Game Thread: WW LXXXVI - The Halls of Mandos

[Macalaure]

The night of sleep the Elves got after a day of stressful debate was wholesome, except for one of them. They woke up to see the green fields stained red and covered with the bits and pieces of one of their own. The Elves looked around to see any sign of which one of them met this gruesome fate, but could not find anything that even vaguely resembled Elvenkind anymore. At last they looked at each other: It was Fea who was missing.

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But all dread was swiftly forgotten as the most fair and graceful being of all Middle-earth walked amongst them once more. Shasta had returned from the dead, to bring back light and hope for all. They joy of Shasta and Aganzir was more than words can say. The Elves' hearts were lifted and ears opened to hear the tale of the dead that Shasta was going tell them.


The living:

Aganzir
Glirdan
A Little Green
elronds_daughter
Nerwen
Loslote
wilwa538
Legate of Amon Lanc
Thinlómien
Nessa Telrunya
satansaloser2005
the phantom
Boromir88
Mithalwen
Anguirel
Shastanis Althreduin


The dead:

Macalaure
Rikae
Mänwe
Nogrod
Blind Guardian
Feanor of the Peredhil


Nightly activites are to stop. The posting may begin again.

[the phantom]

Before I even begin to delve into the new day, first things first...

Shasta- what's it like down there? Anything funny or interesting to tell?

[Aganzir]

So darling, what news from Mandos?

It's awfully late so I'm not going to start posting now except to let you know I probably won't be around during the first half of the day.

I am interested in the reactions to Nog's reveal, especially after I claimed to be Lúthien, but that will have to wait.

Also, if we want to come up with a way to send information from Mandos to here, it would be a good idea to do it today.

[the phantom]

Since the dead can read this thread but can't post any responses...

Good riddance, Fea!

[Mithalwen]

I suppose it is safe to assume that BG was either a wolf or a gifted. Can't see it would be necesssary to change a cobbler in this game. Though if BG was a wolf I imagine that a cobbler has been upgraded. Anyway..back to sleep for a bit..

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

Shasta had returned from the dead, to bring back light and hope for all.

Yay for the song! I thought about quoting it yesterday but decided to go with the Lay of Leithian.

By the way, we can probably assume that whatever BG might have been, she's now an ordo. I'm not sure if it's against the point of the game, but I think it would be fair to know if she was a wolf (because it would mean an innocent just turned into one).

Oh and I also wonder about Fea's death. I can think of one reason she might have been killed off the top of my head, but will have to go through her posts first.

[Glirdan]

Originally Posted by Mith

I suppose it is safe to assume that BG was either a wolf or a gifted. Can't see it would be necesssary to change a cobbler in this game. Though if BG was a wolf I imagine that a cobbler has been upgraded. Anyway..back to sleep for a bit..

I can't say that I entirely agree with you on this. The player in me agrees with you and says that it wouldn't be necessary, but the Mod in me says that it would, just to keep the mechanics of the game running smoothly or to keep everything balanced. However, the Mod in me is also saying that the Moddess Goddess may have said that just to keep us guessing. So again anything is possible.

But seeing as BeiGei has not posted once, we have no way to assume anything and I believe it is a waste of time and effort to even try when we have Shasta back from the dead to help us clarify other things that need clarifying.

[the phantom]

Yeah, the Blind thing could prove to be a problem. If she was a Wolf, well, then that means it's possible the positive feelings we've gained towards someone up until this moment are now worthless. If she was Gifted, then perhaps someone that was playing not particularly carefully now has a big reason to stay alive, and perhaps behavior change will cause them to be spotted. The situation is definitely annoying... But what else could the Mods do?

Today was my day to do piles of schoolwork, and thus I haven't done a readthrough of yesterday, so don't expect a fresh spurt of analysis from me to lead off the day. I wish I could, but time, you know.

I'll do my best to check in again in a bit and again in the morning, but I probably won't be able to give much serious contribution until late in the afternoon.

[the phantom]

No posts at all? Well, this was a pointless check in.

Bed now. I'll try my best to be around in the second half of the day.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Well, from what I know....









Manwe was not a wolf. (I'm posting from my phone, sorry for lack of bold.)


Nogrod. Every indication is that of cobblery, even io to his dead vote. He was trying to convince me that he's the Seer, by saying that he just failed to notice Agan's trick and all the posts that came after referencing it (and there are quite a few, I made a list, including Nogrod's own posts interspersed in.) so I believe Nog to be a Nobbler.

More later. Oh, and the way Rikae worded what she said in response to me asking about BG makes it look like BG was a wolf, but it depends on whether Rikae regards the alignment of cobblers as innocent or wolfish. All she would say is that BG's role went to someone of the same alignment whose firmer role she thought less important.

[Nerwen]

My dearest! You've returned! Come to my– oh wait, I'm going to have to duel Agan, now, aren't I?

Originally Posted by Beranzir

I am interested in the reactions to Nog's reveal, especially after I claimed to be Lúthien, but that will have to wait.

I might have a look at that myself.

Originally Posted by Beranzir

Also, if we want to come up with a way to send information from Mandos to here, it would be a good idea to do it today.

You mean using the double-vote choice as a sort of code? It's hard to think of a way that would actually be workable– especially it seems there's now at least one cobbler in Mandos.

Originally Posted by Shastanis Lúthien

Oh, and the way Rikae worded what she said in response to me asking about BG makes it look like BG was a wolf, but it depends on whether Rikae regards the alignment of cobblers as innocent or wolfish. All she would say is that BG's role went to someone of the same alignment whose firmer role she thought less important.

Cobblers have the same alignment as wolves. If you were thinking along these lines, well, um, don't. I mean that was just Nobbler doing his job. All the same, I don't think what Rikae told you has to mean that, my heart– couldn't it equally refer to an ordo becoming a gifted?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I suppose it is safe to assume that BG was either a wolf or a gifted. Can't see it would be necesssary to change a cobbler in this game. Though if BG was a wolf I imagine that a cobbler has been upgraded. Anyway..back to sleep for a bit..

I would agree with that. Very often the Mods just scratch people if they don't have any important role. The problem is not that we don't know what BG was, the problem is now that we don't know who the person who has changed is. As it's been said, there are the two previous Days of the person's posting which now are somewhat less reliable when it comes to determining the person's role.

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Manwe was not a wolf. (I'm posting from my phone, sorry for lack of bold.)

Good, I knew I was right about him. I think that means he is innocent. (I really don't think he was a Cobbler.)

Originally Posted by Shasta

Nogrod. Every indication is that of cobblery, even io to his dead vote. He was trying to convince me that he's the Seer, by saying that he just failed to notice Agan's trick and all the posts that came after referencing it (and there are quite a few, I made a list, including Nogrod's own posts interspersed in.) so I believe Nog to be a Nobbler.

I'd assume the same, even given his behavior late yesterDay. But then I really think it was a waste to lynch him, what I was saying: now we are not going to learn for sure whether he was a Wolf or Cobbler, resp. innocent (Seer) or Cobbler, in case Cobblers count as just "non-Wolves" in Mandos. For that matter, I really think that also among those who urged for voting him, there might be Wolves/Cobblers (for the reason stated above - that's of course ruling out the unlikely possibility that if he indeed was the Seer, or the WWs thought he was, then of course the WWs would have also liked to vote him, even more). Sadly, I don't have much time toDay, but I will try to check at least the votes if I can. Okay, at least for now, the people who voted for Nog:
Before his Seer-revelation:
Greenie
Agan
Boro
Glirdan
After his Seer-revelation (now those are the ones I would definitely put under close examination, since from now on, if you voted against Nog, you basically assumed that he was a Cobbler - unless somebody proves me they thought otherwise - which, I believe, does not make much sense)
Fea
wilwa (whose vote, just from skimming through, looks more innocent to me in the sense that she was "tired" and all that)
Phantom (this one I don't like, as he was urging it really purposefully, whereas an innocent should at least ponder that it does not have much of a sense to lynch Cobbler, that's exactly what they are here for)
Lottie (who actually joined the process only a bit later, she originally did not seem very eager)
Ang (actually I am really curious about him - he initially wanted to support Nog, but only after Agan's "I am Beren/no Lúthien" thing he changed his mind, because, well, it was obvious)
Mith (the last nail)

From my other goals, I would like to take a look at those I have neglected this far as well, like Nerwen as I wanted earlier. elra's comment about Nog's revelation also looks a bit curious, need to check her too.

Originally Posted by Shasta

More later. Oh, and the way Rikae worded what she said in response to me asking about BG makes it look like BG was a wolf, but it depends on whether Rikae regards the alignment of cobblers as innocent or wolfish. All she would say is that BG's role went to someone of the same alignment whose firmer role she thought less important.

Well, that could of course be also that BG was a Gifted. Especially with the "same alignment" thing. But whatever...

Sadly, now I don't have time to look at the possible reasons for Fea's death nor anything else. I'm not sure how much time I am going to have toDay, and I might be able to appear only very late in the Day, or very briefly during the time... I'll try my best.

[Mithalwen]

Alignment is not the same as vote count. As a former mod myself who has faced these dilemmas in at least 2 games I know how hard it is to do and be fair -especially if you have debated pre-game about the fairest balance. Now in this game it is quite "ethical" to upgrade a cobbler to a wolf because they are same alignment and have been playing with the same aim albeit perhaps using different approaches. Nevertheless it doesn't require a volte face if an innocent were changed cursed style.

I am a bit wary of speculating the other way obviously... if BG were the hunter no real harm done, if Glorfindell well it is a pity we missed a couple of nights protection but there is no guarantee of a "save" if the true seer - since all evidence points to Nogrod having been a bit more than economical with the truth as well as OT &E. Well that is a bit of a bummer but we could be worse off since at least we know mostly about the dead and our revenants.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Legate

After his Seer-revelation (now those are the ones I would definitely put under close examination, since from now on, if you voted against Nog, you basically assumed that he was a Cobbler - unless somebody proves me they thought otherwise - which, I believe, does not make much sense)

Hmmn. It is my feeling that a cobbler posing as the Seer is still more dangerous on the Living than the Dead thread. So I'm not sure the people who voted him after that look as bad as you think. I mean, the way things were going at that time, the alternative candidate was phantom (also as a supposed cobbler.) Though, I guess it's interesting that everyone appeared to see it as one or the other. I mean– why?

I really do need to have a look at the votes yesterDay. I'm quite pressed for time, though.