I am against waiting till January to start another game, I can play during the Hoidays myself. Even there is a few day break in there it's understandable.

I'm also against waiting till January. I would be up to play again now and I would like to participate as a player in your game, Bookwyrm.
Or if you don't want to run a game now due to Thanksgiving etc. we can also switch places on the list and I could run now. (and take along agentcarr as assistant mod)

FWIW, I see value in bler144's suggestions, and I think that adopting them in one form or another would benefit everyone involved.

As for the next game - perhaps a not so complex one could fill the space from now till the end of the year? That might necessitate breaking the order of the hosting list, but it might be the answer to the dilemmas and concerns brought forward.
Just a thought, as the mod being available and present is equally important.

And since modding and playing are two different things, perhaps we could introduce being an observer in the mod thread? I think this could also be of benefit to both future mods, but also players.

I too would prefer to just get another game running as opposed to waiting till the new year.

And so if Bookwyrm would rather wait for his setup, I'd be down to assist Lifthrasil.

The little voice in the back of my mind is telling me I should hold off on this until I'm more certain of my schedule. Therefore, if Lift is ready, I'll let him (or whoever) run the next one.

He is truly amazing!!

I say we lynch the mod next time and let anarchy reign!! I'm thinking a Lord of the Flies vibe ;-)

Perhaps that should be the first attempted lynch from now on, just to see what happens!

You are correct. I wasn't being particular precise, and I don't really have a full solution.

And obvs. real life comes up and I have no issue with players getting a replacement when needed (Sage, HSL). Totally appropriate.

But the last two games have been impacted by a player just disappearing into the sunset. And at risk of piling on Bookwyrm, I also disagree with his play here. While ultimately we all play for ourselves (and hopefully for fun), this game requires multiple people to invest significant time/energy for weeks on end. So a doctor hammering himself to prove a point 3.5 weeks in does take away from what others have invested.

Even if I understand the impulse in the moment.

I'll join the chorus of people not wishing to wait for a new game. As Vitek (and possibly others) said, a smaller, simpler game should be easy to moderate and play, even with the distractions of the Holidays. I would suggest an open set-up, that is already tried and true balance wise, from mafiascum.net. Something like that, maybe.

I was already debating running that sort of game for my game, so I'd be willing to run a game like this. I am pretty far down the list, however, so I am sure someone else would also be willing. ;)

edit: I was thinking fo runnign something from [url=http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Category:Mini_Open_Setups]this[/url] list.

Please add me to the mod list also, I thought I had asked to be added before but can't remember LOL

Done.

I seem to remember you requesting to be a mod a while back as well. If you can find the post, I will adjust your place in the list accordingly.

Edit: I checked through the last year of posts in the Admin thread, and you didn't request during that time. I may have been thinking of you getting removed, then being added back, to the notification list.

I typed this up a bit ago but wanted to refine and edit it.

First of all:

New game ASAP. Don't be discouraged, people who didn't like me in the last game, I will have different playstyles in different games so I can't be read by my playstyle. I will probably often do a little RP if flavor in the game setup/role or whatever calls for it, but not as heavy as I did in Space Station Epsilon (and not if there is no flavor to be had, just straight game, I am down for that), as, that setup, flavor, and my role all contributed to my wordiness and how I played the game. (high INT, with my job description being a security authority, I felt "obligated" to try and "take charge" in a way some of the time, keep things focussed, examine all options before making rash decisions ** (check other thread!), and be "investigatory" since I had such a role, and revealed it early, I figured I might as well play with it at that point! I had fun!)

!!! Sure, now more are on board with this!!! I wanted to do this so badly, I should have pushed the vote and actually voted for him(it!) as well when I was talking about it early on to see if we could get it going better. Even lied to everyone and told them I had information to the contrary and tried and see what happens, I think my angle of it "not registering because it wasn't strong enough and he doesn't want to give us the idea that we can kill the A.I., because that would most certainly draw the vote to him, and he wasn't that much of a malfunctioning AI to be that suicidal.) Maybe Quad would have improvised something interesting with it, it could have been cool, if any mod would I think it'd be him anyway to give it a try to!

I loved the game, Quad, despite the outcome, I knew to just try and have fun with it and complete the task at the same time and it was a great setup for doing just that. I would love to play it again sometime with different names for the characters and some different roles (but I actually think mine was very well done and would keep it/refine it even more!!!) I loved how I could investigate the previous crisis, was that planned to be able to do if I asked or did you figure "what the hell it can't hurt to throw that information out there" (similar to "och ta hel wit it or whatever!) when I asked?

No worries, I could have thought I asked and never did LOL

It's all good ;-)

It wasn't planned, but then I didn't plan for a lynch to occur before I had time to put a Crisis Event together either! :P