In honor of the new Miles Edgeworth game I've just gotten around to playing (which is awesome), this post will have a little theme inserted...
I guess you can say that but that doesn't mean it's pro-town. You can't excuse doing something scummy by saying "hey at least it promoted discussion so it was pro-town!" - because it isn't. You like to do that a lot and it never did you any favours so cut it please.
You dodged the question. Let's try it again, yes/no answers, please. Besides, you said down in your answer to question 3 that you didn't find Pierre's position scummy as of now. So what's the point of your paragraph? It's either worthless (because Pierre didn't do anything scummy), or you're contradicting yourself. Which is it?
Not at all.
Also, learn the definition of the word "fact" because as far as I'm aware nothing implies that the current discussion is bound to be fruitful.
You're white-washing harmful things. You did exactly the same in Scum Wars and I think it should be about time to learn from your mistakes: This game is not about being absolutely right in any situation but that seems to be what you think. Just admit that you are wrong for once and don't argue yourself into a hole. You're not inherently scummy but the way you misconstrue things to justify every single thing you say is extremely scummy.
No, it's not about me being right, it's about pointing out the contradictions in the other guy's position. You had no problem whatsoever with what I was doing in Scum wars, and you were town there. You know what that implies about this game... (Sure, you'll call it meta-gaming, but meta-gaming is useful for picking up contradictions and telling you who to look at. You just need something more concrete to back it up with, which I'll supply below.)
I can't believe you'd dispute the fact (or the theory, if you insist, but I'd say its obvious) that this discussion is pro-town. Just about every discussion is pro-town. (Except for the obvious stuff, like rolefishing, which this discussion is obviously not). I'll give you a nice, easy example. Compare how easy it is to pinpoint scum in games with a lot of discussion (for example, Phoenix Wright mafia), to games with almost no discussion at all (TV-allstar mafia). Discussion forces mafia to take a stance on issues, and eventually backs them into a corner made out of the lies they've spouted.
Sure, nothing makes any discussion 100% sure to catch scum, but out of all the actions possible for town, it's the one with the best chance of catching scum, which makes it a pro-town thing to generate discussion.
I see. What would change your mind? (Short of Pierre flipping scum, as that's an obvious one.)
Agreeing with Pierre's position. That is, what ChiboSempai and I did, that you called us out for. You've admitted yourself that said postion isn't scummy.
I rest my case.
@KevinM
I'm not sure quite yet, but I'm thinking about just lynching Gheb and letting Xonar using the vote on his own.