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Post Post #10 (isolation #0) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:43 pm

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Formally announcing that I'm looking for co-mods for Survivor: Relapse.

Survivor: Relapse will be a game of Survivor but backwards. Like, literally backwards. It is for 16 players.
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Post Post #12 (isolation #1) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:00 pm

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:)
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Post Post #13 (isolation #2) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:00 pm

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Everyone starts the game as a winner so there's that?
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Post Post #28 (isolation #3) » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:31 pm

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In post 26, Randomnamechange wrote:shouldnt this be Survivor: Rovivrus?
No it's:

rovivruS: espaleR
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Post Post #36 (isolation #4) » Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:42 am

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No it was 4 of them.

Tbf they're fucking idiots but yeah >.>
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Post Post #38 (isolation #5) » Sun Mar 12, 2017 10:50 am

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Having worked with Will before: He can take a game from 0 to ready to go in like 3 days so yeah
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Post Post #41 (isolation #6) » Sun Mar 12, 2017 3:47 pm

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It would be cool if we could do more specific than "all mythology" and not have to play explicitly as gods because boy oh boy can I pull from some hipster places for characters in the Grecko-Roman mythology.
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Post Post #58 (isolation #7) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:19 pm

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No
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Post Post #60 (isolation #8) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:28 pm

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No
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Post Post #62 (isolation #9) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:22 pm

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Fun fact: I actually have relatively low blood pressure.
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Post Post #73 (isolation #10) » Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:16 pm

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That that isn't the terminal game on this site is disappointing
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Post Post #123 (isolation #11) » Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:17 am

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I guess Pirates vs. Ninjas is gonna be next?
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Post Post #127 (isolation #12) » Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:26 pm

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Announcing the sequel to MLS - World Cup!

It is not Survivor. It is not Big Brother. It draws on both, but will be it's own, very different thing, with an emphasis on challenge performance.

It is also 16 players, with every player controlling 2 in-game "characters." So there will be 32 characters controlled by 16 players (it'll also probably be shorter than most large socials).

Looking for 2-3 co-mods for this shit. It should actually be a reasonably easy game to run, based on my early ideas/conceptions.
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Post Post #134 (isolation #13) » Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:04 pm

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In post 128, Shadoweh wrote:How much soccer is going to be simulated in this game?
The game will not be a football manager sim
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Post Post #137 (isolation #14) » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:50 pm

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Please tell me where I said that they were the primary factor.
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Post Post #146 (isolation #15) » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:15 am

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I for one support mixing in more non-Survivor concepts*

*that aren't BB
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Post Post #151 (isolation #16) » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:11 pm

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Post Post #153 (isolation #17) » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:11 pm

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*whoosh*
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Post Post #158 (isolation #18) » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:29 pm

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In post 154, Shadoweh wrote:
In post 134, BROseidon wrote:
In post 128, Shadoweh wrote:How much soccer is going to be simulated in this game?
The game will not be a football manager sim
Oddly this would make me less interested in a sequel
If I do another FM-style game, it'll be another league-based game. So probably Bundesliga or Eredivisie.

Also I need a co-mod that isn't super busy like Xalxe and BPC both were because dear god modding that pre-merge nearly fucking killed us.
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Post Post #160 (isolation #19) » Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:14 pm

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Seriously games that add like 2 hours each day to normal modding are not a good idea >.>

Also fun fact: RPDR format isn't a large social game, but RPDR: All Stars 2 is!
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Post Post #178 (isolation #20) » Fri May 19, 2017 8:22 am

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I have made 0 headway on any of my games because I've been busy and lazy.
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Post Post #179 (isolation #21) » Fri May 19, 2017 8:23 am

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If 2 people wanted to help me co-mod a back-to-basics sort of a game I could probably whip together a design pretty quickly.
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Post Post #190 (isolation #22) » Mon May 22, 2017 10:29 am

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Oh man I qualify as that somehow.
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Post Post #209 (isolation #23) » Wed May 31, 2017 12:56 pm

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In post 202, D3f3nd3r wrote:Reck and Chevre need to take a long look at themselves if they are proposing me as a potential mod for this. I could always be an ideas person but I don't want anything more than a backup role in actual moderation.
Yeah I'm in to co-mod this, but we would need to know how many winners are committing ahead of time.
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Post Post #210 (isolation #24) » Wed May 31, 2017 12:57 pm

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I think it'd be fine to not have all 22 winners, but I would want at least 16.
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Post Post #215 (isolation #25) » Wed May 31, 2017 3:28 pm

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Delete BB.

The only BB I will ever run is RPDR
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Post Post #234 (isolation #26) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:04 am

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In post 233, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:can you really call any non-themed game an "all-stars" season when most of the same people play in at least every other game already?
Basically this. This isn't like IRL survivor where returning is a reasonably uncommon thing.
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Post Post #235 (isolation #27) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:05 am

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I think the way to do those sorts of themes is as a non-anon where people play as their past characters (i.e., I could play as like Varner or Tien or Penny or J4 or R.E.M. or DILFY)
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Post Post #250 (isolation #28) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:37 am

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In post 244, hiplop wrote:ive won and im definitely not a good player
lol
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Post Post #251 (isolation #29) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:37 am

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Stop pretending to be bad to feed your sandbagging playstyle
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Post Post #252 (isolation #30) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:38 am

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In post 248, hiplop wrote:literally both times ive won ppl have been like "ya but the game sucked and you were even worse"
I mean yeah your playstyle feels awful to lose to but that doesn't make you a bad player.
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Post Post #265 (isolation #31) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:42 pm

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In post 259, Xalxe wrote:
In post 255, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:
In post 246, DeathNote wrote:I think you just aren't giving yourself enough credit. You both just said you are not great players but do you honestly believe what the other wrote? I think both of you are good enough to win games and if I knew you were playing, I would actively want to be your friend or find a way to eliminate you... or both.

There isn't a person on that list of winners that I would be surprised to see win an All-Star game.

In fact, there is only one issue that I would be worried about in games like that being non-anon and thats that some people have obvious closer relations then other. People would be pointing out Shadow/Bella quite often or maybe BBM/CC.
I voted out BBM in Survivor: The Board Game
oh man that was so good

can we invite Berry for All Winners
Technically "Rocks" won that game
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Post Post #266 (isolation #32) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:44 pm

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also I just noticed shadoweh'a sig and I lol'd
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Post Post #272 (isolation #33) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:30 pm

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I would comment but I shouldn't the end
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Post Post #281 (isolation #34) » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:35 pm

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Hey everyone:

Spoiler:
Given the sudden uptick in support for an all-winners season, a group of us have gotten together and decided that this is going to happen. Announcing:

Survivor: Tournament of Champions

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Brought to you by BROseidon, Chevre, Deathnote, D3f3nd3r, Haschel Cedricson, OhGodMyLife, Pablito, and PrivateI


This game will feature at least 16 former winners of MS Survivor games, depending on what level of responsiveness we receive from this group. Chevre will be reaching out to people individually to gauge interest.

This game will be relatively light in twists. We hope to pay homage to MS’s long and storied history of Survivor games with this one, and we look forward to being able to run it. At this point in time, we do not have an exact timeline in mind as to when this game would run, as part of that is contingent on our players.

In addition,
we will be testing a new program for moderators. As a team, we are willing to take on several “shadow mods.” Shadow mods will have no responsibilities and will not be asked to assist in the design, setup, or moderation of this game. Instead, they will given access to all of our Skype channels and planning documents. This is intended to teach people who may be interested in modding what modding entails to help expand our pool of mods. Please reach out to me if you are interested.
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Post Post #320 (isolation #35) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:01 pm

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I strongly support more Sportsvivor
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Post Post #321 (isolation #36) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:02 pm

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Also Xof add a soap opera themed game as looking for comods. Imma do it
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Post Post #322 (isolation #37) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:02 pm

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Wait Hasch runs this now.

Hasch add it
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Post Post #324 (isolation #38) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:32 pm

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Whoever sees it first can add it, then!
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Post Post #325 (isolation #39) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:32 pm

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Also how has a soap opera themed game not been done yet? It seems really, really appropriate for Survivor.
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Post Post #326 (isolation #40) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:33 pm

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(Although I would venture to guess that I've watched way more soaps than anyone else here, given how much I used to watch in hs/college)
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Post Post #329 (isolation #41) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:32 pm

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In post 327, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 326, BROseidon wrote:(Although I would venture to guess that I've watched way more soaps than anyone else here, given how much I used to watch in hs/college)
yeah this is a fucking terrible theme
Will, continuing with the bad opinions.

Like soap operas are made of backstabbing and lies and crazy shit. 100% excellent for a Survivor game.
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Post Post #330 (isolation #42) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:33 pm

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Integrating team building with voting people out is an interesting/good idea, but you have to be careful to prevent it from snowballing too hard (tribe that wins challenges early gets bonuses to keep winning challenges down the road, etc)
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Post Post #334 (isolation #43) » Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:54 am

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We need an Australian to come in here and start johnning for Neighbors.
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Post Post #335 (isolation #44) » Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:54 am

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(fun fact: Chris Pappas was a character choice I submitted for School Survivor)
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Post Post #359 (isolation #45) » Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:02 pm

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In post 346, Shadoweh wrote:would the challenges involve no items two foxes final destination?
I would play this game because I would probably win this game :)
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Post Post #360 (isolation #46) » Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:03 pm

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Also I can't wait for Will's thoughts on this theme
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Post Post #366 (isolation #47) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:24 am

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No that was MLS :)
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Post Post #376 (isolation #48) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:52 am

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Guys there are more constructive ways to make a point
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Post Post #379 (isolation #49) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:21 am

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That's fine, but people are allowed to express their distaste or thoughts on a given theme (see: Will hating just about every theme I come up with)

People will play whatever. People played fucking MLS. People played a game themed on ice cream flavors. People played DBZA (which, like, nobody watches). I'm gonna do a fucking soap opera game. The theme being a reflection of what the mods enjoy and creating diversity through that is a good thing. Passive-aggressively bringing up things you dislike about d3f's survey and having it come across like you're using a theme that's intentionally bizarre to make a point is less productive than expressing your thoughts in a direct and sincere manner.
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Post Post #388 (isolation #50) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:35 am

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In post 381, Iprobablysuck wrote:Now someone needs to run Survivor: Coke Products vs Pepsi Products vs Dr. Pepper Products
Are there enough Dr Pepper products, or would it just be a bunch of flavors of Snapple?
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Post Post #390 (isolation #51) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:08 am

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Dibs on Clamato.
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Post Post #396 (isolation #52) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:55 am

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In post 391, Haschel Cedricson wrote:PepsiCo opens the door to Frito-Lay products as well.
Yeah well if we're talking conglomerate-level...
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Post Post #397 (isolation #53) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:56 am

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In post 392, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 360, BROseidon wrote:Also I can't wait for Will's thoughts on this theme
it's Perfect
:)
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Post Post #399 (isolation #54) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:31 pm

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Okay I'm doing Survivor: Hot Guys
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Post Post #402 (isolation #55) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:54 pm

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That was an off-the-cuff-joke but if 2 people want to co-mod it with me I will actually make the game.
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Post Post #404 (isolation #56) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:35 pm

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Yeah but only Shonen Rumble has any actual design done (still has a fair bit to be done b/c I just, like, haven't been doing it)

Everything else is just shit that I will do at some point in the future, probably.
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Post Post #406 (isolation #57) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:59 pm

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SURVIVOR HOT GUYS IT IS.
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Post Post #408 (isolation #58) » Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:05 am

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FLEENS? YOU'RE NOT FLEENS!

WHOEVER YOU ARE, MAKE ME A PIZZA!
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Post Post #414 (isolation #59) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:04 am

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No we need a millions twists and mechanics to make games ~interesting~
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Post Post #428 (isolation #60) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:58 pm

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In post 419, hiplop wrote:premerge challenges effectively dont matter in this current meta. being bad at challenges is like not even close to a problem if you know AT MOST youre going to be on a tribe for 2 rounds
This is a thing I actually agree with and have commented on from spec threads in the past.
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Post Post #431 (isolation #61) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:03 pm

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Things I will say:

1) I think twist-heavy games are fine, but we've definitely skewed twist-heavy and could use more twist-light games (I am certainly a part of this, since as a designer I tend to like doing wacky shit).

2) "Tons of swaps" doesn't make a game more interesting. It leads to post-merges that become cool kid clubs because certain players have become friends with everyone each step of the way (see: School Survivor). Like, yeah, people hate pagongs and find them boring, but it's also boring when relationships become so symmetrical across the player base that everyone wants to work with the same 3 people so those people win. Some degree of relational asymmetry by limiting swaps is a good thing.

3) Fewer twists with more creativity would be cool. Like, yeah, some people really disliked MLS's main twist, but there were also a number of players who really enjoyed it (and the real issue was not being upfront with "this game features a massive twist that fundamentally rewrites a major portion of the game). I think we need more of people cutting back on large numbers of conventional twists (swaps, idols, other items, combined TCs) and more use of really crazy twists that can teach us things about the game.
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Post Post #436 (isolation #62) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:14 pm

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In post 434, racefan12 wrote:Like if you want to test someone's skill at puzzles or Flash games or whatever, we have stuff like The Challenge. But that has nothing to do with who's best at social gaming (hell, just look at me). To me, the only things online challenges are useful for is to show 1) teamwork (or lack thereof) within tribes, and 2) commitment to the game (i.e. endurance, who wants it more) Otherwise, how good you are at challenges doesn't tell me anything about whether or not I can work with you.
You're missing the point of challenges being a relevant skill in Survivor.
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Post Post #437 (isolation #63) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:14 pm

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Like yes "challenges" here are different than "challenges" on the show because of the different medium but challenge strength is a relevant skill.
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Post Post #441 (isolation #64) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:28 pm

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I'm trying to think of the longest tribal phase I've been on and, uh, I think school with the joint TCs was like 4 rounds?
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Post Post #447 (isolation #65) » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:35 pm

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There were! They were just all at once!
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Post Post #462 (isolation #66) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:53 am

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Nexus Cow Level idol had the same thing. Winston told Tyrael that he had the idol because he saw Tyrael on the last part.
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Post Post #466 (isolation #67) » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:02 am

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In post 464, Shadoweh wrote:
In post 462, BROseidon wrote:Nexus Cow Level idol had the same thing. Winston told Tyrael that he had the idol because he saw Tyrael on the last part.
That's also how I knew Winston beat me to the idol grumble grumble

YoU kEeP MeNtIoNiNg ThIs OThEr PeRsOn I dOn'T rEmEmBeR
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Post Post #474 (isolation #68) » Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:20 am

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Soap Opera is officially happening.

Low twist game (and actually low-twist, not Civ "low twist"). 18 players. Need 2 comods.
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Post Post #479 (isolation #69) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:34 am

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In post 476, Cephrir wrote:also shouldn't a game about soap operas be really high twist but have all the twists be obvious
The idea is for the players to create artificial drama by being idiots
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Post Post #480 (isolation #70) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:35 am

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In post 478, Haschel Cedricson wrote:At merge a player gets force replaced by their long-lost twin.
This is a great twist idea tbh
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Post Post #485 (isolation #71) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:33 am

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No
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Post Post #489 (isolation #72) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:04 am

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In post 487, DeathNote wrote:Game of Thrones is a soap opera.
Also no
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Post Post #493 (isolation #73) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:19 pm

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Yes GoT has a lot of soapy elements but it doesn't have daily episodes that span decades.
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Post Post #494 (isolation #74) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:21 pm

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Also it doesn't have a straight guy fall in love with a bi guy and then be like "yup I'm totally gay" as if bisexuality doesn't exist when his boyfriend is literally canonically bisexual.

And then proceed to have that character cheat on his boyfriend and then husband MULTIPLE times with women but still just be like through all of that "lol definitely not bisexual."
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Post Post #502 (isolation #75) » Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:41 pm

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In post 500, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:Can we play as Big Brother contestants who had appearances on The Bold and the Beautiful
Survivor contestants appeared on ATWT IIRC.
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Post Post #532 (isolation #76) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:41 am

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Survivor: Survivormeet
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Post Post #533 (isolation #77) » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:41 am

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Who wants to run it?
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Post Post #538 (isolation #78) » Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:50 am

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Survivor: Survivormeet 2 pls
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Post Post #542 (isolation #79) » Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:16 am

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What if I don't expect the expected tho
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Post Post #548 (isolation #80) » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:46 am

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Shrek u should do Shrek mafia
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Post Post #555 (isolation #81) » Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:13 am

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In post 554, Chevre wrote:be there or brie square!
pls don't thx
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Post Post #561 (isolation #82) » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:05 am

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In post 557, xRECKONERx wrote:i have no mouth but i must scream
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Post Post #562 (isolation #83) » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:06 am

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Man Will coming in with the not-so-hot takes today
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Post Post #570 (isolation #84) » Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:12 am

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In post 568, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:Survivor: White People coming soon to a theater near you
Okay but this would be lit
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Post Post #576 (isolation #85) » Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:33 pm

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Will it take a remarkably high IQ to understand?
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Post Post #579 (isolation #86) » Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:14 pm

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rood I have a 200 IQ I have to because I'm a Rick and Morty Fan who understands all the theoretical physics references duh.
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Post Post #588 (isolation #87) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:23 am

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Black Sails is really good so I'll probably run a Black Sails game at some point
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Post Post #589 (isolation #88) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:23 am

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I mean GoT got run and it's shite by comparison
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Post Post #593 (isolation #89) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:36 am

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In post 590, xRECKONERx wrote:GoT has a huge following and is mainstream enough that even people who don't watch it know about it

Black Sails has literally tens of viewers
Yeah but is it good tho?
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Post Post #594 (isolation #90) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:36 am

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Also pirates are cool and shit.
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Post Post #595 (isolation #91) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:41 am

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Like part of running diverse themes is to introduce people to cool shit.
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Post Post #598 (isolation #92) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:48 am

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Uh literally Long John Silver and Captain Flint are the main characters
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Post Post #599 (isolation #93) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:49 am

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If u don't know who those are, i would recommend getting like Serena Cha Cha and reading books. A specific book...
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Post Post #602 (isolation #94) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:26 am

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I mean like yes in general broad themes are good, and themes that can draw from multiple IPs let you have more diversity of characters (school was p great), but given that we've had like HP and GoT shit like Black Sails should be able to get 18-20 people, even if some people are wikiing for characters
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Post Post #605 (isolation #95) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:16 am

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In post 604, zoraster wrote:Or even treat it like a board game where the characters are cast already and everyone is assigned one. Type up a bio for each character. Maybe have a video clip or at least image of each.
This was a thing for MLS out of necessity. It worked well there because there were 20 players and 20 character options.

For a game like DBZ where there were hundreds of potential characters, I wouldn't like something like this. For a game like MLS where there are a set of things that have to be chosen, it's probably helpful
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Post Post #607 (isolation #96) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:23 am

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I view it more as building early hype + finding people willing to co-mod on a given theme.

Like we should encourage people to run games, and telling people "no ur theme sucks" isn't helpful. The only thing close to that I would condone is people saying "hey we've had a lot of themes similar to that recently maybe think about running it after some different themes are run too"
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Post Post #608 (isolation #97) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:25 am

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If anything, pushing people to mod either very broad themes that enable multiple IPs (School, Detectives/Cops that Klick just announced) or pushing them to mod things that aren't super popular (DBZ, Black Sails) is a way to encourage thematic diversity if thematic diversity is a stated "good" thing
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Post Post #611 (isolation #98) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:34 am

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I think that thematic and mechanical diversity are both pretty important. Yes, there are a lot of people who either don't care about theme or enjoy using theme as a way of learning about new things, but there are also perhaps more people who would play games if we had some different themes to get them to try their first game
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Post Post #622 (isolation #99) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:37 am

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I mean I thought MLS was fine because everyone was just a different city except for the two New York where one was an energy drink
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Post Post #628 (isolation #100) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:17 am

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idk I would be able to tell all the characters apart based on the features but I also played a LOT of Zoombinis.
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Post Post #631 (isolation #101) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:19 pm

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In post 629, Chevre wrote:I just think it's silly when we tie up all these themes and then no games ever come to fruition out of it. Like I can lay out all my niche quirky interests too and say I'll run a survivor game based on those, but in actuality I'm never going to do it.
Ah that's fair.

I'm working on 2 games actively right now. Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way etc.
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Post Post #633 (isolation #102) » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:44 pm

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Yeah I'm hoping Broadway will be up reasonably soon. I was going to sprint it out, but a bunch of people have games that are getting finished off so the urgency isn't as there anymore.
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