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10-27-2005, 07:56 PM | #521 | |
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10-27-2005, 08:01 PM | #522 | |
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Now I know I'm not cut out for a life of crime ;)
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I've really no idea about the phantom's Easter Egg thing regarding the choice of killing Firefoot. I didn't even suspect her to be the Seer; it was just pure luck for the wolves that there happened to be gifteds amongst the Three Innocents. Ah, this was an awesome game. Cheers to Lord Phantom for his fantastic modding. Nice playing, everyone. |
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10-27-2005, 08:02 PM | #523 | |
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My notes for planning who to guard on Night 2 came down to this: Seer Not: Feanor, Mr. U. Not likely: Firefoot (duh-uh!), Guy (werewolf?), Esty, Morm, Formy (werewolf?), Encai (werwolf?) Neutral: Lhuna (not enough info) Could be: Boromir Oh, On Night 1 I guarded Morm. It was a toss-up between Eomer and Morm, and since I was more convinced of Morm than Eomer, Morm it was. Just imagine if I'd have guarded Eomer! I'd have messed everything up! |
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10-27-2005, 08:05 PM | #524 | |
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You know what I realized, and in my post-double-lynched delerium really amused me? Fea-Wolf sounds very much like Beowulf. Just wanted to share that fascinating tidbit with you all. |
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10-27-2005, 08:11 PM | #525 | ||
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Oh, and I'm against suicides. It's the easy way out, like multiple lynchings. So there's a good reason to keep the cobbler, or at least the suggestion of a cobbler's existence, in the game. |
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10-27-2005, 08:23 PM | #526 | |
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10-27-2005, 08:24 PM | #527 | ||
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easter eggs...
If you want to find the so-called "easter eggs"....
1. Easter Egg One Completed- Erbar Telamarth's meaning 2. Post #37, reference to Downs history 3. Post #37, character name 4. Post #39, reference to Middle Earth history 5. Post #40, reference to Downs history 6. Post #199, joke on village occupation 7. Post #199, song reference 8. Post #201, character name 9. Post #273, movie reference 10. Post #273, play on person's name 11. Post #275, reference to Enca pm 12. Posts #416 and #417, commentary on Day's events 13. Post #417, reference to Eomer pm (in WW III, I believe) 14. Post #419, reference to Downs history 15. Post #467, play on person's name Some of them aren't even hidden- they are just things that I wondered if anyone noticed. Quote:
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10-27-2005, 08:30 PM | #528 | |
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10-27-2005, 08:34 PM | #529 |
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On top of the table, all covered in, well, me
I lost my poor head when 'twas cut by L-M-P It rolled off the table, and onto the floor, And then my poor head, it rolled out of the door. It rolled down the garden, and under a bush, And then my poor head, it was nothing but mush! I had actually cought that, just forgot about it...mostly because I couldn't remember the words...thanks to google though that's been remedied...
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10-27-2005, 08:44 PM | #530 | |
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10-27-2005, 08:51 PM | #532 | |
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10-27-2005, 08:58 PM | #533 | ||||
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When Enca pmed me with her choice of killing Firefoot, she was hoping to get lucky and kill the Cursed Villager. She had no idea Firefoot was the Seer (I don't think anyone did- nice job FF). So, I included it in my narrative- Quote:
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And Firefoot also spotted one of the Downs history references- Esty's concern for skwerls.
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10-27-2005, 09:23 PM | #534 | |
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One Fea-wolf lays the bait carefully to lead suspicion subtley but directly to one innocent (or, equally likely, also guilty) villager. Just as the villagers take the well-hidden bait, Fea-wolf switches it up and points her finger to a new villager (or more likely, a new wolf), using a rather lot of obvious evidence to convict said person. Due to invisible "bait", the village is permanently, though latently, suspicious of the original, and extremely worried about the "switch". Should both villagers survive, after Fea's death, they will likely be killed because everybody knows I'm willing to throw my team mates to the erm... wolves.
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10-28-2005, 03:50 AM | #535 | |
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Seriously, this game was more stressful than any game I've participated in before. It's terrible being a wolf.
I think during Night 2, I first suggested killing either Lhuna or Fea, because of some random brainwave I don't quite understand anymore. Next I was willing to kill one of the people who voted for me, especially Firefoot, because I was so worried about her I would risk the village going after me the next day. When we finally more or less agreed on Eomer, I got a real bad feeling about it and I almost sent a PM to Formendacil - who was going to deliver the message - to kill LMP instead. But I didn't, much to my dismay the day after. Quote:
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10-28-2005, 06:46 AM | #536 |
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Phantom, I knew what you meant as soon as you mentioned that PM you sent me in WWIII. Referred to when you told how Boromir88, with his last action before dying, gave the villagers the bird. Reading it, I'm surprised you didn't go with the 'fingers-straight-as-arrows' line. (It was in reference to The Phantom's self-suggested death in Storyland.
LMP, lucky indeed that you didn't pick me on NIGHT 2! Why did I pick Cailín even after I voted for Boromir88 that day? Well, I didn't really suspect Boro – in fact, I basically said that in my post. It was just that he gave me reasons to choose him (however poor) and I wanted to get the discussion going. Also, voting early on Day One is always hard. I got really lucky with Cailín. My main reason for choosing her was this: She voted for me despite the numerous clues I had given in my posts to suggest my secret role. I really didn't think any innocent would vote for me that Day and, even if she was innocent, she deserved to die for not reading carefully enough! Did anyone catch the clues which alluded to my Hunting ways? As it happened, Anguirel guessed I was the Hunter but for entirely different reasons!
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10-28-2005, 09:48 AM | #537 | ||
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10-28-2005, 11:26 AM | #538 |
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Mortakh was, I presume, a joke. I can't make much of it though.
Mort is French for dead, and akh might possibly be Egyptian? I'm not sure. Alternatively, you could be demanding more taxes, or tacks, or tackier games. |
10-28-2005, 11:37 AM | #539 |
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Mortakh=More Talk
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10-28-2005, 11:41 AM | #540 | ||
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For those of you who aren't in the know, once I realized I was going to be lynched in WW III despite my most excellent arguments, I sent Eomer, the Moderator, a pm suggesting a few things to include in my death. I can't remember exactly how it went, but it was something like this- His body stopped with a jerk and the villagers heard his neck snap. "My God- he was innocent... he was telling the truth." The villagers stood in guilty silence as the executioner cut the rope holding Phantom in the air. Phantom landed hard, face down on the ground. His tied hands were clenched tightly behind his back, all except his middle fingers, which were as straight as arrows. Quote:
You don't need a foreign language dictionary. And no, morm, that's not it- though your guess is rather good, seeing as I did indeed want this game to be a "more talk" game.
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10-28-2005, 11:50 AM | #541 |
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I think my favorite narration was at the end of Day 4, in posts 416-417. It perfectly captures the utter confusion of that day and I think you can sense even the moderator's amazement at the two suicide votes.
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For the joke on a village occupation, I see morm saying "don't kill the messenger" and I see the lecherous innkeeper commencing the game of spin-the-bottle. Quote:
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10-28-2005, 01:57 PM | #543 | ||||
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Congrats, Fea- you've spotted some easter eggs.
Egg #2 concerns history here on the Downs- the fact that I have been a wolf in other villages (II and X). Quote:
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So, we still have numbers 3, 5, 8, 9, and 12. Nine is extremely easy to spot. 3 and 8 go hand in hand, you might say. If you figure one out, you will figure the other one out fairly quickly I should think.
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10-28-2005, 02:03 PM | #544 |
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Also, I just have to ask- those of you who were reading my game-ending posts as I was making them, especially those still "alive" (Underhill, Esty, Fea), did I succeed in temporarily making you believe someone other than Enca was the wolf?
I wanted you to think at first it was Underhill or Esty, and then when Fea crashed into them I wanted you to think it was her, and then finally learn it was Enca. Did it work?
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10-28-2005, 02:08 PM | #545 | |
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I was eagerly watching despite the relatively late hour, and you had me thoroughly annoyed at dragging it out for so long. And I knew the truth of the matter!
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10-28-2005, 02:14 PM | #546 | |
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Of course it didn't work on you, Formy- you were a wolf!
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And don't tell me not to drag things out. If you continue to complain, next time you're in one of my games, I will make you the seer and really drag out revealing your dream every night. As a matter of fact, I'll drag it out throughout the day and only tell you after voting has begun. Never get annoyed with me- for I can always do far worse. Mwu ha ha ha!
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10-28-2005, 02:22 PM | #547 |
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Well, phantom, I was very sure that Enca was the wolf, but I must admit that your way of stretching out the suspense did have me doubting just a bit! At any rate, it was a highly entertaining series of posts - the last day was my favorite for that reason! It was simultaneously aggravating and amusing.
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10-28-2005, 02:28 PM | #548 |
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I wasn't sure if it was Enca or Mr. Underhill, I admit, but I'd completely cleared the other two...
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10-28-2005, 02:28 PM | #549 |
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It worked on me, too -- for a minute there, I wasn't sure I wasn't the wolf.
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10-28-2005, 02:30 PM | #550 |
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You would have been, Underhill, if Enca had gotten you instead of morm!
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10-28-2005, 02:43 PM | #551 | |
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It almost worked up to a point. I knew I wasn't a wolf, and I was remarkably certain that Esty wasn't. I was still considering Underhill, but once I saw my body fly through the air, I knew it was Encai.
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10-28-2005, 03:01 PM | #552 | |
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10-28-2005, 03:10 PM | #553 |
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Ah! Mortakh the Mucous is the phantom's Orkish name, according to the BD name translators.
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10-28-2005, 03:20 PM | #554 | |
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10-28-2005, 03:34 PM | #555 |
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...And "phantom" gets Ufdreg the Sneak.
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10-28-2005, 03:44 PM | #556 |
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Scraping the barrel
Orkish Name for Master Phantom
Grotgork the Strangler This name is for both genders. According to the Red Book of Westmarch, In Middle-earth, Lord Phantom was a Ale-drinking Umbarian Hobbit lad name for Sir Phantom Bingo Baker from Longbottom Dwarven Name for King Phantom Nerin Lightninglaughter This name is for both genders. And, crucially: Orkish Name for King Phantom Mortakh the No-Tooth This name is for both genders.
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No guesses on the 'easter eggs' but I do have a few comments:
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10-29-2005, 01:55 AM | #558 |
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I must confess, by the time we were down to the last five, before the final wolf killed her prey, I too was thinking about the cursed. Both aspects occurred to me - how on earth were we to find out someone who had posted in honest innocence so far? It could be any of us, and I started plotting combination lynchings of a "known" innocent and alternately Enca and Fea.
On the other hand, it very briefly occurred to me that I could be the cursed, though I didn't think phantom would have set me up for that role. And you know what? I almost wished to be! It would have been fun to switch roles mid-game, especially since no one ever seriously suspected me.
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10-29-2005, 02:09 AM | #559 |
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Honestly, I was half-expecting the phantom to be so thoroughly tempted to switch the cursed that night, the village would wake up with an extra wolf anyway, regardless Enca's choice. Alas, he had more self control than I'd guessed.
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Of all people to find this, of course it's me. I've spotted #9 Lord Phantom
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I'm not sure what you're looking for in twelve, but you kind of played off how everyone acted that day. For instance morm being the guy who suggested we analyze the person below us... Quote:
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I don't know exactly what you were looking for, but that's basically want went on in that chaotic, suicidal, Day 4.
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