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Old 11-02-2011, 11:15 AM   #1
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Where was he attempting to do any such thing? You could have said that of Legate's speculation about wolves being less likely to vote W-on-W, if he was serious about it (which I doubt); if anything, Boro argued against that.
No comments on the rest of your list, which is just early D1 banter, but this sticks out as the only suspicion with something approaching a reason behind it.
And yet again somebody completely misses the fact that I was joking. It's early in Day 1 yet, I'm hardly going to do anything but joke.

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Will the three live werewolves please stand up?
Ooh! Me! Me!

Waiiiit . . . aw, cheesesticks. You got me.
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:35 AM   #2
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Not meaning to preempt Boro's reply, but last time I looked, there were no lovers in this game (and thank Goddess for small favours). What are you up to, my dear?
My guess is a reference to a story and sally is anticipating I recognized the reference, to in someway help her form an opinion.

I think I know the reference, Game of Thrones? And she better not be acting like Sansa. How I do not like that girl, although to give her a princely "As you wish" response, I will have to wait and see what her reasons are...at this point it could be, the long lull means she misses one of her princes, or she plans to nomnom soon.

Whatever the intentions, I don't plan on voting sally, unless she wants to stand up to her very own question of asking the 3 wolves to stand.

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Where was he attempting to do any such thing? You could have said that of Legate's speculation about wolves being less likely to vote W-on-W, if he was serious about it (which I doubt); if anything, Boro argued against that.
No comments on the rest of your list, which is just early D1 banter, but this sticks out as the only suspicion with something approaching a reason behind it.
Well, I took that as a paraphrase from a book I've recently read. I really had no point to it, other than I thought the deadliness of nature is ironically humorous.

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And yet again somebody completely misses the fact that I was joking. It's early in Day 1 yet, I'm hardly going to do anything but joke.
I know enough by now to know you're always joking on Day 1. But that is itself the point. No matter what, you're going to use your jokes as a shield. So, really, I don't think Pitch was missing the point. I will grant that your jokes and reasons, I did actually laugh at this time.
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:41 AM   #3
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So....where are Kath and Greenie? Shouldn't the lovely ladies be around by now?
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:50 AM   #4
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It's all the guide's fault? How convenient - and I was thinking we had to catch Werewolves.
Seriously, IC accusations of NPC's are fine for first posts, but harping on about it once people have begun to talk makes me raise an eyebrow.
Oh, I see. The first post was all right, but mentioning the guide IC in response to another's comment is "harping". You learn something new every day.

And since the bit about "It's our job to get the baddies!" is known to be a Captain Obvious wolf-tactic to buddy up with the village, Pitch is now on the radar.

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Laeko looked at the guide's remains, and noticed the broken wheels. "If it, or they, broke our wheels, then they wish to make victims of us all. If they only took out the guide, then they are cowards who cannot hope to match us in open combat. Or at least," he added, "not yet."
Technically, it's the "boss" and not the "guide" who's been killed. Just sayin'.

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Old 11-02-2011, 11:54 AM   #5
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I know enough by now to know you're always joking on Day 1. But that is itself the point. No matter what, you're going to use your jokes as a shield. So, really, I don't think Pitch was missing the point. I will grant that your jokes and reasons, I did actually laugh at this time.
Shield? A shield for what? I promise I have nothing to hide. But it's either joke or say nothing (or make obvious observations about the rules), and joking is more interesting.

Although I suppose my jokes are a bit more than that - I've noticed that those who overreact to them tend to have something to hide. *cough*Pitchwife*cough*

EDIT: x-ed with Pitchie and Inziladun. All right, I see your reasoning (though I'm still suspicious of you for other reasons). Still, as I said, I rarely do anything but joke this early in the game.
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:42 PM   #6
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So guess what? I made it!

Participation warning - I'm at school til 5, moving house, and in bed by 11. So my level of participation will be about normal! But if I haven't voted by 11 it's safe to say I've forgotten and won't return.

I think I've played with nearly everyone on the list before except the two newbies. Can say straight up that I'm almost definitely not voting for either of them. Unless one of them pulls a Fea and replies to sally's comment with 'Hey yeah I'm a wolf!' anyway - I want to see them play.

Do you know I so rarely make it here this early I'm not quite sure what to do with myself. Too early for my usual lists ... unless I did a Bom style one and tbh where's the point?

Legate is right about the numbers being low. So much depends on the events of toDay and toNight though as to whether the level affects us positively or negatively. If we get a wolf toDay and they kill an ordo rather than a Gifted, or the Ranger pulls off a protection, toNight then the numbers even out better. Two ordos go ... not so great. Captain Obvious statement I guess though.
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:40 PM   #7
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And since the bit about "It's our job to get the baddies!" is known to be a Captain Obvious wolf-tactic to buddy up with the village, Pitch is now on the radar.
Be my guest. At least you're suspecting somebody now.

Bom, which "other reasons"?

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So guess what? I made it!
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I think I've played with nearly everyone on the list before except the two newbies. Can say straight up that I'm almost definitely not voting for either of them. Unless one of them pulls a Fea and replies to sally's comment with 'Hey yeah I'm a wolf!' anyway - I want to see them play.
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There are less people to keep track of, so it's easier to keep track of them, and thus harder to hide sketchy interactions.
Good point. So what is it with you playing Sansa and the Fool with Boro?
(And OT, doesn't being threatened by wolves make you more like a Lannister?)
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Old 11-02-2011, 02:21 PM   #8
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I seriously can't do this today. I'm sorry, folks.
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Old 11-02-2011, 02:26 PM   #9
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Be my guest. At least you're suspecting somebody now.
And you may see the first vote coming soon, unless someone else beats me to it.

Out of those who have said something, at least, I'm not seeing anything alarmingly suspicious to vote. Greenie and Kath popping in to either to be incoherent due to a half-feverish state or just to say hi, is pretty much all that stands out in terms of suspicion. Which isn't much of anything, considering bad news if Greenie not a wolf but is sick, because being perceptive and coherent is what she's best at. And it's a remarkable occurence that Kath remembered about WW at all. Having said that, she'll probably forget she even said hi and thus forget to vote.

So, right this moment, G55, Elf-Warrior, Kitanna and Azura haven't posted yet? I'm thinking of taking a random stab in the dark at one of them.

Bom, what I meant, was regardless of your role, you would make the same Day 1 post, and same defense that you were joking. Makes it hard to not think you're hiding something, whether you actually are or not.

Edit: crossed with Greenie. Make a vote at least? Come on, I'm rather weary of this trend in abstaining with Day 1 votes. I guess that's every players choice, but seriously, no matter the method, I couldn't care less. Get a name put the ++'s in front, if you're wrong, you're wrong. No big deal.
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Old 11-02-2011, 02:52 PM   #10
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@Pitchwife: Mainly because you're so horribly vicious. It seems like you're overly eager to divert suspicion away from yourself.

@Boromir88: Okay, I see why you would be suspicious. And as usual, all I can give is my assurance that I have nothing to hide.

Also, I would like to third the motion not to kill the new players. Not toDay anyways (though possibly toNight . . . fresh meat, ahahaha).
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Old 11-02-2011, 04:27 PM   #11
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Some random thoughts. The problem with trying to figure out how wolves will behave is that they can adjust their behavior accordingly. They can be at each others throats if we say they'll act chummy with each other, for example. However, we can try to sniff out lycanthropy in people's posts like you all have been doing.

To me, Sally is acting like Sally which doesn't say anything about her guilt or innocence. I'm neutral in regards to her guilt or innocence. Nerwen and Laeko_Randalis are the same way.

I am detecting a slight, slight wolvish vibe in the final paragraph of Legate's first post. I think any advantage of having a smaller field is outweighed by the sheer numerical fact that the smaller the village is, the closer the wolves are to winning.
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Only now back home after a dreadful day at work, and currently feeling really really sick, so don't expect coherence. I feel like going straight to bed but I guess I'd better not..

A few things stand out, at a half-feverish reading. First, both Bom and Sally are making a show of being innocent and having nothing to hide - statements that make me raise my hackles, banter or no. Second, I don't know if it's just because my head's more messed up than usual that I can't read properly or what, but I have trouble deciphering whether what people post is banter or serious stuff or something in between. Third, it's been ridiculously quiet, but since I'm myself here only now I can hardly make a complaint about that.


EDIT: x-ed with Kath... wait - Kath??
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As for as wolvish tactics, I don't think anything could be ruled out. I wouldn't think wolf-on-wolf would be necessary, but who knows?
On the other hand, in a smaller village, too "nice" relationships between players are harder to hide. Or too blatantly wolf-on-wolf ones, in fact. So - err - I kind of lost the thread of what I was saying, but I hope someone can catch something of what I was trying to say.
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On the other hand, in a smaller village, too "nice" relationships between players are harder to hide. Or too blatantly wolf-on-wolf ones, in fact. So - err - I kind of lost the thread of what I was saying, but I hope someone can catch something of what I was trying to say.
There are less people to keep track of, so it's easier to keep track of them, and thus harder to hide sketchy interactions.

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There are less people to keep track of, so it's easier to keep track of them, and thus harder to hide sketchy interactions.

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Yes. Thank you, dear.
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And yet again somebody completely misses the fact that I was joking. It's early in Day 1 yet, I'm hardly going to do anything but joke.
Oh, I did get that the rest of your list was joking; but this was your only comment on anybody that wasn't meta or just plain nonsense, but based on something the other person had allegedly said (and hadn't); it may have been a joke, or it may have been something to build on later, as long as nobody checked. Without being able to look into your head, how am I supposed to know?

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