TIG LXIX: Meeting at the House of Usher - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Boromir88 · 11-03-2009, 03:39 PM

I got finished with everything a little sooner than anticipated *yay*, but mostly that was because I was dead tired and decided not to continue practice any further. I'll be around the rest of the day, but likely will not be able to make it to the late DL on this night.

I've scanned through, there's lots of wolves and werebear dynamics discussion. The fact is (and what Pitch refers to an earlier post about the "disagreement" that got people lynched in the previous game with the werebear) if the werebear wants to win a solid strategy is to target wolves at night. Period. What the werebear actually does is a different matter, but the wolves pose just as much as a threat to the werebear during the Night as the werebear getting lynched.

Someone suggested that the bear would team up with the wolves (I'll go back and find out who in a bit

), but that only ends in a loss for the bear. It serves no benefit for his win to keep the wolves alive. This is what I think was the disagreement in the last game with the werebear, because there really is no way to control what the bear (or wolves) decide to do. However, I see no harm in discussing Sauce's questions, afterall we talk wolf strategy all the time, why not werebear?

There's also a dual-purpose. It's been proven in previous villages where wolves get 2 kills that's not as much of a benefit as some make it out to be. In the Night Guard game the wolves went for the easy set up-lynch innocent Legate the next day instead of cashing in on their 2-kills. I realize the dynamics of that game were different than this, but in this case one of the kills at night will not be by the wolves. So, one of the wolves risks dying at night, as the werebear also is at risk for dying. Thus the dual-purpose, if the werebear targets wolves at night and therefor is a threat to the wolves, than the wolves will have to definitely consider going after the bear. My stating of this I don't think ruins the dynamics, because it is a very logical thing to assume, if the werebear wants to win he's got to bring down the number of wolves quickly, and if the werebear proves to be a threat the wolves will have to go after him. So, let's set them against eachother, or in the very least make them think we are setting them against eachother.

I'm going to catch up on a thorough read through and post thoughts on everyone. Before I forget

*hands Fea a cinnamon roll* How long did it take to write that poem? Bravo.

Edit: crossed since Pitch's 78

11-03-2009, 03:39 PM	#11
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,518	I got finished with everything a little sooner than anticipated yay, but mostly that was because I was dead tired and decided not to continue practice any further. I'll be around the rest of the day, but likely will not be able to make it to the late DL on this night. I've scanned through, there's lots of wolves and werebear dynamics discussion. The fact is (and what Pitch refers to an earlier post about the "disagreement" that got people lynched in the previous game with the werebear) if the werebear wants to win a solid strategy is to target wolves at night. Period. What the werebear actually does is a different matter, but the wolves pose just as much as a threat to the werebear during the Night as the werebear getting lynched. Someone suggested that the bear would team up with the wolves (I'll go back and find out who in a bit ), but that only ends in a loss for the bear. It serves no benefit for his win to keep the wolves alive. This is what I think was the disagreement in the last game with the werebear, because there really is no way to control what the bear (or wolves) decide to do. However, I see no harm in discussing Sauce's questions, afterall we talk wolf strategy all the time, why not werebear? There's also a dual-purpose. It's been proven in previous villages where wolves get 2 kills that's not as much of a benefit as some make it out to be. In the Night Guard game the wolves went for the easy set up-lynch innocent Legate the next day instead of cashing in on their 2-kills. I realize the dynamics of that game were different than this, but in this case one of the kills at night will not be by the wolves. So, one of the wolves risks dying at night, as the werebear also is at risk for dying. Thus the dual-purpose, if the werebear targets wolves at night and therefor is a threat to the wolves, than the wolves will have to definitely consider going after the bear. My stating of this I don't think ruins the dynamics, because it is a very logical thing to assume, if the werebear wants to win he's got to bring down the number of wolves quickly, and if the werebear proves to be a threat the wolves will have to go after him. So, let's set them against eachother, or in the very least make them think we are setting them against eachother. I'm going to catch up on a thorough read through and post thoughts on everyone. Before I forget hands Fea* a cinnamon roll* How long did it take to write that poem? Bravo. Edit: crossed since Pitch's* 78* __________________ Fenris Penguin Last edited by Boromir88; 11-03-2009 at 03:43 PM.