Pulling players from the SC2 Mod will be more successful if they game more resembles what they're used to and currently enjoy. After they get interested in Forum Mafia, then they will possibly join a high-vanilla game. Maybe some won't, and will wait until a more experimental setup comes open.

If we were pulling players from other sites for this game, or people who have never played Mafia... Sure, then Vanilla would be the way to go. But not with the pool we're pulling players from.