Mafia Rules Discussion

[Jamski]

I think the current speed of the game is fine. I don't really want to cut swathes through the village every night, and then bump off a handful each day for good measure.

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

How about everyone votes for (x) mafia and only the top voter gets whacked?

[Nubclear]

Docpiling I stopped plyaing because of that.

[Spaced Cowboy]

I'm trying to fins a way to minimize Docpiling, without going to a hidden ballot.

[Tuberski]

I, personally, have already found a way.



ACK!

[alva]

How about you can't vote for the same person back to back ?

It would make things more confusing though.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Prolly too hard to enforce.

[Jamski]

Simple way to stop docpiling.

If you don't like it - don't do it.

-Jam

[Rasputin]

but what about everyone else, the regulars always docpile. almost like it organsied

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by alva
How about you can't vote for the same person back to back ?

That wouldn't stop successful docpiling.

[Jamski]

but what about everyone else, the regulars always docpile. almost like it organsied

Well, the regulars are always saying "We want to avoid docpiling" "We hate docpiling" and then it happens again and again anyway. We must assume that either
a) People naturally docpile, because if everyone votes for someone else, you don't put yourself in danger, or
b) People like docpiling.

What do you think?

-Jam

[Skanky Burns]

Docpiling is done because it is the safest thing to do this round. You make it less likely you will die this turn and more likely that the person you vote for will be killed so they can't return the favour Rah-style next round.

Docpiling will continue while it provides these advantages.

[Rasputin]

all the more reason for secret voting

[Urban Ranger]

Looks like Snowfire has the best idea so far.

[SnowFire]

However, a public vote may be controverted by a PM vote. (I post on the forum, "I vote rah," but send a PM, "just kiddin', it's Skanky.")

Terrible idea. Why bother with public votes then? The point of public discussion is to try and figure out who really did it. Why would you want to hide your thoughts on that matter? And does it make any sense, flavorwise? (Discussion: "We should hang Jeb!" "Yup, Jeb's the murderer!" Result:"Er... okay... so we kill Fred now?!")

I don't really get it

Wouldn't everyone vote for everyone each round?

I assume this was in response to my suggestion. No, you wouldn't, unless you were being a psycho. If there are people you suspect more than others, vote for them. The villagers want to win, and that's more likely if they actually vote for those they think are the Mafia...

The biggest problem is that bookkeeping would be slightly tougher, since people would be offering votes like "I vote yes for Harry, Harriet, & Henrietta; no for everyone else." You'd have to keep counts for each suspect.