Survey
1. Do you favor rigid deadlines, semi-flexible but announced deadlines, post-slump activated deadlines, no deadlines, or something else?
Either rigid or semi-flexible or announced. Deadlines are good, they spur people into action.
2. Do you want to see clues play a bigger or smaller role in games?
I definitely like the clues. I think it's best done in a "Mad Maud" style of game though (that is, where you can't tell if someone is scum just because you know their name/appearance).
3. How about roles? Have we had too many, too few, just right? Do you like to see role variants in play or would you like to see a bit less experimentation with that?
I love roles. Experimentation and subverting expectations is cool.
4. Any roles you feel we see too much of, or not enough of, or that you absolutely despise?
I feel like every game has a doctor. Protection is good, but it might be interesting to switch it up. Maybe no doctors, but the scum have to choose whether to shoot someone or inject them with garlic (for a vampire game). Of course, I imagine injecting a human with garlic wouldn't go over too well either... hm...
5. How about sub-plots, midgame ‘Events’ or micro-games, do they interfere with or enhance the game?
Events are good, but I think they're best when they don't require much player input, and they're irregular. Mad Maud had the quirk that no one would get down to rooting out scum until that Day's Lunch had played out. Then there was that other game where we had to vote for people to go look for treasure, and then they became Masons.
6. How about inactivity? Of the various options, from modkill to substitution, which do you prefer, and should we be ramping up enforcement or dialing it down? How many days is too many or too few, and should prior activity factor into it?
I think substitution is best, but more to the point, I think people shouldn't join if they don't think they'll be able to meaningfully contribute. I totally get that some people have jobs that don't allow time for message board games, and then they're too tired to check in when they get home.
Keep in mind none of this is binding on any other mod, or me for that matter, I’m just trying to check which way the winds blowing while my setup has some flexibility, you can comment generally or specifically. Incidentally I’m currently favoring two deadline methods, the ‘Countdown’ and “Bodycount” methods. The former just starts with say 14 days for a day and drops 1 day for each subsequent game Day, so day 2 would be 13 days long, 3 12 days, etc, as maximums only of course. Bodycount Method just makes days max out in duration equal to the current number of surviving players, so come day 6 with 5 players left there’s only 5 days to lynch someone.
Both of these sound very interesting.
I amuse myself.
Mafia 22: Little Bit of Each.
10/06/2011 09:20:45 PM
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Avenge uuuuussssssssss!!! *NM*
10/06/2011 10:23:17 PM
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HA!
10/06/2011 10:38:11 PM
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Oh good.
11/06/2011 12:08:29 AM
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I'm not objecting, just wondering what the hey you're talking about
11/06/2011 03:17:48 AM
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I think Isaac was suspiciously unwilling to lynch Stephen.
11/06/2011 04:53:43 AM
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Well, the good news is that we seem to be narrowing it down quickly
11/06/2011 05:03:32 AM
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How did I through ? under the bus? (and using punctuation after the word "bus" doesn't count)
11/06/2011 04:19:43 AM
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Maybe not "threw," but it could have been a nudge
11/06/2011 04:46:30 AM
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Which would have been near suicide for a scummer to do.
11/06/2011 07:15:24 AM
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I think that's what he's suggesting
11/06/2011 02:55:18 PM
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That's exactly what I was suggesting. But again, it seems a bit unlikely
11/06/2011 03:28:56 PM
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Isaac and Ranagrande both stood out after Yesterday's lynch
11/06/2011 04:04:51 AM
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I'm not a doublevoter, to my knowledge.
11/06/2011 04:32:43 AM
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Which you obviously do recall since that's what you linked to 8-. *NM*
11/06/2011 04:33:37 AM
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Excellent way to keep things murky. Publicly ask the Mod why the vote count is off...
11/06/2011 06:31:14 PM
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It's me.
11/06/2011 07:12:05 AM
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Except that you didn't have a vote on Darth_Katie.
11/06/2011 05:40:55 PM
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Mod wouldn't want to admit he made a mistake?
11/06/2011 10:35:07 PM
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So, time to check in again
12/06/2011 05:58:41 PM
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Do you have any comments on our current thoughts?
14/06/2011 12:11:10 PM
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Yeah
14/06/2011 01:53:53 PM
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Bulletproof, really?
14/06/2011 08:46:00 PM
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Myrole message explicitly states that I can't be NK'ed *NM*
14/06/2011 09:32:19 PM
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Hmm.
14/06/2011 09:43:40 PM
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Errr... you can talk you way out of a NK? That seems odd
15/06/2011 01:11:03 AM
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Yes, I can.
15/06/2011 01:44:06 PM
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So... Stephen, Gher, Hobo or ranagrande?
12/06/2011 08:01:21 PM
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Twilight
17/06/2011 05:08:04 AM
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I'll admit I'm surprised, did not expect his roleclaim to be true. *NM*
17/06/2011 05:24:35 AM
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Upcoming Game, a Survey, and some general bookkeeping
17/06/2011 04:44:29 PM
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beetnemesis has been killed
22/06/2011 12:55:03 AM
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Wanna know a secret?
22/06/2011 04:01:39 AM
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Haha, no worries
22/06/2011 04:51:42 AM
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As long as you don't start sending out death threats in the middle of the night.
*NM*
22/06/2011 05:17:53 AM
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No one else has voted for Dresden Files; I'm almost beyond threats!
22/06/2011 05:44:42 AM
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I'm actually not familiar with any of Isaac's suggestions, embarassingly
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22/06/2011 06:12:22 AM
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Me either
22/06/2011 01:14:20 PM
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Me as well.
22/06/2011 11:04:57 PM
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Well, I can shed a bit of light on them and why I selected them
22/06/2011 11:56:05 PM
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Perhaps ranked voting this time? *NM*
23/06/2011 12:26:47 AM
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That's probably the best way
23/06/2011 01:59:43 AM
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My girlfriend will inevitably make me watch Dresden Files in the near future,
23/06/2011 04:38:08 AM
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I feel like a Star Wars fanatic hearing that someone's first experience will be with Episode 1.
23/06/2011 06:07:23 AM
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