Alright everyone, this is my IC voice. Everything I say in italics in this game is pure, unfiltered advice to the new players. If I make any assumptions as to alignment in italicized text it is theoretical only, although I may fail to specify in the moment. You can trust that anything I say in italics is said with the best of intentions and irrespective of my alignment, although it is up to you what of my words you take to heart and what you decide is not for you.
I would like to start by informing everyone that my playstyle is NOT the playstyle of Bay12 Mafia as a whole. In more complicated setups, I typically run a gambit-heavy playstyle focused around disrupting other people's plans with complicated, constantly-evolving gambits. However, for this game, I will attempt to tone down my disruptiveness and nuisance-making that is traditional of my playstyle.
Persus13 and I will be your IC's for this game. It is our job to give you advice on how to play the game in accordance with our understanding of the game. Remember, however, that we are also your fellow players, and have an equal chance of being mafia any given one of you does. ONLY the things that we say in IC text can be taken at face value, but I generally play a more honest game with new players.
If you have any questions about the game, about how we think to play, please ask. There are many ways to play the game, and part of the reason I'm here is to provide an alternative way to go about playing.
origamiscienceguy: Just going by previous statistics, probably scum.
Dorsidwarf: Because it's too much fun, that's why. Also because I get bored.
When you play this game, remember that this is one of the hardest setups for town outside of bastard mods and some of Mephansteras's setups. Without reliable power role support, the town is forced to go on gut alone, and particularly in beginner games this is incredibly unreliable. If you are lynched as town or scum, don't worry about it too much, it probably just means you made a silly mistake that in most other games would be overlooked or moved on from. D1 in particular is a dicey day: without any real information to go on, the town lynch is essentially who had a mistype or slip of the tongue close to the end of the day. If you are lynched D1, don't worry too much about it or think that means you are a bad player: it just means that you got unlucky, essentially.
Tea: I'm going to get to your post in a moment, and I'll try to answer all of the questions and implied questions.