Board Thread:What happens in Salem/@comment-29378625-20170506134854/@comment-25615841-20170506193642

Yami riku wrote: RubikJohn wrote: YESSSSS. I've suggested this, but I think someone should put it on the forums. Some people on the game are just seriously retarded. People have asked this on the forums in the past. There's only so much that can be done.

For new players, Classic Mode is the ideal place to start off. They'll learn about almost half of the roles in the game. A mini tutorial is in place at the moment to help players. There's a lot to learn of course, so the more they play, the more they'll learn.

I'm sure we've all seen folks complain that players are "stupid" in Classic Mode. Those folks need a reality check. Classic is intended for newer and inexperienced players. The role setup doesn't give much claimspace at all and it is favored for the Townies to win. Players don't know how experienced their teammates or rivals are. They could very well only be playing their second game and as a result, they of course will make silly mistakes!

All Any? Anything can go and again, you'll have a mixture of inexperienced and experienced players. Everyone has to start somewhere.

Ranked Mode. This is where things get tricky and where you'll definitely see folks saying that the requirements to enter Ranked should be raised. Players ideally should be familiar with all of the roles in the game before competing in Ranked. Players hopefully are familiar with the game's mechanics and hopefully players have developed advanced strategies... But this is the point of Ranked. If you know what you're doing, overall you can push forward and climb the Elo ladder. If you tend to not be familiar and/or you lie back and expect others to carry you, you'll fall down the Elo ladder. There of course are some unlucky players who will end up constantly as roles which have a lower win rate. There are also situations where a user may gamethrow, in which other players should be prepared to report said player in-game. Remember that problematic users cannot be dealt with if players aren't reporting. Hah, I knew whn I saw it was you who replied that it was gonna be a sensible and intelligent post. The problem, I think, is that it doesn't matter how inexperienced you are, if you lynch a revealed mayor or vote innocent (and aren't throwing) on a confirmed evil, there is nothing to be done, no matter what mode or what elo you play in there will be some players who will be seriously 'stupid', sure there may not be many, or at least not in ranked (trust me, I have sen them), I still think they should go. I dont know how, but I think adding something like an iq test would be perfect. Besides that, I don't think there's much to be done about the growing ignorance of ToS players.