Dang y’all really crying cuz u can’t say a word lmao. Get over it crybabies
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Yeah automatic replace is wayy better.
Pop-ups suck and get real annoying real fast.
And anyone who cares enough to ask questions is still going to be able to ask questions. I greatly doubt that people aren’t going to notice the auto-replace.
the only valid complaint is that we won’t be able to make the “there’s no such thing as a free lynch” joke any more
If no one votes, it maf!rands
I think an auto replacement is prone to being confusing, I’d prefer some sort of pop up if I tried to use the word. Theoretically, for the long term, the people that encounter the pop up will be people that are new to playing here, so it’d probably be clearer with a pop up. The people that already play here regularly would get used to it, so the pop up wouldn’t be annoying. That said, I’m still okay with either option, and I think it’s a good change. I’m not african-american, so it’s not my place to determine whether it is in fact a problem or not.
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I think a popup telling you “Unfortunately, X is banned” would cause needless confusion, along with the same conversation of “but why is it banned?”
Isn’t that better than thinking “hey, I’m pretty sure I phrased this with the word ‘lynch’ and not ‘execute’, what’s going on?”
I think if someone’s confused as to why a rule is a rule, they can ask about it. I think it’s better to focus on making the implementation itself less confusing.
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If the answer to “Why is X” is “because tradition”, then that is a poor excuse. Because it basically boils down to the word traditionally being racially charged. We are being peer pressured by the past to do things in the present.
The only reason we are using the word is because of tradition, so I agree that’s a poor reason to continue to use it. Changing it can potentially open the game up to a wider audience.
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That’s a good point in that people might be more confused by not knowing why their post has been changed
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The game is already open to wide audiences, what with sites like MS and MU with huge playerbases.
We use the word because it is clear and consise what we mean by the word. Changing that introduces unneeded ambiguity.
It is much like the words “Indian” and “Native American”
While Native American technically isn’t wrong, that could span an entire 2 continents of the Americas. Meanwhile, Indian reffers to the first people that Columbus found for the old world.
We’re less interested in just appealing to players who already have a place they like playing, than in getting new people into the game who don’t already play. With that in mind, it’s important to look at things we do that might be tradition for existing forum players, but could be blocking people from getting into the game.
Andrew Plotkin completely changed the game to werewolves instead of mafia because the flavour was more appealing even if it wasn’t traditional, and it looks like it thrived off that change.
In any case, as already stated, this topic is about alternative words and implementation, not whether we should make the change at all.
If you are looking to capture new players by replacing lynch with something else, might I suggest Forum of Lies, where they use Execute.
That’s good to know!
The wikipedia page uses elimination, I’m not sure if that was already mentioned.
Wikipedia scritches the surface of a topic, it doesn’t delve it’s tendrils into each and every crevice it can.
(It also talks about tbe turbo version of the game but don’t worry about that)
You’re right, but Wikipedia is also writing for a large audience, so it’s interesting to note which term they use to describe the overall game. It’s also potentially an early resource for someone learning about the game for the first time.