I'm hosting a game!

[landlubber]

I've literally never claimed this early ever

Pretty much every mafia player in history could say that, given that you've claimed well before night 1. I wasn't going to vote for you because this strategy is so dubious as mafia, but your defense of calling this much attention to yourself (which, surely, you should have expected) is so flinchy and unprepared that I'm having second thoughts. Novelty is not a defense, and saying you're a good townie isn't either, given that you could easily win with the mafia. Why shouldn't I vote for you? The town doesn't need you to win.