Geriatric Players Club

[Thestatusquo]

No I thought it was going to start in the middle of team mafia and I was going to have to flake on it.

[Korts]

I'd like to mod a large theme under the geriatric rules (probably 15ish players)

coolcoolcool

[Kublai Khan]

I'd like to mod a large theme under the geriatric rules (probably 15ish players)

Give me a heads up?

[Ranmaru]

I am interested. Especially in white flag. I also want to host in the future (after Korts and Reck of course). White flag, again. I like to keep it simple. I am thinking of mini or micro. If anyone is interested, let me know. I have modded twice before.

[CooLDoG]

I'd be very interested in either reck or korts' game. Let me know when they are getting closer to sign ups.

[xRECKONERx]

Announcing... "Just Play The Hits" Mafia!

A 15 person uPick game under the Geriatric Ruleset!

In this game, you will submit to me a mainstream pop artist from the last 20 years with at least one Top 10 hit!
In response, every player in the game will get a role back with 3 one-shot abilities derived from that artist's hits.
Aside from the one shot abilities, every player will be otherwise a vanilla version of their role.

Once those 3 shots are used, you're out of shots!
Players will only flip as their role name and alignment. Shots will not be revealed upon death.

Pre-ins are full! PM me if you want to know when the game goes into signups.
1. Untrod Tripod
2. sheepsaysmeep
3. Thestatusquo
4. Aristophanes
5. Gamma Emerald
6. Gödel
7. DeathNote
8. Mathdino

[TheButtonmen]

Open 715: White Flag
Setup: 3x Mafia Goon, 10x Vanilla Town note this game uses the Geriatric Ruleset
Mod: TheButtonmen
Players: 0/13

The time is now, come on and sign up.

[TheButtonmen]

Game is now running, 6 pages into Day 1 super easy to pick up!

It needs a replacement, if you're interested PM me.

[MagnaofIllusion]

Hey this is a thing that is so up my old alley.

Please /in me to the list as player and replacement. Thanks!

[Kublai Khan]

MoI~!

[xRECKONERx]

MOIIIIIIIIIII wow

[popsofctown]

MoI is awesomes

[Errantparabola]

I'm very surprised by your avatar?!

[popsofctown]

Is that addressed to me? I think MoI's has been like that a while.

[Hoopla]

Oh hello thread. This looks interesting.

I remember last year getting into distracting theory conversations mid-D1 in seemingly more and more games about trying to maintain a balance of voices for easier analysis later, only to be drowned out by literally dozens and dozens of pages of spam. It seems like when things are this way, only a small percentage of the playerlist can keep up and they get to control the dialogue and influence the game while the rest are in a permanent state of catch-up. Managing a balanced spread of content seemed like a very alien concept to a lot of players, so I'm glad there are some others here that have a craving for concision.

I see there's been a few games run under this ruleset already? How's it all going? I remember a long time ago, Adel ran a game with global posting restrictions and people lurked and ended up retreating into posting huge walls out of fear of "wasting posts", which made the game worse in a different way -- people were literally scumreading people for an occasional short post which stopped people doing them and killed the flow of the game. But I think that was a failure on the part of the players, not the design itself. Allowing a reserve bank of extra posts for special occasions seems like a good addition, and hopefully things will flourish more organically under this ruleset if players are mindful about why they're playing under these rules in the first place.

[Kison]

I remember a long time ago, Adel ran a game with global posting restrictions and people lurked and ended up retreating into posting huge walls out of fear of "wasting posts", which made the game worse in a different way -- people were literally scumreading people for an occasional short post which stopped people doing them and killed the flow of the game.

These?

https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11271
https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11272

One was time limited & the other limited the # of pages(and therefore posts) per game phase(I was in that one). In the latter, everyone wound up trying to pack as much into their posts as possible. Definitely crippled the game IMO.

[Mulch]

Can someone post here the stats of mafia/town wins in geriatric games along with the setup?

Might be nice to get some stats

[Kmd4390]

I remember a long time ago, Adel ran a game with global posting restrictions and people lurked and ended up retreating into posting huge walls out of fear of "wasting posts", which made the game worse in a different way -- people were literally scumreading people for an occasional short post which stopped people doing them and killed the flow of the game.

These?

https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11271
https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11272

One was time limited & the other limited the # of pages(and therefore posts) per game phase(I was in that one). In the latter, everyone wound up trying to pack as much into their posts as possible. Definitely crippled the game IMO.

Oh my God. Who edited the avatar on the me/ZazieR Hydra? It used to be a picture of a book that says A Little Dutch Book. Now it's my face edited on to Zazies old avatar and it's really creepy and I don't like it.

[Hoopla]

These?

viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11271
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11272

One was time limited & the other limited the # of pages(and therefore posts) per game phase(I was in that one). In the latter, everyone wound up trying to pack as much into their posts as possible. Definitely crippled the game IMO.

Yah, those are the ones. Individual limits you can use at your own discretion seems like a much better idea, as it doesn't directly impact how much other players can post.

[Hoopla]

Oh my God. Who edited the avatar on the me/ZazieR Hydra? It used to be a picture of a book that says A Little Dutch Book. Now it's my face edited on to Zazies old avatar and it's really creepy and I don't like it.

Luckily that game is from 2009 and nobody has mentioned anything about it, or is talking about it or looking at it right now.

[AnonymousGhost]

Geriatric Games - Wins and Losses

Micro 778: Geriatric Grey Flag Nightless - Town Loss

Mirco 765: Chill Mafia - Town Victory

There are probably more, but I couldn't find them.

[Kmd4390]

Oh my God. Who edited the avatar on the me/ZazieR Hydra? It used to be a picture of a book that says A Little Dutch Book. Now it's my face edited on to Zazies old avatar and it's really creepy and I don't like it.

Luckily that game is from 2009 and nobody has mentioned anything about it, or is talking about it or looking at it right now.

I'm just freaked out because I mentioned it before alisaes recent Hydra game and I'm almost positive the avatar was right then and I didn't change it and I'm pretty positive ZazieR didn't change it.

[Hoopla]

Geriatric Games - Wins and Losses

Micro 778: Geriatric Grey Flag Nightless - Town Loss

Mirco 765: Chill Mafia - Town Victory

There are probably more, but I couldn't find them.

Phew, good to know the ruleset is balanced. I can rest easy now.

[Mathdino]

I think it's notable that 765 had typically super active players basically post restricted, while 778 was partially a loss due to lurkers and lack of prompt replacements.

The ruleset is very vulnerable to prod dodging lurking.

[AnonymousGhost]

The ruleset is very vulnerable to prod dodging lurking.