I am probably 90-95% done with a guide that walks moderators through this process!In post 49, Bellaphant wrote:I also think people (me) are out off by modding because it feels like an unknown. Basic game design - fine, but it's hard to know how much...technical skill is needed to create a survivor forum that works - things like graphics all the way down to 'can I confidently change permissions at a tribe swap'.
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I don't know if players are looking for new twists, tbh. I know i'm the same way as Bella: it's not the crazy twists that get my gribblies fiddlin', it's just the play of the game.
I do think mods just take their opportunity to mod and are like "here's my super cool twist that's going to CHANGE the GAME" with mixed success, which is totally their prerogative, but I don't need hot new twistos twists.There will be no kisses tonight
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/InIn post 51, Bellaphant wrote:I think also it's the need to be 'new'. I'd play, mechanic wise, psv again tomorrow. Hell, I could prolly even mod it. But that prolly isn't exciting for anyone.Holder of the Longest Continuous Weekly Mafiascum Post Record. 1 July 2012 - 16 Feb 2023
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Would they also include the same challenges? I think it's an interesting idea either way.Xalxe: this is xofelf sometimes we call each other names and other times we share emotions
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Well I've just joined, so playing any setup, old or not, would be new to someone like me. I saw in post 0 here that you got a bunch of new people here as well, and they didn't experience some of the older stuff.
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I definitely designed my setup to reduce my workload, both in the design phase and while it's running. I have a lot of other reasons that it is the way it is, but ultimately that's the reason I went with this one rather than one of my other ideas. I don't want to go much more into detail about it because I don't want to affect the game (even if it is open), but I don't think it's a secret that this game required less time and effort to design and will take less to keep up-to-date.
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I think what we've been given for all the large social games I've played has been fine, yes MLS was still surprising with how it worked, but I feel like it was still fine.In post 0, xofelf wrote:So with these stats in mind and the fact we have a new LSG mod, we would like to ask you the community a few questions about some things we will be trying to improve upon in the next few months.
1) What type of information do you expect to know about a Large Social Game before you dedicate months of your life to playing it?
2) How do you feel about the balance of Survivor games to Non-Survivor games?
3) If you haven't modded a Survivor game, what barriers are stopping you from doing so? If you have, what is stopping you from modding again?
I didn't play Nexus as the only other one I remember that could maybe have had better warnings, but then that again would have changed the game.
I'm happy with just knowing that's it's a 'survivor' twists don't need revealed unless they're actually game changing.
Like Doctor Who told us exactly what would happen with it's twists, it was still a unique twist, and still surprising when we actually got to it - it doesn't really matter what the twists are, if they're unique, we'll have a case of people complaining because they didn't actually read the stuff.
It's also with MedEvac and One World, I would have struggled with medevac had I played it, even knowing the no-pms. One World probably would have been the same, even though I'd seen medevac before it. But that's probably more a timezone issue (which is the mods knew when making those casting choices)
I'm not fussed what the balance is, I believe us a community are more social when it comes to Survivor games, but I also enjoy the Non-Survivor games that have happened, and expect to do so in the future. We don't need to be forcing anybody to mod a particular style of game.
I think the main barrier for me is currently what I believe the time commitment is for modding a game, and that with timezones means it's nigh on impossible to make myself believe I will actually have the free time to go ahead with modding.
I have been led to believe that my internet connection may now be more stable, and will be trying to get Logical Journey running if my internet connection survives the next heatwave.Holder of the Longest Continuous Weekly Mafiascum Post Record. 1 July 2012 - 16 Feb 2023
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I think a crucial difference between the show and forum games is that the show is for the audience and our games are for the players. Twists can be fun for both players and audience members, but there are a lot of mechanics that are more fun for mods/spectators than they are for players. Unannounced returning players is a big one that's awesome to watch because it throws a wrench into everyone's plans, but it's not much fun to play (correct me if i'm wrong, players!) because it feels like chaos thrown in for chaos' sake without any real purpose..-
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Someone coming back as a voted fan favorite seems reasonable though. Or they won a "Phoenix Challenge" that was given by the producers/moderators. And I would very much see that as a test to your skills to try to eliminate the same guy twice who's had a chance to get some dirt on all of you.
The guy comes back with the advantage of information he didn't have before but with the disadvantage of certain people gunning for their elimination again.-
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