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I remember a similar thing happening a while back where it slowed down and participation was awful, but it did turn around eventually. Maybe running smaller games with easier rules is better. Maybe we just need some new people and everyone should encourage their friends to play. Maybe it'll turn around on its own. 
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Amoeba102 posted:And I have a terrible problem of spending all day F5ing the thread in case anyone posts and it takes up all my attention and I get no work done. It's unhealthy for me to play Mafia. I was this way also when I played a lot lol
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Sep 2, 2015 00:39
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That's from July. Newer polls from just the other day have the Liberals pulling ahead significantly in Kingston.
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Sep 2, 2015 00:40
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Magnus Gallant posted:I agree with this, it definitely feels like there is a downturn in both players and activity lately. A GBS game would be good, it was one of the better ways we had of bringing in new blood to the scene. I also agree that role-heavy games make people too reliant on those roles and not reliant enough on critical thinking, but that's more or less how it's always been.
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Sep 2, 2015 00:45
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Asiina posted:That's from July. Newer polls from just the other day have the Liberals pulling ahead significantly in Kingston. AFAIK, that's the only actual poll of Kingston (i.e. that surveyed voters in Kingston) taken in the campaign. You'll see projections on sites like 308, but those just take Ontario-wide numbers and apply the swing evenly to each riding. They, by design, can't factor in local, riding-specific factors (like Hsu retiring) or trends.
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Sep 2, 2015 00:47
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I'll have to look into it more before October, because obviously I don't want to vote Liberal, but if I have to in order to go against the Conservatives then I will.
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Sep 2, 2015 00:51
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Magnus Gallant posted:I think we need to run another GBS game. Also we need to have more role simplistic games where players feel that they have agency. Role heavy games give certain players HUGE impacts on the game, and then players expect that to happen so they just wait around for someone to either claim results or fake claim results and dont actually read the thread to gain clues through small textual discrepancies. I (unsurprisingly) agree with this pretty fully. I think there is an indelible connection between "role madness" games (and by proxy player agency) and player interest in the game of mafia itself. Asiina posted:Maybe it'll turn around on its own. The Ninth Layer posted:A GBS game would be good, it was one of the better ways we had of bringing in new blood to the scene.
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Sep 2, 2015 00:51
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How did the last New GBS game go that capps ran?
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Sep 2, 2015 00:51
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Out of curiosity, how many games are run simultaneously at a good time in here? If there are 3 being tracked in vote finder and 4 that I know of currently recruiting, it seems we have a decent amount of players. I don't have anything to base it on though
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Sep 2, 2015 00:55
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Kashuno posted:Out of curiosity, how many games are run simultaneously at a good time in here? If there are 3 being tracked in vote finder and 4 that I know of currently recruiting, it seems we have a decent amount of players. I don't have anything to base it on though I recall the old ratio was something like "1-2 big games, 4-5 minigames," but this is just memory which is very fallible. I am sure there is a way to check what the numbers actually were but it'd probably require using votefinder data which I can't/don't know how to use.
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Sep 2, 2015 00:59
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Kashuno posted:Out of curiosity, how many games are run simultaneously at a good time in here? If there are 3 being tracked in vote finder and 4 that I know of currently recruiting, it seems we have a decent amount of players. I don't have anything to base it on though 5-8 seems like the normal number to me. Hal would be in each and every single one of them.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:01
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JakeP posted:How did the last New GBS game go that capps ran? here is the link: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3649894 Players: Atma CapitalistPig Crow_Rodeo Ernie. friends watch porn HiipFire Jon Joe KierkegaardsHo Kumbamontu Megadyptes Putty roymorrison I am pretty sure all the familiar names there were "vets," I don't recall any of those other players joining us.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:01
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The average in my mind is 4-6, depending on size, but those also include the Auspol games which are their own things a lot of the time (although we've had some fun crossover).
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Sep 2, 2015 01:02
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Really need to have a really flavour involved game in GBS. The Starcraft one was heaps good. Then follow it up with a few newbie games that recruit from the thread when it's over.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:03
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Traditionally the Awful Survivor games have brought in a fair amount of new people. I can mention it in the vista for the current game.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:04
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I still like the idea of reaching out to multiple forums and trying to run themed games in other places, but I refuse to do any work
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Sep 2, 2015 01:04
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I feel like we should probably retire ourselves as the Mafia thread and rename ourselves the Social Pickup Game* thread or something, of which mafia is a subset. *Or whatever name works the best, idk.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:05
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Let mafia die IMO.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:06
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It was the new OP, imo. Ecco was holding the community together via some dark sorcery which I have broken.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:08
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On the other hand I'm pretty sure one of the guys in my game is brand new, so they are out there Maybe people just get disinterested when they try to sign up and find pages and pages of impenetrable buzz feeds or diqnol posts or whatever
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Sep 2, 2015 01:10
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i know there hasn't been much overlap but the auspol mafia contingent also enjoys mafia in waves and troughs. I think it's the nature of the game, arguing constantly means you need a break every so often.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:14
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Opopanax posted:Maybe people just get disinterested when they try to sign up and find pages and pages of impenetrable buzz feeds or diqnol posts or whatever
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Sep 2, 2015 01:22
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Opopanax posted:Maybe people just get disinterested when they try to sign up and find pages and pages of impenetrable buzz feeds or diqnol posts or whatever I also think if we went back to Just Mafia Chat maybe it wouldn't be so bad, but I like having an easy avenue for chatting casually with players (especially since IRC is [IIRC] mostly dead). It fills a nice social niche in my life and I'd be sad if we cut back on it significantly. busb posted:i know there hasn't been much overlap but the auspol mafia contingent also enjoys mafia in waves and troughs. I think it's the nature of the game, arguing constantly means you need a break every so often. yeah and the biggest troughs are now and Christmastime, but it feels like it's been bad even before then.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:23
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Its a good point though. I remember one time within the last few months that a person interested in playing came in the thread with a question, and then there was like 2 pages of "What color would your horn be if you were a unicorn" posts. I mean it is what it is, the alternative is a dead thread that no one posts in that falls to page who knows what like the new game thread.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:24
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i heard a rumour that capps and winvirus are the same person but capps is just the college version
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Sep 2, 2015 01:25
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JakeP posted:Its a good point though. I remember one time within the last few months that a person interested in playing came in the thread with a question, and then there was like 2 pages of "What color would your horn be if you were a unicorn" posts.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:26
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Mafia is an acquired taste, definitely. I am seriously advocating for a name change into the broader realm of communication-focused games or whatever. We'll pool in more community members by the broadness alone and we can then trick them into playing mafia. 
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Sep 2, 2015 01:26
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EccoRaven posted:Can you recall about when this was specifically? I try to be mindful of newer players with questions and I would hate to know someone slipped through the cracks. I think someone answered them eventually, not sure if they ever saw it though, and I am really bad with knowing how long ago something was so i really cant say, maybe check the post count of thread and find the people who only posted once or twice that we dont recognize?
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Sep 2, 2015 01:27
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For me, springtime is the time when i am most creative and mafia-brained. So September is generally when i run my big mafialike games iirc and player contribution is on the whole fairly decent. I do still want to run another soldiers game or Civ3, but i need time and the interest before i really get into it. Also magnus i hope you're doing okay!
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Sep 2, 2015 01:27
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JakeP posted:I think someone answered them eventually, not sure if they ever saw it though, and I am really bad with knowing how long ago something was so i really cant say, maybe check the post count of thread and find the people who only posted once or twice that we dont recognize? I think i saw that happen and its why I said we should cut back on the spamming
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Sep 2, 2015 01:28
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By the way, quote this post and I'll tell you what color your unicorn horn would be.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:28
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Yeah I would much rather be a community of people who chit chat and know each other and seem to get along than who are all business and theorycrafting all the time, as long as we're not afraid to do that when the topic comes up (like now!). I think the second group would be much harder to join into as a new person. Also I would totally be a blue horn how is that a question?
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Sep 2, 2015 01:28
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busb posted:For me, springtime is the time when i am most creative and mafia-brained. So September is generally when i run my big mafialike games iirc and player contribution is on the whole fairly decent. I am doing a-okay 
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Sep 2, 2015 01:28
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jon joe posted:By the way, quote this post and I'll tell you what color your unicorn horn would be.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:28
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Your unicorn horn would be a sick flame decal on silver.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:29
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JakeP posted:I think someone answered them eventually, not sure if they ever saw it though, and I am really bad with knowing how long ago something was so i really cant say, maybe check the post count of thread and find the people who only posted once or twice that we dont recognize? Might it have been the last thread? I don't see anyone fitting that criteria in this one.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:30
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That's good mags! Auspol are currently playing a space diplomacy like game http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3738710 It could be a fun thing to do with mafias and those that like 4X games like civ or dominions 3 etc. It's pretty simple and can be run in a turn based fashion. I'm enjoying it so far!
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Sep 2, 2015 01:30
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jon joe posted:Your unicorn horn would be a sick flame decal on silver.
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Sep 2, 2015 01:30
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busb posted:That's good mags! you snooze you lose I guess
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busb posted:That's good mags! Having played Dominions 3 and 4, it is very much not simple at all.
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