Talking in code...

[PolarBoy]

Coded messages to people who you aren't already in communication with at night are probably a bad idea just about all the time. Everybody can see them, and therefore everybody can crack them. There has to be something that the person you're sending the message to knows to look for that nobody else would think of.

If you're already in communication with this person, that's easy, you just need to prearrange something. If you aren't in communication it get's a bit trickier. The "pig hints" from fairytale would be a good example. They didn't necesarily stick out in your face if you weren't looking for them(lot's of people misspell "bore", for instance), but there was no question what was meant if you were in the right frame of mind. Unfortunately it seems that the other pigs didn't think "pig" enough when they were reading the thread, because the clues went right past them.

As far as role-claiming, I don't think it's useful. A mafia can drop hints as well as anybody else. The only way it's useful is if you drop information that becomes public later. Unfortunately the mafia typically know those things too.

In don't think any of the arguments about how it affects the feel of the game hold any water. The fact is that most practical considerations about coded transmissions preclude any question of whether someone feels "left out". I for one never intend to put information out to the town in coded form and say "Figure this out, if you can, teehee." I just don't see how that could possibly further my cause as town or scum.

[PolarBoy]

Your

english

sucks too.