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Re: Survey beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 17/06/2011 05:24:28 PM
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.
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Mafia 22: Little Bit of Each. Kronin al'Sulc - 10/06/2011 09:20:45 PM 1667 Views
Avenge uuuuussssssssss!!! *NM* Fox and Ravens - 10/06/2011 10:23:17 PM 618 Views
What, both of you? beetnemesis - 10/06/2011 10:38:38 PM 1080 Views
Lol. Oh yeah. Fox and Ravens - 10/06/2011 10:59:06 PM 1055 Views
That is a cheerfully bipartisan comment Isaac - 10/06/2011 11:25:16 PM 1098 Views
Re: That is a cheerfully bipartisan comment Fox and Ravens - 11/06/2011 02:23:05 AM 1233 Views
being dead sucks *NM* Yunalesca - 11/06/2011 03:07:33 PM 660 Views
HA! beetnemesis - 10/06/2011 10:38:11 PM 1207 Views
Oh good. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 12:08:29 AM 1090 Views
Hmm. Meant to reply to the original post. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 12:09:27 AM 602 Views
I'm not objecting, just wondering what the hey you're talking about beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 03:17:48 AM 1261 Views
I think Isaac was suspiciously unwilling to lynch Stephen. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 04:53:43 AM 1241 Views
Well, the good news is that we seem to be narrowing it down quickly beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 05:03:32 AM 1118 Views
I pretty much agree. Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 06:11:07 AM 1140 Views
I was surprised. ranagrande - 13/06/2011 09:59:14 PM 1174 Views
Hah. beetnemesis - 13/06/2011 10:40:26 PM 981 Views
Isn't that always the case? *NM* Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 11:10:43 PM 635 Views
Plausible. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2011 06:15:47 AM 1143 Views
How did I through ? under the bus? (and using punctuation after the word "bus" doesn't count) Gher - 11/06/2011 04:19:43 AM 1305 Views
Maybe not "threw," but it could have been a nudge beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 04:46:30 AM 1234 Views
Which would have been near suicide for a scummer to do. Hobo - 11/06/2011 07:15:24 AM 1073 Views
I think that's what he's suggesting Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 02:55:18 PM 1087 Views
That's exactly what I was suggesting. But again, it seems a bit unlikely beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 03:28:56 PM 1108 Views
It's possible Gher - 11/06/2011 06:44:48 PM 1246 Views
Re: HA! Hobo - 11/06/2011 07:20:05 AM 1265 Views
Oh, I know a few other people suspected him. beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 03:31:17 PM 1073 Views
Isaac and Ranagrande both stood out after Yesterday's lynch Gher - 11/06/2011 04:04:51 AM 1104 Views
I'm not a doublevoter, to my knowledge. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 04:32:43 AM 1014 Views
Which you obviously do recall since that's what you linked to 8-. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 04:33:37 AM 733 Views
Excellent way to keep things murky. Publicly ask the Mod why the vote count is off... Gher - 11/06/2011 06:31:14 PM 1203 Views
Are you suggesting that I'm a scum doublevoter? Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 07:57:35 PM 1149 Views
No, I'm not. Gher - 13/06/2011 06:20:48 PM 1149 Views
Yeah, I noticed that too. Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 06:14:14 AM 1044 Views
It's me. Hobo - 11/06/2011 07:12:05 AM 1119 Views
Except that you didn't have a vote on Darth_Katie. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 05:40:55 PM 1054 Views
Mod wouldn't want to admit he made a mistake? Hobo - 11/06/2011 10:35:07 PM 1238 Views
EBWOP Hobo - 11/06/2011 10:39:09 PM 1154 Views
There's nothing to my knowledge. *NM* Darth_Katie - 12/06/2011 09:31:32 AM 703 Views
I probably made a mistake. Kronin al'Sulc - 12/06/2011 06:34:29 PM 1142 Views
Alright. Gher - 13/06/2011 06:22:52 PM 1230 Views
Yeah, I got RB'd last Night Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 06:30:22 AM 1184 Views
So, time to check in again Stephen - 12/06/2011 05:58:41 PM 1173 Views
Do you have any comments on our current thoughts? Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 12:11:10 PM 1137 Views
Yeah Stephen - 14/06/2011 01:53:53 PM 1157 Views
Bulletproof's another scum favourite claim. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2011 06:44:29 PM 1140 Views
Bulletproof, really? Gher - 14/06/2011 08:46:00 PM 1322 Views
Myrole message explicitly states that I can't be NK'ed *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 09:32:19 PM 738 Views
Hmm. Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 09:43:40 PM 1162 Views
Pretty much the whole scarcity of his role Stephen - 14/06/2011 10:24:44 PM 1165 Views
Semi-BP thing? One-shot BP is not that unusual. *NM* Gher - 14/06/2011 11:12:57 PM 741 Views
Errr... you can talk you way out of a NK? That seems odd beetnemesis - 15/06/2011 01:11:03 AM 1052 Views
Yes, I can. Stephen - 15/06/2011 01:44:06 PM 1121 Views
If I may quote Shakespeare: beetnemesis - 16/06/2011 03:23:22 PM 1167 Views
It's not an OMGUS when you're obviously scum Stephen - 16/06/2011 05:01:24 PM 1138 Views
So... Stephen, Gher, Hobo or ranagrande? beetnemesis - 12/06/2011 08:01:21 PM 1094 Views
Re: So... Stephen, Gher, Hobo or beetnemesis? ranagrande - 13/06/2011 09:49:06 PM 1234 Views
That does sound like a pretty cool scum plan beetnemesis - 13/06/2011 10:47:17 PM 1066 Views
RBIRL Hobo - 15/06/2011 08:37:41 PM 1169 Views
Wake me if you people ever get around to lynching Stephen. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 16/06/2011 06:49:58 PM 652 Views
Vote: Stephen *NM* Darth_Katie - 16/06/2011 08:25:19 PM 622 Views
Wake up ranagrande - 16/06/2011 09:08:25 PM 1017 Views
Stephen has been Lynched. Kronin al'Sulc - 16/06/2011 09:48:32 PM 1099 Views
Twilight Kronin al'Sulc - 17/06/2011 05:08:04 AM 1107 Views
I'll admit I'm surprised, did not expect his roleclaim to be true. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 05:24:35 AM 635 Views
Sorry? *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 17/06/2011 07:40:33 AM 589 Views
You should be. Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 08:07:50 AM 1051 Views
Upcoming Game, a Survey, and some general bookkeeping Isaac - 17/06/2011 04:44:29 PM 1164 Views
Themes Isaac - 17/06/2011 04:45:02 PM 1156 Views
I vote for Dresden Files *NM* beetnemesis - 17/06/2011 05:24:53 PM 689 Views
I vote for the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 06:11:49 PM 596 Views
Untouchables. *NM* Fox and Ravens - 17/06/2011 06:16:42 PM 599 Views
Blade Runner *NM* Stephen - 17/06/2011 06:27:02 PM 645 Views
I think Warhammer 40k would be cool... *NM* ? - 17/06/2011 10:25:58 PM 618 Views
Untouchables or Blade Runner *NM* Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 05:14:05 AM 619 Views
Survey Isaac - 17/06/2011 04:46:06 PM 1171 Views
Re: Survey beetnemesis - 17/06/2011 05:24:28 PM 1151 Views
Re: Survey Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 06:18:42 PM 1165 Views
Re: Survey Stephen - 17/06/2011 06:34:01 PM 1222 Views
Re: Survey ranagrande - 19/06/2011 04:49:59 PM 1241 Views
Re: Survey Fox and Ravens - 19/06/2011 06:40:42 PM 1145 Views
I like variety. Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 05:13:09 AM 1113 Views
Heeeeellllloooooo ? - 17/06/2011 10:22:49 PM 1159 Views
beetnemesis has been killed beetnemesis - 22/06/2011 12:55:03 AM 1074 Views
Wanna know a secret? Kronin al'Sulc - 22/06/2011 04:01:39 AM 1075 Views
Haha, no worries beetnemesis - 22/06/2011 04:51:42 AM 1078 Views
As long as you don't start sending out death threats in the middle of the night. *NM* Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 05:17:53 AM 595 Views
No one else has voted for Dresden Files; I'm almost beyond threats! beetnemesis - 22/06/2011 05:44:42 AM 1059 Views
I'm actually not familiar with any of Isaac's suggestions, embarassingly . Fanatic-Templar - 22/06/2011 06:12:22 AM 1046 Views
Me either Fox and Ravens - 22/06/2011 01:14:20 PM 1068 Views
Me as well. Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 11:04:57 PM 1051 Views
Well, I can shed a bit of light on them and why I selected them Isaac - 22/06/2011 11:56:05 PM 1196 Views
Perhaps ranked voting this time? *NM* Stephen - 23/06/2011 12:26:47 AM 645 Views
That's probably the best way Isaac - 23/06/2011 01:59:43 AM 1475 Views
Votes for the Vote God! beetnemesis - 23/06/2011 02:14:49 AM 1032 Views
My girlfriend will inevitably make me watch Dresden Files in the near future, Fanatic-Templar - 23/06/2011 04:38:08 AM 986 Views
I feel like a Star Wars fanatic hearing that someone's first experience will be with Episode 1. beetnemesis - 23/06/2011 06:07:23 AM 1050 Views
Don't even joke about that kind of thing *NM* Scott Blademaster - 23/06/2011 06:36:15 AM 736 Views
It is definitely a 'watch it before you read it' series Isaac - 23/06/2011 07:21:41 AM 1077 Views
Probably the same way I feel about the LotR movies. Fanatic-Templar - 23/06/2011 11:45:46 PM 1070 Views
Re: That's probably the best way Stephen - 23/06/2011 12:00:31 PM 1023 Views
Re: That's probably the best way Darth_Katie - 23/06/2011 02:01:25 PM 1112 Views
I'll abstain from voting. ranagrande - 23/06/2011 02:11:42 PM 1257 Views
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