# Johnny Bravo's First Mafia Game (signup thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 20, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253 "2015-10-20T17:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 22, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/101 "2015-10-22T21:43:05Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Besides **DeadCate** and Me, who else is a total n00b at this sort of thing? IIRC, Octarine and IRConfused join you in n00bship. Biotop’s only played one game before, and Sario and I have only played two. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/102 "2015-10-22T21:44:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …must not refresh constantly until Monday… I’m pressing F5 as if I get paid per push…and since I’m at work, I guess I sorta am… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/103 "2015-10-22T21:50:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IIRC, Octarine and IRConfused join you in n00bship. Biotop’s only played one game before, and Sario and I have only played two. Ok, so 1/5 of us are toats n00b stylze, and 1/3 are only _mostly_ n00b stylze… I shall now stop my l33t h4x0r sk33lz before I lynch myself. ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/104 "2015-10-22T22:01:18Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I’m pressing F5 as if I get paid per push…and since I’m at work, I guess I sorta am… When there are actual results of a lynch that you’re waiting for, THAT’s when the addiction REALLY kicks in. ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/105 "2015-10-22T22:11:45Z")
I’ve only played twice here and once IRL. I’ve also followed a few Dope Mafia games, read some old ones, and done some desultory reading on the mafiascum wiki. And yet I don’t feel like a newbie. You pick it up pretty fast. ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/106 "2015-10-22T22:13:41Z")
Playing in person is _completely_ different, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![IRConfused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/76d3ee/32.png) [@IRConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IRConfused)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/107 "2015-10-22T22:29:19Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > Playing in person is _completely_ different, by the way. Kinda like the Murder parties that I would live host in the 80’s where everyone was given a role and some info that they needed to work into conversations and everyone tried to figure out who the Murderer was. I would print out all of the info for each person on using my Apple II+:rolleyes: ---
**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 22, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/108 "2015-10-22T22:53:46Z")
> [@](#): > > snfaulkner > > > [@](#): > > > > Besides DeadCate and Me, who else is a total n00b at this sort of thing? > > IIRC, Octarine and IRConfused join you in n00bship. Biotop’s only played one game before, and Sario and I have only played two. > > > [@snfaulkner](#): > > > > Ok, so 1/5 of us are toats n00b stylze, and 1/3 are only _mostly_ n00b stylze… > > > > I shall now stop my l33t h4x0r sk33lz before I lynch myself. Noooo, by this set of data 4/15 are n00b, 3/15 (1/5) are mostly noob, and 7/15 are noob or mostly n00b. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/109 "2015-10-22T23:06:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Noooo, by this set of data 4/15 are n00b, 3/15 (1/5) are mostly noob, and 7/15 are noob or mostly n00b. Hehe, maybe i should quite with l3ss th4n l33t m4th sk33lz too. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/110 "2015-10-22T23:08:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IIRC, Octarine and IRConfused join you in n00bship. Biotop’s only played one game before, and Sario and I have only played two. Speaking of being in the n00bship, what do phrases like “5/2” and “4/2” mean? If you played with a 5/2 format, are 5 real world days 2 game days? Or vice versa? ---
**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 22, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/111 "2015-10-22T23:14:47Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Speaking of being in the n00bship, what do phrases like “5/2” and “4/2” mean? If you played with a 5/2 format, are 5 real world days 2 game days? Or vice versa? 5/2 means five 24-hour days make up one game Day, while two 24-hour days make up one game Night, so a Day and Night take up one week of real world time. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/112 "2015-10-22T23:21:53Z")
So what time zone are we basing this game in? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/113 "2015-10-22T23:23:23Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > So what time zone are we basing this game in? I mean, in which time zone is the game to be based? (It seems ALL of my skills are failing me.) ---
**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 22, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/114 "2015-10-22T23:45:45Z")
Why, the Twilight Zone, of course. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/115 "2015-10-22T23:53:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Why, the Twilight Zone, of course. Not The Forbidden Zone? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/116 "2015-10-23T00:00:16Z")
EST. The reason I like the 5/2 schedule is because the nights always fall on weekends which makes things easy for everyone. Maybe I’ll do a 4/2 and just make sure that no Day starts on a weekend, extending nights when necessary. ---
**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 23, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/117 "2015-10-23T00:04:29Z")
EST or EDT? Not that it matters after November 1st, anyway. ---
**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 23, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/118 "2015-10-23T00:20:24Z")
Damn, the game hasn’t even started yet and you all are already thinking too much.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/119 "2015-10-23T00:26:05Z")
> [@Dante\_G](#): > > Damn, the game hasn’t even started yet and you all are already thinking too much.🙂 I’m also bored at work. Very, very bored. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/120 "2015-10-23T12:23:13Z")
FTR, my last post was a (weak) joke. Though it is possible it will have a bearing on the game :). Also, not that it should matter on a 5/2 or 4/2 schedule, but I’m currently on BST, which will revert to GMT this Saturday night. Here’s hoping I don’t live up to my name too soon! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253.md?page=7)