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.

I enjoy keeping up with the Wiki. I will look at new pages by other users and make style changes as needed to make the page look nicer. I also love to revert changes through spam. On February 28, 2010, I was promoted to a SysOp on the wiki.

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 three-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.

Playing

I started the site playing Mafia games, but quickly began playing games in Mish Mash. After a few games of Mafia, I stopped joining games and focused more time on Mish Mash. When I returned to the site in December, I began playing Mafia games again.

Mafia Game Stats

I am currently playing in 1 Mafia game. I have completed 5 games and was replaced from 2 games.

Role Total Wins Losses Win Pct Mafia Goon 1 0 1 0.0% Mason 1 1 0 100.0% Renegade 1 0 1 0.0% Vanilla Townie 2 1 1 50.0% Total 5 2 3 40.0%

Alignment Total Wins Losses Win Pct Town 3 2 1 66.7% Scum 1 0 1 0.0% Third-Party 1 0 1 0.0%

Ongoing Games

Game	Moderator	Setup	/in	Start	Death?	Status	Role
Geezer Mafia	Dragon Phoenix	Unknown	Started	04/02/10	Killed Night 1	Day 2	Vanilla Townie

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 N2	Vanilla Townie	Town	Win
Newbie #712	petroleumjelly	F11	Started	12/04/08	02/20/09	Lynched D3	Mafia Goon	Town	Loss
Newbie #721	Mr. Flay	F11	Replaced Japles	12/22/08	03/19/09	Lynched D3	Vanilla Townie	Mafia	Loss
Open #199	Papa Zito	Friends and Enemies and Enemies	Replaced Cat	01/25/10	03/05/10	Replaced N3	Mason	Town	Win
Due to some lurking scum, town won this one a bit easier than I think we should have. The Masons did well as a team, leading the town to lynch their intended target. I was replaced out during N3 due to a chat outside the forums about the game. The information was from an already-dead player telling me a role of another player. I notified Papa Zito, who had me replaced from the game.
Mini #936 - Bang!	farside22	Bang!	Started	03/03/10	03/31/10	Killed D4	Rose Doolan - Renegade	Town & Sheriff	Loss
My role required that I be the only one standing with the sheriff alive. That would have been impossible. The non-standard setup of the game (no nights; multiple shots per player; use of cards as defense) was a great way to play, but made it a little difficult for me to really get into as a Mafia game. I played it too much like a Mish Mash game, which was my downfall. To be honest, I was surprised I lasted so long.

Mish Mash Game Stats

I am currently playing in 7 games on the Mish Mash Forums. I have also finished 5 games.

Ongoing Games

Game	Moderator	Start	Status
Yahtzee	farside22	01/12/10	Round 2
Round 1: 3rd (187 points) Round 2: 1st (231 points) Round 3: 3rd (159 points) Round 4: In Progress.
Texas Hold'em Poker	jmj3000	02/17/10	Hand 4
pwnman: $5,160 danakillsu: $4,160 StrangerCoug: $6,380 Charnel: $4,940 yawetag: $5,100 Nobody Special: $4,080
NCAA Tournament Challenge	mith	03/10/10	2nd of 15
Get the Picture	zoraster	03/17/10	Round 3
Fantasy Baseball	pickemgenius	03/20/10	Pre-Draft
Eat Poop You Cat	mith	03/23/10	Round 3

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.
Reiner Knizia's Decathlon	diginova	01/17/10	03/05/10	Second
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: 10th (16)
A lot of fun. A bunch of dice rolls, but some strategy as well. I almost lost it in the last round, but was able to scrape out a silver. See.
Rock-Paper-Scissors	ZephyrA	02/15/10	03/09/10	Second
Round 1: Won 2-1 against pwnman. Round 2: Won 2-1 against razorback. Round 3: Lost 2-1 against nessarae56.
Pretty basic game with very little strategy. It was all luck to make it to the Finals, but my luck ran out against nessarae56.

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.

I began moderating an Open Mafia game, but abandoned the game when I left the site in April, 2009.

Mafia Moderator Stats

I am currently moderating 1 Open Setup game.

Ongoing Games

Game	Setup	Start	Status
Open 215 - Game Show Mafia	Gurgi EC8	04/08/10	Day 2

Mish Mash Moderator Stats

I am currently moderating 3 games on the Mish Mash Forums. I have completed 4 games and had 6 games abandoned.

Ongoing Games

Game	Start	Status
The Lost Pueblo of Dr. Green	02/13/10	Round 5 of 10.
Acrophobia	03/08/10	Round 5
Huzzah!	04/01/10	Taking /ins

Completed Games

Game	Start	End	Winner	MMPs?
Cartagena	01/16/09	03/18/09	mykonian	Yes
1. mykonian (67.11 MMPs) 2. ortolan (47.45 MMPs) 3. Cybele (38.74 MMPs) 4. animorpherv1 (33.55 MMPs) 5. UltimaAvalon (30.01 MMPs)
Apples to Apples	01/31/09	04/11/09	Dourgrim	Yes
1. Dourgrim (94.90 MMPs) 2. chenhsi (67.11 MMPs) 2. creampuffeater (67.11 MMPs) 4. animorpherv1 (47.45 MMPs) 4. Crazy (47.45 MMPs) 4. Drench (47.45 MMPs) 4. Jeffcole1 (47.45 MMPs) 8. farside22 (33.55 MMPs) 9. SensFan (31.63 MMPs) 9. Xdaamno (31.63 MMPs)
Bogart	12/17/09	02/06/10	chenhsi	Yes
1. chenhsi (79.40 MMPs) 2. zoraster (56.15 MMPs) 3. Rhinox (45.84 MMPs) 4. bird1111 (39.70 MMPs) 5. animorpherv1 (35.51 MMPs) 5. RayFrost (35.51 MMPs) 7. jmj3000 (30.01 MMPs)
36d6 Game #1	01/24/10	03/05/10	Cobalt	Yes
1. Cobalt (73.51 MMPs) 2. animorpherv1 (51.98 MMPs) 2. farside22 (51.98 MMPs) 2. ShadowLurker (51.98 MMPs) 5. MafiaSSK (32.88 MMPs) 5. ortolan (32.88 MMPs)
36d6 Game #2	01/24/10	03/23/10	chenhsi	Yes
1. chenhsi (73.51 MMPs) 2. jmj3000 (51.98 MMPs) 3. dybeck (42.44 MMPs) 3. Nobody Special (42.44 MMPs) 5. mykonian (32.88 MMPs) 6. CSL (30.01 MMPs)

Stalled Games

Game	Start	End	Stall Reason	MMPs?
Brain Baseball	03/18/09	06/01/09	Moderator abandoned.	Yes
1. mykonian (71.47 MMPs) 2. klebian (50.53 MMPs) 3. MonkeyMan576 (41.26 MMPs) 4. almightybob (35.73 MMPs) 4. animorpherv1 (35.73 MMPs) 4. chenhsi (replaced Cybele) (35.73 MMPs) 4. SensFan (35.73 MMPs)
Fight!	03/18/09	06/02/09	Moderator abandoned.	Yes
1. bird1111 (66.16 MMPs) 2. aureza (46.79 MMPs) 3. Empking (38.20 MMPs) 3. skitzer (38.20 MMPs) 5. chenhsi (29.59 MMPs) 6. charter (27.01 MMPs)
Yahtzee Deluxe Poker	04/11/09	06/15/09	Moderator abandoned.	Yes
1. animorpherv1 (40.14 MMPs) 1. crywolf20084 (40.14 MMPs) 1. Drench (40.14 MMPs) 1. farside22 (40.14 MMPs) 1. Prof. Guppy (40.14 MMPs) 1. StrangerCoug (40.14 MMPs)
Lunch Money	01/12/09	12/18/09	Moderator abandoned.	Yes
1. mykonian (76.40 MMPs) 2. Sudo_Nym (54.02 MMPs) 3. animorpherv1 (Replaced Cybele) (44.11 MMPs) 4. chenhsi (38.20 MMPs) 5. Drench (34.17 MMPs) 6. animorpherv1 (Original) (0.00 MMPs) 7. xelada (28.88 MMPs) 8. UnofficialRulerOfEveryone (27.01 MMPs)
Note: animorpherv1 received 0.00 MMPs for his 6th place finish because he received 44.11 MMPs for his 3rd place finish (as a replacement for Cybele).
Blood Sword #1	12/30/09	01/30/10	Lack of player interest.	No
10 Die Poker	02/07/10	02/10/10	No interest by players.	Yes

Quotes

The following are quotes I have found that relate to Mafia, as well as quotes of what others have said about me.

Mafia-Related Quotes

"The darkest places in Hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." -- Dante

"Half a truth is often a great lie." -- Benjamin Franklin

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." -- Winston Churchill

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." -- John F. Kennedy

"Distrust and caution are the parents of security." -- Benjamin Franklin