The Mafia Discussion Thread

[Matt]

Townie looks scummy on investigation.

Edit: I should refresh more.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Footjob Fever

[Sousa]

I for one have never gotten along well with millers or even scythe operators. I'm sort of soured to the whole bread-making operation, frankly. Aside from bakers. Bakers are cool.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Sourdon

[MalaCloudy Black]

Bakers make muffins so they can never be bad!

[naiwf]

It's also a proven fact that people with the last name Baker are better people than those with the last name Miller.

[StevenRichardsRules]

What about Ernest Miller?

[-A-]

What about Tom Baker?

[Matt]

What about Raven?

[Josh]

What about Ernest Miller?

Hm. We may need another opinion on this.

Somebody call his mama.

[Matt]

She put me on hold

[DFF]

Q: How long, as a mod, would you wait before threatening to replace someone in a game? Also, what criteria would you hold for 'going inactive'? Would it be no posts and no night actions for x amount of days, or simply no posts regardless of whether they've sent in a night action for x amount of days?

[R.W.]

If they're sending in actions, they're active.

Replace someone who hasn't posted or sent in an action after three days.

[-A-]

On the problem of someone who's sending in actions but not posting, I think you have to still treat them as if they're inactive. Otherwise you end up with people meta-gaming and realising 'hey, that guy hasn't posted but he's not getting replaced, he has a night action and he's sending it in.'

I think if someone goes 48 hours without posting then prod them (in-thread or by PM) and give them 24-36 hours to post or be replaced.

[R.W.]

On the problem of someone who's sending in actions but not posting, I think you have to still treat them as if they're inactive. Otherwise you end up with people meta-gaming and realising 'hey, that guy hasn't posted but he's not getting replaced, he has a night action and he's sending it in.'

I think that's the risk you take for playing "under the radar", as it were.

[RoyWill Rumble]

Well, if they've sent in night actions...

They're coasting? It can be considered detrimental, but it's not really being inactive I suppose. A nice threat goes a long way, though.

Edited February 25, 2009 by Where The Will Things Are

[DFF]

I may shoot a couple of you a PM about this, explaining the situation

[-A-]

Yeah, but it's not being done as a punishment for the quiet person. The town are getting information that they shouldn't have (that someone has a night action and is using it) so the meta-gaming is more damaging to the game then the consequences of not prodding someone. I'd much prefer just to give them the prod rather than give the rest of the group more information that they shouldn't have.

[RoyWill Rumble]

There needs to be a Boondocks mafia. God damn.

[Sousa]

Cloudy, run that shit.

[C-MIL]

Yes, do.

[RoyWill Rumble]

Yes, and pre-register me.