vollkan wrote:Hurrikaty definitely needs to post something substantial. The fact that she has made one sentence posts is inadequate and it shows that she is aware of the game, but is not contributing.
I only defend her because so many of you try to say how scummy she is all the time, where as I don't believe so. She may be lurking, but I think thats due to personal reasons not as a game strategy. Until I see some decent evidence against hurrikaty, or the lurking proves to be quite intentional, I'm not voting her.
Why are you so sure it isn't a strategy? I don't for a second believe that it is a strategy, but you can't just dismiss the possibility. There are good reasons to be suspicious of Hurrikaty, as there are with any lurker.
Until Hurrikaty posts something of some substance, there is every reason for people to think she is intentionally lurking.
This, to me, is the important part. I've been in and read games where people lurk, and it's consistently thrown out that "scum wouldn't lurk, they're more involved in the game" - which IME is totally untrue.
I have every sympathy for Real Life Gets In The Way Of Online Gaming. However, we all have to remember that the words on the screen don't appear by magic - they're put there by other persons. When you commit to an online game that requires large amounts of interaction, such as mafia, you are
making a commitment to several other people, as well.
You're making a commitment to play to the best of your ability - and if Real Life interferes with that, or you forget about it, or just don't feel like it anymore, hey, there's an option. It's called "replacement".
Popping in on occasion to post "hey, still here" and that's it isn't good gameplay, it doesn't help the town because it doesn't give us anything concrete to look at, and it's
very
anti-town.
I'd rather lurkers or "occasional drive-by posters" be replaced than lynched, but if they post fluff just often enough to avoid the auto-replace, and don't actually post content, then we need to consider that maybe they aren't just exhibiting anti-town behavior - maybe their role IS anti-town.