Ok, time to actually have a proper look at the players - so far I've just been going off general impressions, so this might change my mind:
Misnomer - to be modkilled or replaced. I'll just reiterate that everyone should make the statement that he's scum (or town). I'm going to say Misnomer is scum, just based on the fact that I have what is probably too many townies in my list.
slbub - Is the first to explicitly mention the idea that we could make multiple similar statements (although Boomfrog alluded to it). Reposts Mav's list. Suspects 'a few people'. Asks the mod some questions - seems to be looking to save the strategy. Says he may not be back before deadline. Doesn't vote, which is a big negative - town should always make sure they're voting at deadline.
Overall - slbub is town. I said earlier that he felt a bit different from normal games, but I've convinced myself that the difference is actually trying to help town, not just pretending to be town.
Silknor - First post other than confirm says that he's a loyalist and speculates on ways the lie detector could fail. This in itself is slightly scummy, as it's something that town might do, but that scum would do (if that makes sense). Also, he only posted a single 'I am a loyalist' rather than a list of statements as requested. This was also his only post before what was supposed to be the deadline. I voted for him at this point. Boomfrog votes first, Adam H says he'd also be on the bandwagon but doesn't vote (I include this as a reference to remind myself for later if we're interested in links between players).
Silknor then comes back saying that he'd asked the mods to change the rules, because he (rightly) believed the game was broken. Explains why he didn't post the list. Overall this post seems reasonable - it doesn't necessarily make him town, but it is a plausible explanation for his behaviour if he is. Adam H then votes for him. Mav won't vote for him.
Another post explaining why he asked mod in private, not public and also explaining to Adam H why vanilla town claiming is a bad idea without going over the top or being confrontational. This post is quite townie, the only slight problem with it is the part where he says he has suspicions and opinions, without mentioning any except for a fence-sitting statement about Adam H. Notes to Mav the problem with saying '... is scum' or '... is town'. I guess that's true, although I do like that we're being forced to say either town or scum - the absence of being able to say someone is neutral is, in my opinion, a good thing.
And a post explaining why exactly he thinks Adam H is scum. It is going after the easy target, but I can see exactly why he would put his vote there.
Overall - Silknor is town. Still minor things I'm not happy with and I'd like him to give an opinion on players other than Adam H, but I'm leaning town here.
Mavketl - Claims town in first post. Says we shouldn't use lie detectors too early. This is an interesting point, because I was considering using mine quite early if I saw something scummy (before they had a chance to discuss things at night, especially if there are any powers that mess with the lie detectors). I like Mav's statement in the next post about cop powers being best used unpredictably, given that then scum don't know what they can get away with (here they won't know what to truthify). Thinks that we should claim all results, which I agree with. The only point of not claiming is that scum won't nightkill you, but if you do have a result which you haven't claimed, you don't want to be nightkilled anyway.
Posts her experiment. I'm reserving judgment on this until the morning, when she's promised to explain. Uses the term 'rebel' coined by Adam H. Not happy with people who copy her list (oops). Realises the term rebel was never used in flavour, but came from Adam H. Posts list of 'anti-statements', which are no longer particularly useful (until this stage she'd only said 'I am town/a loyalist' and 'I am not a rebel').
Strong attack on Adam H for vanilla town stuff. Won't vote for Silknor because she thinks what he did fits his normal playing style. Suggests the '... is scum' type statements which actually turn out not to be of any use (especially as 'I think ... is scum' would come up with the same result to a lie detector).
Thinks there aren't any independents (reasonable). Continues attack on Adam H.
Analysis post. Nothing really unusual there - all seems reasonable. Then changes mind on Silknor based on her experiment.
Overall - Mav is town. Quite a lot of good content with only minor negatives. I'm reserving judgment here until she tells us about the experiment.
Boomfrog - Suggests the 'I am a loyalist' plan. Suggests town should only make true statements so that scum can't mess with it by truthifying. This actually got a bit lost/ignored, but I don't agree with it anyway - if scum use their truthify on this, they can't use it on themselves, so that's ok. Gives the long list of statements. Thinks Adam H was just being flippant about the rebels thing. Good analysis post and vote for Silknor. Corrects my misinterpretation of the rules. Points out exactly why scum would want to claim 'I am vanilla town', which I hadn't appreciated before.
Overall - Boomfrog is town. But I'm not as convinced as I was when I did my quick analysis before.
I'm going to do Angua and Adam H later. (And yes I'm aware this will need recalibrating because I just called everyone town.
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