animorpherv1 the Town Redirector was killed
It is no longer possible for the town to win (before, technically ani could have redirected a kill onto a mafia member).
Therefore, your winners are:
, the role blocker (recharges every 10 days, has a duration of 2 days)
, the Mafia Bus Driver Neighbor (recharges every 14 days, has a duration of 2 days)
, the Mafia Tracker (recharges every 7 days, duration of 3 days)
Congratulations to the winners!
The town power roles still alive at the end of the game were as follows:
Manho the Tracker.
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My thoughts:
This game wasn't optimal for a number of reasons.
1. While I think many started excited, there were a significant number of lurkers that had to be gotten rid of. Given the extremely time sensitive manner of the game, this threw off at least one day and possibly more. I knew this was a risk, but I thought it was avoidable. I may have been wrong.
2. The power roles may not have been adjusted correctly, which is hardly a surprise. There was only one time-sensitive result the entire game. I think the solution would have been to have recharge times quicker and adjust the durations down (even making them hours rather than days).
3. Even though my timing of 7 days for lynches and 10 days for mafia gave the town one extra lynch than they otherwise would have, I think this was tilted in favor of scum. It's tough to only have 7 days, especially in a game that isn't really active.
4. The server's technical troubles probably affected this game more than any other. Given that this game is SO dependent on timing and it was SO frustrating to post for a long time, it's hard to blame anyone for letting the game languish. I know my own played games have suffered.
So for those watching, I'm not sure this is an entirely dead concept... I think with work and the right people it could be viable. But I'm definitely not ready to call this a "good" design yet. Personally, I think this game might be most effective as a Marathon Day game.
So I want to thank each and every person who played for participating. It was a fun experiment, and it had some memorable moments (Fishy's JOAT role-claim was simply brilliant. If the game were better and it weren't such a slaughter in favor of mafia, I might nominate him for best role claim. I won't now, but I'd be happy to second anyone who does so).
So thanks, and I'm sorry that it didn't turn out to be as spectacular as many hoped. Still, I think many had fun playing, but I won't try and put words into people's mouths.