# Mafia The Game III: Kinder and Gentler **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527 "2007-04-17T21:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 90
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1781 "2007-05-23T14:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Know what’s sad? When you’ve been watching the thread so closely, the following happens: “Ooo, look, the thread has been updated! I wonder if night is over? Oh, wait, no… **SCL** is the latest poster, but the thread is now at 1,778 posts and it was at 1,777 before, so **Gadarene** hasn’t posted.” [/QUOTE] Know what’s possibly sadder? When you post purely to make sure the thread doesn’t fall of the first page so it remains easy to check from work… Please could whoever’s taking the time, please get a move on! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1782 "2007-05-23T15:22:25Z")
Are they still having a wake for **Lemur866**? I can only keep these cats stoned for so long… ---
**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:** [May 23, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1783 "2007-05-23T15:33:29Z")
The frustrating thing is they could technically keep this up until tomorrow morning if they chose. But that would be scummy, even for scum! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1784 "2007-05-23T15:49:01Z")
I think they are doing it on purpose, to torture us. How scummy of them. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1785 "2007-05-23T18:59:11Z")
Say **Gadarene** …is it too late to propose a rule change? We leave the days the way they are, but shorten the nights to, say, a half hour? ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1786 "2007-05-23T19:08:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Say Gadarene…is it too late to propose a rule change? We leave the days the way they are, but shorten the nights to, say, a half hour? Sure! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1787 "2007-05-23T19:11:55Z")
“Sure, we can do that!”, or you’re sure that it’s too late? Never mind…I think I know the answer. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![nesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@nesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nesta)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1788 "2007-05-23T23:50:28Z")
Since it’s slow over here right now I think it would be OK to spam for a different game in case anyone following this thread is interested. **chrisk** has set up a game of Haggle over in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421911), and there are still slots open for more players. The game is due to start up tonight or tomorrow. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1789 "2007-05-24T01:31:53Z")
The suspense is killllllling meeee. (and maybe the mafia are too) ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1790 "2007-05-24T02:47:20Z")
Seriously. Is this a gathering of Pirates, or Ents? 😛 ---
**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:** [May 24, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1791 "2007-05-24T02:53:54Z")
Unfortunately, at this point I’d rather dawn wait until morning (wow, that would sound like a very odd thing to say if you didn’t know we were playing a game). Otherwise, the end of the Day Six will be in the middle of the night – not the best time for getting those final votes in. Well, **Gadarene** is offline, so I’m not holding out hope that dawn will come in the next few minutes. Off to bed for me… ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1792 "2007-05-24T03:07:11Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Seriously. Is this a gathering of Pirates, or Ents? 😛 [/QUOTE] Mafia, actually. Pirates are in the other game. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1793 "2007-05-24T03:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] Mafia, actually. Pirates are in the other game. 😃 [/QUOTE] :smack: Way to ruin a perfectly pathetic attempt at humor…go me. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1794 "2007-05-24T03:35:25Z")
My building is on fire! Well, it was. A little bit ago. I’m OK, as is my husband. No one is hurt. But nothing gets you in the gut quite like walking down your street only to see that the firetrucks are at YOUR house tonight. (There, that ought to inject some excitement into this thread.) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1795 "2007-05-24T12:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] My building is on fire! Well, it was. A little bit ago. I’m OK, as is my husband. No one is hurt. But nothing gets you in the gut quite like walking down your street only to see that the firetrucks are at YOUR house tonight. (There, that ought to inject some excitement into this thread.) [/QUOTE] Whoa! Thank goodness no one was hurt. How bad was the damage? ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1796 "2007-05-24T13:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] Whoa! Thank goodness no one was hurt. How bad was the damage? [/QUOTE] One apartment on the ground floor (three floors directly below me) seems to be completely incinerated. And the firefighters smashed some windows on the second floor and the skylight on the top (5th) floor, so there’s some glass lying around. I’m going to wash a bunch of stuff because everything smells smoky. (And because I’m afraid we have bedbugs again, but that’s another story.) Ah, life in New York. ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1797 "2007-05-24T14:05:53Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] One apartment on the ground floor (three floors directly below me) seems to be completely incinerated. And the firefighters smashed some windows on the second floor and the skylight on the top (5th) floor, so there’s some glass lying around. I’m going to wash a bunch of stuff because everything smells smoky. (And because I’m afraid we have bedbugs again, but that’s another story.) Ah, life in New York. [/QUOTE] Glad to hear you are ok, and the worst of it was smoke damage, and best of luck with the cleanup. (Signs you’ve been playing mafia too long: No 35. When a poster’s block of flats catches fire, your first reaction once you know they are alright is the urge to make a completely tactless and unfunny comment about the scum trying reallife night-kills. I blame lack of sleep and apologise profusely.) ---
**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:** [May 24, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1798 "2007-05-24T14:09:11Z")
Oof! Sorry to hear about that, **Millet** …glad you and yours are safe, however. (On preview, don’t worry **tirial** …the same joke crossed my mind as well) ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1799 "2007-05-24T14:10:24Z")
Before things start back up again, I just want to remind everyone that Mrs. WeHaveCookies and I are having our commitment ceremony this weekend. We’re flying to Vegas on Friday morning, driving to Zion Nat’l Park in Utah to rendezvous with 16 or so friends and family for a couple of days, then it is back to Vegas for a day or so and home on Tuesday evening. I will be posting during that time, but probably only one or two good posts per day, or whenever I need to find a few quiet moments by myself. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/1800 "2007-05-24T14:15:21Z")
Color me jealous as hell – Vegas…well, hell, it’s Vegas! But Zion, oh wow, is that place ever breathtaking. Congratulations, and enjoy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527.md?page=91)