Werewolf Four and Thirty: Bloodbath in the Anduin Vale

[Meneltarmacil]

Welle, I am backe. And to answer thy questione, Shasta, yea, my house and that of Boro have feuded for quite a while, each of us having been suspiciouse of ye other for divers reasones. He hath sent many a father of mine to ye grave, Wolfe or Innocente.

Boromir88, thou hast always had a bad feeling about me. What maketh this one more trustworthy than ye last fewe times? Ye reasone for lynching ye quiete woulde be to drawe ye wolves out into ye open. This is merely a strategy to force people to talke, and thus provide more material to analyze and more potential for Wolfe mistakes to emerge. If there is another way to force people to talke more oftenne, I cannotte see it.

Xyzzy's suddenne, randomme suspicione seemed like a very odd move, and even if it were a joke as he claimeth, it doth not clear his name. Accusing people jokingly on ye firste Day is oftenne a signe of a Wolfe.

[Rikae]

Menel, please. The spelling. It. Hurts. My. Head. In character is nice, but all things in moderation!

[Durelin]

Ahem.

"On behalf of Follywood, I'd like to point out that whether or not we should lynch those who are considered 'quiet' is rather an un-moot point, seeing as it's only the early half of Day 1, we're only 28 posts into the game, and only ten (now eleven) of the delegates have even arrived.

"I'd agree in an instant that our odds of catching a wolf among the now nine who are not yet present is pretty darn good, but...well, for one thing I don't want to be stuck with both Boro and Noggie left after such a purge."

Doureling slowly scans the crowd...and quickly does a double-take.

ohmigosh!!!!@!!1!!1!!!!one!!!

Quickly gathering back up her composure, the Follywood delegate exhales slowly.

"I didn't see you there, Kath..."

++Kath

[Durelin]

Ah-heh-heh-hem.

"On behalf of Follywood, I'd like to point out that I cannot count. Indeed, the ancient art is lost to all of Follywood. It was the plague, you see. The severadigititus, to be precise. Yes, the very one. Rather took the ol' boot to that 'base ten' thing. That is to say, sabotaged."

[Boromir88]

Which, logically, would mean they WERE the ones expected, of course. But it is still rather eerie to have someone showing up saying "my father was supposed to come, but blah blah blah", and my first impulse was to think it was some sort of hint...possibly to or from a cobbler.~Rikae

I see thank you. Isabell's post is completely in-character as you have remarked upon, but I think I'll wait for her to post some more. This is the first time I have been in her presense and I will reserve my judgement whether her first post was harmless in-character fun or some sort of wicked wolvish scheme.

It's not so much being against 'lynch the quiet' you can say its more of the manner Menel said lynch the 'unhelpful.' Yes there are bound to be quiet wolves and they are going to be tough to get out...but there is a difference between being unhelpful and keeping a low profile (being quiet).

I don't understand why any innocent would not want to help out and contribute but the way Menel says it looks evil...let me explain it this way.

Welle, ye only waye I canne see to induce these Wolves to talke is to lynche ye moste unhelpfulle ones.

The point being the wolves are not going to want to appear unhelpful. They are going to want to fit in, they are going be want to look helpful, not unhelpful. The way quiet wolves do fit in is pop in with a little comment once in a while that we all skim over and cast aside, which creates a low profile and we virtually just forget about him/her. Even if they are quiet they still are going to want to appear helpful and contributing, they just don't participate as much...because being quiet creates their low profile, and by appearing helpful (with the few posts they do make) this is what causes us all to forget about them (because nothing stands out in their posts they seem normal).

It's the way Menel phrases it...its all coming off to me as 'well if we can't find a wolf, lets waste a day and lynch someone who isn't helping.' I don't think we can just go and waste days so needlessly...our job is to lynch wolves not lynch an unhelpful villager to get the wolves talking. The wolves are going to be talking and contributing anyway, and some of the wolves are probably going to be amongst the quiet crowd, but that doesn't mean these quiet wolves aren't going to appear helpful and contributing.

Edit: x-ed with Durelin

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Er.... Durelin, you do realize that that's now your final vote? Votes aren't retractable...

[Rikae]

Well, Boro, I'm sorry. But I've about had it with fly-under-the-radar wolves, and I think it's high time the much debated strategy in question was put to the test. Unless I see some clear suspect emerge today, I will cast my vote for somebody whose participation is minimal. (Not necessarily the most "unhelpful"...but we shall see). And that's that.

[Meneltarmacil]

If someone simply flieth under ye radar and poste a little to show that he/she is still arounde but offereth little of value (which thou callest "keeping a low profile"), Boromir88, that person is no better than a silent one. In facte, someone like that is probably even more likely to be a Wolfe. We wante ye Wolves to avoide such behavior, so that shoulde be just as lynch-worthy.

I am not saying that we must lynch all the quiet/unhelpful/whatever ones! Suche a tactic is simply a way of forcing ye Wolves into ye spotlighte, where they're more likely to make a mistake. I simply do not know any better way to force ye Wolves to stop the "stay quiet, posting just as much is necessary but little of value" attitude and post more often. Ye best lynching candidate is a Wolfe that posteth something that inadvertently giveth away too much. Lynching ye quiete/unhelpful ones is just a way to bring ye wolves to a pointe where they'll be more likely to make a mistake and be exposed for what they really are.

This olde knighte is going to bed. I shall see thee tomorrow, and willl vote rather early due to worke-related factors.