MudPuppy wrote:degaston wrote:I was defending him, but when he made a claim at L-6, I thought that was the scummiest thing I'd seen yet. That was a good enough reason for me.
If someone wants to correct me, and say that an L-6 claim is no reason to think that someone is scummy, and that we need more claims from other people before we decide, then I'll be happy to change my vote.
What makes sempai's L-6 claim scummier than Storr's L-13 claim?
I'd never heard of a 3rd party survivor before, but I could see the logic in claiming early if he actually has the role he's claiming. (though I have my doubts as to whether this strategy will work for him, it will be interesting to see what happens.)
I'm still not sure about Sempai, but I think I would have been more likely to believe him if he had waited until L-2 to claim. I don't know if he would have even gotten there - he claimed right after Ragian defended him, and while I was writing a post that kind of defended him.
My understanding of the situation is this:
You don't want to have too many claims because it makes it makes it easier for the scum to NK a valuable player.
Once you have all the claims you want, people have to choose one of them to lynch (if they're going to lynch anyone)
Until you have those claims, people are expected to continue posting, which helps the town get reads on everyone.
By claiming early, Sempai has shut down the pressure on anyone else, which hurts the town. (unless we lynch him and he turns out to be scum)
fp'd - Sempai's claim now seems reasonable and provable - so I still wish he had waited until L-2 to claim it.
