The Syndicate

My main info dropping issue is the recent trend of basically *demanding* that people reveal whether they have been targeted or not; insisting that people reveal just *what* they have seen that leads them to believe someone else is civ; implying that not spelling things out is somehow not a civvie thing to do.

For me, "spelling things out" is the opposite of civvie. It leads to too much info in the thread, as well as some non-info related problems.

I would like to see hosts get back to adding "do not reveal you were targeted under penalty" in all PMs.

Another hosting related thing; when I host, I never give results to people as to whether or not their power went through or not UNLESS they would normally expect results (like they are a power switcher, and would normally get a power to use, but they are blocked. I would in that case reveal the block). That used to be the norm, iirc. I would like to get back to that. This way, someone never knows if they were redirected, or blocked, etc. They just know what goes on in thread like everyone else, and are free to make assumptions, false as well as true. The less players that get PMs the less possible info available.

As for penalties, I only modkill for severely egregious stuff, like active poor sportsmanship. I have taken night powers away, and used cumulative silent votes as well.

OK, but you said up there ^^ that:

But that's not an info dump- that's outing oneself.

You're a baddie. *Votes Epi*

Self outing is a form of an info dump. You are dumping the info of your own role into the thread.

But true

Whats funny is that I am the suck at case making. I don't do it, becasue I am better at intuitive playing. But when i have info, I HAVE to make cases. So I do, and no one ever votes for the person I am pushing; they say, "Meh, that's a crappy case". If I played in my normal, "He's bad, I just KNOW it", though, I would get them lynched much easier. But I would FEEL like I was dumping, even though that is how I normally play.

Irony, eh?

But for future reference, when i am making crappy cases, I have info, wink wink nudge nudge

You so creative and stuffz

I like to suspend reality to some extent, the logic points are there, but they are harder to find. I like making it hard to pin down peoples roles.

As a host, I hated info before it was cool

Metalmarsh89 wrote:If they can't infodrop, have BTSC, self-check, or check dead players, the ability to use logic is greatly hindered.

I like that in a game. I strive to achieve this in all of my games.

I got rid of role checkers, lie detectors etc a long time ago. Only baddies have info like dead checks, and they have public info, so dumping is just going to get you lynched.