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==Introduction==
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I am Jeffrey Hope, your resident [[Village Idiot|village idiot]] (unfortunate as that is). I was born on December 26, 1989 in Virginia Beach, VA, but I grew up in El Paso, TX and moved to Chaparral, NM a short distance away in early 2009. Sometimes I think I want to get out of here—I'm so bored of this place! In fact, anytime I'm more than 50 miles away, I'm happy.
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My name is Jeffrey Hope. I was born on December 26, 1989 in Virginia Beach, VA, but I grew up in El Paso, TX and still live there. Sometimes I think I want to get out of here—I'm so bored of this place! In fact, anytime I'm more than 50 miles away, I'm happy.
I mod a lot of games—both Mafia and Mish Mash. Examples of both include Card Sharks, Go Play in Traffic!, Monopoly (three such games, actually—the U.S. and U.K. versions and a Mafia game based on the former), and the StrangerCoug's Worst Nightmare series.


Believe it or not, I'm running both the {{plainlink|t|9127|U.S. version}} and the {{plainlink|t|9303|U.K. version}} of Monopoly in the Mish Mash forum. I did the U.S. version first simply because I'm American. I like how different places in the world do things differently, however, so I started the British version three weeks later.
On top of all that, I also once helped {{U|MeMe}} keep both mini queues up to date. While this was once an on-and-off "Hey, this is messed up" kind of thing, I officially became responsible for updating it on January 13, 2009. (MeMe still filled up games, nagged at mods who fell off the face of the site, etc. before being replaced by {{U|Papa Zito}} and {{U|hasdgfas}}.) In 2010, I became list mod of the [[Large Normal|Large Normals]], left that position the next year feeling that I was being negligent in my duties. I took it back the year after that and left it again in 2013 due to time constraints created by college. I was the last Large Normal list mod to be a separate person from the Mini Normal list mod. I've also had a stint as Mish Mash Janitor from 2014 to 2015, leaving due to stress in school.


===Origin of the name===
My scumday is May 6, 2008, but due to time zone differences the "{{color|red|is having a scumday!}}" marker doesn't show up until May 7. (Interesting factoid: A similar situation applies to my birthday. I was born at approximately 00:30 EST, which converts to 22:30 MST the previous day.)
 
[[StrangerCoug%27s_Guide_to_Mish_Mash_Modding|I have a guide to running Mish Mash games]].
 
==Origin of the name==
As I said, I first played Mafia on Rooster Teeth. The first time I signed up as StrangerCoug was on there. As seems to be commonplace on that site, most usernames have something to do with one of the machinima series, especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_vs._Blue ''Red vs. Blue'']. Only the former was true in my case: my addiction was to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangerhood ''The Strangerhood''] since, when I started watching the videos and visiting the site, I didn't have a computer that would work with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_2 ''The Sims 2'']. When I finally decided to join their forums, I implemented the fact that I liked those videos in my user name by making it a portmanteau of that and my high school mascot, which happened to be the cougar. I tried to make my name StrangerCougar, but the site only allowed names to be a 12-letter maximum. I left it as what could fit, and on December 30, 2005, the name as we know it was born.
As I said, I first played Mafia on Rooster Teeth. The first time I signed up as StrangerCoug was on there. As seems to be commonplace on that site, most usernames have something to do with one of the machinima series, especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_vs._Blue ''Red vs. Blue'']. Only the former was true in my case: my addiction was to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangerhood ''The Strangerhood''] since, when I started watching the videos and visiting the site, I didn't have a computer that would work with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_2 ''The Sims 2'']. When I finally decided to join their forums, I implemented the fact that I liked those videos in my user name by making it a portmanteau of that and my high school mascot, which happened to be the cougar. I tried to make my name StrangerCougar, but the site only allowed names to be a 12-letter maximum. I left it as what could fit, and on December 30, 2005, the name as we know it was born.


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MafiaScum.net was the last site on which I signed up as StrangerCoug when I still had a cougar to call a mascot; however, since August 2007 it has also been my fursona. (Yes, I'm a furry. Get over it.)
MafiaScum.net was the last site on which I signed up as StrangerCoug when I still had a cougar to call a mascot; however, since August 2007 it has also been my fursona. (Yes, I'm a furry. Get over it.)


===Playing History===
==Playing History==
I first played Mafia as a forum game on a site called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_Teeth_Productions Rooster Teeth]. I've made myself quite an established presence there, playing every round except for the first and the seventh, being the game moderator in the latter. When I came over to MafiaScum (via my browsing around on Wikipedia) and signed up on May 6, 2008, one of the biggest things I noticed different is that, on MafiaScum, all votes are viewable to the public and can be changed by the person making them. On Rooster Teeth you had to send a PM to the game moderator, and once he recorded it you were not allowed to change it (as far as I knew, anyway). I have now adapted to both, and I actually think the game on here is more fun. The Rooster Teeth Mafia thread is seeing some changes to bring it a bit closer to what it's like here on MafiaScum, however (days and nights were numbered ''à la'' this site in rounds 7 and 8, though they've reverted to being unnumbered).
I first played Mafia as a forum game on a site called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_Teeth_Productions Rooster Teeth]. I've made myself quite an established presence there, playing every round except for the first and the seventh, being the game moderator in the latter. When I came over to MafiaScum (via my browsing around on Wikipedia) and signed up on May 6, 2008, one of the biggest things I noticed different is that, on MafiaScum, all votes are viewable to the public and can be changed by the person making them. On Rooster Teeth you had to send a PM to the game moderator, and once he recorded it you were not allowed to change it (as far as I knew, anyway). I have now adapted to both, and I actually think the game on here is more fun.
 
==Hey, what happened to the Statistics section?==
It hadn't been updated since 2010, and it was really updated only sporadically for awhile before. Most of my games as a player were from the late 2000s to the early 2010s, though I have never claimed to be retired from playing. In general, on the Mafia side, you should be looking for me in the theme queues. I usually mod these days, but I will play an interesting enough theme game.
 
==Quotes==
This is where you and I get to post quotes by, about, or to me on MafiaScum that we find interesting. Feel free to add on as desired.
 
These should be in chronological order, by the way.
 
===One-liners===
 
* Stop adding an H at the end of my name! What are you, allergic to cats or something? ''—{{U|StrangerCoug}} to {{U|sirdanilot}}, {{plainlink|t|8430|Mini 601: Cog City: Trouble Below}}, {{plainlink|p|1124308|post #512}}''
 
* SC's town, Fark[shinsoup]'s town, what universe are we in? ''—{{U|Crazy}}, {{plainlink|t|8386|Newbie 614}}, {{plainlink|p|1130195|post #335}}''
 
* I played Day 1 and I think part of Day 2 thinking I was town and didn't realize I was scum until Green Cow PM'd me. I tried to be very conservative with my posts since it would be obvious that I was scum if I did, but apparently that didn't work. We didn't even get a chance to kill anybody. ...Wait a minute—I've got an idea! *shoots xyzzy* ''—{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|8714|Mini 620: Psychopathic Xyzzy Mod}}, {{plainlink|p|1157406|post #161}}''
 
* SC is a closeted kitten huffer ''—{{U|doctor no}}, {{plainlink|t|3797|Outrageous Lies about the last poster}}, {{plainlink|p|1169451|post #1978}}''
 
* Who the hell cares about social experiments? I refuse to copy and paste signature text just to follow a trend. ''—{{U|StrangerCoug}}, as part of his signature from 2008-08-02 to 2008-08-07''
 
* The players of the US version [of Monopoly] can do what the hell they like. Here in the UK, when we play a game, we play it. ''—{{U|Battle Mage}}, {{plainlink|t|9303|Monopoly: London version}}, {{plainlink|p|1242738|post #68}}''
 
* If I am not the serial killer, then curiouskarmadog didn't just play his cards wrong; he set them on fire. —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|9032|Mini 644: Meerkat Manor Mafia}}, {{plainlink|p|1290867|post #637}}, referring to [[curiouskarmadog]]'s fate being sealed with his claim''
 
* Acting scummy on purpose does not necessarily make a player a jester—it could also be legitimate scum trying to get bussed as a gambit of some sort. I don't see either, but #162 is heavily noted. As in on 10,000 pieces of paper. —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|10205|Mafia 90: Lolwat? Mafia}}, {{plainlink|p|1446442|post #172}}. Post #162 is {{plainlink|p|1445890|this}}.''
 
* Higher than a three... You're up the middle with an eight.  ''(in smaller text)'' That sounds a tad bit wrong... —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|10114|Card Sharks: Play Your Cards Right}}, {{plainlink|p|1622485|post #636}}''
 
* [E]ach time I see the mods in this topic I have to fight the urge to make an alt with a name like "StrangestCoug". Stranger than ''YOU''! —''{{U|Vi}}, {{plainlink|t|10946|Mafia 91: Hell Aboard the ''Purple Flower''}}, {{plainlink|p|1663043|post #1908}}''
 
* I'm surprised a rotten tomato fight hasn't started yet, given how ashamed some of you and I are of each other. —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|10946|Mafia 91: Hell Aboard the ''Purple Flower''}}, {{plainlink|p|1744466|post #3195}}, referring to my regrettable mod actions and several people talking outside the thread that I didn't hear about until the game was over''
 
* SC, you have to lead to this trick as we- PUT THAT GUN DOWN! —''{{U|yabbaguy}}, {{plainlink|t|12941|Hearts}}, {{plainlink|p|2421140|post #344}} after "shooting" myself out of confusion for the second time''


===Playing Style===
* OK, did RedCoyote's cards barf in my inbox!? —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|24035|I Doubt It}}, {{plainlink|p|4542591|post #215}}, after revealing what RedCoyote claimed was two jacks but clearly weren't''
* I'm generally an aggressive player.
* I avoid meta if I can and use it only to determine how a player plays in general. I am against using meta to determine alignment.
* I only reread if I absolutely have to—I like playing as I go better.
* I don't like repeating myself as I feel that I can get myself into a loop if I'm not careful.
* I generally let discussions about what I otherwise want to talk about run their course. I try to only butt in if I have something new to add, even if it's minor.
* I have been known to object to things I don't understand.
* I've also been known to take things too literally on occasion.
* The calmer I am, the better I think I play.
* Last but not least, even though I'm not new, I'm still learning. A recent example is that people will outright call people scum if they're confident of such without saying "I think", "probably", etc. and they aren't necessarily cop, scum, or tunnel-visioned town.


==Avatar History==
* Here's your tossup, ye who want to imprison me in this studio. —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|21934|StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune}}, {{plainlink|p|5135393|post #2333}}, in response to {{U|puzzledan}} getting impatient when I said I wouldn't do the puzzle before lunch and wound up doing it the next day''
{|class="wikitable"
!Picture !! Used !! Comments
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|[[Image:StrangerCoug_MafiaScum.JPG]]||2008-05-06 to 2008-08-14||This is my first MafiaScum avatar. It is a crop of a fursona I drew myself (yes, I'm a furry—get over it) called "Peaceful Falls", sometimes called Fursona 5 since it's the fifth one that's been made for me. It's only the second one for myself that I drew, though.
|-
|[[Image:StrangerCoug_MafiaScum2.JPG]]||2008-08-14 to the present||My second MafiaScum.net avatar, which took awhile to make the way I wanted it. I think I did a good job with what I could, though. I made this because I didn't want to use a cartoony avatar on MS anymore. The actual avatar is actually a PNG, not a JPG, but I had trouble uploading the PNG version on MafiaWiki.
|}


==Mafia games outside MafiaScum.net==
* I may be a tricky kitty, but not tricky enough for Tatsuya Kaname, apparently. —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|62332|BOOM!}}, {{plainlink|p|7001641|post #62}}''
I do play Mafia on sites other than MafiaScum. Those recorded below:


===Rooster Teeth===
* Obligatory commercial advertisement: HughesNet sucks. Get something else. —''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|t|62332|BOOM!}}, {{plainlink|p|7158559|post #316}}, after having to deal with two service outages in a month''
This is the site I played Mafia on before I came here (and I still play on RT). It took awhile to adapt to the site because of several major differences between the game there and here, most notably:


* The game pace is much faster on Rooster Teeth. From the start of the game day to the next one is usually three or four days (formerly one week).
===Dialogue===
* Voting is private and the mod does not give vote counts, but he or she does sometimes give hints about the latter. Unvotes are now allowed as of RT 8, though.
* Not only the lynch but the hit is voted on. For obvious reasons, only the Mafia gets to vote on the hit.
* The first two rounds were night starts, but every round since RT 3 has been a day start.
* Vanilla townies are known as Civilians.
* There is always a sane Day Cop (simply called the Cop) and a Bodyguard (in MafiaScum terms, actually the doctor). In most games, both are known (exception being who the Bodyguard was being kept a secret in RT 9 and 10), however, other power roles have been experimented with.
* Replacement players do not exist. In RT 9, inactive players, defined as someone who did not send in a Mafia hit or vote for two lynch cycles, were marked as "in a coma" and treated as not playing until they did send in a vote
* The setup used to be fixed at 10 Civilians, 10 Mafia, the Cop, and the Bodyguard. This is no longer true as of RT 3 for obvious reasons.
* It is possible for players to get hints from other player's posts in thread; however, the majority of the hints come from the storyline, which in turn often involve the profiles of those playing. '''The''' most helpful hints are the cop investigations given the information in the fourth bullet above.
* Speaking of the story lines, they are often longer and much more detailed than those found on MafiaScum.


==Statistics==
* ''{{plainlink|t|9303|Monopoly: London version}}''.
Please note the following:
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1374843|post #596}}:'' How exactly do you buy Income Tax? ''(bird1111 miscounted his throw and thought he landed on Whitechapel, which was still available.)''
* Even if I am confirmed as town, scum, or whatever in a certain game, I will not update the game record to say so until either I die or the game is over, whichever happens first unless the game mod says you cannot discuss your role outside of the thread until the end of the game.
: ''{{U|animorpherv1}}, {{plainlink|p|1374845|post #597}}:'' You distract the banker and cut the spot out of the board.
* All dates are written in year-month-day format and given in Mountain Time. Mountain Standard Time is GMT–07:00; Mountain Daylight Time is GMT–06:00.


===MafiaScum.net===
* ''{{plainlink|t|10076|The 5 things I hate most when playing mafia are...}}.
Of the 9 games listed still in progress, I am still alive in 7.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1402720|post #88}}:'' Let's add a #6 [to my list in {{plainlink|p|1399615|post #4}}]: Getting people's genders wrong when it's right there in front of your nose.
: ''{{U|Glork}}, {{plainlink|p|1402727|post #89}}:'' Shut up, woman. Now get to making me a sandwich.
: ''{{U|OhGodMyLife}}, {{plainlink|p|1402728|post #90}}:'' Don't talk to her like that.  


Draws include the 1 game I've been in that ended up being abandoned. If I never received a role, then for the purposes of these statistics, I assume it would have been neutral.
* ''{{plainlink|t|9127|Monopoly: Atlantic City version}}. Cybele is on Free Parking.''
: ''{{U|Cybele}}, {{plainlink|p|1442072|post #790}}:'' Wow. It's been nearly a month, but I finally get to roll. ''(He throws an eight, putting him on Water Works.)''
: ''{{U|Cybele}}, {{plainlink|p|1442076|post #791}}:'' Just so I can pay $32. Bugger all. Call me in February, when it's my turn again.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1444202|post #793}}:'' If I'm not packing when you get back.


====Wins/Losses====
* ''{{plainlink|t|10114|Card Sharks: Play Your Cards Right}}. crywolf20084 is playing the Money Cards.''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|crywolf20084}}, {{plainlink|p|1657124|post #718}}:'' For JD, I shall bet '''363.46153846153845 lower'''
!Alignment !! Wins !! Losses !! Draws !! Total
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1657129|post #719}}:'' ...OK, new rule: Bets must be in multiples of $1.00.
|-
!Town
|align="right"|2||align="right"|8||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''10'''
|-
!Scum
|align="right"|2||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''4'''
|-
!Neutral
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|'''1'''
|-
!Total
|align="right"|'''4'''||align="right"|'''10'''||align="right"|'''1'''||align="right"|'''15'''
|}


====Results====
* ''{{plainlink|t|9817|Roll a dice!}}''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|animorpherv1}}, {{plainlink|p|1681524|post #980}}:'' mod's rule: Every time the mod rolls, it automatically is a 40. NO MATTER WHAT THE DIE SAYS.
|-
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1681569|post #981}}:'' Shut up, ani.
!Alignment !! Lynched !! Killed !! Endgamed !! Survived !! Other !! Total
|-
!Town
|align="right"|7||align="right"|3||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''12'''
|-
!Scum
|align="right"|2||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''4'''
|-
!Neutral
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|'''1'''
|-
!Total
|align="right"|'''9'''||align="right"|'''4'''||align="right"|'''2'''||align="right"|'''1'''||align="right"|'''1'''||align="right"|'''17''
|}


====Games Played====
* ''{{plainlink|t|9926|Casino Blackjack}}.''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1713315|post #471}}:'' ...Guess what I have, everybody? '''BLACKJACK!'''
!colspan="8" | Newbie
: ''{{U|Kmd4390}}, {{plainlink|p|1714755|post #478}}:'' Shoot the dealer...
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: ''{{U|Mastin}}, {{plainlink|p|1714853|post #479}}:'' '''Dayvig: StrangerCoug.''' There goes one of my three dayvig shots. And the dealer, for that matter. Anyone volunteer to take SC's place? If you're lucky, you won't find the second bullet.
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1714889|post #480}}:'' '''OW!''' Why did you shoot me for something I had little control over?
|-
: ''{{U|Mastin}}, {{plainlink|p|1715035|post #481}}:'' Because Luck is an Un-killable neutral survivor.
|'''{{plainlink|t|8218|Newbie 602}}'''||[[JDodge]] ''replaced by'' [[Mr. Flay]]||2008-04-23||2008-09-03||[[Iceall]] during {{plainlink|post|1093594|Day 1}}||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1205124|Lynched Day 3}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1244107|Mafia wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' I replaced in soon after I got lynched in Newbie 614, so I came off as one that was worrying too much about my actions (which is true, so I don't blame the town). I tried to use my improving since I replaced in as a defense Day 3 since this particular game being slow allowed for me to play better elsewhere, but it didn't help.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8386|Newbie 614}}'''||[[Thok]]||2008-05-18||2008-06-30||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1084543|Lynched Day 1}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1132845|Mafia wins}}
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' I consider this game a blunder on my part. I got way too emotional, ended up with a fight with [[ChannelDelibird]] and [[Crazy]], and found myself with a noose around my neck. I think you get the idea.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8643|Newbie 630}}'''||[[Thok]]||2008-06-16||2008-10-04||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1294756|Endgamed}}, was the doctor||{{plainlink|post|1294756|Mafia wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' I was nearly lynched Day 1 and was forced to claim to save myself. I made it to lynch-or-lose despite heavy suspicion towards me (specifically, speculating about the event of my being counterclaimed). Scum opted to keep me alive and roleblock me from then on to look for the doc. I took a gamble on [[raider8169]] being scum, which I thought was going to pay off seeing as a quicklynch wasn't happening, but scum was slow to coordinate a quicklynch, and according to them in the post-game discussion, I was online the one time they otherwise could.
|-
!colspan="8" | Mini Normal
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8224|Mini 591: Re-Infiltration}}'''||[[somestrangeflea]]||2008-04-24||2008-07-07||[[PsychoBob]] during {{plainlink|post|1051027|Day 1}}||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1142664|Endgamed}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1142664|Mafia wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' My first game and what I still think is one of my best played despite my losing. I felt very nervous during lynch-or-lose as I was the one left to cast the deciding vote. [[Talmadge Monroe]] successfully escaped my suspicion for the entire game, so I picked [[killa seven]] over him mostly for [[pojedinac]]'s actions and ended up losing.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8430|Mini 601: Cog City: Trouble Below}}'''||[[Incognito]]||2008-05-21||2008-07-30||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1145153|Lynched Day 3}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1184165|Mafia wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' Note to self: Don't hammer the vigilante and then come to an impasse over a specific player being town or scum. Damn [[Oman]] for screwing with my mind to the point of getting me lynched.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8464|Mini 604: Mayor's Mansion}}'''||[[ooba]]||2008-05-24||2008-07-17||[[clockwork]] during {{plainlink|post|1094687|Day 1}}||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1112635|Lynched Day 1}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1160096|Town wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is another game I consider myself to have blundered in; however, I was the only mislynch and the town was '''VERY''' lucky to get a win. Read it if you don't believe me.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8674|Mini 618: Farside of the moon}}'''||[[farside22]]||2008-06-19||2008-07-28||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1125903|Lynched Day 1}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1178874|Mafia wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' Perfect scum win. I got lynched for my tunnel vision on [[Doktor Per]] Day 1, he in turn got lynched Day 2, and the serial killer got lynched Day 3. Bam, bam, bam.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8741|Mini 624}}'''||[[Hypatia]]||2008-06-27||2008-10-02||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1267050|Lynched Day 5}}, was a Mafia goon||{{plainlink|post|1292730|Town wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' I didn't make myself look too suspicious in the early game; however, I mistook [[Battousai]]'s cop claim as a counterclaim against me since he voted me right after I faked tracker. After I realized it, I thought I was "royally screwed over" and voted myself. Thinking that I was stalling the game after doing so, I unvoted and went after who I thought was playing particuarly scummy. On Night 4, I thought Battousai would investigate me (he did), and I tried to divert suspicion from by leaving him alive and hoping he was naïve (he was). Even though I tried to cast suspicion on Battousai in doing so, my primary targets were still [[Wumbo]] and [[Cass]]. Part of what got me lynched was that three cops, a tracker, a forensic investigator, and four vanilla townies versus two Mafia goons and a Mafia roleblocker (I lied about being roleblocked and a massclaim blew up my "roleblocker is town" theory) made no sense. Not too bad, but I think I could have done better.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8874|Mini 630: The Council of Eville}}'''||[[Dean Harper]], backed up by [[Macavenger]]||2008-07-12||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|p|1314441|Lynched Day 3}}, was a vanilla townie||Night 3
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|9133|Mini 654}}'''||[[springlullaby]]||align="center"|—||2008-08-14||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|p|1209442|Abandoned by the moderator}}, role never received||{{plainlink|p|1209442|Draw}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' The mod says that she broke her laptop and was unable to get an Internet connection from where she was staying when she got it fixed. I would still like to play her game to see what the setup is like.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|9454|Mini 677: Powerball Mafia}}'''||[[clammy]] ''backed up by'' [[jas]]||2008-09-24||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Day 1
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' The backup moderator's name should be enclosed in square brackets; however, using them messes up the Wiki formatting. This is an ongoing game, however, and I am not yet allowed to comment further on it.
|-
!colspan="8" | Mini Theme
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8714|Mini 620: Psychopathic Xyzzy Mod}}'''||[[xyzzy]]||2008-06-28||2008-07-15||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1148227|Lynched Day 2}}, was JEEP (scum)||{{plainlink|post|1156790|Town wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This was unusual to say the least. Everybody had the post restriction that the 100th post by a player would modkill them, so we took to posting once or twice a day and covering as much as possible in out posts. I misunderstood my role and thought I was town until my scumbuddy PM'd me otherwise (we were allowed to talk during the day). Given my frequent posting on this site even then, the mod was surprised that I didn't spam the thread so I could submit a nightkill.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8875|Mini 631: Mental War Mafia}}'''||[[Nocmen]]||2008-07-14||2008-09-06||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1196738|Killed Night 1}}, was the auditory system (scum disease accessor)||{{plainlink|post|1246745|Scum disease wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' One of the most confusing games I've ever played. The mod created a secret account for [[ashmite84]] and me called Dialects, which for the purposes of the game was neutral. I thought Dialects was scum aligned, so there were times that I was voting him, and I made some scummy comments on the Dialects account on purpose. I also wasn't clearly sure what I was and was not allowed to do with the Dialects account. I was not told who was scum with me, nor were the other two scum told I was on their side; therefore, I tried to nightkill ashmite86 specifically for breaking the game when I didn't know I did not have a kill, so my death took '''everybody''' by surprise.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|9032|Mini 644: Meerkat Manor Mafia}}'''||[[Rishi]]||2008-07-31||2008-10-10||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1298623|Lynched Day 4}}, was Mozart (Whiskers, vanilla townie)||{{plainlink|post|1302835|Whiskers win}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' Were it not for [[curiouskarmadog]]'s fakeclaim (among other things), we would probably have lost. curiouskarmadog, who I had been going after for a good bit of Day 3, fakeclaimed serial killer cop with a guilty on me Day 4. My only weapons against him were a specific scummy action of his and my idea of the setup at the time, which turned out to be dead on. Even though I knew it didn't matter in which order curiouskarmadog and I were lynched, I felt it against the spirit of the game to just give up and die solely to prove him wrong. I was lynched first, but in hindsight I don't think I was lynched in vain—it exposed curiouskarmadog's lie, and he self-hammered Day 5 to give us the win.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|9219|Mini 658: Facedown and Thirsty Mafia}}'''||[[yellowbounder]]||2008-08-20||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Night 3
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
!colspan="8" | Large Normal
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!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8148|Mafia 79: "The Amish Mafia"}}'''||[[xyzzy]] ''backed up by'' [[KaleiÐoscøpe]]||2008-04-12||2008-09-09||[[Evilgorillaz]] during {{plainlink|post|1089277|Night 2}}||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1181841|Killed Night 4}}, was a vanilla townie||{{plainlink|post|1252696|Mafia wins}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' None as of yet.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|9192|Mafia 82: International}}'''||[[skitzer]] ''backed up by'' [[farside22]]||2008-08-18||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Day 2
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
!colspan="8" | Large Theme
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8926|Diablo III: The Black Fang}}'''||[[Albert B. Rampage]]||2008-07-17||Ongoing||[[W!nt3r]] during {{plainlink|post|1170820|Day 1}}||Unknown if any||{{plainlink|post|1193584|Murdered Day 1}}, was Ursula (town vigilante/healer)||Day 4
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|9370|Traitor Mafia}}'''||[[Skrmlx]] ([[Skruffs]] and [[armlx]])||2008-09-19||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Day 3
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|9662|The Price Is Right Mafia}}'''||[[xyzzy]]||Unclear, either 2008-10-18 or 2008-10-19||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Round 1
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
!colspan="8" | Open
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8294|Open 72: Mountainous Multiball}}'''||[[Selande]]||2008-05-12||2008-06-18||[[ya_its_me]] during confirmation stage||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|post|1114729|Survived}}, was a Werewolf||{{plainlink|post|1114729|Werewolves win}}
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' According to the mod in the post-game discussion, town did not defend themselves when attacked, making mislynches pretty easy. I realized Night 2 that the only chance town had was for the remaining Mafia and one of us to kill each other, and the Mafioso had a better chance of killing one of us than the other way around. [[Voodo]], my scumbuddy, correctly guessed that [[DizzyIzzyB13]] was the last Mafia, and she in turn killed [[Greasy Spot]], giving us the win.
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|'''{{plainlink|t|8680|Open 80: Double Day Mafia}}'''||[[somestrangeflea]]||2008-06-19||Ongoing||[[Bogre]] during {{plainlink|post|1170804|Day 1.5}}||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Day 3.0
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|8734|Open 81: The New C9}}'''||[[Rogueben]]||2008-06-27||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Day 5
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|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
|'''{{plainlink|t|9086|Open 88: Polygamist Mafia}}'''||[[Xtoxm]]||2008-08-06||2008-09-25||[[Zoolander]] during {{plainlink|post|1228979|Day 1}}||align="center"|—||{{plainlink|p|1250335|Committed suicide Day 1}}, was town lover with [[Citizen Karne]] (town)||{{plainlink|post|1276533|Polygamists win}}
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' None as of yet.
|-
|}


====Games Modded====
* ''{{plainlink|t|10967|Open 131: Nightless Vanilla}}.''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|White Castle}}, {{plainlink|p|1709603|post #827}}:'' The cougar is quick like a cat!  
!colspan="7" | Newbie
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1709669|post #828}}:'' That's because a cougar IS a cat xD
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
|-
|Ineligible||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—
|-
!colspan="7" | Mini Normal
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
|-
|None||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—
|-
!colspan="7" | Mini Theme
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
|-
|Ineligible||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—
|-
!colspan="7" | Large Normal
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
|-
|Ineligible||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—
|-
!colspan="7" | Large Theme
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
|-
|Ineligible||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—
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!colspan="7" | Open
|-
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
|-
|None||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||align="center"|—
|-
|}


===Outside MafiaScum.net===
* ''{{plainlink|t|10114|Card Sharks: Play Your Cards Right}}.''
Of the 1 games listed still in progress, I am still alive in 1.
: ''{{U|Kmd4390}}, {{plainlink|p|1816714|post #942}}:'' '''Higher'''. I can see through the cards, so I know it's a 10.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1817037|post #943}}:'' Well, ten's certainly higher than a four, so let's see...
: ''(Kmd4390 turns out to have not only made the correct higher/lower call, but correctly guessed the card's value.)''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, still post #943:'' Well, I'll be damned! It really is a ten! *stands in front of the next card* What's the next one, my beloved psychic?


Draws include the 0 games I've been in that ended up being abandoned. If I never received a role, then for the purposes of these statistics, I assume it would have been neutral.
* ''The {{plainlink|t|11225|Replacements Thread}}.''
: ''{{U|Kairyuu}}, {{plainlink|p|1904148|post #657}}:'' My apologies for the long delay in updating, and thanks much to StrangerCoug for yelling at me and actually making me do it. First post is fully updated.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|1905379|post #660}}:'' You're going to love that golf club in a moment.
: ''(The reference is to the title of the PM I gave him to tell him to update the replacements thread.)''


Linking the Rooster Teeth site either sets off the spam filter on MafiaWiki or causes a missing parameter error on Rooster Teeth. As compensation, I use post numbers from the game thread instead. Click on the link to the Wikipedia article on Rooster Teeth above, then click on the link to Rooster Teeth itself, then click on "The Forum" under "Community", then click on "Forum Games" under "Rock Bottom", then look for the Mafia thread in there.  
* ''{{plainlink|t|13674|The New Card Sharks}}. ShadowLurker is playing off a four.''
: ''{{U|ShadowLurker}}, {{plainlink|p|2285474|post #348}}:'' higher
: ''{{U|Prof. Guppy}}, {{plainlink|p|2285855|post #349}}:'' No! Don't! It's a trap!
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2285869|post #350}}:'' Higher than a four, you say... Oh, no. It's a two. ani, call the seven!
: ''{{U|animorpherv1}}, {{plainlink|p|2285916|post #352}}:'' '''higher'''
: ''{{U|Prof. Guppy}}, {{plainlink|p|2285970|post #353}}:'' It's not much higher, but it is higher. No more than a ten-spot.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2286126|post #354}}:'' Higher than a seven, you say... ''(An eight is revealed.)'' ... Prof. Guppy, get out of this studio. I can't trust that you haven't been peeking behind the cards.


====Wins/Losses====
* ''{{plainlink|t|14772|Fake Modding}}.''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|yabbaguy}}, {{plainlink|p|2497605|post #196}}:'' StrangerCoug has been assessed a new posting restriction. He must write at least 500 words per post.
!Alignment !! Wins !! Losses !! Draws !! Total
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2497681|post #197}}:'' One, two, three, four, ''(keeps going until)'' two hundred twenty-three, two hundred twenty-four... Screw this; Microsoft Word says I have enough words.
|-
!Town
|align="right"|3||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''5'''
|-
!Scum
|align="right"|1||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''3'''
|-
!Neutral
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''0'''
|-
!Total
|align="right"|'''4'''||align="right"|'''4'''||align="right"|'''0'''||align="right"|'''8'''
|}


====Results====
* ''{{plainlink|t|15697|Eat Poop You Cat 2010}}.''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|Robocopter87}}, {{plainlink|p|2698716|post #600}}:'' Also, we need more shoving instead of pushing here.
!Alignment !! Lynched !! Killed !! Endgamed !! Survived !! Other !! Total
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2700545|post #603}}:'' *shoves Robocopter87 off a cliff*
|-
!Town
|align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|2||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''5'''
|-
!Scum
|align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''3'''
|-
!Neutral
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|'''0'''
|-
!Total
|align="right"|'''2'''||align="right"|'''1'''||align="right"|'''2'''||align="right"|'''3'''||align="right"|'''0'''||align="right"|'''8'''
|}


====Games Played====
* ''{{plainlink|t|13394|Twenty Questions (20Q)!}}''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|RichardGHP}}, {{plainlink|p|2797077|post #4661}}:'' Since when does a cribbage board have more than 32 pieces?
!colspan="8" | Rooster Teeth Mafia
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2797091|post #4662}}:'' Since cribbage started being played with a deck of cards.
|-
: ''{{U|RichardGHP}}, {{plainlink|p|2797124|post #4663}}:'' That's where I went wrong, then. I was under the impression a full deck of cards constituted one piece.
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Status, Role and Alignment !! Game status
: ''{{U|Nobody Special}}, {{plainlink|p|2797149|post #4664}}:'' I'll drop the cards on the kitchen floor and you can pick up the one piece.
|-
|Round 2 (#1419–#1971)||Waldo69||2007-12-13||2008-01-30||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Endgamed, was the Cop||Mafia wins
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' I lost my Internet connection during Day 2 (if I remember correctly) and didn't get it back until early the following March; therefore I had to post at a public library.
|-
|Round 3 (#2219–#2502)||Jalnor||2008-02-18||2008-03-03||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Survived, was Mafia||Mafia wins
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' My favorite scene from this is actually a deleted scene, despite being one that would have practically given me away as Mafia. Remember that, unlike on MafiaScum, the mod gives hints as to the Mafia. I think this was the round where the cop revealed a Mafioso yet a mislynch still occured that day, but I do remember being the only Mafioso not revealed until the game was over.
|-
|Round 4 (#2897–#3928)||Jalnor||2008-03-24||2008-04-09||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Survived, was a civilian||Civilians win
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' None as of yet.
|-
|Round 5 (#4111–#4622)||Jalnor||2008-04-21||2008-05-10||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Survived, was the Bodyguard||Civilians win
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' None as of yet.
|-
|Round 6 (#4757–#5386)||SarBni||2008-05-18||2008-06-14||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Lynched Day 4 at #5142, was Mafia||Civilians win
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' None as of yet.
|-
|Round 8 (#6887–#9351)||subversive89||2008-07-15||2008-08-13||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Blown up Night 3 at #8245, was a civilian||Civilians win
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' None as of yet.
|-
|Round 9 (#9562–#10949)||Jalnor||2008-08-18||2008-09-13||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Lynched Day 5 at #10516, was Mafia||Civilians win
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This round introduced roles other than cop and bodyguard, the latter of which was made secret as of this round. This also had player lists that marked people as "in a coma", i.e. inactive. This was not carried over to Round 10, however.
|-
|Round 10 (#11245–#12355)||SarBni||2008-09-17||2008-10-07||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Endgamed, was a civilian||Mafia wins
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' Remind me not to vote for this guy for mod again—not only did he keep running the game after the civilians were outnumbered, but he also claimed that I never voted for the lynch, which I remember doing (even though I know at least one vote was late). This is the only round that I didn't run as moderator for since the original mod, Waldo69, said he wanted to play instead.
|-
|Round 11 (#12646– )||jaxom_rahl||2008-10-12||Ongoing||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Still alive, role not yet revealed||Night 1
|-
|colspan="8" |'''Comments:''' This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
|-
|}


====Games Modded====
* ''{{plainlink|t|16200|Mini 1,115: Ozy and Millie Mafia}}.''
{|class="wikitable"
: ''{{U|Jerbs}}, {{plainlink|p|2764099|post #196}}:'' I'm not feeling well, plus the storm thats supposed to come tomorrow, makes me think i might be V/LA for some time
!colspan="7" | Rooster Teeth Mafia
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2764167|post #199}}:'' That's not a good combo >< Noted.
|-
: ''{{U|Parama}}, {{plainlink|p|2764165|post #198}} (for convenience purposes, it goes backwards for a bit):'' There's a chance my power may go out soon due to freezing rain, so consider me V/LA for the next 4 days. I'll keep posting if I don't lose power, of course.
!Game !! Moderator !! Started !! Ended !! Replaced !! Replaced by !! Game status
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2764167|post #199}}:'' Noted also.
|-
: ''{{U|DLG}}, {{plainlink|p|2764214|post #202}}:'' Yeah, me three, on the potential to lose power and have to be V/LA. Hope not, but if I suddenly disappear for a couple of days, that's why.
|Round 7 (#5564–#6473)||StrangerCoug||2008-06-18||2008-07-12||align="center"|—||align="center"|—||Civilians win
: ''{{U|Packbat}}, {{plainlink|p|2764238|post #204}}:'' Also, I, too, am in an area where freezing rain is possible - if power is lost again, I will have limited access for a few days.
|-
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|2764243|post #206}}:'' ...OK, what happened? Did Mother Nature decide to hate everybody?
|colspan="7" |'''Comments:''' For my first modded game in cyberspace, I think I did pretty well. Most of my mistakes involved the story line and the deadline, but I gave everybody's role upon death correctly.
: ''{{U|Packbat}}, {{plainlink|p|2764262|post #207}}:'' Yes. ''(The word "yes" is a link that goes to a weather map which, at the time, showed a large swath of the US going from a little northeast of the El Paso/Las Cruces area, where I am, northeast through New England under a winter storm or blizzard warning, and even where I was there was a winter weather advisory. I would be hit soon after.)''
|-
|}


==Quotes==
* ''{{plainlink|t|21452|Newbie 1,221}}.''
This is where you and I get to post quotes by, about, or to me on MafiaScum that we find interesting. Feel free to add on as desired.
: ''{{U|DLG}}, {{plainlink|p|4092016|post #884}}:'' Thanks for modding, and thanks for letting me replace in. I still would rather fall of the Tower of Pisa, though.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4092032|post #885}}:'' *flies DLG to Pisa and throws him off the Tower just to make him happy*
: ''(The reference is to a minor mod error in Newbie 1,181, which was eaten by the crash. It and Newbie 1,221 take place in Rome, and the kill flavor I used for DLG in the latter was "thrown off the Tower of Pisa". The Tower of Pisa is not in Rome.)''


These should be in chronological order, by the way.
* ''{{plainlink|t|21974|StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune}}. This is all from the same round.''
: ''{{U|Framm 18}}, {{plainlink|p|4207629|post #343}}:'' '''T'''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4207646|post #344}}:'' Two T's. What now?
: ''{{U|Framm 18}}, {{plainlink|p|4207649|post #345}}:'' Ugh, I can't stand it, but... '''Buy an "E"'''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4207666|post #346}}:'' Two E's.
: ''(In both of my posts, I forget to delete the letter just called from the list of letters left.)''
: ''{{U|Feirei}}, {{plainlink|p|4209972|post #357}}:'' There shouldn't be an E left. ._.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4209976|post #358}}:'' Fixed.
: ''{{U|swyellowtail}}, {{plainlink|p|4210077|post #361}}:'' There shouldn't be an T left. ._.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4210114|post #362}}:'' *fires the person operating the used letter board and hires a new one*


* ''I had a dream last night of you getting lynched. But then, somebody (CDB, I think) said something like, "No, don't lynch him. All he did was a confession. Crazy has done --insert something here--. And then everyone unvoted you and voted me.'' —[[Crazy]], {{plainlink|t|8386|Newbie 614}}, {{plainlink|p|1072134|post #90}}
: ''Two matches later...''


* ''Stop adding an H at the end of my name! What are you, allergic to cats or something?'' —[[StrangerCoug]] to [[sirdanilot]], {{plainlink|t|8430|Mini 601: Cog City: Trouble Below}}, {{plainlink|p|1124308|post #512}}
: ''{{U|DeasVail}}, {{plainlink|p|4347260|post #697}}:'' '''R'''?
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4349321|post #698}}:'' No R.
: ''(I forget to delete R from the list of letters left, resulting in the following argument.)''
: ''{{U|swyellowtail}}, {{plainlink|p|4351694|post #706}}:'' '''R'''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4352769|post #707}}:'' No R. (I realize I forgot to mark it as called, but the rules pretty much screw swyellowtail anyway as I have to count already called letters as wrong.)
: ''{{U|swyellowtail}}, {{plainlink|p|4352802|post #708}}:'' ...That's a MOD ERROR. God damnit!
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4352835|post #709}}:'' I considered letting you pick another, but the last post to have the used letter board said "No R" at the top. If your two opponents decide you should be allowed another chance, I'll allow it, but my initial ruling is based on what would have happened either way.
: ''{{U|DeasVail}}, {{plainlink|p|4353524|post #710}}:'' I am happy with Sw getting another chance.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4353629|post #711}}:'' If RedCoyote approves, you'll be allowed a chance at another letter. The wheel stays at $750.
: ''{{U|RedCoyote}}, {{plainlink|p|4354505|post #712}}:'' Poor little sw. Resorting to begging for extra chances because he can't keep up with the thread... I'm kidding! I'm fine with sw having another guess. I'll still beat him.
: ''{{U|swyellowtail}}, {{plainlink|p|4354513|post #713}}:'' Probably going to be a fail anyway: '''C'''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4354732|post #714}}:'' No C. *obliterates the C in the used letter board with a plasma cannon to make sure no one picks it again this round* *realizes too late that it's overkill* We'll do repairs later; I know how to fix that thing. DeasVail, spin the wheel.


* ''SC's town, Fark[shinsoup]'s town, what universe are we in?'' —[[Crazy]], {{plainlink|t|8386|Newbie 614}}, {{plainlink|p|1130195|post #335}}
* ''{{plainlink|t|23498|Telephone Pictionary: The Ramen Years}}. The below conversation ended up giving the mod, {{U|Ether}} (running the game as {{U|Telephone Cat}}), the idea to name the chains according to an animal theme. Only the first letter of each is given in [[Telephone Pictionary: The Ramen Years|the corresponding MafiaWiki article]], but in full, they were Antelope, Bear, Cat, Dragon, Elephant, Fox, Giraffe, Horse, Ibex, Jackal, Kangaroo, Lion, Monkey, Narwhal, Otter, Penguin, Quetzal, Raccoon, Skunk, and Tiger.''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4364755|post #24}}:'' Who's that in your avatar, Kimor?
: ''{{U|Kimor}}, {{plainlink|p|4371532|post #38}}:'' It's an original character.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4373671|post #41}}:'' Cute one nonetheless.
: ''{{U|Kimor}}, {{plainlink|p|4373732|post #42}}:'' Thanks! ''(He shows another picture of the character, this time leaning against a chess king.)''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4373752|post #43}}:'' You're welcome. Fellow furry, I suppose?
: ''{{U|Kimor}}, {{plainlink|p|4373763|post #44}}:'' Indeed! One of the reasons that I created my new account.
: ''{{U|petroleumjelly}}, {{plainlink|p|4374021|post #49}}:'' Huzzuh!
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4375872|post #52}}:'' *singing* The furries are marching one by one, hoorah... hoorah...


* ''I played Day 1 and I think part of Day 2 thinking I was town and didn't realize I was scum until Green Cow PM'd me. I tried to be very conservative with my posts since it would be obvious that I was scum if I did, but apparently that didn't work. We didn't even get a chance to kill anybody. ...Wait a minute—I've got an idea! *shoots xyzzy*'' —[[StrangerCoug]], {{plainlink|t|8714|Mini 620: Psychopathic Xyzzy Mod}}, {{plainlink|p|1157406|post #161}}
* ''{{plainlink|t|26110|High Rollers}}.''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4782191|post #65}}:'' Let's let Twistedspoon predict the hot column.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4783436|post #66}}:'' Right column again~
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|4784033|post #67}}:'' Let's see...
{| class="wikitable" style="background:black; margin: 0em 0em 0em 2em"
|-
| style="color:magenta" | <big>'''7'''</big> || style="color:#8000FF" | <big>'''2'''</big> || style="color:white" | <big>'''1'''</big>
|-
| style="color:lime" | <big>'''8'''</big> || style="color:#FF8000" | <big>'''3'''</big> || style="color:cyan" | <big>'''6'''</big>
|-
| style="color:red" | <big>'''9'''</big> || style="color:blue" | <big>'''4'''</big> || style="color:yellow" | <big>'''7'''</big>
|}
: Are you kidding me? ''TWO'' hot columns, one of them the one Twistedspoon called and the other column two, in the columns with two prizes, and the two columns that weren't hot columns last time now have consecutive numbers... It's the attack of the terrible twos, I tell you!


* ''SC is a closeted kitten huffer'' —[[doctor no]], {{plainlink|t|3797|Outrageous Lies about the last poster}}, {{plainlink|p|1169451|post #1978}}  
* ''{{plainlink|t|29853|StrangerCoug's Wheel of Fortune Retro Tournament Finals}}''.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|5299223|post #130}}:'' Bankrupt. Sorry. RichardGHP, let's get on the board.
: ''{{U|RichardGHP}}, {{plainlink|p|5299920|post #131}}:'' Let's. ''(He spins the wheel.)'' What's the bet that this is Bankrupt or Lose a Turn?
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|5300005|post #132}}: (RichardGHP lands on Bankrupt as well.)'' Way to jinx yourself. doctorwho?
: ''{{U|RichardGHP}}, {{plainlink|p|5300291|post #133}}:'' I think I'm headed for comprehensive doom in both games.
: ''({{U|doctorwho}} spins the wheel in {{plainlink|p|5306018|post #134}}.)''
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|5309025|post #135}}: (It lands on Bankrupt once again.)'' ...Yeah. Lady Luck hates everybody, apparently.


* ''Who the hell cares about social experiments? I refuse to copy and paste signature text just to follow a trend.'' —[[StrangerCoug]], as part of his signature from 2008-08-02 to 2008-08-07
* ''{{plainlink|t|58394|Sale of the Century}}''.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6016322|post #56}}:'' You are shaking together vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice with ice to be served in a highball glass garnished with an orange slice. What popular cocktail are you making?
: ''{{U|BipolarChemist}}, {{plainlink|p|6016335|post #57}}:'' Sex on the beach!
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6016335|post #58}}:'' BP, ya perv... ''(Intended to be light-hearted since he gave the correct answer.)''
: ''{{U|BipolarChemist}}, {{plainlink|p|6016362|post #60}}:'' You bet! :D


* ''The players of the US version [of Monopoly] can do what the hell they like. Here in the UK, when we play a game, we play it.'' —[[Battle Mage]], {{plainlink|t|9303|Monopoly: London version}}, {{plainlink|p|1242738|post #68}}
* ''{{plainlink|t|18255|Math and Logic Puzzles}}''.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6395574|post #2779}}:'' Alice, Bob, and Charlie are three players at a craps table. They always bet the pass line and never make any other bets.
:* Alice always bets $25.
:* Bob initially bets $25. If the pass line loses, his bet becomes double his last; if the pass line wins, his bet resets to $25.
:* Charlie also initially bets $25. If the pass line wins, his winnings are added to his previous bet; if the pass line loses, his bet resets to $25.
: '''DISPROVE''' that any of Alice, Bob, Charlie will be any better or any worse off than the others on average.
: ''{{U|inspiratieloos}}, {{plainlink|p|6396012|post #2782}}:'' What do they do when their money runs out?
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6396548|post #2789}}:'' Assume the players and the casino have unlimited funds.
: ''{{U|serrapaladin}}, {{plainlink|p|6396710|post #2790}}:'' That doesn't really work though.
: ''{{U|Sudo_Nym}}, {{plainlink|p|6396832|post #2795}}:'' Welcome to the world of ideal mathematics; where gamblers have infinite funds, cows are spherical, and every surface is frictionless!


* ''If I am not the serial killer, then curiouskarmadog didn't just play his cards wrong; he set them on fire.'' —[[StrangerCoug]], {{plainlink|t|9032|Mini 644: Meerkat Manor Mafia}}, {{plainlink|p|1290867|post #637}}, referring to [[curiouskarmadog]]'s fate being sealed with his claim
* ''{{plainlink|t|61959|Password IV}}''.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6938989|post #19}}:'' Oh, hey, the cute little fox cub avatar is back!
: ''{{U|xofelf}}, {{plainlink|p|6941071|post #22}}:'' Mine? I love this little fox. I'm probably going to keep making new avys with it cuz it's so fucking cuteeee.
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6943419|post #25}}:'' *squeezes it, trying not to choke it to death*
: ''{{U|xofelf}}, {{plainlink|p|6945200|post #26}}:'' D: Please don't kill my avy. Accidental death is still death. ;~;
: ''{{U|StrangerCoug}}, {{plainlink|p|6945318|post #27}}:'' I won't. It'd make me sad, too.

Latest revision as of 14:09, 6 August 2023

Introduction

I am Jeffrey Hope, your resident village idiot (unfortunate as that is). I was born on December 26, 1989 in Virginia Beach, VA, but I grew up in El Paso, TX and moved to Chaparral, NM a short distance away in early 2009. Sometimes I think I want to get out of here—I'm so bored of this place! In fact, anytime I'm more than 50 miles away, I'm happy.

I mod a lot of games—both Mafia and Mish Mash. Examples of both include Card Sharks, Go Play in Traffic!, Monopoly (three such games, actually—the U.S. and U.K. versions and a Mafia game based on the former), and the StrangerCoug's Worst Nightmare series.

On top of all that, I also once helped MeMe keep both mini queues up to date. While this was once an on-and-off "Hey, this is messed up" kind of thing, I officially became responsible for updating it on January 13, 2009. (MeMe still filled up games, nagged at mods who fell off the face of the site, etc. before being replaced by Papa Zito and hasdgfas.) In 2010, I became list mod of the Large Normals, left that position the next year feeling that I was being negligent in my duties. I took it back the year after that and left it again in 2013 due to time constraints created by college. I was the last Large Normal list mod to be a separate person from the Mini Normal list mod. I've also had a stint as Mish Mash Janitor from 2014 to 2015, leaving due to stress in school.

My scumday is May 6, 2008, but due to time zone differences the "is having a scumday!" marker doesn't show up until May 7. (Interesting factoid: A similar situation applies to my birthday. I was born at approximately 00:30 EST, which converts to 22:30 MST the previous day.)

I have a guide to running Mish Mash games.

Origin of the name

As I said, I first played Mafia on Rooster Teeth. The first time I signed up as StrangerCoug was on there. As seems to be commonplace on that site, most usernames have something to do with one of the machinima series, especially Red vs. Blue. Only the former was true in my case: my addiction was to The Strangerhood since, when I started watching the videos and visiting the site, I didn't have a computer that would work with The Sims 2. When I finally decided to join their forums, I implemented the fact that I liked those videos in my user name by making it a portmanteau of that and my high school mascot, which happened to be the cougar. I tried to make my name StrangerCougar, but the site only allowed names to be a 12-letter maximum. I left it as what could fit, and on December 30, 2005, the name as we know it was born.

You will sometimes see "the StrangerCoug", especially when I'm referring to myself in the third person, but the word "the" is not officially part of my user name and is therefore lowercase unless it starts a sentence. Addressing me as "The StrangerCoug" is incorrect.

MafiaScum.net was the last site on which I signed up as StrangerCoug when I still had a cougar to call a mascot; however, since August 2007 it has also been my fursona. (Yes, I'm a furry. Get over it.)

Playing History

I first played Mafia as a forum game on a site called Rooster Teeth. I've made myself quite an established presence there, playing every round except for the first and the seventh, being the game moderator in the latter. When I came over to MafiaScum (via my browsing around on Wikipedia) and signed up on May 6, 2008, one of the biggest things I noticed different is that, on MafiaScum, all votes are viewable to the public and can be changed by the person making them. On Rooster Teeth you had to send a PM to the game moderator, and once he recorded it you were not allowed to change it (as far as I knew, anyway). I have now adapted to both, and I actually think the game on here is more fun.

Hey, what happened to the Statistics section?

It hadn't been updated since 2010, and it was really updated only sporadically for awhile before. Most of my games as a player were from the late 2000s to the early 2010s, though I have never claimed to be retired from playing. In general, on the Mafia side, you should be looking for me in the theme queues. I usually mod these days, but I will play an interesting enough theme game.

Quotes

This is where you and I get to post quotes by, about, or to me on MafiaScum that we find interesting. Feel free to add on as desired.

These should be in chronological order, by the way.

One-liners

  • I played Day 1 and I think part of Day 2 thinking I was town and didn't realize I was scum until Green Cow PM'd me. I tried to be very conservative with my posts since it would be obvious that I was scum if I did, but apparently that didn't work. We didn't even get a chance to kill anybody. ...Wait a minute—I've got an idea! *shoots xyzzy* —StrangerCoug, Mini 620: Psychopathic Xyzzy Mod, post #161
  • Who the hell cares about social experiments? I refuse to copy and paste signature text just to follow a trend. —StrangerCoug, as part of his signature from 2008-08-02 to 2008-08-07
  • Acting scummy on purpose does not necessarily make a player a jester—it could also be legitimate scum trying to get bussed as a gambit of some sort. I don't see either, but #162 is heavily noted. As in on 10,000 pieces of paper. —StrangerCoug, Mafia 90: Lolwat? Mafia, post #172. Post #162 is this.
  • I'm surprised a rotten tomato fight hasn't started yet, given how ashamed some of you and I are of each other. —StrangerCoug, Mafia 91: Hell Aboard the Purple Flower, post #3195, referring to my regrettable mod actions and several people talking outside the thread that I didn't hear about until the game was over
  • SC, you have to lead to this trick as we- PUT THAT GUN DOWN! —yabbaguy, Hearts, post #344 after "shooting" myself out of confusion for the second time
  • OK, did RedCoyote's cards barf in my inbox!? —StrangerCoug, I Doubt It, post #215, after revealing what RedCoyote claimed was two jacks but clearly weren't
  • Obligatory commercial advertisement: HughesNet sucks. Get something else. —StrangerCoug, BOOM!, post #316, after having to deal with two service outages in a month

Dialogue

StrangerCoug, post #596: How exactly do you buy Income Tax? (bird1111 miscounted his throw and thought he landed on Whitechapel, which was still available.)
animorpherv1, post #597: You distract the banker and cut the spot out of the board.
StrangerCoug, post #88: Let's add a #6 [to my list in post #4]: Getting people's genders wrong when it's right there in front of your nose.
Glork, post #89: Shut up, woman. Now get to making me a sandwich.
OhGodMyLife, post #90: Don't talk to her like that.
Cybele, post #790: Wow. It's been nearly a month, but I finally get to roll. (He throws an eight, putting him on Water Works.)
Cybele, post #791: Just so I can pay $32. Bugger all. Call me in February, when it's my turn again.
StrangerCoug, post #793: If I'm not packing when you get back.
crywolf20084, post #718: For JD, I shall bet 363.46153846153845 lower
StrangerCoug, post #719: ...OK, new rule: Bets must be in multiples of $1.00.
animorpherv1, post #980: mod's rule: Every time the mod rolls, it automatically is a 40. NO MATTER WHAT THE DIE SAYS.
StrangerCoug, post #981: Shut up, ani.
StrangerCoug, post #471: ...Guess what I have, everybody? BLACKJACK!
Kmd4390, post #478: Shoot the dealer...
Mastin, post #479: Dayvig: StrangerCoug. There goes one of my three dayvig shots. And the dealer, for that matter. Anyone volunteer to take SC's place? If you're lucky, you won't find the second bullet.
StrangerCoug, post #480: OW! Why did you shoot me for something I had little control over?
Mastin, post #481: Because Luck is an Un-killable neutral survivor.
Castle White Castle, post #827: The cougar is quick like a cat!
StrangerCoug, post #828: That's because a cougar IS a cat xD
Kmd4390, post #942: Higher. I can see through the cards, so I know it's a 10.
StrangerCoug, post #943: Well, ten's certainly higher than a four, so let's see...
(Kmd4390 turns out to have not only made the correct higher/lower call, but correctly guessed the card's value.)
StrangerCoug, still post #943: Well, I'll be damned! It really is a ten! *stands in front of the next card* What's the next one, my beloved psychic?
Kairyuu, post #657: My apologies for the long delay in updating, and thanks much to StrangerCoug for yelling at me and actually making me do it. First post is fully updated.
StrangerCoug, post #660: You're going to love that golf club in a moment.
(The reference is to the title of the PM I gave him to tell him to update the replacements thread.)
ShadowLurker, post #348: higher
Prof. Guppy, post #349: No! Don't! It's a trap!
StrangerCoug, post #350: Higher than a four, you say... Oh, no. It's a two. ani, call the seven!
animorpherv1, post #352: higher
Prof. Guppy, post #353: It's not much higher, but it is higher. No more than a ten-spot.
StrangerCoug, post #354: Higher than a seven, you say... (An eight is revealed.) ... Prof. Guppy, get out of this studio. I can't trust that you haven't been peeking behind the cards.
yabbaguy, post #196: StrangerCoug has been assessed a new posting restriction. He must write at least 500 words per post.
StrangerCoug, post #197: One, two, three, four, (keeps going until) two hundred twenty-three, two hundred twenty-four... Screw this; Microsoft Word says I have enough words.
Robocopter87, post #600: Also, we need more shoving instead of pushing here.
StrangerCoug, post #603: *shoves Robocopter87 off a cliff*
RichardGHP, post #4661: Since when does a cribbage board have more than 32 pieces?
StrangerCoug, post #4662: Since cribbage started being played with a deck of cards.
RichardGHP, post #4663: That's where I went wrong, then. I was under the impression a full deck of cards constituted one piece.
Nobody Special, post #4664: I'll drop the cards on the kitchen floor and you can pick up the one piece.
Jerbs, post #196: I'm not feeling well, plus the storm thats supposed to come tomorrow, makes me think i might be V/LA for some time
StrangerCoug, post #199: That's not a good combo >< Noted.
Parama, post #198 (for convenience purposes, it goes backwards for a bit): There's a chance my power may go out soon due to freezing rain, so consider me V/LA for the next 4 days. I'll keep posting if I don't lose power, of course.
StrangerCoug, post #199: Noted also.
DLG, post #202: Yeah, me three, on the potential to lose power and have to be V/LA. Hope not, but if I suddenly disappear for a couple of days, that's why.
Packbat, post #204: Also, I, too, am in an area where freezing rain is possible - if power is lost again, I will have limited access for a few days.
StrangerCoug, post #206: ...OK, what happened? Did Mother Nature decide to hate everybody?
Packbat, post #207: Yes. (The word "yes" is a link that goes to a weather map which, at the time, showed a large swath of the US going from a little northeast of the El Paso/Las Cruces area, where I am, northeast through New England under a winter storm or blizzard warning, and even where I was there was a winter weather advisory. I would be hit soon after.)
DLG, post #884: Thanks for modding, and thanks for letting me replace in. I still would rather fall of the Tower of Pisa, though.
StrangerCoug, post #885: *flies DLG to Pisa and throws him off the Tower just to make him happy*
(The reference is to a minor mod error in Newbie 1,181, which was eaten by the crash. It and Newbie 1,221 take place in Rome, and the kill flavor I used for DLG in the latter was "thrown off the Tower of Pisa". The Tower of Pisa is not in Rome.)
18 Framm 18, post #343: T
StrangerCoug, post #344: Two T's. What now?
18 Framm 18, post #345: Ugh, I can't stand it, but... Buy an "E"
StrangerCoug, post #346: Two E's.
(In both of my posts, I forget to delete the letter just called from the list of letters left.)
Feirei, post #357: There shouldn't be an E left. ._.
StrangerCoug, post #358: Fixed.
swyellowtail, post #361: There shouldn't be an T left. ._.
StrangerCoug, post #362: *fires the person operating the used letter board and hires a new one*
Two matches later...
DeasVail, post #697: R?
StrangerCoug, post #698: No R.
(I forget to delete R from the list of letters left, resulting in the following argument.)
swyellowtail, post #706: R
StrangerCoug, post #707: No R. (I realize I forgot to mark it as called, but the rules pretty much screw swyellowtail anyway as I have to count already called letters as wrong.)
swyellowtail, post #708: ...That's a MOD ERROR. God damnit!
StrangerCoug, post #709: I considered letting you pick another, but the last post to have the used letter board said "No R" at the top. If your two opponents decide you should be allowed another chance, I'll allow it, but my initial ruling is based on what would have happened either way.
DeasVail, post #710: I am happy with Sw getting another chance.
StrangerCoug, post #711: If RedCoyote approves, you'll be allowed a chance at another letter. The wheel stays at $750.
RedCoyote, post #712: Poor little sw. Resorting to begging for extra chances because he can't keep up with the thread... I'm kidding! I'm fine with sw having another guess. I'll still beat him.
swyellowtail, post #713: Probably going to be a fail anyway: C
StrangerCoug, post #714: No C. *obliterates the C in the used letter board with a plasma cannon to make sure no one picks it again this round* *realizes too late that it's overkill* We'll do repairs later; I know how to fix that thing. DeasVail, spin the wheel.
StrangerCoug, post #24: Who's that in your avatar, Kimor?
Kimor, post #38: It's an original character.
StrangerCoug, post #41: Cute one nonetheless.
Kimor, post #42: Thanks! (He shows another picture of the character, this time leaning against a chess king.)
StrangerCoug, post #43: You're welcome. Fellow furry, I suppose?
Kimor, post #44: Indeed! One of the reasons that I created my new account.
petroleumjelly, post #49: Huzzuh!
StrangerCoug, post #52: *singing* The furries are marching one by one, hoorah... hoorah...
StrangerCoug, post #65: Let's let Twistedspoon predict the hot column.
StrangerCoug, post #66: Right column again~
StrangerCoug, post #67: Let's see...
7 2 1
8 3 6
9 4 7
Are you kidding me? TWO hot columns, one of them the one Twistedspoon called and the other column two, in the columns with two prizes, and the two columns that weren't hot columns last time now have consecutive numbers... It's the attack of the terrible twos, I tell you!
StrangerCoug, post #130: Bankrupt. Sorry. RichardGHP, let's get on the board.
RichardGHP, post #131: Let's. (He spins the wheel.) What's the bet that this is Bankrupt or Lose a Turn?
StrangerCoug, post #132: (RichardGHP lands on Bankrupt as well.) Way to jinx yourself. doctorwho?
RichardGHP, post #133: I think I'm headed for comprehensive doom in both games.
(doctorwho spins the wheel in post #134.)
StrangerCoug, post #135: (It lands on Bankrupt once again.) ...Yeah. Lady Luck hates everybody, apparently.
StrangerCoug, post #56: You are shaking together vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice with ice to be served in a highball glass garnished with an orange slice. What popular cocktail are you making?
BipolarChemist, post #57: Sex on the beach!
StrangerCoug, post #58: BP, ya perv... (Intended to be light-hearted since he gave the correct answer.)
BipolarChemist, post #60: You bet! :D
StrangerCoug, post #2779: Alice, Bob, and Charlie are three players at a craps table. They always bet the pass line and never make any other bets.
  • Alice always bets $25.
  • Bob initially bets $25. If the pass line loses, his bet becomes double his last; if the pass line wins, his bet resets to $25.
  • Charlie also initially bets $25. If the pass line wins, his winnings are added to his previous bet; if the pass line loses, his bet resets to $25.
DISPROVE that any of Alice, Bob, Charlie will be any better or any worse off than the others on average.
inspiratieloos, post #2782: What do they do when their money runs out?
StrangerCoug, post #2789: Assume the players and the casino have unlimited funds.
serrapaladin, post #2790: That doesn't really work though.
Sudo_Nym, post #2795: Welcome to the world of ideal mathematics; where gamblers have infinite funds, cows are spherical, and every surface is frictionless!
StrangerCoug, post #19: Oh, hey, the cute little fox cub avatar is back!
xofelf, post #22: Mine? I love this little fox. I'm probably going to keep making new avys with it cuz it's so fucking cuteeee.
StrangerCoug, post #25: *squeezes it, trying not to choke it to death*
xofelf, post #26: D: Please don't kill my avy. Accidental death is still death. ;~;
StrangerCoug, post #27: I won't. It'd make me sad, too.
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