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I've to ask: Why are those scenarios related to what we're giving there? That's in a Mafia context (and not real world context, your examples are good proofs of silly and...ugh-y ideas though ) wherein when you play in a Mafia game--you assume the role and alignment you have and will be treated as such.

1. They're analogies.
2. The fact that those rules are "silly and ugh-y" is kinda the point.

Liek Toaster said: In-game, dagger behind. Out of game, dagger in front.

And why is that?

Quote from: Persus13 on May 16, 2014, 02:44:07 pm

Allow me to elaborate on my earlier argument. Here's an example.
[Thread A] Player A states "If C was scum, he wouldn't be taking this approach, I know, because I've played with him before."
Player B thinks "C and A might be both Mafia, but I'm not sure"
[Thread B] Player D on another ended Mafia game Player B and C are in is watching the first game and says "C doesn't act like this while scum. He's doing the same thing in the other mafia game."
Player B sees this and goes, "Okay, I'm on the wrong track. I'll go after Player E, instead of trying to lynch B and C"

Before I comment, let me see if I understand the scenario correctly. Look above; are the posts in the correct threads?
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Yes.

Alright. So, you're telling me that D saying C doesn't act like scum in game A, while in game B, is going to convince player B that player C is scum in game A. Correct?

Yes, stupid stuff like that.  Surely somehow, somewhere through your lifelong travels you've found someone that was stupid.  Rules aren't usually made for people that are smart, GWG.  Rules are usually made to stop stupid people from doing stupid things.  Or smart people from doing stupid things.  Stopping at a four way stop, regardless of how busy it is, is still a rule.  Even when there's absolutely no traffic, this is a rule.  Now why would this be?  Oh yeah, to stop people from doing stupid stuff.  Letting someone choose individually when they will and will not run a stop sign is obviously a horrendous idea, because eventually they'd make the stupid decision and go when other cars are going.  This mafia rule runs under the same principle.  It would be amazing if no one ever made a mistake ever, and could post extensively about other ongoing games without harming and game ever.  But that wouldn't happen.  And since games would be harmed, because people are stupid, there has been a rule that prevents the talking about other games, even if it could be harmless

There's a difference between making people stop at four-way stop signs to protect peoples' lives, and making them stop at all intersections, no matter where they are, when all that's on the line is the possibility of theoretically having your perceptions influenced, which affects only a game.

Can spacecraft in KSP even go fast enough for relativity to matter?

One of the reasons I find it unlikely to be added.
I'm sure that if you added enough solar panels, xenon tanks, and ion engines together...

Isn't Hunch in the dormitory? And aren't we planning to skedaddle soon?

I'll be a tankman, with a vote for the East Germans.

Mind if I ask what and where this Men of War thingy is?

I guess my main question is if there's any point to remaining on Hephaestus beyond the silly and unattainable goal of not dying.

There's going to be some future Hephaestus-defending missions, IIRC, as well as a probably unlimited tinkering budget.

Quote from: yobbo on May 16, 2014, 11:13:55 pm

I mainly just want my character to be able to tie a tourniquet competently... .

[Med:6+1] You strangle him while screaming "I AM A DOCTOR!" over and over again.

An overshot would be more like tying a tourniquet so tightly that it cut off blood flow to the limb, forcing it to be amputated.

Quote from: Radio Controlled on May 17, 2014, 02:34:03 am

I laugh at your feeble attempts at multi classing 

Dont make me pick your pocket for what few tokens id need to buy my own avatar...
Seriously i could probably buy one now if i sold all my stuff, but i dont wanna sell all my stuff.

_{do it
it will be worth it
give in
resistance is futile
...
the avatar is too big to use most of your stuff anyways}

Mr. Pillow was Timmy's work once he got the orb of doom and horror. He basically teleported someone's lungs out of their body and made them into an alive pillow.

That is less creepy than I was expecting.

"All in due time, little one. Be patient.

Aren't the folks on the Sword leaving in a turn or two? Not much time left...


My wiki sheet has an "arm mangler" on it. Is that the artiface he got from Nyars?

I may have been a bit dismissive of the playing people off each other thing, though. It struck me as kind of cliche and unlikely to work, which may not have been fair.

And hey, if it works, it'll be fun.

I'm just a little concerned about "passive" turning into "boring and unmotivated." The concept of a detached or aloof god is interesting enough in general.

"Boring and unmotivated" will likely be more boring for me than anyone else. I'll fix that problem if it comes up.

The name and appearance are fairly petty concerns overall, though.

Maybe, but...they're both really bad. They screw up the immersion, you know?

I remade my personality, and tweaked my avatar accordingly. I had an idea to go with a theme based around metal, instead of that standard rocky slowness.

Ooh, interesting.

+4 Intelligence, +1 Willpower
+1 Auxiliary, +2 Handiwork
Changes made on wiki. Further changes will be changed if Grate doesn't get a standard level-up.


Also, get the pill machine from wherever Miyamoto stashed it.

I think you guys are being a bit harsh on Froggy. It's true that most of his character sheet makes me wince, but he did have one interesting bit:

Quote from: The Froggy Ninja on May 15, 2014, 05:49:25 pm

Personality
Generally fun based but has a surprisingly strong moral compass.

Plus, his main rival has a lot of the same issues:

Quote from: Lyeos on May 15, 2014, 05:35:09 pm

Personality: It flip-flops. Will try to help you one minute, then try to kill you the next. To be more specific, Rassura is slightly crazy, so he has multiple personalities.
Goals: Play everyone against each other so chaos will win in the end. Or make things fun! Whichever comes first!

I like his physical description a lot, and obviously his name is better... but a bipolar multiple personality chaos god isn't exactly immune to the same concerns a blank one is.
In more general news, character selection is more difficult than I was expecting. Baldman's in particular is riding the line between interesting and headache.

Well, I personally consider "multiple personality disorder and intends to play others off of each other for fun" to be more interesting than "fun (whatever that means) and also moral". And that's not getting into things like the personalities treating each other as separate individuals to play off of others...
Then there's the new personality. It shows that Lyeos cares enough to try and change, and it shows a more interesting individual than "'fun' and 'moral'".


I'm willing to try and tweak my god, but...well...I like the idea of a less-involved god.