After having woke up dead and being in some sort of shock I found it necessary to create a character just so i could see what had happened. The problem was I was in no mood to be creative, had not truly considered naming a son and the whole emotional roller coaster from having died did not help matters.

I would like to suggest a ghost mode, where as long as you are dead upon login, you can ghost around and read without being able to interact at all. This way you can maybe read a street thread, watch the obits, and generally calm down before you have to try and come up with someone new. The way it went I had to do what I hate most, suicide so I could restart properly when I had my wits about me again. This mode should have a  timer on it, maybe a number of  hours so one could wait out any war. Thanks for considering my proposal.

I actually like the thought of it. I personally dont see anything wrong with the idea. No vision at all either, just strictly able go read the streets and the obits. Like you said as long as there is no interaction at all between the deceased and the living in game I dont see how this is a bad idea

I'm for this. say the mode allows you to read threads and obits, but not comment. since IRC functions even when in jail, i would say that a link tothe IRC channel would also be a good idea.

^ Another thing I agree with philli

I also like it but should there be a timer ? that is the only thing I'm worried about

Good suggestion.

Being able to read street forum (perhaps OOC) and get on IRC to figure out what happened, is all that should be necessary in my opinion. Instead of a timer, I would prefer a 'one time' log in, in which you will have sufficient time to get things sorted for your new character.

This is an excellent idea. It usually helps to know those that killed you when you die offline. 

'Did I in a war? Or was it a personal vendetta, hit maybe?'

Being able to look at the obits and streets and only that would be an amazing addition. Something I hope that they can see is a good idea and hopefully put forward. 

I like the general idea, hopefully one could check their mails too (I hate dying with unread mail).

I'm not too sure the one time login is a good idea though as what if there is a technical error, or you are on mobile? The site logs your active time, so perhaps it could give you an hour of online time before your new character.

I'm not too sure the one time login is a good idea though as what if there is a technical error, or you are on mobile? - 215

Fair point. An hour of online time should be sufficient.

I like this idea. For all the reasons you've listed. I can't actually see any cons or downsides to this either.

+1

At a minimum I would like to see the time displayed upon logging in... That way you can see how long ago it was you died (Without creating a new character).

Unfortunately I don't have the whole Alaska/MR time conversion memorized, and thus need to create a new character to see how long ago I died...ed.

While I like the idea in theory, I only have a couple issues with it...

I'm assuming that in your ghost mode you wouldn't be able to fly, but would you be able to look through the locals? If so, would it be using YOUR info skill? Because if you've done any training at all, using your info skill could be higher than a brand new thug's info skill, thereby gaining an advantage in war where you could pass along info to your leader in an IRC room...

Also, would you be exempt from catching WS's? As a ghost, obviously, you'd be able to see things in real life (if ghosts existed, obv), but again, would that provide an advantage in a war-type scenario where you could safely catch WS's as a ghost and then pass them up the chain?

It's an interesting suggestion and one I'm certainly not opposed to, I just think that we need to flesh out what a Ghost Mode would and would not be able to do before Izzy would take a serious look at it.

Thanks for all the replies and support folks. To address Daniel_Bryan's quetions: In my view you would only get to do  3 things. View the obits, to see who may visit yoru funeral and what was thought of your last incarnation, visit streets to read any of the drama that went along with your death, and I like the idea of the irc button too. In this way you can add no advantage to your team. So no locals, no HQ, nothing really but obits, streets, and the chat feature. I feel most folks would hang out "dead" until they figure out where they stood and where they want to be. Then perhaps we will get less "temp" characters and more well thought out returning characters.

I think it should be read only access to obits and forums and the mibbit link nothing else.

I think this is a good idea, it would save me pretending to be a google bot and using webspider.

Oh one more thing, user search should be allowed so you check if the name you want to use next is being used or not.

Alright who is trying to turn mafia into world of warcraft? Just kidding...

I really like this idea, it would save a lot of heartache and I could see this being something that everyone would love to have happen with the game. I don't see any downside with it. :)

If we have ghosts can we have ghostbusters?

Are you kidding reallly? Stupid idea. This is a RP game, ghosts either do not exist or cannot be proven to exist. If you want to know what happens go on IRC seen as nobody posts in funerals on this game anyway. If you really really want to happen then sign up cos chances are you'll have to mail somebody to find out anyway

Could we remove the spam please.

So somebody disagrees and it's spam?

It's a stupid idea. I'm sorry you don't agree with my opinion. Can we therefore delete your idea because I disagree and think it's spam?

It's a silly idea, ghosts are not real. Sorry to be the one to break it to you. Worst of all, putting it into an online Mafia Role Playing game woud be retarded. What would coding this actually achieve? Would it not be a better use of Izzy's time to work on real features such as the city one? So you die, come back as a ghost tod read the streets, obits as that's all you are allowed to do. What does that actually achieve that signing up as a real player does? On an average day hundreds die because of CIAs. It won't make a difference if people suicide after a war, in fact, it's expected. In RP terms, if my papa and my entire family just got his head blown off I probably wouldn't want to hang around either to stay.

I'm sorry that I think your idea is a waste of time. Don't be a dick and say delete the spam. 

Could some admin delete this moron's spam posts. Pretty please.