Zchinque: And as an aside, I don't know how many mafia games I've read over the years, but it's been quite a few, and I have as of yet
never encountered a day cop in a game with regular day/night cycles. It's not a common role.
I agree that the chances of a Day Cop being present in a newbie game, while theoretically possible, is tiny.
As for the meta-game thing - it got me thinking, and one major thing came to mind. Zchinque is an *experienced* player (at least compared to the rest of us, with the possible exception of Jesskitten, who intimates familiarity with the game also). As such, I do not believe that some of the early things that he did - "who's up for a massclaim" etc etc, would be the work of Mafia - too obvious, he wouldnt make a mistake like that given his experience.
Over the time of the thread so far I have come to see Zchinques posts for what they are - designed to provoke specific reactions from other players, with the express intent of revealing scummy behaviour. His rebuffing of most accusations have been articulate and consistent. Therefore,
Unvote Zchinque If you take that as a given, then two players in particular come to the fore, as Zchinque has outlined - Al1 for the fence sitting, and Bazilisek, for his urging of an early lynch. Scummy behaviour in my book.
Al1 - fence sitting IS a scummy tell, but I believe that your newness to the game and the earlyness of your post counts somewhat in your favour. Concerns, but not major ones yet.
Bazilisek - your constant urging for an early lynch is , for me, the biggest pointer we've had so far of scummy behaviour.
Therefore,
Vote Bazilisek I thought long and hard about doing this, I dont want to be accused of Votejumping and being indecisive. But I DO believe that if Zchinque was Mafia , he wouldn't be stirring things up as much as he is. A townie would, to provoke reaction and get a Mafia mistake. I think Bazilisek has made that mistake.