It seems like there might be a way to have a balanced-ish game with something like the old setup and without a post restriction somehow. Maybe this should be another thread though?
Basically, I was thinking there might be something in the idea of scum having a vote and an ability to redirect votes to themselves during the pre-game phase. Balance remains a concern, but it would solve the claim issue in a neat way I think, without a posting restriction.
Means scum wants to vote for weak players or players they intend to redirect, but not too obviously. Town probably wants to randomize their voting with some bias toward those regarded as strong but not so much that PRs are predictable and redirected.
Was also thinking that maybe if scum didn't get shots for non-redirected votes it might reduce randomness/dependence on who the scumteam is.
Anyway, I'm still looking forward to helping out with this as Greater Idea, but just wanted to get my thoughts out if you want to try to work this out again some day. Should we start a thread for that?