In post 381, Bulbazak wrote:Just going to put in my two cents here. I think the replacement system worked perfectly. Zor's right in that management can't keep track of all the personal conflicts. Replacements, just like anything else in this game, came down to strategic choices. I had Kagami Hard Carry marked as a replacement pool in case of emergency, and getting Mollie to replace Who was the best decision our team made. Likewise, Mollie campaigned for my recruiting Wisdom when Eddie couldn't keep playing. I understand MS's frustration, but Mollie's replacing into his game was a switch, a game mechanic and therefore a very strategic choice. I thought long and hard about that move and talked to both players involved before making it. Did I know about Mollie's history with ABR? No, but that wasn't the point of the switch. The point was to get Eddie out of a situation he couldn't handle and get someone in there who could, especially when it came to dealing with Nacho. I wanted someone who could have more pull in that game, and Eddie and I both agreed that he wasn't cutting it. Scum would have won via manipulation and gotten Eddie lynched, potentially for the win. I shut that down via a game mechanic. If this competition is about who is the best and the strategy involved in playing a game on this level, then the teams need to have some control over replacements when their original members walk out on them (informed or otherwise). If you're complaining because someone's strategy inadvertently stepped on your toes because you have issues, then suck it up. This is Team Mafia. If you can't take your lumps, then you shouldn't be playing.
Btw, I'll be okay with our team PT being made public.
Oh, it worked perfectly all right. But it's cancer to scum and thus uncompetitive.
Simple question: is it easier to obvtown as town or obvtown as scum?
If I get a powerful obvtowned, will he benefit more in a town slot or scum slot?
Here is a simple thought experiment to illustrate my issues with the current system:
Bulbazak is town, but he is lurkaderp and under fire. He needs a replacement. His team is superb, so they find a great town player on the site (I shall use the example of fferyllt). Boom. Slot saved, lynchbait off the table. Scum get cancer.
Bulbazak is scum, but he is lurkaderp and under fire. He needs a replacement. His team is superb so they find a great scum player on the site (I shall use the example of ETL). Boom. Slot gets policy lynched because "scum game too good, paranoia. Scum get cancer.
my point is: having the ability to choose your replacements for your team after the game has started already to improve your wincon is introducing
very strong
outside influences into the game, which is more often than not townsided.