For Simplicity's Sake Mafia 2: Mafia Wins~

[Xeras]

Actually when Nazou and Aphrah had 3 votes each, I was hoping someone would come along and vote for one of them.

Then you broke the uncomfortable tie, and made it so I couldn't extract information. When we were at two votes each, I seen that no one was voting to save anyone, so at the last minute I switched and tried to get a mafia offed. =/

[Necrofantasia]

This is more of an administrative note, but perhaps this game is dragging as people are just burned out on Mafia for now? We've been going pretty strong for several months with the only breaks being during sign-up periods, at which point some people are still active as the games are trying to recruit new players. Maybe we can just take a two-week break after this game is done to recharge. Then we'll be ready to have a really active game again.

[Xeras]

This is more of an administrative note, but perhaps this game is dragging as people are just burned out on Mafia for now? We've been going pretty strong for several months with the only breaks being during sign-up periods, at which point some people are still active as the games are trying to recruit new players. Maybe we can just take a two-week break after this game is done to recharge. Then we'll be ready to have a really active game again.

I honestly feel the same way. >>
The lack of activity itself is bothering me. That, and a small rest to reorganize my thoughts would be pretty good as well.

[vampko]

Sad...guess I'm the only one who's not burned out at all?

Too much imagination in this head I guess

[Shizuka]

I'm still thinking on host the next game. I can't confirm it, but as we may be having a two-weeks cooldown, I'll have plenty of time to decide.

[Necrofantasia]

Sad...guess I'm the only one who's not burned out at all?

Too much imagination in this head I guess

I'm just gauging that from the relatively low level of interest in this game. I know I'd like a break.

[Xeras]

Sad...guess I'm the only one who's not burned out at all?

Too much imagination in this head I guess

I'm not really burnt out either, but I am frustrated with the lack of activity, which is why I jumped on the break bandwagon.

[SjSharks182]

Maybe we can just take a two-week break after this game is done to recharge. Then we'll be ready to have a really active game again.

I've had many of these breaks on another site, and it's done jack. It's pretty much just ignoring the problem for two weeks and trying again later. Though, we are a pretty sharp group of people, so maybe it would work for us.

I'm pretty sure this is a relapse from recent games where there was an absence of scumhunting. Necro's game was pretty much process of elimination once all of the townies had been cleared. Which is still scumhunting, but it's still reliance on the pr's. And Vampko's game where all but two of the anti-town roles were killed by a pr at night (the reason for those was primarilly gut and "lolhesworeatme"). 1 mafian we lynched had given up, so there was really only one instance of scumhunting that was taken seriously, and it wasn't too complicated. Lopez just messed up his claim.

I don't exactly have a solution other than being wrong is better than being silent. Go with your gut, just because it's not concrete, doesn't mean it's not voteworthy.

Spoiler:

And hey, at least this is miles ahead of NISA mafia

[Necrofantasia]

I was just suggesting a possible course of action. If people don't want to take a break, I'll cowboy up. The overall tentativeness of the group really has diminished the scumhunting possibilities this game.

[lopez]

I'm focusing/worried about my national exam, sorry I couldn't be more active. I'll join Shiz's next game and try to be more active

I could see why people are more quiet this game. The tag team rush of Axe and Clay can be quite daunting, especially when it forces people to bandwagon one way or another...

[vampko]

Claymore's dead >.>

[lopez]

Claymore's dead >.>

You missed the point, though that's probably because you assumed I thought he was still alive <.<

The point was the aggressive shotgun style approach to their tactics; spray shot everywhere and hope it hits something. That's how Shiz and Miz died last game >.>

[darkclaymore]

Claymore's dead >.>

You missed the point, though that's probably because you assumed I thought he was still alive <.<

The point was the aggressive shotgun style approach to their tactics; spray shot everywhere and hope it hits something. That's how Shiz and Miz died last game >.>

So isn't that a good thing? It did work

And how can people burn out when they hardly comment anyway? In ALL games

The problem with the mafia games here is that they become active only in the last few hours during the first days (or in any day without clues I suppose). Most of the time you don't really have anything to do, and then, suddenly, the thread becomes active while you're gone and you miss all the action.

[Aphrah]

I'm fairly new to Mafia so a break for me would be unnecessary. For me, it's not a matter of being active and posting often but rather the following:

1. My internet has been horrendous as of late. Constant disconnections and slow speeds plague me. I've already contacted the provider numerous times but it's all been to no avail. I tend to lose the will to post after my connection drops. Which is often, I might add.

2. Time zones. This is the more problematic issue of the two. People start posting here as I head off to bed, and similarly, most of the people here head off to bed as I wake up. 11:30pm PST is 7:30am here, and that’s much too early for me. I'm not saying that this needs to be changed or anything, it's just that I'm unable to change my vote before the deadline.

[Xeras]

[Sj] Will you end the night phase when all night actions are sent in, or will you wait until 11:30ish?