# Mafia Reunion Day 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-4/778699 "2017-01-31T21:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 246
**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:** [February 2, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-4/778699/246 "2017-02-02T15:16:12Z")
> [@LightFoot](#): > > \*\* Pleo \*\* > Again- your (mock) votes on players for something that happened D1 is still bothering me. > You are not really ‘making a case’ on the player just noting one thing that happened Days ago > > [anticipating your response .I add] > oh what’s that ? but, you say you got one right-so far- why yes you did – What are the odds of that? > You gain no Town cred in my book for one of the many players on your mock vote list. I don’t care whether or not you like how I find Scum. And I don’t care to collect “Town cred”–avoiding the lynch is the goal of Scum, not Town. My goal is to maximize the expected damage to Scum even as I am lynched or killed. Here’s a hint: Scum often play very well. They may show their Scummy intentions only once or twice. Find that mistake and you’ve got them. Looking at the “big picture” simply allows Scum to cover their mistake with lots of pro-Town activity. Players say how Towny **Thing Fish** looked. Of course! Scum do play pro-Town, except when they make a mistake. That’s why the whole concept of “Town cred” is a waste of effort. To find Scum, find the accidentally revealed Scummy intentions. So when I highlight a post in my vote list, it’s because I think that player has showed Scummy intentions and that I’m confident enough in that accessment that I’m willing to lynch them. To the first order, it does not matter what they posted earlier or later. To a higher order, I may change my assessments, which will be reflected in my updated vote lists. > [@LightFoot](#): > > Hell if everyone make a short (yours is currently 7) list of suspected players ,eventually one would flip bad guy- and then have the luxury of not getting their hands dirty. Posting a list of players and stating I will move my vote to any of them to get them lynched is rather the opposite of “not getting my hands dirty”. I’m putting my hands in many pots. As well as explicitly aggravating each player I’ve listed. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-4/778699)._