Turbo With Hidden Voting

Our House · #1 11-25-2007, 08:19 PM

Since voting mode choices have been added to the software, we're trying a new concept. Votes and vote counts are hidden until the day is over. They only display with the dusk writeup.

Secret Ballot Signup

This may or may not be balanced. This may or may not be a lot of fun.

Our House · #2 11-25-2007, 08:21 PM

Also, feel free to discuss the idea in this thread. I'm not overly keen on it, but it was a very simple feature to add (mostly for when human mods want to change the voting mode). We used to do this for final 3s in turbos.

DustinG · #3 11-25-2007, 08:36 PM

seems like it would help the wolves a little, but not too too much

perhaps something to consider if village has been dominating, which isn't the case atm

antidan444 · #4 11-25-2007, 08:38 PM

I'm not sure how much it matters, given everybody will probably indicate who they'll be voting for during the day anyway. But, maybe it would matter more than I'm giving it credit for.

Epicurus · #5 11-25-2007, 08:39 PM

im not sure i like this idea, but obviously ill play.
so much of the game, especially in turbos, is reacting to wagons as they form. off the top of my head i think it would hurt the wolves quite badly, and to a lesser extent also the seer(s).
im assuming that this concept relies on players not being allowed to say who they are currently voting for? otherwise it seems pretty pointless as villagers could just decide to lynch anyone who either refuses to say who they are voting for, or who is found to have lied about who they previously voted for.

antidan444 · #6 11-25-2007, 08:43 PM

If you keep players from saying who they will or will not vote for, the game seizes to be WW IMO.

Epicurus · #7 11-25-2007, 08:45 PM

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If you keep players from saying who they will or will not vote for, the game seizes to be WW IMO.

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i dont disagree, but i do think that, in that case, the concept becomes pointless.

Our House · #8 11-25-2007, 08:46 PM

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otherwise it seems pretty pointless as villagers could just decide to lynch anyone who either refuses to say who they are voting for, or who is found to have lied about who they previously voted for.

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That's a valid point and I guess it's why we never did this before until the final 3.

Hiding the vote counts all game would solve that, but I'm not sure how much of a solution it is. Also, there'd need to be a method set up to record them for (at least) post-game viewing.

chim17 · #9 11-25-2007, 08:53 PM

The proper village strategy is to say who you are voting for when. Anything else is pretty insane.

Epicurus · #10 11-25-2007, 08:59 PM

i think secret voting is best kept to games where you are playing as an individual with only your own agenda to further. but im still in if it goes [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]