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Old 09-21-2009, 04:04 PM   #1
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The game is on! Here!

Good luck and have fun everyone!
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Old 09-22-2009, 05:11 PM   #2
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I must object to my untimely death!

As elected Captain I should have been given the opportunity to cancel the lynch altogether (Then the master hunter would not have killed me), but I was declared dead before I had the chance.

(I realised I could not make it back home in time for deadline, but did not worry as I remembered flexibility being mentioned in the rules)

Anyways I hope this bunch of rangers shall rip and be shattered by the shrapnell of darkness!
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Old 09-22-2009, 05:37 PM   #3
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I can feel your pain Rune and I'm quite unhappy you were killed (just as a personal note - as a mod I try to be as balanced and fair I can).

But sure you wouldn't have cancelled the lynching of Hakon without knowing he was after you - and being the Master-Hunter? So "wisdom of late" is it?

And the next one behind you two were two votes away so you wouldn't even had a licence to get anyone else lynched.

Anyway the Captain was actually produced at the same moment as the lynch was declared so the ability to cancel a lynching factually concerns only those Captains that are Captains before and after the DL at the end of the Day. Just imagine the complexity of the execution and rulings if that were not so...

Sad to see you go so early though.
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Old 09-22-2009, 05:44 PM   #4
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I can feel your pain Rune and I'm quite unhappy you were killed (just as a personal note - as a mod I try to be as balanced and fair I can).

But sure you wouldn't have cancelled the lynching of Hakon without knowing he was after you - and being the Master-Hunter? So "wisdom of late" is it?

And the next one behind you two were two votes away so you wouldn't even had a licence to get anyone else lynched.

Anyway the Captain was actually produced at the same moment as the lynch was declared so the ability to cancel a lynching factually concerns only those Captains that are Captains before and after the DL at the end of the Day. Just imagine the complexity of the execution and rulings if that were not so...
All this does is show that there was, well maybe not a flaw in the rules, but atleast a lack of information in them.

I should probably be careful what I say about what I would and wouldn't have done, as it could be analysed and is therefor better saved for after the game. Anyways I will say that I did consider the option of canceling the lynch if I got the chance. (I can always elaborate more after the game)
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Old 09-23-2009, 08:14 AM   #5
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All this does is show that there was, well maybe not a flaw in the rules, but atleast a lack of information in them.
You're absolutely right and I do apologise. My fault.

There seems to be few things I have thought of by myself but haven't voiced out clearly enough in the rules (partly due to the fact that the last day before the game started ended up being more hectic in RL terms than I expected). I'll try to figure out if there are still ones that haven't been explained.

But I'll open this one up first.

The idea is that to gain the power to cancel lynchings or change the lynchee the Captain should have gained the trust of the people; being the Captain for two Days in a row (=being elected the Day before and not sacked / voted out on the next) would be just that.

Yes, I was actually after some leadership with the Captain-role - whoever takes it. And few soldiers follow tough rulings of a Captain they don't value highly enough. That's the kind of realistic agenda behind it.

The newly appointed Captain would only have power over a case of a vote-tie. Without that power the Captain would only be one who is protected during the Night added with some Night-talker abilities - so a paper-leader.

So even a newly chosen Captain has some power but only a "trusted" Captain can yield real power (cancelling the lynch altogether, changing the lynchee to someone having one vote less than the one getting lynched otherwise).
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:28 AM   #6
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You may have received a message that I posted on the game thread. I was using the reply box for formatting purposes on an analysis I was doing and accidentally hit "Submit reply." I have deleted the post. Please don't mod fire me.
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Old 09-23-2009, 03:51 PM   #7
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Okay.

The narration for Day1 is finally at place and the one for Night2 is coming soon (in time anyway). Sorry. I just had a hectic day and had not too much time to do these. It will be better on the next days as my RL timetable looks easier.

To answer the queries (Nerwen in the thread and Roa here): there will be no modfire in this game (it reads in the rules).

The only exception would be that someone was caught "red-handed" violating the basic rules that form the athmosphere of general trust and goodwill on the part of the players aka. having conversations about the game with confidential information about the roles done outside the game etc...

I discourage you to talk about the game in msn or RL (or wherever) in general, even with your best mates as long as you both are alive. I know it's hard. But one might accidentally slip something and for that reason... try to stay calm.

But the real offence would be to talk about your own roles.
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