BlueMooner: I read one of the threads here when I first learned of it, the one where everyone was an appliance in an house. IIRC it had a 48 hour window.
Day 1 there lasted 7 days. Day 1 is almost always the longest. and days get shorter and shorter as there is less players left and less things to discuss.
Day 1 in last game lasted 44 days! It's more than 6 times longer. I certainly know what I prefer and what I enjoyed more. There was no deadline in game 4 (appliances) and yet we were able to end it in seven days, so it's entirely our fault that it takes so long. If I am going to really mod game, I am going to make it closer to the game 4 than Game 15 in length. But 44 days long day is more excemption than rule. And don't worry, even if it takes long, it doesn't mean it consumes all that time. It is quite sufficent to post once per day, although more is optimal for game to proceed faster.
But even when some says it is time consuming, you can succeed even with more laidback approach. As long as you post and share your thoughts, but you don't need to spend hours on game daily.
My personal thought is that 12-players game shouldn't last more than 2 months. That Game 4 was even over in 1 month. Worst so far was Game 11 (16 players) which lasted almost 6 months! I think no one wants to repeat this one.
This one wasn't actually too bad except day 1. Whole game lasted 88 days and 44 of this was day 1. If day 1 was half in length, then the game would have optimal length.
I think bazilišek's deadlines are quite appropriate. How was it? Number of players+7?
pazzer: Seem to remember Zchinque tried to run a quick game that would only last several hours. But weren't enough people online at the time. Would be interesting to see a game with short deadlines.
Though personally I like a leisurely pace as gives game chance to evolve and unexpected things to happen. Of course the problem comes when not all players are posting and then active ones stop posting as well. As waiting for less active ones to post.
Can't seem to find a sign up thread for next game, does that mean gog mafia is on holiday?
Yeah, only few of us signed for it.
Active people stop to post after while because the are either waiting for inactive, they run out of topics to discuss or because there simple isn't enough of them to achieve lynch and they end in deadlock until some of missing players gets replaced and join some side.
TheGOGfather: Vitek, you are called upon to host GOG Forum Mafia #16. Do you accept this duty?
Don't know yet. I need to think about it a bit. I need to finish the setup anyway, so it would take few days before I could launch it.
I want to emphasise that I really mean my words about activity and I will enforce my rules by force. If players are obliged to post at least once each 36 or 48 hours, they must post. If they don't post and don't notify me about their absence in advance, they will be prodded. 3 prods and you are out. If I have to kill 6 town players or all mafias, because of this, I will do it.