Thanks, Maximumumum. I'm certainly a prolific poster, while I'm not sure I'm all that good of a player (I've got more experience as scum than town, which is sort of weird to begin with), but I do take the Road to Rome games seriously as a training tool for future players. I think I had the pleasure of playing with mathcam AND Seol in Newbie...73? which was just nerve-wracking because they're both so good (no slight intended to the other players in that game)...but even my fellow scum in that game learned a lot, even though we lost. I generally play in a newbie game when I have time, and if I wasn't modding two and playing in Good Omens right now, I'd be joining another...they're fun, fast paced, and the new Variant 93 has really sleared a lot of the staleness out of them, I think.Maximumum wrote:Back in November when I was directed to this site I had only ever played one game of Mafia. Having the priviledge of playing and learning from some of the best players on this site (Mr. Flay, MeMe, StD, mathcam, NanookTheWolf, just to name a few) in the "Road to Rome" games helped tremendously to educate me. Because I was well taught I felt comfortable enough to start games in the other forums.
Can I second this seconding of mathcam? I don't get the impression we'reMeMe wrote:I've yet to act as a trainer for mods in newbie games because I just think it's a bad idea to have inexperienced mods running newbies -- and it doesn't provide the experience necessary to write and run more complicated games anyway, so why are we doing it?
Sure, we all have to learn something, sometime; both Dodecamafia and Werewolf have taught me balance and feel issues that make me a better mod. But do it in a place that can be just a
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