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Old 11-21-2007, 02:47 PM   #303
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Night 3

After Mac's death. Naria made the first obvious statement:

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Originally Posted by Naria
We need to figure out who the Seer is toNight.
The next is some random first thoughts just after the Day ended. All before any really analysing.

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Originally Posted by Brinn
I can't say how things are going to go toMorrow. I don't know if people are suddenly going to start suspecting me or you. Mac's accusations will either help or condemn me. But I wouldn't be surprised if I were next. Urgh...I probably should've voted for Mac. *hits head against the desk*

I'm pretty sure now Nogrod is not our seer. And I'm not sure Legate is either, but he could quite easily be a gifted. Legate is going to look very innocent toMorrow,I'd like to kill him, but I fear the possibility of him being the hunter. If he were, would he choose one of us?

I need to go back and look at seer/gifted clues. Though I'm thinking, if we can't find the seer, we could always try to go after the lovers....search for possible alliances. Two kills in one Night would be nice. I can't look at anything now, but I will later tonight.
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Originally Posted by Naria
Hehe, do you think that Lommy would pair Nog and Legate together as the Lovers? I mean they have both been really chummy and when has Nog ever been consistenly nice to someone. I wouldn't put it past either one of them to come up with the idea that they will be totally open with their favourtism. Even if someone picked up on that, no ordo is going to point it out. Mainly for fear of not knowing if it's an ordo/ordo pair or gifted/ordo pair.
I actually wrote Naria another PM later on with many long analyses and theories in a four page PM that took two hours to write. Unfortunately when I hit "send," I got a notice saying her inbox was full. She never did see the PM until I sent it to her the next Night. But the PM did include a lot of thoughts that lead up to my kill choice:

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Originally Posted by Brinn
Okay, so I just spent an hour and a half taking notes, so I hope I got something out of it:

Nogrod: He might be a gifted, but I doubt he's the seer. At first his arguments against Mac made me suspect that, but then he changed his mind and didn't even vote for him. I doubt a seer would do that. He could still look like a possible suspect to others, so I think we should leave him alone.

Mith: Could be a possible gifted as well. If she's a seer, she dreamt of Nogrod last Night because she doesn't seem to mention him yesterDay. I don't know. She didn't get a chance to participate due to RL, so I'd like to leave her alone.

Legate: Very hard to say. If he were the seer, he would probably dream of Nogrod Night 1 and Mac Night 2. He doesn't seem to suspect Mac at first yesterDay, but after a hard debate, he chooses him. If he is a seer, he's being very sneaky about it. He's a possible kill choice, but I still partly fear the chance that he's a hunter, and if he were, I'm not completely sure who he'd hunt.

The Might: If there's any chance at all he's gifted, he'd be a seer for his very major change of opinion on Nogrod and his tendency to bandwagon with him. When I think about it, it's a very newbie seerish behaviour. But then again, I'm kind of doubtful a newbie would be given the most important role. I don't know how suspicious he'll look toMorrow; he voted the right person, but it came from a bandwagon. He's a possible kill choice....I doubt he'd be protected either.

Nerwen: I really don't know. She tries to be helpful without saying too much. But I don't think she's the seer. I'd only kill her if we wanted to pick someone who won't leave much tracks.

Sally: Hasn't said enough for me to figure anything out. I think it'd be smart to leave her alive. Some people slightly suspect her, and they might fear she is an under-the-radar balrog and vote for her.

Shasta: Hasn't provided any substance. I'd leave him alone. There's a chance he could get mod-killed in the future.

Gil: I don't think he's our seer, partly because I think he would've dreamt of me already if he were. He got some votes yesterDay and could be a possible lynch candidate for toMorrow. Let's leave him be.

Kath: She's the only one I'm confident is not the seer simply because she would've already dreamt of Nogrod by now. She's gathered suspicion, so I'd choose to leave her alone too.

When it comes to gifteds, I think there's a good chance at least one of them is a newbie. After all, 1/3 of the remaining possibilites are newbies and I think Lommy would mix it up when choosing the gifteds.

About lovers. I took a look at all the possibilities and there's 34 of them. The odds are not in our favour. Most of the possibilites, I have no idea whether they could be lovers or not. I do think if none of the newbies are gifted, one is at least a lover (or maybe we have a lover and gifted among those three). If a newbie is a lover, they're probably paired with a more vocal and experienced player. Anyways, here's some combinations I had thoughts on:

Nogrod and Mith: I think it's unlikely. Mith voted for Nogrod Day 1 at a point where it was uncertain how the votes would turn.

Nogrod and Legate: I know you mentioned it, and I guess it's possible. They have been careful to suspect each other slightly, but not too much....it's almost too careful, really. These two were teamed as gifteds in the last game. They were very good at keeping their distance and won because they played together very well. The chances they're paired again are possible, but unlikely (and they're so good, it'd just be unfair ). If one of these two is the seer (more likely Legate ), then I'm sure he already dreamt of Nogrod and is being careful because he knows he's innocent.

Nogrod and Gil: This is a possible coupling. Nogrod goes back and forth on Gil, ultimately saying he's probably innocent. Gil says he finds Nogrod's behaviour irrational. Neither have voted for each other.

Mith and Legate: They make very little mention of one another, so it is a possibility.

Mith and Kath: Possibility for the same reasons above.

Legate and Might: I thought Nogrod's idea that these two were paired as balrogs interesting, though wrong. Though, what if they are paired, but as lovers? Legate sort of mentoring his newbie lover. He does say he highly suspects him, but then fails to vote for him.

Again, I don't think two quiet ones would be paired as lovers or two newbies. I do think there is a good chance one lover is a gifted.

Kill Possibilities: Legate, The Might, Mith (and I'm reluctant to choose Mith)

When I think about it, the more and more I like the idea of Legate and Might as seer/ordinary lovers. Let's just theorize if they were:

Night 1:
Legate dreams of Nogrod and tells Might of his innocence. But Legate being the experienced mentor, tells him to keep his distance toMorrow.

Day 1:
The two possibilites are Rikae and Nogrod. Knowing the latter is innocent, Legate clearly directs suspicion at Rikae and keeps distance from Might by pointing out weird behaviour in his posts. Might keeps his distance by voting Nogrod. It doesn't seem too risky since Rikae is already in the clear lead. Legate votes Rikae.

Night 2:
Legate dreams of Mac and tells Might.

Day 2:
Might still knowing he's innocent, chooses to openly change opinion of Nogrod. After all, he knows Nogrod is accurate with his suspicions of Mac and decides to help push for his lynching by backing Nogrod up. I don't know if that's the smartest of tactics, but then again he is a newbie.

Legate tries to be more subtle. Instead of making a "crusade" against Mac, he gradually suspects him more and more. He attacks Might to keep distance, using him as a number 2 suspect. It was a safe plan, since Might wasn't at risk of getting lynched at the time. And if Mac was lynched, he probably figured Might wouldn't look so suspicious and he would play with that.

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Okay, I feel really strong about this idea, but then again, it almost seems too easy. I've been wrong many times before. The only time I've been right about a theory this big was in Legate's game.

Okay, if Legate is the seer and doesn't get killed toNight, I think we'd still be alright. He was a bit suspicious of Kath and Sally, both of which didn't even vote. I think it'd be most likely he would dream of one of those two.

We could try to kill Legate, after all we thought he was protected last Night. But we could be wrong...it's totally possible he could be protected toNight instead (after yesterDay, he's looking pretty innocent). Then, we might be totally wrong and he could be something else, like the hunter. But even then, we might be okay because once again it's more likely he'd hunt Kath or Sally.

Or, if we're sure enough that these two are lovers, we could kill Might. I highly doubt anyone will protect him. If I'm right, we'd be taking down Legate too. But of course, if I'm wrong, Legate lives. And if Legate is protected, I don't know what happens (can a ranger protect a lover from killing himself? I don't know).

When it comes down to it, I'm all for killing either Legate or Might. I want to put my theory to the test. The question is, which one? I'm almost leaning a little more towards Might, but I'm still undecided. Let me know what you think.
In the final hours I tried to email Naria since her inbox was still full, but I realised I probably wasn't going to get in contact with her, which worried me. I'm pretty sure I actually lost sleep over this, debating whether to pick Legate or Might. In class the next day, I didn't pay any attention to the discussion but instead took notes on different scenarios that could play out, and the positives and negatives to picking one of the two. In the end, I decided Might was the smartest choice. I gave one last effort to email Naria:

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Originally Posted by Brinn
I just sent The Might as our kill. Why?

-He's less likely to be protected
-If my theory is wrong, he still won't leave tons of tracks and his death might incriminate an innocent. Hopefully it won't make either of us suspicious.
-I PMed Lommy and she said if someone's protected, it will be indicated in the narration. So, if Legate's a seer, he could reveal knowing he'll die the next Night. Even worse, he could end up a ranger and reveal, resulting in the seer revealing too. We could kill the ranger, but the seer would still have an opportunity to dream of us.

I keep second-guessing myself, but I hope I made the right decision. We'll see.

A few last comments:

-If any chance I gather up a lot of suspicion toDay like Mac did, I might reveal myself as a gifted (depending on how the kill goes). I doubt it'd help save me, but if I go down, I want to at least keep it interesting. And at least it would probably draw out a gifted for you to kill.
Waiting for the narration, I was so scared...so I'm sure you'll understand how happy I was when Might turned out to be the seer. I don't know why I originally thought he was more likely to be lovers with the seer...it just seemed more plausible at the time. That, or I like to complicate things.

And yeah, when I was getting a lot of suspicion, I seriously considered revealing myself with a special role. But then the voting got close, and I decided against it.
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