Strategically play or tactical play?

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Do you play Tactically or Strategically?

Strategic.
8
44%
Tactically.
10
56%
 
Total votes: 18

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Aj The Epic
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Post Post #5 (isolation #0) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:59 am

Post by Aj The Epic »

In post 2, LicketyQuickety wrote:
In post 1, Gamma Emerald wrote:Depends on my alignment.
3p?
Strategy, probably. I think scum in general think more long term (and should in private) because their wincon is long term. A town can win in like 3 days by lynching scum so they've got to look at the game 'in the moment'.

For 3rd party, I don't think there's a proper way to play it. Survivor is basically as long term as can be, SK is independent to person. Like for example, as SK I'll question if I even WANT to make a kill (actually I've done this as scum...) because I don't want the conversation to towards to why the second kill exists. Instead of this long-term plotting of "who has to go because they're a threat to us winning", I'm thinking of whether it even makes sense for me to bring attention to myself. Some people like to play SK off as Vig, so I guess gambits in general are more tactical.

The end-all is scum won't take a risk that gets them exposed a day from now or so. They're in it to win and they'll make plays that fit when they can win.
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Post Post #10 (isolation #1) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:35 pm

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Yeah I was thinking similarly initially and answered in a broad concept. I think the better 'combined' metric is risk vs reward since it still fits the criteria (a townsperson is going to be a bit riskier than scum early due to not lying and such)

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