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Old 10-27-2008, 09:45 AM   #1
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Sounds fair enough. I promised that I'd lynch her if I ever played with her again.

EDIT: X'ed with Legate & Rikae

I'm up for it too.


Is Lommie crazier than usual? Or is it just me? (Just saying)


Alternatively, Legate has a nice little organized list. Very nice. Too nice mehbe?


And yes, Rikae. Mac is evil. He's always evil, darling.


I'm fairly optimistic about toDay actually. Like a couple others have said, our chances of finding a baddie aren't too shabby. And two for the price of one always makes me happy.

The problem is that once night hits a big chunk of this village is going the way of the dodo, so we best hope to indeed get baddie(s) today so they can't kill off so many in the Night.



Sorry to be so brief, catching up on some homework that I spaced off. Back hopefully soon.
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Old 10-27-2008, 09:53 AM   #2
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Alternatively, Legate has a nice little organized list. Very nice. Too nice mehbe?
On the contrary, on the last game Legate was a wolf and his attitude now is different from his wolvish attitude. Before he would just pop in and give his analysis of people, in the hopes of creating confusion I'm assuming, and would only enter into disscussion with the players if he was accused. Now he is actually entering into the disscussion. But if I'm wrong...
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Old 10-27-2008, 09:54 AM   #3
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Sorry for the double post

As for Lommy being in a silly mood I think that is normal for her to have.
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Old 10-27-2008, 09:54 AM   #4
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If Mac is aknowledging that Rikae is attacking him just as a joke, why does he bother to defend himself? Is he a bit jumpy maybe?

edit: xed with Groin -
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:03 AM   #5
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If Mac is aknowledging that Rikae is attacking him just as a joke, why does he bother to defend himself? Is he a bit jumpy maybe?
For the record, just because I add a joke to something, doesn't mean I'm entirely joking.
Now, does Mac know that? Is he being jumpy? It's possible, I suppose.
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:08 AM   #6
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For the record, just because I add a joke to something, doesn't mean I'm entirely joking.
I thought you were... I thought that your third point was there kind of just turn the setting around and announce you're accusing him just because of principle, not because you really suspect him.
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:18 AM   #7
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Okay I have to be leaving soon so I'll give you my analysis so far.

Legate: Back to his usual self: giving good analysis and entering in the disscussion to help stimulate a chance of catching a real wolf.

Lommy: Silly.

Aganzir: Trying to sound like she's helping everyone by posting and showing that she's here. Her posts are somewhat helpful, but they're mostly full of petty arguments on the best way to capture a wolf (something along those lines).

Rikae: No clue yet, seems intent on getting Mac lynched.

That's it, I'll be back later.

EDIT: Xed 2Aganzir, 1Fea, 2Lommy
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:29 AM   #8
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Okay, in an attempt to get the game straight...

We have an unknown amount of lovers, but after the Night phase we will have a somewhat idea of how many there are. Then again, how will we know if a player's been successfully protected by the ranger? Or what happens if two pairs of lovers choose the same kill...will only that player die or will one pair get to pick again? Also, if one pair of lovers kills the another pair, does the doomed pair still get to kill?

The rules here are rather vague, and it seems as usual I'm confused...

The idea that each pair gets a separate kill is a bit scary...the Nights could end up as quite a slaughter. Then again, the fact that the lovers go down together means that we only have to kill half of how many baddies there are out there...which I suppose evens things up a bit.

Btw, the Day might've started out quiet, but now it's so active I'm having trouble keeping up with everyone.

EDIT: X-ed with a gazillion posts...
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:37 AM   #9
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Okay, Brinn, in an attempt to get this game straight I will answer your questions and tell what I think...

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Then again, how will we know if a player's been successfully protected by the ranger?
In a vast majority of the ww games I've played in, the succesfull protection can be read in the narration.

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Or what happens if two pairs of lovers choose the same kill...will only that player die or will one pair get to pick again?
It would make far more sense to me that only the one person would die. I mean, why would one pair get another chance then? And how would it be determined which one will get the new kill? The ones who submitted their kill later? What if tha players are not around to give a new name? Too complicated, I say.

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I would assume that they would.


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Old 10-27-2008, 12:07 PM   #10
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Now, does Mac know that? Is he being jumpy? It's possible, I suppose.
First she disassociates herself from him by suspecting him, then she defends him. But would Di really make them a couple just to tease us?

x-ed with Agan again
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Old 10-27-2008, 12:29 PM   #11
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Hah now I know what's the problem with me! My avvie! Lommy once said she can't take anything I say seriously while I have this avatar.
I just really can't!

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Lommy is too nice and seems to try to not make any enemies (apart from Aganzir).
I'm not trying to make enemies with her! Do you want proof? For I was just thinking that she looks more and more innocent as the Day proceeds.

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Oh and before long you will probably find out that my throat is very popular among these lonely people. Fetishists...
Really too bad - I first read "Fenrisists" and thought "ha! caught you!"...

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Lommy is always crazy (well, at least in WW)
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Nogrod - Has been surprisingly quiet, I wonder if this is again one of those games where he promises to talk less...
Well, I wouldn't be worried - it's less than 9pm, he could still be at work and returning about this time and then be around here until the wee hours of the morning... Haha.

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Aren't you being jumpy? Picking out anyone who might be the slightest bit suspicious, or just simply wants to defend themselves so early in the game (After all, despite what I said in my above post, it's better- or at least more sensible- if we kill the wolves now. Both ways its down to luck and vague suspicions, at least this early in the game).
No, I'm merely trying to find suspiciousish behaviour. Too bad if there isn't very much of it at this phase yet.

Now that I've been thinking, I've got the feeling there's something odd about Rikae.
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Old 10-27-2008, 12:49 PM   #12
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Is it me, or is it just us Europeans at this time of day (night- well, 7 here, but it's dark).
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Old 10-27-2008, 01:17 PM   #13
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I looked back at the previous installment of this game. There were five deaths on the first gameNight: watcher, one pair of lovers and two ordos. So about 1/4th of the village was wiped out in a single Night.
Oh the carnage...at least a pair of lovers was killed, right? (insert hopeful smile)

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Kit is hardly saying anything, could be wishing to slip under the radar.
Curse that busy schedule of mine.

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3) After the last game, I swore to do my utmost to get him lynched on day one.
About Mac.
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Sounds fair enough. I promised that I'd lynch her if I ever played with her again.
About Agan
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I'm up for it too.
Agan again...
There seems to be a lot of vengeance out in this village. I feel left out because I don't have anyone to take revenge out on.

But in seriousness (even if for a moment) is the idea that Lommy and Legate had jumped out to a few people. I want to take a look into those who suggested it and Lommy and Legate themselves. I see nothing particularly odd about either so I'd like to see what makes them so suspicious to the few (sally and Mac I remember off the bat) who brought them up.

Also this from Rikae makes me wonder:
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2) Di wouldn't make both Mac and I ordos. Ergo, he has a role, and, judging by point #1, that role is an evil one.
I realize this point doesn't do anyone any good until I'm dead, but that shouldn't take long when Mac is evil.
Very easily her attempt to see Mac lynched is a joke, but at the same time...
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For the record, just because I add a joke to something, doesn't mean I'm entirely joking.
Now, does Mac know that? Is he being jumpy? It's possible, I suppose.
So her suspicions of Mac are half-serious. What worries me about this is it feels like a bluff. Something like "Well, I'm obviously innocent and you'll completely and utterly regret lynching me, so don't even try." At first glance the first quote from Rikae didn't seem all that bad, but as I reread it I started to worry. It looks like Rikae is trying a bit too hard to cement herself as an innocent.

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Mac's response to Rikae looks a bit like, I don't know, wolfish...Mac just seems to be too quick to forget the gifted factor, like a wolf trying to think like an innocent but not wholly succeeding. Does anybody understand what I mean?
I get what you're saying, but given how I feel about Rikae's "accusation", I don't know how suspicious Mac really is. Maybe Mac was jumpy, but innocents can get jumpy and defensive too.

I am still frantically trying to read through the posts, but I have to attend to a few other things first. I will probably vote in a little less than an hour and a half, hopefully I'll get a chance to look at those who pointed out Lommy and Legate.
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Okay I read quickly through the thread in order to see if anything should catch my eye.

I think Mac and Rikae are weird.

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1) He pops in early on day 1 bursting with overconfidence that he knows exactly how this game will go down - ie, just like the last.
I agree about this.

However, Rikae's certainty that Mac has a role because she hasn't is strange. The point that Di wouldn't make them both ordos is just bad. There's a certain likelihood that two good players get a special role, but there are many others than Mac and Rikae as well - and who knows if the roles were selected randomly? In any case, it definitely isn't a point I would use against somebody, and to me it seems Rikae should know better, too. I don't find it that surprising that Lommy thought her accusations of Mac were a joke.

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If you look back on my past wolf appearances, you will see that the bursting and overconfident wolves usually ended up as very early roadkill. Why should I play like that if I was evil?
Saying "As a wolf, I wouldn't do this" isn't really the best possible way to defend oneself.

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Last time she semi-randomized the roles, so it might actually be possible we're on the same side at last. Otherwise, since I know I'm innocent, you're evil, which would mean that I would have to try to get you lynched, which I rather wouldn't.
This quote just keeps bothering me... Really I know it's quite petty but that on the same side just feels wrong. I can't explain it (I tried to write my thoughts down but got so mixed up that decided to let it be).
I don't know - Mac just seems to find the idea that one of them has a role so normal, so casual... And to him role only means either an ordo or a baddie - no thoughts about possible giftedness. Like "if you don't (at least pretend to) believe I'm innocent I will have to lynch you, so better believe it!" Sorry, this is unclear. I just can't put it any better.

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You can't just assume your audience knows what you're talking about: so before you get to the point, you make sure everybody's got a bit of foundational knowledge.
That's a totally different matter. You don't get a bit of foundational knowledge by speculating.
I still think Fea's reasons as to why we should talk about the possible roles are bad. The last one (about the chance of slipping) wasn't as bad as the earlier ones, but even it looked more like she had just come up with it suddenly after running out of other reasons. I doubt very much anyone would slip anything, and therefore all rule talk seems to me more like a futile thing to do.
I'm not saying you couldn't do it, I just don't see the sense in it.
I remember once asking a player if she encouraged speculating and trying to get into some conclusion because she was afraid of slipping something she shouldn't have known and therefore wanted some public agreement about how things most likely could be. It came to my mind now.

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Bolding mine -
where did that come from? Kind of out of the blue...
The tone of this post is somewhat accusing, as if Rikae tried to indicate she had caught me slipping something. Dunno - too surprised-sounding to sound honest. Overreacting to a comment. (For the record, it was the sentence where I said we couldn't know if the baddies had both a team and lovers.)

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Ergo, anybody denying the validity of creating hypothetical lists either doesn't understand the significance of seeking motive, or doesn't want to have to construct posts which look more innocent than they are.
You know, it sounds a bit like you were implying that speculating about rules instead of people is more significant when trying to pester out the baddies and their lovers, which is certainly not the case.

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If we force discussion about a specific topic, we force what will essentially be a series of lies from people who know more than everybody else about what's going on. The more lies a person is forced to tell, the easier it is to pick out inconsistencies, as well as it being easier to glean knowledge we probably wouldn't otherwise have.
You're really too keen on that rule discussion now.

Actually I think Fea could be a lover or something - the way she stubbornly sets out to defend the pros of rule discussion is odd, and especially taken to such lengths, it doesn't sound entirely honest.

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Lommy is too nice and seems to try to not make any enemies (apart from Aganzir).
I agree she's being somewhat too nice.

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I'm not trying to make enemies with her! Do you want proof? For I was just thinking that she looks more and more innocent as the Day proceeds.
What you refrained from saying when replying to Mac actually says: "I'm being too nice and try not to make any enemies, not even Agan!"
Lommy is really too tra-la-la-ley, happy and nice.

So now if I had to make a list of people who have posted enough to catch my attention in a negative way thus far, it'd consist of Mac, Rikae, Lommy and Fea.

edit: xed with Kit, Lom, Leg & Nog
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If Mac is aknowledging that Rikae is attacking him just as a joke, why does he bother to defend himself? Is he a bit jumpy maybe?
Aren't you being jumpy? Picking out anyone who might be the slightest bit suspicious, or just simply wants to defend themselves so early in the game (After all, despite what I said in my above post, it's better- or at least more sensible- if we kill the wolves now. Both ways its down to luck and vague suspicions, at least this early in the game).

I'm definitely going to x-post so I won't even bother writing who with.

edit: turns out it's only Aganzir.
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Is Lommie crazier than usual? Or is it just me?
Lommy is always crazy (well, at least in WW)

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The problem is that once night hits a big chunk of this village is going the way of the dodo, so we best hope to indeed get baddie(s) today so they can't kill off so many in the Night.
But won't there also be more chance of them killing each other (If it's like the last game). Well, it's all shrouded in mystery. But there's no use speculating on what roles there are today, because we have nothing to go on, and we might just make it harder for ourselves.

I'll be back after reading the thread
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