M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3321 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:39 pm

snowy801 wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:31 pm
Out of curiosity, have you guys ever played mafia outside of this forum? I imagine you might have, but this discussion made me think otherwise.

If you have, you'd know that each and every person has their own take on what is and isn't acceptable behavior in any given game, even separated from the topic of metagaming. I am not interested in litigating the details of such actions, as long as I can quell the source of the issue: people like you two. If you would like to propose such guidelines you are welcome on your own time and effort.

So long as you do away with the thin pretense that this is an actual problem of discernment rather than concern trolling with the intent to justify cheating, I don't particularly care what it is you do or how you define metagaming. The vast majority of people do not have a problem with this. Have you ever wondered why you do?

That said, in this particular instance I suggested that Bunny be given a quick private word instead of anything serious because the instance was largely harmless and I am prone to believe that scum players should generally be allowed a wider range of actions than town (lurking, for example). That said, if we allowed scum players the pretense of metagaming and cracked down on town, it would itself be a problematic signal. Best to do away with it in its entire.
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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3322 Post by BunnyGo » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:45 pm

snowy801 wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:31 pm
Out of curiosity, have you guys ever played mafia outside of this forum? I imagine you might have, but this discussion made me think otherwise.

If you have, you'd know that each and every person has their own take on what is and isn't acceptable behavior in any given game, even separated from the topic of metagaming. I am not interested in litigating the details of such actions, as long as I can quell the source of the issue: people like you two. If you would like to propose such guidelines you are welcome on your own time and effort.

So long as you do away with the thin pretense that this is an actual problem of discernment rather than concern trolling with the intent to justify cheating, I don't particularly care what it is you do or how you define metagaming. The vast majority of people do not have a problem with this. Have you ever wondered why you do?

That said, in this particular instance I suggested that Bunny be given a quick private word instead of anything serious because the instance was largely harmless and I am prone to believe that scum players should generally be allowed a wider range of actions than town (lurking, for example). That said, if we allowed scum players the pretense of metagaming and cracked down on town, it would itself be a problematic signal. Best to do away with it in its entire.
I have played a lot of F2F. We mostly outlawed knowledge of night action by sound/feel/etc. you were to close your eyes and hum loudly. If you learned something, we’d end the game and restart.

I agree that the community should determine the standard. But I dislike people pretending that this is somehow a “pure” thing where people only learn what’s happening inside this thread. And without other manipulations and thoughts. I think that’s a possible ideal, but I don’t think Anybody wants to do what’s needed.

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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3323 Post by ghug » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:46 pm

BunnyGo wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:09 pm
snowy801 wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:44 pm
BunnyGo wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:13 pm
Re: meta gaming, I think using people’s activity on other sites and discord should be barred because it isn’t available to all. But that would require people changing their lives around which is no good. I don’t know what the answer should be. But several times this game it was used.

People practicing “active ethics” on ignoring meta game information is largely a joke. It doesn’t work. I’m a fan of it. But it really requires commitment to LOSE on purple because of accidentally observed meta gaming. It also requires people to consciously observe themselves. Ive done it, I threw a hand in a major bridge tournament because I caught a tell of my partner so I misplayed the hand on purpose to actively not use the tell. There are famous stories about other players doing it. The problem is that the stories are famous because we all know most players don’t do it.

But there needs to be a real discussion on “what information specifically is allowed and disallowed and what players should do when accidentally accessing disallowed information “ if you wish to discuss meta gaming. I don’t think it’s simple.
It's not complicated Bunny. Just don't talk about any meta knowledge you possess.

What firmer line do you want?
Pretending you don’t have knowledge is different than not having knowledge! Having knowledge is already influencing you. And not discussing it doesn’t make it not be there. Make a rule that the knowledge can’t be acquired at all, or let it in. But don’t pretend.
I actually do agree with you here, but I think people need to act in good faith with regard to things that could be potentially gamebreaking. If the GM put information in the VT PM that doesn't match the thread, tell them to correct it instead of using it to catch people out. If QuickTopic was down during the day, get the GM to clarify that it didn't end up affecting the game instead of speculating that it did. If you saw Aarodactyl looking at his phone and cackling maniacally over dinner, sure, there's no way to avoid that you know something's up, so you either acknowledge it and continue playing or ask to be removed if you don't think you can.
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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3324 Post by TheFlyingBoat » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:48 pm

Bonatogether wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:24 pm
TheFlyingBoat wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:21 pm
Bonatogether wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:20 pm

8-) 8-) 8-)

i did the best vote counts
I was so worried in the God Thread that you were going to kill town and make Durga go crazy on the 24 hours to solve this thing or w/e
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#3325 Post by BunnyGo » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:50 pm

@snowy: we also tried it the other way where the game didn’t end. But this led to games within games of shifting in your chair on purpose, lying about hearing stuff. Etc etc.

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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3326 Post by Bonatogether » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:06 pm

TheFlyingBoat wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:48 pm
Bonatogether wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:24 pm
TheFlyingBoat wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:21 pm


I was so worried in the God Thread that you were going to kill town and make Durga go crazy on the 24 hours to solve this thing or w/e
gms never slip
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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3327 Post by DeathLlama8 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:09 pm

President Eden wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:13 pm
Also, let this gem not be forgotten:
DeathLlama8 wrote:
Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:12 pm
snowy801 wrote:
Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:09 pm
Everyone who policy voted lfischl in the past have 100% been scum

(don’t check past games for that just take my word for it)
ah fuck why didn’t anyone tell me that in the QT
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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3328 Post by rdrivera2005 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:39 pm

First of all congrats to my fellow townies for winning the game and thanks Eden and Bona for GMing.
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#3329 Post by rdrivera2005 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:44 pm

Second, I don't think we can even agree on what is exactly meta gaming so making rules to avoid it will just makes things worse.

What we should rule out is people tryng to break the game, using GM messages, site features and other things like that. It's not easier to enforce this too, but I think we are doing fine. I don't remember having any big issue about this in a long time.
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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3330 Post by BunnyGo » Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:28 am

ghug wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:46 pm
BunnyGo wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:09 pm
snowy801 wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:44 pm


It's not complicated Bunny. Just don't talk about any meta knowledge you possess.

What firmer line do you want?
Pretending you don’t have knowledge is different than not having knowledge! Having knowledge is already influencing you. And not discussing it doesn’t make it not be there. Make a rule that the knowledge can’t be acquired at all, or let it in. But don’t pretend.
I actually do agree with you here, but I think people need to act in good faith with regard to things that could be potentially gamebreaking. If the GM put information in the VT PM that doesn't match the thread, tell them to correct it instead of using it to catch people out. If QuickTopic was down during the day, get the GM to clarify that it didn't end up affecting the game instead of speculating that it did. If you saw Aarodactyl looking at his phone and cackling maniacally over dinner, sure, there's no way to avoid that you know something's up, so you either acknowledge it and continue playing or ask to be removed if you don't think you can.
I don’t disagree that’s a reasonable option. But I do disagree that’s the current rules. And I think that’s the important part. You’re not always privy to my asking the GM for a ruling about whether I can do something. But I (almost) always do. And so im always following the rules; which is the only thing that gives a game meaning. I think that’s s crucial element. Part of games is winning the way everyone has before. Part of games is pushing the limits and finding loopholes in rules.

I personally think the game is much more broken by people hanging out in discord while also playing here. Do I begrudge this? Not really, games are silly and serious, but not so serious that life should suffer. But I also think that if we’re not going to outlaw all intel leaks, we shouldn’t outlaw most of them. But I’m willing to be wrong about that. I’m just not willing to be insulted and belittled for following the rules as currently written and advised by the GMs. That’s what really hurts.
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#3331 Post by ghug » Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:44 am

The problem with pushing boundaries is that these are issues that are hard to codify in rules. Look no further than this very conversation for evidence of that.

This is an impassioned community, but it's still a bunch of people volunteering their time to run games for others. Nobody wants to moderate. Nobody wants to write and enforce and litigate rules. Creating a situation where people have to step up and do that is harmful to the community.

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Re: M1019 – Once Upon A Time… [GAME THREAD] [HIDDEN]

#3332 Post by BunnyGo » Sat Oct 30, 2021 3:26 am

ghug wrote:
Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:44 am
The problem with pushing boundaries is that these are issues that are hard to codify in rules. Look no further than this very conversation for evidence of that.

This is an impassioned community, but it's still a bunch of people volunteering their time to run games for others. Nobody wants to moderate. Nobody wants to write and enforce and litigate rules. Creating a situation where people have to step up and do that is harmful to the community.

I totally agree that community trust is important and hard to rebuild when broken. It's never my intention to even push that boundary. There's no game if people don't even want to show up. Then everybody loses. I'm grateful for the anti-toxicity push because of that.

But I don't think that your vision of the standard of intel gathering and info leaks and espionage is the one many of the volunteers believe in, if it were they'd tell me no, and I'd happily obey. They usually tell me they largely agree with me.

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