Admin Thread for Tol-in-Gaurhoth XVIII: The Cottage of Lost Play

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Hakon

Originally I thought McCaber was a wolf as well as Nogrod and I thought Eonwe was the real seer.

I made the same mistake. My worst nightmare was a McCabwolf as fake Seer with a Nogwolf supporting him.
McCaber, sorry for doubting you and leaving you in the lurch! You did a great job, giving us a wolf on Day1 with that courageous reveal. By the end of Day2, I had finally made up my mind to trust and protect you, but I never got the chance.
Eönwe, no need to worry! (Same to the people who got me lynched, by the way.) I was relieved to see you were innocent.
And Inzil - nice wolfing! Your efforts to frame Shasta were quite convincing for a while (as my own voting on Day1 testifies), but when I looked closer at the ongoing quarrel between the two of you, the truth began to dawn on me. And I owe a lot to Boro, who saw through you from very early on.
(Looking back, that little scene between Boro, Fea and you was priceless - an innocent telling a wolf to watch another wolf!)

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

And Inzil - nice wolfing! Your efforts to frame Shasta were quite convincing for a while (as my own voting on Day1 testifies), but when I looked closer at the ongoing quarrel between the two of you, the truth began to dawn on me. And I owe a lot to Boro, who saw through you from very early on.

And I in turn owe a lot to you, Pitchwife, for helping crystallise my doubts about Inzi. (Of course I wasn't too sure about you, either– being thought suspicious is an occupational hazard of gifteds.)

[Boromir88]

(Looking back, that little scene between Boro, Fea and you was priceless - an innocent telling a wolf to watch another wolf!)~Pitchwife

Haha, it was ironic and I didn't chat it up with her because I believed she was innocent. I was feeling more neutral towards her...I feel terrible for wolf-Fea, because usually by day 2, she's got a guaranteed mark and it's nearly impossible to escape. That is more of a testament to Fea's destructive abilities, and bringing chaos as a wolf to whatever she touches. Usually if I'm a wolf, and dreamed of early, the seer at least gives me a couple days to play around and have fun, as long as I'm not too much trouble. It's almost like...'Here's your toy Boro, go play in the corner, I'll let everyone know who you are in a couple days.' Except Lommy's game when I became a Fenris Penguin, if I recall nasty Lalaith outed me so early.

[Inziladun]

The vexing thing for me is this: Nerwen became suspicious of me because of Pitchwife, who in turn was watching me because of the interactions between Boro and me. Boro was basically hitting out at me not with any certainty that I was a wolf, but just to see how I'd react.
So I end up going down in the end because Boro did a little preliminary 'feeling things out' the first Day. Just goes to show how small things can lead to big ones.

[Inziladun]

By the way, Lalaith, I didn't save the PM's, but I believe 'skinny piece of lynch-bait' was Fea's precise phrasing.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

By the way, Lalaith, I didn't save the PM's, but I believe 'skinny piece of lynch-bait' was Fea's precise phrasing.

It was. I don't know how I earned this fearsome reputation.

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

It was. I don't know how I earned this fearsome reputation.

Can't think why myself, darling.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

So I end up going down in the end because Boro did a little preliminary 'feeling things out' the first Day. Just goes to show how small things can lead to big ones.

And that's the beauty of this game - well one part of it.

I mean if there was a calculus or a "proven procedure" to catch the wolves every time, who would play this time and time again? (I'm not brave enough to count how many games I have played)

Just think of how many individual decisions this game is the result of! And I do not mean decisions like voting, but deciding to probe something, comenting on someone's probing, making a comment and then deleting it before posting as it looked not so good, choosing to check thing X in place of Y, player Z being online at the same time and you having certain conversation which brings to your mind a point... with 15-20 players the variables are just mind-boggling!