In post 95, UberNinja wrote: In post 56, Yosarian2 wrote: In post 52, UberNinja wrote:
Objectively speaking, they both do about the same amount of damage to scum,
if both are played somewhat competently
, yet not perfectly optimally.
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You do realize that a cop with 3 innocent investigations in a mini-game=automatic town win, and a vig with 3 tonwie kills=almost automatic town loss, right?
You do realize you forgot to read and respond to the entire sentence, right? (Hint: Three straight town vig targets is not somewhat competently.)
Next time, read/think before you post, Y2.
Um, I do think and read, thank you very much.
Are you a competent townie? Has there ever been a game when you voted for town 3 times in a row? I bet there has been. I know I have, I'm sure any townie has. There just aren't that many scum; most of the time, if you try to target a scum, you'll target a townie. That's just how the game works, "competent" or not.
Realistically, a competent townie is one who votes for scum somewhere between 33% and 50% of the time. At those odds, there are still going to be plenty of games where you shoot 2 or even 3 townies in a row, even if you know what you're doing.
And vig shots are usually less accurate then votes, in my experience, at least for night vigs.
Oh, I see Hoopla has already poked a hole in your brilliant plan of not claiming as a Cop in a Mini until Day 4.
Earlier I was talking about 2 investigations, which is pretty normal. A cop who waits until day 3 to claim (unless he's about to get lynched, or unless his n1 innocent is about to get lynched, or unless he catches a scum) will usually manage it; scum only get 2 kills by then, and they have 11 townies to pick from. Unless the cop drops cop tells, he has less then a 20% chance of getting nightkilled before day 3. (Of course, that's assuming that there's just one killing group. If there's also a vig, the cop might have to claim earlier, because the vig basically doubles the odds of the cop getting shot by night 3 if he doesn't claim.)
I'm not saying that's always the best option, but it certainly is a reasonable one. And if you do it, town is in great shape.
I want us to win just for Yos' inevitable rant alone. -CrashTextDummie