Posted 27 March 2013 - 02:33 PM
What I'm trying to reason out is why the Jester would have to be lynched 3 times. It makes sense at first glance (3 lives, 3 deaths, win!), but then thinking about the Jester's first role, Jesus, it becomes obvious that the Jester was a Jester when killed and thus people will not want to waste lynches on him in the future.
This all means that
1) The Jester would have to avoid being identified in the role switch to manage getting another lynch
2) The Jester would have to be suspicious enough to garner subsequent lynches without being probed by the more terminal day/night kill.
Now I agree that it seems silly for the Jester to have such a difficult winning conditions (1 NK = loss? ). I actually think that somehow the Jester is still in the game, without having to rely on the recruitment mechanic. That would in my mind justify an unspoken role switch between Bek and Ay, such that Eloth doesn't want to be lynched and Aranatha does, and thus it is in both their interests to appear as the other player (hence Bek's sullen cryptic responses).
All that being said, I think that the question of Eloth's allegiances is a big question. I don't want to run down the clock on a fellow townie, but on the flip side, I don't want to let scum lurk free, especially with roles that power up the longer the player is left alive.
That brings up the question of whether CFs help us in determining factions and the even larger question of why are two teams called scum and two teams called town in a game that more resembles a faction game than a complicated M&P.
So 2nd question 1st: scum and town definitions. Thus far the assumption is small team size and knowledge of fellow team mates are scum traits. This would mean the converse for town. Other scum traits include more chances to NK, recruitment mechanisms, lover connections between killers, etc. Unfortunately all these overlap with faction traits, which is why the waters may not be so crystal clear.
This is where question 1 may help us. We already know that of the non-jester roles given, we have only seen "town" and "faction" roles (I don't think I've seen an explicit scum role, correct me if I am wrong). We also know that people can order their three roles any way they wish.
What if the definition of scum is based on which roles are given to them (hypothetically given a mix of scum and faction roles). This would mean that scum could be identified as such if they CF'd as a scum role. However, if they use faction roles first, such identification becomes difficult.
This role/faction matching makes sense, especially with what we've seen from the jester. It also makes sense why people are part of town or scum instead of factions 1-4.
I would agree that Amp, while urging caution, seems a little suspicious, as if ulterior motives were in play, and warrants further investigation. I also conclude that as such, we don't know whether or not Eloth was scum based merely on his faction role. As such, I am not inclined to lynch Eloth again today. Not a free pass, but I would like to watch him more.... once I figure out who the fuck he is.