The Micro Queue, One Month Later

Vi · Post Post #15 (isolation #0) » Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:09 am

Hold on, I think I missed something important somewhere. There's such a thing as a good 5P setup other than Vengeful?

Vi · Post Post #19 (isolation #1) » Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:22 am

↑ callforjudgement wrote:
↑ Vi wrote:Hold on, I think I missed something important somewhere. There's such a thing as a good 5P setup other than Vengeful?
I suggested 2 VT + town doublevoter + 2 Goon, nightless. I don't think it's as good as Vengeful, but it's still reasonably balanced and has no obvious glaring flaws, so it may do for an "alternative" 5P setup.

With four votes to lynch? You may as well call it Dictator Mafia (not to be confused with DICTATOR Mafia, which has already been run).

Vi · Post Post #23 (isolation #2) » Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:52 am

Not necessary, ICE.

TBF @cfj: I wouldn't actually object to that setup as much if you just called it as it is.

You are the Dictator. At any time before deadline you may remove a player from the game. (This will cause a new deadline to be set.) You will be modkilled if you do not remove someone before deadline.

You win if both Mafia are removed from the game before both Townies are removed from the game.

You are a Townie. This is a game of MAFIA. Are you a man or a mouse? And when you answer, squeak up!

You win if both Mafia are removed from the game before both Townies are removed from the game.

You are in the Mafia. That's an initialism for Making A Fatal Insurgence Abroad.

You win as soon as both Townies are removed from the game or if the Dictator does not make their decision before deadline.

Yes this cuts out some corner cases pertaining to the Dictator not choosing before deadline, but no big loss.

Also, "Mafia" actually

is

an initialism; just not that.

Vi · Post Post #32 (isolation #3) » Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:53 pm

↑ callforjudgement wrote:@Vi: I'm not convinced the dictator variant plays at all the same. Sure, the other players can't lynch anyone without the dictator's vote; but the dictator also can't lynch anyone without the other players' votes. So it's pretty much a case of everyone having a lot of power over the lynch vote, with one confirmed townie.

I think you have a point, actually. In a straight up-down vote, yes, the doublevoter is a dictator. But all of the votes in Mafia are not cast at once.

Vi · Post Post #46 (isolation #4) » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:35 am

Open games should be allowed in every queue. Whether you get credit for it is irrelevant.