From what I remember of the third game, the many-flagged version of the game worked incredibly well, but I also believe a large part of this had to do with the fact that the number of players had dropped by that point in the night. I'd be curious to see how it would work with a full onslaught of players. I don't remember exactly how many people were playing at that point last year, but perhaps some reasonable ratio can be figured out if we play a few rounds of this variant over this and next semester.
Also, perhaps it might be wise to make this a memory or somesuch in the cmukgb journal. It is likely to scroll of most people's friends pages rather quickly, and it would be nice to have a way to sticky it somehow.
Slightly off topic, but are non-CMUers allowed to play CtFwS? I have a friend who stumbled onto KGB's website and was really excited about the game, assuming he could figure out some way to get here.
I think that the third game was immense fun, but I think that a large part of that was due to the dramatically reduced number of individuals playing. It was an effective way to revive flagging interest (and ward off sheer exhaustion by that point).
I remember there was an issue last year with a team having a player with a stun wand right next to the recharge glyph, which made it pretty much impossible to stop them from stunning everyone who passed. It was suggested that there be a minimum amount of time (~5 seconds) between using an item and recharging it. I like that idea.
There are a great many issues like that which all fall under the general heading of "people need to stop being overcompetitive fuckclowns and remember that we play the game to have fun". The flags-in-different corridors rule sprung up out of the same sort of behaviour.
Unfortunately, no amount of twisty ruleadge nor Reason has been shown to stop the assmonkies from their assmonkying.
But if we simply gave up on stopping the assmonkeying, there would be no need for rules at all.... the whole point of rules is so that some people can't ruin other people's fun. I agree with rlambert that a max-recharge-rate rule would be a good idea.
1. Behind your back. 2. Stunned players may sing. See the definition of stunning. 3. Yes, but they don't have to give it up unless the jailer knows they have it. See the definition of concealment. Enforcement of this rule often falls under the assmonkey clause.
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Also, perhaps it might be wise to make this a memory or somesuch in the cmukgb journal. It is likely to scroll of most people's friends pages rather quickly, and it would be nice to have a way to sticky it somehow.
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Unfortunately, no amount of twisty ruleadge nor Reason has been shown to stop the assmonkies from their assmonkying.
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"Is that a Wand of Dispel in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"
Is stunning an effective counter to the Belt of Chastity?
(That is, can they still operate the Belt by singing even when stunned?)
Can the jailor ask every incoming prisoner for the potion of lubrication?
Maybe the mechanic that prevents this should be formalized.
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2. Stunned players may sing. See the definition of stunning.
3. Yes, but they don't have to give it up unless the jailer knows they have it. See the definition of concealment. Enforcement of this rule often falls under the assmonkey clause.
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