# Mafia Watch-Along Thread - NO SPOILERS! \[FORBIDDEN TO LIVE PLAYERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 17, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-watch-along-thread-no-spoilers-forbidden-to-live-players/725379 "2015-07-17T01:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 177
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-watch-along-thread-no-spoilers-forbidden-to-live-players/725379/177 "2015-08-24T15:20:55Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > I wonder what, psychologically speaking, is leading to so many ties in our games here on the Straight Dope. I remember being frustrated in many a game that town was allowing tie after tie to accumulate, leaving us open to substantial wolf control of the lynch. I think in my previous game, there was an invisible power that could add three votes to any player… and town on three nights allowed a three-way tie to proceed into the lynch, giving the 3-vote adder their choice of who died. > > Ties are anti-town in most situations, I would think. At least in this game, it’s somewhat mitigated by the order of tie-breaks, but it still makes me wonder why it happens so often. It especially drives me nuts when the tie occurs with a low total number of votes, and a dozen one-off votes surround it by stubborn people. Maybe they think it means more manipulation by Scum, meaning more data to look through? I caught myself thinking that when I was trying to explain to myself why ties were anti-Town. Anyways, I just popped into to see if anyone else suspects Prof P because of this post: > [@MAFIA: The Game - Ideal for Beginners \[Game in Progress\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1392): > > Looking over my short list, I don’t have a clear idea of who is most likely to be scum. > > However, there is one name on the list I think we’ll learn the most from whether or not he is. > > Vote PlumPudding. > > Madame P. has some relatives coming over tonight, and I have an appointment with audiologists regarding getting some hearing aids in the morning. There’s a very good chance I won’t get back before noon. Go Town! To me, that just screams him trying to give himself an out when PlumPudding shows up Town. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-watch-along-thread-no-spoilers-forbidden-to-live-players/725379)._