Tol-in-Gaurhoth XLVII: Dueling Wizards Werewolf II

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I can't believe nobody remembered Diamond sealing Mac the Ranger's fate on DAY 2.

THIS IS WHY WE KEEP POSTING AND REPOSTING THE VOTES.

Well, we tried our best. Kudos to the good guys. Most of my accolades, however, go to the phantom, who, it seems, read the Evil Team's mind uncannily. A truly bonjwa* performance.

Rikae, mistress, may I ask why you chose us? I don't recall Cailín or I having ever played with you, so . . . why? In any case, it was fun serving under you, even though sometimes I don't obey you.


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*bonjwa - Korean slang for 'the best'. Used in StarCraft progaming circles for describing the best player of a generation. I don't, of course, mean that. Well, not exactly that . . .

[A Little Green]

*hats off* (oh crap, that one still has his hat on... Hats off, I say!)

This was the first game in which I actually survived till the end! Yay! Awesomely played, everyone.

Lal, you were wonderful. I suppose I should have started suspecting you when I realised that you were the only one I didn't suspect... A very neat performance.

Also, great job wizards, both of you. (And I just started to think that the EWs, the old and the new, happened to play sisters...) And wolves and gifteds of course as well. I really was quite out of track in this game, but at least I didn't suspect any gifteds (but unfortunately no wolves either...). And thanks to the mod as well. The narrations were great, but the Swedish-speaking soldiers in the last narration were a bit too much..

[Macalaure]

38 pages of game... wow!

A mad game, especially with GW and EW almost neutralising each other. It was a little disappointing that the ordos had nothing to do but follow the GW's lead for quite a while, but in the end it was them who won the game (right, Roa was the ranger, but what she contributed had nothing to do with being gifted...)

Lal already stated that phantom did well in not listening to his gifteds. When we got to know the EW's identity, I made a list of how likely each player was to be turned into a wolf by Rikae, thinking I knew her, but apart from Aganzir I was completely wrong. On top of that, after I was forced to reveal, I also tried to convince tp that Kath was a wolf...

Btw, I almost protected Volo the first night (not thinking he was the seer, just that it was likely there were some out there who would love to get rid of him) - but he ended up being my second choice after Lommy.

An afterthought:
Looking at how this game affected tp's sleep and work, and being in the position to witness first hand just how emotionally taxing and depressing it was to Rikae, is it possible that some of us take Werewolf too seriously? I mean, it's a game, and while it's most fun when everybody plays their best, like it is with all games, it's really just a game and no competition. There are no titles, medals, rankings or whatever, and I think a player who is fun to play with will receive more reps in the end than the player who brought home the victory.

[Aganzir]

Wow.

Thanks for the game & narrations, Nogrod! Both were enjoyable.

Congratulations to phantom & his team. You played awesomely. Though I still think that the seer shouldn't get a dream the night he's killed...

But most of all thanks to Rikae and our lovely team. If I had had to name one person I thought to be the EW after day 1, I would have said you. Was it intentional that you were referring to the wolves' night 1 discussion in your first post? Though what made me think so more was that you didn't suspect me considerably.
And little as it lasted, it was nice to plot with you, Nilp and Cailín. I was so frustrated when Lommy said I played like a wolf who didn't know her fellows since I knew them from the very beginning!

I don't think I have ever played so badly as a wolf as I played on day 1. I was unbelievably tired and didn't have the energy to post anything proper so my posts ended up being mostly short responses to quotes, which someone (Brinn I think) noticed. Oh well.
It must have been funny for Nog to read my PM's to the others on night 2 - they were pretty desperate. I was sure Lommy was a gifted; I couldn't understand how she had spotted me based only on that one IC post! Well, at least I won't have a chance to become too proud. :-D

Rikae told us to get Lommy killed, either by lynching or in the night, so that's why my case against her.

Volo was our pack's kill while Durelin killed Kitanna. I think it was Nilp who originally brought up the idea of killing him, and I agreed since I thought it would reduce the pressure on me and might help to frame Legate. Our other option was either Mac or Rikae (). Eventually we sent in the names of Volo and Rikae since we thought killing Mac might look a bit too much like framing Legate. Boy, would it have been nice to get two gifteds killed on the first night!

[Lalaith]

So why did you kill me rather than Roa?

Gwath - it was complicated. I sent Nogrod my deliberations at the time.

Firstly, I could not be sure exactly who the Ranger was protecting, and this was one thing I could not get wrong - with the odds so against me, I couldn't afford to lose a single night kill. I mean, one assumes that Durelin was protected the night she was turned, but what if there had been a bluff? I reckoned the Ranger would protect Durelin on alternate nights, but I couldn't be sure which nights they were. Who else would the Ranger protect? Well, I drew up a list of choices I might protect, if I were Ranger, and Roa would be one of them, if I thought her innocent, and the Ranger, for all I knew, might think just that. I really never thought Roa would actually be the Ranger herself. During my second day as lone wolf (the day I died) I became convinced that Morm was the Ranger. Morm, you would have died that night.

Secondly, I thought you (Gwath) might have been a choice for phantom as Ranger, and I really, really wanted to kill the Ranger so that I could do what I liked at night.

Thirdly, you had said you did not suspect me. So there was no trail back to me.

Oh and I have a lot of repping to do, I've run out of reps now so please wait! (Roa, btw, if your button doesn't work, then right-click for a new window)

[Cailín]

Wonderful game, people. I have yet to decide whether phantom is just that good or that lucky. I knew I had been dreamt of when phantom and his Seer still went after me despite Rikae's bewildering action.

Diamond, I believed your GW claim without thinking. You seemed to know I was evil from Day 2 - and were dropping half-joking, half-serious Seer/GW hints. Only later I realised you had voted for Mac, which of course the GW would not have done. Was that really just mere chance that you chose me as the target of your silly EVIL joke?

Nilp, Agan, my lovely furry friends, well-played.

Rikae, you were fantastic - very bold.

And of course, Nogmod, you were an outstanding mod, and your dedication to the game is admirable. Thanks for allowing me to play another Wizards game.

Time to be honest: I hardly played at all. After Day 1, Eomer made all the posts with me shouting in the background that everything he said sounded horribly suspicious.

P.S. I would rep you all, but my laptop will not let me. Barrowdowners are the greatest werewolf players in the universe.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Cailín

P.S. I would rep you all, but my laptop will not let me. Barrowdowners are the greatest werewolf players in the universe.

There seems to be problems with repping (and Quick Links, and Search, &c) in threads that are longer than one page. But it's possible if you right-click for a new window, as Lalaith said.

By the way Nog, is it possible to see who volunteered for a wizard? And who were on the wizards' lists in the beginning?

[Diamond18]

Originally Posted by Cailín

Diamond, I believed your GW claim without thinking. You seemed to know I was evil from Day 2 - and were dropping half-joking, half-serious Seer/GW hints. Only later I realised you had voted for Mac, which of course the GW would not have done. Was that really just mere chance that you chose me as the target of your silly EVIL joke?

I became convinced you were evil while reading over the Day 1 posts, but that doesn't say much as I often become convinced of innocent players' evilness (Lommy, for instance). It was Day 2 that made me really start chomping at the bit and you were one of my top Dream choices as soon as I became Seer that night. I believe I told tp that you were "fishy."

This may have just been me reacting to Eomer's posting style. I have a tendency to always think he's evil, no matter what. And of course when you admitted to him doing most of the posting, I remembered my long lost vendetta from the first DW game, and became rabid. Diamond the Rabid Seer.

P.S. I would rep you all, but my laptop will not let me. Barrowdowners are the greatest werewolf players in the universe.

My laptop does the same thing. I have to right click on the scales and choose to "open in a new tab" whenever I want to rep someone. Bit annoying, but it gets the job done.

Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund

I can't believe nobody remembered Diamond sealing Mac the Ranger's fate on DAY 2.

THIS IS WHY WE KEEP POSTING AND REPOSTING THE VOTES.

I forget about it, myself, in the heat of the Day, and only remembered that Night. I even sat there, rehearsing my "reveal" post and trying to think if there was anything in my past that would definitively prove me a liar. Then I thought, "Nah, it'll work."

That was a mad, mad day.