In post 670, pirate mollie wrote:In mafia, there's really no "cohesion" among town -- with no information, there's no way for people to reliably "team up".
this statement is such complete and utter bullshit I am not sure why you made it in the first place.
but by all means bring mafia back to the dark ages where town wins by accident. cos that is what that statement is encouraging.
what you are stating is that town are too stupid to find their own teammates and that any effort for self-improvement is futile.
uninformed majority will nearly ALWAYS have a hard time finding each other, that is why they shld be acknowledged when they actually DO.
We are not taking away the Best Town award to strip the possibility of acknowledging the uninformed majority's ability to work together and win, nor are we saying town is too dumb or wins by accident, you are simple interpreting what Reckful has said the wrong way. We are simply saying and acknowledging that in a lot of games "cohesion" is usually achieved by the leadership of a few key members of town (or deceitful scum) rather than the entire cooperation of the entire town. That is the main reason we are scrapping the award; it was given to a whole team where only ~50% of said team deserved the reward for their efforts, and, honestly, the townies responsible for the win might very well be eligible for nomination for the Best Mafia Catcher award anyways.
I encourage you to make a case for as to why the 4 lurkers or one sentence shit posters in your game deserve to relish in the same amount of recognition for the achievements and leadership of a handful to half a dozen solid townspeople. I know cases and examples can be made for games where full cohesion is more or less achieved across the majority of the towns but is there really going to be enough games