What kills me the most about all of this is that my defense for this was actually already in the thread before any of you actually voted me for it.

I originally posted "Voting closed" as a joking way to set up what I thought would be a funny in-universe defense - ATPG, the actual host, naturally ignores my "official" post, which clears me of any wrongdoing. As expected, one of you took the bait...

Quote Originally Posted by Andres View Post
I object! You are participating as a player, so you cannot possibly hold any position of host-authority.
...to which I immediately responded with the infallible logic that would clear me forever:

Quote Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief View Post
Bam, you just proved why I'm innocent.
That was it. The joke was already over. It had - I thought - just been explained in full. Everybody could have a nice little chuckle about my cunning sense of humor and then get on with their mafia-lives.

Evidently not.

I guess I need to spell out the exact purpose of every joke post I make in the future.

Lesson learned.