I recently came across a game where I rolled MM, but couldn't win because the town gamethrew to the triad hard. A vigilante tried lynching an invest because he thought the invest was an admin due to the invests colored name (Lord Jarraxus). The thing is, I can't really bring myself to report him. You know why? I wanted to lynch the admin too. You know why? Bestmas.
After rolling my role of MM I was excited. I never roll this guy and the setup features a crapton of visiting roles. I felt that if we got a mayor or mashall I won... I named my character my signature name; Worse Than Bestmas, and put on my signature model and hat. Apparently, an admin wondered what WAS worse than bestmas and let us all think about it. I started recording small clips to create a youtube compilation: Bestmas Torture! But I was too mad to do so.
Granted, I probably wouldn't have won that game anyway. The triad killed the marshal N1 (He might've suicided, actually.) But the gamethrowing made it so much more intolerable. The vigilante voted up a 5k+ points guy with a colored name, thinking that man was the admin who caused the bestmas. When I voted him he also pmed me get ur vote off me or i'll snipe ur face.
6 people died N2. 2 suicides, bodyguard kills, triad and me. The vigilante shot did not go through, because of the BG. Both of the suicides turned out to be the investigative roles, I killed an escort, and the triad killed off a protective. Scum had more votes than town day 3. The Triad didnt die at all that game. They got a flawless victory after lynching the invest, killing a spy at night, and then lynching me after I begged sufficiently. (MM is harder to win as than triad! MM is harder to get than triad! I really need this win! It's like, my only neutral left! Blah blah blah etc)
There were no fabled Extra Points that I heard someone on here mention. All that was in that game was a shaky screen, fire, and gamethrows. Ugh.
My reason to come here was not to complain about that game. Its to ask the admins a question.
Has there ever been any speculation about how Bestmas and other admin antics (Happy April Fools Day) effect gameplay? I think they do. Can I get any confirmation that this has been surveyed in regular public games?