Yeah that was so silly about Zeke assuming he was a cop.There was no reason to assume only town could be recruited to that chat. That's on Zeke
Zeke dies or Launch lives too more nights.I am a little bit confused on how the neutral is actually supposed to win this though?
Yep. This is why godfathers and infiltrators are a thing in the first place.LP is able to do this because everyone just sees green check and switches off. Everyone does it. It is what it is.
I am a little bit confused on how the neutral is actually supposed to win this though?
The catch was that Glomgold should try to get Scrooge killed. He wouldn't win immediatly when Scrooge died, but as Scrooge would stop earning money, it would be just a matter of time until Glomgold outriched his heirs. Also, Scrooge didn't know he was on a race for money, he was just using his powers for their benefit (self-watching or commuting), so it was possible that he would self watch more times, getting behind Glomgold faster. And it was possible that mafia would simply kill Scrooge early. So it was a difficult role to balance.
In retrospect, I should probably have given Glomgold a power to look for who Scrooge is though :( Lesson learned!
Only Zeke is still alive from the possible heirs, so if he dies, Glomgold wins anyway.
Team of 4 in a 22 player game Fate. Stop whining.
scum dosnt need shit to winI would point out that town had a bunch of informational powers.
Naturally a four man scum team needs counters if they have any chance of survival.
why did you replace out, you could have won thisThere was no reason to assume only town could be recruited to that chat. That's on Zeke
yea and you said good things will happen to meTown had like a billion investigative powers, if scum couldn't counter that, we would just be handing the scum team on a platter. And a neighbor chat isn't a safe space by definition, that's masons chat. The neighborhood was alerted they couldn't post their role PMs.
5 quackmillion or somethingI assume either Gladstone's inheritor needs to die or Launch needs to survive long enough to commute again to have more money than Fate had yesterday (which was a sum he did not reveal, but started with a 5, the same figure Launch now claims to have).
It sure is easy to solve from spec threadyou shouldn’t rely solely on investigative powers. If your green check talks like scum, votes like scum, and walks like scum, maybe they are actually scum.
yea and you said good things will happen to me
i will leave the rest i want to say for post-game
where did my dime go
why did you replace out, you could have won this
instead of making me have to put weeks of my life and losing to a fucking recruitable godfather
Town will probably still win Fate it'll be okayscum dosnt need shit to win
why did you replace out, you could have won this
instead of making me have to put weeks of my life and losing to a fucking recruitable godfather
yea and you said good things will happen to me
i will leave the rest i want to say for post-game
where did my dime go
5 quackmillion or something
It sure is easy to solve from spec thread
here i thought i was replacing in as scumi was not in the best headspace lol
well i still have 5 quackmillion dollarsI didn't say good "things", I said "something" lol The flavor was always something good for the character, but the results were a mixed bag that could help scum or town.
The dime is with Zeke now, but that mechanic is dead and buried since Zipped died haha
im not chuggs:I you seriously expecting a 4 man scum team to be able to win against 17 other people (since launch is neutral) with no counter to town powers?
Also what does my comment about green checks have to deal with spec chat???
Then maybe you shouldn’t complain about game design when you clearly don’t give a fuck about balance so all sides have a chance at being able to win.here i thought i was replacing in as scum
well i still have 5 quackmillion dollars
i could hire a good lawyer and sue you for this
im not chuggs
i dont give a darn if scum gets sweeped
I will also point out that the scum team has been basically on the run all game. They didn’t blend in well the first few days which is why they lost two of their powers including their chance at a double kill so quickly.
honestly it’s amazing the game has gone on for as long as it has and yes part of that is lp being a gf infiltrator, but that hasn’t stopped town from considering LP at all in their POE.
YOU PUT A GODFATHER IN A NEIGHBOR CHAT????????
this community is so scum favoured, its laughable at this point
LP can just avoid thread and lap his way to victory
what fucking bullshit
Neighbors, unlike Masons, do not know each other's roles. I.e. it is not guaranteed that all members of a neighborhood are town.
This president is corrupt.Am i the bad guy to be rooting for LP ?
Basically. Before the green check and infiltration, scum’s only hope was Malus as he was getting the least heat.yeah if scum doesn't have that godfather this game gets real one sided
Honestly with the amount of work he has done you should be. Being lone scum can be hard as hell, so we all need to give him major props.Am i the bad guy to be rooting for LP ?
Stop being dramatic.I'm not backing down from this, do your worst Doctor.
Shirou, please stop.I'm not backing down from this, do your worst Doctor.
First, we would really like to ask folks to please take some time to consider their approaches to play and spec. We all get frustrated, we all have opinions - we have strong feelings or we wouldn't be here, really, doing this wacky murder game thing. But let's please try to remember that we are a community first and that people have feelings beyond the game - and that things that roll off one person's back don't with the next.
This is hard. Folks struggle with it to different degrees. We have different boundaries. But maybe we can try to move our collective boundaries toward the health of the community? Rather than stopping everything and trying again to decide and then enact, which is our usual approach, we can try to openly talk through it as we prep for the next game, and as we play. Can we make this an ongoing negotiation throughout the season? We are not just navigating relationships, but people - that should always be ongoing, not set. This isn't a game full of NPCs.
As for spec, I think we should all be mindful that commentary can feel especially harsh after an emotionally draining game. I will be running the next game, with sign-ups to start soon, so I will be monitoring spec closely and hoping that folks in spec can work together to establish some new guidelines, if necessary, as we go. Maybe we just need a reminder to frame things more constructively; maybe we need more guidelines. We will investigate.
But the thing is, we have rules. For the most part, our rules work, though may need to be strengthened. The problem isn't really rules, I suspect, but just negotiating them. Humans are messy.
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Let's talk balance & criticism.
First, let me say this - even if you are mad about a game's balance, even if you think a game was the worst thing ever put to page, sit on it for a moment before commenting. There's no reason to insult reviewers and gamerunners. There simply isn't. This has been an issue that recurs over the years and it's one I'd really like to see stop here. Running a game is hard. Designing is hard. Reviewing is hard. But without people willing to step up and do that work, we don't have a community. Oh, we can rerun basic setups and minis and publicly available structures, but that's all we could do, and even that's hard if we don't have people willing to run games. Someone has to do it. And no one will want to if our first urge in post game is to spit on the people who did the work because emotions are high.
I am not here to litigate who said wait, what, and where lines were crossed in this instance; with regard to this, it doesn't matter, so instead I am here to tell you that when this happens, we lose gamerunners and reviewers, period, every time. Every time. So I am pleading with you to stop. What was a week or two of very intense play to you might be months for them, spread out over more than a year. It's a team of people who set aside other things to run games. The games aren't perfect. We aren't perfect. Some fail. And I'll tell you, it hurts to see your game collapse, just as much as it sucks to sit through a game and feel like all the air has been sucked out of the room. And no one needs to be attacked for volunteering their time and energy. It's a hell of a way to repay the work.
(edited to add: this also goes for players, you know? a game is an investment of time. it's partially why so many people are so intense and have such strong feelings about it. games are consuming. it makes us more reactive. something to keep in mind. but to have a community, we need all of us. Players, designers, gamerunners, reviewers, OM managers, all of it.)
Therefore: I propose all balance discussions and complaints be shelved for at least 24 hours after game end, without exception. I think it is valuable to have those discussions, but I think emotions get too high for anyone to see objectively during and immediately after a game - I think a day to stop and breathe and consider would help. Another thing that was floated was waiting the night phase for any game end, but I think maybe just taking a beat on criticism could potentially help more here.
I'm not particularly interested in this as a rule beyond a generally accepted community practice, so I'm floating it for responses and reactions. I think it's a solution to tamping down postgame emotions. Not the only one, but a solution to a part of the problem.
This is hard to navigate because jokes also get made and it's hard to draw a line, but in general... let's really not jump on gamerunners and reviewers because something in a game wasn't to your taste or liking. We have a process. The process can always be improved but every game goes through a process and an attempt to balance. "Balancing" is theoretical, because we cannot predict what you are going to do in a game and how others then react in turn, but every game goes through a vetting process to attempt something that looks balanced on the page. If you want to know more about how this works, we can show you. In the meantime, I'm asking, personally, for folks to respect that labor.
Am i the bad guy to be rooting for LP ?
He can always turn to Zeke for support right? :DI feel awful seeing him alone in scum chat, I wish I could at least like his posts but I can't lol
So please support him haha
You're not backing down from what, being wrong and stubborn about it for no reason? Sure. Godspeed. Be my guest. You are more than free to just sit there and be wrong, but it's not going to change anything. Being mad does not change how neighbors work. They are working as designed. This precise scenario is meant to be the challenge. It's up to town to figure out who they can and cannot trust. That's the game. That's the nature of mafia. If you want something else, you're asking for a different game.I'm not backing down from this, do your worst Doctor.
YEP. Some considered them bastard as they are a mod lying to a player about results, but in our community at least they are a pretty staple way of balancing cops besides of course using switchers/nexus to redirect shots.If we go by this thread, Godfathers are considered to be a "Normal" role in our community:
List of usual roles and modifiers
This is a list of roles that are commonly used in our mafia games, and thus considered standard. Please note that this is deliberately not a complete list, and many roles not in this document or variants of these roles can be included in some games. Also note that the power level for a role is...www.outermafia.com
So yeah, I think it would be best for people to keep them in mind meta-wise, especially in games with Alignment Cops on Town. That's one of the simplest ways you can balance against Cops getting red checks on the whole Mafia team; you add a Godfather.
Btw, what do VA's items do?
I can't see LP getting voted out today. Worst-case scenario is Launch going so the Zeke-Sneeks feud goes on into tomorrow.
As much as I would love for them to listen to what I said yesterday, can't help but root for LP in a way. He's playing this pretty flawlessly. He speaks only when he needs to and it's working. If he can somehow get himself to final 3 with Zeke and Sneeks, it's a wrap for him.
That’s his magic. He does exactly what he needs to, and it works. It’s wild to watch.I can't see LP getting voted out today. Worst-case scenario is Launch going so the Zeke-Sneeks feud goes on into tomorrow.
As much as I would love for them to listen to what I said yesterday, can't help but root for LP in a way. He's playing this pretty flawlessly. He speaks only when he needs to and it's working. If he can somehow get himself to final 3 with Zeke and Sneeks, it's a wrap for him.
Honestly I think Zeke + anybody but VA is a win for LP right nowI can't see LP getting voted out today. Worst-case scenario is Launch going so the Zeke-Sneeks feud goes on into tomorrow.
As much as I would love for them to listen to what I said yesterday, can't help but root for LP in a way. He's playing this pretty flawlessly. He speaks only when he needs to and it's working. If he can somehow get himself to final 3 with Zeke and Sneeks, it's a wrap for him.
He's lying about something because he hasnt left the game yet and he is the only one with money.
9/10 a neutral's secondary win condition is to be a survivor and making it to end game.
*stares reporterly*Lmao *truffleshuffle*
Hey if Zeke dies, Launchpad wins so it's not all bad :DSeeing my day 2 read of Zeke get resurected while Bojacks late game case on LP gets ignored:
Lmao *truffleshuffle*
Yeah this may be the 2nd best outcome today. Zeke argument is completely legitimate for 2 scum, I see where he's coming from. Has Zeke pushed LP in neighbor chat at all?Hey if Zeke dies, Launchpad wins so it's not all bad :D
I mean Zeke is actively lying about it..It really is amazing they haven't figured out that Zeke is the last in the line of sucession for the money yet.
It really is amazing they haven't figured out that Zeke is the last in the line of sucession for the money yet.
PainSomeone with flavor knowledge could point it out as Huey is the only character still in the game who is related to Scrooge. But I think only LP is familiar with the flavor at this point so... lol
Well ya called itI mean Zeke is actively lying about it..
I wonder if Zeke will claim richest duck if more votes come down not on Launch. It basically confirms him as Huey and cements the Launch vote he is pushing for as "correct"
It gave magica an extra night kill, not sure if it did anything for town.What does the #1 dime do?
Too late for town to believe him though.Well ya called it
Not a hammer yet, VA used the wrong name :altpop:Zeke hammered. Congrats Launch!
It might be, in losing Zeke and Launch he loses his prime defenders at this point.Too late for town to believe him though.
Funny thing is this might be the most favourable town scenario given the actual setup. It confirms single scum, which might put LP back on the menu for Wee?
It has no reason to go to LP, his claim is Hawthorn's nephew. No relation to the McDucks :altpop:Honestly the money NOT getting passed on to LP and Launch leaving should make it obvious. SHOULD.
LameIt has no reason to go to LP, his claim is Hawthorn's nephew. No relation to the McDucks :altpop:
It would have been Me and Donnie.
Damn I was only the woodchuck who could never get richIt has no reason to go to LP, his claim is Hawthorn's nephew. No relation to the McDucks :altpop:
It would have been Me and Donnie.
This is ominous
Nice chat you had there Zeke....shame a rat got in. Lol
I mean, I really didnt clear LP. Even in woodchucks chat I said Lp would be the one.Yeah that was so silly about Zeke assuming he was a cop.
of course a flavor specific chat would have a counter to it.
neighbor chats don’t need them normally since anyone can be recruited but flavor specific does.
this is why cult chat in Nier had one too
It is a reference to this.This is ominous
If Scrooge dies…. @Leo please send this link to whoever is playing Glomgold…
It’s a Moral imperative.
For day start maybe Merlock shows up and just turns everyone into their Disney Afternoon counterparts? but then again I'm not sure everyone alive has a OG ducktales/Disney Afternoon counterpart...THE VIDEO DOESNT SHOW OMG i had to link it
It's such a good video lol go watch it people
LP never left my list of potential ppl.There was no reason to assume only town could be recruited to that chat. That's on Zeke
I feel like he might go Ty just in case. Then it's up to them to resist going for Sneeks or Wee. Didn't expect it to be such a close finishWonder where LP goes with the NK. Risk it on VA or get rid of Ty?