Dragonball Z: Abridged Mafia Day Phase #2

[Knailsic From Now On]

Sorry about not posting this day phase some stuff game up in real life that kept me from the net. I'm so happy it didn't end up like the last time I was inactive on the first day.

[No Longer a Produceman]

I have no clue where to start. I doubt someone is going to stand up and say "i'm Mafia." what does everyone think about inactive players?

I think inactive players should be urged to participate more. I'm torn on lynching an inactive on day one. Yeah we might get rid of someone not participating or potential lurking scum. Or we might lynch a power role flying under the radar trying to avoid Mafia detection (like Joker in True Blood Mafia).

[TOO SWEET]

As a heads up, in True Blood Mafia: Joker (town cop) didn't die of inactive lynching. Knailsic (innocent child) did.

I like inactive voting, because simply enough, mafia isn't going to usually get rid of people doing nothing. Because it gives them a place to hide. I'd rather get rid of an inactive player this day phase, then be stuck with them until later (do to following leads on more active players).

But the problem with my thing is that who is to say who is inactive at this point. We've barely started, and to be honest, even the most active player isn't going to be able to add much to the conversation on day one.

[TOO SWEET]

EBWOP: Small mistake. Z Natural was the innocent child and was suicide bomb'ed.

Knailsic was lynched, and was our town vigilante (we ended up having a spare one luckily).

[MasonK565]

Question: Should one's 'busy' schedule be a factor when choosing who to lynch?

Example: Let us say the town gets a vote between Cageking and Spartan. I need to vote. Would it be wrong to vote for Cageking because he is busy?

I mean, I know we shouldn't hold others down because of real life stuff or forum business but I would honestly feel more comfortable having someone not having those conflicts playing a factor in gameplay.

[MasonK565]

EBWOP: It happened to me in Garfield and Friends and it sucked.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Dec 20, 2012 1:47:00 GMT -5 TOO SWEET said:

As a heads up, in True Blood Mafia: Joker (town cop) didn't die of inactive lynching. Knailsic (innocent child) did.

I like inactive voting, because simply enough, mafia isn't going to usually get rid of people doing nothing. Because it gives them a place to hide. I'd rather get rid of an inactive player this day phase, then be stuck with them until later (do to following leads on more active players).

But the problem with my thing is that who is to say who is inactive at this point. We've barely started, and to be honest, even the most active player isn't going to be able to add much to the conversation on day one.

Should we make a count how many times each person in the game has voted? Then, we could go ahead and take a look at their posts and see if they say anything suspicious.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

EBWOP: I meant posted instead of voted.

[TOO SWEET]

It sucks and its a fact of life, but I'd personally say if there was no distinguishing factors besides activity (which is really only valid this day phase), yeah I'd go for the more inactive.

But its not just inactive as in not posting. Its posting and participating (actually contributing to the conversation and giving your view, even if it is the same as a view already stated).

At Artificial: Proboards already does that. Go to Forum games, find this thread, and look at the "replies" tab. Click that, and it'll show you everyone who posted and how many times.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Dec 20, 2012 2:00:16 GMT -5 TOO SWEET said:

It sucks and its a fact of life, but I'd personally say if there was no distinguishing factors besides activity (which is really only valid this day phase), yeah I'd go for the more inactive.

But its not just inactive as in not posting. Its posting and participating (actually contributing to the conversation and giving your view, even if it is the same as a view already stated).

At Artificial: Proboards already does that. Go to Forum games, find this thread, and look at the "replies" tab. Click that, and it'll show you everyone who posted and how many times.

Didn't know that. Thanks man.

[MrBRulzOK]

Right now I'm reading through the posts of the least active players trying to find those who come off as most suspicious. It's not much, but it should at least help us get going.

I say we straddle the middle ground on this one and go after the semi-inactives to start: people who are posting enough, but not contributing anything of substance. Best case scenario we lynch a scum. Worst case we get rid of somebody who isn't contributing to our efforts.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

There are a couple of other new people in this game besides myself. Maybe they're not contributing that well because they don't know how things work and they're posting out of respect for the game.

[MrBRulzOK]

That's a good point, but some of the inactives are definitely not rookies. Some of them have valid excuses (Jazzman and his Law Exams, Mohican and his spotty wi-fi, Knailsic and his issues) but then there are some who have been alot quieter than I'm used to seeing them for no real reason.

Jono/Jonathan Michaels for example is really puzzling me. The guy hasn't posted anything aside from a single joke post since the game started. The one thing deterring me from him though is that he made it abundantly clear who he is in his very first post. That seems to me like too brazen a move for scum, especially if he is who he hinted he was.

Still he's really the only person popping up on my scum radar right now.

I'd like to hear his opinions on things thus far. That might help alleviate my concerns about him.

[Knailsic From Now On]

Maybe Jono's been lurking and just can't think of anything to add to the conversation? I often do this.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

I'm pretty sure Johnathan's "Vote:Kakarot" post was just a joke.

[Knailsic From Now On]

Ya know Vegeta might be right about voting Goku, that idiot would do more harm than good.

Sorry missed the chance for joke a joke post.

[MrBRulzOK]

Indeed, but it was also his only post thus far. I have to question why that is. It's my duty as part of the town, after all.

I don't know if I buy that, Knailsic. Everybody else has contributed at least something to the conversation thus far, even Mohican who has the same amount of posts as him thus far. He's the only person that hasn't helped us in any way. Admittedly it is hard to do on Day One, but I would feel a whole lot better about him if he did contribute something at least. Even merely agreeing with something somebody said.

I'm not saying he's scum, but I am saying that I wish he would add his two cents sometime soon.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

It would help if he contributed more. I just disagreed with your conclusion of his post revealing who he was.

[MrBRulzOK]

That is indeed possible, but flimsy evidence is better than no evidence at all, I suppose. And very little evidence tends to crop up on Day One.

[Yami Daimao]

Dec 20, 2012 2:17:43 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

There are a couple of other new people in this game besides myself. Maybe they're not contributing that well because they don't know how things work and they're posting out of respect for the game.

Such as myself.

I agree that inactivity can come across as suspicious, although we shouldn't always jump to that conclusion. It's something to think about for sure, and that's what we have to do; think.