Yami Fenrir posted:

Why not this one?

Conflict in Amaranth

You could be sign up to be playing in this one, right now!

Just need 3 more players so sign up.

Mr. Humalong posted:

The fact that people have to explicitly say “don’t send me a box full of hornets” makes me real hesitant to sign up.

CCKeane posted:

No one ever received a box full of hornets.

Toalpaz posted:

Yeah they gotta have space to fly around in hehehe

Toalpaz posted:

Yeah they gotta have space to fly around in hehehe

Yami Fenrir posted:

Need two replacements for amaranth.

Yami Fenrir posted:

Need two replacements for amaranth.

peramene posted:

he just comes too late in the game imo, you're better off sticking with Quinys, especially if you're learning the right mobmoves. Zidane is the obvious carry due to his weird storyline positionality

GeneX posted:

Zinedine certainly did lift his team on his shoulders, but I think you give the rest of Les Bleus too little credit

Retro Futurist posted:

Eh good enough

SA Mafia Secret Santa

Rules:
-No minimum or maximum but try and be reasonable in either direction
-Make sure you get your SA name in your profile somewhere so people know who the hell you are
-don’t be an rear end in a top hat. Why would you sign up and then not send anything? Madness!

Toalpaz posted:

Another mystery that no one cared about solved.

Pinterest Mom posted:

Pinterest Mom posted:

chaoslord posted:

GX have I ever told you you are my favorite poster?

BottleKnight posted:

If anyone has the ability to shift time to make it Thanksgiving, it is forums user CCKeane.

Anomalous Amalgam posted:

I want to talk Mafia theory:

As scum I find it most optimal to play to ruthlessly. Remove ideas, remove threats, control the conversation. Only I get caught because I act like a cartoon villain and general idiot.

The PbP nature of our system means that things stagnate though.

Poach the high cost players and then the game slows down. Less effort.

What are your thoughts for scum playing to the spirit of the game over playing to wincon for enjoyment.

I feel like I've had the play to your wincon dissonance over total enjoyment on a number of scum teams.

I feel like we all have different strategies for winning, enjoying, w.e. I find it pretty interesting.

Hypothetical: role scum in a small to mid sized game, you have 1 or 2 teammates and town is low powered. Mostly vanilla for balance. What's your approach to victory?

PMush Perfect posted:

PBP mafia has kinda just died

Natural 20 posted:

The optimal scum strat is to murder high volume posters to stagnate thread discussion and end the game.

If I'm playing such that I feel I absolutely have to win, this is what I'll encourage.

As a mod this is why I rely on lurker guns with fairly brutal min post counts.

Anomalous Amalgam posted:

I dislike lurker guns, but as it is left at the discretion of the player to use it or not, maybe it is not a bad thing.

It adds an element of player agency that wasn't there previously and, in theory, maybe generally, motivates discussion.

I just feel like there are post count padders. Another layer of meta play tacked on to support the model. It is interesting.

Podima posted:

Anecdotally, I don't think a single lurker gun has gone unused since the mechanic was introduced. It's not as interesting as people make it out to be.

edit: not that it's a bad mechanic - it's good for the reasons you outline. but in PRACTICE, it's a bit more questionable because it's very hard for goons to hold back from shooting when it comes down to it.

Podima posted:

Anecdotally, I don't think a single lurker gun has gone unused since the mechanic was introduced. It's not as interesting as people make it out to be.

edit: not that it's a bad mechanic - it's good for the reasons you outline. but in PRACTICE, it's a bit more questionable because it's very hard for goons to hold back from shooting when it comes down to it.