it’s not about the quality of the game in question
most of the reason people join games is based on anchoring, from my understanding
anchoring being mentally basing decision based on first thing(s) you see
main three factors to consider here
is it the fact that the people who play clocktower and use the forums are huge circlejerkers?
so if we posit these factors as the main causes, what are we looking at here
playerlist - it’s ~fine, but nothing insane like known offsite players
playercount - low, slow trickle. There’s no opportunity cost to sitting and waiting if the game isn’t going to fill for a week.
host - tan isn’t a host that would drive people away or hook people in inherently
like
holy shit
it works but it gets to the end of the finish line in shambles
definitely stick it in the irl game box
anyways the reason I think it’s hard for games like this to fill is because the rules are scary (if we wanted huge games we’d only play TB) and I do think we don’t really appreciate how confusing clocktower is for new people
why do you keep saying I misunderstand your point when you say things I agree with
aaaaaaaa
reminds me of
“let’s play SnV to confuse the newcomer”
like that one time where i invited my friend and then they rolled Fang Gu
so gghana
I, as a person with words, have the ability to say different things
What divides the take with my own bias and the take without bias is my perspective on the quality of botc
And I was throwing out a take without intended bias
maybe we could come up with a sensible conclusion because me being a clocktower simp will cancel out your bias
the sensible conclusion is that this behavior in regards to joins is completely characteristic for a botf game
it’s only been two days
it doesn’t have to fill in 5 minutes
you seem to have forgotten that my actual plan is to try to get a 15 player TB game to run
cause I actually think that’s peak clocktower and you can’t change my mind
