Hoopla wrote:q21
, can you explain your reasoning for 'hammering' Jacob in a little more depth? I'm finding it hard to understand why on earth you would do it so quickly, rather than waiting for other reactions first. Were you afraid the wagon would fall away?
Yes, my "hammer" was fast. Yes, it was because I figured that given time the wagon would deteriorate as a result of the claim. Why, you ask? Because I don't think it should have. I don't think a vig claim should save the scummiest player in the game. Cop and Doc and other similar roles, those claims should save the scummiest player in the game, but not vig.
Vig is the single most dangerous role that can be given to a town player. In the hands of a very good player it can be effective, but it is quite often still detrimental to the town. Based on his play I don't trust JS to be effective with the role. I barely even trust him to shoot who the town directs him to if we take that route.
And that's presupposing that he is, in fact, town aligned - something I find very doubtful. I believe that not lynching JS today would be a mistake, I was willing to trade in the extra bit of discussion to assure that he was lynched. Sadly, I was 3 minutes too slow.
I can already here you shouting, "But discussion is important!" It is, but lets be honest here, what exactly has the last two pages of discussion achieved? Not much. This exchange, dealing with the unusual speed of my hammer, is the first real point of interest to come out of the last few pages. If my hammer had been successful we could just as easily be having this discussion tomorrow. (That of course presupposes that I would still be alive.)
I'm not going to write responses to each of the other paragraphs before the question as they are perfectly reasonable conclusions to draw from my actions. Without concrete knowledge of the alignments of any of the players involved its liable to turn into a textwall battle that won't actually achieve anything.
Suffice to say that I "hammered" so quickly because I felt that ensuring a JS (who I am as convinced as I'll ever be on day 1 is scum/SK) lynch was worth the extra bit of discussion we might get before, potentially, lynching someone else.
"I can't not give mad props to the murderbot 9000 that was q21." - Spyrex, after Scummies Invitational 2010.
You know those times when you wish you could think of something really funny or interesting to say, but just can't?... Yep, this is one of those times.