Quote Originally Posted by Atmoscheer View Post
Yes, I would, if I was guaranteed to lose if the town plays optimally.

KT played suboptimally and Nermy threw up a hail Mary to take advantage of it. What you are missing is that it's a GUARANTEED win if the journalist lives. It doesn't matter what Nermy does, it doesn't matter if he is blocked doing it. If the journalist lives, either by blocking a kill on the cop or killing a protestor or doctor, the game is over.
We're just hashing the same things over - you feel as though you should've been protected based on role, and I'm saying that, in spite of what happened, you would've been protected based on circumstance.

It's not optimal to protect the cop every night, it's optimal to ensure the cop stays alive. See the difference? This whole game relies on mindgames - as a doctor, you know they know you're going to protect the cop every night, because that's what seems like the best thing to do is. This illusion of protection has the same effect as actual protection - only the truly insightful and the completely fucking new will ever target a cop for a night kill when they know a doctor's in the game. Missing a target is a massive mafia disadvantage.

KT played suboptimally and Nermy threw up a hail Mary to take advantage of it. wtf? You make it sound like Nermy knew KT wasn't protecting you. Nermy picked you pretty much at random.

I don't get why you're so upset about KT. pulling a stunt that could've worked for not being optimal play, but saying nothing about how suboptimal for Nermy it is to even target you in the first place.

Also you should play in the next game, if your ego deflates in time.