UH…
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huge fan: john carter
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m fine now just a bit dizzy
PAC was a supremely fol game, maybe the most fol setup of all time newsite?
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most fol setup of all time oldsite is definitely clown fiesta
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Anyway, the FAM 5 team had a post-game discussion about the issues we were well aware of. I’m not going to rehash any of that here. The important thing to know though about the FAM 5 team is that, like most mash teams, it’s people who volunteer. With something like an Anni or a FAM, it’s a one-off team that will likely never come together again in the same composition. I’ve been in the room with varying levels of involvement for FAM 2, FAM 3, FAM 4, and FAM 5. The team has been different each time, and meshed well in some ways and less well in others. Even when there were people who came back, what they did varied based on their energy level at the time, other commitments, and influenced by what other members on the team were doing.
For my part, I knew I had a parallel engagement with Anni 2025, and was very upfront that that game was going to be taking the bulk of my focus, but agreed to be around for FAM 5 to give thoughts and help balance (which is more or less what I ended up doing and was similar to my engagement for FAM 2). However, in FAM 3 I was a bit more active in the design process, and was much more involved during FAM 4. It’s not as much about who is in the room as much as it is about having a team with the right level of time and energy.
FAM 5 may have fallen short of some expectations, and I get that, but, all in all, it was still a pretty good game. Obviously, there were things that could be done better, but it wasn’t a disaster by any means. The team was overall very green in terms of mash hosting/design, but they still came together and put out something good and that’s something to be proud of. It’s a really hard to thing to do.
And the reality is, FAM 5 only happened because of the folks who volunteered. The only way FAM 6 will happen is if people agree to help out again next year. Sure, you can give me and MapleMay a couple weeks and a spreadsheet, and we’ll have you a mash that’s going to have decent balance and mechanics, but that’s not what a FAM (or any anniversary mash) is about. It needs active members of this community, people who regularly play here, and know other people to come up with ideas and fit those ideas to mechanics. And I think the FAM 5 team did a really good job of making an anniversary mash that was a good celebration of their community, and that is more important than it just being a good mash (which it was despite the issues). It’s way better to have folks who want to be there, and are excited to make something for their community than to just fill the team with mash veterans who aren’t around all that much.
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what if the wind caught up with me; started to change when i did
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true
FAM5 was rushed, however, I don’t think it particularly comes across in the end product unless you hyperanalyze things.
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He nobly knelt before us,
He sang our savior’s chorus,
We left him spinning bloody plates,
Upon his broken blade
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ive been hungry lately
its kinda weird
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m not too used to feeling hunger at all
not cause ive been well fed its just one of those things i don’t really get
im still of average weight
it’s quite fascinating what eating way too much sweets does for you
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oh right my updated tierlist
i can’t figure out whether fam2 was good or not cause i just… cannot remember it for the life of me
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i was very sick you see then i lost the vast majority of my memories before 2023
amd fam2 was in 2022
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m just gonna go with n/a
i don’t think i had much fun in fam5 cause wolfing was just. boring. i didn’t have to fight for anything and if i 15 posted and spent the rest of my game playing yakuza like a dragon and streaming it to wolfchat i would’ve still won
i felt as if i at least had a solid part in fam4’s victory
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m not sure if me wolfing in 5 was boring cause town didnt do too hot after d2 or because i just don’t enjoy wolfing anymore though
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mech would be
3’s my favourite, i loved those roles and i’m so upset that the maj were never used
i’m not sure which between 4 and 5 are better. 4 had prettier rolecards and i actually enjoyed the idea of some of the mechanics even though they didnt do all too much (guilds, superlikes) and 5 had infinitely better events
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