You know, you don't have to wait until it's review with sign ups. They can be open for week. It shouldn't hurt anything. :-)

Makeitemakeitemakeit.

Edit:

Sign up thread created!

OP updated already?! Wow, the GOGfather can move fast when he wants! :D

He's like freaking ninja, isn't he? We all should praise him. Even mighty Anubis. >_>

psst. Hey! is it nearly time? I think it might be nearly time.

And while we are between games I have a proposition regarding our mafia rules.
It may not seem fair but I think it would be beneficial for all mafia players if the word limit on a single contribution to a game was reduced from 10 A4 pages, to less than one page of A4.
I think anything worth saying in a mafia game can be said in 700 words.

Proposed Forum-Wide Enforcable rule: No single contribution is permitted to contain more than 700 words.

Any Questions?

I would like to discuss with everyone the new Learning By Mistaking Initiative, which is dedicated to turning the GOG forum mafia community into excellent mafia players. More on that later.

I just checked the OP again, and it seems not counting poor game 6, Town have won 6 times, and the Mafia/Mafia faction have won 6 times... With a new game on the horizon this has to tip one way or the other...

I'm not sure about word limits, myself... Admittedly it's a lot of work to read walls of text, and I'd definitely discourage people from going overboard, but for me this is playstyle, and I'm not sure playstyles is something we should be regulating. After all, the infamous "10-A4 pages" issue was because he was 3rd party, right?

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EDIT: This is a page of size 10 A4. What's worth noting is that the forum software doesn't allow 10 pages of A4 - it doesn't even allow two pages. I'm certain I've seen longer posts than this. Has a new limit been introduced into the software?

Maybe they were longer in length because of line breaks and other formatting things? The 10-pages in game 10 was actually an attached .pdf file and has sort of become legendary... Then again there were enough walls of text in game 13 to build a house.

(EDIT: sentences disappeared and reappeared cos I kept messing with the phrasing of this post...)

I'd call that a rule violation.

I agree with the sentiment, but I still have to disagree.

I don't like overly long posts. They make rereading a chore. They make catching up a chore. They make replacing in in a game a freaking nightmare.

However, wordy posts are sometimes needed for making detailed analysis.

Also, and perhaps as important, it would be taking away a tool for the mafia. Overly wordy posts - as well as a large number of shorter posts - can obfuscate communication, and make rereads more of a daunting task. That is, generally, better for the mafia than the town.

So, making very long posts in multiples is an anti town move - although usually not a scummy one, as it often as more to do with style of play than allegiance - and should be dealt with accordingly. Ask them politely to stop. If they don't comply, and you consider their behaviour to be actively anti town, vote'em.

@Joe: I just read the two-three first pages of #10 and your post #26

"Are you making a genuine accusation or are you working passionately on your plan to confuse people and then get killed?
Because isn't it a bit early on for either of those?"

might be my second most favourite mafia post ever.

It IS a bit of an unfair rule, but I have worries that it might be a rule that is necessary to enforce. If I was moderating a game and the mafia's discussed the tactic "Okay here's how we win - make the game so uninteresting to play that none of the town can be bothered and all the deadlines pass and we win." I would want to discourage that sort of behaviour.

My other suggestion is that we set up official GOG Forum Mafia Advice along the lines of "If you feel like reading a particular post is going to be too much hard work then don't do it: Skip it entirely and have a guess and what might have been said."

Which I think will be more difficult in practice but. Well.
Any Questions?


I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Does it make you long to play another mafia game? There's one place left on Ellie's game!

(And of course we all want to know what it is your first favourite mafia post)
It's too long! And it is Latin.

That would have to be this.

... damn that's a good one.

Game 14 is live!

If anyone wants a link to the "Underworld" (i.e. spoiler-free observation thread) just send me a PM!