Tol-in-Gaurhoth CIII: Big Magic in Middle Earth Arcane Encampment (Game Thread)

[Coppermirror]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Coppermirror??!! Kind of wish I hadn't voted yet now, because that last post (#75) was positively weird. Your own tone seems forced to you too, huh? That's apologetic if I've ever seen anything apologetic in my life.

Hmm? If I think that someone is right about their impression of a post (that is, that the tone sounds a bit forced) then I don't see why I shouldn't say so. If I can see how someone reached their conclusion, that's useful for me when evaluating whether their thought process was innocent or evil. In this case, I thought that Greenie was more likely to be innocent after that.

Edit: crossed since Lommy at #78.

[Inziladun]

You lot sure don't make it easy on Day 1, do you?

I'm back and forth trying to decide whether I think Kath or Legate seems dodgy, then there's Lottie, who seems to be looking for a reason to suspect Kath. It mainly looks odd in light of Echo's very strange vote, though.

x/d with Legate

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Argh. Something's come up and I'm not going to be able to spend the time I'd like reading what's happened today.

Moddess Sally, I abstain from voting today.

[Holbytlass]

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Argh. Something's come up and I'm not going to be able to spend the time I'd like reading what's happened today.

Moddess Sally, I abstain from voting today.

don't like abstaining voters, esp day 1 where any reason is mostly justified because it is day 1.

the wagon jumping done here by legate and little green to lommie's suspicions of copper is unsettling. [arranging suspect list to first letter of names]

[Inziladun]

I can't bring myself to vote for Echo or Holby, due to first-time and long-time away considerations. Both have been downright bizarre up to this point, though.

x/d with Shasta

[Coppermirror]

Vote tally so far

Kath -> Nerwen
Echo-> Kath
Lommy -> Legate
Greenie -> Coppermirror
Legate -> Coppermirror (2)

Yet to vote:
Boro
Steve
Lottie
Inzil
McCaber
Nerwen
Holby
Coppermirror

Not voting: Shasta

I'm not sure who to vote for yet. Legate said some things earlier that really didn't make sense to me at all, but the question is whether the intent was innocent or evil. The fact he's leaving straight away after voting doesn't give me a good feeling.

Echo's vote looks pretty bad, but I don't think anyone will vote for them, as a first time player on their first day.

Holby's behaviour has been odd, but I know so little about them that I don't think I can place a vote.

I'm unsure about Nerwen, but I can't say it's enough to follow Kath's vote. She really hasn't done much.

There's about 50 minutes to go now, right? If I have to make a quick vote, I'll vote for Legate, but I'd like to spend a little time looking over toDay's posts again before making a firm decision.

Edit: crossed since Lottie's last.

[Boromir88]

++Kath

Sorry love, as gleeful as it is to have you remember to participate in Day 1, and as much as it means I want to continue having you around as someone to bounce ideas off of...it's feeling not meant to be this time around. There's something off with you today.

Particularly post #54 where I think your points on Inzil and Lottie are off. I don't get the connection you're trying to make about Inzil reminding everyone to go invisible. And Lottie I don't think was making a non-commital statement, but more or less saying she thinks more than likely the Day 1 arguments between 2 people are innocent-on-innocent.

...and a bit of Echo said she was a witch...which made me want to ask "Did she turn you into a newt? And you got better?" But it's worth a go considering what I think we've had so far today.

[Eönwë]

This end-of-Day silence is quite disconcerting.

edit: x-posted, obviously

[Eönwë]

So, who else is around now that hasn't voted yet?

[Holbytlass]

a three way tie!?!

++LEGATE

since out of the three hes suspicious to me

[Coppermirror]

Boro does have a point about Kath's #54, now that he points it out, but I didn't notice anything particularly suspicious in her other posts.

I can't wait to vote any longer than this, so I've got to go with the person I've got the most suspicion for based on their actions.

++Legate

Vote tally so far

Kath -> Nerwen
Echo-> Kath
Lommy -> Legate
Greenie -> Coppermirror
Legate -> Coppermirror (2)
Inzil -> Lottie
Boro -> Kath (2)
Coppermirror -> Legate (2)

Yet to vote:
Steve
Lottie
McCaber
Nerwen
Holby

Not voting: Shasta

[Loslote]

So we have a triple tie between Cop, Kath, and Legate, with no clarifying rules on tie-breakers? Well then.

++Kath

I find her far more suspicious than either Cop or Legate.

EDIT: xed with two of Steve's

[Eönwë]

Wait, so what happens in the case of a tie?

edit: x-ed with Holby

[Coppermirror]

Vote tally so far

Kath -> Nerwen
Echo-> Kath
Lommy -> Legate
Greenie -> Coppermirror
Legate -> Coppermirror (2)
Inzil -> Lottie
Boro -> Kath (2)
Coppermirror -> Legate (2)
Lottie -> Kath (3)
Holby -> Legate (3)

Yet to vote:
Steve
McCaber
Nerwen

Not voting: Shasta

[Loslote]

That clears that right up.

[Eönwë]

Ok, well I haven't seen the other two around, we can't risk a tie meaning no lynch, so:

++Legate

[satansaloser2005]

Legate is dead. He was an ordinary arcanist. Sorcerers may whisper in the dark while the rest of you....rest. A proper narration will be here tomorrow.

Casting:
Shasta
Kath
Dun
Nerwen
Cop
McCobbler
Lottie
Green
Echo
Holbytlass
Boro
Lommy
Steve

Cast aside:
Sally (moddess)
Morsul (collateral damage)
Legate (wizard)

[Holbytlass]

Originally Posted by Loslote

That clears that right up.

[Boromir88]

I've got less time today than I was hoping to for catching up...will have to vote within the next couple hours since I'm heading into work.

I'll write up a post on Inzil and see if there's anything about why the sorcerers killed him. I was hoping to see more of Kath, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen. Others pinging on my suspicions are Lottie, Lommy, and Holby (which I'll hopefully be able to explain too)

[satansaloser2005]

Inziladun has passed on. He was an ordinary wizard.

[Echo]

Are we aloud to post now?
if we are i would like to say, may Inzil rest in shredded pieces.
hmmm i was mildly suspicious about him, but no matter now.




the reason i whatch my back at night
holby~ its not just me noticing her weird QUIET behavior but youd know better than me, im just a new nobody
cop~ hes either really good or really bad,...but im still havent desided which. (hopfully good)


mildly suspicious of
green~ill have to pick a better reason than the one ive got,...you dont sit right with me though.
AND everyone else.
[U]other[U]
Boro~ what can i say other than hes nice and welcomed me, i have no reason to suspect him........yet.



well ponder my list. think of me evil or think of me not,..i dont care.
but youll think of me the way you think when you think it. but if i die today or tonight you will get no further.

[Coppermirror]

A pity about Legate. I can see how that happened now and I really should have known better. At least the voting yesterDay was interesting and had multiple tiebreakers. Plus, the game started with a Day phase, so there's no way the sorcerers had plans in place in advance.

And man, Inzil's killed the time he's finally innocent? We're clearly dealing with very sadistic sorcerers here. Anyway, why might Inzil have been killed? The only things which come to mind are that nobody really suspected him this time, or that they might have thought he was the Seer. Or it could be to lay a false trail to Lottie, I suppose.

I'll settle down to do an analysis of each person who posted yesterDay. This may take me a while, especially if I'm looking at past games to check on things about some people's behaviour.

Three people didn't vote yesterDay: Nerwen, Shasta, and McCaber (the latter of whom didn't show up at all as far as I can see, so I hope he knows the game is on). This is pretty bad. There are also some people who showed up relatively late and didn't get much of a chance to talk. It would be great if those people would speak up as early as possible toDay.

Originally Posted by Echo

Are we aloud to post now?

I think so. The Day always starts when the moddess announces who was killed during the Night. Sally's just really busy at the moment.

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Until further notice, everyone but me carries a presumption of guilt. Confessions will be entertained.

Maybe this could have been seen as a Seer hint? For the most part, though, Zil was fairly non-committal. He certainly didn't jump in guns blazing saying "x is evil", so I think he was probably a no-trace kill.

[Echo]

Originally Posted by Coppermirror

do an analysis of each person. I'm looking at past games to check on things about some people's behaviour.

as am i cop,
hobbits dont live in dirty,nasty, wet holes filled with the ends of worms,...but do holbyts?...........

[Echo]

i patiently wait for the bantering and finger pionting..... though its quite late but no worry i eagerly wait!!! (well not the finger pionting if its at me)

[Nerwen]

Off the top of my head, I’d say Zil was a no-trace– but we’d still better worth look his posts over.

The Legate–waggon also needs inspection...

[Coppermirror]

I hope I'm not breaking some WW taboo I don't know by saying this, but Nerwen, you're not still set to invisible on the forums. Might be a good idea to change that.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Coppermirror

I hope I'm not breaking some WW taboo I don't know by saying this, but Nerwen, you're not still set to invisible on the forums. Might be a good idea to change that.

What? I’m always invisible!

The recent troubles here must have reset my profile, or something.

Anyway, thanks for the warning.

[Nerwen]

Echo, should you happen to be still around–

Why did you vote for Kath? Lommy, whom you quoted in support of
your vote was talking about Legate– and your comments (“nonsense chatter and trying to point out he’s innocent”) don’t seem to apply to him either.