# 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:** 437
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-4/778699/437 "2017-02-04T18:49:17Z")
This is for \*\*Prof P \*\* in reference to my earlier post 432 > [@Mafia Reunion - Day Three](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/416): > > I _did_ believe it but I’ve changed my position on it. I believed it because I have seen “benign” 3rd parties align with scum in voting when it makes it easier for them to survive. > > The math has been explained to me several times now and I realize it is not valid in this game because the third parties (assuming they are truly non-win stealing) are more detrimental to scum than town. and this is not the only time \*\* Angel \*\* said this D3.27 D3.125,D3.138, --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-4/778699)._