Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
While Sasaki makes some great points on the Sigurd issue, in reality, CR didn't make his Drisos accuser argument to throw suspicion off of Sigurd, he just made it.
Entirely possible of course.

On point 1), the mafia want to get the absolutely innocent lynched. Or, they want to whack them next round. Innocent people drag the mafia's odds down, as it gives them a smaller field of guilty looking folks to hide among. Guilty looking people (but innocent) though muddy the waters, allowing them to hide better.
As a former mafioso I can tell you you are way off base here. As mafia you avoid accusing those who seem innocent. That makes you look guilty because everyone believes you are incorrect. If you accuse the guilty looking you'll blend in with the townies who are accusing that person as well.

"Lynch a townie, any townie, just please god lynch a townie" is what the mafia is thinking.

Next, 2) what townie in his right mind would stick his neck out for somebody that's so far gone (granted, by first my own ignorance, then by my misguided efforts to coverup). Even if you thought I was innocent, you'd surely realize I'd be too far gone to save. You say, any townie would do it for somebody they know to be innocent. But there's no way you could possibly know that I'm innocent. Husar and Xiahou are acting reasonably. You on the other hand are acting like you're protecting an asset.
Who said I'm in my right mind?

But really. I think you are innocent. I don't know for sure, but that's how I feel. A responsible townie would try to dissuade people, history has shown this to be true. Last game if you remember, silver, crazed rabbit, and BKS all defended me even though it was clear I would be lynched ("YOU FOOLS KNOW NOT WHAT YOU DO" etc)

The most likely scenario in me getting lynched is that the mafia will stop killing one person a round for a couple of rounds, to throw up a screen. You're one of the best players, surely you'd know this. You'd also know that when that happens, you'd stick out like a sore thumb, as it would appear you defended, vehemently, a guilty man, and you'd be next on the block. The only way you could feel safe to defend me is if you know you can control the number of killings in the next round. If you defend me, and your defense is unsuccessful and I get lynched, you tell your cohorts to kill two, to exonerate you.

No, you're trying to line up a patsy for later use.
huh? So, if you get lynched the mafia will kill 1 person to make you look guilty? They already tried that and no one bought it. I've already explained, with precedent from other games, why I'm defending you. There's no reason to come up with convoluted plots to explain that.