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Pandarsenic

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Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« on: October 09, 2009, 09:35:21 pm »

I don't really get it. Why do people just stop posting? Why does it crash by day 2 or day 3 every time?

If I were to attempt a third run of it, what would you recommend I fix?
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2009, 09:40:03 pm »

I don't really get it. Why do people just stop posting? Why does it crash by day 2 or day 3 every time?

If I were to attempt a third run of it, what would you recommend I fix?

Lack of interest in mafia back then / An overload of mafia games back then
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2009, 10:19:49 pm »

Do you think it would fare better now?
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2009, 10:53:26 pm »

Do you think it would fare better now?
Not likely. You'll need to wait a bit.
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2009, 11:09:18 pm »

webadict, you played both attempts - what did you think of it? :I
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2009, 11:20:25 pm »

I liked the first time, and would have liked to finish it. Second time not so much, what with the unexplained convoluted words being integral to the game.

But there are a good number of games going on now or starting up soon, so it would be good to wait a bit. It might help if people hosting a series of games (Paranormal being the foremost example) would wait a bit between games to allow others to start up. That's a terrible idea. Pay no attention to it.
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2009, 11:32:02 pm »

webadict, you played both attempts - what did you think of it? :I
I liked it. Except I had to keep leaving.
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2009, 04:40:03 pm »

Hmm. Anyone else have anything to say?
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2009, 04:44:38 pm »

*shrug*

I'd try it out. 

I think a lot of those games tend to suffer from poor balance, which might be your problem.  I'd also try starting it as more games tend to later in the game, as suggested in the Mafia Subforum Policies thinger by Meph.  You might also try to play it with fewer players (10-12) for the first runthrough, to force people to be more active.
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2009, 08:45:41 pm »

I liked it, but then everyone lost interest.

I guess the same reason as noone joins my mafias. :I
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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2009, 11:25:34 pm »

I liked it, but then everyone lost interest.

I guess the same reason as noone joins my mafias. :I

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Re: Ridiculous Mafia - why does it fail?
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2009, 06:08:22 am »

I liked it, but then everyone lost interest.

I guess the same reason as noone joins my mafias. :I

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