[Pleonast]

Originally Posted by Kaiveran

Hmm, there might be a bit of culture clash going here, because this is a very common type of setup across different communities/traditions of IM/UR. Although it usually comes with a "Night 0 Peek" if you're not MU – wherein the Cop is informed of a random Vanilla Townie at the start of the game. That would probably been better by GB standards, but woulda coulda shoulda, meow.

Maybe not a culture clash, but definitely a dialect gap. Can you write out what you mean by "IM", "UR", and "MU"?

Originally Posted by Kaiveran

A Cop Cover strategy can also improve our chances, and I can go into the details of such toDay, if you wish. That also requires cooperation.

I wouldn't mind such a strategy, but players around here are too risk-averse for it.

Originally Posted by Kaiveran

First off, we are objectively not "at endgame" already. We can afford to whiff on our votes twice before we're in ELo. Considering that's also the total number of wolves, and most games give you at least one more misaxe, we are down a cycle or two, but that's not quite the same thing.

Again, a dialect gap, since I'd say we are objectively at end game, given that we're at two Scum remaining. We're almost out of runway. Usually once you're down to two Scum, you've had multiple reveals, multiple Days of votes, reads, and interactions. Scum would be pinned into a small box and the game is over except for the shouting. Here, we have the same short runway, but no extra information, so we're in a difficult position.

Maybe I should've said something like this earlier:

Originally Posted by Pleonast

We're basically in end-game right now, but without the accumulation of information from earlier parts in the game. Small games are inherently difficult to balance.

Originally Posted by Kaiveran

And none of this analysis accounts for the Cop possibly carrying a confirmed innocent with them to F5, which is a HUGE boon to town win chances.

Meh. I post what I think is helpful and omit what I think is not. Complaining that someone else didn't post the analysis you wanted to see is rather overdemanding.

Also, I have no idea what "F5" means. Can you spell things out?

Originally Posted by Kaiveran

Also, multiple players being against the multi-vote/second-choice strat? Last I checked, the only one who gave you lip in response to that post was Sea Serpent. Hardly a huge problem for (no offense).

Sorry, that was in reference to previous games.