Starting at night or with day?

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As a general rule, should a game start at night or with day?

Day
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46%
Night
15
22%
There should be no presumption either way
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32%
 
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Post Post #50 (ISO) » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:24 pm

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I prefer a Nightstart without anyone getting killed (lethal actions prohibited).
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Post Post #51 (ISO) » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:16 am

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I prefer a night start but with all normal night actions: It gives the day some sort of direction rather than just floating about until someone makes a slip up.
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Post Post #52 (ISO) » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:01 am

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Zindaras wrote:If you'll look at statistics (I've gathered them not on this site, admittedly, but a comparable one), you'll find that, very often, the scum lynch percentage Day One is higher than randomness prescribes.
I believe there was some analysis of Newbie games not long ago when the reverse was found. Of course, there are the factors of day start, openish setup, and being played by newbies, but I'm not sure which one is the biggest cause of that.
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Post Post #53 (ISO) » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:15 am

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Norinel wrote:
Zindaras wrote:If you'll look at statistics (I've gathered them not on this site, admittedly, but a comparable one), you'll find that, very often, the scum lynch percentage Day One is higher than randomness prescribes.
I believe there was some analysis of Newbie games not long ago when the reverse was found. Of course, there are the factors of day start, openish setup, and being played by newbies, but I'm not sure which one is the biggest cause of that.
If my memory's serving me well, it showed the same. Town was lynching slightly better on Day One than they should if it was random.
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Finished: 159 (120 Town, 33 Mafia, 5 Other, 1 Cult, 4 Cultivated)
68 Wins, 71 Losses
Town: 52 Wins, 54 Losses (2 Wins as Cult)
Mafia: 13 Wins, 15 Losses (1 Win as Cult)
Other: 3 Wins, 1 Loss (1 Win as Cult)
Cult: 0 Wins, 1 Loss
Cultivated: 4 Wins, 0 Losses
59 Survived, 31 Lynched, 60 Killed
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Post Post #54 (ISO) » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:21 am

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Here we go: Newbie game stats

75.4% lynch of town Day 1, where a random lynch would be 71.4% of the time. I don't know if that's changed since, though.
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