# Mafia - Game in progress \[Edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 9, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635 "2013-01-09T16:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 69
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1361 "2013-02-20T18:17:58Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > Suburban argued all day that the message was fake, and then finally voted for Stan. > > **Vote: Suburban Plankton** And all Day long people were telling me that I was wrong, and that a the Barn message was entirely consistent with a Detective’s investigation. It took a while for the message to get through my thick skull, but in the end I came around. > [@LightFoot](#): > > \*\* vote: Suburban \*\* > For ( as previously noted by myself and others ) his confusion? About “ not the alpha”- he knows better than that > And then eventually voting for Stan when the lynch was inevitable So I must be Scum because I can’t possibly be that dim-witted. Thanks for the vote of confidence there…I only wish I were that infallible. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1362 "2013-02-20T18:20:52Z")
> [@DiggitCamara](#): > > How am I supposed to have thoughts on people who have hardly played at all? I wasn’t referring to the people who have hardly played. I’m talking about the rest of the Town. What do you think about some of the higher (or even mid) volume players? Is there anyone there who pings you as Scummy? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1363 "2013-02-20T18:21:26Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Here are Mahaloth’s first few posts of the Day: > > No doubt. He totally glosses over Guiri’s correction of his statement. In fact, the closest he came to expressing any doubt that I saw was this post: > > Which, again, is pretty sure. > > It bothers me that he then practically stopped playing. No further votes on any other players. It really seems to me that he got in early, went for the town cred, and then sat back. Most of the rest of his conversation was spent reiterating his vote. Today, too, I’m not buying his vote. > > One other bit of weirdness that really wasn’t commented on yesterday. When discussing Stan’s win condition, how did Mahaloth miss that _the very first sentence_ was missing? Astral, you are having terrible luck this game. I’m vanilla Town. I’m mobile now, but I’ll post my PM later if you like. I’m a movie extra(that’s my role name). ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1364 "2013-02-20T18:24:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Astral, you are having terrible luck this game. > > I’m vanilla Town. I’m mobile now, but I’ll post my PM later if you like. I’m a movie extra(that’s my role name). We’ve had 7 Vanilla Town players killed so far. All of them have been identified as “Peasant Redshirt”. **vote Mahaloth** ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1365 "2013-02-20T18:39:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Astral, you are having terrible luck this game. That’s always a strong possibility. 🙂 I’d like to see your PM, for sure. If you truly are a “movie extra” vanilla, I’d remove my vote if somebody else can corroborate also being a vanilla movie extra. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1366 "2013-02-20T18:39:28Z")
Uh, yeah… Not sure where you’re getting “movie extra” for a vanilla town claim. **vote Mahaloth** ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1367 "2013-02-20T18:40:49Z")
**Astral** why would **story** go through the trouble of posting the Vanilla PM and then give multiple versions? ETA: not to mention the long odds of having none previous dead VT show up as “movie extra” ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1368 "2013-02-20T18:45:37Z")
Well, in De’endee I had two kinds of vanilla claim. But really, it’s just good sense. Why rule it out immediately? If somebody pipes up and says “uh, me too?”, I’d certainly think harder about following through on his lynch. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1369 "2013-02-20T18:47:57Z")
Although, come to think of it, my two claims were “NPC Townsperson” and “NPC [some class]”, which thematically fit the game. “Movie Extra” doesn’t fit the color at all, and I think comes from the Evil Dead 2 game. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1370 "2013-02-20T19:01:19Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > “Movie Extra” doesn’t fit the color at all May I suggest that you go back and read the entire sample role PM? The gist of the PM is that the player is, in fact, an extra in a B-horror movie. I don’t have anything to say about the “Move Extra” role title, though. I could see it making sense, but I could also see it being a scum slip on Mahaloth’s because he remembered the flavor of the sample PM but not the actual role title. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1371 "2013-02-20T19:15:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > May I suggest that you go back and read the entire sample role PM? > > The gist of the PM is that the player is, in fact, an extra in a B-horror movie. > > I don’t have anything to say about the “Move Extra” role title, though. I could see it making sense, but I could also see it being a scum slip on Mahaloth’s because he remembered the flavor of the sample PM but not the actual role title. I think that the role “Movie Extra” fits the bill just fine as far as being ‘a role in this game’. But since every Vanilla Town we’ve seen so far (and we’ve seen plenty) has been identified as “Peasant Redshirt”, I don’t believe \*\*Mahaloth \*\*is Vanilla Town. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1372 "2013-02-20T19:22:03Z")
Yeah, I’d very much like to see Mahaloth’s role PM. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1373 "2013-02-20T19:23:37Z")
Ooooh, I’d like to see everyone’s role PM… That would make the game a lot easier! ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1374 "2013-02-20T19:54:18Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Ooooh, I’d like to see everyone’s role PM… That would make the game a lot easier! OK, you first. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1375 "2013-02-20T20:00:16Z")
Well, shoot, y’all is right. It does say Peasant Readshirt. However, it does mention “extra” in it. I apologize for the error, especially once I get lynched for it. I was mobile and did not flip over to my PM. Here it is, for those who care: > [@](#): > > Welcome to the game; you are a Peasant Redshirt. > > Your IMDB credit for this one will read “baker” or “tavern keeper” or “ drunken man,” but your real job in this film is to mill around behind the named characters, to periodically ad lib background dialogue – “oh no, it’s the Mayor’s severed arm!,” or “she’s a witch, burn her!,” or “my, this stew is amazing, considering it was made from the Mayor’s severed arm!” – and, in all likelihood, to die. For that is the fate that awaits every crusty, scabby peasant like yourself, at least in a B-horror movie like this one: in pieces, in flames, in water, inevitably… someone or something is going to get you. > > But even the lowliest extra can earn a little extra screen time, with the right performance. Keep your head down, keep your hand in, and when you hear a sound outside your window, stay right where you are and keep an axe nearby. You never know how things might work out. > > ``` > WIN CONDITION: > You are Town. You win when all Scum are dead, if and only if no third party win condition triggers before or simultaneously with yours. > > SPECIAL ABILITIES: > Juggling, accents, driver’s license, good with children, experienced background actor. All valuable weapons in the battle against men and women who transform into murderous wolves under the moonlight. Good luck. > > ``` This is going to be a classic lynch if I get lynched. The time Maha forgot his role title. I do apologize and beg you to reconsider; I was obviously not thinking clearly. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1376 "2013-02-20T20:04:20Z")
Vote count to be posted when I get home, in about an hour. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1377 "2013-02-20T20:08:11Z")
I’ve been there. _cough RaftDwellingSlumlords cough_ ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1378 "2013-02-20T20:09:22Z")
OK, caught up. This is my first game with ortho, and I believe ortho’s first game? But I cannot help but read his (few) posts in my uncle Carl’s voice. My uncle is a jokester/ham, and his tongue-in-cheek schtick that he pulls constantly in the kitchen is that he is forever being ganged up on and ‘abused’ by his loving wife and his two loving kids, my cousins. I’m biased about my uncle though, and I think he’s awesome. Trying not to apply such a ‘trusted’ filter to ortho, his posts do get my attention as a bit too smarmy. In particular, throwing in a vote for the claimed Mason seems like ‘scum wouldn’t do that’ theater. Prior to today I was about 99.9% unaware that he was playing, which is another strike against him. **Vote ortho** I’m going to put another vote down, this one for Dizzy. **Vote Dizzy** My suspicion of Dizzy hasn’t gone anywhere. I voted for her yesterday in the pre-Diggit-claim-voter pack, and that suspicion was not diminished in spite of her voting to lynch Stan. Apparent issues with the board are a null tell, but what isn’t a null tell was when she tried to suggest that I was being a hypocrite because I was somehow giving Bable a pass for being new while persecuting Dizzy for being new, which puts a significant spin on my motivations that doesn’t sit well with me. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1379 "2013-02-20T20:15:38Z")
Cookies, does it bother you that dizzy is voting for ortho? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635/1380 "2013-02-20T20:46:44Z")
Not really, it is a plausible artifact of mutli-voting. Busing is tried and true scum behavior as well. I’d prefer to lynch Dizzy of the two though, and if they end up close to a tie I’d consider removing my vote on ortho. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-in-progress-edited-title/646635.md?page=70)