# sprint mafia #01 - sign-up / game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234 "2013-03-29T02:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 7, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/101 "2013-04-07T19:24:39Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > I will reread the thread tonight and I will have another good look at everything. But the ball is really in Mahaloth’s court, I think - I’d really like it if **Mahaloth** came forward and chimed in, and it certainly is scummy to me that he’s not doing more to defend himself or explain his situation. I I only collected a vote a few hours ago; give a guy a chance. I think either Svejk or Mosier is scum, as I said yesterDay. I had zero feeling either way and the Days are short, so I rolled a die. I don’t think I’m being lazy at all nor do I think I’ve been lazy in any other mafia game I’ve been in. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/102 "2013-04-07T19:32:14Z")
I thought ender might be scum right up until he voted. Scum wouldn’t have tied, when they could have won. That might clear up some of this situation. The “aha!” moment regarding ender didn’t come for me until the day was almost over. I was hoping either you or Mahaloth would kill the other last night, so ender and I would win today. Unfortunately, scum probably knew that was town’s best hope too. I’m still not sure you’re not the scum, but if you are the game is over already, because Mahaloth barely responds coherently when he bothers to talk at all. I’m hoping my gut is right and you are the other town. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/103 "2013-04-07T19:41:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I only collected a vote a few hours ago; give a guy a chance. Uh … you were accused before the end of Day yesterDay and again at the beginning of this Day. You’ve known that Mosier has had it in for a pretty long time now. > [@](#): > > I think either Svejk or Mosier is scum, as I said yesterDay. I’m not sure if you meant to put it this way but what you’re really saying is that given that there’s one scum left, and that it’s not you, and that there’s two players in the game other than you, you’ve ascertained that it must be one of those two players? That’s not a conclusion of earth shattering proportions, I must say. > [@](#): > > I had zero feeling either way and the Days are short, so I rolled a die. I don’t think I’m being lazy at all nor do I think I’ve been lazy in any other mafia game I’ve been in. Maybe not - but I can’t say that I find you very helpful. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/104 "2013-04-07T19:50:41Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > \*\*I’ll leave it up to the discretion of the \*\*fubbleskag **to handle this in any way he sees fit, but if EoD is really 48 hours after it began, that would put it at 1:37 AM for me, what with me being in Europe and all. Although I’m excited about the game, I’m not staying up that late on a week night!** I would be happy to cut the Day short and reset the Day/Night changeover back to 1pm ET, but only if there is explicit agreement from both \*\*Mahaloth \*\*and **Mosier** (I would also be happy to extend the Day for the same purpose if that’s preferred by everyone) ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/105 "2013-04-07T19:59:13Z")
**It does not have to be 1PM ET as far as I’m concerned - even if it was 4 or 5PM that would mean it was before midnight here. A postponement is also fine.** ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/106 "2013-04-07T23:19:54Z")
I don’t particularly care what time the day ends. If anyone needs more time for their votes I’m happy to agree with whatever anyone needs, whether it’s an extension or a reset. ---
**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 8, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/107 "2013-04-08T00:06:25Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > I don’t particularly care what time the day ends. If anyone needs more time for their votes I’m happy to agree with whatever anyone needs, whether it’s an extension or a reset. I also don’t care either way. Whatever works for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/108 "2013-04-08T07:25:01Z")
Morning 🙂 I’m posting in a bit of haste trying to get to work so I’ll try to keep this short. I should be back around 2PM ET True to my word, I’ve reread the thread and re-thought my earlier votes against **Mosier**. I can’t say that I’m entirely convinced he’s not scum - but right now I think it’s more likely that **Mahaloth** is scum. So I’m changing my vote **unvote Mosier vote Mahaloth** Re: **Mahaloth** , the case is pretty obvious but what has tipped the balance in favor of me thinking he’s scum is that in spite being called out numerous times by both **Mosier** and me, he just does not respond or explain anything. I’d have thought that after my post #103 in which I deliberately kind of antagonized him, he’d come out and offer some sort of insights into how he sees this game, how he’s been voting, what his questions are. The days are short so you have Zero feeling? Give me a break, you must be thinking something. Or have questions, at least, that you could raise. A good part of my vote change has also been that I’ve re-evaluated my position with regard to \*\*Mosier \*\*a bit. I think my earlier attack against him was definitely also motivated by a bit of OMGUS feeling. Also, while I continue to stand by most of the points I raised against him, I realize that the strategy I was accusing him of was too sophisticated for a game that is so quick. Lastly, I sure am dreading the thought of switching my vote only to find out I’d been right about \*\*Mosier \*\*all along. But that’s not necessarily a reason to stick with a vote for **Mosier** , and when I stripped all those feelings away and looked over the thread again, my case against \*\*Mosier \*\*was not quite as strong as I’d previously thought of it. There’s more but fuck I just received a text that my meeting across town is already there 30 mins early! fuck! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/109 "2013-04-08T12:54:41Z")
YAY! SUCK IT, SCUM! Boy am I going to feel like a jackass if svejk is the real scum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/110 "2013-04-08T19:11:16Z")
same here (replacing ‘svejk’ with ‘Mosier’, of course) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/111 "2013-04-08T19:36:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Damn. > > And he was only two days from retirement. Send my benefits to old widow Henderson up on the hill. Don’t worry. I shall reanimate soon with an “aha! I knew you\* were scum!” Post Soon. Soooooooooooon. - “you” being defined as a particular one of the three remaining players to be named later. Not Johnny Bravo because that would be redonkulous ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/112 "2013-04-09T00:39:27Z")
final vote count: Mahaloth [2]: Mosier (97), Svejk (108) Mosier [1]: Mahaloth (95) **Mahaloth** , vanilla town, has been lynched **mafia wins** mafia threads: [http://mafiaskag.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sprint01](http://mafiaskag.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sprint01) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/113 "2013-04-09T00:49:00Z")
/suicide ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/114 "2013-04-09T01:00:13Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/115 "2013-04-09T01:01:32Z")
In my defense, Mahaloth was the best player on their team. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/116 "2013-04-09T01:04:22Z")
Wow. I was wrong. I mean, I wasn’t wrong yesterDay, when I was playing and it actually counted. Alas. But I was completely wrong toDay on who I thought was scum. I thought it was **Mosier**. Here’s why: > [@fubbleskag](#): > > final vote count: > > Mosier (2): Svejk (65), Mahaloth (73) > Svejk (2): Mosier (72), Enderw24 (79) > > No one has been lynched due to a tie. > > Night 3 has now begun and will last 24 hours. It had been established that with 4 players left we were in a lynch or lose situation in that a mislynch took us from 3-1 to 2-1 with a NK taking us to 1-1 and a win for Mafia. Given that, what happened at the end of the day? If Mahaloth were scum, he could change his vote to Svejk and break the tie. If Svejk were scum, the vote could be changed to Mosier and the tie would also be broken. A win would be assured. Who was the only player that couldn’t do that? Mosier. He was trapped! With the tie firmly in place he had to wait the night out and try again tomorrow. But my thinking was wrong, apparently. Švejk, why didn’t you go for the quick win yesterDay? Oh, and GG Scum, GG fubbleskag ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/117 "2013-04-09T01:06:20Z")
I told you guys that Mahaloth was town! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/118 "2013-04-09T01:07:40Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Wow. I was wrong. > > I mean, I wasn’t wrong yesterDay, when I was playing and it actually counted. Alas. > > But I was completely wrong toDay on who I thought was scum. I thought it was **Mosier**. Here’s why: > > It had been established that with 4 players left we were in a lynch or lose situation in that a mislynch took us from 3-1 to 2-1 with a NK taking us to 1-1 and a win for Mafia. > > Given that, what happened at the end of the day? If Mahaloth were scum, he could change his vote to Svejk and break the tie. If Svejk were scum, the vote could be changed to Mosier and the tie would also be broken. A win would be assured. > > Who was the only player that couldn’t do that? Mosier. He was trapped! With the tie firmly in place he had to wait the night out and try again tomorrow. > > But my thinking was wrong, apparently. Švejk, why didn’t you go for the quick win yesterDay? > Oh, and GG Scum, GG fubbleskag Svejk couldn’t change his vote to win. If he had changed his vote, he would have been lynched. The only 2 votes on me were from him and Mahaloth. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/119 "2013-04-09T01:08:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I told you guys that Mahaloth was town! I hang my head in shame. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234/120 "2013-04-09T01:28:55Z")
I’ll just be flattered that I haven’t played in a few years and I’m still remembered as “good”. =P [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprint-mafia-01-sign-up-game/654234.md?page=7)