# Mystery Mafia -- Game Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 17, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025 "2011-08-17T14:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 132
**Author:** ![sangaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sangaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangaman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2622 "2011-08-24T03:24:21Z")
Leipzig is nothing, just a reference from “The Micros.” I am/was a PLO8 specialist - still play a bit on Cake but it’s hard to take it seriously anymore when I have a withdrawal request from May still pending. Since Black Friday I’ve ran bad at WSOP and have started putting more effort into my job (but WW is reversing that trend). ---
**Author:** ![sangaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sangaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangaman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2623 "2011-08-24T03:25:27Z")
> [@DonkTimesFour](#): > > lol i’m easily the youngest here > > i’m 20 > > and yes, i dropped out of college > > lol me Ouch, hopefully you didn’t drop out for poker. I was considering quitting my job for poker, thankfully that never happened. ---
**Author:** ![DonkTimesFour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@DonkTimesFour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonkTimesFour)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2624 "2011-08-24T03:35:37Z")
> [@sangaman](#): > > Ouch, hopefully you didn’t drop out for poker. I was considering quitting my job for poker, thankfully that never happened. It wasn’t my decision though saying dropped out sounds better i didn’t get the grades because i didn’t hand work in and yes, poker is a job i’m heavily considering atm. but i can still play online, I would never consider it if i was american. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2625 "2011-08-24T03:50:08Z")
i’m not the oldest but still in the older bracket. i graduated from college in '93. ---
**Author:** ![sangaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sangaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangaman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2626 "2011-08-24T03:50:37Z")
> [@DonkTimesFour](#): > > It wasn’t my decision > > though saying dropped out sounds better > > i didn’t get the grades because i didn’t hand work in > > and yes, poker is a job i’m heavily considering atm. > > but i can still play online, I would never consider it if i was american. Sick brag being a poker player that’s not American these days. I am obviously a citizen and resident of the Land of the Free where you can play scratch-offs at the 7-11 around the corner to your heart’s content but not play poker online. My younger brother graduated college this May and was going to play poker full time, but that’s not really possible now. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2627 "2011-08-24T04:04:44Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Infants, all of you. I love cougars. How YOU doin’? _ducks_ ---
**Author:** ![DonkTimesFour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@DonkTimesFour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonkTimesFour)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2628 "2011-08-24T04:34:01Z")
> [@sangaman](#): > > Sick brag being a poker player that’s not American these days. I am obviously a citizen and resident of the Land of the Free where you can play scratch-offs at the 7-11 around the corner to your heart’s content but not play poker online. My younger brother graduated college this May and was going to play poker full time, but that’s not really possible now. you can hold and fire a gun when your 18 but you can’t have a drink till your 21 and you can never ever ever play poker online ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2629 "2011-08-24T04:44:54Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I love cougars. How YOU doin’? _ducks_ I \*\*\*only \*\*\*date cougars. Not only do they appreciate a young man but they show that appreciation with unmatched skill. And that only makes me want to repay them in kind. Rowr. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Silver\_Jan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Jan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2630 "2011-08-24T05:26:03Z")
I finished High School in 1980 (we don’t call it a graduation over here) so it looks like I am only about a year or so younger than Peeker 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2631 "2011-08-24T12:21:00Z")
> [@DonkTimesFour](#): > > you can hold and fire a gun when your 18 but you can’t have a drink till your 21 and you can never ever ever play poker online Plus you can vote for president and die for your country to boot. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2632 "2011-08-24T12:24:02Z")
> [@Silver\_Jan](#): > > I finished High School in 1980 (we don’t call it a graduation over here) so it looks like I am only about a year or so younger than Peeker 🙂 Yeh I was 17 when I graduated. And since my bday is in September I couldn’t even have a beer when I started college. That was back in the day when 18 was legal. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2633 "2011-08-24T12:28:58Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > You must of been born early in '78. I was born in Nov of '78 and didn’t graduate til '97 - wasn’t held back or nuthin. April, and I skipped a grade so I graduated at barely 17. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2634 "2011-08-24T12:29:26Z")
This probably is as stoopid as it gets. Does anyone remember b & w tv. And only 5 stations. And PBS and the Mexican channel were sporadic. Plus they signed off around midnight after playing the national anthem. And then it was just static until 5:45 when they did the farm report. Corn is up a nickel and the price of packer cows is trending lower over most of the area. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2635 "2011-08-24T12:32:02Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I love cougars. How YOU doin’? _ducks_ My prowling days are long over, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Silver\_Jan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Jan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2636 "2011-08-24T12:43:38Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > Yeh I was 17 when I graduated. And since my bday is in September I couldn’t even have a beer when I started college. That was back in the day when 18 was legal. I bet you have made up for it since then 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2637 "2011-08-24T12:45:16Z")
> [@Silver\_Jan](#): > > I bet you have made up for it since then 🙂 Certainly have. And let me tell that rehab is a fucking hoot. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2638 "2011-08-24T12:50:31Z")
> [@gnarlycharlie](#): > > i’m not the oldest but still in the older bracket. i graduated from college in '93. Same here. And **peeker** , I remember when the TV used to go off at midnight. Of course, I was pretty young so I’m not sure what I was doing up so late. But that was back when parents didn’t care about their kids and let them stay up late and ride their bikes without wearing a helmet and play in the woods all day by themselves. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2639 "2011-08-24T13:05:43Z")
> [@lilflower](#): > > Same here. > > And **peeker** , I remember when the TV used to go off at midnight. Of course, I was pretty young so I’m not sure what I was doing up so late. But that was back when parents didn’t care about their kids and let them stay up late and ride their bikes without wearing a helmet and play in the woods all day by themselves. Carp. We didn’t even wear seatbelts and my dad would let me sit on his lap and steer. Heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2640 "2011-08-24T13:19:14Z")
And mom would have dinner ready when dad got home. And you ate together without tv or nothing else going. And you did the report of what you did that day and what you learned and why that was important. Really twilight zonish. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/2641 "2011-08-24T13:34:34Z")
And this really shows my age. If the cable goes out my knee jerk is to go look for some foil to wrap wound the antenna. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025.md?page=133)