Weres of Eire: Game Thread

[Brinniel]

Well quite honestly, I am not at all surprised at this silence. There is only a small number of us, half of which are in a time zone far ahead of us others. I can only hope that it will no longer be so quiet a few hours from now.

Anyways, here I am finding myself in yet another mystery game. We do not know what our gifteds are, or even how many wolves are among us. Meanwhile, I'm just hoping this time we won't have any no-voters, which with our small number could hurt us dearly.

There's really not much else to say; only two have spoken and there is only little information I can gather from that. Again, I won't be around at deadline, so I will be voting early.

So, I guess that only leaves one big question: Is it Cailomer or Eolin?

[Thinlómien]

I'm here, but I won't be around too much toDay - I'm afraid I'm quite busy with my hobbies and school. Secondly I must vote very early (though that is something I have to do every day). I'm quite confused of what's the deadline, since the time stamp of the first post suggests that the deadline would be 1am my time and the deadline given, 7pm cst, suggests it's 4am my time. In the former case I guess I will usually vote about 3 (or 2) hours before the deadline and in the latter case about 6 (or 5) hours before the deadline.

Originally Posted by Brinniel

even how many wolves are among us

I must say I've been speculating with that, and my guess is that we have either just two wolves or two wolves and a cobbler. I think three wolves would be a bit outrageous, because then almost 1/3 of the village population would be wolvish. But I have to say that the wording of the first post sounds more like there were three not two wolves... What say you, native English speakers? Anyway, I'd advise people to play as there were three wolves (which I think is the worst possible setting), since I'd hate to see us taking this easy and counting on that we have time to get rid of two baddies while the three wolvsies snicker in their hairy snouts and gloat about them being three, while assuring the village it makes most sense that there's just two of them.

Originally Posted by Brinn

Meanwhile, I'm just hoping this time we won't have any no-voters, which with our small number could hurt us dearly.

Indeed. I don't think anyone who has village's best interests in mind should vote for no execution, since that makes it quite impossible to analyze that person. Also, it gives the wolves' votes more weight as there's one innocent vote less. And of course that would be very stupid of our village not to kill anybody during the day as almost a third of us might be wolvish and in my opinion we need to use every shot we have.

Originally Posted by Brinn

So, I guess that only leaves one big question: Is it Cailomer or Eolin?

I think Cailomer sounds better, but I might be as boring as to call them CE or EC or EoCa or something like that... Maybe we should ask them what they prefer?

Durelin - were you serious about EC getting two votes? I first thought it was some sort of a joke, but now I guess you were serious. Anyway, if you ask me, they only get one vote as they're only one player. Simple.

That's it for a while, I'll be back later.

[Nogrod]

I'd agree with Lommy here for I do think also that we probably have three wolves around. Remember what the eleventh said:

All I'll say for now is that innocents won't be completely defenseless.

So if we have extra powers to defend us we most probably face more baddies as well. This may turn out a bloodbath I'm afraid.

And more baddies around means that we need to lynch people when we can. It was an interesting idea to give the people a chance to not execute anyone on first two Days but it seems that the option is not reasonable in this situation - granted that we do actually have three wolves. But be as it may I don't think we can afford trusting there being only two wolves and thence toying with the no-lynch -policy.

I'm also confused about the deadline. According to the first post on this thread it is 10PM GMT. Can we trust that? In that case I might be able to hang around near the deadline, but if it is three hours later (the time when Shasta posted the "prologue posted" -thing) I'll be sound asleep by the deadline (4AM here).

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Lommy

But I have to say that the wording of the first post sounds more like there were three not two wolves... What say you, native English speakers?

What wording are you referring to? I've never been terribly good at catching hints in narration, so it'd be more helpful if you pointed out a specific quote.

There's definitely two or three wolves among us and I agree that it's better to assume the larger number. Otherwise we will set ourselves up for disappointment and possibly allow an extra wolf to slip under the radar. But really, I think sticking to the assumption that there's more than less is simply common sense.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

I'm also confused about the deadline. According to the first post on this thread it is 10PM GMT. Can we trust that?

CST is an hour ahead of my time zone, and my time zone is GMT -6. Therefore, the deadline is at midnight GMT. I think that makes it 3am your time...so I could quite understand if you were fast asleep by deadline (unless you like to stay up until 5am like me ).

Speaking of sleep, I'm rather exhausted and am needing to go to bed. Hopefully, there will be a lot more posts when I return.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Greetings fellow wanderers. There has been speculation as to our number and how many votes we brave warriors should receive in the matter of these executions. Let us now explicate.

How many of ye know the ways of the warriors of Finn? Few, we reckon. For it is so: this is the enumeration [and description] of Finn’s people: our strength is seven score and ten officers, each man of these - having thrice nine warriors, every one bound (as was the way with Cuchullin in the time when he was there) to certain conditions of - service, which were: that in satisfaction of their guarantee violated - they must not accept material compensation; in the matter of valuables or of meat must not deny any; no single individual of them to fly before nine warriors.

Not a man of them was taken till his hair had been interwoven into braids on him and he started at a run through Ireland’s woods; while they, seeking to wound him, followed in his wake, there having been between him and them but one forest bough by way of interval at first. Should he be overtaken, he was wounded and not received into the Fianna after. If his weapons had quivered in his hand, he was not taken. Should a branch in the wood have disturbed anything of his hair out of its braiding, neither was he taken. If he had cracked a dry stick under his foot [as he ran] he was not accepted. Unless that [at his full speed] he had both jumped a stick level with his brow, and stooped to pass under one even with his knee, he was not taken. Also, unless without slackening his pace he could with his nail extract a thorn from his foot, he was not taken into Fianship: but if he performed all this he was of Finn’s people.

And so you see, that we are worth many score votes. To make matters easier, we should simply agree that our choice be damned.

Today we are most concerned with Brinniel. She claims exhaustion at this early stage of proceedings; but we are warriors of Finn and know not the concept of exhaustion. We are suspicious of that which we know not.

We have spoken.

[The Saucepan Man]

Oh woe is me! A terrible misfortune has befallen our camp, so it has. I should have spoken up sooner, for I saw it in the cards. But I thought that they had mispoken, so I did. But, had I but looked further, the signs were unmistakable. The Tower speaks of ruin being visited upon us. Yet, there is hope, so there is. The High Priestess and Strength indicates that there are those among us who may aid us in our struggle and the Wheel of Fortune tells us that our fate is not yet sealed.

Originally Posted by Brinniel

or even how many wolves are among us.

Now, who said anything about wolves? My own reading is that the faeries have come among us to reclaim their land. Most likely faerie changelings or, saints preserve us, banshees, whose wail can drain the life from those who sleep, so it can.

Originally Posted by Lommy

But I have to say that the wording of the first post sounds more like there were three not two wolves...

Originally Posted by Brinniel

What wording are you referring to?

Indeed, Mistress Lommy. What reference did you catch there? All I heard was that "several" fiends were among us. Do you have some special knowledge in this matter?

That said, I agree that we should make no assumptions and act on the basis of the worst case scenario. Then again, surely that is so obvious, so it is, that there is little need for it to be spoken. Regardless of the number of evil spirits among us, our aim should be to preserve as many innocent Irelander lives as possible, should it not?

Originally Posted by Nogrod

But be as it may I don't think we can afford trusting there being only two wolves and thence toying with the no-lynch -policy.

I think it unlikely that there would ever be no lynch. It would have to be agreed upon by all, and it makes no sense at all for us to forego our one shot at the fiends who beset us. Yet individuals may still avail themselves of the opportunity to withhold their vote. There are a number of reasons why someone might wish to do this, depending upon the circumstances, and not necessarily because they are enemies. I do not rule it out, but will judge anyone who takes up this opportunity on the situation prevailing at the time they do so.

And now I shall revert once more to my cards in the hope that they will better aid me to search out the changelings among us.

[The Saucepan Man]

By the way, on the timing, I believe that the first post was edited in as a change to the original post, which went up before the game started. A better indication is the timing of Shasta's second post which, taken with what was said in the first post, indicates that the day will end at 2am BST (my time), which translates to 1am GMT and (I think) 7pm CST, to be sure.

Then again, I completely mucked up my timing calculation in the Admin thread, so what do I know?

[The Saucepan Man]

Scrub that. I checked, and CST is GMT - 5 hours.

So the Day will finish at 7pm CST, 12am GMT, 1am BST.