Those are sketchy conclusions at best to draw from a reaction test.
Well, first of all, both of the ICs seem townish based on their reaction. You could have easily gone just like Orangebottle and gone "WHELP, THOSE ROLES DONT EXIST HERE" and got me voted off quickly. Because you didn't do that, you are townish.
Hmm, I feel like I've already talked about this somewhere.
How well they respond (or how well you say they respond) is a function of experience and familiarity with the style, not alignment.
That the ICs responded the way they did is because they're experienced enough to recognize a reaction test and what the proper response to it is. So it's
completely unremarkable that Toaster and I would do that, so I'm curious why you're concluding that we're townish.
Nice buddying, though. You think we're town? Aww, it warms me up inside.
1. Just ignoring it. I mean, it was obviously a joke so I wouldn't be suprised if most of the people would just pass over it. BUT, it's really weird that Powder Miner, the person who I was voting, just completely ignored my vote. He just casually said to Orangebottle that it's a joke.
So he just casually said to Orangebottle that it was a joke, and this is completely ignoring it?
Sounds a lot like he's casually mentioning it to me, which is what you said you were expecting him to do.
3. Attacking me for it. I have no idea how experienced the people in here are, but if they are complete newbies, I wouldn't be suprised if the mafiateam would be Orangebottle/Powder Miner. The fact that somebody took my post so seriously to vote me seems more like 'eep, I have to protect my scumbuddy' thing instead of 'eep, I have to kill scum'.
You're leaping headfirst to conclusions here. Orangebottle explained the reason for his vote:
If you stick a vote on a joke, I'm going to take it seriously.
This is a perfectly legitimate reason. Why do you assume he's rushing to his scumbuddy's defense (when his scumbuddy is apparently none too concerned about it) instead of him taking issue with you?
This is why I don't like reaction tests. You can draw whatever the fuck conclusion you want from them (usually terrible), and it gives you an excuse for scummy behavior.
For your reference, there's only one thing to look for when you do a reaction test:
1. Panic.
Anything else doesn't mean anything. If a player panics from an obvious reaction test, then you need to look at that player's experience. If he's inexperienced, he's probably doing it because he's a nubface and not because he's scum (though that could still be the case). If he's experienced, then it's an overreaction and a genuine scum tell.