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For large social games such as Survivor where the primary mechanic is social interaction.
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Post Post #100 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:59 am

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Post Post #101 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:02 am

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twist probably was ok if people could discuss/speculate
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Post Post #102 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:03 am

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^ that was my biggest problem with it, besides it being in two games with barely any time in between
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Post Post #103 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:11 am

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ya any twists thats like "oh ya you cant talk about it" means its probably flawed
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Post Post #104 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:17 am

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In post 103, hiplop wrote:ya any twists thats like "oh ya you cant talk about it" means its probably flawed
haha yeah, i was thinking of running a game with a "no talking abt ID guesses and what they mean to you in your confessional" but then same
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Post Post #105 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:20 am

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Post Post #106 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:23 am

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In post 104, MattP wrote:
In post 103, hiplop wrote:ya any twists thats like "oh ya you cant talk about it" means its probably flawed
haha yeah, i was thinking of running a game with a "no talking abt ID guesses and what they mean to you in your confessional" but then same
Remind me why this isn't a rule
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Post Post #107 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:29 am

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In post 96, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:Everyone is placed in a secret pair at the start of the game with someone on the opposite tribe, and if you make it to the end with your secret partner you have the opportunity to win as a pair. However, you're not allowed to discuss your secret pair with anyone or speculate as to who else may be in a secret pair.
The issue with this is that especially in LoL you were left with people so obviously hinting at other pairs that they would get known easily. You were also left with people wanting to get others out for pair-related reasons but not being able to state those reasons.

Was the idea poorly executed? Yeah. But nobody knew that beforehand. It wasn't really brought up (nor did it seem to be occurring) in Eon.
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Post Post #108 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:34 am

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i think the main problem with LoL was that we all knew the pairs were from separate starting tribes so it heavily encouraged a pagong strategy to eliminate all pairs
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Post Post #109 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:51 am

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I think the reason it wasn't a problem in Eon was because the pairs were kept on separate tribes until the final 14, which is 10 boots into the game. Pairs were placed on the same tribe as early as F18 in LoL, which was after only 2 rounds.
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Post Post #110 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 9:24 am

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In post 106, Xalxe wrote:
In post 104, MattP wrote:
In post 103, hiplop wrote:ya any twists thats like "oh ya you cant talk about it" means its probably flawed
haha yeah, i was thinking of running a game with a "no talking abt ID guesses and what they mean to you in your confessional" but then same
Remind me why this isn't a rule
ID guesses are a thing anyway. Like if you think "OMG this Porunga person...is definitely drench" banning it being typed in confessional for people to laugh at you changes nothing.
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Post Post #111 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:25 am

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the real question is why would it ever be a rule
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Post Post #112 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:29 am

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In post 106, Xalxe wrote:
In post 104, MattP wrote:
In post 103, hiplop wrote:ya any twists thats like "oh ya you cant talk about it" means its probably flawed
haha yeah, i was thinking of running a game with a "no talking abt ID guesses and what they mean to you in your confessional" but then same
Remind me why this isn't a rule
Because you can think things without confessionalizing them.
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Post Post #113 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:31 am

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and if you think them, please confessionalize them for our entertainment
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Post Post #114 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:53 pm

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Post Post #115 (ISO) » Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:16 pm

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In post 96, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:Everyone is placed in a secret pair at the start of the game with someone on the opposite tribe, and if you make it to the end with your secret partner you have the opportunity to win as a pair. However, you're not allowed to discuss your secret pair with anyone or speculate as to who else may be in a secret pair.
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Post Post #116 (ISO) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:20 am

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In post 114, xofelf wrote:Survivor: 1984. Where Thoughtcrime actually IS punishable by the rules!
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Post Post #117 (ISO) » Wed May 24, 2017 8:54 am

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Post Post #118 (ISO) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:14 pm

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bumping this thread for uh science
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Post Post #119 (ISO) » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:02 pm

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Vote Invert: Makes a vote have negative weight (voting someone while under invert actually removes a vote.) It's like a vote block, but even worse.
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Post Post #120 (ISO) » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:27 am

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Just speculating here but what would have been the reaction if you weren't told your pair til Merge?
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Post Post #121 (ISO) » Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:46 pm

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You accidentally kill your partner oh that feels great
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Post Post #122 (ISO) » Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:36 pm

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I think he means what if at merge (assuming it was 12) you were assigned a partner secretly, but that also seems like it'd have some design flaws.
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Post Post #123 (ISO) » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:26 pm

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No I meant, you don't know who your partner is.

The issue I'm trying to circumvent is people telling each other who their partner is or trying to hunt them down.
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Post Post #124 (ISO) » Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:10 am

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Why are either of those bad things?
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