ok... im going to debate on paper here about last night.
DV-SCUM:
the kill initially didnt even make any sense coming from DV.
His partnership was pretty well established HERE IN THREAD... though I really dont know what happened in the 'hood. It seems like killing BEN would have been the move for him, because a Kuribo/DVscum seems like a slam dunk to mislynch me, right? Or killing ME, and trying to push Ben
Unless DVscum was over-respectful of my (and Ben's) defensive game in lylo, and didnt think he could push it through. Then what? Then killing kuribo, a player I had said openly was the ONLY town-read I had would make sense.. especially given my push on Benmage yesterday. It makes sense he would have thought I would just keep going for ben.
So- I can talk myself into DV scum keeping me alive.. but its hard. Keeping kuribo would have made more sense.
And then he states in thread that he would have killed kuribo as scum. sheesh.
BEN SCUM:
As stated earlier, if ben was scum he was slightly stuck here. leaving kuribo and dv alive? just as above- it seems they would team up. leaving me and kuribo alive? instant death.
So a kuribo kill is the obv benscum play. I had expressed some doubts about DV
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now in the WIFOM spirit- did DVscum know that that was the obv Benscumplay, and play it for pure gamesmanship?
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And lets talk balance:
14 town/4scum/1survivor
I think of that as 14/4 really-->survivors dont exist.
So- thats not lopsided in pure numbers. lets look at power:
VANILLA x7 (or8)
Vig (3x)
Freindly
Neighborizer (3x)
JOAT
kill-proof (1x)
Doc
?Bodyguard/daytalkenabler
vs:
Even Tracker
Rolecop (nerfed as traitor, 2x)
Goon
Goon? Bodyguard/daytalkenabler? Other, unclaimed?
hmm.
I think I might just have to go with my this rationale:
1)DV's claim is junk
2)Dvs play is not particularly respectable overall from a hunting perspective.. Whereas review of Bens game shows decent effort, and decent results across time.
3)kuribo/benmage UberBattle- fake? i read it as town/town.
4) overall balance- that is a LOT of town power, even without DV. vs what.. a tracker? Either Ben is a strong scum PR, or DV is scum
5) I dont think Ben was bussing Jason. He seemed truly reluctant, and actually surprised that Jason flipped. If I were jasons partner.. I would have bussed harder. Earlier. And better.