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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:50 pm

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To me Hydra's go against the spirit of Mafia because when playing mafia you are supposed to be one person trying to convince your co-players of your arguments. How is it fair for one player to have someone to throw ideas off of while another person doesn't?
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:53 pm

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This is apostrophe abuse.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:29 pm

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Play normals, they are banned there
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:45 pm

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And that's a comma splice.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:10 pm

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Yeah, but if I want to play theme it seems like every other player is a Hydra. Doesn't mean there isn't a good argument for them not to exist period.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:18 pm

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Then join a hydra? Or don't join a game that has hydras? ~Most~ mods have a limit on hydras?
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:54 pm

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In post 0, MonkeyMan576 wrote:To me Hydra's go against the spirit of Mafia because when playing mafia you are supposed to be one person trying to convince your co-players of your arguments. How is it fair for one player to have someone to throw ideas off of while another person doesn't?

I suspect that the question you asked and the question you meant are distinctly different beasts, but... I'll tackle the one you asked regardless. :lol:

It's "fair" because there is no actual mechanism preventing any other player from participating in a hydra as well.

Optional benefits (if you believe hydra participation qualifies as a "benefit," many would contend otherwise) are not unfair if they are made easily accessible to all.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:57 pm

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Sure, but it's like if you were raised to play football with 11 players, and then someone changes the rules to 20 players. You can say "well everyone can play with 20 players". That doesn't mean that's the way it's meant to be played.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:00 pm

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how is football meant to be only played with 11 players? Image
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:03 pm

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In post 7, MonkeyMan576 wrote:the rules

If you don't adapt to the new way the sport is played, then that's your fault not theirs?
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:04 pm

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What is this
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:08 pm

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me pointing out that you can't play a football game with only 11 players?
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:11 pm

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With pitchforks?
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:11 pm

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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:12 pm

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11 players per side, but I was making a point, you could just as easily say baseball, 9 players etc.
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:13 pm

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In post 9, Cabd wrote:
In post 7, MonkeyMan576 wrote:the rules

If you don't adapt to the new way the sport is played, then that's your fault not theirs?


I'm not saying it's anyone's fault, but just because there's a new way to play something doesn't make it better. Why not make a seperate type of hydra game just for players that want to play with hydras? That way people that don't aren't restricted to just normal games.
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:15 pm

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In post 12, N wrote:With pitchforks?


that wld be this 1 Image

but monkey person is moving the goalposts as we speak.

I just fell for a giant troll didn't I.
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:17 pm

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I don't know why you would think I would ever troll you, Mollie.
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:27 am

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In post 11, pirate mollie wrote:me pointing out that you can't play a football game with only 11 players?

Football is always played with 11 per side. So...
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:29 am

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In post 5, Konowa wrote:Then join a hydra? Or don't join a game that has hydras? ~Most~ mods have a limit on hydras?

Tbf a limit on hydrae doesn't actually solve his issue of not wanting to play with them.

I'm sure you'll find a micro or mini theme with no hydras allowed - or just ask a mod, dunno.
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:31 am

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In post 0, MonkeyMan576 wrote:To me Hydra's go against the spirit of Mafia because when playing mafia you are supposed to be one person trying to convince your co-players of your arguments. How is it fair for one player to have someone to throw ideas off of while another person doesn't?


It's not fair, but it makes the game more enjoyable for the hydras themselves!

You should try it sometime, hydras are really easily to abuse if you know how.
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:18 am

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you are several months (and threads) late to this argument
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:23 am

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It's like watching two sides shouting over each other's heads.
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:06 pm

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The point that it's easy to abuse is the exact reason why they should not be allowed except in all-hydra games.
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:18 pm

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I'm pretty much at the point where I will likely not allow hydras in most games I mod now, but I'm not presently moderating so...
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