Why is Mafia a roleplaying game?I think it's better to, when creating these threads-
-Strongly define the setting early on
-Strongly define how the game is played early on; is it a traditional 1 GM/x players romp where the GM maintains world control, or is it more collaborative, etc; make sure expectations are defined
-Recruit your player pool before beginning, and don't just let anyone jump in and post without prior consultation.
Sounds like a game of Mafia to me :smug:
This is Carthrat's description of what you do to set up a RP. You do the same for a game of Mafia.
In a Mafia game, you get given a
role. You
act within the game in a way to fulfill your win condition. I don't think it's any coincidence that the terminology, roles and roleplay, overlaps here. The separation from co-ops/multiplayer is because
what you are in a game of mafia is not who you are as a person. The decisions you make in a Mafia game are part of you acting out your win condition. In the other games, letting your personal bias decide how you move in the game is the norm over trying to be a particular character.
What excatly is 'staff favour' for Mafia?The first games of Mafia were played in TARC. Once it started getting popular, the games got given a home in the then Unlimited Game Works section. Back then, it was possible to see who was viewing the threads, what action forum members were doing (such as sending a PM). TSO made a separate forum theme to block these exploits from UGW. When the forums got moved, Godmother and self-moderation was created so that Mafia could be managed independently. Kiro asked for an archive of past games, I saw to getting it done and asked TSO to give us the MSG storage section.
Mafia has always been a game where someone or other is going to take something said in the games too personally. Myself, Kilga and Edible would follow the games and step in if someone started going too far. Under normal forum rules, be an ass, you get probated or banned. But you're in a game and we don't want to ruin the game for the rest of the players. Punishment is deferred till after the player slot has died or the game ends. That's not all though, the person is only this bad because of the game. They're still decent in the rest of the forums. Let the punishment just be a barring from the forum games section, the Lynched punishment group.
Mafia has got over the years forum layouts, features and punishments adjusted to cater for the players. With Kilga and Edible as patron senior staffers, you have it far better than any other group or section of the forum in terms of staff feedback. There are other staffers, such as
Ruro, who dislike games as a whole. Given the chance, you wouldn't even have this section of the forums.
Since you ultimately don't want the old Mafia games archived separately from the new ones, I'll move them all together under Roleplay on Monday.
