The Mafia Discussion Thread

[Ruki]

Does this mean you will be staying?

[-A-]

Maybe!

[EWB's Best Poster.]

You had me at sister

[-A-]

Now I'm not telling you who she is

Edited October 4, 2011 by -A-

[Ruki]

Yay! Now start planning your next game so we can play it in 3-4 months.

[EWB's Best Poster.]

Dont worry. she will find me.

Just like you did.

[Matt]

I'm just going to assume that your sister is the next female to join a mafia game who I've never seen on EWB. Also, you might want to keep her away from Gazz.

[-A-]

I need to get the important parts of her education under way. Can anyone direct me to the game where -Matt- came up with the 51% theory

[Guest mr. potato head]

Current state of EWB mafia:

*crickets* *crickets* *crickets

"Hey X, why did you say this? Seems dumb."

"It's not that dumb really."

*badger* *badger* *badger*

*crickets* *crickets* *crickets

"Well we might as well vote for X, it's not like there's anything else to go on."

X was town.

*crickets* *crickets* *crickets

"Hey Y, why did you say this? Seems dumb."

"It's not that dumb really."

*badger* *badger* *badger*

*crickets* *crickets* *crickets*

"Well we might as well vote for Y, it's not like there's anything else to go on."

Y was town.

*crickets* *crickets* *crickets

"Why's everybody so quiet?"

[NobBe Nobbs]

My sister has just signed up to EWB with the idea of playing a mafia game. We argue constantly IRL so I can only assume this will go very well.

I believe, under the terms of our sister-related agreement, Gazz has dibs on this one. Warn her she will be getting a visit soon.

[Matt]

I need to get the important parts of her education under way. Can anyone direct me to the game where -Matt- came up with the 51% theory

I can't even remember what the theory was but I still stand behind that there was logic behind it.

[-A-]

IIRC there were two guys you were suspicious of and maybe even there was a decent reason why they specifically could be mafia together (like one had defender the other.) You took the average chance of a player being mafia (say 1 in 4) and extrapolated to 1 in 2 (the chance that neither is mafia.) Why I think that's wrong is because you can apply those figures to any given pairing of players in the game, but you used them to imply something specific about the two players you accused. If we lynch one of those players and he's town, we might look at your stat and believe it gives a better chance of the second being scum. If we lynch the first player and he's scum, then (through the relationship you've tried to promote) we also believe the second player is scum.

Edited October 12, 2011 by -A-

[Matt]

Okay... yeah, that sounds like retarded logic. I'm not even sure what I was thinking. Seriously, someone find that so I can try and understand what in the holy fuck I was thinking.

[TEOL]

No attempt to apply maths to Mafia has ever worked, even when you take out power roles.

[Guest mr. potato head]

No attempt to apply maths to Mafia has ever worked, even when you take out power roles.

Except for deducing how many scum there are from the number of players.

Which only worked once.

In a seven-person game.

[EWB's Best Poster.]

Worked in mass effect.

[Meacon Keaton]

So how long does Maxx have to start sign-ups before the next person in line gets to go?

[R.W.]

24 hours from now

[Maxx]

Skip me.

[Sousa]

So I'm up then?