Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVI - Úcenite Valto - Planning and Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-28-2006, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by the phantom

Btw, I did consider trying to convince SPM and Mith to edit their posts and thus hand the game to me. What would you have thought had I proposed that, Mith and SPM? Would it have made me look more or less guilty?

Er - what do you think?

the phantom · 11-28-2006, 08:56 PM

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Er - what do you think?

I don't think it's as simple as that. Or is it? I don't know.

Asking you to hand the game to me by means of the edit rule- that would've accomplished the same thing as getting one of you to vote for the other had I been a WW, right? So really, if it was at all possible that you would've voted for the other person, you might as well have just handed the game to me, right?

And surely the thought would've crossed your mind "Would a WW tp really want to win like this?"

And if your answer would've been "no", then maybe you would've gone along with it? But if the answer was "heck yeah, he'd love it", then you would've voted for me on the spot.

At least, that was the thought process that I was expecting to create had I gone through with it.

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-29-2006, 05:10 AM

As you are fond of pointing out, phantom, the only person that one can be sure is innocent, in the absence of any Gifteds, is oneself. Accordingly, given the situation prevailing on the final Day, I would never have agreed voluntarily to do something which would inevitably have resulted in my death.

I would certainly have considered whether a phantom Wolf would be so bold as to ask his fellow villagers effectively to commit suicide, and would almost certainly have concluded that it was a distinct possibility.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-29-2006, 06:38 AM

About the edit thing: I thought it was an absolutely brilliant idea, cracked up laughing, knew nobody would ever go for it, but would have let it work because it was so audacious and you know how I love audacity.

Mithalwen · 11-29-2006, 06:58 AM

I think, that I am getting more and more glad that I voted to lynch the Phantom....

In the last days I was tempted to ask Fea to give me a Semele type death (she died having been exposed to Jupiter in his full glory )... I would have been overwhelmed by the sheer force of the Phantom's ego...

littlemanpoet · 11-29-2006, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

About the edit thing: I thought it was an absolutely brilliant idea, cracked up laughing, knew nobody would ever go for it, but would have let it work because it was so audacious and you know how I love audacity.

I liked the edit rule. It added a bit of spice to the game. If and when I mod, I think I'll use it. .... just to get on Diamond's nerves.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-29-2006, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I liked the edit rule. It added a bit of spice to the game. If and when I mod, I think I'll use it. .... just to get on Diamond's nerves.

I used it mostly for the practical value: I wanted continuous discussion. I am a mad busy human being and could barely keep punctual and up to date as it was (and as you saw, I disappeared from life for an entire day cycle by accident). I knew if I let there be edits, I'd have to go through to look for lists and stuff. It was simply easier to know that the most recent was the most recent when it came to anything.

I also knew it would make everybody put more thought into what they were posting, if they knew they couldn't even spell-check edit it later on. When there are no take-backs, you compose more prettily the first time.

And I knew it would annoy everybody.

But mostly it was because I was strapped for time, short on sleep, about to go on break, and wanted to simplify.

Mithalwen · 11-29-2006, 11:05 AM

Oh I thought you did that to wind up the phantom....cos he said that 48 hour nights happened approximately never....

Bêthberry · 11-29-2006, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

I would certainly have considered whether a phantom Wolf would be so bold as to ask his fellow villagers effectively to commit suicide, and would almost certainly have concluded that it was a distinct possibility.

Lawks! Suicide bombers in WW. I bet that hasn't been done before.

Oh, and Mith: perhaps the next WW phantom runs can be called "The Burning Bush".

11-29-2006, 06:38 AM	#4
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	About the edit thing: I thought it was an absolutely brilliant idea, cracked up laughing, knew nobody would ever go for it, but would have let it work because it was so audacious and you know how I love audacity. __________________ peace

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Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,459	I think, that I am getting more and more glad that I voted to lynch the Phantom.... In the last days I was tempted to ask Fea to give me a Semele type death (she died having been exposed to Jupiter in his full glory )... I would have been overwhelmed by the sheer force of the Phantom's ego... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 11-29-2006 at 11:03 AM.

11-29-2006, 11:05 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,459	Oh I thought you did that to wind up the phantom....cos he said that 48 hour nights happened approximately never.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-29-2006, 05:10 AM	#3
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	As you are fond of pointing out, phantom, the only person that one can be sure is innocent, in the absence of any Gifteds, is oneself. Accordingly, given the situation prevailing on the final Day, I would never have agreed voluntarily to do something which would inevitably have resulted in my death. I would certainly have considered whether a phantom Wolf would be so bold as to ask his fellow villagers effectively to commit suicide, and would almost certainly have concluded that it was a distinct possibility.