I fully agree with this. A lot of scum-side awkwardness comes from having to deal with other people. With a lone SK or no flipped scum, it's more difficult to see that awkward behavior (pairing theories between two living players almost always end in tears).Shanba wrote:I think this is an important point. It is my firm belief that the most difficult part of scumhunting is catching the initial scum, precisely because you have no reliable associative tells to go on. Similarly, it can be very hard to catch a lone scum. Associative tells are often by far the strongest tells; catching x by how he interacts with his scumpartners as opposed to how he reacts to townies is pretty much expected.
I also agree with how RVS silliness is fun but really counterproductive. Making silly votes to be silly just clouds an already cloudy stage of the game. Then again, it is a decent scumtell...
I disagree with Glork about how artificial it is to say there's a "clear division" between RVS and serious business. If you random vote after nonrandom discussion has already started, you're effectively ignoring it... why?
Probably my biggest gripe about the early game is how people say "oh you, it's only the RVS, don't get worked up". The game doesn't get started if someone doesn't take a stand. I would prefer if it didn't take something this to get discussion going <.< (sadly, this worked very well if you read on)