# The Lost Mafia Forbidden Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 11, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486 "2009-06-11T20:37:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/201 "2009-07-29T17:02:04Z")
> [@](#): > > 2 - If it IS a Jimmy-Diver scum scenario, I wonder why Jimmy didn’t claim just to have no idea what Diver was after the tie-breaker. I’ve been thinking about that, too, since clearly (in retrospect) saying either was a mistake. But consider how long it took us to figure that out, and then consider that **Jimmy** made his decision in an hour or less. It’s a reasonable mistake, I think. In regards to the **cardinal** lynch, I don’t claim to have been certain he was Scum. The reason I voted for him was not that he was certain to be Scum, but because even if he wasn’t, we’d still have a very good chance of winning. And it looks like folks in here picked up on my wondering, earlier in the game, whether vanillas had names, even if nobody in the game thread noticed it. I said that with the hope that the Scum would think I was a power role and night-kill me, since if they’re going to NK someone, it might as well be a vanilla. It wasn’t a strategy I was looking to pursue too heavily, but I figured a single post was worth a try. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/202 "2009-07-29T17:24:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And it looks like folks in here picked up on my wondering, earlier in the game, whether vanillas had names, even if nobody in the game thread noticed it. I said that with the hope that the Scum would think I was a power role and night-kill me, since if they’re going to NK someone, it might as well be a vanilla. It wasn’t a strategy I was looking to pursue too heavily, but I figured a single post was worth a try. I noticed that in-game, but didn’t want to say anything cause I didn’t know if it was a scum or power-role tell. (Turned out to be neither, both for you and Oredigger. Go figure.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/203 "2009-07-30T01:44:52Z")
Any bets on whether **Jimmy** is going to try to post a defense? Hey, here’s an idea, maybe we could get him mod-killed for inactivity! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/204 "2009-07-30T15:17:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Any bets on whether **Jimmy** is going to try to post a defense? > > Hey, here’s an idea, maybe we could get him mod-killed for inactivity! Eh, I don’t blame him. It’s not like he’s going to convince anyone at this point. (Even if he IS town and somehow there were only 3 scum). ---
**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/205 "2009-07-30T16:13:16Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Eh, I don’t blame him. It’s not like he’s going to convince anyone at this point. (Even if he IS town and somehow there were only 3 scum). I was hoping he’d post a defense just because i wondered what was going on in his head post cardinal coming up town and the game continuing. It looks like attention to this game really fell off at the end. tis a pity, i was curious whether anyone would seriously question the 4 scum hypothesis. I’ll read over the full thread later. Thanks for following! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/206 "2009-07-30T17:23:27Z")
**Everyone is invited to the Weird Wild West game!** ---
**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:** [July 30, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486/207 "2009-07-30T17:24:22Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I noticed that in-game, but didn’t want to say anything cause I didn’t know if it was a scum or power-role tell. (Turned out to be neither, both for you and Oredigger. Go figure.) To be fair, I simply forgot I had a name. So when it was suggested vanilla’s didn’t have names and I didn’t remember that I had one it seemed a reasonable assumption. There was no play on my part just simple forgetfulness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-mafia-forbidden-thread/499486.md?page=10)