Website Mafia Game (RM #6)

[hoshiro-]

Oh cool. I'm actually doing better than cyber

[Nemesis]

Oh cool. I'm actually doing better than cyber

you say it like it's hard.

[Trigger Unhappy]

Rolled for it. Vote Zambi

[Sin]

Rolled for it. Vote Zambi

Some people may find that scummy because you're "not taking ownership of your vote". I don't see it that way, but that's just me.

[I'm a zambi]

Rolled for it. Vote Zambi

[Trigger Unhappy]

Some people may find that scummy because you're "not taking ownership of your vote". I don't see it that way, but that's just me.

Yeah I've seen people debate this. By putting that I rolled for it, I'm letting people know that it is completely random and does not hold any judgement within it.

[I'm a zambi]

Just going to put this out there (taken from the meme mafia game):

FOSing Zambi (I RVS voted him earlier in the day).

I noticed the 'rvs' and ignored it, since it wasn't really detrimental. I'll start to panic once I get to L-2 or L-1, lol. Random one-off votes don't scare me though. It's when you guys bandwagon that it gets to me. That's why I'm holding off voting for anyone right now. Ya'll are too quick to bandwagon over the little things.

Telling someone you're RVSing may be good to back yourself up when the accusations of 'why are you voting for this person' start coming in, but it lets the person you're voting for know that you have no kind of factual basis for your vote. It's not intimidating at all and I think it's counter-productive.

[Sin]

Random Voting Stage (RVS) is hugely productive where little to no information is available, Zambo. It helps move the game forward and can cause players to react in revealing ways.

That being said, once RVS is over and there is enough information to work with based off of player interactions, tells, claims, etc... that's when it's okay to say "Hey, this is not a random vote" but this is usually not necessary as it's evident when RVS is over.

[I'm a zambi]

Random Voting Stage (RVS) is hugely productive where little to no information is available, Zambo. It helps move the game forward and can cause players to react in revealing ways.

And what I'm saying is that knowing the vote is random will evoke zero reaction (unless you're Cyber, but he writes essays on everything, so I don't think that counts).
I think the one rule for an RVS is that you really shouldn't announce it to the world. Whether or not people believe it's RVS when/if you do announce it is up to the them. Using fear to evoke a response is fine, but telling people what you're doing is counter-productive. Saying 'random vote: vote player a' simply won't work.

[Sin]

And what I'm saying is that knowing the vote is random will evoke zero reaction (unless you're Cyber, but he writes essays on everything, so I don't think that counts).
I think the one rule for an RVS is that you really shouldn't announce it to the world. Whether or not people believe it's RVS when/if you do announce it is up to the them. Using fear to evoke a response is fine, but telling people what you're doing is counter-productive. Saying 'random vote: vote player a' simply won't work.

Good tip. In the games of the past I would announce it because a lot of new players did not understand the concept of RVS.

Even still, reactions (or lack there of) are still discernable.