[Kath]

This is all a little disturbing, I think I've only ever seen an argument on this scale here once before, and it wasn't any fun then either.

Perhaps the issue is not so much what is being said but how it is being said. Though I wasn't involved in Valesse's game I did catch a little of the post-game discussion where all this started. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and to express it, that's freedom of speech and shouldn't be frowned upon. However, some people take easy offence, or take things very personally, and that should be kept in mind. Rather than trying to assess the game in terms of what went wrong and having a negative view, we could try to assess it in terms of how to improve the things that were detrimental to the game. So on the subject of quiet villagers, those with less time than others or those that play quietly as a tactic shouldn't be derided for it, but perhaps encouraged to post even if what they say isn't going to be 15 paragraphs.

Also, the issues depend on what side you're on. The wolves in a game with quiet villagers may be playing tactically, deliberately killing off the loudmouths in order to make the village easy to sway later.

I'm aware that this probably isn't making much sense. It's hard to put what seems so simple in the mind into words on a screen. The fact that we are engaged in conversation where we can't see the others face or hear the tone of voice causes problems, because things meant as simple comments can be taken as insults.

Perhaps general comments on the game could remain in the thread, but comments particular to a person could be kept to PM? It might lessen the tension a little.