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Sure this has been brought up many times, but what's everyone's opinion on hydras?- GuyInFreezer
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They are those nine-headed snake monsters that grows a pair when you chop off their heads.
I think a torch or any sort of burning items are required to effectively slay them.Show"I used to think you had this elegant-trolly, minimalist playstyle. Then I realized the playstyle is ~Lazy~
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Not enough choices available on this poll.Only playing in games at personal moderator and/or 50%+ playerlist request.
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I don't think there should be a site-wide policy. There's definitely no doubt that being in a Hydra won't completely change your play style, but at the same time, this post is addressing the required change of a system that I don't think is broken.
I personally sign all posts (or I try to) and I'd like to see others sign posts as well, but I don't know why this has to be required, unless a mod requires it.- Ircher
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So that cogdis can't be written off as two independent players.
But then you create an unnatural amount of restraint and stiffness in the play that could be equally troublesome if not moreso.Only playing in games at personal moderator and/or 50%+ playerlist request.
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Svenskt Stål (23:38) majiffy, worst mod on ms? we talk to a surviving victim of his game- Equinox
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You and your hydra partner(s) are playing in one slot as one entity. It makes no sense that a single slot argues with itself about its reads or voices contradictory but simultaneous thoughts about the game. Having one voice for the hydra is healthier for the game, IMHO.
But I'm with GuyInFreezer that we should take torches to the whole lot.- mhsmith0
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It might be fun to run an all hydras mini or micro though...Showhttp://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Mhsmith0
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The only way this would work is if Hydras were treated like Alts, basically all players do not know that there is a hydra in the game or they do not know who's in the hydra. If there is a player in the game and he/she knows there is a hydra and knows one of the the people in the hydra, naturally that player is going to be asking on who's talking because of meta and familiarity.
In post 8, Equinox wrote:You and your hydra partner(s) are playing in one slot as one entity. It makes no sense that a single slot argues with itself about its reads or voices contradictory but simultaneous thoughts about the game. Having one voice for the hydra is healthier for the game, IMHO.
But I'm with GuyInFreezer that we should take torches to the whole lot.
But that's impossible, Hydra's have 2 different people who will not always see eye to eye, unless there was some rule where the people have to come to a consensus to actually post, you'll naturally have this issue signed posts or not.You are not more paranoid than me!!!!- callforjudgement
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It's been done before, but site policy is that such game are Larges. If you need 18 or 26 players to sign up for your game to work (even if it has fewer slots), then running it through the Large Theme queue makes a lot of sense.
If there's enough interest, I can moderate an all-hydra 18p (9 slots). I'm pretty confident with designing 9-slot setups at this point.scum· scam · seam · team · term · tern · torn ·town- Equinox
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If you were open at the start about speaking in one voice and insisted upon it despite further questioning, most people won't continue to pursue it (e.g., Copper, which is probably before the time of most of the current active players). Whether or not you are playing individually or as one entity should not be related to alignment, anyway. If someone was familiar enough with one or more of the heads of the hydra, then that person should be able to figure out who's posting!In post 10, Vampirate wrote:The only way this would work is if Hydras were treated like Alts, basically all players do not know that there is a hydra in the game or they do not know who's in the hydra. If there is a player in the game and he/she knows there is a hydra and knows one of the the people in the hydra, naturally that player is going to be asking on who's talking because of meta and familiarity.
This is where your rapport with your hydra partner comes into play. Even in my hydras where we were posting (and signing) individually, we discussed our reads and our approaches to the game at length in private to ensure that we were on the same page. That gave each of us a way to double-check our assumptions and bounce ideas off each other, which improved our collective reads overall. Thus, we avoided most, if not all, of the potential cognitive dissonance that would have come about from having two different play styles.In post 10, Vampirate wrote:But that's impossible, Hydra's have 2 different people who will not always see eye to eye, unless there was some rule where the people have to come to a consensus to actually post, you'll naturally have this issue signed posts or not.- callforjudgement
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I think it's entirely reasonable to have a hydra where one head never posts (but just discusses reads in the PT), although admittedly such a hydra would have trouble with my hydra activity requirement which requires all heads to be active. (I'd be willing to relax it to allow posts in the hydra PT, if I were given access to the PT in question.)scum· scam · seam · team · term · tern · torn ·town- Raskolnikov
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I agree with the above. I think hydras do get a bad wrap because people abuse dissonance or cheese the hydra thing for confusion. Either intentionally or through just not bothering to work together at all.
Which kind of sucks because I think it lowers game quality and makes the experience less fun for others when it's done that way. It shouldn't be a separate mini game having to dealing with a slot right?
But strictly enforcing it on the other hand feels like it goes too far the other way. A little bit of difference isn't a problem, just when it's overboard and over the top I think? I don't know how you could encourage people to keep it in moderation though.- Wisdom
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If you can't distinguish the heads without signatures, you probably don't know them well enough to make a good meta read anyway.- Firebringer
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not everyones posting is so unique that its pretty easy to tell them apart.In post 16, TellTaleHeart wrote:If you can't distinguish the heads without signatures, you probably don't know them well enough to make a good meta read anyway.Show"You are the Joker of mafia players" - Oversoul
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I think the expectation for hydras to be in complete sync is kind of unfair to newer hydra players. I feel like somebody's gonna jump down my throat now if I don't sheep my teacher.Video games can be educational. The Oregon Trail taught me that Manifest Destiny is fatal.
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did we thoughIn post 12, Equinox wrote:Thus, we avoided most, if not all, of the potential cognitive dissonance that would have come about from having two different play styleare you thinking of me when you're with somebody else?- Katsuki
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Post signing undermines the fact that given that the hydra operates under one slot, it should function as a singular entity.
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^^^In post 16, TellTaleHeart wrote:If you can't distinguish the heads without signatures, you probably don't know them well enough to make a good meta read anyway.
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In post 14, Raskolnikov wrote:I agree with the above. I think hydras do get a bad wrap because people abuse dissonance or cheese the hydra thing for confusion. Either intentionally or through just not bothering to work together at all.
Which kind of sucks because I think it lowers game quality and makes the experience less fun for others when it's done that way. It shouldn't be a separate mini game having to dealing with a slot right?
But strictly enforcing it on the other hand feels like it goes too far the other way. A little bit of difference isn't a problem, just when it's overboard and over the top I think? I don't know how you could encourage people to keep it in moderation though.In post 15, Wisdom wrote:They should sign so i know who posted what so i can read them
Meta plays a huge part in how i read people so i cant function without knowing who im reading.In post 16, TellTaleHeart wrote:If you can't distinguish the heads without signatures, you probably don't know them well enough to make a good meta read anyway.In post 17, Firebringer wrote:
not everyones posting is so unique that its pretty easy to tell them apart.In post 16, TellTaleHeart wrote:If you can't distinguish the heads without signatures, you probably don't know them well enough to make a good meta read anyway.In post 18, BrainpanSonata wrote:(Taking notes as prepwork for my academy slot)
I think the expectation for hydras to be in complete sync is kind of unfair to newer hydra players. I feel like somebody's gonna jump down my throat now if I don't sheep my teacher.
All of these are decent points.In post 20, Katsuki wrote:Post signing undermines the fact that given that the hydra operates under one slot, it should function as a singular entity.
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