Hydra Discussion Thread

For large social games such as Survivor where the primary mechanic is social interaction.
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Post Post #50 (isolation #0) » Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:41 pm

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I think two things:

1. Leave it as host choice on whether or not they are allowed.
2. If you are going to have them, make it known it’s an option so people know whether it’ll be their cup of tea or not. Also make it very clear how the hydra will operate in that game to balance things out.

Is there really any further discussion needed on the subject?
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Post Post #55 (isolation #1) » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:05 pm

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In post 52, D3f3nd3r wrote:
In post 50, Malkon05 wrote:I think two things:

1. Leave it as host choice on whether or not they are allowed.
2. If you are going to have them, make it known it’s an option so people know whether it’ll be their cup of tea or not. Also make it very clear how the hydra will operate in that game to balance things out.

Is there really any further discussion needed on the subject?
And then when every mod likes hydras and I refuse to play any game because of this, that's problem solved, right?

Sorry, not a great day, but this comment feels very dismissive.
Not the intent. More just trying to see if I could find a compromise and be inclusive to both sides of the fence.

Clearly it was taken not as that.

Carry on.
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Post Post #95 (isolation #2) » Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:34 pm

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In post 94, Fluminator wrote:Playing a hydra in a survivor game was extremely fun and I will forever treasure that game

omegah it flammykins muah ;)
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Post Post #115 (isolation #3) » Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:27 am

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Honestly I was kind of on the fence on this topic.

I think we need three things in place going forward if we choose to have hydras be part of games in the future.

1. I think it's going to have to be all-hydras or no hydras going forward. (if we choose to have them in games)

2. I think we need to limit the amount of games that allow hydras each year. 2 at most, probably just 1 or 0 in reality.

3. I do not think people should be allowed to pick their hydra partners going forward.

It's been an interesting experiment to say the least and I very much love the idea we tried something, but I think we have enough games and data about hydras to make more informed choices going forward.
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Post Post #145 (isolation #4) » Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:26 pm

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In post 141, kdowns wrote:
In post 139, kdowns wrote:I also have to /out unfortunately

WHY DID IT POST HERE I WAS IN THE OTHER THREAD.

Im stupid ignore me
Damn hydra heads, always getting in the way of your thread postings.

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