it’s also just
it’s shortform, you don’t get the same depth of reads as you would with forum mafia
it’s also just
it’s shortform, you don’t get the same depth of reads as you would with forum mafia
Okay fair
its definitely better for shortform but i do not
design that way or like playing that way
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
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
pls join save the animals yall
trillion hour seems actively negative utility
I mean tell me you’re making just as indepth reads in a game of town of salem as compared to a longform game
(no im not bashing the community, im pointing out that town of salem has a message log lol)
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
i am bashing the community
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
yea
lmao
im re-downloading tos now though
last played dec 2025
i played like 3 times in 2025 and they were all with icet
oh yea how do whispers work in irl botc
you get up, walk over to the person you wanna whisper and whisper in their ear
oh god
or just lean over for your neighbors if you want