In post 2, mastina wrote: In post 1, Awoo wrote:Nice. Less frequent higher density posting = mafia.
Sounds like how I played as mafia. "Oh looks like I need to make a post, let's make it count"
Trufax, I started doing that as town in my patented "copy my scumgame as town" way…because I found it FRIGHTENINGLY EFFECTIVE as scum.
So it used to be a scumtell of mine, until I copied it into my towngame. And my towngame DID IN FACT IMPROVE after.
Scum use it, but EVERYONE should use it, basically.
This warrants some explanation.
Obviously, if literally everyone did this, the game wouldn't work.
But if MOST people did this, regardless of alignment, the game would go much better.
To give a shining example of it working well for town, you need look only to the instance which won me my banner. If you check out my posting habits, they perfectly fit the "long periods of low activity, short periods of high activity", including the town jam session.
I said what I needed to, then left until I needed to say something.
So there's benefit regardless of alignment for the style.
For a start, it fits with my real life needs. I work ~32-36 hours a week at a high stress job, and also work on a day normally most don't, without a compensating day off most work. (That is, I work 6, rather than 5, days: every weekday like most, plus Sunday.)
The hours I work change day to day, so I have no consistent circadian rhythm, wrecking havoc on my body. They change week to week, month to month.
I need time off, where I do nothing but relax. I'd die if I didn't get it. Mafia is many things; relaxing is NEVER one of them. So I need time where I'm not playing and not working, preferably every day.
Which limits when I can be around.
This is compounded by other factors: mental health (as I am bipolar, I suffer depression episodes, where I need to take care of myself), physical health (current obstacle: pneumonia, on top of my prior diagnosis of Vitamin B12 deficiency), and similar.
The in-game benefits?
This method allows time for critical thinking, but to give bursts of spontaneity when necessary. You can take time to formulate ideas, and then, express them and expand upon them off of recent posts.
It allows you to not be in the spotlight when doing so is detrimental, allowing for objective views of those who ARE, but ALSO allows you to take the spotlight when you DO need it.
Scum find it easier to exploit this strategy, but it's equally valuable to both alignments.
