I never liked random lynching on day 1 unless there is a *really* good reason for it, because there just isn't enough information to go on at that point, and we could end up accidently lynching someone who we would otherwise need to win. It seems like the only people who win in a day 1 lynch are the bad guys.
So, I'm not going to lynch anyone today unless someone can come up with a seriously good argument.
Oh boy. I've written lengthy posts about it, but let me do it again.
FoS Danny.
Typically, the town has no guaranteed way of killing at night.
The mafia always have a guaranteed way of killing at night.
There are 12 players: 9 Town, 3 Mafia.
Hypothetically, let's say we don't lynch on day 1:
D1: No Lynch. 12 players.
N1: Town is killed. [8 Town, 3 Mafia]
D2: Town is lynched. [7 Town, 3 Mafia]
N2: Town is killed. [ 6 Town, 3 Mafia]
D3: Town is lynched. [ 5 Town, 3 Mafia]
N3: Town is killed. [ 4 Town, 3 Mafia.
D4: Town is lynched. [3 Town, 3 Mafia] - MAFIA WIN as they will get their final kill on N4.
Let's say we lynch:
D1: Town is lynched. [8 Town, 3 Mafia]
N1: Town is killed. [7 Town, 3 Mafia]
D2: Town is lynched. [6 Town, 3 Mafia]
N2: Town is killed. [5 Town, 3 Mafia.]
D3: Town is lynched. [4 Town, 3 Mafia.]
N3: Town is killed. [3 Town, 3 Mafia.] - Mafia Win as town cannot reach majority on the D4.
By no-lynching, the town effectively loses one of their chances to hit scum. Lynching is the only guaranteed weapon of a townie in this game. If Mafia rule the night, then the town rules the day. We cannot afford to give up our only weapon.