# Dante's Action Hero Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 29, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988 "2015-09-29T22:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/141 "2015-10-02T14:33:00Z")
Could you expand upon that, **Prof**? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/142 "2015-10-02T14:42:35Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > Could you expand upon that, **Prof**? If they were Scum, and Mosier is Scum, they wouldn’t want to vote for him, and the safest way to do that would be casting throwaway votes. If they were Scum, and Mosier is not Scum, they would have jumped on the bandwagon by now (probably). If they aren’t Scum, they don’t know if Mosier is Scum or not, and, by not taking refuge in casting throwaway votes, and by not simply jumping on the bandwagon, they show up as Town in my sights. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/143 "2015-10-02T14:59:09Z")
I’m always accusatory, because it’s (in my opinion) the best way to catch scum. This game is based on gauging reactions, and accusations force those reactions. I think scum have a tendency to drop a vote early, and hope they can coast that vote to the end. If I’m calling people out, they can’t do that. My hit rate won’t even be close to 100% on Day 1, but I think we’ve had a strong first day to analyze later. As promised: **UNVOTE VOTE MOSIER** This game is a trade off between town’s bodies and scum’s perfect information. We win by trading those bodies in for evidence. If we’re afraid to make that trade, we’re hurting our ability to hunt scum. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/144 "2015-10-02T15:05:07Z")
I missed **Prof. P** ’s post in 139 before casting my vote, but post 142 makes me feel a little better. Though I still think there’s a high likelihood of mis-lynch. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/145 "2015-10-02T15:13:28Z")
I was wondering why so little activity in the Watch-Along Thread, and noticed it’s just popped up again. Hi, sachertorte! ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/146 "2015-10-02T15:23:52Z")
**Dante** , can we get a 1 hour to go vote count please? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/147 "2015-10-02T15:39:09Z")
Well, I make it out to be: Mosier - 5 (Suburban Plankton, Professor Pepperwinkle, Plumpudding, HookerChemical, AstralRejection) Suburban Plankton - 1 (Mosier) Astral Rejection - 1 (Mahaloth) Mahaloth - 1 (WF Tomba) Unless AstralRejection’s Unvote of sangfroid doesn’t count because he only said “UNVOTE” instead of “UNVOTE SANGFROID”. And Sario and sangfroid are abstaining, courteously. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/148 "2015-10-02T15:49:01Z")
Will Tomba or Mahaloth make an 11th hour switch? Will Sario and sangfroid stand their ground? Will Mosier be lynched or spared? Will I be night killed from talking so much? Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/149 "2015-10-02T15:55:17Z")
**MOD POST** Thanks for running a tab on votes while I was in transit to work. So it looks like things are coming down to the wire here. Is it the blue wire or the red wire? Here’s hoping the right one is cut, if at all. Mosier - **5 (Suburban Plankton, Professor Pepperwinkle, Plumpudding, HookerChemical, AstralRejection) Suburban Plankton - 1** (Mosier) Astral Rejection - **1** (Mahaloth) Mahaloth -\*\* 1\*\* (WF Tomba) Less than 1 hour to go. Play on, players! ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/150 "2015-10-02T16:11:21Z")
Screw it. I can’t worry about looking town, I just have to play what’s best for town, so: **UNVOTE MOSIER** He’s still number one on my list, but number two isn’t far behind. I took a look at the previous game, and I’m less sold on **sangfroud**. Sure, I was sold on him last game as scum and was wrong, but he keeps gently pinging my radar. **VOTE SANGFROID** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/151 "2015-10-02T16:12:06Z")
Looking at the votes it’s clear that people with long names are all voting for one of the shortest names. Sario, be warned! [This is a joke. This is only a joke. If this was an actual comment on the game, there would be cheese involved somewhere.] ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/152 "2015-10-02T16:14:15Z")
Mosier - 4 (Suburban Plankton, Professor Pepperwinkle, Plumpudding, AstralRejection) Suburban Plankton - 1 (Mosier) Astral Rejection - 1 (Mahaloth) Mahaloth - 1 (WF Tomba) Sangfroid - 1 (HookerChemical) Looks like Mosier’s off the hook. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/153 "2015-10-02T16:21:24Z")
Now that that’s in, I’ll expand my thoughts a bit. **Sang** ’s posts are terribly vacuous and unhelpful. Maybe he’s not sure what to do, but we need more effort. As it stands, the posts are long on text and thin on information. I’m not confident enough in **Mosier** to let my vote sit there with one more vote needed to lynch. I don’t think a mis-lynch there tells us anything, and I’d rather get my thoughts and suspicions on the record. **Prof. P** ’s post about **Sairo** and **sangfroid** casting non-throwaway votes made me feel that voting **Mosier** made sense, but only because it makes me look town. One takeaway from the watch along thread I got was that people put too much emphasis on trying to look town and not hunting scum, so I have to set that motivation aside. I don’t disagree that it’s a non-scummy thing from **sang** (and **Sairo** ), but isn’t late voting also a scummy thing? Get a vote on record. Get your suspicions voiced. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/154 "2015-10-02T16:22:23Z")
I was hoping for a lynch. We have to do it at some point. Not lynching toDay means a possible kill for no info. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/155 "2015-10-02T16:24:34Z")
Hooker, do you prefer no lynch to the lynch of Mosier? Because that’s what your vote really says. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/156 "2015-10-02T16:24:58Z")
Okay, since there seems to me a good chance that I might be night killed, I’m most suspicious of Tomba and Mahaloth for what seem to be throwaway votes. I’m suspicious of Hooker as well, but not so much, since he has some scum-hunting content to his posts. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/157 "2015-10-02T16:25:43Z")
We already have plenty of info, if we can just interpret it. I never thought there was a particularly strong case against **Mosier**. I’m leaving my vote where it is. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/158 "2015-10-02T16:30:33Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Hooker, do you prefer no lynch to the lynch of Mosier? Because that’s what your vote really says. 1 min before deadline, so this will be brief. Yes, I think a no-lynch is better than mis-lynch. I don’t see much information coming from a lynch. We see what he flips, but if it’s town, there isn’t a lot to parse. We see who voted for him, but I’m among that group, so I only know others had thoughts similar to mine and were swayed. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/159 "2015-10-02T16:32:14Z")
**Day is over. Voting Over.** Narrative to follow… ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/160 "2015-10-02T16:33:42Z")
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