Tol-in-Gaurhoth LVII - Chess Game for Middle Earth: Game Thread

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by tp

So you doubt Rikae but you're killing her suspect anyway?

What am I supposed to do then? I don't suspect Dury either. And you complain that I vote for my prime suspect first.

Apparently the only way to satisfy you is if I voted Dury.

[Brinniel]

Hmm...if Dury dies, then I'll probably be left alive as a "suspect." Though perhaps the opposing team will want to kill me. If Izzy dies and Rikae's proven guilty, then I'm probably dead.

Anyway, if am Night-killed, then you'll at least know who to lynch and won't spend time calling me suspicious.

And I really do hope a baddie is lynched toDay. :/

EDIT: X-ed with mod

Oh, and it looks like Dury will die, so it'll probably be the former. *sighs*

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Day 4

Mithalwen had shifted into Musical Mode. She began to sing.

GREY QUEEN MITH:
Whatever happened to my role?
I'd like a Phantom to cajole.
Now we're halfway through the game
And my PM? It's still not came.

I've waited ages for Shasta to host
And when he does I get no post.
This is one unhappy Mithalwen
The Queens my show they have stolen
This game, for me, is horribly droll.
Whatever happened to my role?

I am sick of playing, man
Always voted with no plan
Up to here with the ploys of Phantom-pants
I've no rep points, no votes new
No analyses to do
I'm Constantly replaced with Saucepan Man
Saucepan Man!

Whatever happened to my game?
Popular once, I have no name.
I'm with a bunch of Jedi Knights,
Prancing 'round in colored tights.

I might as well drown in a pool
The players thinking they're so cool
Out looking for a kill
These ordos are such pills
It seems to me they've really got no clue

Whatever happened to My....
I'll PM the Barrow Wight, people!
Whatever happened to my....
Not Rikae's! Not Sally's!
But my....
Role!

In the standing ovation that followed, Durelin was taken and promptly dropped off the board. Poor little White Pawn.

Pieces:
Feanor of the Peredhil
Isabellkya
the phantom
Brinniel
satansaloser2005
wilwarin538
Rikae
Mnemosyne

Taken:
Shasta - Ke3xe4, Night 1 (Moderator)
Gwathagor - d3xe4 (Lynched), Day 1 (White Pawn)
Eomer of the Rohirrim - Qd8xh4 (Killed), Night 2 (White Pawn)
Nerwen - Bc8xa6 (Killed), Night 2 (White Rook)
Nogrod - f6xg5 (Lynched), Day 2 (White Knight)
Mirandir - Ba6xe2 (Killed), Night 3 (White Pawn)
Hansy - g3xh2 (Lynched), Day 3 (White Pawn)
Lariren Shadow - Qh4xe4 (Killed), Night 4 (Black Rook)
Eonwe - Re1xe4 (Hunted), Night 4 (White Pawn)
Kath - Be2xf1 (Killed), Night 4 (White Bishop)
Durelin - a6xb6 (en passant) (Lynched), Day 4 (White Pawn)

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Night 5

Mithalwen was still deep in her singing. The two players kept to the edges of the board; it was easier to knock pieces off there anyway.

Sally found herself in the same position as Lari had been in. Why Gandalf made the exact same mistake as Sauron, she could only guess. Her options were a bit better than Lari's had been, though; Fea was in her grasp.

Even knowing that the Knight was waiting eagerly, Gandalf took the Queen with the Rook. Sauron scowled and made the expected move, Na4xc3.

Pieces:
Isabellkya
the phantom
Brinniel
wilwarin538
Rikae
Mnemosyne

Taken:
Shasta - Ke3xe4, Night 1 (Moderator)
Gwathagor - d3xe4 (Lynched), Day 1 (White Pawn)
Eomer of the Rohirrim - Qd8xh4 (Killed), Night 2 (White Pawn)
Nerwen - Bc8xa6 (Killed), Night 2 (White Rook)
Nogrod - f6xg5 (Lynched), Day 2 (White Knight)
Mirandir - Ba6xe2 (Killed), Night 3 (White Pawn)
Hansy - g3xh2 (Lynched), Day 3 (White Pawn)
Lariren Shadow - Qh4xe4 (Killed), Night 4 (Black Rook)
Eonwe - Re1xe4 (Hunted), Night 4 (White Pawn)
Kath - Be2xf1 (Killed), Night 4 (White Bishop)
Durelin - a6xb6 (en passant) (Lynched), Day 4 (White Pawn)
satansaloser2005 - Na4xc3 (Killed), Night 5 (White Rook)
Feanor of the Peredhil - Rc7xc3++ (Hunted), Night 5 (Black Queen)

The Black Queen has been defeated.

The game is NOT over.

[Mnemosyne]

Neat work, sally.

Okay, so the way I see it, the best we can do today is bring it to a tie and leave it to chance.

If I'm wrong, please correct me.

[Mnemosyne]

Also, I'd like Rikae and Brinn to make their best cases.

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Izzy

If anyone is going to reveal toDay. Maybe we can schedule appointments for them?

Very well then. Can I schedule mine for let's say...right now?

Because while you lot have been goofing off, I've actually been productive writing up a post. (Yeah I'm slow, so what?)

So anyway I just wanted to say: I told you so.

Why would Rikae call Izzy the Black Bishop, yet lynch Durelin?

Fea was evil. She was the Black Queen.

Now don't you wish you listened to me?

Though I admit, I'm not always right. I thought Rikae didn't want Izzy dead because it would discredit her. Now I'm thinking otherwise...

I've been such an awful White Queen so far; I even helped lynch a Gifted. But I hope this will make up for it:

I now know of two baddies. Yes, two. I already know Rikae is lying. Last Night I tried to make Izzy the White Knight and discovered she is not so white after all.

Unfortunately I don't dream, so I can't know the exact roles of anyone (unless I do successfully make a gifted as I did for Sally). But I suspect that perhaps Rikae didn't want to lynch Izzy over Durelin not because it would discredit her, but because she is her packmate. Of course, there's a chance I may be wrong and one is the Black Pawn.

Let me explain myself more clearly:

The White Queen is a new role with multiple powers.

1. Every Night I can choose a player whose vote will be triple times its normal amount. It's a double edged sword, as it is a power that can either hurt or help the village. My picks were:

Night 1: No one (I misread the rules of my role and didn't realise I was supposed to. Sorry. )
Night 2: phantom (whose vote brought Noggie to the lead unfortunately)
Night 3: Mnemo (which was ineffective since Hansy was already in the lead)
Night 4: Lari (who was dead by morning luckily)

2. Whenever a gifted is killed, I can replace them in the order that they died so long as I accurately choose a White Pawn. Once our final Gifted was dead, I knew that if my pick was unsuccessful they would be therefore evil. My picks should now be obvious:
Night 3: Sally
Night 4: Fea
Night 5: Izzy

I did my best to leave clues along the way, which I'll provide since I doubt anyone will bother to look through all my posts:

On Day 1, I purposely triple posted right away, which is not typical of me. I meant it to be a hint towards the triple power vote in case I needed to reveal.

Day 2, admitting my mistake of not making a pick for Night 1:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

and hopefully this time my brain will actually be turned on as I think it was turned off up until now.

A hint at phantom:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

the phantom: Seems to be acting oddly ordinary. I mean, just yesterDay he called himself Sauron and now he's the chess board janitor. What happened to the all-important, self-centered phantom I'm used to seeing?

Probably shouldn't have said aloud. I really shouldn't be provoking such behaviour...

Day 3, indicating that I know Sally is the hunter:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

And Sally...oh Sally...
She's acting funny, there's no denying that...and I can't really find much reason why she'd want to bring so much attention to herself. However, I still have the feeling that she is innocent, as insane as she is. After all, why on earth would one of the werewolves or BQ draw attention to themselves like that? And while she does seem a bit cobblerish, I also doubt that as well. Simply because the baddies have been doing quite well as it is, so there's really no reason for a Black Pawn to suddenly go suicidal. But still, what's with the odd behaviour...maybe she ate something funny. Others have mentioned she's an easy lynch, and I agree. Which is why I don't intend to vote for her toDay. Though, I still can't figure out why Sally finds me so evil. If she keeps hunting me like this, it's gonna get her nowhere.

Hinting at Mnemo:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Unless you want to be the one to push for another candidate. Do you not think you have the power to sway the voting to someone entirely different? Well understandable, as I've never been quite the persuasive person either, but you never know. Like I said, I'm undecided so I could go in any direction. So if you have a better candidate in mind, please share (so long it is not me, of course ).

And again at Sally:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Look forward to seeing it, considering you are so far very wrong about me. Perhaps your precious Hunter's screen is dirty.

Day 4, a hint that I chose Lari for vote power:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

I am quite relieved she is dead, not only because she was evil, but also because I don't think I would've ever figured her out otherwise. Lari seemed to be under a lot of people's radars, some slightly suspecting her, but not enough to actually really have a look at her (except for Izzy who did so late in the Day). Her lingering presence and vote could've been quite dangerous.

And suspecting Fea (which should've been quite obvious throughout the Day):

Originally Posted by Brinniel

As of now, one player that does stick out to me is Fea who I think garners some attention. One thing I noticed looking back through the game is how strange it was that she nearly got lynched on Day 1, then in the following Days received almost no suspicion at all. Of anything else, I find that most alarming. I think I'll take a closer look at her posts come tomorrow as I have a strong hunch that she is a baddie of some sort.

I may have not given us a ranger but we now know two baddies and at least one is a wolf, if not both. Either way, our best option is to lynch Rikae or Izzy if we want any chance of winning.

[the phantom]

Fea's first post.

You'll notice if you take the beginning of all her lines, it makes WOHSPIV (not counting her brackets [ ] of course).

Spelled backwards- VIP show.

When I found it I thought "She's a very important person (VIP), who can 'show' us things. The Seer!"

But then Kath looked like the Seer too, and I thought, "Maybe Fea means that she is 'the VIP of this show' or something like that. Ooh, or maybe it means she is a VIP, and that this clue shows it. So maybe she's the White Queen."

So yeah, I've been wanting to keep her alive. And apparently, the clue was entirely coincidental, or a false clue in order to pave the way for a future reveal perhaps.

Anyway, I felt the need to explain part of the reason I was doubting Rikae yesterday and why I've been wanting to keep Fea around. This is without a doubt the worst job of WereWolfing I've ever done. I believe that Kath is the only person that I've been right about. And to some extent Sally, though I had second thoughts about her more than once.

[the phantom]

Originally Posted by Mnem

Okay, so the way I see it, the best we can do today is bring it to a tie and leave it to chance.

Yeah. Just noticed that.

It seems this thing is going to be decided via coin flip. I think Shasta should do it live on webcam for dramatic effect.

[Mnemosyne]

Eh, it happens, phantom.

But think of it this way: at least you can have Fea served to you on a silver platter now!

[the phantom]

Ha ha! No, no, I believe it's the WereCreatures who eat people served on platters. My liking for people does not cross into that area.