Admin thread for WW: LXXXV - The Lost Philosophers of Maiar - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Valier · 12-23-2010, 03:15 PM

(Lurking...)
Oh how I miss the days of WW. I might be able to find time if this starts after the new year. Also Im not sure what GMT time is for me so I'll need to check on that.

Aganzir · 12-23-2010, 03:40 PM

Mmm this looks good. Put me down as maybe will you?

Nogrod · 12-23-2010, 06:52 PM

Ha Valier! Long time no see! So great to see you back here! I'd love to have you in the game!

And hey, we could make this the game of psychics as Shasta has been your mantle-carrier after you've left... I could come up with some nice philosohers to suit you both...

On other thoughts, it looks like there are a number of people who say it would be good if the game only started after the New Year. So how is it with you who have already enlisted? Would an after New Year -starting date make it bad for you?

I might be happy with a later opening as that would give me more time to think about the narrational structure of the game...

I'd say that, if we have enough people to start between Christmas and New Year - and if most of the people who are in now would have to cancel their participation if the game starts only after the New Year - then we'll start between C and NY. That would be fair for those who enlisted early.

But if most of the people enlisted thus far feel it okay we start after the new Year - and thus we can bring in more people - then we'll go that way.

Your choice.

On a totally other matter: I'm facing a kind of a problem... I named the thread as the "Lost philosophers of Maiar" and my background thought was to make this a kind of game with existential philosophy (as I had used some logical & metaphysical head-banger -themes in an earlier game), but if the players, ie. you, are of Maiar, you should have no existential angst to begin with as you live eternally... Existentialism is a human way of looking at things.

But I think I'd be able to come up with something with that set-up as well.

So maybe Melkor managed to capture a bunch of the free Maiar in the early days of the Earth and do tests with them making their lives limited (or making them believe it) - for anticipating how the human race to be created would act?

That might do, actually.

As a working hypotheses, you might think what kind of Maia would you be in the game (for narrational purposes) - like what would be your speciality as a Maia. I'll try to attach a philosopher to everyone of you (possibly revealed in the narration) so that the result would be something combined...

Fun.

Shastanis Althreduin · 12-23-2010, 07:02 PM

Is Valier psychic too?

Nessa Telrunya · 12-23-2010, 08:10 PM

I'm not particularly picky about when the game starts, so whatever the other players want is fine with me.

Nogrod · 12-23-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Is Valier psychic too?

She's the Ur-Psychic! The one whose eyes you might not be clean or pure enough to meet!

But yes, it is fun you would both be in this game as Valier was back then always thought of just knowing the wolves: and she really got it spectacularly right - and wrong (on some occasions)!

But yes, to people of my generation of werewolf-players Valier has always been the psychic number one.

A challenge then?

I'd love to see the opposing philophies which both counted on feeling the truth more than the rationality of discerning it - like Nietzche and Kierkegaard, or Montaigne and Rabelais...

Not making you any of them just to tease you... or who knows?

Nerwen · 12-23-2010, 08:32 PM

In the interests of fair play, Nog, you'd better not put Shasta and Valier on the same team!

Nogrod · 12-23-2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

In the interests of fair play, Nog, you'd better not put Shasta and Valier on the same team!

So you don't want to be a wolf against the two?

Let's see... well there is a temptation...

Heh, nice, but it will be pure shuffling of the cards in the end (I like them over dices).

Loslote · 12-23-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nogrod

As a working hypotheses, you might think what kind of Maia would you be in the game (for narrational purposes) - like what would be your speciality as a Maia.

I totally call sunshine and rainbows.

Also, I'm available for starting whenever.

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 12-24-2010, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Nogrod

So maybe Melkor managed to capture a bunch of the free Maiar in the early days of the Earth and do tests with them making their lives limited (or making them believe it) - for anticipating how the human race to be created would act?

That might do, actually.

As a working hypotheses, you might think what kind of Maia would you be in the game (for narrational purposes) - like what would be your speciality as a Maia. I'll try to attach a philosopher to everyone of you (possibly revealed in the narration) so that the result would be something combined...

I like this possible storyline. The lies of Melkor could lead even immortal beings to existential angst.

And obviously, Thales = Osse.

Every day is a potential werewolf day for me.

Pitchwife · 12-24-2010, 08:32 AM

Starting between Christmas and New Year would have been just perfect for me, as I'll have lots of free time during the holidays, but I don't start working again until January 10th, and I think I'll have enough time to play even after that; so if starting after the New Year means we get more people on board, that's perfectly okay with me.

As for Maia identity, make me the tender of Orome's dogs.

satansaloser2005 · 12-24-2010, 10:40 AM

Also, I don't really care when we start. I"ll always have my phone, after all.

However, I don't seem to be playing. Perhaps I'm only signed up in my head?

Rikae · 12-24-2010, 10:55 AM

Semester is over - werewolf time!
Sign me up, please.

Inziladun · 12-24-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

However, I don't seem to be playing. Perhaps I'm only signed up in my head?

Ah, I thought I was the only one in that boat.

12-23-2010, 03:15 PM	#1
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	(Lurking...) Oh how I miss the days of WW. I might be able to find time if this starts after the new year. Also Im not sure what GMT time is for me so I'll need to check on that. __________________ grand return?........

12-23-2010, 03:40 PM	#2
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Mmm this looks good. Put me down as maybe will you? __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

12-23-2010, 06:52 PM	#3
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Ha Valier! Long time no see! So great to see you back here! I'd love to have you in the game! And hey, we could make this the game of psychics as Shasta has been your mantle-carrier after you've left... I could come up with some nice philosohers to suit you both... On other thoughts, it looks like there are a number of people who say it would be good if the game only started after the New Year. So how is it with you who have already enlisted? Would an after New Year -starting date make it bad for you? I might be happy with a later opening as that would give me more time to think about the narrational structure of the game... I'd say that, if we have enough people to start between Christmas and New Year - and if most of the people who are in now would have to cancel their participation if the game starts only after the New Year - then we'll start between C and NY. That would be fair for those who enlisted early. But if most of the people enlisted thus far feel it okay we start after the new Year - and thus we can bring in more people - then we'll go that way. Your choice. On a totally other matter: I'm facing a kind of a problem... I named the thread as the "Lost philosophers of Maiar" and my background thought was to make this a kind of game with existential philosophy (as I had used some logical & metaphysical head-banger -themes in an earlier game), but if the players, ie. you, are of Maiar, you should have no existential angst to begin with as you live eternally... Existentialism is a human way of looking at things. But I think I'd be able to come up with something with that set-up as well. So maybe Melkor managed to capture a bunch of the free Maiar in the early days of the Earth and do tests with them making their lives limited (or making them believe it) - for anticipating how the human race to be created would act? That might do, actually. As a working hypotheses, you might think what kind of Maia would you be in the game (for narrational purposes) - like what would be your speciality as a Maia. I'll try to attach a philosopher to everyone of you (possibly revealed in the narration) so that the result would be something combined... Fun. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

12-23-2010, 07:02 PM	#4
Shastanis Althreduin Werewolf Psychic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In fire, water, earth, and air. But mostly water. Posts: 2,832	Is Valier psychic too? __________________ Shasta– ... However, if he's innocent his famous clairvoyant powers must be taking the week off. Meanwhile, the Night-kills have been awfully effective– almost like we're dealing with a psychic wolf... - Nerwen, WW LXXV

12-23-2010, 08:10 PM	#5
Nessa Telrunya Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In a paper bag Posts: 396	I'm not particularly picky about when the game starts, so whatever the other players want is fine with me. __________________ Joined together wrote our names upon the page Seven times alliance our loyalties we gave

12-23-2010, 08:32 PM	#7
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	In the interests of fair play, Nog, you'd better not put Shasta and Valier on the same team! __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

12-24-2010, 08:32 AM	#11
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Starting between Christmas and New Year would have been just perfect for me, as I'll have lots of free time during the holidays, but I don't start working again until January 10th, and I think I'll have enough time to play even after that; so if starting after the New Year means we get more people on board, that's perfectly okay with me. As for Maia identity, make me the tender of Orome's dogs. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

12-24-2010, 10:40 AM	#12
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	Also, I don't really care when we start. I"ll always have my phone, after all. However, I don't seem to be playing. Perhaps I'm only signed up in my head? __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

12-24-2010, 10:55 AM	#13
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Semester is over - werewolf time! Sign me up, please.