Re: [werewolf] thoughts on fixed time

[Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com>]

I'd be in favor of default night roles independent of
any other changes.  I would suggest the following. 
One could decide whether these defaults apply
immediately or possibly after a fixed time period
after the concluion of the day:

1) The angel/medic continues to protect the same
person as last time.  If the person protected last
time is dead (or no choice has been specified), the
angel/medic protects himself.

2) The first wolf to specify a kill sets the default
for the other wolves.  If night falls before anyone
disagrees (by specifying a different victim), that
choice is used.  If night falls and nobody has chosen
anybody, a random innocent person is queued.

3) The seers/police investigate someone chosen
randomly from among the choices made by the
seers/police (i.e., if there are multiple seers/police
the ones who did not get their preferences in don't
count).  If no choice has been made, pick one randomly
from among unknown (i.e., not previously investigated)
candidates.

Oh yes, and one suggested refinement to voting.  If
the last player to vote is the majority victim, his
vote is not necessary for closure (so you don't have
people put in the situation where their vote is
suicide).

Now that would speed up the game :-).

Cheers,

Lyman

--- Mark Hartwell <hartwell@copper.net> wrote:

> 
> Michel Schaake wrote:
> 
> >hartwell writes in werewolf game 124
> post-game-discussion:
> >  
> >
> >>..."fixed time turns"...
> >>
> 
> >>...the day ending at 12:00 eastern time
> >>and the nights ending at 16:00 eastern time 
> >>
> 
> 
> >Fixed time could be a good thing. 4 hour nights in
> a fixed time game would
> >be a bad thing IMHO. It would make responding to
> actual events impossible
> >for some time zoners.
> >  
> >
> actually, that's the beauty of the plan.  You (as a
> player in time zone 
> x) know whether the turn ending times work for you
> or not.  under our 
> current scheme, turns end as enough votes are cast. 
> so there's no way 
> to know if the game is going to work with your
> schedule.  AND, we're 
> almost guaranteed to hear "gee, i go to a 4 hour
> meeting and three days 
> pass by, what happened!?!?!"
> 
> i listed a noon day end and 16:00 night end just
> because that would work 
> well for me.  i'd be inclined to join such a game. 
> if it doesn't work 
> for you, don't join, start your own. 
> 
> also, the reason the nights can be so short is: 1)
> night moves can be 
> queued, 2) the rules could be tweeked to allow
> "default"  selection for 
> most players.  for instance, if there are three
> wolves and 2 select 
> playera, and the third wolf never makes a selection,
> i don't have a 
> problem with playera being killed by wolves.  same
> with the angel 
> protecting himself.
> 
> 
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