intentional inactivity and prod timer abuse

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intentional inactivity and prod timer abuse

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Fri May 06, 2022 8:10 pm

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Have you ever played in a game where a player was intentionally inactive and abused the prod timer in order to somehow gain an advantage in a game of forum mafia?
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sat May 07, 2022 4:02 am

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Yes it was me.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Sat May 07, 2022 12:10 pm

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Can you link an example?
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Sat May 07, 2022 12:36 pm

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I'll see if I can come up with a specific one.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Sat May 07, 2022 4:05 pm

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Lol
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Sat May 07, 2022 11:21 pm

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isn't this just the way most ppl play as scum?
Of all tyrannies,a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Sun May 08, 2022 3:30 am

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That would be 100% nai for me on d1. I generally hate d1.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue May 10, 2022 7:04 pm

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In post 1, Ythan wrote:Yes it was me.
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Site rules now literally prevent that, so now it's literally against site rules to abuse prod timers like that, but I did in fact use it as a deliberate tactic at some point, both as a way to prove I was inactive and as a way to force myself to be more active.

Pretty sure it was like 90:10 town:scum for me doing it tho because I fucking loathe the idea of players accusing someone of strategic inactivity. Doing it as scum felt like it was validating those accusations when those accusations should never EVER be validated, so it was mostly an as-town thing.

But again, is against site rules now, so like. Doesn't happen anymore, but it used to.
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