In post 140, TheOtherFiction wrote:
In fact, I did argue that voting is scummy, and only say I could because it seems self evident that if we (you, whoever) take the approach that "all town will keep a vote at all times" scum are free to vote whoever they want without giving a reason and if questioned "I just wanted to keep my vote on someone because it's more town than not voting." It eliminates the effort a scum would have to make in coming up with a legitimate reason for their votes.
I don't think that makes sense at all. Everyone still needs to have a reason for their votes; they should always be voting for the person they think is the most suspicious. I just also expect people to have a reason for deliberately not voting, especially when they appear to have suspicions about someone.
I not only expect everyone to have a vote on someone, I also expect them to be able to explain why they think that person is the most suspicious. Not having a good suspect at this point is itself basically scummy.
If you really don't think it's a good idea to vote right now, then don't, but you still have to scumhunt, you still have to agressivly go after people you think are suspicious. If you had been scumhunting more, then even if you hadn't voted, I wouldn't have had a problem with your play. But it seemed like you started off with a problem with someone's play, and then just kind of forgot about it; that looked scummy to me.
I am voting you because you are setting up an excuse for mafia by presenting an argument that gives scum an essential get out of jail free card.
Of course it doesn't. A person who doesn't seem to have any reason for their vote and can't explain their vote when asked is just as scummy as a person who's not voting at all.
The key isn't just voting, it's scumhuting.
Anyway, it's kind of silly to say I'm "setting up an excuse" for voting with no reason, when I myself gave quite a lot of reasons for my voting.
Pending on how arguments go, I am more likely to advocate a lynch of SirB or Cobbler than you, but at this moment (since a vote on someone is better than no one, right?), I am choosing to vote you.
Do you actually think that me aggressively going after you, and that me voting aggressively in general, makes me more likely scum then town? If so, why?
If you actually think I'm scum, you need to make a case against me, explain why, question me, try to get other people on board the Yoswagon, and generally try to attack me. It really looks like your vote against me was more defensive then anything else; you didn't like that I was voting you, and you didn't want to be attacked anymore for not voting, so you voted me.
I want us to win just for Yos' inevitable rant alone. -CrashTextDummie