FG: MAFIA 31: Nobel Laureates of Doom

[civman2000]

Originally posted by Snotty
civman2000 is obviously not the mafia, else he would have changed his avatar, right? But I dont have much sympathy for those who wont save themselves

I was going to make this argument myself and then saw it was so obvious I didn't have to, though I'll go ahead and expand on it anyways.

If I were in the mafia, why would I have not changed my avatar yet? It obviously makes me a primary target for executions. Any right-minded mafia who wanted a hope for winning the game would have changed their avatar by now. Of course, you could say that a mafia could use such reverse psychology and NOT change their avatar so they could use this very defense, but that would be a very risky move, as the docpiles over the last two turns have shown.

For no reason other than that it's the only way to avoid getting killed myself, I vote for Ben Kenobi.

[paramir]

Let's make this interesting Ben Kenobi
edit- tied at 6

[Adrian Hon]

Despite the guilt exhibited by Ben Kenobi and Civman, I find DrSpike's lack of input into this game very peculiar.

[civman2000]

Originally posted by Adrian Hon
Despite the guilt exhibited by Ben Kenobi and Civman, I find DrSpike's lack of input into this game very peculiar.

Uh, he's dead.

[Adrian Hon]

Ah. Good point. In that case, civman2000 Us Nobelists are of course very absent minded when not considering quarks.

[paramir]

If I were in the mafia, why would I have not changed my avatar yet? It obviously makes me a primary target for executions. Any right-minded mafia who wanted a hope for winning the game would have changed their avatar by now. Of course, you could say that a mafia could use such reverse psychology and NOT change their avatar so they could use this very defense, but that would be a very risky move, as the docpiles over the last two turns have shown.

It's not about wether or not your the mafia, it's about the fact that you didn't chanbge your avatar

[joncha]

As tempting as a vote for BK is, I think civman2000 is the mafia.

[Skanky Burns]

Ben Kenobi may very well be the mafia. But so may Civman, and he has not changed his avatar.

(Hint: You can change avatars back after the game. It really is that simple)

[Sparrowhawk]

Summary to date:

Name

Physicist

Voted For



1. Kassiopeia

Alexei A. Abrikosov

Civman2000



2. rah

Anthony J. Leggett
Civman2000


3. -Jrabbit

Gerardus 't Hooft

Ben Kenobi


5. Spaced Cowboy

William D. Phillips

Ben Kenobi


6. Snotty

Carl E. Wieman

Civman2000


7. Whoha

Frank Wilczek

Civman2000


8. Adrian Hon

David J. Gross

Civman2000


9. Skanky Burns

Robert B. Laughlin

Civman2000


10. Adagio

Zhores I. Alferov


Civman2000


12. Hercules

J. Georg Bednorz 
Ben Kenobi


13. reismark

Russell A. Hulse

Ben Kenobi


14. civman2000

James Watson Cronin

Ben Kenobi


15. Lord Nuclear

Joseph H. Taylor Jr. 
Civman2000


16. Sparrowhawk

Klaus von Klitzing

Ben Kenobi


17. joncha

Robert Woodrow Wilson 
Civman2000


18. Jonny

Arno Allan Penzias 
?DrSpike?


19. Ben Kenobi

Kenneth G. Wilson

Paramir


20. Darkcloud

Sheldon Lee Glashow
 
Civman2000


21. Vlad Antlerkov

John Robert Schrieffer
Ben Kenobi


23. Tuberski

Murray Gell-Mann

Civman2000


24. paramir

Brian David Josephson

Ben Kenobi

[Jon Miller]

I just want to know what evidence or physics is being used that makes everyone so suspicious of Osheroff as his own killer.

Jon Miller

[Tuberski]

civman

ACK!

[civman2000]

It's not about wether or not your the mafia, it's about the fact that you didn't chanbge your avatar

OK, I proclaim my belief that you (paramir) are in the mafia. I may be wrong, but encouraging people to not actually try to figure out who the mafia is and instead vote for people who are actually the least likely of all to be in the mafia looks like a sign of mafiahood to me. I can't vote for you this round since I've already voted and have to save myself by voting for Ben Kenobi anyways. In fact, your vote for Ben Kenobi to "make things interesting" could be a further sign--since everyone loves to vote for me, you actually want to keep me alive as long as possible so you can always have a scapegoat .

So if (or when ) you all kill me and I turn out to be innocent, you know who to go after next. I could be wrong, but I'm certainly much more reasonable than the mob accusing me.

Hmmm, looking back through the thread I'm not sure whether you're likely to be in the mafia anymore...I'd like to see your rebuttal to my accusations first.

As tempting as a vote for BK is, I think civman2000 is the mafia.

Do you actually seriously think I'm the mafia? Or are you just joining the docpile because you have nothing better to do?

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Ben Kenobi.

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by Ljube-ljcvetko
Even though I'm not playing I have decided to change my avatar to be in the spirit of the game.

Guess who the man in my avatar is.

Enrico Fermi?

[Ben Kenobi]

I don't think it's civman.

Paramir is very suspicious.

As for Spaced Cowboy, I'm very disappointed that he thinks I am trying to have him killed.