# Evil Dead Mafia Forbidden Thread - The Cabin in the Woods **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-forbidden-thread-the-cabin-in-the-woods/477796 "2008-12-18T20:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 202
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-forbidden-thread-the-cabin-in-the-woods/477796/202 "2009-01-14T21:41:42Z")
> [@Mafia: Evil Dead - DAY/NIGHT FIVE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-five/480855/121): > > There’s a certain justice in that perception. What I’m doing is reading over someone and asking myself, “Is what they’ve done consistent with their being scum?” If I find something that isn’t - for example, **special ed** crafting \*\*DiggitCamara’\*\*s question for TF, which was expected to reveal a new scum - then I consider them more likely to be townie. If I ever find something that’s just obviously scum, then I’ll make a song and dance about it. Usually, I find some stuff that could be scum motivated. And then I point it out, challenge them on it and see what they say. The basic idea is to start with the hypothesis that someone is scum and try to falsify it. Because there’s no such thing as scum behaviour, I do end up finding apparently contradictory behaviours scummy. But that’s bound to happen. Remember the whole discussion about “scum would never do that”? If I suspect \*\*Rapier42 \*\*for repeatedly being on bandwagons, it doesn’t mean that I can’t suspect \*\*Nanook \*\*for lurking, or you for being on one and then failing to vote for two straight Days. He has a good point here. A corollary of “scum would never do that” being false is that it is possible for “opposite” behaviors to both be scummy. In the end, this means that discerning motivation is the important factor. If I were still in the game, I’d be pushing to lynch the serial non-voters and the other non-contributors. I’m not doing careful reading at this point, but my impressions are: **MHaye** ’s excuse of “I’ve always played this way” does not absolve him of its anti-Town slant. **JSexton** seems to be contributing little yet stirring up the pot with his few posts. Classic scum strategy. **Nanook** and **Hal** , I’d call pure lurkers. They need to start showing some active scum hunting or be up on the block. The “confirmed” Townies need to be more active. And they need to decide among themselves who they’ll vote for as a block. Especially for the claimed Masons–I’m embarrassed. Once Masons have claimed, they need to vote together. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-forbidden-thread-the-cabin-in-the-woods/477796)._