2010-08-18, 04:48 PM
I think I can answer your questions, and since I don't have anything better to do, I will!
For #16, basically, the player list is going to be divided into groups (randomly), proportional to the number of players. Let's say that the sign-ups stop at 15, the best balance then would be to have 5 groups of 3. Each of the 3 people within a group can communicate with each other outside of the gameplay thread, but only within their 3-person group. The exception is members of a mafia group. A mafian can communicate with the other 2 players in his group, as well as communicating with his mafian allies. So, let's break down the list hypothetically:
Group 1
1. TobiasBlack
2. Kurtle
3. Infection
Group 2
4. xBTAx
5. Lord Xela
6. Ceddybear
Group 3
7. DualReaver
8. ElectricSix
9. Darkmaniak
Group 4
10. ThatHurts
11. Russt
12. Will
Group 5
13. Mephisto
14. ClawofBeta
15. SteelSeraph
Obviously I didn't do the groups randomly , but this is just an example. A bolded name signifies a mafia member. So, the players in group 1 can all talk to each other privately, but nobody outside that group, except for Kurtle, who can also talk to ElectricSix, Darkmaniak and Will. The other 2 players in his group won't know this of course, it's left to them to attempt to figure it out. If that didn't help, then, sorry. :<
As for rule #17, I think Ray typo'd it a bit. It should read "Ther are [x] factions (in the game). There may or may not be neutrals (i.e. independent roles). Basically, the number of factions will be determined by the number of players who join, and to learn more about neutral roles you can read up at this website: http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page You'll probably want to check out the "Newbie Guide," "Rules" and "Roles" pages.
Hope that clears things up for ya.
For #16, basically, the player list is going to be divided into groups (randomly), proportional to the number of players. Let's say that the sign-ups stop at 15, the best balance then would be to have 5 groups of 3. Each of the 3 people within a group can communicate with each other outside of the gameplay thread, but only within their 3-person group. The exception is members of a mafia group. A mafian can communicate with the other 2 players in his group, as well as communicating with his mafian allies. So, let's break down the list hypothetically:
Group 1
1. TobiasBlack
2. Kurtle
3. Infection
Group 2
4. xBTAx
5. Lord Xela
6. Ceddybear
Group 3
7. DualReaver
8. ElectricSix
9. Darkmaniak
Group 4
10. ThatHurts
11. Russt
12. Will
Group 5
13. Mephisto
14. ClawofBeta
15. SteelSeraph
Obviously I didn't do the groups randomly , but this is just an example. A bolded name signifies a mafia member. So, the players in group 1 can all talk to each other privately, but nobody outside that group, except for Kurtle, who can also talk to ElectricSix, Darkmaniak and Will. The other 2 players in his group won't know this of course, it's left to them to attempt to figure it out. If that didn't help, then, sorry. :<
As for rule #17, I think Ray typo'd it a bit. It should read "Ther are [x] factions (in the game). There may or may not be neutrals (i.e. independent roles). Basically, the number of factions will be determined by the number of players who join, and to learn more about neutral roles you can read up at this website: http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page You'll probably want to check out the "Newbie Guide," "Rules" and "Roles" pages.
Hope that clears things up for ya.