Vhaltz Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'll probably be able to play mafia again once Eclipse's game is over, for a game or two depending on how well I do with my uni stuffs. However, I noticed while reading the latest games that there seems to be a surge of conflict lately where somebody gets heavily frustrated in almost every game and it's not something specifically happening to one or two specific players but appears to be a general thing instead. I talked this out with Kaoz to see if there's anything that could be done to prevent this from happening or at least make it less frequent and I wanted to post in-depth about what I think of frustration in games, but I've gotten mad playing mafia before so I shouldn't really be one to talk. I still feel like it's something worth talking about to make games more enjoyable for everybody though. PS: Also I'm working on a setup and I was wondering if rambling a bit about flavor-related stuff for fun in PM's is frowned upon, since I remember most PM's I've seen here being rather serious/straightforward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Have you seen my rolePMs for like MLP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prims Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) I'll probably be able to play mafia again once Eclipse's game is over, for a game or two depending on how well I do with my uni stuffs. However, I noticed while reading the latest games that there seems to be a surge of conflict lately where somebody gets heavily frustrated in almost every game and it's not something specifically happening to one or two specific players but appears to be a general thing instead. Kaoz rabu rabu <3. I wanted to post in-depth about what I think of frustration in games, but I've gotten mad playing mafia before so I shouldn't really be one to talk. I still feel like it's something worth talking about to make games more enjoyable for everybody though. PS: Also I'm working on a setup and I was wondering if rambling a bit about flavor-related stuff for fun in PM's is frowned upon, since I remember most PM's I've seen here being rather serious/straightforward. i write stupid ass flavor that has nothing to do with anything all the time just don't be a SCRUB who bans flavor claiming like eclipse and scorri, it's not the host's job to stop players from playing badly and yeah some players are quick to be provoked which is lame (including myself sometimes SORRY BARD). i think the most important thing to remember is that you're arguing as players in a game and not as people. if you're having a hard time getting somebody to understand your logic then it may be better to step back and talk to other players about it instead of becoming frustrated at them. seriously, backing down and not continuing a heated argument is always the best way to stop rage from spiraling out of control from my experience, and maintaining a positive game state instead of bringing the entire thread down is more important than showing up one player out of 13 or so. town discussion only consists of two people when it's 3p lylo Edited February 25, 2014 by Prims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prims Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) tl;dr: a good guideline for town is "convince willing people you're right, don't waste your time trying to convince unwilling people they're wrong" if back-and-forth debate in mafia isn't on civil terms then it's absolutely useless at best and outright anti-town at worst Edited February 25, 2014 by Prims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 i like how you call eclipse and scorri out but don't even call me out when my last game did ban quoting flavor/ability flavor double standards????? (this is meant to be a facetious post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prims Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 i didn't read your game's rules (or if i did i forgot) but don't worry manix i think you're a scrub too :> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percivalé Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 u guys r gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_ Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 so are you though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDRHAWK Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 that just makes Via more qualified to know who else is gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prims Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 It would be cool if we could actually talk about this without a shitpost derail like a couple pages back imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percivalé Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) moo I kind of want to run a "fuck emotional bullshit, mafia is supposed to be fun and not suck" game but I wouldn't know where to begin on it. mostly vanilla, OC? And make a Skype group for it so we can emulate an IRL game as much as possible? Edited February 25, 2014 by Baldrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refa Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I tend to be less of a jerk in OC games, so that could work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm tend to be generally afk in any oc game these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_ Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 speedmafia would be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhaltz Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If you want it to be the closest to IRL mafia it could be like on-call skype mafia some day of the weekend or something. Text probably works best so that clattering key sounds don't give away the scumteam when they're talking amongst each other though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Or hang up between phases/mute everyone during night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If we could get enough people interested and available for a 1-2 hour session I would totally buy a microphone for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_ Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I feel like text would be better tbh, plus I would spend half the time wondering who the fuck everyone is voicewise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prims Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 speedmafia would be coolreally neato 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If it's speed we're after, we could possibly have a private game on EM. Unless we wanted to have Really Neato mechanics, but I still think having short phases to keep the game from being too reading heavy is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 a private game on EM.i still have that custom lobby for sf mafia, even though i don't go on em anymore that could be used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zkirsche Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) @Vhaltz Push to talk is a thing. Also tbh if it was me I'd probably do stuff in between games so you'd hear me type all the time regardless of alignment. I like the voice idea solely because it's different to what we do now. Plus it adds the whole tone element to stuff which is cool. Edited February 25, 2014 by kirsche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riariadne Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I would play either if it's at a good time for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refa Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Me too. Always up for a friendlier, shorter, less stressful version of Mafia. Then again, the few times I played on EM I 1) died N0 2) won because of inactives 3) ...well, I get killed a lot on N0... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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