The Premade Solution

Sin give me some credit for part of this idea haha

MOM

loves this

Yasss I blogged something similar so love this so much!

I think this is an amazing step forward. If it can be refined a little bit, I genuinely think this helps solve the issue.

Astrophysics We'll have some non-voting gamemodes in the future where you can still join with friends. But for the slow games especially, we don't want a group of 8 joining and gaining instant majority. You'll still end up with friends on the cast, just not all of them. And this way you can meet and create bonds with other people in games which as you just explained is a big part of Kovaze.

I feel like a big point of the social element of Kovaze and Tengaged was creating those bonds and then building on them. I would like to join a game with my friends, but now I can't. It is definitely backwards thinking.

I love this as long as you can keep fast games filling quickly! :)

people are premading??? wtf???? :(

as a solo player, i may like this??? But idk taking down a premade is so much fun like no??

idk the issue with this bc it's specially targeted for slow games and y'all stay logged in idt notifications are needed

Oh don’t clock me like that- Sin

Yes Poof

So people are being punished for playing w their friends ?

oh brxan is shaking

Zachbbs for fast games, this will be decreased to 2 rather than 4

ill be logged out by the time it takes 4 games to fill.

I need slow games to spend hours chatting and making friends!

Awesome. thanks a bunch. i do agree with the sentiment that a castings-like game is needed. that was a really great way for newer players to learn.

honestly bring back a castings feel like people can meet people that way again versus short term games, when working with people you know is more beneficial

Aliases will never happen. As another user said, that will allow premades to hide.

I get why people are suggesting aliases to prevent premades, but honestly, I think that would take away one of the best parts of this site, the social side. Games like Town of Salem and Epic Mafia work with aliases because they’re short-term deception games, but sites like this are about building connections, friendships, and rivalries over time. If everyone’s anonymous, you lose that community feel completely. Most of us play these games not just to win, but to meet new people, make friends, and have fun with the social side of it. I think there are better ways to keep things fair without stripping away what makes this kind of site special.

maybe just always have 2 lobbies open and it randoms into what one you go into and maybe make it so you cant see whos in the cast till the game starts but still show how many people are in the server so we know when it will start

rose's solution like i said before would be good if Discord wasnt a thing.... making every name random just means more work for the developer with no actual solution to the problem

Mom

kind of agree with Rose a little but that still wont matter friends will still tell people who they are

I agree with rosemulet, I would love alias styled games

People are still going to based noms and everything based on previous interactions due to knowing who the user is. The temporary name solution fixes the core issue here

I still like my idea better, town of salem has you enter a temporary name (so no one knows who you are) and then puts you in a random game

I fear this would take a long time to get a game started lowkey

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Also, it means that if you're trying to avoid playing with someone (due to confrlict) you can't just look to make sure there's no one you have an issue with there.

As someone who admittedly does join with premades, I like the idea that everyone has a more equal chance to win. Is it being applied to fast games as well, or just slow games to start with?

Paulette We’re taking that into consideration too!

I would need an alert that the game started lmaooo

I love this idea but I think another system that could work is doing it so people can't play back to back games with the same people for 2-3 games in a row in each mode.

I worry this will cause the games to take FOREVER to fill...

good idea bad solutions it's gonna take forever for games to start

werk love this idea