Moderating hipfire

Codyabout 10 years ago

The mod team has recently been discussing how to moderate hipfiring. The current precedent is to consider it a trolling violation in red heart games and a game throwing (GT) violation in competitive games.

We're deciding between the current precedent and two other options.

  1. Trolling throughout. The idea behind this is that game rules are game rules and that moderation should be standardized between red and gold heart games.
  2. Game throwing throughout. This plays to the idea that the action of hipfiring is generally done without "playing to win" and as such falls under game throwing.

Please vote in the poll and if you feel that you have a point that you would like to make, post in this thread. If you have another option that you think is viable, please also let us know!

Poll
What should hipfiring be moderated as?
Trolling in red hearts, GT in gold hearts51%42
Game throwing22%18
Trolling19%16
Other (please explain)6%5
deleteddeletedabout 10 years ago
ban guns
cuteabout 10 years ago
i propose a clause:

all accounts linked to cute are exempt from such moderation

thank u
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cuteabout 10 years ago
how am i supposed to hipfire day 1 as sheriff in sheriff setup if u do this????? cody????????????
Burialabout 10 years ago
Oh i always get accused of hipfiring when i shoot my sr with no claim
Huntabout 10 years ago
What if I get a read in 2 seconds?
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Devanteabout 10 years ago
@burial hip firing is shooting someone before you could plausibly have a read of them (from the hip)

Ie. 5 seconds into the first day of the game.
Not shooting someone without asking for their role
JM123about 10 years ago
excuse me but, hipfires can be beautiful things.

https://epicmafia.com/setup/969460 see the strategy with more upvotes there? it's the legendary HELL YEAH strategy. it was tested and it's confirmed to get the hooker shot every d1
deleteddeletedabout 10 years ago
Burial
Why is this a rule? If my hipfire loses the game its gt, but on an ml i dont see the problem. Do i have to let my maf read fish the pr before im allowed to shoot them?

You may as well make it against the rules to hammer without claims too if this is a rule.
I don't think shooting sr is called hipfiring.
Becameclearabout 10 years agoedited
We're playing epicmafia, not Russian Roulette or RNG games.
You're supposed to fire based on input during day meetings, if you hipfire at the beginning of the day, its gamethrowing since you're playing against your win condition.
If you gun down your genuine scumread after sufficient input without asking for a claim, I do not think its GT or Trolling.
xelaabout 10 years ago
if they hipfire ban them forever :^)
Burialabout 10 years ago
Like what is the difference between hipfiring my scumread and getting a full cross then hammering them with no claim?
Burialabout 10 years ago
Why is this a rule? If my hipfire loses the game its gt, but on an ml i dont see the problem. Do i have to let my maf read fish the pr before im allowed to shoot them?

You may as well make it against the rules to hammer without claims too if this is a rule.
JeffreyAaronabout 10 years ago
I know when I hipfire it's because I'm trolling, not trying to throw.
moonabout 10 years ago
ArieI
the solution is to just play unranked
the goal is to comp SITD for endless hipfiring
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WildWhaleabout 10 years ago
Case by case basis = common sense
ArieIabout 10 years ago
the solution is to just play unranked
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tyrannosaurusrexabout 10 years ago
Edork said it best. When people hipfire, they're not intending to lose or not caring about winning. Most people who hipfire, still want to win. They just want to be the hero and find mafia.
Edarkabout 10 years ago
wAIT I missread your post

you're no longer welcome in team edork
Renaldoabout 10 years ago
nah i should head to bed soon since i have a long day tomorrow.
deleteddeletedabout 10 years ago
casual mafia?
Renaldoabout 10 years ago
Edark
thebrontosaurus
I remember Lucid wanted it to be trolling because GT is a severe vio, so the current situation of trolling in red hearts and GT in golds is where we're at.
Welcome to team edork
changing a rule that lucid explicitly asked to be a certain way isn't a great idea.

Personally, I'd like for it to be GT in both, but if Phil wants it this way then there really isn't room to negotiate.

Just don't play gun setups if you can't deal with hipfires.
Edarkabout 10 years ago
thebrontosaurus
I remember Lucid wanted it to be trolling because GT is a severe vio, so the current situation of trolling in red hearts and GT in golds is where we're at.
Welcome to team edork
Renaldoabout 10 years ago
I'm in the UK now I don't follow American law
deleteddeletedabout 10 years ago
i liked that a&d snap dan that was funny did you ever end up going to london
Renaldoabout 10 years ago
nah man