Yeah I was lucky at the start. It pretty much gave me real evidence of being good and I think I was trusted (or at least not suspected) for the game. We had a really strong mafia, Jonnas, Tales, ReZ, HeroicJanitor and myself - all very active players and fairly experienced. I would've been surprised if we hadn't won.
It didn't seem like we were that far from a victory anyway. Cube was going to die the next night because he'd declined my offer and we could force him to target me (which would kill him) and I don't think anyone would've accepted any offers at this point in the game, which effectively gave us night kills as I could make an offer each night and the next we'd just force that person to target me and get killed.
ReZ couldn't be lynched while the rest of us were alive and swaying the votes to him wouldn't have been hard - especially if Rez himself were to play up to it. So that would've bought us an extra night anyway. At this point in the game I think our only worry was mr-paul because he could banish but with that knowledge we could've probably put a fair bit of suspicion on him...
Anyway, enough rambling. I enjoyed this game very much and I do think everyone played well with their roles. I can see why paranoid cops are used, I think it's good for a game but obviously frustrating for that player to find out they're useless... but they are contributing to the game and even though they are effectively useless, that's the point of them. It creates confusion and more importantly, discussion.
All in all, good game. Enjoyed. Win.