Have been at work but I've already done some post game shout outs I'll copy pasta:
Overall, ignoring the obvious catastrophe that was Day 2, I think Town's major problem was a lack of focused discussion and scum hunting. The mod pm stuff, the reliance on flavour, the WIFOM talk about "would it be a jail or protect?" WIFOM… a lot of this stuff was pointless and really just derailed the thread.
I was annoyed with the amount of questions and points I aimed at townies that got totally ignored.
I also think me being the only IC for the majority of Day 1 led people to just generally discredit a lot of stuff I said, for the prospect of me possibly being scum. I think if J/MK or any IC were around to back up the IC stuff I was saying then town might of had more direction. Instead, people were trying to question silly things like what we were going to if Tery Jailed someone successfully.
People also need to try to take strong stances more. I can't stress this enough. If you don't take strong stances, then mafia don't have to take strong stances, and even if we lynch scum we end up with nothing to go on because they didn't really have opinions.
This to an extent comes with experience though.
Acrostic: Firstly, don't do fake a claim like that… ever again. I have no idea why you thought I was mafia, but oh well. I still think you have potential to be a great player. My town read on you was literally the strongest read I've ever got on someone I've never played before (aka, had no meta on). Also, never rely on flavour like that ever again. Doing that in any other game will basically get you lynched.
Glyph: Sorry if I came off a bit harsh. Everything I said to you though was true, so hopefully you take something from it. You really did only focus on Tery and no one else at the start of Day 1. As town you need to look at EVERYONE, not just 1 person. I know being V/LA probably didn't help. Also, same thing that Acrostic did, is never rely on flavour like that again.
Seph: I hate you for just coasting and then replacing out like that. I think you played slightly better than you did in FF6, but town (well, Cello and Swiss) were a lot stronger there. Yeah I'm salty lol.
Kuz: Haven't read your play, don't know if you really got a chance to lol but replacing in and telling everyone to back the **** off is what I would of done if I were scum/town. Smart play, hope to see you in more games.
Ranmaru: GG, I liked the effort you put in, but the whole time it just appeared that you had no idea what you were doing. All the advice I tried to give you was legitimate. I understand playing as mafia first time around is tough, because you can't see what it's like to "naturally" play as town. I'd like to see your town play, as I think it'd be very different.
Fyi, I initially thought you were scummy because of how you voted me very suddenly in RVS and then backed off straight away when I tried to give pressure back (I think i even asked people about this, but doubt I even got a response). Doing something like that as scum in a normal game would get you lynched, fast. As mafia you have to act like you have nothing to fear, and not be afraid of engaging with others. But from then on I was just like "he's new, lay off him." And your activity was better than most so I just forgot about you and moved on to others. So yeah, I got ***** by the newbie card pretty bad. Good luck in your next game! I'm interested to see how you'll go!
Meta-Kirby: Ah, good try man. I never really thought you were scum (as much as I let on) until you omgus'd me. I really thought I was obvtown, and just thought you'd see me as obvtown too. I was just worried about your lack of activity and was hoping to figure out your alignment asap. And "drag you into the game" so to speak.
If you'd been active and my lynch hadn't gone down like that, I think the game would of been way different. I thought Seph was slightly scummy (more inactive then anything) and you probably could of convinced me to lynch him. Ran I just fell for the newbie card (like Gord in villains) and I can't say I'm exactly sure, but you probably would of convinced me like you did with him there.
Good **** though on psuedo nailing the scum team, even if you weren't around to see it through
Grump: Good try, I think you're a really promising player too. You seem like a really smart guy, so I think I was judging you harsher than I should for a person in one of there first games. Like, I didn't let anything I saw from you slip. But you defended yourself VERY well, and after looking back at Day 1 I really started to reconsider my stance.
Tery: I hope you learned something about Day 1, and how important it really can be. Mafia ain't easy, but if you're willing to learn I'm sure you'll be able to improve. Remember, as town you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by pressuring people and scum hunting.
UberMario: Hopefully you realise why you were lynched. Half of mafia is figuring out who is scum and who is town, the other half is convincing others. The first is useless without the second. Think about it.