TWG CV SIGNUPS: Christmas in the Clink

[FictionJunction]

Originally Posted by yo man im awesome

are you fuckin serious

just play the game and get over it

except afrobane is a much better player than you and everything he's said actually matters a lot

[thesunfan]

stayed up past my bedtime hoping fojar would send the PMs.
Fojar is a bastard.

[FoJaR]

alright PMs going out.

[FoJaR]

final rules are that trust/trust results in each player having a 50% chance of getting a power.

everything is balanced.

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by YoshL

in as a replacement.

cause time.

did you just not see this? lol just wondering cause i was in like 100 posts ago ish

[FoJaR]

oh yeah sorry.

[FoJaR]

fix-ed

[Tps222]

I would have rather included Afrobean.

[FoJaR]

he's on the waiting list

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by AnkoAcid

i wanna plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

i don't know if this is also an "in" or not

[cedolad]

ah fack it

in for replacement

[YoshL]

( 4 replacements? ooooooo? )

[clasko1000]

Anko wants to play, Although shes not on the list.

[Afrobean]

HEY I DIDN"T GET MY PM

o wai

Originally Posted by FoJaR

he's on the waiting list

Does the game need so many potential replacements? Is that common occurrence in games here these days? That'd be awful.

You can take me out of the running for a replacement. I feel like I don't want to play this game as much as other dudes might [and I know fojar doesn't want me to play as much as other dudes]. And anyway, I really don't want to come into the game as one of possibly many replaced.

[thesunfan]

in the past couple of games, there's has been at least one replacement, so I'd say its fairly commonplace.

[Tokzic]

HAY GUYZ SO I JUST FINISHED READING THIS THRAED

Fiction's right. When you're hosting a game, you're essentially constructing a playground for your players. And while "being a dick" should definitely be avoided at all costs, there should be no penalty for playing within the rules. The rules should be define the boundaries for player behaviour. Players should feel like they have complete freedom to do whatever they can to win - within the rules. But you can't put up a playground with a slide and then reprimanding players for using it.

If you can game the system for guaranteed victory, you're not being a dick, you're pointing out a flawed system. We've had failures to launch over this kind of thing before. A good system, when "played" to maximum advantage, should have odds of victory >50%, but nowhere near 100%. If a "too good" solution is played, that's bad design and the game needs retooling. You can't blame your player for trying to win. You can't expect people to go along with, "WELL PLAY LIKE THE 90% SOLUTION DOESN'T EXIST" - that kicks the spirit of competition in the balls.