Reaction Tests

[TierShift]

lol rxn test so fayke

[Fink]

Something from a recently completed game that didn't work there, I was wondering if you guys think works out very often:

Implying you support a wagon you believe to be an easy mislynch, scumreading the players who follow you on it, townreading those who don't. In a recent game, the scum seemed reluctant to commit, possibly fearing a trap, while the town found the easy mislynch legitimately scummy (although he did wind up being town). Is this a fluke, or kind of common?

[Cheery Dog]

I skinhead people egging on wagons from the sideline, so it could be.
It's a side effect if trying to appear town - you don't want to join wagons you know will flip town, but you know they need lynched to win.

[reinoe]

Something from a recently completed game that didn't work there, I was wondering if you guys think works out very often:

Implying you support a wagon you believe to be an easy mislynch, scumreading the players who follow you on it, townreading those who don't. In a recent game, the scum seemed reluctant to commit, possibly fearing a trap, while the town found the easy mislynch legitimately scummy (although he did wind up being town). Is this a fluke, or kind of common?

You can have the scummiest players not get lynched and the towniest players get lynched. You can't predict town play or scum night kills.

[tn5421]

Something from a recently completed game that didn't work there, I was wondering if you guys think works out very often:

Implying you support a wagon you believe to be an easy mislynch, scumreading the players who follow you on it, townreading those who don't. In a recent game, the scum seemed reluctant to commit, possibly fearing a trap, while the town found the easy mislynch legitimately scummy (although he did wind up being town). Is this a fluke, or kind of common?

You can have the scummiest players not get lynched and the towniest players get lynched. You can't predict town play or scum night kills.

You can't fix stupid.

[fferyllt]

Reaction tests generally only work well if you know a player's range of town behaviors (and they don't know their own range that well).

When I know I'm being reaction tested, even when I'm town I tend to do stuff like straight up ask "what did you think you'd learn from that question?"

I don't reaction test often, but when I see another player setting something up I sometimes play along to see where it goes.

It's good to notice, or research if a player sets up reaction tests when they're scum.