Genuinely baffled.
I would have discussed tactics before the game if i was mafia. I know this. Other people know this. Not because it happened in this game (it didn't), but because it happened in the 3 games before this. I know it's hard to believe, but i'm pro-town this time.
You're either mafia or you will now have an * next to any records you set in Mafia stating how you blatantly cheated and spoke with your fellows before the game started lol

I simply found it interesting that you and wes both stated basically the same thing, and your reason for saying so were completely opposite.. wes saying "every time you get a role it states you can only
communicate during the night phase" and you saying "are ALWAYS
allowed to talk between receiving roles and the game starting"... at the very least you have to say that is an interesting fact.
I've not been mafia enough to know the rules for each moderator, but considering there is such a drastic difference in opinion here... it's possible, and I'm fairly certain of it, that one of the two of you received a role that stated something to the effect of the above comments.
TCH hasn't modded in a while, so rules may have change for this game as opposed to the previous few. So, that may be what's caused the confusion with one of the two of you.