I don't buy it. Not onyl does this not address the argument that you could very well be a serial killer, and thus unable to take that kind of risk, it also ignores the fact that for you personally terrabrand the right move as scum would have been to discredit the cop's investigation of you, get off the lynch, and then kill them when convenient or prepare to defend any uncovered teammate (second part wouldn't apply as SK). In short, you're doing exactly what I'd expect scum!terrabrand to do, and only the fact that it's also what survivor!terrabrand would do is keeping you from the lynch.
I'll grant that as a Serial Killer I'd need to stay alive as well, but I think you have a fairly serious misread of how I'd play as scum.
Also bleh internet problems forcing me to reconstruct my points. And get interrupted by more posts.
QFT
He talks about the game he won over on SB, but he's skipping a few details. Like that the person who accused him was considered scum by a sizeable amount of the players for the entirety of the game, that that person lied repeatedly before accusing him, that this detail only came up at MYLO and there were other people who we wanted lynched... There's a big difference between Day 3 and Day 7 for how well accusing the person calling you out works.
I also pulled this on TMR earlier in that same game. Like yes the lies gave me the opening. But I did it multiple times. I'm clearly not at my best right now, but I'm not trying to use that game to distract from status as scum. Really, if I
was scum right now I'd not want to call attention to my ability to manipulate crowds.
Anyways. Honestly, if I was an SK I'd probably have gone with claiming to be Xerxes twin brother. Because that's right about as plausible as my mimic claim, only it doesn't give reason to suspect me if, say, I bring back Hybrid's power and start killing people with it.
Like, the only reason I went with claiming
honestly is because I personally feel like the best way to play Survivor is to play As Town, but with a modest slant towards self preservation until and unless I hit end game conditions where I'm eg a kingmaker vote the scum can cause to lose if I don't side with them.
I've been doing my best to play townie from the start, because claiming survivor in response to accusations of scumminess plays way the hell worse, but if I was an actual SK I'd probably prefer to keep my capabilities
more hidden. Like, as is I look scummy as hell if Astaroh flips scum, I look scummy as hell if people start getting eaten alive or whatever, Cyricubed's fate in the other game is an excellent example of why I'd not want to fake claim a color, particularly not the traditional scum red which is
way too likely to be in use as scum if at all thus dangerous unless I have proof it isn't.
And if I was purple I assure you I wouldn't leave Nictis
and QTesseract
and Astaroh-M
and Archeo (cleared by Broken Base) alive for two nights. Not when I got three kills between. I'd probably have hit LDJ later if at all, and honestly would have killed either QTesseract
and Astaroh, or Broken Base
and Archeo night 2. Threat assessment and all that.
As is I'm offering to put my powers and information
as much under town's command as town wishes, and am only holding things back to
any degree because revealing too much info on powers is bad
town play since it lets scum plan around the limits.
Really, if I was an SK I almost certainly woulda gone for what I think was a kill last night
and not mentioned I can nab dead people's powers to leave things in confusion going forward. Or claimed straight up universal backup. Either/or.
