# 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:** 56
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1102 "2011-08-19T20:33:17Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Also, Dancecat really is a Villager, apparently. > Someone must have targeted me in telling me this info (unless everyone got it). > > It didn’t have anything to do with my Night action since it yielded no result. If you’re town, I would have sat on that a while longer. ---
**Author:** ![TimeLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TimeLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeLady)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1103 "2011-08-19T20:33:54Z")
> [@bufftabby](#): > > Sounds like a really strong tracker to me, **idle**. it’s not even quite a tracker, it’s more a watcher role ---
**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:** [August 19, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1104 "2011-08-19T20:35:10Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > If you’re town, I would have sat on that a while longer. Eh, you know me, I’m not one to sit on anything, usually. Any info I ever get I make public immediately (including my own role, when I know it). ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1105 "2011-08-19T20:36:11Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Wow, what did Maha do to get on so many people’s hitlists? I guess I made a compelling case? > [@TimeLady](#): > > it’s not even quite a tracker, it’s more a watcher role :smack: That’s what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1106 "2011-08-19T20:36:35Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Never heard of a Journalist role before, is that common? > [@TimeLady](#): > > I haven’t seen it before, but it may be a new thing, I’ve been more inactive recently Or you have an exceptionally creative and talented mod and co-mod imo. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1107 "2011-08-19T20:37:12Z")
NETA: Looks like **krayz** was the other person voting for **mahaloth**. That’s probably why. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1108 "2011-08-19T20:37:15Z")
In my mind it’s a cross between the two. To me a watcher learns who targets their target and a tracker learns who their target targets. Silman would have found out info on their target’s action which seems more tracker-y to me. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1109 "2011-08-19T20:38:10Z")
The Journalist role is a cool one. I feel strangely safe this morning. I don’t know why. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1110 "2011-08-19T20:39:51Z")
Wow, losing our Vig sucks bit time. But there’s three kills so, presuming one was a scum kill, does that mean we have another Vig, a scum hitman, or a PFK? Anyway, to continue my suspicion from Yesterday, I’m going to open with a vote. I’m still suspicious of Scuba\_Ben for the same reasons, the shifty voting, particularly off of and back onto a vote leader after expressing a townie feel for him. I was waiting around to see the start of day, but I don’t really have enough time to go back and look up the particular posts, but I can later if anyone really needs it. Either way… **vote Scuba\_Ben** I still have to go back and take another look at what the alignments of the dead reveals, particularly since a scum was hit, so that may change, but I definitely want to hear more from him over it. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1111 "2011-08-19T20:41:21Z")
Glossary note: PFK=Playing for Keeps=Third party that can win independently. Distinct from survivor variants that win with the winning team. PFK and Third Party are not interchangeable, Third Party and Survivor sort of are. ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1112 "2011-08-19T20:41:35Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Also, Dancecat really is a Villager, apparently. > Someone must have targeted me in telling me this info (unless everyone got it). > > It didn’t have anything to do with my Night action since it yielded no result. From the colour it would appear that someone can send messages ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1113 "2011-08-19T20:41:57Z")
okay, another thing i got to get used to. when i saw that **mahaloth** was a **tracker** i assumed he was town since i’m used to **blue** for town **red** for scum and **green** for in-thread messages to the mod. that said, nice shot, poisoner. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1114 "2011-08-19T20:43:38Z")
> [@gnarlycharlie](#): > > okay, another thing i got to get used to. when i saw that **mahaloth** was a **tracker** i assumed he was town since i’m used to **blue** for town **red** for scum and **green** for in-thread messages to the mod. > > that said, nice shot, poisoner. Me too. I had to read it twice. ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1115 "2011-08-19T20:45:20Z")
Interesting that Mahaloth was both shot and poisoned. I assume that means at least two people targeted him last night, a vig and a poisoner. Guiri, I would think, would be a good target for the scum, particularly if they are mostly from around here. Is Silman a likely scum target? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1116 "2011-08-19T20:50:02Z")
Or it is entirely likely that Silman and Guiri were both scum kills, now that I think about it. There easily could be a scum vig or mechanism for a second kill. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1117 "2011-08-19T20:51:02Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > The Journalist role is a cool one. > > I feel strangely safe this morning. I don’t know why. perhaps an angel/doc targeted you. ```auto i wonder if the N0 action was on **mahaloth**. poison in my experience is a delayed effect. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1118 "2011-08-19T20:54:56Z")
**FINAL DAY ONE VOTE COUNT** Krayz (7): Drain Bead [489], Meeko/sangaman [493], [del]Scuba\_Ben [498][/del], Mahaloth [540], Idle Thoughts [706], LightFoot [717], Scuba\_Ben [736], Precambrianmollusc [771] TexCat (5): Inner Stickler [473], lilflower [494], MykBot [586], gnarlycharlie [636], Normal Phase [739] Silver Jan (5): special ed [487], DanceCat [513], Episkey [617], bufftabby [795], Blaster Master [820] peekercpa (4): Giraffe [301], [del]special ed [313][/del], NAF1138 [337], [del]Scuba\_Ben [379][/del], Silver Jan [484], crackedquads [743] TimeLady (2): sachertorte [211], Suburban Plankton [352] SisterCoyote (2): TimeLady [648], brewha [750] Mahaloth (1): [del]bufftabby [564][/del], Krayz [597] Dancecat (1): [del]Idle Thoughts [72][/del], [del]Giraffe [250][/del], [del]Normal Phase [497][/del], Scathach [604] Giraffe (1): [del]special ed [51][/del], peekercpa [286], [del]Krayz [418][/del] MykBot (1): [del]Zeriel [21][/del], [del]TimeLady [24][/del], [del]TexCat [459][/del], septimus [601] Scathach (1): GuiriEnEspaña [359] LightFoot (1): Zeriel [375] septimus (1): Askthepizzaguy [477] lilflower (1): TexCat [521] special ed (1): SisterCoyote [562] Suburban Plankton (0): [del]Scuba\_Ben [572][/del] Idle Thoughts (0): [del]Krayz [86][/del] GuiriEnEspaña (0): [del]Drain Bead [386][/del] NAF1138 (0): [del]Dancecat [53][/del], [del]Blaster Master [520][/del] I didn’t miss anyone did I? ---
**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 19, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1119 "2011-08-19T20:56:36Z")
Posting from my phone. Voting from my phone is a PITA, so I don’t plan on doing it, but barring something along the lines of an investigation outing Scum, i will be voting for Scuba Ben as soon as I get to something with a semi-normal sized keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1120 "2011-08-19T20:59:23Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > Or it is entirely likely that Silman and Guiri were both scum kills, now that I think about it. There easily could be a scum vig or mechanism for a second kill. As I read it Scum is in the dark about their individual powers too so anyone of us/them could have caused the deaths. I’m sure Scum didn’t target thier own. So we have a poisoner (alive) town a Vig ( one dead town are there more) Too bad we don’t know who the dead bureaucrat targeted. Or anyone of them for that matter ---
**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:** [August 19, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/1121 "2011-08-19T21:01:26Z")
No idea if this is relevant or not, but since we’re talking about colors right now, DanceCat is a **Villager** , apparently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025.md?page=57)