Elefunk, I need some time to think about most of that post, but I'm going to hurry up and answer this first.
Vector-as-IC: Do you think that stuff should be phrased harshly from the very start, to provoke reactions?
I think that people should focus less on provoking certain reactions and more on reading reactions. Being deliberately harsh can just wear out the town.
So: I generally feel that it's appropriate to ask exactly one RVS question per game, whose goal should be to give the reader a little jolt. After that, your job is to ask people meaningful questions about their reasoning for doing things until they hang themselves, and to have fun doing it.
As a caveat to my advice to a beginner, I want to say first of all that my personality is naturally abrasive and a little bit unstable. I'm not necessarily a procedure worth imitating in every respect. Focus on whatever makes it possible for you to make perceptive insights and to say only things that advance your goals (whatever those might be).
As an IC, I want to add also that if I were scum and an asshole, you'd have a lynch up your butt faster than you can say "sweet tuesday" for saying that you've been active-lurking and hypocritical--the right answer is "no, I'm not active-lurking or muddying the waters, I'm bad at getting reactions and reading people and I post too much." Active-lurking is a crime of
intent.
Who do you think is scum and why?
Top 2 right now are Gentlefish (rolefishing and, as EP noted, riding on other people's reasoning) and Perseus13 (lurking). Honestly, I'm also just suspicious of them on principle because I know that they're more seasoned players. Right now, there's a lot of undeveloped (AKA shitty) players who I'm trying to teach how to play before I begin to really look for scum. I expect my reads to keep developing quickly.
Who do you believe would be the most dangerous as scum?
I don't know most of these players or my own rusty abilities well enough to make an accurate assessment, but based on previous track record I'm guessing that it's me. If you want pairings, me and Gentlefish. I know from experience that he's good at calming me down when I lose it, which would be the most likely thing to screw me over in a BM context.
Who do you think is least likely to be scum in other words who do you think is town?
I'm certain that I'm town. I think that you and EP are probably town, tentatively doomchild as well. My read on snow dorf is also town so far. I don't yet have a coherent enough read on everyone to make any meaningful judgments. I tend to form my reads slowly and report them only when I'm fairly certain of something.
Do you think we should Lynch someone day 1 or wait for someone to die and gather evidence from what happened over the night?
We should definitely lynch D1, with the goal of killing scum right off the bat. Wasting time destroys town.
Who has the coolest username here?
Me. Of course, I'm biased.
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