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Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:00 am

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Blitz Queue

Trial Period: November 1 - January 31

Blitz games use Day deadlines of no more than
96 hours
and Night deadlines of no more than
48 hours
and are run in Blitz Games Trial. Alternative deadline systems may be used with list moderator approval. This queue is for games in sign-ups. If you have a question about a currently running game, please PM me. For more information about the Blitz Queue trial run, please consult this thread.

Players
Signing Up for a Game
- Please post in this thread (e.g., "/in" or "/in for zoraster's game") to be added to the next game. The moderator of the game taking sign-ups will be keeping track of player sign-ups.

Player Requirements
- There is no experience requirement to sign up for a Blitz. However, moderators are allowed to have sign-up restrictions for their games, and they may deny any sign-up at their discretion.

Post-Game Surveys
- Players and moderators may be contacted after a Blitz game has ended for their feedback regarding the game, the moderator(s), and the Blitz Queue. Participation is voluntary. Anonymized data will be made available to site staff in order to discuss the results of this trial run. If you wish to opt out of all surveys, please PM me.

Moderators
Experience Requirements
- To sign up to moderate a Blitz with 13 or fewer players, you must have successfully moderated one Mini Normal or Open Game. To sign up to moderate a Blitz with 14 or more players, you must have successfully moderated two games or the equivalent. If you have experience moderating on other sites, you may request those games to count as your game of experience; please contact mith. You must still have been active on the site for at least three months and have completed playing at least one Mafia game.

Signing Up to Run a Game
- Please send a PM to Equinox with the following information to be added to the moderator queue:

  • Planned title of the game:
    Game type:
    Number of players:
    Reviewer(s) who have given explicit, final approval:

Moderators should have completed reviews and written their opening posts and role PMs before entering the queue.

Game Limits
- Moderators can run only one Blitz game at a time. Moderators must wait until the game they are moderating is completed before joining the queue again.

Pre-/in Limits
- You may have up to 67% of your player slots, rounded down, filled by pre-/in sign-ups.

Setup Review Requirements
- Submitting your game setup to a reviewer is required. Approved or experimental open setups that have received reviews are exempt from this requirement.
Effective November 30, Normal setups must be reviewed for Normalcy by the Normal Review Group.
Moderators wishing to utilize the private topics feature for their setup reviews should contact me to receive access. Moderators should only list reviewers who have explicitly approved the final version of their setup.

Game Threads
- Moderators have 24 hours from the time sign-ups are full to begin their games. For games where the mechanic requires a design phase, games must start within 72 hours. It is very helpful if your first post stays up to date (even after the game is completed) with players who are dead and alive. We like to have a record of how games have finished.

Post-Game Surveys
- Players and moderators may be contacted after a Blitz game has ended for their feedback regarding the game, the moderator(s), and the Blitz Queue. Participation is voluntary. Anonymized data will be made available to site staff in order to discuss the results of this trial run. Summary data is available to game moderators on request. If you wish to opt out of all surveys, please PM me.

ResourcesBlitz Queue Trial Announcement - The original announcement of the Blitz Queue trial run, which contains important information about moderator expectations.
Moderators must consult this thread before running their games!

A Queue for Games with Short Deadlines? - The original discussion thread for the Blitz Queue.
Setup Review Thread - A thread in Mafia Discussion where moderators can request reviewers to check their games for balance and playability.
Archive of Blitz Games - This is the history of all previous Blitz Game run during the trial.
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Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:01 am

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Moderator Queue


Moderator sign-ups are now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated!
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Post Post #2 (isolation #2) » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:06 am

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Current Games


Spoiler:

Moderator
: Plotinus
Current Update
: Town Win

Firebringer
(replaced TheTinyPeach)

Flubbernugget
hiplop
itlepip
lane0168
Peptobislawl
(replaced TheShadow)

PhantomCobalt
pignash
Political Clout
Radiant Moonlight
(replaced RadiantCowbells who replaced Scorpious)

Ranger
rkvothe
startfromtheheart


Moderator
: Marquis
Current Update
: Town Win

3dicerolling
Almost50
Ankamius
(replaced droog who replaced MochaMan)

davesaz
GuiltyLion
Karnage
(replaced Spiffeh)

Nosferatu
(replaced KTthecreeper who replaced Nosferatu)

pisskop
RadiantCowbells
Ranger
Some Random Mafia Player
The Bulge
(replaced Monday)

Xtoxm


Moderator
: pieguyn
Current Update
: Town Win

Ankamius
Antihero
Expedience
Firebringer
(replaced KTthecreeper)

Gorkington
(replaced OceanWind who replaced talah)

hiplop
Mad King Ashnard
PhantomCobalt
Ranger
Scatterplot
Spiffeh
(replaced Trebuchet MS)

Titus
(replaced Sakura Hana)

Wisdom


Moderator
: mykonian
Current Update
: Mafia Win

3dicerolling
Almost50
Firebringer
Frozen Angel
Jeanne11
Masquerade
RadiantCowbells
Ranger
Some Random Mafia Player
(replaced rkvothe)

Titus
Xtoxm


Moderator
: pisskop
Current Update
: Mafia Win

AlwaysInnocent
Aristophanes
Bulbazoor
Firebringer
New Luna Republic
pignash
Ranger
Sensei
TheFuzzylogic99


Moderator
: Lucky2u
Current Update
: Happily Ever After

GuiltyLion
itlepip
lane0168
lilith2013
Persivul
RadiantCowbells
Ranger
Some Random Mafia Player
Xtoxm


Moderator
: RadiantCowbells
Current Update
: Koopa Troop Win

Amihan
Aristophanes
BlueTrin
Fire Starter
Firebringer
Flubbernugget
Fraggernaut
(replaced Xtoxm)

Frozen Angel
Heat
lilith2013
Ranger
(replaced Jackal711)



Moderator
: Karnage
Current Update
: Town Win

Almost50
Dwlee99
GuiltyLion
lane0168
Lucky2u
Persivul
pignash
pisskop
Ranger
Titus

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Post Post #3 (isolation #3) » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:00 pm

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Welcome (back) to the trial edition of the Blitz Queue!

This thread is now open for players to sign up for games. The way this will work is that game moderators will keep track of sign-ups for their games and, when they fill, launch those games within provided deadlines. The opening post has been edited to include guidelines for players. Abridged for people on the go:

  1. Players can post "/in" in any form to join a game. There is no experience requirement to play a Blitz game, but specific games may have restrictions or requirements on who may join.
  2. Moderators who wish to run a game should send me a PM with their game application, which can be found in the opening post, in order to be added to the queue.
  3. Players and moderators may be sent a five-minute post-game survey requesting feedback on the game, the moderator, and the Blitz Queue.

All of the moderators in the queue have been granted privileges in the Blitz Games Trial forum. As soon as Rob13's game is filled, fferyllt's game will take sign-ups. Please do not jump the line because it won't end well. For now, only one game will be taking sign-ups at a time.

As usual, egosearch posts will be terminated with extreme prejudice. Don't test me. Post a joke if your fingers itch that badly.
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Post Post #333 (isolation #4) » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:49 pm

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Due to negligence on my part, this became a nasty surprise for a few people who signed up to run a Normal game in the Blitz Queue. For that, I sincerely apologize. From this point forward, Blitz Normals are required to be reviewed for Normalcy by the Normal Review Group. Alternatively, if you wish to bypass this process, running your game as a theme game is recommended.
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Post Post #744 (isolation #5) » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:41 am

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That fills all of the games in the queue! Moderators can sign-up until Sunday, January 31, at 11:59 PM EST (UTC-5). The queue will be closed to players once all queued games have filled, assuming that happens within a reasonable time frame.
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Post Post #750 (isolation #6) » Thu Jan 28, 2016 12:54 am

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In post 747, lane0168 wrote:Why not just leave it open? No trouble filling games is there?

This was intended to be a brief trial period to test supply and demand for fast-paced games. We'll evaluate the success of the trial and then decide on whether or not to make this a permanent queue.
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Post Post #806 (isolation #7) » Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:56 pm

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The Blitz Queue is now closed. Thank you to everyone for your participation! Surveys will be sent out later this week. In the meantime, please feel free to discuss any ideas or concerns you have about the queue in the discussion thread.
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Post Post #807 (isolation #8) » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:44 am

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If you did not participate in a Blitz game but would like to offer your thoughts on the trial, please fill out this short survey: https://mafiascum.typeform.com/to/hu2iLC

If you have already completed a post-game survey, this contains the same questions as the final section of that survey.
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