So, we all seem to be in this thread because we either want to get messy or see others get messy in a game setting. When you're in the mood to play, you want results quickly, like you can get in a "spin the wheel" type game. However, we also want to involve other players to share the risk, witness the mess, and generally prove that anyone else cares about what we do here, which you don't often get from spin the wheel games, but get too slowly, if at all, from other games here.
Is there a way to make spin the wheel games automatically record and post their results? So, if you dare to play, and spin a messy forfeit, it isn't just you on your honor deciding to report it, but a posted result that everyone then knows you owe, and can't quietly welch on. I think it would do a lot to heighten the tension of playing, and prevent the same people from always posting the same results.
I've been thinking the same thing. The wheel games are really easy to cheat by re-rolling results or not posting them. I think that we should have a more serious game that requires you to post proof that you completed the forfeit so that there are real stakes involved in playing
SloppedFool said: I've been thinking the same thing. The wheel games are really easy to cheat by re-rolling results or not posting them. I think that we should have a more serious game that requires you to post proof that you completed the forfeit so that there are real stakes involved in playing
I definitely agree that proof of forfeits should be posted, but the game mechanic that I'm after first is proof of winning or losing without re-rolling.
might I suggest that you might want to consider formatting something around games that can be played as live two player games. There are plenty of sites that host games of chess, checkers, connect 4, rock paper scissors and many more that can be played amongst friends live.
novagunger said: might I suggest that you might want to consider formatting something around games that can be played as live two player games. There are plenty of sites that host games of chess, checkers, connect 4, rock paper scissors and many more that can be played amongst friends live.
Two player games are fine, especially if the other person plays a fun game and is good at teasing the forfeit, but that requires coordinating with that person.
What I'd like to see is a game/dare setup where a single player can risk a messy forfeit with a decent chance of avoiding it, and have the results of their attempt out of their control, so they can't change those results and we can all see whether they escape clean or owe a messy forfeit.
I feel like the element of chance that makes it a game disappears when no one but the one player can witness it and there's nothing to stop them changing their luck.
The only way it would work without some web development experience, would be to have a judge that does the spinning for everyone in the current game. This could change from game to game but would ensure absolute clarity on spins.
The closest I can think of right now is one of the sites which allows you to roll a dice, etc and get a link which will reveal the results after a period of time so you don't know the result when you post the link (https://play-link.com/random/ being one example).
But I've not seen any which would allow for a pre-defined list of options that could be posted in a game like you get with the wheels so it would probably need someone to code a site to do it
Could you do the dice roll thing but predefine a list (on here?) of what each roll corresponds to? And in the situation that the spinner genuinely can't do the forfeit because it's agains their limits, they could spin again until they get one that's not their limits? Everyone would still be able to see what they did