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[QUOTE=Lysergic;754068]Color name is great for town roles who need authority. Sucks for town roles who need anonymity. Sucks even harder for scum roles.[/QUOTE]

Not always. Take the only true god as an example... If I do not step in and make sure I say everything I can (without spamming of course), I will be seen as scummy. So at this point, meta saves me. It's what I said earlier about meta, I should probably add that the more people know you, the more they will be unable to read your role based on color name if you play your meta cards right.

Originally Posted by Lysergic

Color name is great for town roles who need authority. Sucks for town roles who need anonymity. Sucks even harder for scum roles.

Not always. Take the only true god as an example... If I do not step in and make sure I say everything I can (without spamming of course), I will be seen as scummy. So at this point, meta saves me. It's what I said earlier about meta, I should probably add that the more people know you, the more they will be unable to read your role based on color name if you play your meta cards right.

[COLOR="#FF0000"]CHOO CHOO, ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THE [COLOR="#000000"]LYNCH[/COLOR] TRAIN, THE ONLY GOD AND SAVIOUR OF THIS TOWN, SHALL WIN BY THE WILL OF THE POWER THAT HATH BEEN GIVEN TO THEM![/COLOR] :)


To prevent what you described, for it had happened to me: If you got less than 20k points, just tell people your SC2 identity and make them look at "Help" section so they see you cannot prefer. I do that and it nearly always saves me when some stupid guy says "He probably preferred mafia!" and uses that as a reason to lynch me. Plus, you can establish a meta around you. E.g. I always blacklist Survivor, Doctor, Godfather, Beguiler, Agent. Those are roles I do not enjoy in the current state of the game (Doctor is a great and powerful role, but sadly people tend to lynch doc claims simply because they are doc claims). Colored names allow people to single you out of a big bunch of people.

If you see people lynching/jailor/vigi executing you because of your name instead of your in-game actions, report them. It's witch hunting, which goes into the Griefing section of the punishments. Those people are assholes that are not allowed to do what they are doing, so colored names should NOT take that much importance.

Plus, clever protectives will tend to protect colored names/hated players more, especially BGs. Colored names have downsides, yes, but they also have advantages.

Your play, as an evil role, was a great one btw :) some strategies like this may seem stupid, but they can solve games. I hope that answers your question.

CHOO CHOO, ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THE LYNCH TRAIN, THE ONLY GOD AND SAVIOUR OF THIS TOWN, SHALL WIN BY THE WILL OF THE POWER THAT HATH BEEN GIVEN TO THEM!


To prevent what you described, for it had happened to me: If you got less than 20k points, just tell people your SC2 identity and make them look at "Help" section so they see you cannot prefer. I do that and it nearly always saves me when some stupid guy says "He probably preferred mafia!" and uses that as a reason to lynch me. Plus, you can establish a meta around you. E.g. I always blacklist Survivor, Doctor, Godfather, Beguiler, Agent. Those are roles I do not enjoy in the current state of the game (Doctor is a great and powerful role, but sadly people tend to lynch doc claims simply because they are doc claims). Colored names allow people to single you out of a big bunch of people.

If you see people lynching/jailor/vigi executing you because of your name instead of your in-game actions, report them. It's witch hunting, which goes into the Griefing section of the punishments. Those people are assholes that are not allowed to do what they are doing, so colored names should NOT take that much importance.

Plus, clever protectives will tend to protect colored names/hated players more, especially BGs. Colored names have downsides, yes, but they also have advantages.

Your play, as an evil role, was a great one btw some strategies like this may seem stupid, but they can solve games. I hope that answers your question.