I‘ve been told that several people are planning to host games, so to avoid any problems like people cutting into each other‘s game signups and other things we may need a schedule of games.
For anyone who plans to host a game, you can either write in this thread for what month/day you‘re planning a game or edit it in the schedule yourself if you can.
Note that there‘s no limit to how many games can be had per month, but try not to have 2 games running at the same time.
Sign-ups!
To everyone who usually plays MG or those that don‘t want to miss signups, we‘re testing a new way to alert everyone to a new game instead of mass tags before each game.
All you have to do is go to>>this thread<<and press Watch on the top corner of the thread. I or a host will post there and notify everyone like this whenever a new game starts.
While hosting overall isn't necessarily hard, it's very easy to mess things up as we have seen plenty of times already. This naturally happens more often with newer hosts.
In order to get these new hosts familiar with how the game works behind the scenes and make it a smoother experience for everyone (no one wants a cancelled game!), we are establishing these sets of rules that follow the methods that have been used in the last 50 games:
-If it's your first time hosting, it's MANDATORY to have the help of someone that has hosted before. As long as they aren't banned, it doesn't matter if this person hosted twenty times or just once. This experienced host will be the "Main Host", while the new one assumes the role of "co-host".
-Tasks will be split in a rather equal manner so that the Main Host can keep things in check while the Co-host gets hands-on experience to learn properly.
-The Main Host has the final say when it comes to decisions (ideally, this won't need to be enforced heavily, it's mostly to avoid possible issues).
Once the game is over, the co-host can host on their own and even take the role of "experienced host" for a new host in need!
Adding to Gry question, will it be possible to play without a trainer?
I'm thinking it gonna be hard to find trainers for each person.
Lore wise you can justify it:
One day, Meowth came across a female Meowth named Meowzie. She rejected him, saying that he was poor and that she preferred humans, so Meowth attempted to make himself more human-like to make her love him. Thus, he painstakingly taught himself to speak human language and walk upright like a human. When he approached her after this transformation, she once again rejected him, calling him a freak. Heartbroken, Meowth remembered the first human word he understood—"mafia"—and was inspired to join Mafia Game.
Idk the only people I see that technically need a senpai are the newbies from last year, or any new players that never joined because they felt it intimidating, so could hosts @Farfalla@Erinyes maybe elaborate on what game size they are aiming towards, and if they have restrictions for who can be senpai/kouhai?
I understand it as an alternative to hydra game, but without both posting.
We imagine a small game of 12 to 15 pairs, there are plenty of pair options among the ones I tagged a bit before. There's no strict definition, anyone can take the place they feel more comfortable with, the goal - which should be a common goal tho - is to create an environment for people that feel insecure about how they play or how to play (in spite of how many games they have under them) to be in a place to spread their wings.
Adding to Gry question, will it be possible to play without a trainer?
I'm thinking it gonna be hard to find trainers for each person.
Lore wise you can justify it:
One day, Meowth came across a female Meowth named Meowzie. She rejected him, saying that he was poor and that she preferred humans, so Meowth attempted to make himself more human-like to make her love him. Thus, he painstakingly taught himself to speak human language and walk upright like a human. When he approached her after this transformation, she once again rejected him, calling him a freak. Heartbroken, Meowth remembered the first human word he understood—"mafia"—and was inspired to join Mafia Game.
Idk the only people I see that technically need a senpai are the newbies from last year, or any new players that never joined because they felt it intimidating, so could hosts @Farfalla @Erinyes maybe elaborate on what game size they are aiming towards, and if they have restrictions for who can be senpai/kouhai?
I.d do kouhai but not willing to give misha to anyone /sticks out claws
Plus I think it.s better for me to stick in the shadows this time since it.s an option, even tho I.d have liked to have a mentor ))
I probably don't, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't mind having a wise senpai cast their eyes over my thought process so I can further enhance my skills and become even more of a dangerous beast! Top 2 in Australia isn't enough, Top 1 is the next goal
You could be the Jotaro to my Star Platinum @Hardy could be the LeBron to my AD showing me the way @Lambu could be the... yeah idk Re:Zero is pretty fucking cringe so I've got no comparison for him.
I'd like a duo with you Sam, just that I feel like I could better help players that are afraid of posting or reluctant to post, as writing bunch of posts is kinda my main forte. And posting is not a weak point for you.
But it would be fun with you I imagine, so we can wait and see who all signs up and how the situation is before deciding