omgus pushes have been moves that wouldn't give the town information we didn't already have. Every step along the way, Mathblade is carefully progressing to manipulate the chess board, and Mathblade as scum does exactly that: strategic thinking ahead.
Take a look at Gistou if you don't believe me. The only reason players of that game caught them was because they were strongman-nightkilled. Otherwise, they had virtually everyone absolutely fooled, and their scumteam's plan was to set them up as the long-term survivor specifically because Mathblade is skilled at running the long game, creating procedures, and following them through step by step.
And while Mathblade replaced into a disadvantageous starting position, as if missing half of their chess pieces, they have already assessed the situation and begun making moves to lay long-term traps and plans. This is not what Mathblade does as town. Mathblade replacing into this game as town has one focus, and one focus ONLY: scumhunting. Getting all information out, as fast as possible,
especially
with the threat of a lynch looming over them.
All this said
,
i think you should drop the point about their role.
I do agree with you here.
Titus is wrong about the role point.
Most of Titus's other grievances, however, remain valid.
