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United States2186 Posts
Don't know if this can actually happen or not but it'd be better to inquire here first and see what everyone's thoughts are because if it would be implemented it'd need to have pretty much the entire mafia forum's support.
Basically FW and I would petition staff if mafia could have its own sidebar since if Health&Fitness is getting it, why not us? Mafia has always suffered from a lack of exposure on TL and while things were going really well for awhile, activity is at an all time low.
Upsides: More players. A lot more. Clearly important considering our current deficit where we can't even fill 1 game let alone 2 or 3.
Downsides: Will attract a lot of the wrong people and there will be a LOT of modkills/bans. We've always been pretty insulated and tight-knit here and this might change that permanently. Are you okay with that?
Yes/No? Thoughts? If you think this is important please post a case for it.
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United States22154 Posts
I think its necessary. I honestly don't think it will have a huge effect on how tight knit we are as a community, and frankly, we can't keep going with only about 20 people being able to play. If we have a lot of modkills/bans so be it, its part of growing the community.
I say yes
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Foolishness
United States3044 Posts
I also say yes. We were worried about having the same downsides when the forum went public, but all that did was give us more players without any headache. I feel that this will be a similar situation to that.
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I say yes. I always think Mafia is on the sidebar because all the other sub-forums are. :/ So I just click sports/games every time I realize, disappointingly, that it's not.
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Radfield
Canada2720 Posts
Is there an issue with people messing up games which they are not a part of? Being insulated away from the masses of TL is partly what keeps ongoing games running smoothly. However, it's very possible that no harm at all would come of it.
I'm fine either way.
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FREEAGLELAND26780 Posts
A thread in Website Feedback would serve the trick. You guys just need to go populate one there.
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I think It would be good. We take the good with the bad, but we get a wide range of players (Maybe). hopefully meaning not the same 25 people in every game (Maybe).
As Vets (so to speak) it will be up to us to lead a good example for newer players to emulate. If we do this, then I dont think we have to worry to much about what kind of people we bring in.
We might have to make some rule changes for games though. Like not being able to post in a game your not apart of. We have been Fairly lax in having a random  from others outside the game, but what if We had 25 different people doing it? just something to think about.
I say Yes
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I say yes as well. Having new people far outweighs the risks of the potential modkills/bans. Perhaps that might mean having a minimum games played requirement for some of the minis (where modkills hurt the most)?
Im for it.
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Is this part of our plans to get a mafia mod?
1) Get on sidebar
2) Get games disrupted
3) Annoy mods all the time to ban people
4) ???
5) Profit!~ + Get a mafia mod!
I say yes though this does mean we'd be more public and so we'd have to cut back on spamming and be a bit less informal.
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Is there a way to keep random people from clicking on a thread on the sidebar, and posting "What's this?" or "I want to play!" into the middle of ongoing games? Maybe if it starts happening, we can add a warning to the top of ongoing games not to post if you aren't playing? (Can FW do that?)
That's my only concern, otherwise, I don't see how it could hurt us, and if it does, it's not like it isn't reversible. (Though the mods not might appreciate being bugged so much :p)
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FREEAGLELAND26780 Posts
On October 27 2011 11:46 chaoser wrote:
Is this part of our plans to get a mafia mod?
1) Get on sidebar
2) Get games disrupted
3) Annoy mods all the time to ban people
4) ???
5) Profit!~ + Get a mafia mod!
I say yes though this does mean we'd be more public and so we'd have to cut back on spamming and be a bit less informal.
Somebody remind me in a few days to bug the wizard about this.
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So if Qatol is an ancient Aztec god, would Prot be the Cerberus of our forum?
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I say yes (I don't think anyone is going to say no with how slow signups are  ).
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Yes if it is not on the main bar.
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United States2186 Posts
On October 27 2011 13:07 Meapak_Ziphh wrote:I say yes (I don't think anyone is going to say no with how slow signups are ).
Yea but its important that everyone shows support.
If you want this to happen please post!
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If this happens... think of all the new players who don't know my playing style.. Troll Frenzy!
aka I vote yes!
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