A Queue for Games with Short Deadlines?

[Banakai]

remove large normals and just make mods create some generic half assed lore so they can run in large theme

problem = solved

[GuyInFreezer]

I've never seen a game in that timeframe work well

http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=62589

It was successful.

[Aeronaut]

Funny, I actually was right in the middle of creating a game with such deadlines!

But yea, this is a cool idea.

[Firebringer]

Why hasn't this been implemented?

[ika]

cus we have hypotical things that could happen

[Fro99er]

I've never seen a game in that timeframe work well

http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=62589

It was successful.

It was one of the most fun and intensely nerve wracking games ever.

highly recommended

[Firebringer]

cus we have hypotical things that could happen

We should do a poll and do some trial runs with it

[yoloswag123]

Yes please let this happen. I want to play full games here but the long deadlines just make me get busy and even when i am not busy I start to get bored simply because one day phase is already a full game on my home site.

[tn5421]

If a queue HAS to be removed in order to add another queue, why not just merge Mini Theme queue into the Large Theme queue and run all themes the same way? Not that I'm convinced a queue needs to be removed, but this appears to be the only solution that Zoraster will accept.

[Zachrulez]

If a queue has to go, I'd remove the large normal queue mostly because it's type of games can run in the large theme queue and the number of them that run is low enough that no one would really know the difference anyway.

But I think there's some unfounded fear that too many queues are a problem. I think it's better to have more categories of games. It makes it easier to find the exact type of game you want. Fewer queues make it more challenging to do that.

[quadz08]

We don't have a large normal queue and haven't for quite some time. It's all run out of the Normal queue now.

[Zachrulez]

Yes and no. It doesn't have it's own thread anymore, but it still functions as a separate queue.

[Psyche]

DO YOUR JOB, ZOROASTER

[Mina]

Relevant:

V/LA from Sept. 18-Oct 4th. Please direct admin inquiries to Thesp, one of the Discussion Mods, or Listmods.

Anything on this front won't happen until he returns.

[saulres]

No no no no no. You're doing it wrong.

The best time to make changes is when those who oppose it, and/or are leaders, aren't around. It's the <insert your favorite group here> way!

[Psyche]

the ninja way!

[Faraday]

Relevant:

V/LA from Sept. 18-Oct 4th. Please direct admin inquiries to Thesp, one of the Discussion Mods, or Listmods.

Anything on this front won't happen until he returns.

so you're saying it's happening

[zoraster]

Nothing is certain, but until I left it was at least being actively considered.

[Porochaz]

Urgh, this is still a thing thats being considered. I was hoping it would die.

I don't see a point in this, the thing about mafiascum was that it was different from other sites which ran mafia games. But I understand the reasoning, get more people interested in the site yadda yadda. I do wonder about the syphoning from the rest of the site, I can see a large majority of players settling for a 2 hour game over a longer commitment, which would effectively kill the rest of the site. However if that's what people are looking for, who am I to disagree.

What I did and still completely object to is a merging/killing off of one of the queues. There is no point, zor (for now I am addressing you). For reason I and others have given before. Each thread caters to its own specific subset. You replace one of those, you lose a subset. How do you guard against it?

[ika]

poro i think we would still maintain the long one but i grew up where it was 24/24 hr cycles and i really enjoyed it cus it was quick and witty

MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

[Fluminator]

YES PLS!

[kuribo]

Wonder what we'll call it. Fast and italian, hm...

oh it should be suggestive of the mafia

how about
Vegas
or Atlantic City?

Staten Island, duh

[ika]

bump

[Kmd4390]

I've never seen a game in that timeframe work well

http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=62589

It was successful.

Working one shift puts me 4 hours over prod range in a game with those rules ignoring the fact that I have to be 15 minutes early (I'm usually 30-45 early) and assuming I get out on time and check in from the parking lot both before and after work. Yikes lol

Real thoughts though:
Did someone already suggest running an experimental queue with a trial period and review committee to decide it's fate at the end of the trial period? Or maybe just do it and if it doesn't work shut it down?

[fferyllt]

I think there are at least a few short-deadline games working their way slowly up through the mini theme queue, including one by Equinox and one by me.