Good thinking. Maybe I should've just claimed mason for myself and just wait for my mason partner to out himself, that would've helped. But your explanation doesn't make me scum. You base your scenario assuming both me and albert are scum. You say Albert outted himself just because I'm his scumbuddy and since I mentioned him, means we're linked. What if I was scum and Albert was town, and as scum my ultimate gambit would be to fakeclaim mason with Albert partner. If he denies, then according to your scenario you would assume he was scum when in fact he was the last townie, and youd mislynch him for the scum win. And if I was scum and he wasn't there would be no real reason for him to agree and claim masonmate, he'd just point fingers at me or something.d3sisted wrote:Nabakov, why are you so trusting of the mason claim?
I will prove to you why it is a lie. Imagine yourself in Albert's stead, and your foolish scum buddy claims mason with you after falseclaiming watcher...
...if you deny being mason, town lynches kravhen to find out he is scum. We would then lynch you next because the only logical player the scum would want to latch onto with a fake mason claim is a scum buddy. Think about it: If you were Kravhenscum, fake claiming mason, who would you want to claim is your mason buddy? A town, or a scum? The only logical choice is a scumbuddy, because he won't automatically out you when he realizes you're lying. But now Albert is in a tough position: If he denies the claim, kravhen gets lynched and comes up scum, and the result traces right back to this mason claim, leading Albert to his demise as well. So in reality, Albert has no choice but to claim mason as well, hoping the town buys into it.
So when you say Albert can't be scum because he backed up the mason claim, your town-tell isn't really as telling as you think it is. The two scum are right in front of you, laughing at your gullibility. Lynch the both of them, and we may be able to salvage this game. Come on man, it's not that difficult to see.
So as far as I'm concerned, this way of thinking about things by you is dismantled..