WWLVIII: Escape From Angband (or Behavioral Modification)

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Ditto that. I thought I'd solidly revealed myself to anybody looking as somebody who knew way too much by then, yet no, instead you die?

That confused me as well... Fea seemed so obvious looking how some of us treated her....

Why were you not interested in discussing the assassin-role ducks? When Lari made the point on the last Day I was almost sure she was the last duck (besides Dury) because of bringing it up...

But it was really interesting no-one brought it up - and sure eased my task of biting my lip and stay quiet about it.

[Mnemosyne]

Heh, Nog, wondered if the avatar was in reaction to anything...

And by the way, the baking pies had nothing to do with waxing ducks*. Cobblers are a modified form of a fruit pie.


*Waxing as in increasing, not as in polishing their feathers to a sheen or even removing them. And also, "Waxing Ducks" would be a really good name for a rock band

[Durelin]

About killing Izzy -

Well, we wanted a safe kill, first of all. And obviously we didn't know how the assassin worked. And there was no indication how Kath died, so we didn't even know there was an assassin who could just...kill. We wondered if Gwath was actually able to take Kath down with him.

I thought we might be able to get Lari to go after Nog, and Nog to go after Fea. It didn't seem like anyone was interested in lynching Izzy at any point, so *shrug*.

We were afraid we couldn't kill Mith at all, and otherwise feared killing any hunter/assassin type might take one of us down.

There were too many known innocents, so I pulled my stunt. But obviously that barely decreased the known innocents. I felt like giving up from Day 2 on but didn't actually want to go down without a fight.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Nog

When Lari made the point on the last Day I was almost sure she was the last duck (besides Dury) because of bringing it up

Well, I'd say that's why we didn't bring it up in game, eh?

[Nerwen]

See, we thought that if Dury turned up dead, the "multiplication" thing would be revealed as a fraud, and I'd then get lynched by elimination... we never considered that people might think her evil and believe her about the ducks...

I was annoyed to die, though– we had some lovely schemes cooked up. If we survived another Night Dury was going to claim that there were only two ducks now, and I would say I had been stripped of my duck-status on the Night... and reveal who my "fellows" were. That would have been so much fun...

*sigh*

Ah, well...

By the way, my made-up role, in case I had to reveal, was going to be very similar to Nogrod's actual one.

[Gwathagor]

In case anyone is curious, the reason I revealed when I did, despite the fact that I knew I would get killed by the ducks is two-fold: First, I was largely considered innocent and thus was likely to get killed by the Ducks anyway. Second, I wasn't going to be able to vote the next day anyway and thus as good as dead anyway. So I decided to pass on what information I could while I was still alive. I'm sorry I wasn't more help.

I used a lot of quotes from "Lawrence of Arabia" one day just for the heck of it, and because everyone else seemed to be quoting things. It was fun, but I think Nerwen was the only one that noticed.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

The most I did during this game was hint (a lot) to Mira that I was Hamlet: e.g. saying she was "floaty and suicidal" in that list I made, and talking Hamlet with Nienna.

I'm glad someone picked up my attempted kill on Wilwa.

[Gwathagor]

Hey Shasta, your death was epic.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Perhaps I should reveal my Nightly work?

Given the fact that I could only actually kill ducks, by the end of the game I had a list of known Not-Ducks. Problem was, half were dead.

First Night: Brinn. Always a safe bet. Either she died, or I had a reliable ally. She didn't die. I proclaimed my faith in her to the world.

Second Night: Nogrod. It is traditional for me to try to kill him. Same reasoning as for Brinn: I needed to know who I could rely on later.

Third Night: Rikae. If she was a duck, the village would be done with her. If not, well, whatever.

Fourth Night: This Night I was rewarded for being so well-behaved: I kept my post count below forty, I think it was, and consequently got two kill choices. First choice was Kath. So long, ducky. Second choice was Izzy. I simply wasn't sure. Consequently, the next day I had another known innocent.

Of course by that point Gwath had revealed and cleared Nog and Brinn, and Rikae was dead, so my ish-seer skills weren't immediately needed. What was I going to do, say "Yeah! I agree! I know the same stuff about them he does!" So I hushed like a good little wallflower and made sure y'all didn't go and kill Izzy on me.

With Durelin suggesting that roles had changed prior to Kath's death, Izzy was the only player I could claim certainty of. I needed her alive as my known innocent.

Of course then she died.

However, Fifth Night: I bagged Nerwen-duck, which was quite lovely. After all of my 'known innocents' being rendered useless either by death or by Durelin, it felt good to at least have nailed ducks two nights running.

And then.

Well, if Durelin was telling the truth and people had changed, I had no information to rely on. Izzy was dead, Cobbler-Rikae was gone, Brinn was long gone. I still had Nog around to trust, and Gwath had said Mith and Mac were okay, but if Durelin was telling the truth about multiplying ducks, I had no way of knowing who to attack in the Night.

She had to die. The only way I could attack a duck with any legitimate hope of success was to know her role.

Hence, "Durelin must die."

If she hadn't been lynched, I was going to kill her in the Night.

I now humbly depart to do more research.

Also, I concur: Shasta's death was amazing.

Good game everybody.

Thanks, Sally and Mistress Modduckess.

And of course Phantom.