# Mafia Reunion - Day Three **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068 "2017-01-24T20:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/561 "2017-01-27T17:31:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Disappointed in you. I already said so. And why disappointed in me? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/562 "2017-01-27T17:32:21Z")
I can promise you, no town-aligned player will feel the slightest amount of guilt if you flip VT after being lynched. This is entirely on your own head. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/563 "2017-01-27T17:32:24Z")
Here’s my thing - speaking as a moderator (but speaking only for myself). Modkilling is not supposed to be a game mechanic like the lynch or a role-block or a Night kill. In a perfect game, it would never be employed at all. I am reluctant in the extreme to allow players to attempt to manipulate the modkill or game it or incorporate it into a strategy. In my opinion, no player, regardless of alignment, should be happy when a modkill occurs; even if it ostensibly benefits your side, it’s still a sign that the game is not working correctly. What’s the fun in winning a broken game? My inclination is to reserve modkills only for truly inactive players, players who directly violate the rules, or players who become abusive. However, I will defer to my fellow moderators on the resolution of this particular situation. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/564 "2017-01-27T17:32:39Z")
I’ve already said why. I’m not repeating myself. Scroll up a little. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/565 "2017-01-27T17:33:52Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Well, **I AM PLAYING NOW** , so what’s your reason for still wanting to lynch me? Modkill or lynch me, no wait, I wanna piss my own team off so you’re all being lazy by taking me up on my own freaking suggestion - how is that “playing”? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/566 "2017-01-27T17:34:01Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Uh, no, it went more like this: > > Idle Thoughts: Please take one of the three possible options that removes me from the game > Johnny Bravo: WOOHOO! Yesss… Make it a modkill, mods! That way we don’t have to waste a lynch on him if he IS really town!! > Idle Thoughts: That’s pretty unfair, I think I will start playing after all. It can’t be unfair to you, since you want out. It can’t be unfair to Town, since you’re fucking Town over if you’re a Townie. That leaves unfair to scum. I have the world’s tiniest violin. Ooh, it’s tiny! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/567 "2017-01-27T17:34:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I’ve already said why. I’m not repeating myself. Scroll up a little. Fine, requote it then, because I still am not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/568 "2017-01-27T17:36:04Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Bolding mine. > > This is the second time I’ve seen someone say something like this. What makes anyone think I was going to be modkilled? 😕 😕? :dubious: You didn’t contribute Night 2, and up to this point it didn’t seem you would contribute toDay. That’s a full Day/Night cycle and grounds for a modkill. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/569 "2017-01-27T17:37:15Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Modkill or lynch me, no wait, I wanna piss my own team off so you’re all being lazy by taking me up on my own freaking suggestion - how is that “playing”? Only it was more “As **storyteller** just said above, modkill should not be used as a game mechanic…IE…to allow town to get out of a mislynch just so they get to try for another possible scum.” Since I feel (rather strongly) the same thing, I have decided to stay in the game and play after all. > [@jsgoddess](#): > > It can’t be unfair to you, since you want out. > > It can’t be unfair to Town, since you’re fucking Town over if you’re a Townie. > > That leaves unfair to scum. I have the world’s tiniest violin. Ooh, it’s tiny! I don’t want out anymore, I have changed my mind. How am I screwing over Town if I’m Town? ---
**Author:** ![AngeloftheNorth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelofthenorth/32/19559_2.png) [@AngeloftheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngeloftheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/570 "2017-01-27T17:37:46Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > 😕? > > :dubious: > > You didn’t contribute Night 2, and up to this point it didn’t seem you would contribute toDay. That’s a full Day/Night cycle and grounds for a modkill. There is also the fact that one of the mods actually said he is considering modkilling you? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/571 "2017-01-27T17:37:55Z")
Well, if no sub is available. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/572 "2017-01-27T17:38:28Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > 😕? > > :dubious: > > You didn’t contribute Night 2, and up to this point it didn’t seem you would contribute toDay. That’s a full Day/Night cycle and grounds for a modkill. Oh, missing a full Day and Night cycle is an instant modkill in this game? It’s in the written rules? I didn’t know that, see. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/573 "2017-01-27T17:38:56Z")
> [@AngeloftheNorth](#): > > There is also the fact that one of the mods actually said he is considering modkilling you? > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Which I also didn’t see. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/574 "2017-01-27T17:40:30Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Since I feel (rather strongly) the same thing, I have decided to stay in the game and play after all. So fucking start **playing** the game then, instead of doing the Mafia-equivalent of threadshitting and stepping in the shit over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/575 "2017-01-27T17:40:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > MHaye is on my list of suspects. I put his name out there because he’s just the sort of candidate that players like LightFoot enjoy voting for: not a lot of posts, and most of it fluff. > > . I am not sure what I have to do with your lean list? although that is the sort of player that generally get my attention ( when I remember they are in the game) ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/576 "2017-01-27T17:42:03Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Well, it’s impossible for me to play in this game, it’s just too large, moves too fast, there’s too much to catch up on all the time…and I’ve been far too busy. > > **EITHER LYNCH ME, MODKILL ME, OR SUB ME OUT…thanks.** > Sorry to have to do it, but I just can’t find the time to play. Gorramit! \*\*unvote Prof Pepperwinkle vote Idle Thoughts\*\* Who else thinks \*\*Idle \*\*just swooped in to save one of his scum buddies from getting lynched? That’s really the only reason I can think of for him to do this, as just not posting would have gotten him the result he wanted, but lost 2 for his team. Now we have to waste a lynch on him. ---
**Author:** ![AngeloftheNorth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelofthenorth/32/19559_2.png) [@AngeloftheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngeloftheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/577 "2017-01-27T17:42:15Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > My inclination is to kill him right now, but that’s not a move I am going to make unilaterally. > > Y’all are going to have to wait until Mahaloth and Story have had time to weigh in. There you go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/578 "2017-01-27T17:44:23Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Oh, missing a full Day and Night cycle is an instant modkill in this game? It’s in the written rules? > > I didn’t know that, see. Yes, it is in the rules, In a game of this size, participation will be rigorously policed. Any player who goes a full Day-Night cycles without contributing to the thread will be replaced (if it is before Day Four and a replacement is available) or Mod-killed (if it is after Dawn of Day Four or if no replacement can be found). Obviously, exceptions will be made for unusual circumstances; all Mod-kills are at the absolute discretion of the Moderators. Players who are Mod-killed are considered to have lost the game no matter what else happens. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/579 "2017-01-27T17:46:08Z")
Judging from interactions I’ve had with players in the last hour or so, here’s who I think is TOWN: **Johnny Bravo**. I very, very STRONGLY think he is town. **jsgoddess**. I very strongly think she is town. **Paulwhoisaghost** , I very strongly think is town. **Raventhief** I think is more than likely town. **Inner Stickler** I have a small feeling is town, but not as strong as the above three. Here’s who I think is scum: **Prof Pepperwinkle** **Hal Briston** I am mildly suspicious of **Nanook of the North Shore** ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/580 "2017-01-27T17:47:04Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > So fucking start **playing** the game then, instead of doing the Mafia-equivalent of threadshitting and stepping in the shit over and over again. What do you think I’ve been trying to do for the last hour? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068.md?page=30)