Yawetag

yawetag

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General

yawetag /yô-ĕ-tăg/ joined Mafia Scum on December 1, 2008. Many people thought (and still think) yawetag is an alt of Yaw; nothing could be further from the truth. In April, 2009, he took an extended leave of absence from the game, and returned in December, 2009.

About yawetag

I am 30-years-old. I live in a suburb north of St. Louis, Missouri. I work in Surveillance at a casino. When I'm not working or playing Mafia, I enjoy Geocaching and umpiring baseball and softball. I also enjoy playing classic RPGs that require mapping on graph paper (Bard's Tale, especially). I have been married since March, 2002, and have a two-year-old son, Sage, and a newborn daughter, Brenna.

yawetag is "gateway" written backwards. Many people where I live think it's because of the Gateway Arch, but in reality, I started using the name in 1996. When I had to come up with a handle for a local BBS, I looked at my (new) Gateway 2000 computer and reversed Gateway. Small fact: After registering yawetag.net many years ago, I took gateway.net's front page and reversed it. It remained that way for months until I put real content on it.

Moderating

I enjoy moderating in the Mish_Mash forum. I attempt to moderate games that haven't been played before. I find games that are freely available online and adjust them to work forum-based. I feel I've done a great job in doing so, and have brought some fun games to the site in the process. I will moderate up to four games at a time. Most games take 5-10 minutes to update daily, so this requires approximately an hour of work. The work isn't tedious, but you have to ensure it's accurate.

I've added a twist to the sign-up process to all of my games. Instead of taking the first number of people that /in, I give 48 hours for all players to /in that are interested. At the end of the 48 hours, I use random.org to randomize the list. I then take the list and pick the top people equal to the number of players needed. I feel this makes the sign-up process more fair to players that aren't able to be on as frequently as other players.

At the end of a game I'm moderating, I set up a survey that the participants may fill out. This will give me information on how well they liked the game and my moderating. I use this information to determine whether or not to return a game in the future and, if I do, how to change it to make it more enjoyable for the participants.

Mafia Game Stats

Last Update: March 3, 2010.

I am not currently playing in a Mafia game. I have completed three games and was replaced from one game.

Ongoing Games

Game	Moderator	Setup	/in	Start	Death?	Status	Role
Open #199	Papa Zito	Friends and Enemies and Enemies	Replaced Cat	01/25/10	Replaced	Night 3	???

Completed Games

Game	Moderator	Setup	/in	Start	Finish	Death?	Role	Winner	Win/Loss
Newbie #727	Thok	F11	Replaced LACivilian	01/09/09	02/18/09	Killed Night 2	Vanilla Townie	Town	Win
Newbie #712	petroleumjelly	F11	Started	12/04/08	02/20/09	Lynched Day 3	Mafia Goon	Town	Loss
Newbie #721	Mr. Flay	F11	Replaced Japles	12/22/08	03/19/09	Lynched Day 3	Vanilla Townie	Mafia	Loss

Mish Mash Game Stats

Last Update: February 13, 2010

I am currently playing in 3 games on the Mish Mash Forums. I have also finished 3 games.

Current Games

Game	Moderator	Start	Status
Yahtzee	farside22	01/12/10	Round 2
Round 1: 3rd (187 points) Round 2: In progress
Reiner Knizia's Decathlon	diginova	01/17/10	Round 10 - Second place overall
100 Meters: 6th (29) Long Jump: 4th (21) Shot Put: 1st (35 - World Record) High Jump: 5th (20) 400 Meters: 2nd (30) 110 Meter Hurdles: 3rd (27) Discus: 5th (24) Pole Vault: 5th (14) Javelin: 2nd (25) 1500m Run: In progress.
Rock-Paper-Scissors	ZephyrA	02/15/10	Round 2
Won 2-1 against pwnman.
Texas Hold'em Poker	jmj3000	02/17/10	Hand 3
pwnman: $5,400 danakillsu: $4,400 StrangerCoug: $4,380 Charnel: $4,940 yawetag: $5,120 Nobody Special: $4,160

Stalled Games

Currently, none of the games I'm involved in are stalled.

Completed Games

Game	Moderator	Start	End	Status
Too Greedy	Max	01/28/09	02/05/09	7th of 10
Mafia Combat	Empking	03/20/09	03/22/09	4th of 4
Nomic III	MishMashHydra	01/02/10	02/11/10	Winner
To be fair, I only won the game because the Moderator didn't update the game. Players went /out, while others didn't post in the time span mandated by the rules. When I realized this, I posted within the time span, making me the only player active. As of 02/12/10, the game hasn't even been updated to show my win.

Moderator Stats

Last Update: February 13, 2010

I am currently moderating 3 games on the Mish Mash Forums. I have completed 3 games and had 6 games abandoned.

Current Games

Game	Start	Status
36d6 Game #1	01/24/10	Game ongoing.
36d6 Game #2	01/24/10	Game ongoing.
The Lost Pueblo of Dr. Green	02/13/10	Round 1 of 10.

Completed Games

Game	Start	End	Winner
Cartagena	01/16/09	03/18/09	mykonian
Apples to Apples	01/31/09	04/11/09	Dourgrim
Bogart	12/17/09	02/06/10	chenhsi

Stalled Games

Game	Start	End	Stall Reason
Brain Baseball	03/18/09	06/01/09	Moderator abandoned.
Fight!	03/18/09	06/02/09	Moderator abandoned.
Yahtzee Deluxe Poker	04/11/09	06/15/09	Moderator abandoned.
Lunch Money	01/12/09	12/18/09	Moderator abandoned.
Blood Sword #1	12/30/09	01/30/10	Lack of player interest.
10 Die Poker	02/07/10	02/10/10	No interest by players.