# Random Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 18, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942 "2010-03-18T21:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 60
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1181 "2010-04-15T13:42:04Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I do find it curious that nobody’s talking about **Tom** (in fact, I think I mentioned that in an earlier post toDay) but seeing as we now have competing claims, it makes sense that nobody’s talking about **Tom**. In fact, everyone who voted for me Yesterday and was around to vote today before the competing claims DID vote for me. So it’s not like there was some mysterious move away from me - just that the uncommitteds found the case against Oredigger more compelling. Also, at the very least Cookies, TexCat, Rysto, you, Mahaloth, and Zeriel HAVE talked about me. I think ed did as well. I’m not sure if this is OMGUS, but I’m getting a bit pinged by your “why isn’t anyone ELSE getting on Tom’s case” thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1182 "2010-04-15T13:43:06Z")
Crossed posts with Guiri there. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1183 "2010-04-15T13:46:13Z")
On TexCat: I still don’t really understand how her various posts about the value/lack-of-value in making a quoted name claim versus a plain text name claim are consistent, but obviously this was just me reading too much into a handful of posts. Sorry to make you uncomfortable, TexCat, but I was genuinely suspicious of you. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1184 "2010-04-15T16:10:46Z")
> [@GuiriEnEspana](#): > > **Drain** , the exchange of posts between **Cookies** , **Rysto** and **TexCat** from [1169](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12343520&postcount=1169) to [1175](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12343778&postcount=1175) is a brief discussion between our 3 most likely townies almost exclusively about **Tom**. What are you trying to imply by your statement? I was actually weighing in on that discussion, specifically responding to the **Cookies** post that started it all. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1185 "2010-04-15T18:03:50Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > On TexCat: I still don’t really understand how her various posts about the value/lack-of-value in making a quoted name claim versus a plain text name claim are consistent, but obviously this was just me reading too much into a handful of posts. Sorry to make you uncomfortable, TexCat, but I was genuinely suspicious of you. Not a problem. 😉 Obviously you weren’t the only one suspicious of me, though perhaps the most consistent. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1186 "2010-04-15T18:22:42Z")
From the Rules: > [@](#): > > The moderator will not prod anyone. Failure to participate will result in substitution/removal. also: > [@](#): > > Past Day Four’s Dawn, missing players will be removed from the game with no public indication of role or alignment. **MHaye** has been removed from the game. **Zeriel** has been removed from the game. * * * In other news, a strong contingent settled on Oredigger77. So strong I’m baffled by why no one wondered why the vote is so nearly unanimous. ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies (0): [del]Rysto 1028 1051[/del] TexCat (0): [del]Meeko 1029 1110[/del] Tom Scud (1): [del]Mahaloth 1031 1133[/del], ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies 1111 Oredigger77 (10): GuiriEnEspaña 1032, TexCat 1035, special ed 1037, Drain Bead 1039, Tom Scud 1047, MHaye 1116, Rysto 1127, Mahaloth 1135, Red Skeezix 1136, Zeriel 1164 Rysto (2): Oredigger77 1137, Meeko 1153 The town scanned Oredigger77 for signs of his alignment. They found many wonderful things that were red and yellow and green and brown Scarlet and black and ocher and peach And ruby and olive and violet and fawn And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve And cream and crimson and silver and rose And azure and lemon and russet and grey And purple and white and pink and orange And Blue! None of which helped determining Oredigger’s alignment. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. **Oredigger77** ( **President** ) is dead. Which is it? The seventh one, obviously. Oh, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1187 "2010-04-15T18:26:54Z")
I do not know how a Day in which we caught scum could _possibly_ have gone worse. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1188 "2010-04-15T18:28:06Z")
However, the fact that Oredigger was a President and not a Physician is a pretty good indication that he was, in fact, scum. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1189 "2010-04-15T18:29:17Z")
Uh, the seventh one is red. Go town! Also, harsh mod is harsh. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![GuiriEnEspana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GuiriEnEspana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuiriEnEspana)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1190 "2010-04-15T18:42:52Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I was actually weighing in on that discussion, specifically responding to the **Cookies** post that started it all. Ah, sorry. I didn’t read your post that way at all. On preview, yeah!!! We got one!!! Go town!!! I can only hope one of either **MHaye** and **Zeriel** was Scum and so the overall balance of the game isn’t affected. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1191 "2010-04-15T18:51:26Z")
I think we should re-name this game Sach and the technicolor role coat. Did Digger alternate roles? What does that mean for other players? I thought this was noob friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1192 "2010-04-15T18:51:56Z")
No surprise there. Go Team!!! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1193 "2010-04-15T19:03:52Z")
Good job guys. I thought I had more time. I blame my bosses and the Tax Man, but I do not blame my inherent propensity for procrastination, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1194 "2010-04-15T19:09:29Z")
Yay, I think? I made pasta salad with alcohol dressing. And you guys thought I couldn’t get any more creative. (Yup, that’s the word I’m goin’ with. Creative.) ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1195 "2010-04-15T19:14:45Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > No surprise there. Go Team!!! Interesting. Sounds like Oredigger was expecting this. I would expect that the ambiguity in the reveal was due to some one-shot scum power. Also, it would appear that Oredigger truthfully claimed the first time around: > [@Oredigger77](#): > > I guess we’re going in a random order but here’s mine. > > > [@](#): > > > > Role: Random Mafia > > You are George Washington (President). You win with theTown. > > [George Washington - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington) In retrospect, it’s interesting that his typo was in the “You win with the Town” part of his PM, when that obviously was not in his original PM. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1196 "2010-04-15T19:44:57Z")
Arg. It wasn’t meant to be ambiguous. It was meant to be fun. Oredigger was 100% scum. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1197 "2010-04-15T19:48:05Z")
I was thinking that a mechanic that obscured the cardflip was more suited to, say, RoOsh or Idle than you, sach. Don’t worry about it. I’m just naturally paranoid in these games. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1198 "2010-04-15T20:26:38Z")
I forget, strategy or no strategy at Night? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1199 "2010-04-15T20:31:20Z")
Strategy. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/1200 "2010-04-15T20:39:30Z")
Cool. I wonder why he claimed doctor like that. Unless this game had no doctor, he was almost assured a counter claim, which he got and which killed him. Well, whatever. Good for us! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942.md?page=61)