The Godfather, Part 3 [Concluded]

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Grist for analysis: Thus far (post #385)....

User Name, # of Posts , # Posts after play starts

Askthepizzaguy 42 36
777Ares777 31 28
GeneralHankerchief 31
Andres 23 22
TinCow 22 21
Sasaki Kojiro 21 19
187Beefyz 19 18
YLC 19 17
shlin28 16 15
Quintus.JC 14 13
Seamus Fermanagh 13 11
seireikhaan 13 11
CountArach 13
Reenk Roink 11 7
TevashSzat 10 9
LittleGrizzly 10 9
Chaotix27 8 7
White_eyes:D 8 7
Sigurd 8 4
boudica 7 6
glyphz 7 6
Rythmic 6 5
Gaius Scribonius Curio 6 5
Lord Winter 6 5
Jolt 6 5
Tratorix 5 4
Ichigo 3 2
taka 2 1
Ignoramus 2 1
Myrddraal 2
Ituralde 1

Host, Not Playing, Murdered, Lynched, Chief of Police

What do I view as points of interest here? Lets see....:

1. taka and Iggy are in total lurk mode. However, both have voted to avoid WOG status....

2. Sigurd is quite a bit less active than usual for him, moreover, his posts have been shorter and less analytical than typical -- though to be fair we're only done with N2, so it's early.

3. I cannot recall the time I saw Beefy this active in only 3D, 2N. Admittedly, he was targeted a bit by Tincow, but....

4. Andres is also quite active. I'm used to our noble moderator, when not hosting, being a bit below the high end of the posting list.

5. Not sure on Ares, he's active, but I have less of a sense of him so far. Comments from others?



Regarding the Death Write ups.

YES there are clues there, there always are. Especially in a game where the Mafiosi take the lead writer's role as GH has stated is the case here.

HOWEVER, as Sasaki notes, this kind of data -- barring a major gaffe -- tends not to be decisive early on. All we know for sure is that we have two themes running so far. 1st theme is direct v indirect (noted by White Eyes) and a second is common means of death (pre-placed knives N1, drowning N2). All this tells us is that the killers enjoy a little thematic gaming -- something I always loved as mafia -- but that characteristic isn't all that rare in this crowd.

However, noting the "lifting" of a previous scene almost in its entirety may be significant. We may have at least one mafioso who is high on google-fu and research. Most folks just do it their own way, but this person went and researched past games -- probably for some time -- to select one and minimize style recognition. This "lifting" occurred well enough in advance to be coordinated with the other killers, so that the theme could be contiguous.

Obviously, these mafia are organized, probalby using an external thread -- again, not uncommon.


Based on differing activity level, as well as Tincow's concerns, I'd like to here a proper defense from Beefy.

Unvote: Abstain

Vote: 187Beefyz


Tally as of post #390

187Beefyz = 2 (Seamus, Tincow)
Sasaki = 2 (GSC, YLC)
Abstain = 1 (White Eyes)

Implied Abstain = 8 (Shlin, Tevash, Ares, Chaotix, Grizz, Beefy. QJC, Tratorix, Reenk)

Dead = 5 (Ichigo, Boudica, 'khaan, trat, arach)

No Vote = 10