In post 1, DragonEater70 wrote:
I'll start with a question: I noticed that sometimes as town I get into a gamestate where it's late in Day 1, or even Day 2, and I don't reallt feel I have any solid scumreads. Or alternatively I feel I have too many townreads and I know some of them are wrong but can't tell which. I'm curious to know: Does anybody else experience this? How do you guys deal with this situation? Is there any way to proactively avoid it happening in the first place?
I vote someone to shake up discussion even if the scum read is shaky as a twig, so I can gather reads from how people react to me. Yet that is if the gamestate was slow. If there is plenty of content and I was afk, then I'd just focus on reading more and try to develop my reads. I think I get better reads that way anyway. The former may or may not get me heat but I do it anyway to create discussion and help me gain more leads. I basically try to drive discussion unless there are others already handling that role. I think a good scumhunter told me that, having a reads list with town | null | scum, in an ordered fashion, with reasoning, helps you discuss them with your town reads to help you narrow down the correct conclusions. Yet something I've noticed, I do this way too early sometimes, and I have to flip my reads sometimes. Yet one game, I didn't post any reads, and instead I was distancing myself from the thread a bit more. Then, a scum player voted outside of their stated reads, and that was really off, I voted them quick. They were a town read, that I did not establish in thread yet. It's annoying having to discuss these when such things happen. So nowadays what I do first and foremost, is I have an ordered list Town | Null | Scum, but I just order them with how I feel they should be placed. Sometimes I publish my ordered reads list, sometimes I don't. Usually I just give my 2-3 scumreads in that case and that's all people really need to know. I guess most important of all, stay engaged in some manner. Either by posting and interacting with others, or by being distanced yet reading actively. If you let the thread add up without reading it and there is a ton to read, it'll be much harder to be engaged and you may have a harder time gaining scumreads. Those are the times I feel like I'm scum when I'm town because I was that much away from the thread that I'm like shit... how do I get back in. Etc. (I guess replacing in to games helps you work on the 'getting back in' skill)
In post 5, Psyche wrote:Not having clear reads is the natural state, where everyone starts and tends to stay.
You are making me think of Smash Bros with the neutral state. Damn. I guess to add to this, it's good to have discussion and wagons for the state to have more information and pressure. Yes this may be anti-town but I enjoy last minute swaps near deadline to make things chaotic and not let scum stay comfortable. My problem is sometimes I do this and it's saving scum by accident.
Silly me.
