# Spectators' thread for Shakespeare Mafia (no active players, please) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 12, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790 "2025-07-12T15:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![AngeloftheNorth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelofthenorth/32/19559_2.png) [@AngeloftheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngeloftheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790/66 "2025-07-26T21:24:29Z")
I thought that because that was a scheme I would think up as scum, redirecting myself onto another player to preserve my power, so then I could claim (town) redirector later if I got in trouble. That’s why “scum wouldn’t do that” is a two edge sword. In most cases it’s more beneficial not to do crazy schemes, and thank you to those who saw it had no scum utility for me to fake my claim, it drives me nuts when people think I’m scum just because I’m me. But then again the whole “scum queen” thing came about because I am willing to try out crazy schemes. Of course I don’t yet know if I’m right, but I can totally see a scum team of Biotop, Thing.Fish and Mahaloth coming up with that scheme. (I mean that as the utmost compliment.) And Kudos to Pardel-Lux for what may have been the game-winning play N1! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790)._