Whisper Thread IAG Plays BotC - Game 2
Put your whisper requests etc here.
Whispers
Imagine yourself playing the game in real life. You're sat in a room, in a circle. You can get up from your seat and go for a private whispered conversation with another player, perhaps in a quiet corner of the room but this would be visible to all players and so the same is true here. It makes no difference if you are on the Good team or the Evil team, the following applies to everyone. There is no separate Evil team discussion, it must be done via whispers.
Sometimes games are played with restrictions on the number of messages or words in whispers, I don't propose to do that, but the idea is that in person you only get a few minutes for private conversations each day phase so there's not much time for endless conversations. That's not the same in a forum-based version so try to keep whisper conversations short or I'll be forced to bring in a limitation. This not only helps people retain some sanity but is also important for maintaining game balance.
You must agree in the whisper request thread with the person you want to whisper with, both parties must post that they want to whisper or agree to whisper before ANY private message is sent. This takes the form of a post in the whisper request thread saying, "/Whisper request [player name]" followed by a response of "/Whisper accepted (or declined) [playername]
You can only be in one whisper conversation at a time so if you want to join a new one you must first post that your previous whisper has ended. To end a whisper post, "/Whisper ended [player name]"
Once a whisper has been agreed, the players can send private messages using the IAG messaging system, please copy the Storyteller into all private messages.
If your character ability requires you to have a private discussion with the Storyteller, then you must also post in the whisper thread "/Whisper Storyteller" and not be in any other active whisper. I We don't have any abilities in the current list that require this, but other lists do have.
Whispers could be on any topic of conversation, from sharing information (e.g. what your role is, what information your ability gained you or even what information someone else has shared with you), to gossip about who might be good or bad, or planning how to use your abilities or even what lies to tell other people. Evil players could whisper to share what their abilities are, share the bluffs around and co-ordinate night attacks.
As an example, it's common, early in the game, to be quite cagey about information and/or your role, especially if sharing it will make you a target for the Demon to kill. You never know if you can trust the person you're talking to so often people will start by sharing, say, 3 roles from the list and say they're 1 of them, without specifying which. This allows some conversation and information sharing without making you a particular target and therefore allows you to stay alive to gather more info.
Whatever it is you whisper about, it could be the truth, lies or a mixture of both, it's entirely up to you! |
