Thestatusquo wrote:You know what. There're just some things you're going to have to deal with with mafia games.
1) People will know each other outside of a game context. They will therefore interact with each other with a little bit more familiarity that with other players. This is completely normal. Unless it starts actually effecting the game (I.E. If aniX suddenly decided that he was not going to vote CPE because he likes him a lot.) it's your job to deal with it.
You mean like if its interfering with other people understanding who you are talking to and what about? Its affecting the game. YOU deal with it.
Thestatusquo wrote:It's an inherency on a mafia site that some people have been here a lot, and will have played, talked, interacted with others more than you have. There has not been one thing in this game that was game related that 1) was so incomprehensible that it couldn't be figured out, or 2) That was game related (I.E. not an obvious joke.) The onus is on you, as players. This is not a problem with this game, but instead with forum mafia where people know each other. You're going to have to deal. Furthermore, if you had ASKED instead of bitched and moaned about people using nick names, we would have just told it to you, and then it wouldn't be 'elitist, and cliquey.' The only reason it was, was because you didn't make the effort to find out what was going on, but instead tried to bitch and moan.
No one complained at first, it was just requested that you stop. But it doesn't matter - the request was unnecessary, DONT do it. Its disrespectful to the people you're playing with, and its discourteous to the mod by creating a large amount of contention in the game. It isn't up for US to make the effort to understand your pseudonyms, your out of game discussions and your personal references. It's for YOU to leave them out of the game. If you want to chat, go on AIM and chat.
Thestatusquo wrote:2) People will play with playstyles different from yours. This is my playstyle. I am not going to modify it for you, or anyone else in this world. I am not playing this way to confuse you, and I am not playing this way because of you, I am playing this way because this is how I enjoy my mafia.
No ones asking you to change how you PLAY THE GAME (which doesn't include side conversations), just accept the consequences of your choices without getting mad at someone else about them. You actions bring about a negative response in other people. You don't have to change, you just have to accept what happens because of them.
Thestatusquo wrote:We are playing mafia, you are not. All you are doing is complaining, bitching, and trying to find fault with what everyone else is doing, when it is pretty much par for the course. I suggest you stop trying to make the site change, and instead adapt to the site, or you are not going to have very much fun here.
No WE are playing mafia - you are trying to socialize with your friends. You have yet to contribute to this game in any real way. I've never been in a game on this site where there has been as much rude and disrespectful behavior as in this one - and I have been playing here for over a year.
There is a certain amount of meta that goes on in a mafia game - so familiarity with other people does come into play with how people perceive actions. However, that's completely different than bringing outside conversations and experiences that have occurred between people from outside the game that other people in the game can't relate to. Using other names to address players is inappropriate and disrespectful unless people are used to seeing those names. I don't want to have to look up in my notes every time someone refers to someone as Shea to figure out who that is. And your and Anix's reaction to Ecto's very reasonable request is offensive
to me
. I think an appology is in order.
I'm suspicious - in every sense of the word.
but there's much better stuff to work with.
