Bummer. Ok, I see no reason now not to share why I didn't want anyone to vote for Ceric...
There are the reasons in my previous post, but there are more (and I let several townies know these as well, but they apparently weren't convinced)... if Ceric WASN'T hit by Mad Gear OR voted out, we could've given him targets for hits, AND he wouldn't have hit any of the people we believed were townies (I was in contact with several, and had ideas about several more). Every other night while he was alive would have been "Townie Safety Night," basically. No fear of hits for the townies who'd banded together. AND one extra hit for the townies to help choose.
I have an idea on why people didn't believe me though. I showed myself as a good liar last game, so no one wanted to trust me this game. Even with that taken into account, I'd hoped that my actions were so obviously in the townies' favor that I would be believed.
Oh, well. At least the townies still greatly outnumber the Mafia. They can still pull this one off, and I hope they do.