Re: [werewolf] Message Numbering

[Mark Ballinger <mballinger@ballinger.cx>]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:34:29AM -0500, Joe Christensen wrote:
> Let's see if I can address everything in one message:

And I'll split them back out!

> Good point on vote/chat in subject line for sorting.  The goal, I think, 
> should be to have the subject line sort according to order in turn, not 
> according to message type (chat, howl, vote, etc). <snipped>

> I don't like h#, v#, c# because I want to see the chats mixed with the 
> order of voting - this gives a better cause and effect chronology.

So, let's go with "Werewolf Board 2 (##.###) " followed by "Chat"/"Vote"/"Howl"/"Kill".  Whatever the command sent in was.

> Although, this makes it more difficult for the wolves to sort the howls 
> chronologically with the chats and votes.  I think the solution to that 
> is that Howls (in my experience) rarely mix for strategy into the daily 
> conversation and one can sort and read the howls separate from the chats 
> with complete congruity.

Hm.  Not so sure.  I think in-order is good, since we're doing it anyway for chat/vote.

> On another point, I don't like counting all messages (chat, howl, vote, 
> contract, haunt) because it gives away secret activity - but I am not 
> sure it is a problem, because we already know that secret activity is 
> happening; so who cares if it mucks the counter for everybody else?

I think we should count everything that sends out a board, excepting "show/showas".  We can increment the message counter with a random 1 to 3, weighted toward 1.

> I do like resetting the counter within a turn -- that's the point of 
> including the turn in the counter.  

I agree.

> I don't like a different counter for 
> each type of message.

I agree.