17776th poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 11)

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#13510

it’s also just

it’s shortform, you don’t get the same depth of reads as you would with forum mafia

#13511

Okay fair

#13512

its definitely better for shortform but i do not

#13513

design that way or like playing that way

#13514

I like designing for it and forum mafia

I like how it presents intrinsically different design challenges, but I can still apply my knowledge of forum mafia and have my work turn out better for it

Like, the game acknowledges that thunderdomes aren’t actually that fun most of the time so tries to avoid them, and when it doesn’t it puts in a different consequence that alters how the thunderdome plays out socially

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#13515

its moreso not having message logs i think

you can play trillion hour BOTC and reads still wont be as good as a 7 day longform game due to it

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#13516

pls join save the animals yall

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#13517

trillion hour seems actively negative utility

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#13518

I mean tell me you’re making just as indepth reads in a game of town of salem as compared to a longform game

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#13519

(no im not bashing the community, im pointing out that town of salem has a message log lol)

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#13520

i dont make indepth reads in town of salem because the players there are elementary schoolers not because of the length of the phases

if you look at mashs / turbos theirs still a lot of good quality reads there imo despite the shorter phases. it largely depends on playstyle, but botc games going for like an hour + a lot of the time can create a lot of engaging reads. the main thing is that

  1. whispers detract from that
  2. lack of message logs makes it hard for you to cross check / build convincing cases
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#13521

i am bashing the community

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#13522

I think this is a consequence of online botc and not the general game design

in real life you’re supposed to remain in the magic circle

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#13523

yea

#13524

lmao

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#13525

im re-downloading tos now though
last played dec 2025
i played like 3 times in 2025 and they were all with icet

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#13526

oh yea how do whispers work in irl botc

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#13527

you get up, walk over to the person you wanna whisper and whisper in their ear

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#13528

oh god

#13529

or just lean over for your neighbors if you want

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