Werewolf LIII: The Republic

[A Little Green]

Brinn, darling, if you aren't the sneakiest young lady I've ever met! *bows* Honestly, when I read what happened on the last Day after I had gone to sleep my reaction was "Darn it, Lommy, now wolf-Nerwen wins!" Sorry Nerwen. I really thought it was you.

This was a very entertaining game indeed, and I was glad to make it to the end. I was wrong all the time, of course - the only wolf I really suspected was Nog, and even that was no use. Oh, the irony:

Originally Posted by me, on the last Day

The more I read Brinn's posts, the more she starts to look innocent to me.

[Thinlómien]

Oh Brinn, I promised to be speechless but you know me: that's something I can never manage. But you were just awesome, girl. Really. I didn't suspect you after the Day we should have lynched you (the day Ilya died). You just had a very strong air of innocence - I must admit all my reasonings "she is too frustrated and makes too much effort to be a wolf" were merely my ways of reasoning to myself the innocent feeling I got from you.

I can see only one scenario in which I would have voted you on the last day: had Nerwen actually not missed her vote and voted you as a rep and had you voted Greenie and done it before I had to vote (extremely unlikely due to timezones) I might have voted you instead of Nerwen for the second lynchee. Because as yesterDay processed, I was thinking Nerwen more and more innocent.

I was a bit frustrated with this game at times simply because it took all my time but I'm so glad that I was able to play in it and very grateful to have been there even in the last Day and yes, even for casting the fatal vote! I said I'll screw it up and I kept my promise!

I had really fun time writing that last post. It was difficult to decide between that "if it is you" style and a list of things you have to remember in my honour (getting Ka lynched, catching Boro&tp's ploy, suspecting morm and Nog at least at some phase etc) in case my last and most important choice is wrong.

So, thank you everybody. Wolves, you did well - Brinn was a miracle and who knows what would have happened to you Nog and morm had Boro not dreamt of you. Speaking of which: Boro - you were brilliant and I must grudgingly admit phantom was too, to some extent, but you both annoyed me a great deal and did resort to a sort of elitism. Nevertheless, without you two the game would've been far less interesting and not as good.

And most importantly, thank you, amazing moddesses, for the great game! Fea, the idea of the game was just masterful and worked out without any problems, which is very exceptional for a complicated game like this.

Everybody, except a bunch of reps (haha, double meaning) coming out as soon as I have time.

[Aganzir]

I found myself rooting for Brinn against my will. That was an awesome performance.

Also the other wolves did really good work. Unfortunately I was too busy to analyze Nog & Ka's posts, though.

And morm... I was typing a post in Open Office during Night 2 (I find it easier than doing it all at once after the next day has begun), and I suddenly got this inexplicable strong certainty that you were a wolf. I actually wrote it down in my post but removed it before posting on day 2 because then I just didn't seem to find any reasons for it anymore.

I didn't mind getting killed so no worries. It was what I had been striving for myself, anyway, trying to give off some seer vibes. Not sure if the wolves interpreted anything I had done in that light, though.
Actually I even died at the best possible moment since after that I would have been terribly busy, what with the exam week and such, and I should have chosen between werewolf and school. And being crazy enough, I might well have chosen werewolf.

Why did you choose the kills you did?

Also sorry for suspecting you so much, Ilya. I think I've recently taken to the habit of trying newbies and quieter players to see if they break and reveal their possible wolfishness. You made it through my interrogation rather well... As did also Eönwë.

It's so long since I died that this is all I could come up with right now.

Anyway thank you all, Fea, Mith, Rikae & guest narrators. You made this game really enjoyable.

edit: Also, morm, I'm still laughing at the Boro photo you posted. :-D

[Mithalwen]

Well though Boro and Phantom deserved a win for their double act - you were awesome and I loved you for it. However after their battle of the alpha males with Mormegil (what a scary wolf he is!!) and Nogrod I thought Brinniel did brilliantly to win the long slow game. She truly deserved the victory. Brava!!!!!

I shall be modding my Operatic game next but one, DVWP... I hope a few of you will ..err audition for a less complex game (which will have the odd twist).

[Boromir88]

Brinn - stellar

Fea - Maginificent

Mith/Rikae - lovely lament

Morm/Nog/Ka - Touche

I have a question for you Nogrod...was our argument on Day 2 an attempt to bait me into saying you were a wolf? I thought that's what it looked like, and that's why I backed off and decided to leave you for another day.

Lommy - elitist? Who was the one that fooled me?

Shasta - brilliant (even though you did ruin my filibuster)

Eonwe/McCaber/Legate - uhh...sorry about that

Ilya - I hope you enjoyed your first go.

Nerwen/Sally/Greenie/Rune - it would have in no way been this entertaining without you

Kath - at least the wolves didn't kill you on night 1, eh?

Gwath - why did you get lynched again?

Agan - still I wish we didn't make you a tasty wolf target that night, I'm in love with your style.

Gil - I would have laughed if you were a wolf

Missing anyone? Nope don't think so.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Missing anyone? Nope don't think so.

Me neither.

I also want to add that my reasons for starting to suspect Nerwen weren't actually that far off - also Nogwolf claimed he would be offended if someone dared to suggest something &c.

[Ilya]

I found myself rooting for Brinn against my will. That was an awesome performance.

It really was. Mad props, Brinn.

Thanks everybody for such a great game and for being patient with me. Boro, tp, it was great fun to watch you run circles around everyone else, and all of the wolves were pretty darn slick.

Fea, I'm still tickled by my death scene, and all of them were great. WW is a wonderful procrastinatory tool, one I hope to take advantage of again in the future.

Shasta: Well done, again.

Legate and Agan and Gwath: uh...sorry?

Lommy, you were solid throughout and thanks again for telling me to go invisible.

Rune, Nerwen, Greenie, and Kath: Ya'll we're great late-game players and way too convincing for my own good.

McCaber, Eonwe, Sally: Sorry you guys got booted so early.

Gil: *silence*

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Ilya

Lommy, you were solid throughout and thanks again for telling me to go invisible.

You're welcome. I actually always do that to people and I get to do it almost once a game, so I'm pretty used to it...

[Gwathagor]

Thanks for a fun game, Fea. Well played, Brinn!

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Gwath - why did you get lynched again?

Herd-mentality suspicion/voting behavior.

[Nogrod]

So time for some special thanks.

Great concept Fea! *bows* This merits a rerun on one day! But like with the DW once in a year might be fitting as it's such a gigantic undertaking.

Love you Brinn! You really stole the show! *kudos*

And yes morm, I've soon finished devouring my wardrobe...

I mean he told us from Night1 on that we should really get into the bussiness and kill Boro and then tp, and he did it every Night. And every Night me and Brinn voted him over on the issue (and yes, I used about the exact same wording with killing McCaber that Lommy used speculating it was me behind it ). But I still think the game was much more fun woth Boro and tp around even if Boro happened to be the seer.

Which brings me to Boro. Now you should never-ever be appointed the seer any more! If I'm right about my reminiscences your track record on that job is just baffling - I think you had something like three wolves in four Nights in a game long time ago - or something like that. You're a deadly seer man!

Also great game tp! I totally agree with you two that trust is an important thing in a game of ww but you must see that from my point of view I just couldn't kind of say it out aloud but had to challenge your trust as I wished to get you lynched and not killed by Night - and that required that people should start to suspect your amiable relationship - and possibly you yourself might start to distrust it. That of course was an utter failure from my part.

Great first game Ilya! One really didn't have the feeling you were first time on board! I hope too see you again in these games!

Solid performances and good company Lommy, Greenie, Nerwen, Rune ... and Kath (oh my, we don't suspect each other that much any more; where's all the solid that used to make the world firm?)

It was sad to see especially Legate, Aganzir and Sally go so early. It would have been fun to have you around for a longer period. The same goes indeed to those we killed as well but unfortunately the nature of this game is such that someone has to go, everyDay and everyNight...

Especially Gwath seems to be the unfortunate soldier who gets lynched whenever people are generally in doubt...


As to our kills... it's been a long time those first ones took place and I don't have the PM's stored anywhere, but I kind of remember we had some half-believable seer-hunches on two or three of them which fitted with the "sporty-lupinity".

A question to everyone. Why did you think it such a big deal that the wolves would do their best to make one or two of them representatives early in the game? There was much talk about that and people made their suspicions based on that presumption - which was totally crazy. I mean we had no hurry to make sure one of us is a rep, there was no reason for that kind of exposure.

[Brinniel]

Thanks everyone. This was one of the hardest WW games I've ever played, so I am rather proud I actually managed to pull it off.

To my fellow wolves- I enjoyed our Nightly PMs though our time was short. Ka I had a bad feeling would get lynched, but I thought she was sneaky enough that it would happen later rather than sooner. It was a shame to see Noggie and morm go...who knows how much longer they would've lasted if they hadn't been seer revealed. At least they kept the village amused, though I admit at the time I was more frightened at the idea that I would be all alone after they were lynched...

And morm, I'm terribly sorry for not listening to you. I felt absolutely horrible about the previous Night once Boro revealed. Though in my defense, I did mention in a PM that you probably shouldn't listen to me. See here:

Originally Posted by me on Night 3

But then again, maybe you shouldn't listen to me at all because usually my vibes are completely and utterly wrong....

Boro and tp, you two drove me nuts! But you really pulled off a wonderful little act. And brilliant seeing, Boro.

Ilya, you did such a wonderful job for your first game. I'm curious to see how you would make out as a wolf one Day.

Rune, thanks for not killing me. Though now I fear you will now vote to lynch me in every game after this...

Lommy, that was an excellent last Day lynch choice if I may say so myself. But in all honesty, I don't envy the position you were put in. You may have not caught me, but you did an excellent job of handling the pressure and I appreciated the effort you put into it.

Kath, Greenie, Nerwen: I enjoyed playing with all of you on the final Days. The Days may have gotten quieter towards the end, but you girls kept it interesting.

Legate, sorry I helped get you lynched so early. The game surely would've been even more interesting had you been around longer. But hey, it can't be helped...I'm evil after all...

Fea, this game was a brilliant idea and you did an excellent job bringing it to life.

Mith, Rikae, other guest mods: Wonderful job on the narrations. We all appreciate your help, plus all the mod commentary was rather amusing.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Next time you should not give the people a vote for "no-filibusters" if you wish those to occur - or at least adjust the deadline so that those able, willing and needy to do that can actually try it...

I agree with that. What I learned is every time there would've been a good opportunity or reason for a filibuster, the village will vote out the possibility. As long as the cloture vote remains, I think it'd be fair to eliminate the no filibuster vote.

Btw, I realised I was only voted as rep once this entire game and that was on Day 1. I guess that just proves you don't have to necessarily vote to lynch in order to be influential.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

As to our kills... it's been a long time those first ones took place and I don't have the PM's stored anywhere, but I kind of remember we had some half-believable seer-hunches on two or three of them which fitted with the "sporty-lupinity".

I have the PMs stored away on a Word document. Perhaps I'll pull up some quotes later.

[Gwathagor]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Especially Gwath seems to be the unfortunate soldier who gets lynched whenever people are generally in doubt...

Behold the power of group-think.

I'd like to think it has to do with my terrifying aura of menace and power...