True, but when i play as cop, I almost always investegate someone next to me, because it is easy to whisper to them about the game, if i can confirm then innocent and they can take bullets once i find a guilty, or just a pusedo masonry.PolarBoy wrote:There are two really strong non-game-design reasons for not allowing talk outside the thread during the day. The first is tradition. Mafia was originally played in face to face settings, where comunicating without the group knowing was more or less impossible, as everyone stays in the same room (often sitting or standing in a circle).
Yea, i agree here. If anyone had to replace half way through one of these games, it would be hell.PolarBoy wrote:The second is that it makes the game much better spectator sport as anyone reading the thread can get the basic gist of what's going on.
I can give you a word document to make it really really long reading.Kenji wrote:Any chance of a link to Full Comm Mafia?
Monestry mafia 2 makes for interesting if short reading.....
Yea, we do that sort of thing in chat often, and there is a potential for that breaking the game. However, do you have any idea what sort of hell breaks lose if there's a godfather there that claims townie and finds out everyone else's role?Phoebus wrote:IIRC Full Comm Mafia here was broken by the cop telling his innocents that he knew they were innocent and forming a pseudo mason group?
Or so I've heard.
That was me, and it's roughly correct, though I would add that there was a Godfather and other cops of different sanities, and I don't think the setup itself was necessarily broken. Basically I came out day 1 (not as the cop, but as a random player that the cop was feeding info to; had a whole explanation for it, though I don't think more than a couple of players actually bought it) and fingered IS; I recognized that I might not be sane, but that game happened to take place at a time when I was getting a pretty solid read on IS most games, and after a few posts I was convinced that he actually was scum. So once I got him lynched, and then found an innocent the next night, I was confident I was sane. The mason group didn't play a huge role in the game, as I had protection and survived the game, but they were there as a backup in case the scum did kill the doc and then me.IIRC Full Comm Mafia here was broken by the cop telling his innocents that he knew they were innocent and forming a pseudo mason group?
Or so I've heard.
...I don't think I'd allow that if I was playing with you. Scum could easily fake it (though the advantage gained would probably be rather small, making this less risky), and aren't you essentially outing yourself to the mafia? Either that or you are the very essence of discretion, to whisper to another player in front of others in a game about suspicion and paranoia and still not be noticed.Fritzler wrote:True, but when i play as cop, I almost always investegate someone next to me, because it is easy to whisper to them about the game, if i can confirm then innocent and they can take bullets once i find a guilty, or just a pusedo masonry.
Do you have no off-topic convos ever going when you play mafia in real life? When we play with 15+ players I'm always macking on girl I'm next to, or a friend is telling dead babie jokes with someone amid all the discussion. People are always having private convos with the people next to them. I'm not outing myself to the mafia, because you investegate the person next to you, and make sure theyre innocent.PolarBoy wrote:...I don't think I'd allow that if I was playing with you. Scum could easily fake it (though the advantage gained would probably be rather small, making this less risky), and aren't you essentially outing yourself to the mafia? Either that or you are the very essence of discretion, to whisper to another player in front of others in a game about suspicion and paranoia and still not be noticed.Fritzler wrote:True, but when i play as cop, I almost always investegate someone next to me, because it is easy to whisper to them about the game, if i can confirm then innocent and they can take bullets once i find a guilty, or just a pusedo masonry.
Too be honest I haven't played a whole lot face to face (though in very different groups of people every time), but I've never seen anyone get off topic for any reason. And, like I said "suspicion and paranoia". I wouldn't really trust people to only have non-game-related conversations seperate from the game.Fritzler wrote:Do you have no off-topic convos ever going when you play mafia in real life?
Well its a lot people that know each other through things other than mafia, so there will be a lot of off-topic convos in my experience, up to and including finding away to pretend to cheat on your boy friend so he will break up with you.PolarBoy wrote:Too be honest I haven't played a whole lot face to face (though in very different groups of people every time), but I've never seen anyone get off topic for any reason. And, like I said "suspicion and paranoia". I wouldn't really trust people to only have non-game-related conversations seperate from the game.Fritzler wrote:Do you have no off-topic convos ever going when you play mafia in real life?
Bah!mith wrote:There was also the bit where the Vig contacted me (I hadn't checked him) and decided to target the Godfather (who didn't die, but we then lynched him the next day because of it).
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