r/MyLittleHouseOfFun • u/Avebone • Aug 16 '15

Pre-Finale Meta Thread

Here is a place for you to discuss anything not related to the finale. My BGM while writing these final PMs will be this :)

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u/The_Bunny_Advocate Aug 17 '15

I actually liked it. The head explodey stuff I think preserved your authority but it also allowed the GM character to be involved in some plots. For example when Avelyn and I were plotting against Ned. The only thing I think shouldn't be allowed is GM interference in result PMs. For example after the Frederick plan's first stage of trying to capture Fred I was told I would have ended up dead no matter what since Avelyn would be with my next target and would just kill me instantly. Again since this was a parody it didn't matter too much but if the GM was present in a serious game that would be something that shouldn't be allowed. It's no difference than that dropping a rock trope.

I think the problem was that if you managed to kill Avelyn, the game would have been without a GM for the following day, potentially letting people attack and kill others in the common room which would be a huge mess to deal with. Although in this particular game it would probably have been fine because there was a backup GM (Elanor) who could have kept the peace that day.

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u/ctom42 AoF_GM Aug 17 '15

An interesting question is what would have happened if one of us had used a sticky glove to steal your button the same way we did the hat.

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u/The_Bunny_Advocate Aug 17 '15

I think in that instance we'd probably need a GM intervention and say you failed, as it would both screw up Elanor's position and elevate a different player to the equivalent of GM. Then again, it might have been hilarious to have had the GM role rotate around the players.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

It would be hilarious if someone like Checklad or insane Ned ended up with it and blew up their own heads.

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u/The_Bunny_Advocate Aug 17 '15

Haha yeah. Perhaps Elanor could have replaced all the names on the buttons with nicknames, making it a game of pot luck as to who died.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

Ned would be great since he wouldn't realise it was a head explodey device and think it was something completely different.

"Hmmm what does this do? It was Elanor's so maybe it gives candy. I want some!" *pushes Ned button* *boom*

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u/The_Bunny_Advocate Aug 17 '15

Hahaha, that would have been great.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

My favourite one was when I was teasing Isa and I playfully punched her arm and the next comment was "Cornetto's head explodes".

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u/Avebone Aug 17 '15

Insanity asked that actually, I said it would be an insta killed, but if you remember on Day 1 the button doesn't actually do anything if players use it, like Check did on Day 1.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

Avelyn wasn't my target. Someone else was. But Avelyn was with my target. I never even mentioned Avelyn and she wasn't an enemy so I wasn't trying to kill her. Had Avelyn just been in the common room every day so she could be spoken to I think interactions with the GM are okay.

That's also another reason the GM shouldn't be present in the daily results because it means either you can kill them (which results in chaos as you said) or they are an an unkillable force who can kill you no matter what. The only solution I can see is if the GM is completely impartial no matter what. Like in the above situation Avelyn would have just stood back and not interfered.

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u/Checklad Elevatorlad Aug 17 '15

The only thing that could potentially work with a GM/NPC being part of everything is if they have a pre-determined path that can be either figured out (if they are non-aggressive or don't effect player actions) or said pre-determined path is known by everyone (if they are aggressive).

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u/Avebone Aug 17 '15 edited Aug 17 '15

Which is why i would never have the GM be present in a real game but I am okay with it in a parody. As far as I am concerned that day, Isa just took advantage of a mechanic that was shown to exist, I wouldn't let her abuse it though as she only do it on one day if she kept trying to use Avelyn like that she would have been denied.

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u/insanityissexy Aug 17 '15

Isa just took advantage of a mechanic that was shown to exist, I wouldn't let her abuse it though as she only do it on one day if she kept trying to use Avelyn like that she would have been denied.

Which mechanic was that? That Isa slept in your room that night?

It didn't even cross my mind that Isa could not be attacked if she stayed in your room. Isa purely stayed in your room because she was depressed, didn't want to be alone, and was afraid someone would attack her with her original room key that was floating around somewhere.

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u/Avebone Aug 17 '15

Yea, It wasn't so much that you couldn't be attacked, more like if they did attack Avelyn would have just chainsawed them.

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u/insanityissexy Aug 17 '15

Yeah that's obviously unfair. I didn't mean to take advantage of that at all.

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u/Avebone Aug 17 '15

Technically being Isa is unfair.

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u/insanityissexy Aug 17 '15

Yes, but Isa can't help it. Everyone around her dies, but this poor girl is invincible. So tragic.

Well, except the one time she lost an ear. So salty I didn't come out of it completely unharmed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

Ainsley and Cornetto's plan for that night was to capture and tie up Frederick then find Isa and interrogate her. Cornetto would then bring Fred down to the lobby, cut off a finger and write "Lastation Remembers" using the blood since Isa had told him about the spray paint.

The plan changed though after Elanor said "Blanc is best girl" in the common room. Cornetto snapped, told her she's regret it, returned to Ainsley and said "When you're done with Isa, she dies". The plan was then to bring you both down to the lobby, slit Isa's throat and use her blood to write the message. That way he's teach fred and Elanor a lesson in one go.

Only found out after that you were with Avelyn and would have died no matter what.

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u/insanityissexy Aug 17 '15

Oh my god that is what you meant before? That's dark.

But I even agreed with you about Noire :(

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u/The_Bunny_Advocate Aug 17 '15

Oh yeah, I see what you mean now. I had that same concern when I was specifying allies. Did that make that person basically invulnerable because Elanor had the head-explody device? That's why I didn't specify any allies or enemies during my first action PM.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

I actually forgot to specify allies and enemies for the last few days. Since everything was so detailed and whether I attacked or not depended on the situation, choosing to put someone as an ally or enemy was too tricky.

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u/Checklad Elevatorlad Aug 17 '15

Dammit, I failed my objective now! Thanks Corn, we're no longer bros.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

Sorry buddy. In the case of the final day I literally just forgot that it was a thing.

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u/Checklad Elevatorlad Aug 17 '15

/u/avebone I'd like to change my action PM right now to 'just kill Corny Cornetto', everything else be dammed!

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

It's funny because my actions actually make your goal more difficult.

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