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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.

Believe it or not, I'm running both the U.S. version and the 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.

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. 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).

Playing Style

  • 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

Picture Used Comments
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.
StrangerCoug MafiaScum2.JPG 2008-08-14 to 2008-10-24 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.
Clumsily Blue small 100x100 JPEG.JPG 2008-10-24 to the present This image, a crop of Clumsily Blue (another fursona drawing of mine, my eighth) wasn't intended to ever be my avatar, but it was too cute in my opinion to resist the temptation to upload it.

As with the avatar before it, the actual image used on the MafiaScum.net forum is a PNG, not a JPG.

Mafia games outside MafiaScum.net

I do play Mafia on sites other than MafiaScum. Those recorded below:

Rooster Teeth

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).
  • 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

Please note the following:

  • 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.
  • I no longer count abandoned games as draws, nor do I any longer assume my role would have been neutral if I never got it.

MafiaScum.net

Of the 9 games listed still in progress, I am still alive in 7. 1 game I've been in has been abandoned.

Wins/Losses

Alignment Wins Losses Draws Total
Town 3 10 1 14
Scum 2 2 0 4
Neutral 0 0 0 0
Total 5 12 0 18

Results

Alignment Lynched Killed Endgamed Survived Other Total
Town 9 3 2 2 0 16
Scum 2 1 0 1 0 4
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 4 2 3 0 20

Games Played

Newbie
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Newbie 602 JDodge replaced by Mr. Flay 2008-04-23 2008-09-03 Iceall during Day 1 — Lynched Day 3, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
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.
Newbie 614 Thok 2008-05-18 2008-06-30 — — Lynched Day 1, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
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.
Newbie 630 Thok 2008-06-16 2008-10-04 — — Endgamed, was the doctor Mafia wins
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.
Mini Normal
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Mini 591: Re-Infiltration somestrangeflea 2008-04-24 2008-07-07 PsychoBob during Day 1 — Endgamed, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
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.
Mini 601: Cog City: Trouble Below Incognito 2008-05-21 2008-07-30 — — Lynched Day 3, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
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.
Mini 604: Mayor's Mansion ooba 2008-05-24 2008-07-17 clockwork during Day 1 — Lynched Day 1, was a vanilla townie Town wins
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.
Mini 618: Farside of the moon farside22 2008-06-19 2008-07-28 — — Lynched Day 1, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
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.
Mini 624 Hypatia 2008-06-27 2008-10-02 — — Lynched Day 5, was a Mafia goon Town wins
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.
Mini 630: The Council of Eville Dean Harper backed up by Macavenger 2008-07-12 2008-10-19 — — Lynched Day 3, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
Comments: Night 1 was pretty weird to me. Neither attempted kill that night went through—the vigilante tried to kill me for what I think was my OMGUSy attitude early Day 1 but got roleblocked, and the doctor protected the Mafia target, which ironically was the traitor. That same I was lynched Day 3 mainly for my radical change of play since Day 1 (from panicky to relatively calm) and that I was the most likely to be the roleblocker. Another flawless victory by scum.
Mini 654 springlullaby — 2008-08-14 — — Role never received Abandoned by the moderator
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.
Mini 677: Powerball Mafia clammy backed up by jas 2008-09-24 Ongoing — — Still alive Night 1
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.
Mini 698: Georgetown Mafia Huntress 2008-??-?? Ongoing — — Still alive Day 1
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Mini Theme
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Mini 620: Psychopathic Xyzzy Mod xyzzy 2008-06-28 2008-07-15 — — Lynched Day 2, was JEEP (scum) Town wins
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.
Mini 631: Mental War Mafia Nocmen 2008-07-14 2008-09-06 — — Killed Night 1, was the auditory system (scum disease accessor) Scum disease wins
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.
Mini 644: Meerkat Manor Mafia Rishi 2008-07-31 2008-10-10 — — Lynched Day 4, was Mozart (Whiskers, vanilla townie) Whiskers win
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.
Mini 658: Facedown and Thirsty Mafia yellowbounder 2008-08-20 2008-10-28 — — Lynched Day 4, was a Tragic Love Story (town) Mafia wins
Comments: Perfect scum win AGAIN. Way to set me up to fall and get you a win, Kairyuu. This is my second consecutive LYLO loss where I was the mislynch that cost the game, the first being Mini 630.
Mini 699: Insane Asylum Mafia forbiddanlight backed up by nonny 2008-10-29 Ongoing — — Still alive Day 1
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Mini 700: Monta Vista Mafia Flameaxe 2008-10-30 Ongoing — — Still alive 7:25 AM
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Large Normal
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Mafia 79: "The Amish Mafia" xyzzy backed up by KaleiÐoscøpe 2008-04-12 2008-09-09 Evilgorillaz during Night 2 — Killed Night 4, was a vanilla townie Mafia wins
Comments: None as of yet.
Mafia 82: International skitzer backed up by farside22 2008-08-18 Ongoing — — Still alive Day 3
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Large Theme
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Diablo III: The Black Fang Albert B. Rampage 2008-07-17 Ongoing W!nt3r during Day 1 Unknown if any Murdered Day 1, was Ursula (town vigilante/healer) Day 5
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Traitor Mafia Skrmlx (Skruffs and armlx) 2008-09-19 Ongoing — — Still alive Day 4
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
The Price Is Right Mafia xyzzy 2008-10-21 Ongoing — — Still alive Round 1
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Open
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Open 72: Mountainous Multiball Selande 2008-05-12 2008-06-18 ya_its_me during confirmation stage — Survived, was a Werewolf Werewolves win
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.
Open 80: Double Day Mafia somestrangeflea 2008-06-19 Ongoing Bogre during Day 1.5 — Lynched Day 3.0, was a vanilla townie Day 3.5
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.
Open 81: The New C9 Rogueben 2008-06-27 Ongoing — — Endgamed, was the vigilante Draw
Comments: I'm surprised I lived to see lynch-or-lose since I was driven to claim on Day 1 for vote hopping. I don't have any comments other than that as of yet.
Open 88: Polygamist Mafia Xtoxm 2008-08-06 2008-09-25 Zoolander during Day 1 — Committed suicide Day 1, was town lover with Citizen Karne (town) Polygamists win
Comments: None as of yet.
Open 94: Trendy and Subversive C9 Scigatt 2008-09-12 2008-10-24 PimHel during Day 2 who replaced farside22 during Night 1 who replaced Jex during Day 1 — Survived, was a vanilla townie Town wins
Comments: Town was pretty lucky—we had not one, but two successful doc saves, one of which effectively cleared me (which makes me happy since farside22 got a lot of rap for her actions). An obvious fakeclaim plus the town guessing right on a 50:50 chance helped in what I think was my easiest game ever.
Open 96: Carbon 14 -TinVision- 2008-11-?? Ongoing — — Still alive Confirmation stage
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.

Games Modded

Newbie
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
Ineligible — — — — — —
Mini Normal
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
None — — — — — —
Mini Theme
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
Ineligible — — — — — —
Large Normal
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
Ineligible — — — — — —
Large Theme
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
Ineligible — — — — — —
Open
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
None — — — — — —

Outside MafiaScum.net

Of the 1 game listed still in progress, I am still alive in 1. 0 games I've been in have been abandoned.

The Rooster Teeth player lists reveal the cop (and, depending on the round, the bodyguard) at the start of the game AND player alignments upon investigation. However, I follow the same practice for these games as MafiaScum games—as long as I'm alive, the player status will say "Still alive" and no mention will be made of my role until that is no longer true.

Wins/Losses

Alignment Wins Losses Draws Total
Town 3 3 0 6
Scum 1 2 0 3
Neutral 0 0 0 0
Total 4 5 0 9

Results

Alignment Lynched Killed Endgamed Survived Other Total
Town 0 2 2 2 0 6
Scum 2 0 0 1 0 3
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 2 2 3 0 9

Games Played

Rooster Teeth Mafia
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Player status Game status
Round 2 Waldo69 2007-12-13 2008-01-30 — — Endgamed, was the Cop Mafia wins
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 Jalnor 2008-02-18 2008-03-03 — — Survived, was Mafia Mafia wins
Comments: My favorite scene from this is actually a deleted scene, despite being one that would have clearly given me away as Mafia. Remember that, unlike on MafiaScum, the mod gives hints as to the Mafia. I think this was the first round where the cop revealed a Mafioso yet a mislynch still occured that day (votes are not public knowledge on Rooster Teeth), but I do remember being the only Mafioso not revealed until the game was over.
Round 4 Jalnor 2008-03-24 2008-04-09 — — Survived, was a civilian Civilians win
Comments: None as of yet.
Round 5 Jalnor 2008-04-21 2008-05-10 — — Survived, was the Bodyguard Civilians win
Comments: None as of yet.
Round 6 SarBni 2008-05-18 2008-06-14 — — Lynched Day 4, was Mafia Civilians win
Comments: None as of yet.
Round 8 subversive89 2008-07-15 2008-08-13 — — Blown up Night 3, was a civilian Civilians win
Comments: None as of yet.
Round 9 Jalnor 2008-08-18 2008-09-13 — — Lynched Day 5, was Mafia Civilians win
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, but it did appear in Round 11.
Round 10 SarBni 2008-09-17 2008-10-07 — — Endgamed, was a civilian Mafia wins
Comments: I had a grudge on the mod for awhile that continued into Round 11 and even made it on this page. I didn't think the game was fair, and the mod said I never voted, which is untrue. On the not-so-mean-to-him side, this is the first round that I didn't run as moderator for since the original mod, Waldo69, said he wanted to play instead. This is also the second round where the cop revealed a Mafioso yet a mislynch still occured for the day.
Round 11 jaxom_rahl 2008-10-12 2008-10-28 — — Beaten to death Night 3, was the bodyguard Mafia wins
Comments: Round 11 had much of the same town activity problems as Round 10 and also had mislynches occuring with an exposed Mafioso.
Round 12 f3licks 2008-11-01 Ongoing — — Still alive Day 1
Comments: This is an ongoing game and I am not yet allowed to comment on it.

Games Modded

Rooster Teeth Mafia
Game Moderator Started Ended Replaced Replaced by Game status
Round 7 StrangerCoug 2008-06-18 2008-07-12 — — Civilians win
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.

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.

  • 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, Newbie 614, post #90
  • 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
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