Kuro is possibly brilliant

[Maou]

Apr 2, 2011 15:26:28 GMT -5 Nope, Not Ellie said:

Oh poor little confused rabbits...

Poor Squigs... why did she have to suffer such a cruel fate?

Do you enjoy killing yourselves rabbits?

Important Note: If Heart, BloddyTeddyBear and FerralKitten don't say anything in this hanging and announce the fact that they will be active from now on, a hoard of brain eating zombies will come to take you away next round.

I understand if people are busy, but I should try making things as enjoyable as possible to the ones that are actively playing in the game.

I am also giving an official warning to all of you other lurkers!

If one of the innactives gets taken by the zombies and they are a wolf, the game shall end.

Thank you!

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The wolf/ves have 24 hours to me send the name of their next victim. If no victim is chosen, I will pick one for you.

-quoted from game 41 hanging 5

First off I know that I am new to this site so any suggestions that I make you can take with a grain of salt. Let me offer up this humble plan to make the games more active.

The Plan: If people are not active (ie. not a single post in either the round or the hanging) then they go onto a list for the gm to randomly kill one or two of then at the start of the next round. If you have a life, engagement or emergency then you can send a quick pm to the gm to let them know and be spared this grisly fate.

The arguments (both sides)
Pro:
Hopefully this will end up in having more active players in the game. That is beneficial to both the rabbits and the wolves. The rabbits will have more people talk witch means more clues. And the wolves will have more accusations, theories and arguments to prey upon and shift blame.
There is nothing that says how much you have to post or that you have to vote since the amount you post and whether or not you vote are important strategies to both the rabbits and wolves.
Frees up wolf kills and rabbit hangings. Kind wolves do not have to target inactive players to keep the game fun, so the can work on deeper strategies. Rabbits don't have to worry as muck about the mystery of inactive players and allows for more theories to be presented then just blind luck guesses at inactivates.
Cons (yes I realize there are some):
More work for the GM, witch kinda sucks since they put in their time and effort for free to give us a fun time sink to play. I have not figured out a way to automate this in proboards.
Wolves and rabbits can not use the hide style to play. Wolves can not just lurk in guest mode to read the game and pick kills, they would have to post at least something or risk zombie death. Rabbits would have to post too, meaning the chance to incur suspicion or the wrath of a wolf or other rabbits. Although this is a minor con since it goes against the spirit of the game.
Life is unpredictable. I fully understand that life can get in the way through emergencies unforeseen. Good wolves and rabbits could be killed by zombies as a result.

Those are the arguments that I could come up with, I would appreciate any feedback or refinement of this idea. GMs are most welcome to respond since it would have a bigger impact on you.

[kuramon]

Firstly, I think there's really no incentive that can keep people active. You can try threatening to kill them but, ehh, if they wanted to play in the first place, they would play.

Secondly, while games normally run the same way over and over again, we throw you guys for a loop sometimes. *shrugs* Just depends when the ideas come in.

[Maou]

I do agree that it will not make an inactive player more active, but it could help clear out the inactive players.

And after reading through some of the older games, I like the loops that the GMs throw out it adds a new layer to the mix. It becomes rabbits vs wolves with the GM as a force of nature sometimes.

[Kuro]

Well, I think it's fine if you miss a round or two, even a week (though I would prefer if you would announce it in this case).

The reason I picked those three was that I haven’t seen them online since the sign-ups. So I thought they forgot or something.

There is no rule to say that you have to vote, be online, write something, send your kill to the GM, etc but if no one does anything, we’re not going anywhere.

Threats seemed to have worked a little, though that’s not how things are supposed to be. This isn’t a place where the GMs tell you what to do and scold you for not being present. I like giving players the freedom to do what they want.

As for the hints, never really liked them, though it’s true that they give people something to talk about.

So… I don’t know. I guess if the game is going slow and the GM thinks it’s necessary, eliminating an inactive would be fine by me. At least it would make a boring game end a bit earlier.

And yeah I agree with you. I'm sure some people have more important things to do then play a silly game on the net but the show must go on.

[iellie]

Yeah... No. B|
This, as you have pointed out, is much more work for us GMs.
I know for a fact that I wouldn't do this.
I am one of the GMs that won't allow you to join next game if you're inactive unless you give me a damn good excuse.
andidon'tcareifthat'sbitchy
That's not to say that Kura, Xetka or Kuro have to do the same.
And we deal with the inactives in our own ways; all the GMs have their own style, so it's not necessary to do anything else another GM does.