Tol-in-Gaurhoth (Isle of Werewolves)

[Diamond18]

Originally Posted by Spawn

It's true that when you die in a game, you can't participate in the villagers' discussions anymore, but you can still enjoy the game by reading it. When there was just one game going on at a time, if you got a spot in it, it was great and you did your best to stay alive and commit to playing. Now that there are two simultaneous games, it's not a big deal if you die. On the contrary, if you manage to get yourself killed early, you get to play in two games. All this planning "if I'm dead by then" etc. just seems a bit inconsiderate towards the mod of the game that the player originally joined.

I guess I don't really see it that way. And if the mod takes it that way, well, you can't control how other people view things. Personally, I like winning, and the longer I can survive in a game, the more it feels like winning. Of course, in Val's game I was the Hunter so in order to perform my role I needed to die. Ergo, I had plans for dying. Though, it still drives me crazy to not be able to post anymore. But anyway, I think anyone who truly enjoys werewolfing likes to stay alive in a game (though reading your own death scene is fun!) So I can't really agree that this worry about players not caring about the game enough because they know they can join another one, is that big of a deal. Those kind of players aren't really going to be as into werewolf as others are, no matter what. I think it's a fair assessment to say that players such as Nogrod and I signed up for this game as soon as we were dead in our last, because we think werewolf is really fun. Nothing so inconsiderate about that.

When I told Farael I might play, depending on how Valier's game went, I was just letting him know that I had interest in his game. If there was a conflict between the two games, though, Val's game would without a doubt be my first priority. I think that was clear.

Everyone has a different way of approaching the games, and some of us have more time on our hands to devote to them. I can play in one game, express my interest in another, and plan my own at the same time, without feeling overwhelmed. Those who can't balance all those things, shouldn't. But again, it's a personal desicion.

Originally Posted by SpM

Perhaps it is just the unseemly rushes from one game to another that prompted my concerns after all. I do think that a committment to a game should be whole-hearted and for the entirety of that game, as it does seem rather hard on a mod to be talking about the possibility of dying in his or her game in order to be able to play in the next.

Again, I don't see it as unseemly. One can be committed to playing a game and still acknowledge the fact that, because of how the game works, they might be out of the game before it comes to its conclusion. If you don't enjoy the game enough to do your best, you shouldn't really be playing in any game -- Senior, Junior, one after another, or few and far between. But that's an unrelated matter.