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[notquitethere]

Let's say we were playing this round my kitchen table and one of you said, let's take a whole 'nother hour to decide who to lynch. Someone else would say no way champ, we won't get time to play cripple mister onion at this rate, but we might delay if you said hey hold up a mo, I'm making felafels. Extensions are fine when people are busy but their existence encourages players to prolong the game just when there isn't a consensus or when they're unsure about the lynch. In the moment you could always use more time to discuss things, but for the sake of game that moves at a less than sluggish pace, and for more time to play other games, they ought be restricted.

[Jim Groovester]

As a barrier to entry for every other mafia game on this board it's kind of shitty to force players to go through a month and a half before they get to play in the big kid's pool, not to mention the wait time while waiting to get into the next Beginner's Mafia.

I think it's important as an introductory tool to make these games prompt.

[notquitethere]

Definitely. So what extension rule will you use for your BM? Each person gets one 24 hour extend? Only two or three extends per day? Hardline no extensions and 12 hour days  ?

[Tiruin]

..Why can't we try it Meph's way? Only x extends per day? That seems to work perfectly (because its mostly always used up :v) but with foresight of holidays of course.

[Max White]

Personally I see a benefit in days are a set time, extensions granted by the mod for extreme circumstances beyond peoples control, do your scum hunting in the time given or suffer... but that is just me.

[notquitethere]

but that is just me.

It's definitely not just you.

[Tiruin]

Waaait.

We haven't tried that proposal did we? Set days/nights, right? Let's try it once for good measure.

[Persus13]

I like the idea of each person having an extension, but I think that for the BM if someone replaces in close to deadline there should be a mod extension to allow them to get up to speed, especially if they are the one about to be lynched.

[Toaster]

I like the idea of each person having an extension, but I think that for the BM if someone replaces in close to deadline there should be a mod extension to allow them to get up to speed, especially if they are the one about to be lynched.

I consider that common courtesy for any game.  When I mod, if there are less than 24 hours in the day when someone replaces in, I add 24 hours.  This also applies to daykills.

[Jim Groovester]

Hardline no extensions and 12 hour days  ?

You know it, buddy.

Probably 72 hour days, with two 24 hour extensions at maximum. Limit a day to at most a week.

[Leafsnail]

Which setup are you using?

[makeinu]

Personally I see a benefit in days are a set time, extensions granted by the mod for extreme circumstances beyond peoples control, do your scum hunting in the time given or suffer... but that is just me.

In the games I play in on another site, we strictly enforce a 48/24 hour day/night rotation, with extensions only for holidays and exigent circumstances where the mod (GM) can't end the current phase on time. In general, it works very well, as it keeps players engaged in the game by enforcing a deadline by which they have to make a decision.

That does mean we don't use the hammer rule, and the day lynch target may not even have a majority of votes at day's end. We enforce an activity rule where a player is labeled Inactive after missing two phases without forewarning, and is subject to random lynch in the event the town can't make up their minds. We also require a minimum number of votes, generally 25% of surviving players, to avoid a random lynch.

It's always worked well for us.

[Imp]

I like the idea of each person having an extension, but I think that for the BM if someone replaces in close to deadline there should be a mod extension to allow them to get up to speed, especially if they are the one about to be lynched.

I'd say even if they're not the one about to be lynched.  Like take the situation that happened end of D2 for BM42 - it 'mattered greatly', at least to me and even if I'm wrong - as to how the replaced-in person voted and otherwise acted.  That stuff matters and that stuff can take time!

[Tiruin]

Which setup are you using?

So Jim said I could do the next one instead.

Are we all OK with:
> Experimental Setup
> Extensions done WHEN
- Player replaces in regardless of time of day (near/far) from deadline
- Holidays/Near Holidays
> Probably 72 hour days, with two 24 hour extensions at maximum. Limit a day to at most a week.

[Jim Groovester]

That all sounds reasonable.