Was about to post my case on Regfan, but figured I should catch up on my reading first. When I saw this.
Regfan can't be scum because there are no tracking roles that are scum aligned.
When I saw this, I thought "LIAR!"
I could've sworn it was there.
I checked.
I double-checked.
I triple-checked, since I could've SWORN I saw it there.
...But I couldn't find it.
WHICH MEANS I WASTED THREE EFFING DAYS WORKING ON A CASE AGAINST CONFIRMED TOWN. >_< (/Rage.)
Unvote, VOTE: VPBaltar
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I think people who are saying four scum is impossible need to reconsider just how strong a tracker, a doctor, AND a roleblocker are for the town. A tracker gives the town an information role. A doctor and a roleblocker give not one, but TWO ways to shut down scum nightkills. Combined, they elongate the game and potentially allow for the tracker to confirm all three at an absolute minimum.
Seriously, there's just no way janitor is THAT strong of a scumrole to be expected to carry a 3P scumteam against that kind of strength. When Janitor quite frankly doesn't counter the strength of two preventative roles at all. Mafia NEED a fourth member, since it's the ONLY way to counteract such a strong town. With a fourth member, their kill pool is narrowed down, their roleblock pool is larger (making it harder for a successful kill stop), and they have less risk of getting caught by the tracker. It fits into the setup perfectly.
Eff pure numbers. In general, sure, they're a good guide, but they ignore CONTEXT. Account for ROLES in your calculations, and you realize the game makes no sense with anything LESS than two scum left.
As I pointed out. Tracker in combination with two roles to shut down NKs? There's no way the mod would NOT have predicted just how gamebreakingly powerful that would be for the town with only four scum. It's an incredibly powerful combination, and therefore would need an incredibly powerful counter.
As it was asked of me. Yes, I am indeed a VT.
