Yeah, about that whole "appearing town" thing - I tried it in M-III and got my ass handed to me D1 as town. After that I decided that the best way to play town was scummy, and it worked a little in M-IV, and well enough in M-VI...
Ok, I wasn't INTENTIONALLY scummy, but I wasn't as careful either. Here in M-VII,, well you're right. I backed off things and slowed it down because we had more new players. I played a lot more... "Safe" as Cayvie calls it. That's a fair meta-comparison absolutely. I have NO problems with that.
However, if you carried the meta out, you would see that my play here is NOTHING like M-II, where every word was meticulously crafted. I wrote pages and pages and pages of information AND analysis. You could hardly claim my play in this game in any way matches my play in that game in the simple terms of how I present myself in the game.
Still, one way or another, I'm not a huge fan of meta. I don't like people intentionally playing to a meta because I feel it's ultimately anti-town. I just wanted, or rather hoped, that you would take the time to read and understand how an ACTUAL scum Galz plays. Maybe after I die and flip town you'll be willing to? Up to you... Just a simple (well, perhaps tedious) request.