# Mafia: Mutiny on the SS Insipid \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896 "2009-07-31T18:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/301 "2009-08-17T18:26:11Z")
The lynch need not confirm Chronos and me as Loyal, regardless of its result. Unless I’ve missed something else. And as I typed this up, I realized what that something would be: Ichini will report me as Loyal, unless something messes with eir examination. That will confirm that Ichini, Chronos, and myself are all on the same side. Should Inner Stickler come up Mutie, that would confirm that Ichini, Chronos, and I are not Muties, as 4 Scum in a 10 person game is highly overbalanced. (But didn’t we get into trouble with Scum numbers balancing out in Lost Mafia?) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/302 "2009-08-17T18:29:37Z")
30 minutes to go. Day Two Current Vote Count 8 players outside the Brig =\> 5 votes to lynch. **Inner Stickler** will be lynched with these votes. **Inner Stickler** (5): Scuba\_Ben [70-211+273], ColdPhoenix [156-271+282], Chronos [255], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257]. Darth Sensitive [300]. **ColdPhoenix** (2): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211+224-253][/del], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [95], Inner Stickler [158], [del]Chronos [223-255][/del]. **Hal Briston** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211+273-289][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [156-271][/del], [del]Chronos [223-286][/del], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257]. **Darth Sensitive** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211][/del], [del]Chronos [93-226+232-286][/del], Ichini Sanshigo [168], [del]ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257-260][/del]. **Scuba\_Ben** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-89][/del], [del]Darth Sensitive [79-174][/del], [del]ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [137-229][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [156-250+272-282][/del], [del]Hal Briston [175-236][/del], Inner Stickler [269]. **Chronos** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-94][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [87-100][/del], Inner Stickler [269]. **Ichini Sanshigo** (0): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-148][/del]. **ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies** (0): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211+224-230][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [87-116][/del], [del]Chronos [223-231][/del]. Doctor **Ichini Sanshigo** is examining **Scuba\_Ben** [245]. XO **Chronos** is promoting **Inner Stickler** [279]. Arrest warrants: **Chronos** by ColdPhoenix [169]. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/303 "2009-08-17T18:38:42Z")
**Vote Inner Stickler** **Vote Darth Sensitive** ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/304 "2009-08-17T19:00:35Z")
And it’s Dusk. How’d we do? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/305 "2009-08-17T19:04:51Z")
Day Two Final Vote Count 8 players outside the Brig =\> 5 votes to lynch. **Inner Stickler** will be lynched with these votes. **Inner Stickler** (6): Scuba\_Ben [70-211+273], ColdPhoenix [156-271+282], Chronos [255], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257]. Darth Sensitive [300], Ichini Sanshigo [303]. **ColdPhoenix** (2): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211+224-253][/del], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [95], Inner Stickler [158], [del]Chronos [223-255][/del]. **Hal Briston** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211+273-289][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [156-271][/del], [del]Chronos [223-286][/del], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257]. **Darth Sensitive** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211][/del], [del]Chronos [93-226+232-286][/del], Ichini Sanshigo [168], [del]ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257-260][/del]. **Scuba\_Ben** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-89][/del], [del]Darth Sensitive [79-174][/del], [del]ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [137-229][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [156-250+272-282][/del], [del]Hal Briston [175-236][/del], Inner Stickler [269]. **Chronos** (1): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-94][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [87-100][/del], Inner Stickler [269]. **Ichini Sanshigo** (0): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-148][/del]. **ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies** (0): [del]Scuba\_Ben [70-211+224-230][/del], [del]ColdPhoenix [87-116][/del], [del]Chronos [223-231][/del]. Doctor **Ichini Sanshigo** is examining **Scuba\_Ben** [245]. XO **Chronos** is promoting **Inner Stickler** [279]. Arrest warrants: **Chronos** by ColdPhoenix [169]. The Mutinous crew-member **Inner Stickler** boldy steps through the airlock, and promptly explosively decompresses himself, leaving a fine mineral dust on the side of the ship. The current ship roster is 1. ColdPhoenix – Captain 2. Chronos – Executive Officer 3. ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies – Chief of Security 4. Ichini Sanshigo – Head of Engineering 5. Hal Briston – Ship’s Doctor 6. Darth Sensitive – Crew-member 7. Scuba\_Ben – Crew-member Night Two ends in about 24 hours on Tuesday August 18, noon PT (3pm ET). ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/306 "2009-08-17T19:16:18Z")
Woo-hoo! One down. Now waiting on **Ichini** ’s exam report. ---
**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 17, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/307 "2009-08-17T19:24:43Z")
On the down side, **Scuba** , this means you’ll have to clean out the airlock again. Yes, you. Rank hath its privileges 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/308 "2009-08-17T19:53:52Z")
Bugger. I make it all the way to Ensign 1/c and I still have to do all the scut work. Clean Floyd Clean decks Clean out airlock Rearrange tools in Engineering by color and length ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/309 "2009-08-17T22:51:03Z")
Hey now! Tools need to be arranged by the size of the head. Then length, _then_ color. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/310 "2009-08-17T23:38:03Z")
Hey! Get out of my workspace! I like my tools in completely random order. It’s easier to find them that way, dontcha know! 😉 Also, my investigations showed that **Scuba Ben** is loyal. Barring some strange twist like a false result or backstabbity school chum (“You’ve changed man! You’ve changed!”), **Chonos** is likely loyal as well. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/311 "2009-08-18T07:31:21Z")
Excellent news! 🙂 This reveals a lot, though I will leave further discussion until day. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/312 "2009-08-18T12:46:07Z")
\> FLOYD, ARRANGE TOOLS Floyd says, “Floyd arrange all of those? Floyd is a robot, not a decor arranger.” Anybody else want to describe their day? ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/313 "2009-08-18T13:14:25Z")
10.00: Wake up 10.00-10.45: Breakfast 10.45 - 11.00: Wander round barking pointless orders at everyone 11.00: Declare that I’m off to the captain’s suite to do some “strategic thinking” 11.00-12.30: Massage from pleasurebots 12.30 - 14.00: Decadent lunch in my suite 14.00 - 16.00: Relax in my sauna 16.00 - 18.00: Watch a movie 18.00 - 20.00: Dinner with the officers 20.00 - 23.30: Hit the ships bar for several drinks after “a hard day’s work” 23.30: Trip over Scuba, scrubbing the corridor floor. Lambast the lazy cretin for not getting it done earlier. 23.35 - 01.00: Watch porn. 01.00: Go to bed. ---
**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 18, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/314 "2009-08-18T17:29:17Z")
I hate to admit it, **Scuba** , but I don’t get the whole Floyd thing. Presumably it’s the same reference as the Ensign 3/c bit? A text adventure game, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/315 "2009-08-18T17:52:49Z")
I’m having lunch with several old colleagues today, so the new Day will be delayed a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/316 "2009-08-18T18:18:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I hate to admit it, **Scuba** , but I don’t get the whole Floyd thing. Presumably it’s the same reference as the Ensign 3/c bit? A text adventure game, maybe? [Planetfall, by Infocom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetfall) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/317 "2009-08-18T20:20:15Z")
Day Three Duty Cycle begins now. The ship’s computer lists the ship’s complement.01. ColdPhoenix – Captain 02. Chronos – Executive Officer 03. ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies – Chief of Security 04. Hal Briston – Head of Engineering 05. Darth Sensitive – Ship’s Doctor 06. Scuba\_Ben – Crew-memberBe sure to send condolences to the family of Loyal crew-member **Ichini Sanshigo** , who was “suppressed” by the fire control system. Carry-over votes are 6 players outside the Brig =\> 4 votes to lynch. **ColdPhoenix** (1): ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [95]. **Hal Briston** (1): ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies [257]. Arrest warrants: **Chronos** by ColdPhoenix [169]. The Day ends Friday, August 21 at noon PT (3pm ET). ---
**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 18, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/318 "2009-08-18T20:34:08Z")
I can’t say I’m surprised, since this means we don’t get an engineering report toDay. I would have liked to have moved her out of the engineering slot, but it was looking pretty desperate there yesterDay, and I felt I had to put in the order to get **Stickler** out of security while I still could, before he arrested me (and I’m still not sure why he didn’t). Now that we have the known Scum out of the way, I will resume my other cases from yesterDay: **Vote Darth Sensitive Vote Hal Briston** Meanwhile, I note that the two Night-kills we’ve seen thus far have both been done using the ship’s systems. This is probably just me being paranoid, and if so, I expect it won’t count, but inspired by _Alien_ and _2001_, I’ll also **Vote the Ship’s Computer** ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/319 "2009-08-18T21:24:04Z")
If anyone expects to start using the power of the brig, being involved in that decision I personally request some input from everyone with a pulse as to what we should do and why. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896/320 "2009-08-18T21:30:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I can’t say I’m surprised, since this means we don’t get an engineering report toDay. I would have liked to have moved her out of the engineering slot, but it was looking pretty desperate there yesterDay, and I felt I had to put in the order to get **Stickler** out of security while I still could, before he arrested me (and I’m still not sure why he didn’t). I’m curious too. But Stickler’s well and truly gone. The thing is, **Chronos** , the promotion doesn’t take effect until end of Day-cycle. So Stickler could still have thrown you into the brig and forced us to waste actions Today to let you out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-mutiny-on-the-ss-insipid-game-over/504896.md?page=17)