Ben Perkins:
-First game he played (Zombie game) he got Medic. Dramatix was inactive for most of the first day and his first post was something like “Sorry guys, I’ve been getting the messages but I haven’t been able to post”. Obviously mafia. BP for whatever reason defended him. Dramatix got lynched day 1 and turned up mafia. The next day everyone wanted to lynch Ben because it looked like he was running really crappy damage control. Ben basically let the town lynch him, he didn’t even defend himself.
-Second game he played (most recent marvel game) he got Magneto, the Mafia traitor. If Magneto dies by any method except lynch his Last Gasp would include the names of every Mafia, probably winning the game for the civs. First thing he did in the Mafia PM was say “Hey guys I’m Magneto who’s everyone else?” He got DQd for not voting twice in a row, so the list wasn’t released. As you know, Mafia won that game by the skin of their teeth so the list would’ve definitely won the game for the civs
I’d do it. I fucking sucked last game
You said it, not me.
Don’t you mean it was won by the feathers on a duck’s ass?
If I was Magneto, I’d have claimed vigilante on day 1 and won the game.
^oversight by the GM, I think. This would have been game-breaking mechanics.
But how would the GM resolve that, by not letting Magneto role claim anything? That has game-breaking mechanics too lol
yeah, in the first MVC game, civs took full advantage of Phoenix’s ability (and Akuma’s assist lol) for the eventual victory. Magneto in the second game seems to be even more powerful (i.e. broken) than Phoenix. It was played extremely poorly but ultimately, I am kind of glad that Ben took the role so it was not an easy mode for civs.
Now go back 2 years and read the first marvel game… then you’ll see the huge evolution we have made
I wish I’d been Magneto. I’d be beta tester status in these games, legit.
Day 2: GAME OVER- Marvelous Victory
well, balancing a game w/ new mechanics is very hard, actually. In my first 2-UC game, Cowlord happened to suggest that the UC/dUC to investigate themselves, which was promptly cockblocked by my reply that such investigation will result in inconclusive lol.
like seriously, who would have thought to investigate themselves if they were detectives? I wouldn’t have thought of that if it wasn’t for the “beta testers” lol.
It’s hard enough to wrap my head around all the special roles as it is. I can’t imagine conceptualizing and implementing them.
Put in a jester (Somebody who wins by getting lynched)
^ obviously, to make it effective, a jester’s win should also create penalty for the civs. I don’t see why civs need to worry about having jester to win by killing him if civs’ winning condition is not affected by jester’s win. 
The mags role is super interesting… but making it balanced is super crazy. I’d be interested in finding a way to make it work. Will think on it a bit.
also, the problems, imo, in balancing the roles with another, is that you need players who know what they are doing. Playing a game with 30 roles that are meant to counteract one another requires all players to play the roles in their optimum ability. In a forum setting where we often have novice players, it would be extremely hard to archive it.
Yeah, even if you have a perfectly balanced game if someone who isn’t interested in really playing gets a vital role the entire game falls apart.
So that’s what GCL’s been doing these past few games.
^ If he was the undercover jester, then he had won every single game!
Actually, while I was researching roles for my mafia game, I found something that suggested that when the Jester dies, the mafia should get 2 kills next time around.