# Mafia Reunion - Day 9

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 7, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-9/781651 "2017-03-07T21:58:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-9/781651/101 "2017-03-09T04:41:27Z")

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> [@bufftabby](#):
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> That doesn’t refute my statement that I took issue with it D6.

Regarding my issues with you D6:

\<starting early-to-mid-conversation here, the entire back and forth is there for anyone who cares to see\>

> [@Mafia Reunion Day 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-6/779855/138):
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> They’re separate scum teams. Shutting up at night removes information from the team which puts in its orders at night.
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> But, like I said, it’s moot.

> [@Mafia Reunion Day 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-6/779855/141):
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> Yes, and shutting up during the Day removes information from the team which puts its orders in during the Day. But that’s not really a viable strategy here either.

> [@Mafia Reunion Day 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-6/779855/142):
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> - no one agreed with you because Town can be DKilled by Mafia OR NKlled by Wolves. (or AUBatman) SO why draw the line? in this game at all?  
> you still post like you don’t see the reasoning

> [@Mafia Reunion Day 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-6/779855/144):
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> Obviously not, but that’s **never** a valid strategy.
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> In a normal game, you shut up at night because you don’t want to give information to the scum team while they’re deciding what night actions to take.
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> In this game, shutting up at night would still mean we aren’t giving information to the wolves while they make their decision. It doesn’t matter that the mafia gets information while we talk during the day - this isn’t some sort of equal opportunity system where town is obligated to ensure that both scum teams get the same set of advantages.
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> Honestly, though, why exactly are we hashing this out again? I accepted a long time ago that nobody agreed with me.

> [@Mafia Reunion Day 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-6/779855/147):
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> **Lightfoot** explained it best, above. The only reason I can think of that you’d be concerned about a Nightkill but not a Daykill, is being on the NK team yourself.

So sniffing at my vote and trying to dismiss it as pure “Me Too” completely ignores full exchanges that we’ve had, and is some disingenuousness on your part. Plus I find it pretty interesting that you were so concerned about Night kills but not Day kills. I think that’s because you’re Mafia.

I’m totally comfortable returning to a

**vote Johnny Bravo**

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