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[Albert B. Rampage]

You can only send encrypted data to one crypto, why would you have 3 cryptos ?

[Albert B. Rampage]

One crypto and one bodyguard on him is enough, don't you think ?

[Yosarian2]

Albert: Are you talking to me? Because with 2 SIA agents, 1 counter-intellegence agent, and apparently other coded messages coming in from Jack Bauer, 1 crypto is not enough. It takes a full hour for a crypto to decode a message, so if you only have 1 crypto, he gets loaded down with at least 2 messages from the 2 SIA's hour one, and if you still have only 1 crypto, he'll get at least 2 more messages from them hour 2. And he can only decode one an hour, so he's get a huge backload of messages very quickly, and I'm not sure he would ever catch up. At the very least, it would be a long time before we got all that info.

[Off the Mark]

Well, I'm definitely not voting for Albert. We do not want a mix of scummy and non-scummy cryptos and Investigators. You are misunderstanding something about the mechanics of the game. As Yos said, it takes time for cryptos to decode the messages, so we want at LEAST 2 cryptos at all time. And if they are not trustworthy, we will get a steady flow of bad info.

[UltimaAvalon]

Vote: Yosarian2

I don't know why everyone is moving to Guardian. Now that Yos as adapted the White House Liaison plan, he's a much better choice at this point than Guardian....although with Guardian in charge I get the Deputy position.....

Bah, Yosarian FTW.

By the way, the only reason I did any campaigning at all was so I can keep my record of first vote a self vote every game. I knew I had no chance of making Director after coming in this late.

[Xdaamno]

Any chance of a

Prod: CTD

[Eyceking]

You people think that comment of mine was scummy? Damn, no joking comments allowed round here then, huh? I like instilling some humour in my game - it makes the game more fun. Game. Fun. I think you see where I'm going with that one.

I like Yos' set up the best (even if I am being stuck away in the White House Liaison role) because it's logical. Except for my placement. Ya bum.

[Eyceking]

Oops. That was meant to include me putting my vote back on Yos.

Vote: Yossarion2

[YogurtBandit]

You can only send encrypted data to one crypto, why would you have 3 cryptos ?

If there is multiple amounts of encrptyed Data.

[Albert B. Rampage]

You can only send encrypted data to one crypto, why would you have 3 cryptos ?

If there is multiple amounts of encrptyed Data.

And how will you ensure the safety of the data ?

[YogurtBandit]

You can only send encrypted data to one crypto, why would you have 3 cryptos ?

If there is multiple amounts of encrptyed Data.

And how will you ensure the safety of the data ?

True, But still, 2 at least is better than one.

[Yosarian2]

You can only send encrypted data to one crypto, why would you have 3 cryptos ?

If there is multiple amounts of encrptyed Data.

And how will you ensure the safety of the data ?

If you only have 1 crypto and 2 SIA, he won't be able to decode the data fast enough to keep up, and we just won't GET all the data.

It is true that multiple cryptos will be harder to protect, but it's a risk we're going to have to take if we want to actually make any use of the investigations.

[Albert B. Rampage]

What makes you think SIAs will capture something every single hour ?

[Xdaamno]

What makes you think SIAs will capture something every single hour ?

When did he say that? Are you assuming it takes 1 hour to decrypt stuff?

[Albert B. Rampage]

All decryptions take 1 hour to complete.

[Yosarian2]

What makes you think SIAs will capture something every single hour ?

Hmm. Don't they get a result every hour? The mod did say they receive all transmissions from the targeted player, which I was assuming meant that so long as the SIA is watching he gets a report every hour.

Although, now that I think about it, it could be that they only get a result when the watched player sends a transmission, or even multiple results in an hour if the person asks the mod multiple questions in an hour. That could be really ugly, if it means that a person who asks the mod 10 questions in an hour means the crypto has to spend 10 hours to decode them all.

mod:could you clarify how that works, exactally? Does the SIA send stuff to the crypto once per hour?

[Yosarian2]

In any case, though, as nearly everyone has to send an action choice to the mod during the first hour, I would expect the SIA's to get one report each during the first hour.

[Albert B. Rampage]

What makes you think SIAs will capture something every single hour ?

Hmm. Don't they get a result every hour? The mod did say they receive all transmissions from the targeted player, which I was assuming meant that so long as the SIA is watching he gets a report every hour.

Although, now that I think about it, it could be that they only get a result when the watched player sends a transmission, or even multiple results in an hour if the person asks the mod multiple questions in an hour. That could be really ugly, if it means that a person who asks the mod 10 questions in an hour means the crypto has to spend 10 hours to decode them all.

mod:could you clarify how that works, exactally? Does the SIA send stuff to the crypto once per hour?

Exactly.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

The SIA sends stuff to the Crypto at any time he wants.(he can send as many messages as he wants to)

SIAs might capture nothing or a lot of things depending on the time and the target.

[Albert B. Rampage]

What happens when there are 2 SIAs ? Only one of them receives the information ? Can 1 SIA receive multiple messages ?

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

The SIA chooses which target to watch.

If they are both watching the same frequency then I'd expect both to receive the same information.

If they are watching different sites, they'd have different information....

[Albert B. Rampage]

Yosarian, your setup is terrible. Mafia will probably only contact the mod to send in their NK, which can happen anywhere between hour 1 and 5, with 11 possible suspects, watching 2 players will not amount to many intercepts.

There should be ONE, and only ONE cryptologist at hour 1.

[Albert B. Rampage]

In any case, though, as nearly everyone has to send an action choice to the mod during the first hour, I would expect the SIA's to get one report each during the first hour.

What ? Why would they send in actions the first hour ?

[Off the Mark]

Maybe this has already been asked/answered, but can the director reassign players to new positions at will? If so, we could start with zero cryptos and then assign them as needed for decoding. There won't be any encrypted messages at the start of the game, after all.

[Albert B. Rampage]

Maybe this has already been asked/answered, but can the director reassign players to new positions at will? If so, we could start with zero cryptos and then assign them as needed for decoding. There won't be any encrypted messages at the start of the game, after all.

Yes, it takes 1 hour to re-assign a position.