Classic Mafia - Conclusion!

[Apocalipsis]

If I host any future rounds after this one I will take out the "No talking outside of thread" rule, because as we both agreed(and I was aware of well before hosting), its simply not enforceable and I basically have to take someone's word for it as he pointed out. I will also probably make a point to make a rule about lying/bending about rules. It's a shame that it means there'd be no mechanic of killing the brains, but its for the best.

The game was fine with that rule until now, but yes, it's problematic if we bend it to get advantage.
"No talking outside of thread" is too vague. In my opinion, receiving PMs shouldn't be interpreted as breaking the rules (otherwise any player could PM another to get him killed), the rule-breaking action should be sending PMs or explicitly incite other players to do so. But even with that clarification, players could take advantage of this to get other players killed (lying about them sending PMs).

Just thinking out loud here, but what if we change the rule to "don't publicly incite other players to send PMs" and "don't publicly use information which was supposedly obtained from PMs in any way"? With those rules, while private conversations may exist, they won't affect the players that are not involved in them that much, because it would be prohibited to even mention them. Those are enforceable, since they regulate public actions.

Sure, some players will avoid saying "I won't vote against X because he told me privately he's innocent", and will probably use other reasons in public. But that other reasons will be the ones to be discussed, and it's up to the other players to see if they are reasonable or not.

Edit:

It's clear I'm not enjoying this match for some reason, which might be because I seriously can't see who's behind all this mess. Everyone is contributing to the chaos in some way and those who're not don't seem to be suspicious as well. Argh.

That's the reason I'm enjoying it so far. I find almost everyone to be so suspicious, that it's disturbing. Don't you want to know who's lying on your face, asap? It's exciting.