Mini 2206 - Deja Vu: Perpetual MELO IV - END!

[borkjerfkin]

there are 4 scum here

who the fuck are they voting for

[borkjerfkin]

yowza.

sorry for taking a wrong turn at the end of the day there

[borkjerfkin]

I think that towns are stronk right now but also that it's partly because of meddling by things like the NRG. I'm considering writing something longer form on this in mafdisc forum, but the basic thesis I have is that by pushing setups towards being more townsided to stop scum sweeping too much, the general moderation made being scum really unfun for many players because it feels so much harder. That's then led to a lot of people not liking or actively hating scum, which in turns means they're not motivated when they roll scum. This (1) makes them much easier to distinguish when town and (2) means that they're often a lot easier to lim as scum because they won't fight back as hard. This effect then snowballs and makes playing scum even less fun which in turn makes people like rolling it even less and etc etc. Without active moderation interference by making things significantly harder for towns/more fun for scum, this trend is likely to continue. But it's also why in some games (not this one, to be very clear) a competent scum team will stomp, because towns aren't used to having to play teams of engaged/motivated scum.

I’d love to hear any feedback on this btw, agree or disagree and whether you think it would be worth trying to turn into something longer/something to be put into mafdisc

my first reaction is agree

[borkjerfkin]

bork being basically cleared from early D1

this is why i basically don't play anymore. i can't force myself to like playing scum and don't show up for it.

[borkjerfkin]

at least it helped us all trust-tell level read you as town LOL

that is a two way street