Poll: What should I do?

Reyweld · 03-15-2017, 03:36 PM

So I made a deck building mafia game, but I think if I try to run it, it will crash and burn. There are a lot of secret things (as usual), but that stacked on top of the deck-building concept could lead to its downfall.

But,,,,,, I really want to run a "mafia"! Please help my decision by voting in the poll above.

a52 · 03-15-2017, 03:52 PM

I voted for all of them.

Reyweld · 03-15-2017, 05:09 PM

I think I am going to choose the first option.

A thread will be up sometime today in hawkspace, so don't miss out!

((Although, sign-ups will probs be at least a couple days))

Reyweld · 03-15-2017, 05:11 PM

(03-15-2017, 03:52 PM)a52 Wrote: »I voted for all of them.

Thank you for contributing to the democratic process.

ICan'tGiveCredit · 03-15-2017, 05:24 PM

i vore-did

Kíeros · 03-15-2017, 08:38 PM

Let's look at the continuous mafia equation:
d/dt p̃_m(t)=-m/(N-2t)p̃_m(t)+(m+1)/(N-2t)p̃_m+1(t)
Solving this equation, we get
p̃_m(t)=MCm(1-√(1-2t/N))^M-m√(1-2t/N)^m,
which we can convert to 〈m̃〉(t)=M√(1-2t/N), which is always decreasing over time, so a low-quality mafia game is more likely to survive the later in time.

So go on ahead, there should be no problems whatsoever.

a52 · 03-15-2017, 08:45 PM

Kieros is referring to this paper, by the way. However, after a cursory glance, it looks like those equations only apply to a simple game with only mafia and citizens, which does not seem to be the case with Reyweld's game.

Your move.

Kíeros · 03-15-2017, 09:00 PM

There's going to be some mafia and townies, else there would not be a mafia game. However, the setup is going to be complex to a point wherein there is not likely to be a cop, doctor, or other common role which modifies the phase transitions and/or information gathering abilities of the town. Since there are no common roles, we can assume within a margin of error ε>0 that |p̃_m(t)-p̂_m(t)|<ε for some N>Ṉ.

All this means is that more people need to play Reyweld's game to make it accurate.

Poll: What should I do? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Run it with a disclaimer, telling people that a full game probably won't happen.	33.33%	7	33.33%
New Mafia: Players submit roles which you modify (to "balance" the game) and give to random players on game start.	4.76%	1	4.76%
New Mafia: Players submit their role name and you make whatever.	14.29%	3	14.29%
New Mafia: Design a mafia, but make it simpler! Duh.	4.76%	1	4.76%
One of 2 or 3 but all done in a day! Challenge up!	4.76%	1	4.76%
Make a mafia in under an hour and throw it at us.	14.29%	3	14.29%
A random one of the above.	14.29%	3	14.29%
Don't run a mafia.	9.52%	2	9.52%
Total		21 vote(s)	100%