Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Proposal: We’re ready to start playing what could be the funnest BlogNomic dynasty in years, and I’m dead.

Self-killed, final vote 3-13. Failed by Darth.

Adminned at 29 Jan 2010 13:57:52 UTC

Cause all dead Guests who do not vote against this proposal to become Missing.

posted by redtara at 27 Jan 2010 23:07:51 UTC Comments (28)

Comments

Darknight: he/him

27-01-2010 23:18:57 UTC

against

Anonyman:

27-01-2010 23:43:36 UTC

against

tecslicer:

28-01-2010 00:04:28 UTC

against as per sanity

redtara: they/them

28-01-2010 00:07:06 UTC

It’s fine for the three of you; you can actually play the game.

Kevan: he/him

28-01-2010 00:41:23 UTC

against Not fine for any players who die in the future. If you’ve got an idea for a solid mechanic to bring dead players back to life, while still keeping the game fun for everyone, propose it as a permanent rule.

TrumanCapote:

28-01-2010 00:42:52 UTC

Oh fine.  ‘Dead’ people come back to life all the time in murder-mysteries.

for

alethiophile:

28-01-2010 00:47:53 UTC

against

Darknight: he/him

28-01-2010 01:09:20 UTC

this is turning into a soap opera. they always come back

digibomber:

28-01-2010 01:12:26 UTC

for

Rodlen:

28-01-2010 01:18:08 UTC

against

redtara: they/them

28-01-2010 02:51:03 UTC

All I’m suggesting is that the dead among us get the chance to actually participate equally for a while.

The game has hardly started; it’s mostly just been prep. My reward for this construction is death, which presumably comes with a huge penalty.

TrumanCapote:

28-01-2010 04:26:43 UTC

Possible ideas for participation when this proposal fails:

-Flashbacks
-Ghosts

Excalabur:

28-01-2010 07:05:16 UTC

against  against  against  against  against

Thrawn:

28-01-2010 08:36:34 UTC

for

Kevan: he/him

28-01-2010 10:59:56 UTC

Another in-theme solution would be for players to come back as the suspicious relatives of those who were murdered; they pick a different job, and have their Degree of Relation bumped up by a thousand (meaning that they probably can’t win, unless everyone dies once).

The murderers’ goal would then just be to kill everyone else once, at which point they’d win immediately before an angry mob could form.

Kevan: he/him

28-01-2010 11:59:40 UTC

Although bringing players back in as full characters does risk dragging the game on. As a player, I’d probably prefer playing two or three short rounds of an elimination-style murder game (which gets progressively faster as players are killed off), over one long round where everyone stayed fully active.

Keba:

28-01-2010 13:23:59 UTC

against i would vote for an idea, which would allowed dead people to come back generally. Ghosts would be a nice idea…

Klisz:

28-01-2010 15:40:00 UTC

against  because “funnest” is not a word.

redtara: they/them

28-01-2010 16:58:17 UTC

Darth: Firefox says it is, WordWeb says it is, Wiktionary says it is, and the Miriam-Webster’s dictionary says it is.

redtara: they/them

28-01-2010 17:49:41 UTC

Darth: Firefox says it is, WordWeb says it is, Wiktionary says it is, and the Miriam-Webster’s dictionary says it is.

Klisz:

28-01-2010 17:58:43 UTC

Yes, because I actually trust any of those sources, despite them all being full of lies.

redtara: they/them

28-01-2010 18:16:06 UTC

I think I’d trust the four of them collectively.

Klisz:

28-01-2010 18:21:20 UTC

LIES! ALL LIES!!!

Uvthenfuv:

28-01-2010 19:49:55 UTC

against I think we should find other ways

Ornithopter:

28-01-2010 21:20:51 UTC

against
per Kevan’s original comment

alethiophile:

29-01-2010 01:04:32 UTC

I’ve proposed a more permanent solution.

redtara: they/them

29-01-2010 01:49:01 UTC

Self Kill per alethiophile’s more permanent solution. against
Note I didn’t actually expect this to pass.

Oze:

29-01-2010 17:18:51 UTC

against I’m fine with staying dead; I’m rather busy ATM.