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the guy who be short · 06-06-2005, 04:12 PM

This is freaky.

I've said that I Mod my own game on some different forums, and that I had the same ideas as Eomer. Now, independantly, a friend and I have come up with an idea very similar to the phantom's.

We only had one player, called the Scribe. When he dies, a note he haswritten is revealed. The note is only allowed to have one point. For example, the simplest note would be something like:
"I think tgwbs is a wolf."
A more thoughtful response:
"tgwbs is inconsistent in his posts 14 and 23. I am suspicious..."

In short, it is a scrap from a diary. It just allows the dead Scribe to air one thought after death, to get the villagers thinking.

I know that I would have liked to do this in Werewolf 3, which is partly where the idea stemmed from.

mormegil · 06-06-2005, 04:20 PM

Well I can see the downside to giving people that opportunity. It allows people not to voice their concerns as openly as maybe they ought to. I understand that it's a one shot deal and if implemented I think it would need to stay that way.

Fordim Hedgethistle · 06-06-2005, 06:44 PM

I think there should be a Medium amongst the villagers; someone who could communicate (via PM) with those who have been slaughtered by the wolves. Perhaps the Medium (who, like the seer would be hidden) could choose one dearly departed each night and ask that person a question then that now dead gamer could answer the question (all through the mod of course).

Kuruharan · 06-06-2005, 07:40 PM

We don't want to get carried away though. The mod is only one person and can only do so much. The more people the mod is having to feed information to and from complicates the process and makes it harder to get things done.

the phantom · 06-06-2005, 08:21 PM

I just thought I'd mention that I'm liking the pacing of the current game. People are chatting and stirring things up for a while before the voting really starts. I really like this, because that means that even if Eomer starts the new day right as I'm going to bed, when I wake up and check the thread no votes have been cast yet, so I get the opportunity to blab a bit before the vote every day.

Kuruharan · 06-06-2005, 08:46 PM

See, those irrevocable votes are really working out well.

mormegil · 06-06-2005, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

See, those irrevocable votes are really working out well.

Agreed!

However I realize why we do it but I wish that night were a bit quicker. I can't stand it, waiting daily to see what happened over night.

06-06-2005, 04:20 PM	#2
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Well I can see the downside to giving people that opportunity. It allows people not to voice their concerns as openly as maybe they ought to. I understand that it's a one shot deal and if implemented I think it would need to stay that way. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

06-06-2005, 06:44 PM	#3
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	I think there should be a Medium amongst the villagers; someone who could communicate (via PM) with those who have been slaughtered by the wolves. Perhaps the Medium (who, like the seer would be hidden) could choose one dearly departed each night and ask that person a question then that now dead gamer could answer the question (all through the mod of course). __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

06-06-2005, 07:40 PM	#4
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	We don't want to get carried away though. The mod is only one person and can only do so much. The more people the mod is having to feed information to and from complicates the process and makes it harder to get things done. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

06-06-2005, 08:21 PM	#5
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	I just thought I'd mention that I'm liking the pacing of the current game. People are chatting and stirring things up for a while before the voting really starts. I really like this, because that means that even if Eomer starts the new day right as I'm going to bed, when I wake up and check the thread no votes have been cast yet, so I get the opportunity to blab a bit before the vote every day. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

06-06-2005, 08:46 PM	#6
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	See, those irrevocable votes are really working out well. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

06-06-2005, 04:12 PM	#1
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	This is freaky. I've said that I Mod my own game on some different forums, and that I had the same ideas as Eomer. Now, independantly, a friend and I have come up with an idea very similar to the phantom's. We only had one player, called the Scribe. When he dies, a note he haswritten is revealed. The note is only allowed to have one point. For example, the simplest note would be something like: "I think tgwbs is a wolf." A more thoughtful response: "tgwbs is inconsistent in his posts 14 and 23. I am suspicious..." In short, it is a scrap from a diary. It just allows the dead Scribe to air one thought after death, to get the villagers thinking. I know that I would have liked to do this in Werewolf 3, which is partly where the idea stemmed from.

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