Hey All!
I was where Galz was (Denver, CO) for the entirety of last week at a conference.
This is really just a check in post - I landed like 2 hours ago, and I have read up but I have not had time to really think about anything specific.
General Assumptions:
A) I agree with whoever said talking about flavor probably not super great this game. Not for their reasons, but for the reasons that Gloobs went out of the way to post this in set up:
"4. Do not take importance to the storyline as a measure of towniness. Some important characters were reserved for fake claims, and some minor characters are town."
So aside from the normal facts of it being potential misleading to do flavor stuff this early on... that kind of makes me feel like it would be the opposite of beneficial for town.
B) This was also posted in set up:
"3. Your role PM will tell you your character’s race, what plane they come from, and what kind of mana they can wield. This information is game-relevant, though not all to the same degree. Bolas-aligned players will be given fake claims containing all of this information."
I don't see a real advantage in claiming hard anything this early on... but if anything were to be the topic, it should absolutely be the MOD-confirmed RELEVANT information (plane, race, mana) and not stuff to do with the flavor.
That is just where I am at from a skim. After I finally get some damn sleep here I will be around more regularly.