Mafia Game Waiting List

Aimless · Post by **Aimless** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:56 pm

Now that we have our own forum, I'd like to institute something to try to keep the number of active games down so that we don't exhaust the player supply, as has been happening lately.

IE, I think we should put up a waiting list (at least for big games) so that we don't get 10 of them going at once; plus, this way it will give everyone who wants to mod a chance to run a game without having to compete with 20 other games for players.

Good idea? Bad?

The List v0.1 :
freezie
Fircoal - Pokemon Mafia
AK_iceman
Talapus - Batman
spinwizard
Anarkistsdream - CC City Zoo

Note: Hey, mods, feel free to edit this post all you wish to help keep the list up to date. I knew I shouldn't have started this thread. :roll:

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:58 pm

I strongly support this idea....but think it would be best to determine the size of larger games...i dont have a problem with a few different 10-12 player games going, but large games all at the same time make it a bit difficult for things to remain in some kind of balance.

Avron · Post by **Avron** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:59 pm

Great Idea, I agree completely. It seems like now all the same people are in every game and it its going to produce conflict.

Aimless · Post by **Aimless** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:00 pm

I would say anything bigger that 12 players counts as a "large game" in terms of draining the player-base. The "more than 12 players" distinction seems to work pretty well for mafiascum, so I don't see a reason to pick a different baseline.

autoload · Post by **autoload** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:01 pm

Agreed. I say anybody wanting to mod a game with more than say 12 players need to wait on a list. 12 people and under and one can mod a game no matter how many other games are going on. Also, I propose no person mod more than say 3 games at the same time (preferably 2).

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:01 pm

Excellent idea. And it might also be a decent idea to ask that people mod a smaller, 7-12 player game first, before trying to run giant 25+ player games. Just a thought.

jnd94 · Post by **jnd94** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:03 pm

Sticky it.

freezie · Post by **freezie** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:03 pm

Hmm...That's a pretty good idea

Will make much less confusaion and better games in the future.

I want to run a 21-23 players soon...Can I be first on the list?

Puff · Post by **Puff** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:05 pm

I like this idea but I say 13 player games would also count as "small"

autoload · Post by **autoload** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:06 pm

We have to see how many large games are currently running, count them, and then wait for one to finish before allowing another one to go up. That is unless we have a small number of large games currently running for some odd reason...

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:52 pm

Well I argee with the idea, and I have POkemon Mafia coming out soon, which people are waiting for, and it's been on an imaginairy waiting list for a while now.

MountainLion · Post by **MountainLion** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:30 pm

Completely agree, but couldn't we just use the Mafia Page sticky that already exists with listed active games?

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:37 pm

MountainLion wrote:Completely agree, but couldn't we just use the Mafia Page sticky that already exists with listed active games?

what he said.

I GOT SERVED · Post by **I GOT SERVED** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:15 pm

I fully support this idea. As for putting it in the already stickied thread, I'm not so sure about. It might get cluttered in with all of the other stuff in there.

But it might work out. Either way It'd be cool.

AK_iceman · Post by **AK_iceman** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:23 pm

Put me down for a 20 player game in about a month please.

MountainLion wrote:Completely agree, but couldn't we just use the Mafia Page sticky that already exists with listed active games?

Yeah, but spin doesn't really keep that updated.

Aimless · Post by **Aimless** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:28 pm

AK_iceman wrote:Put me down for a 20 player game in about a month please.

D'oh. That's the problem with creating a useful thread - now I'm expected to keep track of it. :roll:

Aimless · Post by **Aimless** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:34 pm

Next question to pose to the community :

How many large active games is too many, and when should we consider an on-going game to be small enough for a new slot to open?

My tentative answers : the amount we have now is too many, and once a game is down to >10 players is probably a good point to consider that slot open.

Talapus · Post by **Talapus** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:43 am

I've got a Batman mafia game starting up in a week or so and I'd like 20-25 players to join if ppossible...But I promised Firoal I'd start it after the Pokemon game.

spinwizard · Post by **spinwizard** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:34 am

i am now updateing my sticky so if u want to use that i will keep it running

nagerous · Post by **nagerous** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:51 am

I would like to be put on the waiting list as although I cannot run my prepared mafia for a period because I am going away for a month at the end of june and am in exams at the mo, I don't want to come back from my holiday and find I got to wait another month before I can run it.

Thanks

spinwizard · Post by **spinwizard** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:53 am

i have a 24 player game comeing soon

AK_iceman · Post by **AK_iceman** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:54 am

Aimless wrote:
AK_iceman wrote:Put me down for a 20 player game in about a month please.

D'oh. That's the problem with creating a useful thread - now I'm expected to keep track of it.

Yep, I hear ya. I got myself a few of those and I'm always slacking... :wink:

Don't worry about my game, I'll send out PM's to all the players I would like to play to let them know when I'll be starting so they can be ready for it.

spinwizard · Post by **spinwizard** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:56 am

AK_iceman wrote:
Aimless wrote:
AK_iceman wrote:Put me down for a 20 player game in about a month please.

D'oh. That's the problem with creating a useful thread - now I'm expected to keep track of it.

Yep, I hear ya. I got myself a few of those and I'm always slacking...
Don't worry about my game, I'll send out PM's to all the players I would like to play to let them know when I'll be starting so they can be ready for it.

i bet i don't get a pm lol

nagerous · Post by **nagerous** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:59 am

spinwizard wrote:
AK_iceman wrote:
Aimless wrote:
AK_iceman wrote:Put me down for a 20 player game in about a month please.

D'oh. That's the problem with creating a useful thread - now I'm expected to keep track of it.

Yep, I hear ya. I got myself a few of those and I'm always slacking...
Don't worry about my game, I'll send out PM's to all the players I would like to play to let them know when I'll be starting so they can be ready for it.

i bet i don't get a pm lol

don't worry I won't either, I haven't played enough with AK to prove my worth even though I've never been lynched in 10 games

spinwizard · Post by **spinwizard** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:01 am

nagerous wrote:
spinwizard wrote:
AK_iceman wrote:
Aimless wrote:
AK_iceman wrote:Put me down for a 20 player game in about a month please.

D'oh. That's the problem with creating a useful thread - now I'm expected to keep track of it.

Yep, I hear ya. I got myself a few of those and I'm always slacking...
Don't worry about my game, I'll send out PM's to all the players I would like to play to let them know when I'll be starting so they can be ready for it.

i bet i don't get a pm lol

i've never been lynched in like 10-15 lol

don't worry I won't either, I haven't played enough with AK to prove my worth even though I've never been lynched in 10 games