# Lord of the Rings Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867 "2010-08-10T19:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 61
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1201 "2010-08-19T22:47:14Z")
i don’ think this is strategy. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfMKto7_y1E/hqdefault.jpg "Chicken Little song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfMKto7_y1E) let’s see what the scum bastards do. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1202 "2010-08-19T22:48:05Z")
What, you mean they don’t give you a backup weapon? What are you supposed to do if your M16 jams? And **peeker** , is the all right part the Goblins link, or the withdrawal? ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1203 "2010-08-19T22:49:08Z")
Nights are no strategy, correct? > [@Meeko](#): > > \*No, I don’t actually have a sidearm. Thank God! ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1204 "2010-08-19T22:56:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What, you mean they don’t give you a backup weapon? What are you supposed to do if your M16 jams? > > And **peeker** , is the all right part the Goblins link, or the withdrawal? fuck it was just in general **chronos**. you seem to be such a tight ass that a little bit of levity from you cracks me up. yep, this puppy could heat up in about 48 hours, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1205 "2010-08-19T23:03:54Z")
did we get a scum? that is the question for town. are there any other data points out there? that is a question for town. did the discussions lead to a scum lynch? that is a question for town. are we doing the Night strategy shit? that is a question for mod. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1206 "2010-08-19T23:10:13Z")
if you guys fuck up after this start i will never forgive you. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20w-nuLcneU) eh, shit. i probably will. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1207 "2010-08-19T23:56:28Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > Nights are no strategy, correct? > ! Right, I though I stated that. I allowed it for Night Zero to get it kicked off, but \*\*no strategy at Night. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1208 "2010-08-20T00:10:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Right, I though I stated that. I allowed it for Night Zero to get it kicked off, but \*\*no strategy at Night. \*\* Perhaps that is where all went wrong. Was the motion to open a second thread for day 2 actually a possibility? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1209 "2010-08-20T00:46:54Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Was the motion to open a second thread for day 2 actually a possibility? No. No second thread. We already are taking up two ongoing threads with this game, with the unspoiled discussion thread(Grey Havens). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1210 "2010-08-20T00:52:56Z")
Have you asked the forum moderators about that? Because the usual trend is to close a thread and open a new one after about 50 pages, and we’ll easily get that at this rate. Maybe not now, but the end of Day 2 or beginning of Day 3 would be a good switchover point for that. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1211 "2010-08-20T02:50:25Z")
Because it’s such an imposition for the board to have threads in its forums. Frankly, any board with more than 4 threads in any given forum is far too busy for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1212 "2010-08-20T04:26:42Z")
Based on previous games here, no other day will have as many posts as Day 1, and they’ll keep getting shorter. ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1213 "2010-08-20T05:02:59Z")
We lynched a scum? On Day 1? WOO-HOO! Excuse my exuberance, as my Day 1 vote usually falls on a hapless townie. And I agree with whomever thinks it: 1000+ posts in the first day is too much. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1214 "2010-08-20T06:32:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Based on previous games here, no other day will have as many posts as Day 1, and they’ll keep getting shorter. Sure, but we’re going to have a good number more days, and we’re already halfway to 50. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1215 "2010-08-20T06:41:32Z")
On the other other hand, this is probably the longest night zero day one combo in the history of mafia with the possible exception of the time someone tried a pure vote majority as end of day hammer on idlemafia. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1216 "2010-08-20T10:45:19Z")
They do that on Mafiascum. It’s painful. Trying to find Scum in all the “Me too” votes is just a trainwreck. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1217 "2010-08-20T12:42:43Z")
Damn, I thought something was off but I don’t think we’ve ever hit scum on Day one. Nice work guys. I’d say I was going to reread Day one to figure out eha happened but damn I jus don’t have two days for nonstop reading. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1218 "2010-08-20T12:45:35Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Damn, I thought something was off but I don’t think we’ve ever hit scum on Day one. Nice work guys. I’d say I was going to reread Day one to figure out eha happened but damn I jus don’t have two days for nonstop reading. It’s happened a few times. Most recently in the Harry Potter game last month. And also in the second ever SDMB Mafia game, where the Alpha Wolf was lynched Day 1 based on the “Third Vote scum tell”. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1219 "2010-08-20T14:14:32Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > On the other other hand, this is probably the longest night zero day one combo in the history of mafia with the possible exception of the time someone tried a pure vote majority as end of day hammer on idlemafia. If you’re referring to the Marvel Civil War game, it’s not even close I think. Despite going on for 17 days it managed to generate only 440 ish posts. compared to about 1100 for this game. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1220 "2010-08-20T14:33:55Z")
> [@Red\_Skeezix](#): > > > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > > > On the other other hand, this is probably the longest night zero day one combo in the history of mafia with the possible exception of the time someone tried a pure vote majority as end of day hammer on idlemafia. > > If you’re referring to the Marvel Civil War game, it’s not even close I think. Despite going on for 17 days it managed to generate only 440 ish posts. compared to about 1100 for this game. Well, **Mahaloth** _did_ complain about lack of participation in Harry Potter… 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867.md?page=62)