# Mystery Mafia -- Sign-up Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 9, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090 "2011-08-09T15:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/201 "2011-08-14T03:09:40Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Obligatory Joke: > > If The Rabbi botches the bris, does he get to keep the tip ? perhaps the funniest thing i have ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/202 "2011-08-14T03:59:24Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > perhaps the funniest thing i have ever read. Not sure who first made that joke, Weird Al paraphrases it in “Fly Like A Rabbi” in one of his Albums. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/203 "2011-08-14T04:01:42Z")
**Assuming everyone has a Night Power…** \*\* Is there a definite mechanism in place for the timing of night powers?\*\* ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/204 "2011-08-14T11:54:43Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > **Assuming everyone has a Night Power…** > > \*\* > Is there a definite mechanism in place for the timing of night powers?\*\* i don’t want to come off all junior modish and i certainly don’t want to appear to be usurping our mod’s authority but i am going to go out on a limb here. i think the timing of most, if not all, night actions will be during the Night. ---
**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 14, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/205 "2011-08-14T12:01:32Z")
Some night actions take precedence; example a roleblock usually goes first, but a bus driver usually goes before anything except if they’re roleblocked. Protections happen before murders, and investigations go last. (If you’re converted to scum on a night you’re scanned, you’re scum for the scan). That’s how I interpret it on other boards. No idea how the mod will handle it here. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/206 "2011-08-14T12:19:17Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Some night actions take precedence; example a roleblock usually goes first, but a bus driver usually goes before anything except if they’re roleblocked. Protections happen before murders, and investigations go last. (If you’re converted to scum on a night you’re scanned, you’re scum for the scan). > > That’s how I interpret it on other boards. No idea how the mod will handle it here. oh fuck. here we go. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/207 "2011-08-14T12:31:14Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Uh, those aren’t lengths, those are return/error codes: > > 01 is “normal, above average.” > I had to look up “00010011111111000011110000111001111111”, which apparently means “more topologically convoluted than the coast of Norway”. dude. your clitoris is protruding. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/208 "2011-08-14T13:59:07Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > **Assuming everyone has a Night Power…** > > \*\* > Is there a definite mechanism in place for the timing of night powers?\*\* Yep. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/209 "2011-08-14T15:41:53Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > dude. your clitoris is protruding. Sorry, you already had your one shot at responding to that post, and frankly it was funnier than this one was anyway. ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/210 "2011-08-14T18:50:00Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Some night actions take precedence; example a roleblock usually goes first, but a bus driver usually goes before anything except if they’re roleblocked. Protections happen before murders, and investigations go last. (If you’re converted to scum on a night you’re scanned, you’re scum for the scan). > > That’s how I interpret it on other boards. No idea how the mod will handle it here. That’s a generally accepted method. Though, investigations can happen before murders. It’s really irrelevant. I suppose the result of “Your target is dead Town.” is equivalent to “Your target is Town.” Recently, we had a game where the moderator took the actions on a first come first served basis. I think he might be looking for confirmation that it was the right thing to do, though most everyone has disagreed with this design choice, especially as it wasn’t warned of ahead of time. ---
**Author:** ![MykBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@MykBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MykBot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/211 "2011-08-14T19:20:33Z")
You guys have the most active signup threads I’ve ever seen. ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/212 "2011-08-14T19:27:13Z")
I have to get all my funning out of the way before we get down to srs brass tacks. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/213 "2011-08-14T20:15:01Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > I think he might be looking for confirmation that it was the right thing to do, though most everyone has disagreed with this design choice, _especially as it wasn’t warned of ahead of time._ Oh goodness. Unless it was advertised as a Gastard game, that’s no bueno. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/214 "2011-08-14T20:51:12Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > That’s a generally accepted method. Though, investigations can happen before murders. It’s really irrelevant. I suppose the result of “Your target is dead Town.” is equivalent to “Your target is Town.” > > Recently, we had a game where the moderator took the actions on a first come first served basis. I think he might be looking for confirmation that it was the right thing to do, though most everyone has disagreed with this design choice, especially as it wasn’t warned of ahead of time. but other than a rb on a kill what’s the farcking difference. as you so eloquently note if you are the dick what the hell diff does it make. your target is dead (revealed at Daybreak) or you are dead so keep your yippity shut. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/215 "2011-08-14T20:52:45Z")
> [@MykBot](#): > > You guys have the most active signup threads I’ve ever seen. no worries. once we get playing for real some of the folks will step it up a notch while the rest will end up doing the helen keller gig. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/216 "2011-08-14T20:59:46Z")
it’s actually a pretty simple game on this board. you’ve really only got two choices. ltl which i kind of get behind because the lurking beasts are an abomination. or ltl which means that **ed** or **meeko** gets it in the neck early on. which really is not a bad thing either. i mean odds favor at least one of them being scum. and even if you get boxcars and they are both town the fact that they are insufferable bastards makes their elimination just that much more fun for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/217 "2011-08-14T21:04:44Z")
wonder with this linup if we can pull a lotr. i mean 30 some odd pages on Day 1 seems attainable. and with so many players if we can just keep it up we should push 300 by game end. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/218 "2011-08-14T21:06:36Z")
**vote peeker** ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/219 "2011-08-14T21:51:49Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > but other than a rb on a kill what’s the farcking difference. as you so eloquently note if you are the dick what the hell diff does it make. your target is dead (revealed at Daybreak) or you are dead so keep your yippity shut. In general, quite true. I suppose it makes a difference in games where post-dead conversation is allowed or if resurrection is a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/220 "2011-08-14T22:29:41Z")
> [@bufftabby](#): > > [color=blue] **vote peeker** [color] \ you only harm the ones you truly love. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090.md?page=12)