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Scum who lurk are terrible scum players. They should be ashamed every time they open the thread and decide not to post.
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b-minus1 posted:If anyone is planning on running a mafia game any time soon, I would love to be a co-mod. I'm designing a Shawshank Redemption Mafia game (thanks Retro Futurist for the feedback), but would like to get a feel for the behind the scenes work that goes into modding before I run my own game. I can give you a once over and a run down on the basics if you want. I'm an awful choice for someone to actually help run the game if that's what you're looking for though.
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Mar 30, 2018 22:44
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merk posted:Scum who lurk are terrible scum players. They should be ashamed every time they open the thread and decide not to post. I agree but ultimately it’s up to the town to dictate what behavior they’ll tolerate
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Mar 31, 2018 00:51
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i was gonna post this in here and i forgot! i made a puzzle thread in GBS to help support our dear old lowtax. i'm giving away forums certs for to people who solve them. puzzles 1 & 2 are already solved but puzzle 3 is up right now and i have 4 & 5 ready. i think i actually used puzzle 2 in a game once here maybe i don't remember but anyway it's here if anyone cares!!
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Mar 31, 2018 16:47
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Riven sign-ups are closing in one week, character creation is already underway. We're currently at 40+players, which is twice what Myst pulled.
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Mar 31, 2018 17:12
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I think some people in here need to reassess why they play mafia and sort of come into games with the mentality of knowing that this is a game of manipulation, lying, and the potential to get really annoyed at players when they're being dense (whether purposely or not). Not only in the recent (ongoing) DBZ game, but a lot of angry outbursts/ragequits/role postings have happened and I think if there's one way to turn off new players to the game (besides wacky setup games), it's that sort of stuff happening in every other game. Definitely have been guilty of getting really annoyed and emotional in games, and modding some wacky games, but at the end of the day I don't think I've ever managed to make anything personal with a player or take things hard enough that I straight up quit a game... no matter how much I disagreed with the mod or players casing me. Not trying to bring back up the whole debate on personal attacks or anything (I think anything is fair game as long as it's not mean-spirited out of game stuff, or just straight up name calling), but just reminding people to try to take a step back and realize it is just a game and that certain things are happening for reasons. It may be of their own reasoning or thinking, scum reasoning, or stuff that you did that was scummy that prob deserves to be called out, but a lot of the time you can turn that poo poo around and look better for it instead of just letting it get to you and ultimately ruining your game or the game itself. Woosah, guys n' gals
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Apr 2, 2018 10:56
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I was planning on waiting till I wasn’t in any active games but I feel like I’ve played with nearly everyone active now and like p much everyone so it’s getting harder to accuse people of being filthy filthy scum
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Apr 2, 2018 11:18
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Birdstrike posted:I was planning on waiting till I wasn’t in any active games but I feel like I’ve played with nearly everyone active now and like p much everyone so it’s getting harder to accuse people of being filthy filthy scum We owned in ecco's game
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Apr 2, 2018 11:51
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We have literally one rule in this community as a whole, and that's don't talk about ongoing games. So maybe don't call people out when they can't respond to you without breaking that rule.
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Apr 2, 2018 12:36
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Asiina posted:We have literally one rule in this community as a whole, and that's don't talk about ongoing games. Sorry if it sounded harsh, I didn't mean for it to read as much of a call out as it probably did. Just to remind people that it's not worth getting too emotionally invested in games so that it just ruins your experiences and makes you want to leave the game/potentially ruin the game (not saying yours did) or sour you on mafia in the future. And yeah, it's just a general statement that at most recent has happened in an ongoing game, but have seen like 6-10 other instances over the last few months too. I've stated there have been plenty of times in the past where I've almost hit that point before finally cooling down and have probably had to step back an embarrassing amount of times. Hell, you could have a super legit reason for doing so that you can't explain for obvious reasons until the game is over, I get it. I'm not trying to even have a back and forth on why people did it cause everybody has their own reasons. Would just be nice to read less games where things get super testy/drive players to not want to play and that's on both the mods when running the game and obviously the players too when interacting too.
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Apr 2, 2018 13:07
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When a mod invites dozens of people to devote many many hours of thought and effort to a game, it's reasonable that they respect those people's time and effort by, for example: * being consistent in their application of rules (does a modkill end the day?), * straightforward about fundamental changes to the game (a note in the OP saying "Note: Win conditions may change over the course of this game" when that is the case), * clear (or clear about being intentionally ambiguous, if necessary) in the text of role power descriptions and results * prompt in resolving day actions and nights so the next day opens quickly * updating the OP player roster for each death or replacement * posting a Final Vote Count for each game day * making every effort to run setups that are balanced and reasonably fair for all players (experimental setups that could violate this should be announced prominently in the OP) * consider avoiding roles that are designed to be completely misdirecting and cause mislynches even when used wisely, or roles that subvert and invalidate players' expectations of their own role's effectiveness (InsaneCops, Busdriver, Framers, Juggernaught, Ninja). In open setups it's no problem, but it's not very fun to be surprised by them in a closed setup, or debate endlessly about how much of a bastard the mod might be all game. * NEVER fudge or reroll the RNG for any reason, ever. Even unbalanced game with deathmiller and cults and various-sanity Cops can be fun (hypotetically), but nobody enjoys bait and switch. Violate the above guidelines at your peril, because it'll get salty.
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Apr 2, 2018 13:33
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Fair enough (and I agree), don't want to get into anything specific cause there's an ongoing game but would be an interesting chat once it's finished.
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Apr 2, 2018 13:37
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A ton of this conversation should have been saved till current games concluded so everyone involved could respond, and people should have known better than to take shots while they can’t. Let’s revisit at that time.
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Apr 2, 2018 14:22
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You have to know your audience. The tenor of what people can generally bear now isn't the same as it used to be.
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Apr 2, 2018 16:05
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Riven will start next Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8lpVdz4UoQ
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Apr 3, 2018 00:21
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Lumpen posted:Riven will start next Monday. Did you voice that Lumpen?
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Apr 3, 2018 00:45
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Grandicap posted:Did you voice that Lumpen?
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Apr 3, 2018 01:03
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People have been saying they want a small and simple game and so mods need to poo poo or get off the pot. So I have made a game come play it. It is an open setup for 11 players that I designed and very simple and in my experience well balanced (it's been run several times and made it to 3-man lylo each time, which I'm pretty proud of).
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Apr 3, 2018 01:26
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Lumpen posted:I am getting over a bad cold and my voice is busted, I can only either whisper or talk like Don LaFontaine right now, so I did this today for a goof. It was no cowpoke erotica, but it was good.
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Apr 3, 2018 02:21
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Asiina posted:People have been saying they want a small and simple game and so mods need to poo poo or get off the pot. This is a good setup! I will not play though, since I want to give Riven my full attention next week.
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Apr 3, 2018 14:21
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b-minus, please satiate my inexplicable addiction to smallish mafia games regardless of expectations or flavor, it hurts me.
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Apr 4, 2018 01:07
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Ok. I designed a 9 player game using the F31 newbie setup. It's a MegaMan X4 (my favorite in the X series) themed game also inspired by the 'Empire Did Nothing Wrong' theory. Town are Mavericks, and Megaman and Zero are the scum haha. I'll make a thread soon.
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Apr 4, 2018 18:24
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i'mdisappointedinyoubminusyaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Apr 4, 2018 18:58
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What did I do now
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Apr 4, 2018 19:05
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Sunshine Mafia now open for 12 players. I was typing all of my post up and didn't see your intent bee man, but I too have a game.
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Apr 4, 2018 19:07
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Anomalous Amalgam posted:Sunshine Mafia now open for 12 players. That said, put me in your game please. Scum preferred.
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b-minus1 posted:Ok. I designed a 9 player game using the F31 newbie setup. It's a MegaMan X4 (my favorite in the X series) themed game also inspired by the 'Empire Did Nothing Wrong' theory. Town are Mavericks, and Megaman and Zero are the scum haha. I'll make a thread soon. I will probably play this 
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Riven signups close on Friday! ------------------------------------------------- "Monster Hearts: Capitalist Pig hooked up with my grandma." - BottleKnight
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Apr 5, 2018 03:00
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peramene posted:"Monster Hearts: Capitalist Pig hooked up with my grandma."
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Apr 5, 2018 03:01
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Please sign me up for all future PbtA games tia
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Apr 5, 2018 22:11
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I love PbtA 
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Apr 5, 2018 22:42
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Someone should make a PbtA mafia hack. AA playbook +2 poo poo-posting +1 Thick-Skin +0 Wisdom -1 Smarts +1 Comedic Genius
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Apr 5, 2018 23:10
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I guess it's time to admit I am probably gonna start drafting a (slightly) smaller role madness game to run at some point in the nebulous future. Cyberpunk or wild untamed space (aka Cowboy Bebop)-flavored game. Definitely shooting for more than 12 but probably no more than 18 players.
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Apr 5, 2018 23:39
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Anomalous Amalgam posted:Someone should make a PbtA mafia hack.
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Apr 5, 2018 23:46
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Quidthulhu posted:I love PbtA Yup, such a well designed system. Currently back to my 3rd game of The Sprawl, which is my favorite of the settings I've done so far.
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Apr 6, 2018 00:33
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Riven signups will close without mercy in 26 hours. please don't join i did not anticipate actually getting this close to 50
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Apr 6, 2018 02:02
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peramene posted:Riven signups will close without mercy in 26 hours. I probably don't have the time for this, but that's never stopped me before.
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Apr 6, 2018 02:25
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Somberbrero posted:I probably don't have the time for this, but that's never stopped me before. Not only does it not stop you, I think it actively encourages you
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Apr 6, 2018 05:16
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Someone open a small sized game 
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Sandwolf posted:Someone open a small sized game Ok I’ll open my game up soon. Just making sure I have everything set up correctly.
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