Really though, I'm wondering what I could have done better to beat you. I had this funny feeling about you around mid day 2, but it seemed...like poor play to vote you on a hunch. I extended because I couldn't shake the feeling I had my vote wrong, but had nothing solid (I missed the GMT and since I don't know that time zone well, I completely screwed up being able to check in after work). Yeah, I could have won if I'd gone with my gut...is that poor play, or no?
I guess you could've shot me. That would've worked. I would have been... annoyed about it though, to say the least.
Your gut's a powerful tool, and you should listen to it, but you can't lynch people solely on a gut feeling. Depending on how well known you are for having good hunches, players might be more or less willing to let you get away with a vote on somebody without a case. I wouldn't have, for obvious reasons.
You should use your gut to help you find who to suspect and why, and you should pay extra special attention to things that look weird or off to you (like I looked to you this game), and then try and dig up something concrete on the player. At some point though, if you can't get the evidence for a player, it doesn't really matter how much of a gut feeling you have toward that player, you don't have a case and don't have a reason for your vote.
Even if you did all that, I'm not sure it would've helped. I can't really point to any particular place in the game where I can say, "That was something scummy I did and people should've picked up on it." Maybe after Orangebottle claimed when my scumhunting turned anemic, but the same thing was happening to everyone else, so probably not. Maybe the speed I lynched Diakron? Possibly, but I would've pointed out his reaction to my vote, so maybe not there either.
Yeah, I don't know. I still haven't figured out how to catch extremely skillful scum using the day game alone.
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Topic: Wild West Mafia - GAME OVER - Scum Win! (Read 145862 times)