Spacedaisy wrote:Prisoner 419713 wrote:mod if players are inactive for 72 hrs can they jsut be auto eliminated from now on? its unfair that we have to suffer due to anothers inactivity
We understand your frustration and we did not expect so many players to be completely uninterested in essentially getting rezzed. That said, we built this game with specific dynamics and we can't unduly influence the game. Additionally, we set it up so that no show players can be either shanked (should a challenge be failed) or mod killed (after a prison break). Furthermore, you were given a freebie extra shank last night on a person who was barely contributing the minimum and desperately wanted out of the game. I don't think we have been in the least unfair. We have already mod killed four players for you.
I do appreciate all those of you who are participating and I'm sorry for those that haven't.
Ok. I hear what you are saying. And I am still going to say this, not to offend, just to point out an issue in that way of looking at things.
This game was built with a specific dynamic, and you don't want to unduly influence it. I totally understand that from a host's perspective. As it stands, that very specific dynamic IS being unduly influenced by non-participatory players, as you've noticed. It is not working the way you planned, because you didn't imagine players wouldn't participate. That means the specific dynamic has been broken by those players by not participating. Just as it would be broken if people were in here role-outing themselves, or identifying themselves. Would those people be modkilled for not following the participation rules?
Also, as it stands, we have absolutely NO WAY to win this challenge today. NO WAY. So why should any of us participate? If the idea here is to encourage players to participate... it would help if the endeavor were not pointless. I like to participate, and I see many of my fellow prisoners like to participate also. But participating in a fruitless endeavor makes even ME not want to participate. If this specific game dynamic only works when all people participate... then it is currently not working. Which makes it patently futile / unfair / broken / impossible.
Again, no judgment here. I just wanted to be clear that I am not just being a whiner because things aren't going the way I want them to. I have really enjoyed the game up to this point. It has been very fair, very balanced and very thought provoking. I would even say, I have had the most fun this game that I've had in a mafia game in a very long time. This is the first time all game I've experienced anything that might need mentioned, or adjusted slightly. And of course, it is up to you both as hosts to decide what (if anything) is to be done about it. I also think it's important that I explain why I see an issue with it, more than just whining "it's not fair" and stomping off.