# Mafia: The Mob is Recruiting \[Game Finished\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509 "2008-02-21T04:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/81 "2008-02-22T17:50:29Z")
The Day has not started yet, people. **glee** , I know you posted, but I didn’t think that you had given me a clear yes that you wanted to play after I answered your questions. I’m sorry if that’s not what you meant! Since roles have been given out, I’ll put you down as my first sub. If any of the people who haven’t confirmed don’t meet the 24 hour deadline, I’ll let you know ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/82 "2008-02-22T17:52:36Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] The Day has not started yet, people. \ [/QUOTE] We’re just hashing out a bit of pregame strategy _sheepish grin_. :smack: ---
**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:** [February 22, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/83 "2008-02-22T17:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Pleonast] 1. An insta-win is lame. I want to win legitimately. 2. A No Lynch costs us nothing. 3. The only players that have information about anyone but themselves are the Masons. Thus any slip of extra information is going to hurt the Town. 4. There’s a 96% chance we’ll lynch a Townie. Why give the Mafia a freebie? 5. There’s large chance we’ll focus on a power role and force a claim a Day One. It’s a risk we can avoid. [/QUOTE] Ok, all good points…I’m down with the No-Lynch Mob. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/84 "2008-02-22T17:54:54Z")
I see how it is. I get sick and somehow no one mentions a new games forum or new game anywhere in my presence until signups are already closed. If you’re that tired of me, just tell me next time. :mad: 😃 Please add me to the sub list. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/85 "2008-02-22T18:05:00Z")
Goodness gracious, people! We’re voting for a no-lynch before the Day even starts? This is MADNESS! MADNESS, I say! Let’s at least wait for the Day to start before we begin any sort of strategy discussion so we can at least have it in the context of our roles, otherwise there’s the potential for distorted perceptions because of strategy discussion before before and after role assignments. Sad Panda ☹ ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/86 "2008-02-22T18:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Blaster Master] Goodness gracious, people! We’re voting for a no-lynch before the Day even starts? This is MADNESS! MADNESS, I say! Let’s at least wait for the Day to start before we begin any sort of strategy discussion so we can at least have it in the context of our roles, otherwise there’s the potential for distorted perceptions because of strategy discussion before before and after role assignments. Sad Panda ☹ [/QUOTE] I suspect that with the possible exception of the one person who couldn’t be PMed or emailed, nobody’s likely to discuss anything here before looking at their role assignment. Waiting for the starting bell is always a good idea, though, as a courtesy to our gamesmaster (gamesmistress?) if nothing else 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/87 "2008-02-22T18:44:03Z")
I am of the view that a no lynch is only useful when approaching LyLo. The odds won’t have changed THAt much tomorrow, shall we no lynch then too? vote Pleonast ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/88 "2008-02-22T18:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] I am of the view that a no lynch is only useful when approaching LyLo. The odds won’t have changed THAt much tomorrow, shall we no lynch then too? vote Pleonast [/QUOTE] Don’t vote until **fluiddruid** says that we’ve started! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/89 "2008-02-22T18:59:15Z")
No lynch is for suckers. And a first-day win would rock the casbah. But it’s also the only pro-town move for Day-One. vote: stupid no lynch for jerks (unblued out of deference to the moddess) ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/90 "2008-02-22T19:01:15Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Everyone should now have a private message with their role, with the following exceptions: Darth Sensitive: I sent an email to you as you have PMs turned off. hotflungwok: You have PMs off and no public email. Please message me or post here ASAP with a way to reach you. I’d prefer if you both could turn on personal messages… if that’s not possible, please email me. fluiddruid AT gmail DOT com. [/QUOTE] Whoa, we have PMs? K, I enabled it, lemmie know if you still can’t get through. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/91 "2008-02-22T19:02:25Z")
Vote Brewha 😃 ---
**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:** [February 22, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/92 "2008-02-22T19:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] Vote Brewha 😃 [/QUOTE] That’s MY line! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/93 "2008-02-22T19:14:41Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] That’s MY line! 😉 [/QUOTE] Hey, now wait a minute. He didn’t come back from the dead to disprove you now did he. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/94 "2008-02-22T19:22:40Z")
[QUOTE=Hawkeyeop] Hey, now wait a minute. He didn’t come back from the dead to disprove you now did he. 🆒 [/QUOTE] …We have ZOMBIES in this game too? WOW! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/95 "2008-02-22T19:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] Don’t vote until **fluiddruid** says that we’ve started! 🙂 [/QUOTE] ooops, from what i’d read upthread I thought we had! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/96 "2008-02-22T19:40:32Z")
[QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] I am of the view that a no lynch is only useful when approaching LyLo. The odds won’t have changed THAt much tomorrow, shall we no lynch then too? [/QUOTE] Then you need to read the game setup more carefully. Tell us specifically what we gain by lynching someone ToDay? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/97 "2008-02-22T19:42:29Z")
Still waiting on Millit the Frail, dotchan, Idle Thoughts, and Darth Sensitive at this point to start the game. Hopefully soon, guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/98 "2008-02-22T19:54:23Z")
But it’s no FUN unless there’s a dead body by the end of the Day! Oh, okay, fine. I guess everyone has a point. I suppose the odds do go up Tomorrow, if only marginally so. The one argument I would have for a first Day lynch is that it gives us stuff to work with Tomorrow. Without a lynch to argue over there won’t be much interaction to analyze later on. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/99 "2008-02-22T19:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] But it’s no FUN unless there’s a dead body by the end of the Day! Oh, okay, fine. I guess everyone has a point. I suppose the odds do go up Tomorrow, if only marginally so. The one argument I would have for a first Day lynch is that it gives us stuff to work with Tomorrow. Without a lynch to argue over there won’t be much interaction to analyze later on. [/QUOTE] Can we stop arguing about this until the day starts? Then i’ll take on all you pacifists. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/100 "2008-02-22T20:10:42Z")
If we absolutely, positively feel we _need_ to hang someone today, maybe someone would be willing to step up and volunteer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509.md?page=6)