Glork wrote:I'm concerned about '10 hours' being the limit, though. If I'm working an 8 hour day and have a 45 minute commute to and from work, it's possible that I won't even have a chance to post, even if I were to get on MafiaScum directly before and directly after work. I'd make it probably 18-24 hours. You may want to consider some kind of exception for people who post in Vacation/LimitedAccess, too.
I was just pulling numbers out of the air: the intention is to force players to check once in the morning and once at night, so 15 or 18 hours would work. For vacation & limited access "subs" could be used, a player could select his own replacement to replace for a limited amount of time, and to share the PM from the mod with. Huh, we could call the substitute players "Adults" who would win and lose with their specific "child". Parent and child can PM each other whenever, day and night, but the kid is the only one actually involved in the game. Adults can not post unless they are subbing for their child, and the switch has to be announced in thread X amount of time (two days?) beforehand. This way players could coordinate, so when real life happens a replacement isn't necessary. Wouldn't be cool to have a large game with nearly no replacements and very active posting?
I am nowhere near meeting the requirements or experience necessary to mod this, and I wouldn't even know where to begin with balance issues. If someone wants to take this idea and run with it, I would be love to assist in developing it, but it can't be my baby. The central theme to roles and mechanics is "what will make crafty mafia players behave like bratty little kids, who in real life are scummy scummy little creatures" I think it would be a fun project to work on.
