Well to use Archer as an example, Ouro could have said he was going to have a fairly standard game, themed around Archer, with an additional Mission mechanic that would segregate a small group of players each night. That's all the information I need.
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Well to use Archer as an example, Ouro could have said he was going to have a fairly standard game, themed around Archer, with an additional Mission mechanic that would segregate a small group of players each night. That's all the information I need.
You're not talking to me, but I have to say I'm not a fan of that because it favors fluff knowledge and makes fake claims much more difficult. I kinda forgot to mention it previously, but seeing that you gave the Mafia pre-made fake claims was rather annoying.
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I forgot I can edit in here but whatever!
Until the game pulls an MGS2 on you
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Pre-made fake claims are almost necessary for themed games where every single player has a unique identity (i.e., there is no generic "Red Shirt"/"Ordinary Town").
That said, I hope none of the game-runners are getting down. The games all went well and it's all valuable experience. You're now officially wizened old veterans who get to play Make a Man Out Of You on loop to the next generation of
How many shots it takes me to get drunk. It's also Drunk Kid so, you know, child murder again and all that.
In case of Archer though there is a fairly solid Wiki that allowed me to prepare fake role claims, such as Popeye, the
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We have no problem with child murder in this community.
EDIT: That should probably be the tagline for the upcoming review thread.
EDIT: That should probably be the tagline for the upcoming review thread.
I stole that directly from Crab's guide.
That wasn't the case in Archer, though. Mafia knew the generic role was Ordinary Drone.
That's the epitome of a bastard game.
Day 1, You're Solid Snake
Day 2, You're some weird naked guy you've never seen before.
I guess I misread his guide then. :/
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Even then, it's still sometimes needed. Suppose that you're a mafia in the Archer game. You want to claim a role rather than Ordinary Drone. You can't claim, say, Archer - there's obviously going to be an Archer role in an Archer game. Someone will counter-claim, and even if you persuade people to lynch them, you'll follow, so it's at best a 1-1 trade-off, which is never good. To avoid this, you can claim some really obscure Archer character so that definitely nobody will counterclaim - but everyone else can figure this logic chain out too, so super obscure claims like Babou the Ocelot will almost definitely be lynched. As such, there are almost no 'safe' role-claims other than Ordinary Drone, which does a lot of damage to mafia's ability to play - what happens if you're seen by a Watcher as mafia, for example?
I think Ouru was right to put in pre-fab fake claims, in the context of the Archer game.
Count me in for crazy role games. I haven't lasted much in the games I've played so far but I at least get to have some fun as an agent of chaos. I can see the appeal for more grounded level-headed games for people who care about game balance or winning, but I don't think we've seen a game broken to the point where its unwinnable for either town or mafia either, so I don't see it as such a big deal.
The good thing is that apparently we are a growing community, so if there's going to be multiple games and we're going to be submitting which games we want to be a part of, people who dislike strongly-themed games can just avoid them.
Actually, now that I think about it it might be because I end up being an spectator for most of the games' duration that I like the crazy reveals and twists
The good thing is that apparently we are a growing community, so if there's going to be multiple games and we're going to be submitting which games we want to be a part of, people who dislike strongly-themed games can just avoid them.
Actually, now that I think about it it might be because I end up being an spectator for most of the games' duration that I like the crazy reveals and twists
What abilities does the weird naked guy have? Can he use his solid snake?
he has the ability to be ridiculed by his girlfriend via codec
I really want to do this now: Start a game, get abought halfway through, and then without warning, post something like:
"You pull off your VR headset. 'The record ends there.' says a gruff voice. Now you know what happened fifteen years ago. It's time to finish the story."
New Role PMs go out, Gafia explodes in rage.
this is just a running joke now, isn't it
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I've had that role in role madness-game. It was awful... well to put it in MGS terms:
1. Get to know you are solid snake
2. Town tries to kill you D1
3. Claim Solid Snake
4. Town kills someone else... Who actually was the real Solid Snake
5. Receive info during the night that you were actually the weird naked guy.
6. Try to explain next morning to the town.
7. Receive everyone's vote except yourself's.
Basically, I still have nightmares from that game
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It's alright, I've joined you on the pedestal since my name change.
I've been called most things except cabot funnily enough.
We should form a band.
Hyperactivity
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Most of the people who immediately subfamily for games are the ones that will have heart attacks in the nursing home
I call you cabot, I even go out of my way to make sure it's lower case!
look over at NX, I'm posting the same shit as you.
I have you on selective ignore and I'm having an absolute ball.
thanks buddy
OceanicAir
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Lol, how do you think traube and HippieHobo feel?
alright we'll be a prog metal band then! ALL THE MEMBERS ARE WELCOME
Who?
Royal_Flush
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That's kind of illusionary. Only 4 or so people on average make it. That's a pretty high bar to set. You made it further than some more experienced players ever did
Never Forever
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almost time to see who survived N1 of election
let's all form a prayer circle and hope I'm not the dead one
let's all form a prayer circle and hope I'm not the dead one
almost time to see who survived N1 of election
let's all form a prayer circle and hope I'm not the dead one
Didn't you die last time you posted a gif right before it was time?
Never Forever
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I agree! While Dangananan still isn't done yet I've had a blast with it from the get-go even with its' ups and downs. I will post with my full thoughts in the review thread but this game has been and incredibly fun experience and I can't wait to see what other crazy shenanigans happen in the next Season.
Let's go cry together, can I have dead thread links pls?
I want dead thread link too thx Ourobolus
.Also, when will the game arrive when I survive to at least day 3? This is a three-game-long strike now.
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I want dead thread link too thx Ourobolus
Also, when will the game arrive when I survive to at least day 3? This is a three-game-long strike now.
could be worse, you could be Tucah
I want dead thread link too thx Ourobolus
Also, when will the game arrive when I survive to at least day 3? This is a three-game-long strike now.
Sent!
ScraftyDevil
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That's kind of illusionary. Only 4 or so people on average make it. That's a pretty high bar to set. You made it further than some more experienced players ever did
Yeah, I'm super surprised that I managed to survive my first game. Thought for sure I was a goner on Day 5 when Droplet mounted her offensive.
Maybe I should play like Blarg next time for a change
. To see if nothing changes, ehehe.Lone_Prodigy
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Or batsnacks.
I want to second this, particularly because I've been complaining (a lot) since I died. I had a lot of fun, thanks Launch for running this.
L_P ice cold with that becky.