# \[Mafia game\] The Realm of Phere **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 1, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480 "2012-04-01T15:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 136
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2701 "2012-05-08T18:47:12Z")
Incidentally, you and I agree on almost all of our cases, Normal. Scathach was pinging me while I did the vote list. (I’ll update it tonight with Mhaye’s info). It’s a shame we seem to be at loggerheads so often. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2702 "2012-05-08T19:30:37Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > Thanks for the respect, choie. > > I obviously had no reason at all be frustrated by Normal’s response to me, and I was definitely just overreacting. Oh come now, **Gadarene**. I was just kidding. You have to admit you’ve been CAPSLOCKING and getting extraordinarily hot under the collar for the past two Days and Nights. I certainly understand frustration, especially if you’re Town, but you’re becoming the embodiment of that old “Someone is wrong on the internet!” comic. I begin to suspect you and **Normal** are on the same side, anyway, so it’s even more frustrating watching you guys go at each other hammer and tongs. **Astral** , I did try to follow up on your suspicions of **Normal** , but they didn’t go anywhere because I don’t have much influence over others the way some other players do. I’m not very good at articulating things in Mafia and I think people see my votes as based not in logic, but on instinct. Which is a fair assessment, I must admit. Anyway, as it turns out, I now think **Normal** is townie, for a reason that I’m kind of surprised no one else has picked up. Either a) I’m totally off-base (quite possible), or b) the people who already know about it are scum and thus are being very careful not to mention it. Since I’d kinda like to live, I’m saying no more for now. If I’m still around by the end of the next Day, I’ll be able to share my theory. However, I’ll tell one person about it, and that’ll be my classic mystery “I’m putting these documents in a letter that, if I die, will be sent to all the newspapers” safety net. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2703 "2012-05-08T19:42:37Z")
Oooh, I hope you pick me! I love this cloak and dagger stuff! I think a lot of us think Normal Phase is town. There’s just that lingering suspicion about her, as I’ve mentioned. You can never be sure until you see how someone flips 😃 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2704 "2012-05-08T20:29:10Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > I plan to vote for Visorslash or Suburban Plankton, whoever seems most lynchable according to the vote tally. VS is trying his best to kill me, using the “Phere resurrected him” argument to get as many people to attack me as possible, even though Phere has proven not to always act as a scum agent (for example, by killing a scum in a Night attack). SP stops talking whenever anyone mentions him, and plays with his cards a bit too close to his chest. He’s power-role hunting in the most blatant way, and has changed the outcome of a Day by convincing people not to vote for the lynch leader since Day one. > > If neither of those two are scum, I’ll eat my hat. If I survive the Night, one of them is going down down down. I’m not quite sure I understand what you’re saying about me, and I don’t completely agree with what I do understand. “SP stops talking whenever anyone mentions him” - I beg to differ (no, forget that…I’m not going to beg; I’ll just differ). I’ve responded to quite a few people who had things to say to (or about) me. And I have not responded to quite a few as well. Basically, if anything has something ‘new’ to say, I’ve tried to respond. But there’s no rule that says you need to answer every time your name is mentioned. “and plays with his cards a bit too close to his chest” - I do indeed play my cards close to my chest. Whether or not they are “too close” is of course a matter of opinion " He’s power-role hunting in the most blatant way" - I believe \*\*Gadarene \*\*(I believe it was him) mentioned this earlier, and I answered him, but I’ll address this here as well. I am not “power-role hunting”; I am asking for _complete_ information when people volunteer \*partial \* information, and I am trying to get the most complete picture possible about what is going on. If you know of a better way to figure out who’s who, please let me know. “and has changed the outcome of a Day by convincing people not to vote for the lynch leader since Day one” - Here’s where you lose me. How did I change the outcome of a Day? And who specifically have I convinced not to vote for lynch leaders? ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2705 "2012-05-08T20:30:45Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Anyway, as it turns out, I now think **Normal** is townie, for a reason that I’m kind of surprised no one else has picked up. Either a) I’m totally off-base (quite possible), or b) the people who already know about it are scum and thus are being very careful not to mention it. > > Since I’d kinda like to live, I’m saying no more for now. If I’m still around by the end of the next Day, I’ll be able to share my theory. However, I’ll tell one person about it, and that’ll be my classic mystery “I’m putting these documents in a letter that, if I die, will be sent to all the newspapers” safety net. I’m not sure if this is the safest thing to do. By saying you notice something at Night without saying what it is, you may have just painted a huge target on your back. By only telling 1 person, you make it difficult for the others to corroborate. A single player in a Mafia game doesn’t quite hold the same level of “unimpeachable trust” that a newspaper does. You may want to consider telling more than one. That way, the people in whom you confide will be able to corroborate the information, if it needs to be revealed later. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2706 "2012-05-08T20:31:50Z")
This is from back from the very end of Day 4: > [@Silver\_Jan](#): > > So you are happy with a vote on a Townie? Just remember that if you do manage to kill me and everyone finds out what I can do , you could be first on the chopping block. So be it! Is this supposed to be some sort of Claim? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2707 "2012-05-08T20:32:56Z")
NETA: That was probably another case of ‘Power Role Hunting’, wasn’t it? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2708 "2012-05-08T20:41:36Z")
> [@choie](#): > > As a preamble, I must say I don’t understand the point of the “no quoting from our role PMs” rule as it’s so easily broken. Clearly this rule means nothing due to the ability to talk privately (although at least **gnarlycharlie** gave it a bit of a twist in his exchange with **Gadarene** ). > > Anyway, I’m still processing the activity that ended the Day. First, I find it weird, in fact downright bizarre, that the triple-voter wasted his/her votes on someone who was already the vote leader. Why did someone want **MHaye** dead so very badly? Or perhaps the question should be, why did someone want _someone else_ (presumably him- or herself, but it could be a scumbuddy) safe so badly? This person might have been afraid that **Normal** would switch votes at the last minute and put one of the runners-up in the lead. > > Another likely possibility: the votes were placed earlier in the Day and we didn’t see them because **pizzaguy** was too busy to post them. The fact that the Triple Votes were placed during the Day on Day 2 (first on **Guiri** , then on **Astral** ) would imply that the votes \*should \*appear as they are placed. Also, the fact that nobody ended Day 2 with the triple-vote on them suggests they are not mandatory. As far as the End of Day yesterDay, I don’t think there’s any great mystery. the vote stood at \*\*MHaye \*\*5, **Silver Jan** 3 at Dusk, so presumably whoever is behind the triple-votes decided MHaye was a better target than Silver Jan, and decided that it was worth their while for us to know that (else they could have just not voted at all). I think. **Pizza, are we supposed to be seeing the triple-votes in ‘real time’ (or as close as possible), or are they supposed to be hidden until EoD? Or is that at the discretion of the voter(s)?** ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2709 "2012-05-08T23:11:08Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Oooh, I hope you pick me! I love this cloak and dagger stuff! You’re actually a very likely candidate for safekeeping, since as far as I’m concerned, you’re pure as newfallen snow. (And in the game, too. :D) > [@BobArrgh](#): > > I’m not sure if this is the safest thing to do. By saying you notice something at Night without saying what it is, you may have just painted a huge target on your back. By only telling 1 person, you make it difficult for the others to corroborate. > > A single player in a Mafia game doesn’t quite hold the same level of “unimpeachable trust” that a newspaper does. > > You may want to consider telling more than one. That way, the people in whom you confide will be able to corroborate the information, if it needs to be revealed later. Good point, and fair enough. I’d likely tell three people; a threesome is harder to disprove. And for all the drama here, I could so easily be wrong and it’s a coincidence. I hope not but God knows I’ve been wrong before. > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > NETA: That was probably another case of ‘Power Role Hunting’, wasn’t it? I don’t think you should use that particular quote from **Silver Jan** as a clue, as she wasn’t really herself that day. I think she was certain she was going to be lynched and was generally in a bad state. That said, I don’t think yours is an unnatural question to ask. She _did_ seem to be saying “you’ll be so, so sorry when I’m gone!” (to quote _Jesus Christ Superstar_) and kind of invited the speculation. But, that _also_ said, I wouldn’t expect an answer, and I certainly wouldn’t advise **Silver Jan** to give you one. > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > The fact that the Triple Votes were placed during the Day on Day 2 (first on **Guiri** , then on **Astral** ) would imply that the votes \*should \*appear as they are placed. Also, the fact that nobody ended Day 2 with the triple-vote on them suggests they are not mandatory. > > As far as the End of Day yesterDay, I don’t think there’s any great mystery. the vote stood at \*\*MHaye \*\*5, **Silver Jan** 3 at Dusk, so presumably whoever is behind the triple-votes decided MHaye was a better target than Silver Jan, and decided that it was worth their while for us to know that (else they could have just not voted at all). That’s putting a remarkably (and oddly) benign spin on the triple voter. Most of us – I hate to speak for the majority but what the heck, I’ll give it a try – are of the opinion that The Triple Voter is scum, or aligned with dark forces (e.g. the Traitor). Here you just make it sound like some well-meaning Townie simply thinks **MHaye** is more scummy than **Silver Jan**. I don’t think this is a likely scenario, considering we already have two double-voters, one of whom I believe is Town. But I _do_ agree that votes are usually done in “real time,” since we’ve seen them occur in the middle of a Day phase before. It’s hard to judge this for this past Day, considering **pizzaguy** was absent and incommunicado; so for all we know, the Triple Voter placed his/her/its vote earlier in the Day but **pizzaguy** never got around to posting it until he was able to upon his return. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2710 "2012-05-09T00:47:01Z")
> [@choie](#): > > That’s putting a remarkably (and oddly) benign spin on the triple voter. Most of us – I hate to speak for the majority but what the heck, I’ll give it a try – are of the opinion that The Triple Voter is scum, or aligned with dark forces (e.g. the Traitor). Here you just make it sound like some well-meaning Townie simply thinks **MHaye** is more scummy than **Silver Jan**. I don’t think this is a likely scenario, considering we already have two double-voters, one of whom I believe is Town. > > But I _do_ agree that votes are usually done in “real time,” since we’ve seen them occur in the middle of a Day phase before. It’s hard to judge this for this past Day, considering **pizzaguy** was absent and incommunicado; so for all we know, the Triple Voter placed his/her/its vote earlier in the Day but **pizzaguy** never got around to posting it until he was able to upon his return. I didn’t mean to come across as thinking the triple-voter is in any way benign. I am working under the assumption that he or they (I lean toward “they”) are very much anti-Town. I don’t think it was a case of anyone thinking \*\*MHaye \*\*was Scummier than **Silver Jan** ; I think it was a case of the triple-voters thinking MHaye was ‘more dangerous’ to them than Silver Jan. The way I see it, they had three options at the end of the Day: vote for Silver Jan, in which case she would be lynched vote for MHaye, in which case he would be lynched vote for anyone else, in which case MHaye would still be lynched, based on the tiebreaker don’t vote at all, in which case MHaye would still be lynched. So it basically looks to me like a case of “MHaye or Silver Jan”? And I think that for reasons known only to them, they would rather see MHaye out of the game yesterDay. I think, though it’s only a gut feeling, that perhaps it might be significant that they voted at all, since an abstention would have served the same purpose. Unfortunately I have no idea how it would be significant. ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2711 "2012-05-09T01:02:18Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I didn’t mean to come across as thinking the triple-voter is in any way benign. I am working under the assumption that he or they (I lean toward “they”) are very much anti-Town. I don’t think it was a case of anyone thinking \*\*MHaye \*\*was Scummier than **Silver Jan** ; I think it was a case of the triple-voters thinking MHaye was ‘more dangerous’ to them than Silver Jan. > > The way I see it, they had three options at the end of the Day: > > vote for Silver Jan, in which case she would be lynched > vote for MHaye, in which case he would be lynched > vote for anyone else, in which case MHaye would still be lynched, based on the tiebreaker > don’t vote at all, in which case MHaye would still be lynched. > > So it basically looks to me like a case of “MHaye or Silver Jan”? And I think that for reasons known only to them, they would rather see MHaye out of the game yesterDay. > > I think, though it’s only a gut feeling, that perhaps it might be significant that they voted at all, since an abstention would have served the same purpose. Unfortunately I have no idea how it would be significant. Well, since SilverJan does have a track record for getting Lynched as Town. Scum would/could have assumed that it woud happen sooner than later and taken MHaye out now. and yes, abstention ( if an option- maybe they \* have a finite number of that option. Or a time line restriction for it?) may have been a better go- IF SilverJan IS Town. On another foot if they knew or thought that MHaye had some power that could have been a deciding factor as well. - look a big fat “I don’t know either” post \* ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2712 "2012-05-09T01:37:42Z")
Added MHaye’s blue, and fixed a few entries where I forgot to record the post number. **Day 1** GuiriEnEspana vf Astral Rejection, 57 Normal Phase vf Mosier, 65 Choie vf Septimus, 68 Visorslash vf Normal Phase, 70 Astral Rejection vf Choie, 78 Gadareme vf Astral Rejection, 83 NAF1138 vf Gadarene, 91 Weedy vf Visorslash, 94 Silver Jan vf Visorslash, 95 [del]Visorslash unvote Normal Phase[/del], vf Weedy, 102 Glee vf NAF1138, [del]unvote NAF1138[/del], 114 (this vote does not count) Mosier vf Visorslash, 117 ToeJam vf Gadarene, 120 Mahaloth vf Visorslash, 124 Septimus vf Visorslash, 132 [del]Choie unvote Septimus[/del], vf Gadarene, 152 Glee vf NAF1138, [del]unvote NAF1138[/del], 157 [del]Astral Rejection unvote Choie, 169[/del] gnarlycharlie vf Silver Jan, 176 [del]Weedy unvote Visorslash[/del], vf Septimus, 184 Astral Rejection vf MHaye, 186 PetW vf Visorslash, 188 (this vote does not count) PetW vf Visorslash, 190 Inner Stickler vf Gadarene, 197 [del]gnarlycharlie unvote Silver Jan, 212[/del] [del]Visorslash unvote Weedy[/del], vf Gadarene, 236 Lightfoot vf Mosier, 237 [del]Astral Rejection unvote MHaye[/del], vote Gadarene, 275 [del]Astral Rejection unvote Gadarene[/del], vote MHaye, 277 BobArrgh vf Gadarene, 307 Suburban Plankton vf Mosier, 308 gnarlycharlie vf Mosier, 313 [del]Septimus unvote Visorslash[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 317 MHaye vf Silver Jan, 321 Scathach vf Lightfoot, 329 [del]MHaye unvote Silver Jan[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 331 realitytrip vf Mahaloth, 338 [del]Choie unvote Gadarene[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 341 lilflower vf Gadarene, 351 Lynch: Mosier, good soldier Nightkill: glee, good soldier Nightkill: Inner Stickler, good soldier **Day 2** Choie vf fubbleskag, 811 Suburban Plankton vf Gadarene, 813 Astral Rejection vf MHaye, 814 Visorslash vf Gadarene, 824 Normal Phase vf MHaye, 825 [del]Normal Phase unvote MHaye[/del], vf PetW, 838 NAAF1138 vf **abstain** , 844 Septimus vf **present** , 870 Gadarene vf PetW, 871 gnarlycharlie vf PetW, 886 Silver Jan vf PetW, 902 [del]Normal Phase unvote PetW[/del], vf MHaye, 904 ToeJam vf Septimus, 932 Red Skeezix vf PetW, 964 fubbleskag vf Gadarene, 967 [del]ToeJam unvote Septimus[/del], vf fubbleskag, 977 [del]Red Skeezix unvote PetW[/del], vf Weedy, 995 [del]gnarlycharlie unvote PetW, 1024[/del] [del]Normal Phase unvote MHaye[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 1035 [del]Silver Jan unvote PetW, 1038[/del] Weedy vf MHaye, 1040 gnarlycharlie vf Weedy, 1041 [del]Gadarene unvote PetW[/del], vf Visorslash, 1051 Silver Jan vf Visorslash, 1071 Lightfoot vf Scathach, 1139 [del]Septimus unvote **present,** [/del] vf Astral Rejection, 1141 [del]Silver Jan unvote Visorslash, 1145[/del] [del]Visorslash unvote Gadarene[/del], vf Choie, 1194 [del]Gadarene unvote Visorslash[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 1195 [del]Visorslash unvote Choie[/del], vf Gadarene, 1200 Silver Jan vf Astral Rejection, 1202 [del]Visorslash unvote Gadarene[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 1203 [del]Normal Phase unvote Astral Rejection[/del], vf PetW, 1213 GuiriEnEspana vf Astral Rejection, 1218 Weedy vf Astral Rejection, 1219 Choie unvote fubbleskag, vf Astral Rejection, 1229 Tanaer vf Astral Rejection, 1231 [del]ToeJam unvote fubbleskag[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 1234 BobArrgh vf Believerer, 1279 MHaye vf Gadarene, 1281 realitytrip vf Normal Phase, 1303 (this vote does not count) [del]Weedy unvote Astral Rejection[/del], vf MHaye, 1317 [del]septimus unvote Astral Rejection[/del], vf BobArrgh, 1332 Scathach vf Tanaer, 1339 [del]Gadarene unvote Suburban Plankton[/del], vf NAF1138, 1344 [del]Tanaer unvote Astral Rejection[/del], vf Choie, 1345 [del]Gadarene unvote NAF1138[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 1362 [del]Normal Phase unvote PetW[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 1368 [del]Septimus unvote BobArrgh[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 1381 [del]Septimus unvote Suburban Plankton[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 1405 [del]Choie unvote Astral Rejection[/del], vf Normal Phase, 1411 [del]Astral Rejection unvote MHaye[/del], vf Normal Phase, 1414 MHaye vf Astral Rejection, 1449 [del]Weedy unvote MHaye[/del], vf Astral Rejection, 1457 [del]Gadarene unvote Suburban Plankton[/del], vf Weedy, 1461 Lynch result: Astral Rejection, good archer Night Kill: GuiriEnEspana, good white mage Resurrections: Astral Rejection, Mosier **Day 3** Astral Rejection vf Normal Phase, 1774 Gadarene vf Believerer, 1783 Visorslash vf Choie, 1786 Scathach vf Choie, 1801 [del]Astral Rejection unvote Normal Phase[/del], vf Silver Jan, 1873 [del]Scathach unvote Choie[/del], vf BobArrgh, 1877 Believerer vf BobArrgh, 1886 Suburban Plankton vf Believerer, 1892 Septimus vf BobArrgh, 1895 [del]Septimus unvote BobArrgh[/del], vf **abstain** , 1899 storyteller0910 vf NAF1138, [del]unvote NAF1138, 1912[/del] (this vote does not count) ToeJam vf NAF1138, 1934 [del]Visorslash unvote Choie[/del], vf ToeJam, 1937 Weedy vf MHaye, 1948 Tanaer vf Mosier, 1956 (this vote does not count) Choie vf Gadarene, 1966 [del]Septimus unvote **abstain** [/del], vf realitytrip, 1980 Lightfoot vf gnarlycharlie, 1987 Tanaer vf Mosier, [del]unvote Mosier, 2008[/del] Normal Phase vf PetW, 2040 [del]Weedy unvote MHaye[/del], vf ToeJam, 2048 [del]Normal Phase unvote PetW[/del], vf MHaye, 2050 [del]Believerer unvote BobArrgh[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 2065 [del]Septimus unvote realitytrip[/del], vf ToeJam, 2097 gnarlycharlie vf MHaye, 2099 BobArrgh vf NAF1138, 2100 [del]Astral Rejection unvote Silver Jan[/del], vf MHaye, 2109 [del]Normal Phase unvote MHaye[/del], vf ToeJam, 2130 Lynch result: Toejam, neutral thief Night Kill: Weedy, very evil white mage Resurrection: GuiriEnEspana Day 4 Gadarene vf Beleiever, 2289 Normal Phase vf Lightfoot, 2328 [del]Normal Phase unvote Lightfoot, 2346[/del] Silver Jan vf Tanaer, 2394 BobArrgh vf Tanaer, 2398 Choie vf Visorslash, 2402 Visorslash vf realitytrip, 2409 Mosier vf Suburban Plankton, 2415 [del]Gadarene unvote Believerer[/del], vf Visorslash, 2434 [del]Silver Jan unvote Tanaer[/del], vf Visorslash, 2438 [del]Silver Jan unvote Visorslash[/del], vf gnarlycharlie, 2445 Septimus vf Mosier, 2454 Astral Rejection vf Silver Jan, 2456 [del]Gadarene unvote Visorslash[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 2463 Lightfoot vf gnarlycharlie, 2474 Suburban Plankton vf Silver Jan, 2482 GuiriEnEspana vf Scathach, 2488 Normal Phase vf MHaye, 2493 Tanaer vf Normal Phase, 2498 [del]Gadarene unvote Suburban Plankton[/del], vf Visorslash, 2504 [del]Astral Rejection unvote Silver Jan[/del], vf MHaye, 2508 [del]Mosier unvote Suburban Plankton[/del], vf Visorslash, 2509 [del]Tanaer unvote Normal Phase[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 2510 Septimus vf Scathach, 2511 gnarlycharlie vf Silver Jan, 2515 [del]Gadarene unvote Visorslash[/del], vf Suburban Plankton, 2516 [del]Choie unvote Visorslash[/del], vf Normal Phase, 2518 [del]Silver Jan unvote gnarlycharlie[/del], vf MHaye, 2531 [del]Gadarene unvote Suburban Plankton[/del], vf MHaye, 2534 MHaye vf Silver Jan, 2536 Lynch result: MHaye, good black mage ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2713 "2012-05-09T02:11:40Z")
Working on some patterns, hope to post soon. In the meantime, I noticed something disappointing about the MHaye lynch, something that hadn’t really registered with me before. MHaye, our top lynch choice, had only four people voting for him. Out of 25. 2 of those people I have a town lean on, 1 I know for sure is town (me!), and plenty of folks have a town read on Silver Jan. So, let’s for the sake of this particular argument call us all town. 4 townies decided the lynch. Scum don’t even need to sway the vote with these kinds of voting patterns. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2714 "2012-05-09T02:18:53Z")
BobArrgh, LightFoot, Mosier, Tanaer, Choie, Visorslash, Septimus, GuiriEnEspana: who was your number two pick for the lynch this past Day? ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2715 "2012-05-09T02:27:22Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > BobArrgh, LightFoot, Mosier, Tanaer, Choie, Visorslash, Septimus, GuiriEnEspana: who was your number two pick for the lynch this past Day? Number two , from the one I was voting ? the case earlier on \*\* Bob \*\* held some water. \*\* Gad’s \*\* ( feels abraisive) posts are ping-y - not a concrete answer I know \* ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2716 "2012-05-09T02:33:55Z")
Neither Gadarene nor BobArrgh were voted for on Day 4. You would have swapped one one-off vote for another? ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2717 "2012-05-09T02:34:53Z")
Yeah, the voting has been really pathetic, as has participation. I was looking at the “still alive” list and yet again I’d found people there I’d totally forgotten were in the game. **PetW**? **NAF**? **RealityTrip**? Even **Scathach** , whom other people have a scum lean on… I swear I wouldn’t be able to tell you a single vote **Scathach** made or thing **Scathach** said in this entire game if I didn’t have your ( **Astral’s** ) list to remind me. Which is why it surprises me that people have _any_ kind of lean on **Scathach**. It’s like leaning on a cloud. Anyway, to answer your question, **Astral** , I think my second choice is probably pretty obvious: **Visorslash**. If I’m being completely honest with myself, I know about 25% of that is due to my dislike for his style, so I’ll give you a third place option: **Gadarene** , and again, that’s probably due to he’s so outrageously outraged and “How _dare_ you sir! Prepare for your cheek to see the back of my glove!” at being considered possibly not Town that I frankly _want_ him to be scum. Not the best rationale but hell, there’ve been worse votes. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2718 "2012-05-09T02:36:11Z")
> [@LightFoot](#): > > Number two , from the one I was voting ? > > the case earlier on \*\* Bob \*\* held some water. > > \*\* Gad’s \*\* ( feels abraisive) posts are ping-y > > - not a concrete answer I know \* In fact, why was your only other vote for gnarlycharlie if Gadarene and BobArrgh are your number two choices? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2719 "2012-05-09T02:37:13Z")
… scratch that stupid question. Your only “other” vote was your only vote. Misread my own damn chart. ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480/2720 "2012-05-09T02:43:22Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Neither Gadarene nor BobArrgh were voted for on Day 4. You would have swapped one one-off vote for another? I voted who I think is Scum. your question was not about the voted .it was who I would have voted other than. I guess I took you ( to me) literally [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-game-the-realm-of-phere/617480.md?page=137)