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The deadline has come.
Please stop posting.
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I 'm having a creepy feeling that maybe I shouldn't have voiced my doubts just before... Oh dear.
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Um I voted and my post isn't showing..not a scooby as to what happened.
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~~~Our Tale~~~
The guests spent the DAY in debate. Except for when they paused to enjoy two theatrical performances. Suddenly, at the conclusion of the second play, Brinniel stood to her feet and cried, "I FEEL STRANGELY EMPOWERED!". The other guests scratched their heads and ignored this...mostly. It was about that time that the guests noticed the absence of one of their members. They hunted high and low and then found a note that said, "Ha ha ha! I found the way out. Bye!" Someone had escaped! This rendered the situation almost intolerable. That and the fact that they had an unspoken feeling that someone, somewhere was churning out a series of eye-roll inducing puns. Seizing upon one of their number, they threw Lottie on the guillotine and pulled the lever. CLUNK! Living Nerwen Boromir88 Shastanis Althreduin satansaloser2005 Eomer of the Rohirrim Lalaith Legate of Amon Lanc Mithalwen Eönwë Nogrod Brinniel The Dead Morsul the Dark Inziladun Thinlómien Loslote Escaped Pervinca Took (Ordo)
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The NIGHT was dark and full of buzzing.
Yes, buzzing again. bzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZ *whoosh* CLANG *doink* "Who put that there?" Silence. Silence without stillness. As the guests slept they felt the swirling of many powers around them. All in all, it didn't lend itself to a restful NIGHT. Dawn broke, as was its habit. The guests assembled around the guillotine again. They set off in search of the route taken by the escapee. On their way they found the body of Mithalwen who apparently tried to do the same in the NIGHT. Well... Living Nerwen Boromir88 Shastanis Althreduin satansaloser2005 Eomer of the Rohirrim Lalaith Legate of Amon Lanc Eönwë Nogrod Brinniel The Dead Morsul the Dark Inziladun Thinlómien Loslote Mithalwen Escaped Pervinca Took (Ordo)
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So the Dead tell us Zil is innocent. I say continue on and ask if they checked Lottie.
Divide it up into 3 groups again...Lottie is prey, predator or none of the above. My weirdness early on was purely out of a desire to join in the dead thread, which I have never managed to make in 3 chances now. I said it was what my heart greatly desired. Alas, it seems I'm cursed to not ever partake in the Dead community...early on I would have really only been effecting my own luck in this dwarven game, but now I don't want to do anything that could be harming the GW. Yesterday I was completely booked from 10am-9pm my time. But that's the only day I had a major scheduling conflict. So, you all take that or leave it, I've been shut out of the white shores again it seems. It's fine.
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The theory that I was a sacrificial wolf defending EW Lottie is now debunked though...so yes, I'm going to be suspicious of those pushing that interpretation. I said I didn't do it for her, but I guess I should be used to not being taken at face value.
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Okay, we really need to get a wolf toDay.
I'm also curious as to the kill-choice. I mean, it fits the pattern of unsuspected players being killed- but at ths point, what does it say that it was her and nobody else?
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And now that we know Lottie was not the EW, perhaps we should look at how that notion came to be so prominent?
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I don't know if I'd call Lonmy unsuspected at the time of her death - I certainly suspected her, at the very least. Mith I do agree on, though, I can't think of anyone who really suspected her.
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Well, now that you're here, my treasure, I'd like to hear your thoughts on everyone. Especially Nog. I am thinking maybe I shouldn't have started second-guessing myself at the end there, because on reading through his game he has posted a *lot*, but nearly all of it has consisted of arguing the undesirability of trying to communicate with the Dead, with an interlude where he became equally preoccupied with the question of whether the rules technically allowed Wolf1 to have been created Night2. And by yesterDay he was becoming downright obstructive. Yet, as I said, there is also the fact that he just kept on going even after he was obviously attracting suspicion- shouldn't a baddie have been more cautious?
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Mith isn't a surprising choice to me as she seems like a no-trace kill. I don't recall her really being suspected by anyone and with her vote not getting posted due to technical difficulties, the Living might never know her suspicions yesterDay.
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Ah, but why do a no trace kill at this stage?
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Not sure, perhaps some players were starting to suspect them and they worried killing them off instead would be too obvious. Or if there's a hunter, that one of them would be targeted.
Or maybe they chose her because they didn't think she would be protected by the ranger.
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Okay, I said I would take a closer look at Legate, and I decided to do so tonight while I have time.
I believe someone mentioned earlier he seems wishy-washy in his opinions and I see what they mean. On Day One, he stated he liked the non-lynch idea, but was non-committal about it. Quote:
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Legate voted for Boro all three Days, and even with those votes, his suspicions of Boro weren't exactly strong ones. YesterDay, I mentioned the possibility of Legate being a newly turned wolf with his change of focus on the Dead Thread. And he did talk a lot about the Dead Thread, though I don't think he was as distracting about it as others. I honestly don't see any real shift in behavior, and so I'm starting to think if he is a baddie, there's a good chance he has been for awhile. In conclusion, Legate has moved up on my suspicion list. He's joined by Eonwe and Nogrod, and to a lesser extent, Nerwen and Boro for reasons I listed yesterDay. Alright, it's getting really late, so it's off to bed for me.
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It probably doesn't help hearing from me, but if I'm ever turned, it's very similar to how I would be playing the part of a wolf if I knew the EW hadn't spent all choices yet.
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Now, what about Legate? If Nog's a wolf, could a Legwolf have seized on a chance not to have to follow through on his "suspicion"? Or is it just honest doubt, given that there is a history of innocent Nog developing that kind of laser-beam focus on a single topic?
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So we are now ten and perhaps four of us are bad. I really hope Lottie was a wolf.
I'm in a rush to go to work now but will hopefully be able to post a bit more later. Annoyingly, I have also lost all the notes I made about the voting and its implications...but I wanted to put out there what's been worrying me all Night. It was Nog's weird behaviour near DL that got me thinking...he holds up voting debate going on about rules and stuff, then risks his own vote, holding off until deadline, only to vote for Eonwe who as far as he knew only had one vote and thus his vote wouldn't make any difference anyway. However, as it happened, had his vote been allowed, it would have resulted in a no-lynch, because Brinn was empowered, and we would have had a draw. Now, then I realised, the wolves already would know what the Dead would tell us - that Zil was innocent. This would mean that the wolves also knew into which "group" the empowerment would go. (As Zil was innocent he was likely to co-operate and thus the 'none of the above' category was unlikely to be used) So, empowerment would go to either Boro (v unlikely as he said he probably couldn't vote) Brinn, Eomer, Eonwe or me. Given that Eomer and I had already contributed 2 out of the 3 votes to Lottie, if one of us got empowered Lottie would be unsavable. Eonwe voted for Nogs - if his vote had been empowered, we would have had another draw. As it happened, it was Brinn who got the empowerment which, had Nogs' late vote counted, would also have resulted in a draw. So my question is, was this all a terrific gamble by a Nogs-wolf? What was it that he was waiting for, up until deadline, and why didn't he vote for Lottie or Boro to guarantee his own survival? Basically, I get so far with this theory and then I end up in a tangle. So I thought I'd put it out there now to see if anyone else can make sense of it. (Or what is more likely, for the wolves to tangle it up further ![]()
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Naturally, we should lynch a wolf toDay, but opening the Day with "Okay, we really need to" sounds like something a Wolf would say after thinking how an innocent would open a Day. On other issues: Quote:
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You can see that my previous post is timed at .59 (I made the mistake of answering Lottie who asked me a straight question) - and realized the time at the moment. The 30-second rule prevented me from posting my vote any earlier than I was then able to do - but you can see that I managed to post another one on .00 - so my vote was more or less a few seconds after .00. Yeah, I didn't manage to vote as Kuru was really on top of the hour. But that was in no way planned, but just a mistake (answering to Lottie at the last minute). That simple.
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Okay. 'nuff of that. On other issues: I just remembered I did make a tally of the votes yesterDay - so here... D3 voting .48 Eomer -> Lottie .49 Sally -> Lottie 2 .49 Lalaith -> Lottie 3 .54 Brinniel -> Eönwe .54 Legate -> Boro .56 Lottie -> Boro 2 .56 Nerwen -> Nog .58 Eönwe -> Nog 2 .59 Shasta -> Legate + voter empowerment: Eönwe 2 EDIT: Triple-posting - will be away now then.
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Ok Nogs, I can actually see a scenario too where you are innocent, but why the exciting drama of holding back on your vote til the last minute - only to vote for Eonwe - a vote which, as far as you knew, if you were innocent, would make no difference?
Why say this to Eonwe two hours before deadline: Quote:
And what was this supposed to mean? Quote:
Anyway one thing is clear from all of this that Eonwe's idea from early yesterDay, of slicing us down into little portions for the Dead to choose from, really is not wise, as it gives the wolves too much of a pointer on who will get empowered and thus where to steer the lynching. Eonwe's "small portions" plan would have left the Dead, incidentally, with a choice of Boro, Brinn or Eomer. As they chose Brinn anyway, this doesn't look hugely incriminating for Eonwe as being an attempt at wolf-steering the Dead empowerment, but still....
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Ok now I must really get on with my actual RL work for a bit.
But before I go...the list for the Dead. (sorry dead Mith, hope this doesn't rile you!) There should be enough innocents in the dead thread to ensure a vote on Lottie so would it be better (given the empowerment issues I highlighted earlier) to make the 'none of the above' group smaller than the other two? I'm using Kuru's Living list here btw: Lottie prey Nerwen Boromir88 Shastanis Althreduin satansaloser2005 Lottie predator Eomer of the Rohirrim Lalaith Legate of Amon Lanc Eönwë None of the above Nogrod Brinniel We could even just divide us into two groups of five, prey and predator, and tell the dead not to empower anyone if there has been a 'none of the above' issue?
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So no, I am not misrepresenting you. I will also point out that it was your single-minded focus on the Dead Thread during the last couple of hours that made me re-consider my suspicion of you, precisely because it seemed a bit foolhardy for a wolf. Quote:
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Forewarning, I may not be around as much toDay as normally, because for large part, the time when I will have most time to play WW would be when I'm at work, throughout the, like, next seven hours or so. I hope to be back also a few hours before DL, but not for very long. In any case my posts may be shorter (ha, ha).
Anyway, as for now. I agree with that Mith was widely unsuspected and it would make sense if she was meant to be a no-trace kill. One option is that the Wolves are really getting suspected and killing other people would bring them into the spotlight. More interestingly, now that we can assume Zil's innocence, we can try to look back at events related to him at least with some knowledge. The bandwagon for him, for example, makes it clear that it was a "safe space" for Wolves to contribute to, i.e. being sure they would not vote for a fellow Wolf (but at the same time, casting a vote outside it was "safe space" in the sense that such a vote would not be linked to lynching an innocent. It was only less safe because it wasn't so dead clear yet at that time who was going to get the votes). Zil's spat with Nerwen is another thing, because now we know his retaliation was genuine; Nerwen's suspicion of him itself I am not sure of. I am growing wary of her again, I mean she has so far been moving around basically unsuspected for most of the time. Then again, it's her. Otherwise: I am all for using the list Lalaith now provided. We should shuffle things up anyway so that it's not still the same list. I am also for the Dead checking Lottie next. The communication seems to work (hopefully), so let's keep it that way. Speaking of communicating with Dead, I am still wary of Nogrod. His replies at the end of yesterDay looked genuine, but upon re-thinking, in the big picture, his one-track distraction and dismissing the communication with the Dead stands. In any case, I hope to read more of him when it comes to discussing people etc. Boro's "confession" in the beginning of toDay pinged my radar as "I used to be a person willing to die, but recently I have been converted into a Wolf, so I don't want to die anymore". Anyway. I agree with Nerwen that the Days are passing on, and we should make sure we lynch a Wolf, as it is theoretically possible we have four baddies here (especially now that effectively, we can assume except for Lottie that all the dead were innocents). EDIT: x-ed with Nerwen
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Ok, it looks like I have very very limited time for the game sadly toDay, so just going to put down as many of my thoughts now.
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Anyone else think the narration is pretty strange today?
Mithalwen was apparently taking the same route as the escapee; many powers swirling around them. If there were 3 wolves among us then then there could be no wolf kill. EW would have to scry. GW might have sent Mith to the dead thread for her to come back tomorrow.
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Gah! That's the second time I say the wrong thing. I mean, of course, that there could be no 4th wolf created.
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Maybe it's selfish of me, but I'm pretty uncomfortable with Lalaith's list:
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Of course, this may just be coincidence, but in any case, I'd prefer either a 3/3/3 (with one 4) or 5/5 split (with the hope that there was no wolf-sacrifice) better. Also, has anyone considered that Mith's death might not be a wolf-kill but rather a Ranger save and the GW assigning a Stranger that Leaves? And even if it's not, this is a possibility we should be aware of as the Days continue. edit: x-ed since my last post. Nice to see that someone else (Eomer) also had the same idea!
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Eonwe, I agree it's not a good idea to have two people alone in a category who both have the same likely voting pattern. Quite happy to mix the list (eg by swapping you and Nog?).
I think the 'none of the above' category is very unlikely which is why I suggested it being small, and giving the Dead more choice for the two more likely categories. What I'm trying to avoid is the likelihood of giving the Dead the Hobson's Choice of empowering one of three baddies....and of giving the wolves too easy a guess about who will be empowered....
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My point was that the wolves already know Zil is innocent because they would know he wasn't a wolf...and they would also know that the Dead, yesterDay were all innocents (Morsul, Lommy, Zil) and would thus all try to be helpful. They would therefore also know that the empowerment vote would be one of Boro, Brinn, Eomer, Eonwe or me.
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Eonwe, you said it much clearer than I was able to - I'm getting completely muddled up with nightly activities!
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One thing I've found quite interesting is the Nerwen/Legate reaction to Nog. They seem to be acting quite similarly towards him - suspecting him, then easing up on him (and in Legate's case not voting him), then regretting easing up on him and suspecting him again.
On the one hand, if Nog turns out be innocent, this could potentially suggest a wolf-team trying to get him killed (though maybe it is a bit obvious). On the other hand, if he's evil, this could either speak for them as innocents of wavering suspicion, or mean that they're wolves who are anticipating a torrent of votes for him toDay and want to ride the wave to victory.
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