Pokemon Malfia-After Disaster

[Kaden]

I called the mafia so early this game. Was talking with Teemer on Mumble when I did it, too. He can confirm.

That and Doe pointing a target on his back, followed by Kaden as well with their blatant evolution. Doe could have held back and had 2-3 possible candidates evolve at once and not have Mafia know that he was so well a target.

The powers were horribly unbalanced between mafia and town, really. MewTwo could have been the only ability that the mafia had and it still would have been mostly unbalanced.

Then you give them someone who can mimic MewTwo's abilities and someone who not only kills people who visit them, but can also turn up town on investigation.

Which, of course, brings up the town's investigative abilities. We had Growlithe/Arcanine who ended up revealing himself, and Drowzy/Hypo who's investigative abilities were completely contingent on whether or not someone posted during sleeptalk. If they did, the power was worthless.

Then there's also the meta-game of evolving. It's a cool concept, and adds a lot of flavor, but does not promote balance at all. The mafia had two-to-three "kill" powers per night, making evolution pretty much worthless. If one person evolved, then they either used MewTwo/Ditto to neuter them, or they killed them outright. While evolution should be a liability, it ended up being neigh worthless.

The other thing, and this I attribute to Mal hosting for the first time, is that the host was simply giving out too much information. Though I disapprove of how Teemer expressed his dissatisfaction, and I made sure he knew as much, I agree with the sentiment. The whole point of the game is information gathering, and just letting everyone know who is which pokemon is a huge advantage to the mafia.

Now, the town (read: Meer) could have played this significantly better as well. If we had let multiple people evolve on day one, we might have ended up with a sheriff who could do something, or a doctor that stayed alive. The town's pokemon needed to be evolved in order to have any kind of shot at winning and that just didn't happen.

Additionally, if you're going to sign up for the game, actually play it. It's fucking retarded to have people sign up to play and then do and say absolutely nothing. Ever. Yeah, some people are busy and can't make a post. That's fine. That's not the problem. The problem is people who regularly and consistently sign up and don't do anything. If you're going to do that, don't play at all. Or, if you're going to just sit there and be pissy because of X, then say something to everyone else.

EDIT: I don't say any of this to make it sound like everything was awful, or whatever. I like the format and think it could be a lot of fun to try again. I want to provide useful feedback.