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come on people. join up and let's get the game going.
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I would like to request that we WotC moonglow based on that users high likelyhood of being pinked within a day of game start.
Wisdom of the Crowds is an optional signup method of excluding Village Idiots or disruptive players without resorting to a traditional moderator-written blacklist.
Here's one way it could work:
Every player who /ins for the game has the right to PM the mod with the name of someone else in the list they ABSOLUTELY don't want to play with. If X people do this about the same player, that individual is removed from the playerlist. Nobody should be posting about this in the signup thread except the mod, who shouldn't say WHO excluded the player. Mods can overrule if they suspect shenanigans, with the understanding that doing so may cause X people to /out from the game (tip: this already happens when you don't remove some players). Obviously this requires some sort of 'comment period' on the last few players, to avoid gaming the system. 24 hours ought to be plenty for that.
If your list is more than X players long, you probably won't be happy in that game regardless of whether several of them get banned. Think of that before trying to ban the entire playerlist out of spite.
Mr. Flay came up with this as a way to move the policy lynch into the pregame. This isn't entirely new. Objective criteria for excluding people from the game have been allowed for a long time (always?). Some mods have lately started refusing people from signups if they get private complaints. This just formalizes it, gives the power of who you play with back to the players, and hopefully will make games run smoother in the future.
[MENTION=44124]Wake[/MENTION]
I'm on the fence this time. I'd like to play, I'm just not sure it's the "right" thing to do for the game. I'm really busy at work right now and can't be sure I'll be able to devote the time and energy a sincere effort requires. If I pull a town role, no biggie, I'll just get lynched on day one like last time. But if I pull a scum role, it might not be fair to my partners in crime.
Even if you post once every two or three days, it'd be enough. I've not entered into games because of an extreme work week, but days later ended up with time on my hands.
I'm lenient on time restrictions, and would be happy to have you join and let you play at your own pace.
Chris, I may be wrong, but I think 2-3 years ago on the other site, you had signed up for one of my games. If I am totally wrong, please forgive me. If correct, and we've met at this same path after these passing years... would you like to play Mafia again? It would be a blast.
[MENTION=50165]ChrisL[/MENTION]