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The main reason that I haven't done much so far is simply lack of time, had a big new years. I've got a bit more spare time now, so I'm going to get out there and scum hunt.

Questions-
Mastahcheese- You are town and are at L-1, but haven't really done anything particularly scummy. Do you claim or do anything townish, or just hope someone else does something scummy to take attention off you?
Superblackcat- You are cop, and night 1 you get a read on a player that says scum. What do you do?
Pufferfish- What would you prefer to be, vanilla townie or vanilla scum? Why?
Makeinu- It's day one, and you have narrowed your lynching choices down to 2. One has been acting very scummy, but the other has only posted once. Do you lynch the likely scum, or policy lunch the lurker? Why?
MOWE- You are Vig, and it is night 1. You have no real reads on anybody. Do you take a shot in the dark, or kill nobody that night?
Persus- You are scum, and someone claims cop and calls you scum. What do you do?
Nerjin- As an IC, what would you say is the number one mistake made by new players, either scum or town?

As to Persus's question (can't quote my phone is fucking up)
I would probably just leave it, and wait to see what the third players reply is, and just vote how I would if I was vanilla townie. I would go back and look for prior evidence of scumminess, and decide what to do based on if he looked scummy or not.

What is your experience with mafia? Also, which role would you most want to have and why?

I have never played mafia before, but have had a pretty good read through the wiki and am in the process of reading some of the previous games here. I would most likely want to be a cop (either role or vanilla) as that role appears to be very good for town, and gives me a bit more influence on the game than merely vanilla townie, and adds more strategy to my play as well, which I like.

•Jembot - You're the doctor, and after seeing someone scumhunting in a very powerful and effective way, you protect them, and nobody dies in the night. Do you now support their decisions and try to back them up? How would you go about this without it seeming like buddying?

I wouldn't believe their every word, but in most cases in which I don't know anything else about that specific person as compared to the person who they are trying to lynch, I would be inclined to believe them. If they tried to lynch someone I wouldn't just hump on the bandwagon immediately, I would make my mind up first, but all other things being equal I would be more likely to vote for who they are trying to lynch than some other lynchee. If they someone tried to lynch them, I would then try to divert attention off them, and would not vote for them unless they did something extremely scummy. I wouldn't just jump to their defense immediately, but start questioning a few other players and see if I can get focus peoples suspicions on them and not on the (most likely) town.

Have a read, this is as much as anyone knows so far:
http://www.bloc.name/forum/index.php/topic,1722.0.html

"Oh really, no password. "He seems aggressive". Wait and see.

Ready my mental defenses to make a mental wall in my mind, to stop him. If he does anything, attack him to fight him to a mental standstill, and go for my gun

FUCK. Sorry, RL has just been snowing me under.

Wait, so you're my contact. Alright then, waht's the password?

Shit, sorry, been having wifi problems.

I'm sorry, but you know I can't do that. Perhaps we could work something out though?

Post up tomorrow arvo