[Nisgeis]

Yes they did take it seriously. Massively so. I had to go through the entire thread to find an instance where Silverraptor had drunk bug juice until Tarjak would believe it wasn't a true test.

But, others also like an excuse to lynch. So, when Vendor is declared a non-combatant and out of the game, the reaction was to vote to lynch him. This is a 'nice' thing to do, as it doesn't 'spoil' the game for any player still active, but on the other hand you've been told that Vendor won't be playing and even if he is a werewolf cannot attack you, so the choice comes down to someone who cannot attack you and anyone else who possibly could be a werewolf and definately will attack you.

People chose the person who definately would not attack them, versus the person who possibly could.