Anyway I'm getting tired and might not be/certainly won't be around for whatever mess this eod turns into so I'm going to write some actual words now. If you just play to have fun then you can skip reading the rest of this.
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So, this setup is almost the reverse of a normal mafia game. Nothing today matters in the short term. This phase is called day 1, but it's actually more like an extended day 0/signup phase, because the playerlist isn't finalized until the end of "day 1" when people are locked in and everyone below 5 posts is culled. Until the playerlist lock, there's not a lot of point in srs readz gameplay or trying to narrow down the herd, because the mafia can easily be people who have not posted yet at all. We will probably see a small flood of "new" joiners pop out of the woodworks within the last couple of hours of the day; almost certainly 1 or more mafia will be among that group though I expect all three alignments to be represented. It is even possible, though unlikely, that NO mafia members have posted in the thread AT ALL up to this point. Day 2 is when the real game will begin.
In the long term, stuff from early days will be worth looking back on, but it's not likely to be very productive until the NPC purges occur. Town's main goal in the earlygame is to minimize casualties, by sowing maximum NPC confusion.
The setup is also horrendously mafia favored, the mafia roles give them essentially 2.5 nightkills on early nights while the town roles are almost completely useless. (The town scout can learn whether people are in the game or not!... and then do what, exactly, with that information, without outing themselves, before the purges make the information useless?) Oh I didn't even see until now that the deleters are 1 shot only lolllllllllllllll.
Anyway mafia wants to find real townies, any real townies, and nightkill them to get a numbers advantage before the purge days turn this into a real game. Considering they also have a scout that will tell them if someone is real, they have probably much better odds of doing this than town has of actually voting out mafia, so let's be careful with the NPC speculation and giving them any additional info, eh?
The potential of lurking players is also why I forward voted on Radishes. Sloonei joined in on that and I believe was probably thinking along the same lines. Sprityo too though at a later time. I don't think anyone else in the game did this unless I missed something, which is, unfortunate.
48/24 with no hammer is kind of a hell setup so I hope you are all prepared for an unforgettable luncheon and a long marathon. The final NPC massacre occurs on Christmas Day which mac says he did not intend, but is nonetheless hilarious. Try not to lose hope at the realization that the real REAL game starts then!
radishes is a great vote if he is playing. risiinq's iso is something I would describe as "hella wolfy"

But again there is no point getting too serious about anything for a while. Stay frosty.
Put your trust in me and I will lead you to the promised land and soothe this game of all its illnesses and disease.