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The '''Scumputer''' is the trademark scumhunting technique of [[DrippingGoofball]]. After several significant wagons (either lynching wagons or wagons that came pretty close to lynching) have formed, DrippingGoofball will analyze them and assign ratings to players according to how often they have wagoned. The base assumption is that any significant wagon has some, but not all, of the scum on it. | |||
A sample Scumputer reading can be found [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2775359#p2775359 here], although as a caveat, DrippingGoofball was a [[Serial Killer]] in this game. Notice that each wagon was worth 100 points times the number of yet-unfound scum expected to be on the wagon, and each living player on the wagon is assigned an equal amount of scumpoints for their participation. | |||
This analysis method can be beaten by violating its basic assumption. It will perform suboptimally if every member of a scumteam is on a wagon, and perform even worse if every member of a scumteam is ''off'' the wagon. | |||
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Revision as of 22:55, 11 August 2011
The Scumputer is the trademark scumhunting technique of DrippingGoofball. After several significant wagons (either lynching wagons or wagons that came pretty close to lynching) have formed, DrippingGoofball will analyze them and assign ratings to players according to how often they have wagoned. The base assumption is that any significant wagon has some, but not all, of the scum on it.
A sample Scumputer reading can be found here, although as a caveat, DrippingGoofball was a Serial Killer in this game. Notice that each wagon was worth 100 points times the number of yet-unfound scum expected to be on the wagon, and each living player on the wagon is assigned an equal amount of scumpoints for their participation.
This analysis method can be beaten by violating its basic assumption. It will perform suboptimally if every member of a scumteam is on a wagon, and perform even worse if every member of a scumteam is off the wagon.