gauging interest on my game concept

[saldana]

I want to float this out there before I actually put myself on GM list, so if there are enough people that are interested and willing, I will add myself to the small game list and get my ruleset finalized, so if this idea is something you would be interested in playing please post so in this thread...note that this is not a game signup thread


how many times has someone been lynched because they "are not acting the way they usually do"?

how many people have gotten lynched using the logic that "if Lathum is alive on day 2, he must be a wolf"?

if you have ever been one of those people, you understand how ridiculously frustrating it is to invest yourself in a game, only to be killed by your teammates without benefit of any actual evidence, simply because they have no one better to kil.

well here is your chance to get away from the stigma that is attached to your screen name....(and the gender confusion)!!

Saldana brings you - -Werewolf, the Double Blind Edition!!

in order to play Werewolf, the Double Blind Edition, you must be willing to give the GM and one other player your FOFC password

the werewolf game will actually be pretty simple, no insane mechanics, no action points, or bidding on services...just straight up wolves trying to eat villagers and villagers trying to kill wolves

the spin is that, when you sign up to play, you will send your FOFC password to the GM, and during Night 0, the GM will give each player someone elses log in information...for the duration of that game, you will play under the guise of a different player.

there will be a value to keeping your true identity hidden, so Olierage, HULK SMASH, vilegar, and even the avoidance of the shift key that is permeating this post, would need to be avoided.

lots of people get by (or get lynched) based on their reputations (see me in the Werewolf Draft game, or the fact that Hoops has only been lynched as a villager once)...this game throws away those preconceived ideas about all of us, and lets us prove our werewolf abilities in an unbiased arena




and when the game is over, you can change your board password

[saldana]

lemme know if you would want to play

[Passacaglia]

I'd do it!

[PackerFanatic]

Huh, sounds neat. I'd be down.

[PackerFanatic]

*hopes he doesn't get clap*

[st.cronin]

Interesting idea.

[RendeR]

I could be talked into it. Certainly creates options for people to "re-create" themselves =)

[KWhit]

Cool. Yeah. I'd do it.

[The Jackal]

Interesting, I'd give it a shot.

[path12]

I've tried to figure out ways to do this myself. I'm in for that.

[oliegirl]

That would be so cool...I'd definitely play.

[Danny]

Hmmm, sounds interesting. I'd consider it, but depends on when it would be done. Starting in mid August, no more werewolf for me.

[Lathum]

you know I would do it but I don't get the password concept.

Why can't I just create my own alias and register under it for the game?

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Lathum

you know I would do it but I don't get the password concept.

Why can't I just create my own alias and register under it for the game?

This is what I was wondering. If the names are the point, then the gm could assign the usernames - Lathum2, st.cronin2, etc.

[Poli]

I am against providing private information such as passwords and/or phone numbers.

[KWhit]

Originally Posted by Lathum

you know I would do it but I don't get the password concept.

Why can't I just create my own alias and register under it for the game?

I thought that might be a better option as well. But if not, we can always change our passwords to something just for the life of the game and then change them back after the game is over. That way people won't have to have your 'real' password.

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by KWhit

I thought that might be a better option as well. But if not, we can always change our passwords to something just for the life of the game and then change them back after the game is over. That way people won't have to have your 'real' password.

This makes much more sense to me.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by KWhit

I thought that might be a better option as well. But if not, we can always change our passwords to something just for the life of the game and then change them back after the game is over. That way people won't have to have your 'real' password.

I guess that would work.

[st.cronin]

I can see this being a feature re-used, so maybe have Barkeep sign up 20 or so aliases for use in multiple games?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

I can see this being a feature re-used, so maybe have Barkeep sign up 20 or so aliases for use in multiple games?

This is a really good idea. BK sign up 1-30 Player X (X being the number) with simple passwords, then when a new GM assigns the aliases to players via PM, the player must change the password to his player to something he only knows, and send that password to the GM, too, so the GM can change it back if the player goes AWOL or forgets to switch the password back after the game.

It would require some cooperation, but I think the benefit of trying something like this outweighs that. We could even do it with every game, not just sal's, although I guess we wouldn't be breaking any post records then with the forum's "new" status.

[oliegirl]

I just think the concept of playing and not knowing the "characters" would be awesome. We have all kind of adopted personas and certain things/traits we are known for - that is why people like Lathum, Hoops, AlanT, etc...get the heat they do as always playing a certain way. Maybe I'll get SeaLion into this game - that would certainly make his head explode!!!!

I showed him the ruleset (all 13 pages of it) for the Spawn game and his eyes about popped out of his head. He is now convinced I'm crazy...

[Barkeep49]

This idea certainly is one that could be reused as the idea has been floated by me in the past, and I know of at least one upcoming GM who wishes to do something similar. We have official OK for this and I indicated this to saldana via PM this morning. My guess will be that he'll want to do this and I will be happy to help facilitate it. There are obvious limitations with these identities, the most obvious being that we should only use them in this forum, but otherwise generic WW accounts are certainly feasible at this point.

~BK, YFWWM

[PackerFanatic]

Generic WW accounts sounds even better. Sweet

[Passacaglia]

I want to be NotBladeOrLathum. kthx

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I want to be NotBladeOrLathum. kthx

is that your account shithead?

[Danny]

That's a good idea, but I would advise more discrimination between user names then Player1, Player2, etc... I think if you did that people would get who said what mixed up quite a bit.

I would suggest something along the lines of Apple, Banana, Cupcake, Doughnut, Eclair, Frenchfry, etc...

Or something like that with athlete names, locations, whatever.

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by Danny

That's a good idea, but I would advise more discrimination between user names then Player1, Player2, etc... I think if you did that people would get who said what mixed up quite a bit.

I would suggest something along with lines of Apple, Banana, Cupcake, Doughnut, Eclair, Frenchfry, etc...

Or along those lines with athlete names, locations, whatever.

I'm impressed you got to F. E woulda stumped me and caused me to stop at D.

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I'm impressed you got to F. E woulda stumped me and caused me to stop at D.

Surprisingly, D was the tough one in that group for me

[Danny]

We could use athletes for people on teams we don't like. It seems all of the athletes who get names after them on here end up in some kind of trouble.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Danny

That's a good idea, but I would advise more discrimination between user names then Player1, Player2, etc... I think if you did that people would get who said what mixed up quite a bit.

I would suggest something along the lines of Apple, Banana, Cupcake, Doughnut, Eclair, Frenchfry, etc...

Or something like that with athlete names, locations, whatever.

cupcake is my pet name for saldana so that one is out

[RendeR]

I suggest the names of Large cities around the world.


Paris, new York, Berlin, London, moscow, tokyo, Rome etc etc.

easy to delineate in conversation, can be swapped around to new players every time a new game comes out.

[RendeR]

And it should be easy enough to come up with 30 unique cities, can anyone say..."Atlas"?

[EagleFan]

We could go with some FOFC history in the screen names. Think of it: HM, Kevin, GroundCat, a variety of Wigs, jdmagic, etc... all in one WW game, just think of the possibilities. Maybe even add some non-WW players in there for fun as well... QuickSand, Jeebs, BarnieLou, JohnG, ...



Of course this could also lead to us all being boxed.

[Passacaglia]

Eggplant? Or maybe just egg?

[Danny]

Garlic, Humus, Icecream, Jicama, Kiwi, Lollipop, Moonpie, Noodles, Oyster, Pickle, Quiche, Rubarb, Salami, Tofu, Unagi, Veal, Waffle, Xanthangum, Yam, Zuccini

[saldana]

for those that asked, the answer to the question about aliases is: i asked about this a long time ago, and skydog never answered me, then i asked barkeep to ask him, and he either didnt get an anser, or was told no...the password swap was the only thing i could think of as a workaround, but since we now have alias creation authorization, that would absolutey be my first choice.

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by RendeR

And it should be easy enough to come up with 30 unique cities, can anyone say..."Atlas"?

I want to be from Lynchburg!!!!!!

[Passacaglia]

I tried to send you there Friday, but it didn't work.

[Chubby]

with alias creation I'd be game

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by saldana

for those that asked, the answer to the question about aliases is: i asked about this a long time ago, and skydog never answered me, then i asked barkeep to ask him, and he either didnt get an anser, or was told no...the password swap was the only thing i could think of as a workaround, but since we now have alias creation authorization, that would absolutey be my first choice.

SKYDOG IGNORED YOU!!!!!

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I tried to send you there Friday, but it didn't work.

That is because I'm not a wolf in BK's game!!!!!

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

That is because I'm not a wolf in BK's game!!!!!

I guess I didn't really go into whether or not you get Pass Points for saying it in a different thread. I'll have to retool the system.

[hoopsguy]

I'm the guy that was/is looking to use this in a future game. For "Apocalypse 2" when you pick your superhero/villain you will be signing on as them for the duration of the game.

Obviously I think it is a neat concept and I'll be excited about the possibility of playing with a name that is not "hoopsguy". Not that I have the best/worst rep, but there are consequences associated with a WW track record.

[claphamsa]

Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

*hopes he doesn't get clap*

jerk!

[claphamsa]

i like the idea.. im not sure how well it will work, but itll be fun.. i guessing by day two everyone wiill know who most poeple are.... but it will be fun to try and figure out!

[hoopsguy]

I'l b hrd to figr w/me knu ID

[saldana]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

i like the idea.. im not sure how well it will work, but itll be fun.. i guessing by day two everyone wiill know who most poeple are.... but it will be fun to try and figure out!

well, under my game idea, there will be multiple winning conditions that can only be met by either remaining anonymous until the end, or by correctly figuring out who other people are, so it will be to everyones advantage to disguise themselves.

[claphamsa]

i think it sounds fun..... i dont see most of us actually being annonmous tho

[SnDvls]

this sounds like an awesome idea and with alisis' now even more fun.

[NotBladeorLathum]

Originally Posted by Lathum

is that your account shithead?