The Syndicate

A good example of how to use role info without revealing said info; I knew that whoever had the ring was a civ, and that if they voted for the Necromancer they would die instantly. I knew this because of my role as Col. Mustard. So when I saw Roxy die after voting Snowy I knew exactly what had happened. And though my initial "Snowy, you're dead meat!" or whatever it was lacked subtlety and wasn't quite in tune with my point here, the case I then built around Snowy was based primarily on his voting records. His voting pointed to him being a Suit, not a Sorcerer, but instead of worrying about that, I tried to build a solid case around him being a Suit, because I legally could, knowing he would flip Sorcerer and I'd have to be "wuh wuh?" I was arguably a little too insistent on Snowy, which may have suggested that I had other info, but I built a legal case around in-thread events.

A good example of how NOT to use role info: I knew Zeek's role had changed, resulting in him becoming Marla Singer, me discovering I was the Narrator, and we now had permanent BTSC. I knew SVS was Snape, and I could see in the thread that she had somehow caused our changes, but she was frustrated because she wasn't getting the feedback she felt she would have if Zeek was a civ. At first I did the right thing and stated that i trusted Zeek was civ due to his gameplay and voting records and case building up to that point. but after SVS kept questioning things, I completely abandoned the rules and essentially blurted out that zeek and I were tied together thanks to her. It didn't out my ROLE, I never did that in the game, but it outed BTSC which was just as bad. I should have stuck to my point about Zeek and just let SVS stew about it, and if people started voting Zeek, I should have just fought hard to show how he was a civ. Instead I let frustration get the better of me and blurted out our link.

Example A = pretty good
Example B = atrocious