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#mafia Mafia [Mafia Victory]

yiran said:
The problem is the fact that it's trying to be run like a chat-mafia whilst being in a forum. Just look around the forum and you'll see a lot of extensions when discussion is going. The way this game was run, i.e. automatically randlynching when time is up instantly pulls it in the mafias' favour because players, unlike playing in chat mode, do not usually attack inactive players for no reason on the forum.
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The problem was nobody was discussing. The only thing "chat mafia" about it was that it used #mafia's roles and I was GMing.
 
I see.

But the problem that nobody was discussing is enhanced by the fact that there is a solid time limit which cannot extend. When I played "chat mafia", the phase was over whether you liked it or not which created a sense of urgency, so people voted silent players. This was on a forum, however, which basically obliterates it so the mafia can get away with being silent. Especially with little info roles.
 
yiran said:
I see.

But the problem that nobody was discussing is enhanced by the fact that there is a solid time limit which cannot extend.
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Why should I be encouraged to extend an inactive phase?

When I played "chat mafia", the phase was over whether you liked it or not which created a sense of urgency, so people voted silent players. This was on a forum, however, which basically obliterates it so the mafia can get away with being silent. Especially with little info roles.
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Yeah, #mafia is totally different from forum mafia and Mafia Scum. We don't use anything but plaintext IRC so GM does everything manually.
 
It's more due to the fact that majority is required for abstain and the random lynch which makes the non-extended time phase annoying.
 
Zero Moment said:
I know the #mafia guys at esper have a bot that runs the games.
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We've considered a bot, but decided nothing can really replace a GM, especially with how our roles work.

yiran said:
It's more due to the fact that majority is required for abstain and the random lynch which makes the non-extended time phase annoying.
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Well, I'm sorry if I really don't have time or patience for extensions? Part of that was to discourage abstinences.
 
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