# Evil Dead Mafia II - Teaser and Sign-Ups \[Game On!\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493 "2010-09-29T17:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/161 "2010-10-02T21:11:21Z")
Oy!: You’re talking to a group of players for whom the difference between “a” and “the” in the same sentence has lead to Days of debate and soul-searching. ---
**Author:** ![Romanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@Romanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romanic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/162 "2010-10-02T21:11:57Z")
> [@MHaye](#): > > > [@Natlaw](#): > > > > SDMB has a five minute edit window and a history I think! > > > > [Check this link now](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/posthistory.php?do=compare&p=12981213). > > After the edit window has closed, only forum moderators can see the edit history. I bet most of you know this, but if someone is paranoid about post editing, they can receive a copy of original posts, by email, when subscribing to the thread. This way, no matter how a post is edited, you will always have the original to refer to. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/163 "2010-10-02T21:12:21Z")
**Romanic** , at least twice we’ve had games where scum have posted something to the main thread that they intended to post to the scum thread. That’s the kind of thing that the no-edit rule is intended to address. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/164 "2010-10-02T21:14:03Z")
Sorry, I meant to direct that last post to Romanic, not Oy!. And Rysto’s point is more to the point anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/165 "2010-10-02T21:18:49Z")
That’s OK, I’ll take any points you give me. ---
**Author:** ![Natlaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Natlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natlaw)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/166 "2010-10-02T21:20:29Z")
Ah, looks like you can only view you own post edits (I get not allowed as well for the post Cookies edited earlier) so that’s no use. ---
**Author:** ![Romanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@Romanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romanic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/167 "2010-10-02T21:23:14Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Oy!: You’re talking to a group of players for whom the difference between “a” and “the” in the same sentence has lead to Days of debate and soul-searching. Hah, so that’s what you discuss during 5-day phases! 😃 (I’m used to 48-hour phases) > [@Rysto](#): > > **Romanic** , at least twice we’ve had games where scum have posted something to the main thread that they intended to post to the scum thread. That’s the kind of thing that the no-edit rule is intended to address. Yeah, I’ve seen similar mistakes. It’s sad really to win/lose the game on a mistake like this, when the fun part is trying to figure out who is mafia based on thread behavior and game actions. I have no problem with someone editing/removing his post if he makes a blunder like this. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/168 "2010-10-02T21:28:43Z")
Hey, everyone, I’m not yet scum! ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/169 "2010-10-02T22:02:07Z")
Confirmed my PM. **Procedural question: Can you have a vote for more than one person active at the same time?** ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/170 "2010-10-02T22:16:21Z")
> [@Chipacabra](#): > > Confirmed my PM. > > **Procedural question: Can you have a vote for more than one person active at the same time?** No. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/171 "2010-10-02T22:21:37Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > > [@Chipacabra](#): > > > > Confirmed my PM. > > > > **Procedural question: Can you have a vote for more than one person active at the same time?** > > No. Well, then good thing Pleonast isn’t playing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/172 "2010-10-02T22:22:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Well, then good thing Pleonast isn’t playing. > > 😉 Good thing for **story** … it didn’t seem to matter much to \*\*Pleo \*\*one way or the other ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/173 "2010-10-02T22:23:10Z")
Yeah and one of those scum cross-posts was mine too. Damn you, Firefly. Damn you… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/174 "2010-10-02T22:35:05Z")
That raises an interesting question. I wonder how many people (in the history of the GB, Idle, SDMB, MP, FB games) have accidentally (as scum) posted in the game thread, giving themselves away and who they are? Cookies did in Firefly and Santo did in Cult of Sekham…any others I’m forgetting? ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/175 "2010-10-02T22:38:18Z")
> [@Romanic](#): > > Confirming. > > @Total & lilflower: Where I play (same places than Normal Phase), editing is permitted, albeit it will invalidate a vote if the post has one. I don’t see why you would want to restrict it, or even see someone as suspicious just because he has edited a post. > > Most of the time a post is edited to correct spelling, grammar or add content to your last post instead of making a double post (which is frowned upon on many boards). Sure sometimes a player will remove content when he made a mistake (gave information that he shouldn’t have etc) but I’ve seen townies and mafia do so. Editing _per se_ is not suspicious, and if it is allowed, I think players should use it to fix their posts. Presumably the edit was for grammar but it could be for a slip. I agree that both town and scum have reasons to edit which is why I said earlier that I don’t think I would vote for someone simply for editing. To me, it’s just one more thing to worry about in this game. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/176 "2010-10-02T22:41:12Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > > [@Rysto](#): > > > > **Total Lost** , I think, just misunderstood your point. > > > > As for me, I was simply careless. I relied on memory when I posted that rather than checking on the exact wording. Note that **story** provided us with the exact text of the PM, and believe me, if I were scum I would have been very sure to get the wording exactly right. > > I’ll bear that in mind. But I’ll also bear in mind what I’ve noticed from reading several games, which is that Scum make mistakes too. Also, that the most straightforward interpretation of an action is often the right one, and Town can tie itself in knots looking for crazy explanations for Scum actions when the truth was, Scum messed up. Or town messed up. This kind of mistake could easily be a town or scum issue. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/177 "2010-10-02T22:45:02Z")
> [@lilflower](#): > > > [@Oy](#): > > > > I’ll bear that in mind. But I’ll also bear in mind what I’ve noticed from reading several games, which is that Scum make mistakes too. Also, that the most straightforward interpretation of an action is often the right one, and Town can tie itself in knots looking for crazy explanations for Scum actions when the truth was, Scum messed up. > > Or town messed up. This kind of mistake could easily be a town or scum issue. This is a good point lil, a mistake in and of itself is not a scum tell. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/178 "2010-10-02T23:40:53Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Hey, everyone, I’m not yet scum! **FOS Idle** for trying too hard to appear Town 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/179 "2010-10-03T00:05:56Z")
I’m not yet Scum. I don’t know who you fuckers are, but if you recruit me there will be hell to pay. HELL, I TELL YOU. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/180 "2010-10-03T00:59:46Z")
Drain Bead, in all the games you and I played in together (about 4 or 5), there’s only been one that you weren’t scum in (Pleo’s first Conspiracy game). I also remember being suspicious of you (and showing it) in all of those games except Conspiracy I. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493.md?page=10)