First thought, why target HP at night when we assume his DV is a day action? Is this you trying to not-so-subtley claim to have prevented last night's kill?
We know his DV is a day action. But the mafia kill is a night action, and with the head mafia gone (Blarg), that necessarily meant someone else must issue commands. I assumed that wasn't HP based on his day action ability.
Okay, and? What do you think now? Same for the next one about LP.
HP has become incredibly defeatist today. It could be because he's suspected scum, or it could be because of last night's failure. It could be neither. I didn't expect it to be glaringly obvious, but I at least hoped it would be more than role claiming day start.
For LP, there's been no reaction except surprise surviving the night. That doesn't tell me anything because it could plausibly be a prepared scum ststmenr
I said that it is conceivable that scum could role fish, especially if they did suspect an unnamed role prevented NK. I also get assessments of my play unbiased by my role claim. Especially since I seeded the possibility of role block, I wanted to see how that and I were responded to.
What are you trying to say here? That last night was the first time you used your power? That you've been acting scummy on purpose to avoid a NK?
Yes, last night was the first time. I don't think it's a shock that a role like this would have limited uses, as it could be OP.
I've not been acting scummy in my view, just less forthcoming with reads than I was last game. I didn't want to gift wrap a list of future blocks.
I'm not getting the logic here. If your role wasn't successful, how would they be aware of you?
Because I explicitly alerted them to the possibility when I posited it was the reason for no NK and what they may be searching for. That gained no traction amongst town, so I wanted to avoid giving them info without explicitly telling Town.
Not gonna lie, this reads like you making excuses for not doing anything in the future. Why didn't anex block the NK? Oh because scum stopped him.
The goal is to prevent advertising blocks to prevent another Neki. E.g. it seems obvious I'm going to block player B. There's no NK that night due to hydro, I assume I blocked, and we kill another villager.
Again, why would scum ASSUME you can block them? It hasn't really stopped LP from making their thoughts known. You can't just not give reads.
Because I told them so, as previously explained. LP is a mirror ability. The people who are assumed town are those we inherently want to protect. I am targeting scum, so I don't want them to know my next move. And I don't want to provide false reads to throw them off since that hurts town too. You yourself said you wouldn't have targeted HP, so it's obvious my block target can be a surprise.
I don't like this faulty logic either. Even if you do flip town, it doesn't necessarily mean HP is scum.
Overall, I'm very skeptical of this claim, though I will take some time to think about it as it's probably coloured by the fact I already don't trust you.
Balance wise - and this is getting too into game design but it's a thought that hit me - would we have a doctor AND a blocker? Two ways to screw scum seems a bit unfair. With Blarg flipping as a scum tracker, a scum blocker would make a nice accompaniment. Blarg sets them up, anex knocks them down.
No, it doesn't mean HP is scum because there are still a lot of what if's. That's exactly why I presented this info with time to digest. Worst case, HP isn't scum and my ability didn't work, but Town was probably going to vote HP at some point anyway, so I don't think I implicated a confirmed or especially useful Town role.
