Is rolefishing inherently scummy?

[JasonWazza]

I mean it's not always scummy, but it has to be done in the right situations, and in the right ways, and it also depends heavily on the setup.

In semi-opens/Low PR concentration games, like the Newbie queue, rolefishing is considered scummy simply because it's so easy to out the PR's without meaning to, and allowing scum access to this information.

In games where the PR concentration is higher, or the game is closed, this is less of an issue, because even if scum knows the PR's, they don't necessarily know the strength of said PR's, and can benefit more potentially from ignoring them.

As a note, it's not a bad thing to work out who your PR's are, in several newbie games I have worked out the PR('s), and attempted to work on trying to keep them in a situation where they aren't likely to be shot overnight, but letting that information deliberately out in a way everyone can see it, is inherently scum motivated, because scum benefit most from this information (and can benefit from having the information public, so the kill is obvious to everyone, and not just someone who is likely to have spotted it)