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I'm going to remove nevermore1992 from my game for not opening the PM I sent a couple of days ago asking about previous play.

/in Mini Normal - let's see if i can work out my schedule this time.

/in for Mini Normal.

/out large.

/in mini as mastin2/MOI hydra

In post 1079, TheUnderachivers wrote:/in mini as mastin2/MOI hydra

This account is not registered as a mastin2/MagnaofIllusion hydra. Please sign up with the correct account.

*sigh*

mastin2/nero cam

has filled with the following playerlist:

1. lobstermania
   
2. pisskop
   
3. Does Bo Know
   
4. TvK
   
5. bjc
   
6. Squirrel Girl
   
7. Garmr
   
8. Terminal Apathy
   
9. SiX
   
10. neil1113
    
11. 4nxi3ty
    
12. Keybladewielder
    
13. Thesp

TheUnderachivers wrote:*sigh*

mastin2/nero cain

jmo16mla's game is full. Let me know if you would like to sign up for Bicephalous Bob's game.

/in for Large Normal Desperado

In post 1083, Tierce wrote:

Mini 1553 (jmo16mla)

has filled with the following playerlist:

1. lobstermania
   
2. pisskop
   
3. Does Bo Know
   
4. TvK
   
5. bjc
   
6. Squirrel Girl
   
7. Garmr
   
8. Terminal Apathy
   
9. SiX
   
10. neil1113
    
11. 4nxi3ty
    
12. Keybladewielder
    
13. Thesp

Now taking sign-ups: Bicephalous Bob (Mini Normal, 12 players)
Still taking sign-ups: Desperado (Large Normal, 21 players)

TheUnderachivers wrote:*sigh*

mastin2/nero cain

jmo16mla's game is full. Let me know if you would like to sign up for Bicephalous Bob's game.

No hydras, please.

/in mini

/in mini

/in for Mini, plz

In post 1084, krishnaman wrote:/in for Large Normal Desperado

Desperado's game started two weeks ago . The Large Normal in sign-ups right now is mine, isn't it?

Just out of curiosity, why the policy of no hydras? Not that I was planning on using one, but I'm just curious as to the rationale of a mod not wanting them.

In post 1091, ICEninja wrote:Just out of curiosity, why the policy of no hydras? Not that I was planning on using one, but I'm just curious as to the rationale of a mod not wanting them.

In my case? Peer pressure. (As typified by this thread, among several others.)

There's a large number of players who really dislike hydras. Running a game with any hydra in it means that either these players don't sign up at all or that they do sign up only to spend large parts of the game loudly whinging about how awful hydras are. Since banning hydras shouldn't stop anyone from playing if they really want to, it just feels like the easiest/simplest way to avoid the issue.

I quite like hydras myself, as it happens -- although my take on an "ideal" hydra seems to be the opposite of what people currently find acceptable (most people seem to think hydra should be forced to sign all their posts individually, for instance: I'd rather hydra didn't sign their posts at all and did their best to play as a single unified player). But I know from experience that they can be a bit of a pain to mod, and I won't miss them much.

(If I thought that lots of people were avoiding the game because they wanted to hydra, then I guess I'd have more of a dilemma. I don't believe that that's the case though.)

/in for mini

In post 1092, Plessiez wrote:

In post 1091, ICEninja wrote:Just out of curiosity, why the policy of no hydras? Not that I was planning on using one, but I'm just curious as to the rationale of a mod not wanting them.

In my case? Peer pressure. (As typified by this thread, among several others.)

There's a large number of players who really dislike hydras. Running a game with any hydra in it means that either these players don't sign up at all or that they do sign up only to spend large parts of the game loudly whinging about how awful hydras are. Since banning hydras shouldn't stop anyone from playing if they really want to, it just feels like the easiest/simplest way to avoid the issue.

I quite like hydras myself, as it happens -- although my take on an "ideal" hydra seems to be the opposite of what people currently find acceptable (most people seem to think hydra should be forced to sign all their posts individually, for instance: I'd rather hydra didn't sign their posts at all and did their best to play as a single unified player). But I know from experience that they can be a bit of a pain to mod, and I won't miss them much.

(If I thought that lots of people were avoiding the game because they wanted to hydra, then I guess I'd have more of a dilemma. I don't believe that that's the case though.)

:goodposting:

This guy rocks -- everybody join the large!

I have played in a couple hydras myself and enjoyed them, and also enjoy playing with other hydra players, as it adds an interesting mix to the game.

I suppose people who rely overly on meta (which IMO feels like an *almost* cheating way to play if that's how you base everything) would be thrown off by hydras but meh.

Your points are valid.

/in mini

I balanced my game for normal players not for 13 mason lover/mason lover treestump pairs

/in for large game!

/in for de mini