It's referring to her saying she's seen only one other person in there. I used supposed both because she (as she mentioned) wouldn't know for sure if there was anyone else and because for the argument I used there the possible existence of silent lurkers is somewhat irrelevant (as it's a bit difficult to be at risk of coordinated cooperation with people you don't know are there who won't talk to you).
I can promise you that at least one of those is Town.
Are they a neighborizor? Is there any hint in your flavor that others might be able to join?
I'd say possible, but not likely. What about the flavor makes you think that?
I might be wildly theorycrafting, but with the emphasis on treachery and the general themes of the setup suggest to me that neighborhoods might be what this game is based around, but that doesn't really make much sense unless yours can grow, seeing as it doesn't have many active people in it. If there was a neighborizor, or if the neighborhood automatically grew (which is why I asked about the setup), it would strengthen that theory for me. Making the basis of the town gameplan being figuring out who to and not to trust enough to bring into the neighborhood seems like a good flavor fit.
How would that even work? Wouldn't they have to have a way to decide who gets night killed at least?
Alright. If it's anything, I guess we'll need to wait and see.
Do not.
I'd say it's extremely likely they can, as people usually broadcast if they're doing a cult game.
Usually, but not always. Going by memory, I'll note that Pawn for example ran a game with a Cult and nobody would have known about it if Yugi hadn't gotten lynched Day 1. Less importantly, The Stars Are Right also had a cult that we weren't told of going in. Can't recall any others right now, but it's worth saying... And it's also worth mentioning that Cult's biggest advantage is people not realizing there's a cult.
Mm, I forget who, but someone mentioned people not making cult games without telling people in the discord at some point, and thought it was more of a rule than a guideline. If it can still happen, this game might be a good candidate based solely on the flavor. Although, if there are still deaths at night, that theory will sound less possible. Is 17 enough players for cult + SK/other nontown killer?
Cults make things very variable in how things go. More factions is harder to balance. 17 could work for a Cult+SK setup (If the SK is even stronger than usual or the Cult has an in-built weakness) but it's really too tricky to try and guess at by numbers alone.
Cult without saying isn't impossible, but it is bastard in a way that these games usually aren't. It's not that having a cult that isn't known from the start is neccesarily unbalanced, but it's actively unfun and that's even worse. I'm not sure about Lostdeviljho's stance on the matter but I know Pawn has been involved in these discussions, so between that and the flavor I'm >90% confident that there isn't a cult.