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03-01-2012, 04:04 AM | #561 |
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You're kidding me. Pitch? Honestly? You were the one I was quite positive wasn't a wolf. Anyway, kudos to you 4, you did an amazing job! As well as kudos to our two Seers who more or less swung the game for us - I don't think we'd have stood a chance against a wolf pack of Nog-Boro-Shasta-Pitch!
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03-01-2012, 07:03 AM | #562 |
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"This is nothing but a great opportunity for the village, " said Inziladun, when it was found that Lommy had, by some mysterious agency, survived the night. "Now, if only we had some idea of who the spies might be..."
"Here. Let me help you out." Guard-lieutenant Shastanis Althreduin, his face grim and set, stepped forward. "I am a spy! There is no way, I see, for us to win– so let us die with glory!" "Seize him!" the others cried, rushing forward. "Tear him limb from limb! Throw him to the serpents! Skin him alive!" "Nay," said Shasta, glaring at them with such pride and fierceness that they fell back in dismay. "Ye shall not slay me, dogs of Southrons! For Gondor!" And he threw himself on his sword. "Shasta!" gasped he who had called himself Captain Pitchwife of Umbar, running to the dying man's side. "My last comrade shall not die alone!" He turned the gaze of a cornered wolf on the assembled Haradrim. "Do your worst, minions of Mordor!" But when the others finally gathered up the courage to lay hands on the false Corsair, he neither spoke nor moved, merely gazed straight ahead with fixed eyes that even now were lightening to uncanny Númenórean grey. Lommy examined him and declared that he was dead on his feet. "If's almost as if he just...willed himself to die..." she said in wonder, making the protective sign of the Serpent. This fearful portent (as many took it to be) cast a momentary shadow over the company, but this was lifted as they beheld the longed-for sight of the last two spies transforming in death into their true, hateful shapes, and realised the struggle was over. "Finally," Sally proclaimed, "She Who Now Walks Among the Gods has been avenged! All Hail Acolyte Thinlómien, Saviour of the South!" Great was the rejoicing that day, greater still the next when all the populace flocked to see the triumphal parade. Trumpets played, guards in jewelled armoured marched, sorcerers performed dazzling displays of magical pyrotechnics and Pomegranate and A Little Green led troops of slave-girls in a succession of graceful and intricate dances, while Lommy herself rode down the Imperial Avenue in a gilded howdah mounted on the back of a white mûmak. Even Lottie was allowed to give a public demonstration of her magical skills, and, for once, nobody was more than mildly singed. (The only frown to be seen was on the face of Treasurer Inziladun, who had to keep an eye on expenses.) Magnificent as the celebrations were, they were eclipsed altogether by those held shortly afterward when Thinlómien the Glorious, Saviour of the South, mounted the Serpent Throne as the newly-crowned Empress of Harad! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Living Sally –Messenger girl. Pomegranate –Entertainer. A Little Green –The Empress's favourite snake-charmer. Lottie –Accident-prone sorcerer's apprentice. Inziladun –Minister of the Treasury. Lommy! –Court physician. Dead The Empress of Harad. Mod. –assassinated in her sleep. Bom Tombadillo –Greatly afflicted beggar. Ordo. –multiple stab wounds. Eruhen –Court eunuch. Ordo. –burned to death on the Empress's funeral pyre. Rikae –Empress's handmaiden. Royal Executioner. –garotted with own wire. Nogrod –Camel and coffee trader. Spy. –poisoned with own merchandise. Galadriel55 –Professional assassin. Captain of the Guard. –neck broken in stairwell fight. Legate of Amon Lanc –Legate of Khand. Ordo. –crushed to death by an enormous waggon. Steve –Court Jester (from Umbar). Envoy of Morder. –sliced up by the spies on Night Four. Boromir88 –Wealthy mûmak breeder. Spy. Trampled by own mûmakil. Shasta –Particularly attentive guard-lieutenant. Spy. Threw himself on his sword. Pitchwife –Captain in the "Provisional Royal Númenórean Navy" and emissary of Angamaitë IX, Lord of Umbar. Spy. Chose death by the grace granted of old to the Men of Westernesse. Village wins! Acolyte wins!
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Anyway, it still was an interesting game. Initially, the adding of a mysterious secret role was a gift of god to us wolves, and Eruhen's unexplained death another; in the end, it was our downfall, but who knows - if Eönwë hadn't dreamed Lommy in his last Night, or hadn't cleared Zil, who knows how things might have gone? With experimental roles and rules, it's next to impossible to foresee every situation that may arise, but that doesn't mean it's not fun to try them out. Also, the setting was a nice idea, and I loved your narrations (especially when you quoted verbatim from our kill PMs, but the rest as well). Thanks for modding! Quote:
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For the wolves, you lot were a most fearful pack. What a combination! If Steve hadn't gotten Nog in a dream, I think the outcome could have been substantially different. I'm just glad we didn't lynch our Seer. T'was a near thing. And thanks for the game, Nerwen. Amazing narrations.
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Good game, everyone!
Nerwen, I loved your narrations! Thanks! Wolves - well done! Still! After that fatal Night with no kill I was kinda hoping you'd win regardless of the no-kill, as unpatriotic as that sounds. Seers - I second/third/whatever the kudos! *applauds* On D2 I was most annoyed with myself, because on N2 I was debating whether to protect Rikae and Greenie, and chose Greenie. So what happened to Eruhen? Nerwen foresaw the debate about the alcolyte's involvement in the narration: Quote:
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03-01-2012, 08:31 AM | #567 | |
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Still, as I said, the way things played out, it ended being quite weighted against your side at the end, and I regret that.
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03-01-2012, 08:32 AM | #568 |
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Indeed, I did ask to be modfired. As I stated several times on Day 1, real life kept getting in the way. I would have loved to stay around, though, and great game to everyone.
I about died laughing on Day 2 watching you guys scramble around because of the narration of She Who Walks Among the Stars. Great job, Nerwen!
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03-01-2012, 08:48 AM | #569 | |
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03-01-2012, 09:29 AM | #570 | |
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No worries, Nerwen, as Pitch said, we can't foresee how experimental roles play out...it really swung the balance against us in the end, but I hardly played my best as a wolf and at the start of the game, if anything the wolves had an advantage.
After Lommy wasn't killed, I was rather sad, because it pretty much ruined my only reason for rolling over quickly, and I thought then I probably should have fought Lommy harder. When I said I was out of it/exhausted on Day 1, I meant it . And after becoming so focused on Legate (who I told the rest of the pack I shouldn't have given him that lead on me last time I was a wolf, because he can spot me right off the bat now), I wasn't at all prepared to fight Lommy. And after basically the majority of innocents were declaring "I'm inclined to believe Lommy, because there's no reason she would be a wolf and do this," I wasn't going to argue...sorry dear. I figured dying would make Shasta and Pitch look good, and if I fought it would have exposed them, so why do it when they can just kill Lommy at night? Anyways, once Lommy declared the acolyte for the village, it was a rather impossible situation. But that might not have ever happened, and it's not like we wolves, as brilliantly as we worked on the kills to get rid of gifteds, couldn't have played better during the day phase. I certainly could have played better. It wasn't the acolyte or game mechanics, it was simply a really tough group of villagers who made finding suspicions against them difficult. At the start, we were keeping Legate and Inzil alive for as long as possible since having the attention on them was working for us...but then Eonwe had to reveal Inzil innocent, and that forced us to lynch Legate. That night we really struggled figuring out who we could make look suspicious, because, we had to kill Eonwe and so couldn't make anyone look bad from the night kill, and everyone else was looking oooohhh sooo innocent. And a couple more things to point out... I didn't notice this at first, but it's hilarious in how ironic it is, because I'm responding to Pitch about Lommy's "90% innocent comment" Quote:
I don't have the pms anymore, but the first night we had a kill choice...no joke. I clarified Rikae's hint about the coyote/wabbit and how I thought she was the hunter, so now would probably be the best chance to get rid of the hunter if we didn't think we could find the seer. With our pack make-up, finding the seer was our priority...well Shasta, in his brilliant psychicness pointed out there was something unusual (as in the "possible gifted" sense) about Eonwe and G55. And he wouldn't be surprised if they were the seer and ranger. haha, And there, had we gone with Eonwe, instead of Rikae, things might have turned out differently. Pom, don't hate me...well ok, it's acceptable to hate me within the context of WW, because it's completely silly to trust me so quickly and easily. But outside of WW, please don't hate me, a person can not help when they are told "be furry."
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03-01-2012, 11:37 AM | #571 | |
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Haha. There you go.
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03-01-2012, 12:02 PM | #572 |
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Agree with everyone. It was fun, it was more than a little chaotic, Eru's mysterious death made this game in a different way exciting than many of the games I've played since we were all completely off the lead. Or, well, who more who less.
Boro: I won't hate you On the first day, though, were you actually lost or was playing nice part of some strategy? Greenie: I seriously hope I will never play in a game where you are a wolf. You are unreadable.
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But last time I was a wolf, and Legate was in the game (I think it was Shasta's Misty Mountains game). Legate went after me for the same reasons, and afterwards I told him don't stop pursuing that lead (of me being nicer when evil ). I really don't know how I give it away, and I was trying to fix it for this game, because I told the pack that Legate knew my honey-coated wolvish behavior quite well. I think it's just an unconscious vibe I give away, and don't intend. Innocent-me, I don't care what happens to me, night-kill me, lynch me, trust me, I don't care I'm going to annoy people and just hopefully it's the wolves. Wolf-me, tries very hard not to be suspected.
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But one must remember - as some others already have - to give kudos for the seers from their picks. I mean even if this was the second time I was a wolf with Boro, and on both occasions we have been busted by the seer(s) and thus felt a bit frustrated about it happening again, the seer had all the choices to make and made the correct ones. Quote:
Thank's mates for a great game, even if it was short on my behalf. And thank's for all the Haradians for making this a really interesting one. I mean for a long time even D1 was actually playing the game and not only bantering or checking oneself in and out. The next time someone says D1's are not fun, or help us in no way, or can be "skipped over" without an effort, should be directed to this game (among a few others). And finally a deep bow to Nerwen for a great storyline, first-class narrations - and the courage to try an imaginative new role. New roles are always fun and add to the game. Don't take the ending too much to yourself Nerwen. New roles can end up in unforeseen ways... (like the "secret Night-killer on the good side" I had in my game years ago - who could kill someone during the Night if he wished - and single-handedly killed the wolves more or less like that... )
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It was a splendid game, despite some hard time of understanding between some innocents (I thought people do know by this time that the phrase "Legate 180" which you have made up yourselves comes from the moment when I was innocent). And it was especially nice for me to play after some break (since autumn, I think). Well played, everyone - I think I am not exaggerating if I say that people on all sides really played to the best of their abilities this time. It was a tough one.
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Anyway, it was really a great game. And even though I haven't been playing for some time, I still think I can say that it was one of the best games I've played "lately" (read: from the games I have actually played).
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When I awoke after that Day ended, I couldn't believe they'd lynched you and let Shasta get away with that! Innocents! But it all turned out to the good.
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I'm curious to know what Lommy's role would have been had she joined the wolves.
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Shasta (in Night PM): no. way. You're like a Seer who dreams of everyone at once regardless of alignment!!!
Legate: from a dead innocent's POV you looked pretty bad after Eonwe's reveal, and if I was alive I would probably have voted you. Only your last posts sounded innocent, so I started thinking along the lines of "maybe not a spy...?" And I was banging my head against the wall when you turned out to be innocent. Next time we play together I'll keep the innocent-180 in mind. Spies: Quote:
Amazing job, wolves! Hats off to you!
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A few more things. Firstly, it seems I've been giving out many reputation points lately, so I'm not allowed to give any out for the next day or so. So my apologies, unrepped ones! (though not for long, hopefully )
I have a question to Shasta. What was the motive behind the Bom-wagon? And Lottie - (in reply to Pitch) These things only happen coincidentally. Ironically, there was some suspicion for this post.
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Believe it or not, I was mostly transparent there. My feelings on people that just throw their votes away Day 1, and on non-participants, are fairly well-documented by now, and I went about the Bom-wagon just as I would have as an innocent. There was a bit of wolvish motivation, though - I was a bit concerned that the Finns might turn on Boro very late in the day, so I tool steps to prevent that from happening.
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Did you think he was being true to his character as a person? Did you think he looked principaled and innocentish doing that run after Bom? Did you think a wolf would not expose himself like that as it would turn out Bom was innoent? If you answered even waveringly 'yes' to any of the questions, then you have your answer... EDIT: X'd with Shasta - sorry.
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Good wolves are always transparent...
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03-01-2012, 05:50 PM | #584 |
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Shasta, you're seriously starting to creep me out. How many small forest animals did you have to sacrifice to get that power?
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03-01-2012, 06:01 PM | #585 |
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I'm sure he's full of glee at reading this.
PS: Shasta: your plan worked well.
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03-01-2012, 06:10 PM | #586 |
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I suppose that depends on what you consider a "small forest animal"...
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03-01-2012, 06:37 PM | #587 |
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I guess we just have to count how many times you've chatted or went off topic on threads... Or ask Esty how many of her subjects she's lost to you...
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03-01-2012, 08:36 PM | #588 |
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She would have had an optional (and, again, unreliable) Night-kill.
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A thing I just noticed.
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And then after Eonwe revealed, we figured he would get the ranger protection, but were of course debated on if there was a bluff. The only way to be sure Eonwe wasn't being protected, was to go for him N3...but then again, we also really wanted that kill. I believe it was Pitch who noticed your comment about the ranger would be stupid to not protect the revealed seer, which is true, but we didn't think an ordo-G55 would call out the ranger in that manner. Then we put it together...Shasta really is psychic.
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Wow, what a game! It's good to be back, and it's quite interesting being the seer. I was originally hoping to go for some elaborate clue thing with my fool posts, but it seemed that in character stuff just didn't happen.
I have more things to say, but I need to go now, and I was just wondering: Nog, was I right about your positive painting of Boro with the coyote thing? And this definitely means that I should my initial instincts, i.e. Legate=good, Pitch=bad.
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Shouldn't have tried that bluff so soon.... guess I'm rusty. Well, that and I can never resist hinting.
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