# Mafia Reunion - Day Three

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![paulwhoisaghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@paulwhoisaghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulwhoisaghost)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/921 "2017-01-29T19:44:41Z")

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> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#):
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> Yep, and what happened in that game? Well, I’ll tell you…because it happens in most ALL GAMES that I play in: People get annoyed and/or irritated with me, they start voting for me being SO SURE I must be scum, because they say I play so “anti-town”…and then…OOPS…I turn out to be Town.  
> That’s what happened in your only other game played with me. And that’s gonna happen in THIS game as well. So that will be TWO FOR TWO that that has happened in.

There is a lot in that post, Idle. I quoted this bit to address it directly, then I’ll give my position on your lynch.

The quoted portion above is directed at Raventhief… if you guys only have one other game together, that must be the last game to take place on GB. If so, you were modkilled, not lynched. It seems that in addition to being mislynched, you are starting to have a problem with getting modkilled.

Your lynch… I think we will gain little from the vote record of your Lynch. I think there is a lot of town voting you at this point, and if not for SNF pointing out what you were doing, I’d be there too. I think you are town. I also think that when you play this way it gets you lynched, which is bad for town. Therefore it is anti-town for you to play this way… you know where it is gonna end before you start, and yet you do it anyway. That being said, it’s also anti-town to vote for you just because you piss me off and make a lot of noise. I won’t contribute to your Lynch, but you brought it on yourself and I think those voting for you have enough reason to think you are likely scum.

You’ve made a mess. I’m not sure any useful info will come from your Lynch, but I think it would be impossible to stop it at this point. Pending your reveal, I will consider the little info you have provided us.

If you somehow survive, please consider a less extreme approach to the game.

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**Author:** ![paulwhoisaghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@paulwhoisaghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulwhoisaghost)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/922 "2017-01-29T19:51:11Z")

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> [@bufftabby](#):
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> **Idle** , you want _us_ to adapt and learn regarding his playstyle. But you know what? _I’m_ not the one who keeps getting lynched because I refuse to self-examine my strategies. _I’m_ not the one who’s paying the price. Why should I adapt? I’ll tell you what I am, **idle**. I’m the one who’s been back for two games now, this one and the last GB game, who’s had Days that were markedly less fun because of the hostility you don’t think you exhibit. You’ve made me question why I even came back to play. It’s a _game_, it’s supposed to be _fun_. Please stop making it less fun. That is why you are getting lynched, and that’s why I’m completely okay with it. Sure, there’s meta that suggests you’re scum, but I think that’s beside the point anymore and isn’t the main crux of what’s happening here.

I’m in the exact same boat, Buff.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/923 "2017-01-29T19:56:28Z")

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Well crap.

Ok, while there are ways that screenshot could be faked without a whole lot of trouble, that would be _well_ outside of the spirit of the game. So while I had no problem with voting for **Idle** for meta reasons, and keeping that vote there for reactionary reasons, I’m going to say now that he’s town.

Almost certainly about-to-be-modkilled town, but on the off chance that he gets spared the axe, I’m not going to help lynch him.

It’s likely too little too late, but…

Unvote **Idle Thoughts**  
Vote \*\*Professor Pepperwinkle  
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/924 "2017-01-29T19:59:06Z")

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**OK, just about it. Wait a moment, please.**

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**Author:** ![paulwhoisaghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@paulwhoisaghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulwhoisaghost)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/925 "2017-01-29T20:00:43Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Of course I’m laying low. Everytime I open my mouth I get votes no matter what I say. ToDay, if you’ll note, I have not been posting much fluff, have done some analysis, picked out who exactly I think are the Scum, and have placed my vote on a self-claimed 3P because, having played Storyteller and Mahaloth’[s games before, I have real difficulty in believing in a harmless 3P. And I know sachertorte is a fairly subtle player, one who could carry it off. (Case in point, he is.) Anyone who says Scum wouldn’t do that misses the cardinal rule: there is nothing Scum won’t do.
> 
> In short, I’m playing the game. Glad to play with you again, by the way!

I’m not sure if you are trying to make the case that Sach is scum or hostile 3P. If scum, where do you stand on Crys. If 3P, why do think they need to be lynched now?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/926 "2017-01-29T20:03:41Z")

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\*\*Cue U2 music in the background.

Idle approached the group rocking out, singing, “Hold me!”

The group responded, “No!”

Idle bobbed his head continuing, “Thrill me!”

The group responded, “No!”

“Kiss me,” he continued

“No!!” they responded.

“Kill me!” he sang.

“OK,” they said. And they approached him, arms out.

“That’s not what I meant! I was just singing my favorite song!” he proclaimed.

Too late. The clobbered him.

**[COLOR=“Blue”]Idle Thoughts is dead. He was vanilla Townie.**

Did you know there was a little dumb waiter attached to one of the local buildings in Town? And that the dumb waiter opens up to the outside? I know, it’s……well, dumb. Anyway, it made a clunking noise and rode up. It had a body in it.

Jsgoddess is dead. She was the Beta Wolf.

But wait, there’s more! A third body was found….in a really weird position. It was hanging from the top of the local church, dangling from the cross on the steeple. It had…a potato stuffed in its mouth. It might have even suffocated/choked on the potato before dying of other causes. Weird…and….well, weird.

**Thing Fish is also dead. He was the Omega Wolf.**

It’s Night 3 now. It will end at 3 pm on Tuesday, January 31. All actions due by then.

Final note: I disagree strongly with how Idle behaved during Day 3. It was, in my opinion, sucking the fun out of what is a very fun game for many players and the mods. Can we return to having proper fun, now? You know, with the jokes, the accusations, the backstabs, the wild and unfounded statements, etc.?

Nighttime discussion topic: What is the origin of your username?\*\*[/COLOR]

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**Author:** ![paulwhoisaghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@paulwhoisaghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulwhoisaghost)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/927 "2017-01-29T20:06:00Z")

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> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#):
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> That above game was TEN years ago. Ten years ago I was saying people were playing crappy if I thought they were. You’re only now noticing this? I’ve always played this way. A blunt, outward, aggressive type of player. And more so when…[as I said in post 833](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19959658&postcount=833)…people are voting for me or thinking I’m scum due to meta reasons…not actual gameplay reasons.

No… they are saying exactly what you said in that 10 year old quote. They think you are either scum or playing a really crappie town game.

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/928 "2017-01-29T20:09:24Z")

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Bam bam! Fuck yes. Have a bacon cheeseburger on me, Idle.

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**Author:** ![Total\_Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Total\_Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_Lost)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/929 "2017-01-29T20:10:13Z")

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So - what do we make of the list now??

> [@jsgoddess](#):
>
> Using the Yoknapatawpha County Clarion’s template (that was a Faulkner joke, which was lame).  
> 1.AngeloftheNorth - slight Town lean  
> 2.BillMc - I don’t know  
> 3.Biotop - slight Town lean  
> 4.Boozahol Squid, P.I. - slight scum lean  
> 5.brewha – died D2 (1276) – vanilla Town  
> 6.bufftabby - I don’t know  
> 7.Captain Klutz - I feel good about CK being Town  
> 8.Chronos – died D2 (1276) - Mason  
> 9.Colby11 – died D2 (1) – vanilla Town  
> 10.ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies - I don’t know  
> 11.crys75 - 3rd party but something is a bit hinky with the switch  
> 12.Dante G – ModKilled D1 (1) –vanilla Town  
> 13.DaphneBlack \> Lakai 2 - I don’t know  
> 14.DiggitCamara - scum lean  
> 15.Drain Bead - Daykilled D2 - was magically delicious  
> 16.EnderW24 - slight scum lean  
> 17.Guiri - I feel good about Guiri being Town  
> 18.Hal Briston - I don’t know  
> 19.hawkeyeop - slight Town lean  
> 20.Hockey Monkey - I don’t know  
> 21.HookerChemical - Town lean  
> 22.Hoopy Frood - slight Town lean  
> 23.Idle Thoughts - I don’t know  
> 24.Inner Stickler - I don’t know  
> 25.Johnny Bravo - slight Town lean  
> 26.jsgoddess - I am Town  
> 27.Khameleon - I don’t know  
> 28.Koldanar - I don’t know  
> 29.Lakai 1 – died D1 (1214) vanilla Town  
> 30.LightFoot - Town lean  
> 31.Meeko - I don’t know and don’t think it’s possible to know  
> 32.MHaye - slight Town lean  
> 33.Nanook of the North Shore - Town lean  
> 34.Nesta - I don’t know  
> 35.Normal Phase – died D1 (1214) Investigative Journalist  
> 36.Pleonast - scum lean  
> 37.Plumpudding - I don’t know  
> 38.Precambrian mollusk \> Cygnus 42 - I don’t know  
> 39.Prof. Pepperwinkle - scum lean  
> 40.Raventhief - Town lean  
> 41.Red Skeezix \> Svejk - I don’t know  
> 42.Sachertorte - 3rd party as claimed  
> 43.Sario – died D3 Wizard  
> 44.Scathach - slight scum lean  
> 45.septimus – died D1 (1214) EMT  
> 46.sinjin - I don’t know  
> 47.snfaulkner - slight Town lean  
> 48.Suburban Plankton – died D2 (1) Homicide Detective  
> 49.Sunny Daze - slight scum lean  
> 50.Texcat - Town lean  
> 51.Thing Fish - Town lean  
> 52.Toejam - he has claimed, but otherwise slight scum lean  
> 53.Total Lost - scum lean  
> 54.Winston Smith \> Paulwhoisaghost - scum lean  
> 55.Zeriel - I don’t know  
> This was useful for me, though I’m not sure it’s as revealing as I had hoped. I couldn’t decide if I should force myself to answer even when I really didn’t know. Too many are “I don’t know.” Some I should probably have an opinion on because they have been participating. Others are so absent it’s hard to feel one way or another.
> 
> But in filling it out, I found that two people ping me the hardest: Pleonast and Prof. Pepperwinkle. The first for lots of oddities around interactions with Normal Phase and Thing Fish. The second for the “I won’t post because I just post fluff/lynch lurkers/I’m totally not lurking/lynch lurkers/you can’t find scum through any other means/if I stop advocating for lynching lurkers you’ll attack me but I don’t do it other places/now I’ll start playing!” series of posts (paraphrased, obviously) that just made me feel that he is talking for the sake of talking. Sooooo,
> 
> **vote Prof. Pepperwinkle**

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/930 "2017-01-29T20:11:00Z")

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Well, if we’re going to lose town, then losing a massive distraction is about as good a result as one could hope for.

But woohoo for a double-scum death!

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**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/931 "2017-01-29T20:12:01Z")

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Sweet dead wolves. But two daykills? That’s…interesting. And worrisome. There’s no listed roles that have a daykill besides the Mafia team one and the Patsy reciprocal kill. The extra kill was neither of those, so that indicates an unknown killing role. Which means we most likely have a serial killer. Which is bad.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/932 "2017-01-29T20:15:11Z")

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> [@Total\_Lost](#):
>
> So - what do we make of the list now??

Part of the beauty (or horror) of this setup is that much of this list is completely on the level. She didn’t know who the Mafia were any more than we did.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/933 "2017-01-29T20:15:12Z")

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Um. Well that was weird

JS Goddess wasn’t even on my radar. And two kills to the team with the ability to Day kill? I’m going to have to look back into my role PMs list to see how that could be done.

Sorry Idle. It sucks you were being truthful and got lynched. But I’m still at a loss to understand your behavior at all yesterDay.

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**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 29, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/934 "2017-01-29T20:15:38Z")

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> [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](#):
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> Sweet dead wolves. But two daykills? That’s…interesting. And worrisome. There’s no listed roles that have a daykill besides the Mafia team one and the Patsy reciprocal kill. The extra kill was neither of those, so that indicates an unknown killing role. Which means we most likely have a serial killer. Which is bad.

Protective role killing maybe?

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/935 "2017-01-29T20:16:36Z")

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> [@raventhief](#):
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> Protective role killing maybe?

Beta Wolf has the power to protect someone.

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**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 29, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/936 "2017-01-29T20:16:46Z")

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> [@Khameleon](#):
>
> This vote feels to me like it’s being cast by someone scummy who knows my alignment is Town and has knowledge about me, possibly from an investigation or whatnot.
> 
> It might be OMGUS but **FOS Thing Fish**.

Snfaulkner bolded this earlier, but now that we know Thing Fish was scum, this sentence is pinging my **really** hard. It feels like hedging.

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**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 29, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/937 "2017-01-29T20:22:43Z")

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Anonymous animals currently squinting at the roles list:

Axolotl  
Dolphin  
Ifrit  
Lemur  
Pumkpin  
Axolotl (2)  
Chipmunk

Clearly one of the two Axototl(s?) is scum impostering as an innocent salamander.

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**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/938 "2017-01-29T20:23:39Z")

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Okay, finally some dead scum!

But two daykills? The doc-killer operating at Day is the outrider. I don’t think the outrider would kill a teammate! Smells like 3P serial killer to me.

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**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 29, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/939 "2017-01-29T20:24:38Z")

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Never mind that’s a dumb idea.

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**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-three/778068/940 "2017-01-29T20:27:35Z")

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> [@Lakai](#):
>
> Beta Wolf has the power to protect someone.

Considering that the day doc killer is also a wolf, I doubt that’s the cause of the extra death. And if you mean that the Beta Wolf died using her power, it only triggers on a successful protection, so that still means another killer out there.

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