Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXXVI Game Thread

[The Saucepan Man]

On the subject of Lal, this caught my interest:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I wasn't going to vote for anyone on that pack anyway - however I can't honestly say that had I managed to get back to my desk on time that I wouldn't have changed my mind seeing a triple lynch coming up. There you go - it's up to you if you choose to punish me for it. I personally don't think you should.

So she is effectively saying that, had she voted, she wouldn’t have broken the triple-tie anyway. On the face of it, this could be taken as an indication of innocence. After all, what Wolf would be so foolish as to say such an incriminating thing? But Lal’s not shtoopid. It’s quite possible that she said this precisely to give that effect.

Then there’s this:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

But then the point at which Sauce jumps in and votes would be more suspicious than the point at which Mith does it.

I don’t understand this at all. Mith and I voted at almost exactly the same time, so how can my vote be more suspicious than hers? Taken with Shasta’s ridiculous point about ‘pessimistic-Peter’, it makes me wonder whether there might be some subtle combined attempt to sow some seeds of suspicion against me here.

I don’t like this either:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I have a suspicion about who the Seer might be but I don't think I ought to say this outright in case the wolves pick them up. But they have brought something up which makes me think one of the non-voters is indeed a Wolf.

Lal is very careful to make ckear that she doesn’t want to say outright who she thinks the Seer might be, yet seems to be giving clues as to what she is talking about. Possibly a coded message to her fellow Wolves as to her thinking?

I am becoming increasingly concerned that Shasta and Lal are aligned in Wolfishness. Currently, I am veering more towards Lal as she looks the more suspicious to me. Like the phantom, I didn’t really want to vote for her unless I had to, as I have never played with her before. But we could really do with bagging a Wolf toDay, so I might just have to put sentiment aside here.

[The Saucepan Man]

Mithalwen: Holby (Holby 1)
Gil: Boromir88! (Holby 1)
CaptainofDespair: Shasta (Holby 1, Shasta 1)
Shasta: Kath (Holby 1, Shasta 1, Kath 1)
Lal: phantom (Holby 1, Shasta 1, Kath 1, phantom 1)

Yet to vote: Kath, Holby, SpM, phantom

With Kath and Holby unlikely to vote toDay, that just leaves the phantom and me. Phantom, are you around? It would be helpful to have an indication as to how you are thinking so that we can avoid another voting fiasco.

[the phantom]

Yes, I'm here. Just woke up.

Out of the people who already have votes, Shasta and Holby are the only ones I could bring myself to vote for today.

I might want to pick someone new, though. Like Lal....

[The Saucepan Man]

As I said, I could vote for either Lal or Shasta. I would prefer not to vote for Holby as there is so little to go on, and she hasn't been around toDay.

[the phantom]

Originally Posted by Lal

On the other hand, why would a non-voter be a wolf? There'd be nothing quite so obviously fishy after all as not voting, and of course the wolves would be more determined than anyone to get votes in and get innocents lynched...Who's picking up on this non-voting being fishy? It would be very opportunist of them.

I'm not understanding you.

What's wrong with being a bit fishy and not voting if it yields the deaths of three innocents. That's an excellent trade off if you ask me.

You said yesterday that Wolves would be "opportunist", and look who was very opportunist yesterday- you!

[the phantom]

Or we could just not vote at all and have a quadruple lynch. That would be record setting, right?

I'm all for making history.

[the phantom]

Heh heh... are you a WW Sauce, and one of your pals is in line to be lynched so you are looking to save them?

[the phantom]

Let's make this fun.

++Lal

Toodles, everyone.

[The Saucepan Man]

That ain't gonna happen.

Looks like I am going to have to vote for Shasta here to be safe.

[The Saucepan Man]

That was a reply to your previous post, by the way.

No, I am not a Werewolf, and I most certainly do not want a quadruple lynch.

++SHASTANIS ALTHREDUIN

[Boromir88]

Voting is closed Shasta is dead and an innocent. Narration will be up later today.

Seer dream. Wolves kill. Ordinary's quiet.