Tol-in-Gaurhoth Junior

[JennyHallu]

I'm in...I love LMP but his game scares me. I'm a mountaintop guru. I only communicate with the village in OBEs.

[Diamond18]

Player update:

Anguriel the Baritone Bird Catcher
(?) Mithalwen the Elven Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker
Saucepan Man the Orcish Scarecrow
Mormegil the Elven Idleman
(?) Valier
(?) Nogrod the Dwarven Personal Fitness Instructor
(?) Kath
(?) Cailín
Roa_Aoife the Batwoman
(?) Nilpaurion Felagund the Elven S-ranked Ninja
Glirdan the Entish Tree Herder
Lote22 the Elven Igloo Maker
Lalaith the Halfling Chubb Fuddler
JennyHallu the Mountaintop Guru

Okay, so at the moment we have:

14 players
6 questionable (though I think Kath and Mith are pretty much definite? If so, 4 questionable)

4 Elves
2 Humans
1 Dwarf
1 Hobbit
1 Ent
1 Orc

4 of you need to decide on a race. Please, don't choose Elves, since they outnumber everyone else already.

There's room for one more player (though I'm willing to let it go over 15 max slightly) Of course, if anyone drops out that will of course open up another place.

I think we have enough for me to use some more gifteds than seer and hunter, but I'll give it some thought over the next week as to who I'll add.

[Elu Ancalime]

Hey I'm in I guess. I'll be......a dwarf, specifically a Blacklock from the east, that plays the (looks in dictionary for spelling) Didgeridoo.

Didgeridoo Dwarf


SPM is playing? O gawd...I would much rather be partner werebirds than have to oppose him as an ordo.

By the way, can you give me an estemated duration game time? The thing is, this is the last school quarter, so projects and finals galore, but I can work around them alright. However, I am leaving for my summer job probably the first of June, so not only will I be unable to post for this game, but being miles out in the country for five weeks (excluding some weekends) I will be taking a vaction from Death to go make some money. (that way my Barrow will look splendid, and not out done by certain princes of Cardolan, like the neighborhood christmas light contest)

Oh, and if it needs to be bird-related, I'll be a part time chicken herder/farmer who raises chickens in his retirement.

[Diamond18]

I'm planning on starting the game April 23rd, so it should be long over by June 1st. I would think it will only take 2 weeks to play through at the most.

[Elu Ancalime]

Ok then, count me in.

[JennyHallu]

I'll be a hobbit. Who knows how a hobbit became a mountaintop guru???

I sure don't.

[Elu Ancalime]

I'll be a hobbit. Who knows how a hobbit became a mountaintop guru???

The West Virginia strain. Not that hiding in a mountainwill help from werebirds. Btw, you sure are up late for EST.

[JennyHallu]

Sure was. Don't want to think to hard about that one...felt it this morning.

[Sleepy Ranger]

If any of the questionable drop out then count me in. If someone could notify me by PM if someone drops out I'd be grateful.

Thanks,
Sleepy

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Ms. Diamond, I'll be a pigeon-summoning ninja, so I could do i-inu-tori-saru-hitsuji hand seals in-game.

Still Elven, though.

[Kath]

Ok Diamond you can take that question mark away now, I will definitely be playing I think I shall be a rainbow catcher, that sounds like fun!

[Diamond18]

I've got 18 people signed up (either definite or question marked) and I don't want to go any higher.

Sleepy, you can play even if no one drops out, (though I don't know if you meant you only wanted to be in a smaller game).


Anguriel the Baritone Bird Catcher
(?) Mithalwen the Elven Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker
Saucepan Man the Orcish Scarecrow
Mormegil the Elven Idleman
(?) Valier
(?) Nogrod the Dwarven Personal Fitness Instructor
Kath the Rainbow Catcher
(?) Cailín
Roa_Aoife the Batwoman
(?) Nilpaurion Felagund the Elven Pigeon-Summoning Ninja
Glirdan the Entish Tree Herder
Lote22 the Elven Igloo Maker
Lalaith the Halfling Chubb Fuddler
JennyHallu the Halfling Mountaintop Guru
Elu Ancalime the Didgeridoo Dwarf
(?) Sleepy Ranger
dancing spawn of ungoliant
littlemanpoet

I still need race/occupation from some and confirmation for others. Anyone who doesn't give me a race will be a human.

The game will start at 10 PM CST DST on the 22nd of April with a Night Phase and the first Day Phase will begin 10 PM CST DST on the 23rd of April.

Further gifteds still to be determined.

[Sleepy Ranger]

I'm in, good and I shall be human and my occupation... uh... *sees Nilp* Chuck Norris!

[Diamond18]

Would you settle for being a Chuck Norris impersonator?

[Sleepy Ranger]

Originally Posted by Diamond18

Would you settle for being a Chuck Norris impersonator?

Spoilsport
Fine, If I can't be Chuck Norris could I be a Jedi Master in Exile?

[Diamond18]

Originally Posted by Sleepy Ranger

Spoilsport
Fine, If I can't be Chuck Norris could I be a Jedi Master in Exile?

Okay, but only because as the narrator I absolutely cannot pass that up.

[Cailín]

I am definitely in, thanks for your patience.

I shall be uh... human, I suppose. And a bird-portraitist. It's serious business.

[Anguirel]

Cailín playing? This game shall not want! Wondrous...

[Valier]

Alright I am definately in!

I shall be a female Dwarf, with a beard so long it rivals the mens. Occupation= Well with all the bird related roles.....they will surely get hungry! I will be a Millet spray picker.

[Glirdan]

This is looking to be quite an interesting game!!

[JennyHallu]

For those (*coughSAUCEcough*) worried about the purpose and necessity of two WW games...this seems to be the way to go when the playing pool is thinnish and large games are in the works. Use the two threads so there can be continuous recruitment, and minimal to no downtime between games. That way those who (crazily, and like me) wish to play game after game can, and no mod is forced to wait slowly with no interest in his/her game while his/her own morale and motivation decline.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Use the two threads so there can be continuous recruitment, and minimal to no downtime between games. That way those who (crazily, and like me) wish to play game after game can, and no mod is forced to wait slowly with no interest in his/her game while his/her own morale and motivation decline.

Sounds good to me, as long as people avoid playing in two games at once and don't neglect one game in their eagerness for the next.

Am I to be the only Orc?

[Glirdan]

While we're on the topic of the games, I think it'd be a good idea to have a list of mods for the junior (I don't know why everyone is calling it senior. Not just the most experienced players play there so it's not senior now is it??).

Lmp's game will be excluded because his game might put the Junior games on hold because there will be a giant amount of people playing.

Junior
Diamond18
Lommy and (I believe) Norgrod
Samwise
Glirdan

If you would like to sign up for modding a game afterwards, please do one of the following (I'll end up saving the lists in a folder on my computer): a) copy and paste the list above and put your name at the bottom. b) PM me to let me know so I can update the list. Thank you for your cooperation in this.

If someone has the list for the original game thread, please, be my guest and post it. I will also go and post the list in the original gaming thread once Farael's game is over.

[Kath]

Glirdan I'm modding after lmp in the Senior thread not in here.

[Glirdan]

Ahhh!! Ok, I'll edit that out then. Thanks Kath!

[Elu Ancalime]

Yay! 24 hour 12-hour phases!!! (If only time could really be drawn ou 2x)

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Glirdan

While we're on the topic of the games, I think it'd be a good idea to have a list of mods for the junior (I don't know why everyone is calling it senior. Not just the most experienced players play there so it's not senior now is it??).

Lmp's game will be excluded because his game might put the Junior games on hold because there will be a giant amount of people playing.

Junior
Diamond18
Lommy and (I believe) Norgrod
Samwise
Glirdan

If you would like to sign up for modding a game afterwards, please do one of the following (I'll end up saving the lists in a folder on my computer): a) copy and paste the list above and put your name at the bottom. b) PM me to let me know so I can update the list. Thank you for your cooperation in this.

Let's hope, no-one uses this list, as the philosophical penguins -game (by me and Lommy) will be after Samwise's game... So the order should be:

Junior
Diamond18
Samwise
Lommy & Nogrod
Glirdan

[Glirdan]

Well, I'm only going off what has been said previously in the thread. So please forgive me.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Glirdan

Well, I'm only going off what has been said previously in the thread. So please forgive me.

No problem. There was this same confusion earlier too. But I think Samwise really did come up with the modding earlier than we did.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

dancing spawn is playing? Sweet.

[Anguirel]

You curious chanters of the wood,
That warble forth Dame Nature's lays,
Thinking your voices understood
By your weak accents; what's your praise
When Philomel her voice shall raise?

What I mean is...please can we have the Nightingale (Ranger)? A fiendishly difficult and rewarding role which also means the Wereducks have to kill with more tactical thought than usual. Fun for everyone...

[Mithalwen]

Is CST 6 hour behind BST or 7?

[JennyHallu]

CST is GMT -6, but they are ahead one hour for Daylight Savings so... I think it's currently -5 GMT. Any corrections, anybody?

[Diamond18]

Message originally posted by Diamond18 on 04-18-2006 at 09:59 AM:

Compare this time above to what time/date my post says for you. This should help you figure out the exact time difference between us. Since it's 9:59 AM, that means right now is actually 12 hours prior to what my deadline will be. (I suppose it'd be helpful I waited to make this post till then, but c'mon. That's 12 hours from now.)

Okay, so right now this is the deal with my game:

WWJ VIII ~ Things That Go "Quack" In The Night

3 Wereducks

1 Owl (Seer)
The Owl will get to "see" on the first night.

1 Hawk (Hunter)
1 Nightingale (Ranger)

The Hawk and Nightingale know each other and can PM each other during the Day but not the Night. If the game results in the Hawk and 1 Duck being alive at the end, they kill each other and game is a tie.

1 Goose (Cobbler)

The Goose is a Duck Wannabe. I have not yet decided whether the Goose should know who the Ducks are and vice versa. Or perhaps the Goose should know who the Ducks are and the Ducks don't know. Or maybe the Ducks know the Goose but the Goose doesn't know the Ducks. Any suggestions?

Anguriel the Baritone Bird Catcher
(?) Mithalwen the Elven Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker
Saucepan Man the Orcish Scarecrow
Mormegil the Elven Idleman
Valier the Dwarven Millet Spray Picker
(?) Nogrod the Dwarven Personal Fitness Instructor
Kath the Rainbow Catcher
Cailín the Bird-portraitist
Roa_Aoife the Batwoman
Nilpaurion Felagund the Elven Pigeon-Summoning Ninja
Glirdan the Entish Tree Herder
Lote22 the Elven Igloo Maker
Lalaith the Halfling Chubb Fuddler
JennyHallu the Halfling Mountaintop Guru
Elu Ancalime the Didgeridoo Dwarf
Sleepy Ranger the Exiled Jedi Master
dancing spawn of ungoliant
(?) littlemanpoet

18 players
3 questionable

4 Elves
5 Humans
3 Dwarves
2 Hobbits
1 Ent
1 Orc

Mithalwen can I take the question mark away from your name?

[Diamond18]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Am I to be the only Orc?

Actually I am playing with the idea of exerting my moderatorly perogative to make Spawn an Orcish Astronaut. That is, if you don't object, Spawn.

[Lalaith]

Those of us on BST will either have to vote early or stay up til 4am....

So the owl/seer gets just the one dream?

I think it would be quite amusing if the ducks knew the goose but not vice-versa.

[Diamond18]

Originally Posted by Lalaith

Those of us on BST will either have to vote early or stay up til 4am....

Yes, sorry about that. But my schedule is all over the place and late at night is the only time I'm guarunteed to be here every day.

Oh, and there will be no double lynchings. Don't know about retractables yet. I liked them before but now I'm kind of enjoying the stability in Farael's game.

So the owl/seer gets just the one dream?

No, no, s/he dreams every night. But I played one game where the Seer (Seeker, actually) didn't get a first night dream because the game started with a Day phase. So I thought I'd make it clear that this starts with a Night phase.

I think it would be quite amusing if the ducks knew the goose but not vice-versa.

Duly noted.

[Sleepy Ranger]

Ack! I just worked it out and the deadline is 6am my time!
So this means I'd have to vote insanely early and be missing from the game for a good amount of time. I'd be active from 3 pm till 10:30 pm my time and then leave my vote at around 5:45 am my time, which is when I wake up on school-days. When I'm off I'll be able to stay up late and'll probably vote around 3 am my time.

There, thats my schedule for this game. If a majority of people believe it'd be an annoyance I guess I'll drop out...

EDIT: I like retraceable votes but I agree with you, I am enjoying the stability in Farael's game. I'd say no to retraceable votes because it'd keep people from throwing away their vote.

Also, I don't think the goose or duck should know either... think of the insanity...

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by D18

Since it's 9:59 AM, that means right now is actually 12 hours prior to what my deadline will be. (I suppose it'd be helpful I waited to make this post till then, but c'mon. That's 12 hours from now.)

So it's 6 hours difference, then. That makes the deadline 4am for us Brits (and even later for the Continentals and Scandinavians, I think). Any chance of bringing it forward by a few hours, Di?

Originally Posted by Dxviii

Any suggestions?

Well, normally the Cobbler (Goose) does not know who the Wolves (Ducks) are and vice versa. Certainly, the Goose should not know who the Ducks are because I think that makes the role more powerful than it should be. And, despite having been a Cobbler (Huan) who got killed by the shtoopid Wolves (Heroes) on the first night, I think it probably works better if the Ducks don't know the identity of the Goose either. A large part of the game (and much of its intrigue) involves trying to work out who are the gifteds and I am not sure that the Ducks should be denied this pleasure ( ) with regard to the Goose. They already have more information than anyone else as it is.

Only one Owl dream? That rather balances the game in the Ducks' favour doesn't it? Or do you mean that the Owl gets a dream on the first night, before the game starts in earnest, and then every night thereafter until caught?

Originally Posted by Diixx

Actually I am playing with the idea of exerting my moderatorly perogative to make Spawn an Orcish Astronaut.

Good. I am rather fearing an anti-Orc sentiment on the first day in the absence of anything else to go on ...

[Sleepy Ranger]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Good. I am rather fearing an anti-Orc sentiment on the first day in the absence of anything else to go on ...

Nonsense! You, Spanman, are awesome!