# Mafia: Goontown \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 22, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754 "2018-09-22T22:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/81 "2018-09-29T05:38:43Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > If everyone starts typing out their posts one letter at a time, I will throw myself into the gully at the edge of town and haunt you all. Somehow. PM maybe. I’ll work out the details later. There is no reason for this. At worst, we can resort to quoting the Bard or Chekov to pad posts. This pustulating of verbiage to pad posts is incongruous and unnecessary. Stranger ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/82 "2018-09-29T12:55:22Z")
**Vote count:** snoe: 1 Professor Pepperwinkle: 1 snfaulkner: 1 ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/83 "2018-09-29T12:56:49Z")
Brevity is the soul of wit. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/84 "2018-09-29T14:12:29Z")
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes… Stranger ---
**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:** [September 29, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/85 "2018-09-29T17:46:28Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Well, that was aggressive. I was going to vote the Professor, but now I’m thinking an early accusation is an example of offensive defense. > > Vote **snfaulkner** > > Stranger Come on, no way. I mean, faulkner might be scum, but that didn’t seem scummy at all. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/86 "2018-09-29T18:15:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Come on, no way. I mean, faulkner might be scum, but that didn’t seem scummy at all. “You’re suspect! Yeah, you! I don’t know what your reputation is in this town, but after the sh\*t you tried to pull today you can bet I’ll be looking into you. Now the business we have, heretofore, you can speak with my aforementioned attorney. Good day, gentlemen; and until that day comes, keep your ear to the grindstone.” Stranger ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/87 "2018-09-30T01:22:08Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > If everyone starts typing out their posts one letter at a time, I will throw myself into the gully at the edge of town and haunt you all. Somehow. PM maybe. I’ll work out the details later. We have a gully? Well shut, we can just chuck the lynchees in there. No need for a rope or tree. I’d still recommend torches and pitchforks though. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/88 "2018-09-30T01:29:34Z")
Gah! Stupid autoincorrect doesn’t let me swear without a fight. Shut=shit. **is there a mandate from the mod on high against post editing?** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/89 "2018-09-30T05:52:49Z")
> [@Hi\_Neighbor](#): > > It’s been years since my last game, but I’m able to be active again so… in. “Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” **Vote Hi, Neighbor!** ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/90 "2018-09-30T12:38:03Z")
There is no moderator mandate against post editing. This is another issue for you guys to decide on your own how you want to handle it. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/91 "2018-09-30T15:14:20Z")
**snoe** And the Prof posts the first OMGUS vote of the game! Newbies can go to MafiaCentral to find out what all these lovely acronyms and abbreviations mean. ETA: I forgot we don’t have vote tags on the SDMB. Revised to actually vote. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/92 "2018-09-30T15:27:25Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > He IS pretty damn good at pretending to be a dupe. Fyi. Aw, you say the nicest things! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/93 "2018-09-30T16:46:39Z")
**Vote Biotop** Because there can be only one, and if he **is** scum I can’t risk the stress of another late game showdown with him. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/94 "2018-09-30T16:49:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > **Vote Biotop** > > Because there can be only one, and if he **is** scum I can’t risk the stress of another late game showdown with him. \<3 If we are on opposite sides my goal will be to outplay you, not kill you. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/95 "2018-09-30T21:31:16Z")
**snfaulkner** and **Biotop** are never quiet. I’m getting the sense that **Johnny** isn’t either. I shall now poke a quiet stranger. **vote Knowed Out** ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/96 "2018-09-30T21:48:59Z")
I’m voting Stranger on a Train for his vote on faulkner. **Vote Stranger on a Train** And, wow, what a quiet game. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/97 "2018-09-30T22:05:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m voting Stranger on a Train for his vote on faulkner. > > **Vote Stranger on a Train** This is starting to look like the Spanish Civil War, or the end of a Tarantino movie. I’ve got my eye on you, but I’m sticking with **snfaulkner**. Stranger ---
**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 1, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/98 "2018-10-01T01:00:39Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > **snfaulkner** and **Biotop** are never quiet. I’m getting the sense that **Johnny** isn’t either. My volume tends to be directly proportional to the length of time I’ve survived. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/99 "2018-10-01T01:12:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **snoe** > > And the Prof posts the first OMGUS vote of the game! Man, you’re just makin’ my stinkeye squint tighter with every post. How do we cast our _second_ vote again? ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754/100 "2018-10-01T01:16:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > And, wow, what a quiet game. In my case, it’s the (real-life) weekend, and I actually have shit to do for a change. (I am going to Japan in 12 days, which should not keep me out of the game, but will have me posting at odd hours. I found myself frantically making lists yesterday and starting to cross items off today.) /sincerity [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-goontown-game-over/821754.md?page=6)