Dodgeball forum game idea

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#1

DODGEBALL forum game idea.

This is a forum game I came up with in my free time. It’s basically dodgeball with roles. It is extremely fast paced, and games will probably last much less than a week.

Some roles: Player: Vanilla, goal is to win.
Pacifist: Win without outing a person.
Coward: Is basically a survivor, and can switch teams X times.
Bodyguard: Protect your target. You only care if they are alive. If your team wins but your target is dead, you lose.

I will post more roles soon.

Basic rules:
Obey forum rules. For in game rules: So far, there are no private actions. Whenever you do something, you post it in the thread. There are two teams, usually each team will have an even number of players, unless we are testing a possibly overpowered or underpowered role. You can call the teams whatever you want.

Basically, this is how something will usually go:

Steven: /Throw Gerald
Gerald: /Dodge

Dodging is dodging a ball. It can have a percentage of working, or always work. Host’s call.
OR: Gerald: /Catch

Catching will ALWAYS have a percentage. For me, it will usually be 50/50. Either you succeed the catch, out the thrower, and get the ball, or fail and get outed. Which brings us to ball limits: The number of dodgeballs will be decided by the host. For me, it’ll probably be five. At the start of the game, players will usually /grab ball. If you sucessfully dodge a throw, the ball will fall on your side. It’s simple. There will be time limits as to how long before you post dodge or catch. If you miss the time limit, you are automatically outed by the person who threw the ball at you. If you are a coward or a role that can switch sides, type /turn. I will post more rules. I am not going to host a game for a little while. Anyone can feel free to host one. I do not care. Please leave suggestions. Thanks!

New rules:
If you get out, you can still speak. Hosts can change this if they want to.

#2

Instead of compete chance, how about the thrower can throw high, center, left and right (secretly), and the dodger has to dodge in a direction that the thrower did not? ie:
A throws a ball towards B! (DM to Host: Left)
B stays where he is.
and B would be fine. But if:
B dodges to the left.
Then B would be out.
Just an example of how it could be.

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#3

That is a good option. I am trying to make this game as fun as possible, and I think the host should be able to choose between ways to play.

#4

Intrigued

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#5

Sips tea I might start a game of this

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#6

I am going to post new roles here from now on and edit this.
Roles:
Traitor- Is from the other team from the start and at one point can reveal them self as traitor and switch teams. Can friendly fire while looking like they’re trying to hit someone else.
Outer- Must get a certain number of players out.
Doctor- If a teammate gets out, you have the option to bring them back, but you reveal you are Doctor. You can heal X times.
Zombie: Can revive self X times.
Bomb- If it gets hit, it takes it’s attacker with it.
Catcher- Has a higher chance of catching. How high is the hosts call.
Runner- Has a high chance of dodging. How high, hosts call.
Mutant- Can hold X balls.
Fatso- Dodging chance is decreased. By how much is the hosts choice.
Pirate-Throwing accuracy is reduced. Hosts choice.
Swimmer- Catching chance is reduced. Hosts call.
Busybody- Can ask host X times what someone’s role is. The answer and question is asked and received in PM, and the host will never lie.
Jerk- Can ask the host someones role X times, but I will make this once in my games. Answer and question are in the game thread, so the role is revealed to everyone.
Pitcher- Rarely bypasses successful dodges and catches.
Killer: When gets out a person, that person can not speak while outed.

#7

Thank you!

#8

Roles I find extremely stupid, overpowered, or underpowered I will put here. So mostly my roles.

Masochist- Needs to get outed. What happens when outed, the host will decide.
Egocentric- Can be the only person left on both sides.
Lunatic- Throws balls randomly. Appears as player to self, or in a match without players, the most common role.

#9

This seems decent I will join if you ever start one

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#10

Perhaps in a month. End of schools coming up soon, and I’ll need to prepare. Thanks for the support!

#11

If anyone has role suggestions, you can post them! I want the community to play a large part in this game!

#12

I’m gonna be traveling in a month rip

#13

There’s always delays, you can hope!
I have a co-host prepared, so if they aren’t ready, you’re in luck!

#14

For the first game, I’m thinking five players for each team. Maybe 7. Starting small.

#15

Role modifiers:
Lovers: Can be on separate teams, one dies, so does the other blah blah blah.

#16

I am going to start a game as a small test with 6 players I will post a link to it here soon

#17

Here is a link
https://forum.imperium42.com/t/fourmball-dodgeball-signups-open-0-6/1950

#18

sip sip sip sip

#19

I am thinking of making a new game of this, but I know the last one wasn’t fair, so I’m going to establish some new rules:
If there is a traitor on one team, there will be a traitor on the other.
If there is a player with a role that has a disadvantage on one team, there will be a player with the same or different disadvantage on the other.
AND a new way to avoid dodge-balls. (The other way can be kept if you prefer it).There are four ways to dodge. High, center, left, and right. (Credits to Deadfrien) The thrower decides which direction the ball is thrown. If you dodge that direction, you are out. However, the opposite of that direction is the catch, and you know how that works. The two other directions are a dodge, but if you don’t post a reply with a direction after being thrown at for 4 hours (That time limit is for me, host can change it), you get outed.
P.S: This was my idea, so I hope I don’t get penalized for reviving this thread.

#20

4 hours too short that’s punishing ppl for timezones and shit.

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