Playing catchup. The reason I didn't answer UK question since last post is because A. That was....10 hours ago, when I left for work. and B. A reread of my available games in fact disproves me, and seeing as the other games are in play, I can't even guarantee that I've ever said something of the sort. Apologize for the possible hyperbole.
UncertainKitten wrote:
As for scum lying, the sleep mechanic IS constructed as such so that scum can't lie for too long as long as we stick TO forcing them to sleep at night. They MAY be able to skip one night phase. Skipping two would be too dangerous for them.
Not if scum stagger skips in regards to themselves as a party. If there are two scum, they can stagger night phases with minimal loss to their effectiveness. Obviously, three scum makes it both A. Easier, and B. Allowing the two-scum setup to work with both a Kill and PR ability (for as long as it takes to get down to a legitimate twoscum setup, anyway).
Then again, organized night phase sleeping is a mechanical trap, from a structural standpoint. An organized day phase plan is much better, but I don't see how to immediately exploit mass sleeping for more than a few days. That is to say, a PLAN for sleeping will only work for a few days, unless we're accurate with scumlynches. Nothing like having a few mislynches, getting cosy in bed, and having scum do a mislynch powerpush to victory without any town involvement. I still agree we need one, though. Any information is better than none at all.
Also: Oh god, you're a troper. I just got out, don't suck me back in.
Nikanor wrote:I thought I put this in my last post, but: The current plan is to assign half the town to sleep during the day, and the rest have to figure out when to sleep on their own time, right?
No. Trap. Anything that significantly skews down the required amount for lynching is a bad move. The last thing town needs is for a minihammer to kick in unexpectedly fast, start accusing everyone on the wagon of being scum, and then finding only one out of however many over the course of several days. I mean, that IS usually how games wind up, but town only wins with particularly good scumhunters in that scenario. I know very little of any of you, and thus aren't particularly keen on that idea, especially noting my own MS capabilities.
I can't see much of a benefit of having more than, I don't know....a third? of town sleeping at any particular point of the day. I also feel that we need to be careful of who we put on particular sleep cycles, just so we don't have, for example, stupid people debating for three days over pointless nonsense while the better players are twiddling their thumbs. It's probably best to ensure at least 1-2 constructive players active during any partial sleep segment.
"Not exactly related to the topic as a whole but what's the deal with putting quotes in your signature that have no relevance to your own life?" - Ythan
Jesters are also Decade's fault. ONORE DECADE!
. Just as long as flesh or blood aren't what you're aching for.