Regarding the two claims: I find it unlikely two people in this game would have the same role/modifier, unless possibly one is town and one is scum? According to the wiki, ascetic is meant to help balance a game, and I can see some logic in having one on each side.
However, I am tempted to just lynch the guy who's not on the playerlist and save us all the confusion.
Speaking of confusion...
Unless you have a different definition of pregame than I do, no, we're not:In post 25, Pine wrote:PE3: We're in pregame.