Yeah, as it has been stated before, I was NOT the henchman (girl, whatever) until Night 3. My last henchman slacked off, so I had to punish him, then do the dirty work myself.
But really,
Gil asked me halfway through Night 3 if I would switch roles to keep the game going and I agreed. Even if
xyzzy hadn't been default killed, you guys would've figured out the no-kill came from him.
Day 1
Went quite well actually. Props to
Lommy for getting the ball rolling on the idea of lynching a quiet player. Her wolf-on-wolf vote was risky, but it worked for that Day at least. I knew
Shasta had to be innocent, so in my evil plotting, I voted him.
I slightly had a hunch that
Lommy was evil, so I was careful to avoid her.
Day 2
I still thought
Lommy might be a henchgirl, so I didn't want to place any suspicion on her originally. But as I read through the posts and I finally got the chance to write something halfway through the Day, it was pretty much impossible to avoid.
Lommy was acting very odd...even for a baddie. I remembered back to one time when she was a wolf, completely calm and innocent-looking; she had totally fooled me. So, I thought perhaps she had fooled me again and played with the idea of her being a gifted. And the only thing I could do without looking completely guilty was add on the pressure. In the next few hours when the votes started coming in,
Lommy never revealed, so I ruled out that possibility. Though I was about 90% sure she was a henchgirl, at that point I felt stuck, so I just hopped on the bandwagon like everyone else.
When I reflect back on it, I think I would've played it out differently...like cause a double lynch. After all, I wasn't
that concerned about my life. And I
definitely would've done it differently if I knew
xyzzy was a henchman. But I had Halloween festivities, plus a screenplay due the next day, so I was too tired for cleverness. Sorry
Lommy.
Night 3
I got
Gil's PM somewhere around 2am that night, I think. I was exhausted trying to finish my homework and the deadline is about 45 minutes after I have to go to class. So unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of time to think through my kill (though surely I did better than
xyzzy). I came to the decision that
Mac and
Nogrod were the gifteds, after going through a phase of suspecting each other, but never going through with their suspicions.
Nogrod seemed so obviously gifted to me after Day 2, and I thought there would be a good chance he would be protected. So, I went for
Mac hoping that if he was a hunter, he wouldn't hunt me. If I had taken down a gifted, I would've claimed the other role on Day 3 and let the civilians guess which is the right one. Sadly,
Mac wasn't a gifted.
Day 3
Unfortunate result for me. I discovered there was no way I could claim giftedness. The only way I could avoid a dead-on revealing was if the Seer dreamt of
Mac or
xyzzy. So, I was confused when
Legate revealed
Volo as a henchman. So, was it a joke on him? I was started to think it was more of a joke on me...playing with your prey before actually killing it. I don't know...all I could do was play along.
I went to bed assuming both votes would be switch to me by the time I woke up, and that wasn't so. I started to think
Legate and
Nogrod would let
Volo die, but only to set up a trap for me. After all, I couldn't go after
Nogrod because he'd hunt me and
Legate probably would be protected. Or maybe since they had the advantage of communicating at Night (something the henchmen never had), they decided to trick me and switch roles. That way, I would go after
Legate thinking he was the seer, but in fact he was the bodyguard...then he'd hunt me down.
I knew from early on I was a goner. If I didn't die toDay, I would die later. There really wasn't any way of avoiding it...
Anyways...
Congrats to the villagers, especially our gifted for their excellent work.
And though
Lommy, things didn't go so well for you, you made a good effort. I know how it feels to lack a teammate for an entire game...it's quite frustrating. And if I recall correctly, this isn't the first time you were paired as a wolf with
xyzzy (that goes all the way back to
Menel's game). Though in all fairness, he at least showed up then...
In every game, there always seems to be at least one no-show. I agree it's really frustrating. Perhaps there should be a penalty, like if you are default-killed or a no-show for two games in a row, you are not allowed to play in the next game. That may be harsh, but no-shows can spoil the fun...
This was a good game, though short one. I don't mind smaller games, except it's been that way for sometime now. And now it's taking a month or more to even get games going...that's a bit long. I really hope we can somehow get the interest in WW back up...there's so many players that haven't been around lately.
Lommy- You can count on me to join your game, as long as it isn't running during Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 21-25 for those who don't know).
(I was trying to figure out why no one else was busy on Day 2 going out and celebrating Halloween...then I realised I was the only American still alive. I don't know how Halloween is celebrated in Europe, but I know it isn't nearly as a big deal as it is in the US. Anyways, that's my excuse for being gone for most of Day 2..
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