Green wrote:What benefit - specific to this game - do you think it will allow us to have at this point in time?
If done correctly, it can be a useful tool for scum hunting. It can also help us sort out the later mess of when people do claim.
Speculating who may have what power roles looks like a good way to give scum ideas that they might have otherwised missed with no upside potential except a warm fuzzy feeling that we might have a useful power role or two that now is in the mafia's sights.
Which is why it is best to limit it.
How are you qualifying speculating about power roles only "a little?"
Again, speculating only 'a little' is helpful for finding scum. To state how it is helpful in finding scum would nullify the point of that advantage, though. And, again, it can help the town make sense out of claims later on, how they make sense, why...
What are the positives of discussing it just "a little?"
See above.
If we're going to speculate, why are you limiting it to "a little?"
Because speculating 'a little' can be very helpful to the town. Speculating 'a lot' will be dead giveaways for the scum to select their targets and help them fake claim later on.
It looks like the logic behind it is that extensive role speculation is harmful to the town because it helps scum.
Extensive, yes. A little, can have the opposite outcome.
If that's the case, then role speculation in general is harmful, and the amount merely dictates the severity of the harm done.
I fail to see how you come to this conclusion. Extensive speculation harms the town greatly. Slight speculation can help the town.
Therefore, I come full circle: What benefit do you see in speculation at this point in time?
Albert will get angry if I answer this one more time, even if I just reword it.
I'm not too keen on your desire to discuss roles at this point in time.
And I would prefer to not discuss it very much.
If anything, the current game status (no town dead, SK removed from the scene) looks like role discussion/speculation is actually where we don't want to go.
In a greater amount, yes.
As far as I can tell, we're currently ahead.
Sort of. From an information standpoint, we're in an eleven-player game with a day start.
Speculation at this point seems like a good way to shoot ourselves in the foot.
Bah. A little bodily pain every once in a while never hurt anyone, right?
[/joke] Seriously, though, I'll say it in brief terms:
Little speculation is helpful,
Lots is just anti-town.
Okay that does help the both of you if either turns up scum during the game =\
