I mean, this whole problem would have been avoided if I hadn't misread and misunderstood LaLight's initial clarification. At the time I wasn't thinking about articles and the use of the word "the" in the initial role description, at all, so I thought the clarification must have been referring to the fact I targeted a claimed treasure card instead of wording. Reading it with hindsight it is 1000% clear what was being said, but for whatever reason I just overlooked the use of "any card" in the clarification until after I had already derailed the thread. LaLight handled everything perfectly and even tried to preempt any confusion, but I was apparently a big enough idiot to still mess it up. All that happened before I thought the info would trap Robz, so really it shouldn't have even come up at all...
Don't feel bad! It's really okay. It's understandable on your part, and understandable on LL's part. You were playing a really impressive game for a relative newbie and I hope you stick with us.
Thanks for that. My initial thought really was, "boy I don't want to show my username in that forum again" but that would be a bit melodramatic, so I think I'll stick around haha. But for learning purposes, other than the obvious "Don't break the rules," how should I have handled the counterclaim since I was the one telling the truth? I obviously had a few typos and shaky posts that I could have prevented had I just reread it before I hit post, but I got in a hurry. Like should I have waited until my turn at the end of the claim, or is immediate actually better?
I think you were handling it pretty impeccably, honestly. You had some natural advantages--the counter-claimant (in this case, you), is virtually always the person telling the truth, that's the big one. After you counter-claimed, I gave myself about a 20% chance of not being lynched. I am pretty good at that, mind you. If there is one thing I am good at when it comes to this game, it is convincing town not to lynch me, "in the face of overwhelming evidence," as joetheonah once put it (he calls this tactic "Robzfuscation").
I don't personally think your breadcrumbing counts for much, but others might disagree.