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So currently there are 5-6 people who want to host games. so that would be 6 games sitting there for signups. we have about 10-20 people who actively play, so approx 30% of the community would have a signup open. What happens if this community grows and we have 10-20+ signups sitting there? lol we would definitely need a cap on maximum amount of signups aloud, which would then reopen the queue system but just allowing more signups to be open at once.
The main problem I see with this system is that, lets say someones game doesn't fill until 2-3 games go before it. That would leave the host having to re-contact and verify the people who signed early when it was released to make sure they still want to play (or are even there); Thus delaying the game further waiting for all their responses. on the other side, if a game fills thats been left up for a few weeks there is a possibility the host will now be busy, so the game would have to be cancelled. With a community this small I do not see this type of system being beneficial at all. If anything, the site needs to be cleaned up and reworked/updated to even bring in more people before we start trying to change core systems that have been in place for awhile, and have been working.
A counter concern that this seems to be trying to address is not wanting multiple games hosted in a row that people do not want to play. That is where knowing the community (and being this small, it's not too hard) comes into play. The main reason people currently play is because of who we are playing with. We have developed a core group of players that will play pretty much any setup because we enjoy to play with each other. Mafia is a social game more than a mechanical game, so I think that needs to be the prime focus on how the systems work. If the site grows drastically, yes then maybe some systems should get tweaked, but usually that is addressed as it grows. Hell, we play nightless all citizen setups haha I don't think you can get much more dull than that, but yet they are incredibly fun :)