Roles will be sent out in a bit. The missing player will be dealt with as closely to normal flow of play as possible:
1) All roles were randomly attributed to the 17 player spots. Each and every spot had the same odds of being a Wolf, Villager or Seer.
2) The Wolves will be allowed to choose their hunt target for night 0 as they please.
3) If they choose to hunt anyone besides the unoccupied spot, then the killed player will be automatically subbed into the unoccupied spot. If the unoccupied spot is the Seer that scans on night 0, then the new player will be given a chance to make up for the missing scan.
4) If they choose to hunt the unoccupied spot, then that's dealt with, period.
5) Should a 17th player show up before the night 0 deadline, he will sub into the unoccupied spot.
I believe this covers all eventualities.
As for timing... There's roughly four hours to the deadline time. It's very short to get a night 0 done but waiting 28 hours to get the game started for real is a long time...
So, here's the deal: if at least 10 players post in the thread AND at least half of the wolves get talking and decide on a hunt AND the night 0 Seer sends me a scan (unless that's spot 17)BEFORE 22:00 PM CEST TODAY FRIDAY 30th then I will handle night 0 today. Should any of these conditions not be fulfilled, the deadline will be tomorrow.