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Kuruharan · 12-06-2007, 02:41 PM

To tell the truth, I'd rather vote for Farael than anybody as he now seems the most wolfish to me by far...but I don't want to cause a double lynch.

I'll probably vote Menel just because he seems like he might be more slippery.

Macalaure · 12-06-2007, 02:43 PM

I would join you with Farael, but only with sufficient support from others.

Thinlómien · 12-06-2007, 02:45 PM

I won't vote Farael until I have better grounds to suspect him...

Macalaure · 12-06-2007, 02:46 PM

And what about the Might?

Brinniel · 12-06-2007, 02:46 PM

Alright.

++Menel

it is.

I have to go now.

Thinlómien · 12-06-2007, 02:48 PM

From whom are you asking, Mac? If you asked that from me, well, I'm still so unsure of him that I'd prefer voting Menel, but I'd choose him over almost anybody else and I wouldn't be too sad to see him go because that would reveal quite a lot of things...

edit: xed with Brinn

Kuruharan · 12-06-2007, 02:48 PM

Looks like it will have to be Menel for me...unless something really dramatic happens in like...

5 seconds or so...

Feanor of the Peredhil · 12-06-2007, 02:50 PM

Arghaafsogiha. I fell asleep after class. On the plus side, I made up for a lot of not-sleep this week, on the downside, I just missed the Day.

++Menel

I refuse to see another multiple lynch if I can help it. Though I'd really rather vote for TM. I have no desire to be held responsible for upping other-party vote counts ten minutes before deadline.

Kuruharan · 12-06-2007, 02:50 PM

++ Menel

I hope our earlier suspicions were all justified.

Macalaure · 12-06-2007, 02:52 PM

*sigh*

++Meneltarmacil

Let's hope I'm wrong about him.

Volo · 12-06-2007, 02:54 PM

I highly suspect Mac, very highly! And I ask you to read this post and think about it during the Night!

1. He has never, never felt like this to me. He has felt more present before.

2. I get the feeling that he concentrates on me most of the time, but is undecisive.

3. He is wrong with what he mostly says, or so I feel:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac, italics added by me

Suspicions basing solely on these comments:

Suspicious: Lommy (probably innocent), Legate (innocent), morm (Ranger)

A Little Suspicious: Aganzir, The Might, A Little Green (Wolf), Kath (Seer)

Unknown: Vo?o (no typo ) (innocent, to me), Fea, Sally (innocent), Farael, Shasta

Innocentish: Menel, Brinn, Kuru

I get the feeling that he carefully divided us into these groups, as the possible Wolves seem to lie too neatly. Lily was the partner whom he decided to suspect, look at the way he voted her.
Menel he has always found innocent, which I recall wierd:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac

Lily and Menel

"I found Menel's continuous joking about not being eaten disturbing.
my vote today will most probably be Menel."

Menel finds her suspicious but chooses morm over her for reasons I think are understandable.

Here's an example, while I find Menel very suspicious because of this very thing, Mac doesn't.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac, italics added by me

only considering the interaction with Lily:

suspicious: Volo (innocent, to me), The Might

a little suspicious: Sally (innocent), Farael

neutral: Aganzir, Menel, Fea, Kath (Seer), Kuru, Shasta

innocent: Lommy (probably innocent), morm (Ranger), Brinn

Here the same as before. And I don't like these "suspicious based only on factor X", it doesn't give the whole picture and Mac's real opinion. Seems a good trick for a Wolf.

This was said very hurriedly because the deadline is drawing, but I'll look into this and explain better tomorrow. I hope you will think about this too!

Xd with everything since my preveous post.

Thinlómien · 12-06-2007, 02:55 PM

++MENEL

Let's kill him then.

I think it is quite possible I die next Night (because everybody seems to think me innocent), so maybe it's time for some last words. The problem is, I really can't say anything sensible, except: suspect and reconsider everyone.

I'm particularily worried about Fea slipping under everybody's radar, especially as she doesn't seem too innocent to me.

That being said, I almost hope Agan's a wolf, because otherwise two innocents are probably going to miss Day5 and it doesn't sound nice at all. And remember what I said about the wolves growing bolder.

edit: xed with Kuru, Mac and Volo

Volo · 12-06-2007, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macalaure

And what about the Might?

If Menel is a Wolf, I'll be quite sure that Mac is also one.

Volo · 12-06-2007, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

That being said, I almost hope Agan's a wolf, because otherwise two innocents are probably going to miss Day5 and it doesn't sound nice at all. And remember what I said about the wolves growing bolder.

She can "play" via telephone with Noggie

Nogrod · 12-06-2007, 03:00 PM

Day4 is over.

Menel's death coming up...

Nogrod · 12-06-2007, 03:43 PM

Some of the hobbits told the others they were not feeling particularily well after they discovered what was left of Kath Woodyend. So it was decided that they went ahead to the Green Dragon while the rest gathered the pieces of Kath they could find for the burial.

When those taking part in the funeral procedures finally came to the Green Dragon they were faced with a peculiar sight.

Lommy Baggins was banging her head against the wall and just next beside her Brinn Burrows was kicking herself mumbling quietly “If I’m wrong this time I’ll eat my socks...”

At the table of adults Volo Proudfoot sat alone repeating a mantra to himself: “I wish I was dead... too much influence... my head’s going to explode...”

“Mine too!” yelled the Baggins and banged her head to the wall once again.

At the elder’s table there were two round-shouldered figures who were eating different clothing items. Farael Twofoot was just eating his hat and passed the tomatosauce to Menel Furryface who tried to gnaw through his sandal.

In the middle of this The Might of Greenholm sat in the floor scattering ashes to his hair and wailing “I’m a total fool... I’ll vote for anyone you tell me to vote... I’ll eat my socks if you insist...”

~*~

It was only the second breakfast that brought things back to order and the accusations started to fly once again. And this time it felt like being real.

The Might was heavily suspected from his reckless actions yesterday but also Menel Furryface took his part of the accusations.

Towards the late hours Kuru Shrewthwacker and Farael Twofoot went after each other heatedly enough in the elder’s table. Walking sticks were swang to and fro and the others had to cool the oldtimers down. It seemed age-old feuds were easily reignited in times of trouble.

But in the end it was pretty clear what was the result. It was perhaps even too clear to aid them much in the coming Days... But Menel Furryfoot it was to be this Day.

~*~

Volo Proudfoot stood up and walked to the door. “Just wait a minute. I’ll bring you something I’ve designed toDay”.

He went outside the door and soon everyone heard the clatter and rattling. Finally he emerged from the doorway dragging an iron cage with him. Menel went pale just with the sight of it.

“Now this should make the Furryfoot talk! I’ve designed it myself and would like to call it the Iron Hobbitess. You can see the sharpened ironspikes inside... they’re calculated to inflict enough pain for the victim to actually talk as they penetrate his flesh. And if it’s a werewolf we have in there he can’t escape from the cage. What say you?”

Volo looked proud with his invention as the others sat gasping and tried to swallow the idea.

“Okay, inside you go!” called the Might of Greenholm and looked towards Menel.

“Yeah, you should try that one out!” added Shasta of the River and yanked Menel up from his place in the table of elders.

“I’ll give you a hand”, said Brinn and took the other hand of Menel starting to drag him towards the Iron Hobbitess.

Fea Briarpatch and Kuru Shrewthwacker raised up at the same time from the elder’s table and gave a hand in pushing the now screaming Menel inside the cage.

Mac Sandyman had also stood up and came to help tucking Menel’s head inside.

Finally it was Lommy Baggins who slammed the door of the cage close. Volo slipped in the bolt immediately just in case.

Menel howled loudly. He screamed his lungs empty.

The blood was rapidly spreading on the floor.

“Uh-oh... I may have miscalculated the length of the spikes then...”, Volo muttered apologetically.

Menel Furryfoot was dead pierced by the spikes.

He was nothing more than a decent ordinary hobbit.

~*~

The dead:
Nogrod (mod) - Noggie Boffin - beheaded and played soccer with on Night1
Nerwen (ordo) - Nerwen Hornblower - jumped to the river not to force anyone to kill another hobbit on Day1
Valier (ordo) - Vallen FurryFoot - skinned, grilled and served as a breakfast on Night2
Rikae (ordo) – Rikae Took - left the Hobbitton to find aid from somewhere in the middle of Day2
A Little Green (the Breath) - Lilla Greenhand - beaten to death by the hobbits on Day2
Legate of Amon Lanc (ordo) - Legate Sackville-Baggins - sacked, bagged & hanged on Night3
Satansaloser2005 (ordo) - Sally Shortbrush - rammed dead with a table on Day3
Mormegil (the ranger of the Shire) - Mormegil Harrybelly - stabbed to death on Day3
Kath (the seer of the shire) – Kath Woodyend - slashed into pieces during a round game on Night4
Meneltarmacil (ordo) - Lupo Furryface - pierced dead inside the Iron Hobbitess on Day4

The living:
Thinlómien - Lommy Baggins
Aganzir - Agan Sackville-Baggins
Volo - Justy Proudfoot
Macalaure - Mac Sandyman
The Might - Might of Greenholm
Feanor of the Peredhil - Belladonna Briarpatch
Brinniel - Brinn Burrows
Farael – Farael Twofoot
Shastanis Althreduin – Shasta of the River
Kuruharan -Kuru Shrewthwacker

Night5 begins.

Wolves plan forwards... and remember to send your kill to Legate as well.

Good Night!

Nogrod · 12-07-2007, 09:31 AM

Day5 will be postponed with 24 hours.

Day5 will start at 9PM GMT on Saturday 8th of December.

Wolves take your time... ordinary Shirefolk concentrate.

Nogrod · 12-08-2007, 03:00 PM

”Something the Flame said yesterNight got me thinking and I believe I’ve found a stinger that will really offer a challenge”, the Drop said as the werewolves gathered around the mallorn once again.

“I’m all ears”, the Flame responded immediately.

“I’m afraid I have no choice...”, the Shard muttered.

“Okay then Shard. Now are you a werewolf due to your own will? By your own choosing that is?” the Drop asked innocentishly.

“Of course not”, the Shard snapped back. “But what do these hypotheticals have to do with anything? I’m a werewolf whether it’s my own choosing or not and that’s what counts.”

“Ahh, but in morality it counts... and elsewhere too. Be patient my friend”, the Drop answered and continued. “So as a werewolf – not from your own choosing – could you decide or will to decide not to kill anyone?” The Drop grinned.

“Well...” the Shard managed to mumble.

“R-rright! That’s the point I’ve been looking for!” the Flame rejoiced. “If you can’t help it then you can’t be blamed on it either! You can’t say it’s good or bad to breathe as you just can’t help breathing...”

“And it’s even more radical than that”, the Drop announced solemnly. “We’re beyond goor and evil my brothers!”

“Just a moment... I think I’m getting your point, but...”, the Shard thought out aloud with half-voice. “But if you’re putting forward a thesis that says that we act according to what is our nature and perform quite well with it... it would also mean that we’re... good werewolves!”

“Good werewolves beyond good and evil?” the Flame chuckled, “Well look at the scoreboard. Definitevely good, not beyond anything else but a poor performance...”

“Please Flame. We're serious now”, the Drop put in.

“Okay, let me put it to you then”, the Shard said now clearly upbeat, following the train of his own thoughts. “I’ll make a new distinction for us. So what comes to our essence as what we are by nature - and which we can't choose - we’re good. Like a knife is good when it performs the tasks that make it a knife well... and as werewolves we’re the killers and we kill effectively so we’re good werewolves. But as moral subjects we are beyond good and evil because we have no choice but to do what we do...”

“That was pretty impressive! I was thinking exactly something like that!” the Drop applauded the Shard even if he realised his pun wasn’t the best one.

“Wait a minute then!” the Flame broke in. “Following this theory of yours I mean... What would you have to say about the hobbits then?” The Flame smiled widely.

The two were astonished enough for the Flame to take the word back to him.

“So my turn then? Now what kind of creature is a hobbit... a good hobbit?” the Flame grinned barely able to control a laughter.

“Generous... laughing..., friendly, warmhearted?” the Drop began.

“I see what you mean!” the Shard said. “So also peaceful, non-violent, never killing any one of his kin...”

“Ditto! And look at our hobbits here: quarrelsome, accusatory, ill-wishing, rude... and to top it all more than ready to kill each other!” the Flame paraded.

“Very bad hobbits indeed... both in essence and from the moral point of view!” the Drop yelled as he understood what the Flame meant.

“So, we’re the goodies and they’re the baddies!” the Shard underlined the proposition on the air.

After that there was no return. All the three werewolves roared with laughter and patted each other on the shoulders.

“Oh, my stomach hurts!” the Drop managed to wail in between the laughters.

~*~

“Okay then. We goodies have work to do”, the Shard reminded the others eventually, smiling widely.

“Yeah, let’s do it in a way that fits our new identity”, the Flame grinned.

“How about that one?” the Drop pointed at a gorgeous hobbithole some hundred yards from them.

“Isn’t that the Baggins? A fine pick I’d say...” the Shard nodded and followed the Drop.

“Bring her here to the mallorn, I’ve an idea... and bring some rope will'ya?” the Flame called after the two others who were already on their way.

~*~

The Shard and the Drop brought Lommy Baggins to the mallorn. She had stopped fighting back a long ago as she had realised she was no match for the two giant werewolves. The Flame then presented them with his plan holding two fireworks left by Gandalf in his claws.

“Now, here’s what we do... We’ll tie her arms to her body and then two of these rockets to her sides... and maybe that big one to her back”.

“Excellent idea! I’ve always loved fireworks!”

“And no more lullabies or round games... I’ve never quite liked them anyhow”, the Shard commented.

~*~

The hobbits woke that morning to the sound of fireworks going off. And as they went to their windows this was what they saw.

The Day rose just moments after the fireworks display was over. There were small pieces of hobbit everywhere as well as parts of clothing. The smell of sulphur still remained in the air. Lommy Baggins was nowhere to be seen...

~*~

The dead:
Nogrod (mod) - Noggie Boffin - beheaded and played soccer with on Night1
Nerwen (ordo) - Nerwen Hornblower - jumped to the river not to force anyone to kill another hobbit on Day1
Valier (ordo) - Vallen FurryFoot - skinned, grilled and served as a breakfast on Night2
Rikae (ordo) – Rikae Took - left the Hobbitton to find aid from somewhere in the middle of Day2
A Little Green (the Breath) - Lilla Greenhand - beaten to death by the hobbits on Day2
Legate of Amon Lanc (ordo) - Legate Sackville-Baggins - sacked, bagged & hanged on Night3
Satansaloser2005 (ordo) - Sally Shortbrush - rammed dead with a table on Day3
Mormegil (the ranger of the Shire) - Mormegil Harrybelly - stabbed to death on Day3
Kath (the seer of the shire) – Kath Woodyend - slashed into pieces during a round game on Night4
Meneltarmacil (ordo) - Lupo Furryface - pierced dead inside the Iron Hobbitess on Day4
Thinlómien (ordo) - Lommy Baggins - blown to the skies with fireworks on Night5

The living:
Aganzir - Agan Sackville-Baggins
Volo - Justy Proudfoot
Macalaure - Mac Sandyman
The Might - Might of Greenholm
Feanor of the Peredhil - Belladonna Briarpatch
Brinniel - Brinn Burrows
Farael – Farael Twofoot
Shastanis Althreduin – Shasta of the River
Kuruharan -Kuru Shrewthwacker

Day5 begins...

Three against six.

Macalaure · 12-08-2007, 03:51 PM

Alright, I know this will maybe annoy you a little right now, but...

I TOLD YOU SO!

That just had to be said.

In the light of Menel's death, the Might looks even worse. I think Shasta is finally worth a serious look now. Brinniel's vote is suspicious, because it destroyed all efforts of looking for better lynch candidates. Kuru, Fea, Farael, Aganzir - there's at least one wolf hiding among those, but I don't know who it is. There's a lot to be done today.

It might be suspicious that I'm going to drop all my suspicions against Volo now, since he just started to suspect me, but the way he bases so much of his points against me on the wolfdom of Menel it is rather obvious that he didn't know Menel's role - because of the time he posted them (he would have known that much of his points were obsolete after Menel's death).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

And I don't like these "suspicious based only on factor X", it doesn't give the whole picture and Mac's real opinion.

I used those lists as a very short way to sum up what I looked at just before. I think I usually gave my overall opinions nearer to the deadline - by the time they had formed.
And about concentrating on you indecisively: The first two days I was unsure of you, so of course I was indecisive. Later, I lacked any support for your lynching by the rest of the village.

I hope you're not planning to concentrate on me too much today. Even if you're certain of my guilt, don't forget there are two more wolves out there.

Farael · 12-08-2007, 04:08 PM

This is looking difficult.... the wolves have played us very skillfuly!!! I still think that The Might is too wolvish... and thus, probably a wolf. But I've been so wrong this time around that I'm starting to get paranoid.

I really think Kuruharan made a lot of weak accusations, then I reacted to that and he answered with the typical "oh, you are defending yourself thus you ought to be a wolf". I still say that I was attacking him, not defending myself. Look it on your own and make your choice, but I believe Kuru is a wolf.

Furthermore, he was quiet and reserved throughout the whole game, and then BAM he's all over me. Smelled blood and went for the kill.

Problem is, even if The Might and Kuruharan are both wolves, I'm at a loss as to who the third one is. I'd love to hear a good case against Shasta 'cps I haven't seen it myself... and even though I know it's frustrating when one's too busy to play but still doing their best, Fea has flown completely under the radar, and she's smart enough to pull it off.

Still, before going into a witch hunt for the third wolf I cannot find, I'd much rather get rid of Might and Kuruwolf.

Brinniel · 12-08-2007, 04:08 PM

Well, obviously I was wrong about Menel being a wolf. I admit I can't help but feel more than frustrated at that and the idea of how much these wolves are manipulating us. I miscalculated yesterDay- we should actually have two more Days to catch one wolf, which means two more chances. But it doesn't help that a third of us are baddies toDay, which will make things even more difficult.

I said yesterDay I thought there was at least one wolf among Menel and Might. My mind hasn't changed. Menel is dead and innocent...which leaves Might. I am quite ready to lynch him toDay, but I won't be so hasty to vote for him just yet. Because I first want to consider other possible werewolves. There are two of them (three if I'm wrong about Might), and I'm really unsure on who they might be.

I've reached a point where no one seems innocent anymore and everyone looks suspicious. It might make me more paranoid, but perhaps that is best so that I no longer let anyone slip under-the-radar.

Here's some first thoughts on everyone:

Aganzir: I don't like her sudden violent attacks on me. She's the one who began suspecting me and somehow drew up a lot of support. She is wrong because I know I'm innocent, even if I can't prove it to anyone, but I'm still not sure whether her attacks are that of a wolf's. If they are, she is being a very bold wolf.

Volo: I began to suspect him less yesterDay mainly because I thought Menel was a wolf. But now that Menel's been proven innocent, I'm beginning to suspect him a bit more. I'm feeling very uneasy about Volo; I think I had good reasons to suspect him previously, and I might've let him off the hook too easily. I definitely need to take a closer look at him.

Mac: I've found him innocentish for most of the game, but perhaps I shouldn't let him slip by so easily. After all, in previous games I've been so sure that certain people were innocent, only to find out they were wolves. He's definitely not the most suspicious, but I would still like to watch him more closely for now on.

Might: Guilty. I think we've been too quick to overlook him and we can't disregard the fact that his newbie behaviour might also be wolfish behaviour. Acting like a confused newbie is the easiest cover-up. The other wolves might even be encouraging it because it's confusing us so much. And I still can't see why Kath wouldn't dream of him when she kept him on her suspicious list all the Days she was alive. Might just feels guilty to me. Of course, I won't deny I have this fear that I could be horribly wrong like I was with Menel. If I am, I really will eat my socks!

Fea: I'm really worried about how Fea has somehow managed to slip under-the-radar. I've never actually really played with her so I don't know her style so well, but from what I've heard, she can be quite fearsome as a wolf. I think she's definitely someone everyone should start watching more closely. I haven't taken much time looking at her posts, and perhaps I should.

Farael: I can't deny I'm uneasy about how every Day he attacks one person and votes for them early on, even though he manages to stick around until close to the deadline. It's suspicious....but then again, would a wolf be so obvious?

Shasta: He's our only quiet player during this game and therefore has managed to slide under the radar. At this point, we can't let anyone do that, no matter how little they've posted. Again, he's another I need to look at more closely. I admit I've overlooked him up until this point.

Kuru: His uncertainty about things always seemed to be a bit odd. Then his post #491 really throws me...I stated my reasons for it earlier. I don't like his attack on Farael at all. Farael may have been arguing his post, and while his name might have been mentioned in it, I don't think his argument was all that defensive...he actually did make some good points. So when Kuru titles his next post, "Did I touch a nerve?" I feel he's almost provoking Farael.

So right now I'm going to go with saying I suspect everyone. I just need to figure out which people I suspect more. I definitely need to take a better look at everyone's posts from yesterDay (and even before), but that will have to wait until later when I have more time.

Werewolf: Guilty until proven innocent.

EDIT: X-ed with Farael

Shastanis Althreduin · 12-08-2007, 04:30 PM

Finally, some substance from me. It's lucky it's the weekend and I have time to do this! I'll edit my thoughts in as I read the posts. I am having to get rid of smileys though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

Urgh... That was grotesque.

What was the Ranger thinking last Night, really, drinking tea. Wasn't it mighty obvious that if the calling came then one of us would die. And wasn't it even more mightily obvious that poor ol' Noggie would be the one to die. After all, he was the wisest of us all and had the ability to see the evildoers with only one glance. Not a good start, wouldn't you think? Lazy Rangers shouldn't be allowed to live in our proud village. Drinking tea in the middle of the night, phew...

Fluffy banter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

It might be a bit nasty to say, but usually if a quiet person isn't lynched on Day1, Day2 will be more chaotic and in the end the poor quiet fellow will be lynched then just to be on the sure side as on Day3 we discuss the louder ones more. That is if the person lynched on Day1 isn't Wolf. (Assumptions, sadly.) I will lynch a quiet one rather than a loud one if I can't form a true suspicion, which I hope won't be the case.

Speak up! While I show bad example and retreat to sleep...

I don't disagree with the facts, but I disagree with the attitude.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

You're forgetting that the highly analytial discussion doen't start on its own. You wouldn't have had anything to analyse if the quiet/loud discussion hadn't started before your post. I agree that the quiet/loud discussion itself rarelly leads to anything, but it does make people louder, and thence easier to analyse.

As much as you have said, I don't feel too safe with you, Rikae. The stuff you have is not special - except for the fact that you were the first to bring up such a post - anyone who bothers can write an analysis on each post and sounds reasonable, even a Wolf. And this is what a Wolf would want to write, because quite often such posts bring followers and trust. Some players don't have the nerve not to trust anybody except themselves and it's the easiest to trust a person who makes more sense than others. I hope I said this clearly.

I agree with you on Valier. She was the first person who gave out a Wolf-feeling while I was reading through the thread. There's not much to go on, but somehow both of us got the feeling that she might be a Wolf. The "lurking around" sounds nasty and somehow I have a feeling that the ones to give clear times when they can't play are Wolves.

Here's what I was trying to say:
If people are unsure of whom to lynch on Day1 and end up lynching a loud Ordo, the person most likely to be lynched on Day2 is quiet. And probably also an Ordo - like Rikae pointed out - because the quiet/loud discussion won't end on Day1 but will continue on Day2 leading to none very thought decisions. Quiet players who survive to the later Days are more safe, because there will be much more to analyse about the loud players and Day3 -> is known for analysing and not quiet/loud discussion.
That is just an assumption based on how things usually go and I'm not saying that lynching a quiet person on Day1 is a solution to everything. All players aren't sure of whom to vote on Day1 and often claim their vote random. I think Day1 "random" votes should rather be directed at quiet players, because otherwise they'll be directed at the quiet players on later Days for paranoia more than clear thoughts.

Except Gil-Galad. Good point though!

Legate, you make me suspect you (#33, 34) . I know you're a friendly player, but this is seems a bit too friendly, although I too would like to thank for good posts... The feeling that you're backing up others more than showing yourself is what makes me wonder. Please, would you try to say your thoughts a bit clearer.

It seems that the suspicion is leaning to Valier. Maybe what she said was just badly phrased, but she's one of suspects too.

#36, #37: I'd trust an Innocent Rikae's gut feelings about Mac. Which isn't saying much at this point...

Brinniel is a question mark for now.

EDIT: Xd with Legate

Suspects Rikae, Valier, and Legate here. All known innocents. Is unsure about Brinniel.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

And it would work too if all the Innocents kept quiet. The more we talk, the more the Wolves have to talk not to show out - and that way they do give us substance to read on later Days. No, Fea, I don't agree with you - many players have "Fenris Wolf" in their sigs and that itself proves that Day1s are not for outright assuming that random votes (or based on anything that they really shouldn't be based, such as things that don't have anything to do with this current game) are the best solution.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

I started my thoughts about you a bit too harshly - saying that I suspect you more than others was a bit unfair. It just bothered me that you had no clear thoghts on anybody, everybody you mentioned going both ways (flip-flopping?). But like Fea said - and I agree with her about this - there are no hard facts to base your thoughts on. I forgot that provoking you and your guts doesn't work...

Then again, in your last post you say it again - "Good! That was exactly what I wanted to hear from you. Thank you.", well what do you think of it if it's good enough to think about?

EDIT: Xd with Legate.

He sounds apologetic here. If I remember correctly, this becomes important later.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

I'm not siding with Nerwen now, but that's also what I felt like saying after you stared at me. Now is Legate just right and has water-proof points or does he hold the voice of Saruman once again?

I guess this would answer my question.

Well, not good enough as it was spotted... Now this makes me want to lean to lynching Valier and finding out what she is. I'll try to take the feeling critically.

EDIT: Xd with Lommy and Aganzir.

The first sentence of this post strikes me as wolfish; as if Volo is distancing himself somehow. Of course, I don't know how valid this point is, as Nerwen was later proved innocent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

Might I ask you when did I agree with her? When I said that there are no hard facts on Day1? Yes, I did agree with that, but that is all with which I agreed. I do not prefer random votes, basicly because they're unfair and because they leave no trails - only by leaving trails can the Innocents get the Wolves to leave trails as they follow behind.

Legate's talk is too subtle and it leaves an open path for him to change the meaning of his words later on, but I see nothing wrong with suspecting Rikae. I have no way of proving it, but I wrote my post about Rikae before I read Legate's and decided not to change it when I got to it.

I'm not happy with voting Valier, but I haven't found any better reasons to vote anybody else. I hope she will return before any bandwagons will take place.

Saying "I'm not happy with voting Valier" is a clear contradiction with the above post... and the post two below this one.

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Originally Posted by Volo

++Valier

explanation in next post.

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Ok, sorry for that. I haven't had time to read the third page at all as I just came late from a film, but I noticed that if I want to have any chance of lynching the person I suspect, I'd have to do it very quickly.

Valier's post #70 is a bit too desperate.

I'm sorry that you had too little time...

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Originally Posted by Volo

A very quickly formed list mainly to avoid being killied during the night for not suspecting clearly

Leaning Good:
Thinlómien
Meneltarmacil
Macalaure
The Might
Mormegil

Leaning Neutral (unknown):
Aganzir
Feanor of the Peredhil
Brinniel
Satansaloser2005
Farael
Shastanis Althreduin
Kuruharan
Kath
Nerwen

Leaning Evil:
Legate of Amon Lanc
A Little Green
Valier
Rikae

It's a common wolf tactic to have a list with one wolf partner on the suspicious list. Looking at Volo's "Leaning Evil:" list, we can see that A Little Green is the only wolf there, as Rikae, Valier, and Legate are all proven innocent.

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Originally Posted by Volo

I'm probably the most skilled person judging Lommy (and Nogrod, and Aganzir) wrong, but that sounds as what I said and it was from an Innocent's mouth.

Tomorrow will bring much much more light, this was a good Day to be looked at from tomorrow.

EDIT: Obviously - Xd with Lommy.

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Originally Posted by Volo

Urgh, again.

This explanation looks very very improbable, which is not saying that there can't be quiet Wolves around.

Lommy is once again hurrying to understand how the Wolves thought - like when she herself was a Wolf. But since the thought of Valier's assumed Seerdom also passes my head (like when Lommy was Wolf... ) I won't condemn her for this.

I have two ideas about Valier's death, although I'll also take the other ideas brought up into account.

1. Valier was thought to be the Seer. (Assuming what the Wolves might have thought -) She might have felt danger during Day1 and already then decided to leave hints about her dream, as her vote for morm was a somewhat wierd and random-ish otherwise. I think that morm might be a Wolf if this is the case.

2. Valier was simply lynched for not leaving a trail and because at least one of the Wolves is sporty. Such players are in my opinion Lommy, Legate, Mac, morm, Fea (?), Brin, Kath, Kuru, Rikae (?) and Aganzir (?) (- questionmarks are signs of doubt if the players are "sporty" enough for the deed). In this case there's probably at least two Wolves in this mightily broad list - which can be reduced in time as new evidence arrives and don't mean everybody dying.

I'll go to sleep now, I have some ideas about who might be who, but I'm plain too tired to form a post about them.

EDIT: Xd with everything since morm

This strikes me as disavowing too heartily Valier's death, when he was one of her main detractors on Day 1. It also strikes me as laying the foundation for suspicion on morm (though I can hardly throw stones at this.)

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Originally Posted by Volo

Ok, more stuff - quickly:

1. I doubt that Valier was killed for looking like a Seer if morm isn't a Wolf, so in that case it would be just to frame him. Which leads us to nothing.

2. Rikae, why did you drop your style (voted self on Day1 in her first post, was it?) from the preveous game so totally and completely? Last game you seemed to regard Day1 as a waste of time and now you're so certain that the Wolves can be found by analysis already on Day1. This is just a questing, it has been bothering me.

3. Looking at yesterDay, I'm quite sure that Lommy has been Seered upon. I wouldn't concentrate on her too much toDay. Basicly because I don't suspect her a lot. Post #126 seems genuine at the very least, a Wolf wouldn't have phrased her words so, unless Lommy did a very smart bluff on purpose.

X:d with everything since my preveous post. Now I'm totally offline.

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Originally Posted by Volo

Oh, I assure you I was at least as tired when I wrote it. But what I meant is this:
Morm is Innocent and the Wolves know it. Valier attacks morm in a way that can be interpreted as an attack by a Seer. But the Wolves know that Valier didn't dream of morm if she dreamt at all. And except that I see very little in her saying that she'd be the Seer. Concluding that the Wolves didn't think of Valier as the Seer.
The problem is that this talk about how the Wolves saw Valier lead to nothing. It is fun to bring your own thoughts about how the Wolves thought when they chose their kill, but I don't see how it can discussed at Day and turn out productive. For the simple reason that the Wolves might bluff, double-bluff, shoot the darkness, plan something very complicated, kill a certain type of player. And the Innocents have no way of knowing what the Wolves thought until the end of game.
Ok, that might have been a bit overreacted, but toDay is concentrated too much on what the Wolves might have thought at Night, it's nearly as unproductive and confusing as the quiet/loud discussion. As Farael already mentioned, by the way.
(I personally think that they chose Valier because she'd leave no trail.)

By "sporty" in meant that they'd rather kill quiet players than players know to be dangerous. I'll try not to say something as cryptic again.

Now at last to what I think about who the Wolves might be.

(There's a list of my preveous suspicions in post #129.)

Sally: Now she sure hunts morm! She constantly flirts with the idea of being a Wolf, which seems like something a Wolf wouldn't do, but it's driving me crazy. I'm capable of imagining a Wolf who does that, even a newbie Wolf - no, especially a newbie Wolf. Sally appologised that she wouldn't be productive, and truly, she hasn't been productive. I'm thinking of she might be a Wolf who thinks of being very far from being lynched - there's not enough try there, as if her appologisive tone is an excuse for just being around.
The more I read her posts, the more I feel that that's our Wolf.

Green: This looks very suspicious. Why would she concentrate on morm so much at that time if they weren't Wolves? Seems very out of place. Instead of "what did I do wrong", a "what did my partner do wrong".
Post #123 is on the whole very suspicious:
1. It feels like Green is voting just because she has to vote and not because she really suspects Nerwen, her reason being rather odd to me (Well, then again I don't really understand why Nerwen was lynched in the first place - although lynching Valier would have been no better).
2. I'm not completely sure about this, but the way Green turns her suspicion at Lommy in the same post as she votes another person is worrying. I've seen many Innocents doing this, so I can't decide if this should be taken into account.

morm: I haven't looked too closely at toDays posts of his as there simply hasn't been enough time, but he is linked to both of my main suspects and that makes me suspect his as well.

Leaning Good:
Because Legate and Lommy agree with me, I don't think that they are Wolves. If we are wrong, I'll look at them more closely. Both feel Innocent toDay.
Mac
The Might
Fea

I don't have any ideas formed about these at the moment:
Meneltarmacil
Aganzir
Farael
Shastanis Althreduin
Kuruharan

There's something nasty there, I'll see to it when I have the time:
Kath
Brinniel

I'm late for a meeting and I Xd with everything since #188.

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Originally Posted by Volo

Popping in to answer, haven't read all. Family'll throw me out if I don't go party Chrismas with them.

Simple. 1. I think that they're honest because I conclude as they do independadly. For proof look at my post at about 11PM GMT where I promise to show my ideas and my preveous post which is nearly a cross-post with Legate and Lommy so I couldn't have searched for my thoughts about you and Sally after Legates post so fast.
2. A lot will be cleared about them if our suspects are Innocent or Wolves. Which will reveal a lot (to me) about both Lommy's and Legate's roles. I find it stupid to suspect them at this point.

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Originally Posted by Volo

About who are suspicious.
Yes, dear, I reserved a special place above the list for you, a place called "suspicious".
I like the "incredibly clever" part.

The only thing here than makes me suspect you less is than you're a newbie, but Wolves frequently vote eachother, otherwise finding them would be much easier as we would know outright who can't be a Wolf after we find who was a Wolf. Since morm was in no real danger of being lynched, it was safe to vote him to cover tracks. And if he is in real danger of being lynched, it's easy to hide among the votes as your vote can't save him anyway. (Umm... Why am I explaining these things anyway... I find you suspicious and if you're a Wolf you probably understand it anyway.)

I find it funny that you would say something like this as you have pretty much trusted me the whole game and agreed with nearly everything I have said, or at least told me as much. And why doesn't my trust for you and Legate turn on such alarms? The thought that you have noticed that I trust people who agree with me (Heck, I even said so myself in the preveous post.) and used it against us comes into my mind.
But I am not going to vote you or Legate toDay. I'm very sure that tomorrow will make these things much clearer.

And another note about Lommy & Legate: Even if I'm wrong in trusting them, I find it extremely improbable that both of them are Wolves, there is too much agreement between them, even if their lists aren't completely alike. And since there is no Cobbler in this game, I'm sure than at least one of them does deserve our trust.

I'll leave this at this and move to look into Kath's, Brinniel's and Mac's (Since you asked for it...) souls or something like that.

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Originally Posted by Volo

So many players could be called under-the-radar flyers. Not that they aren't noticed, but they are not discussed. Probably that's good for now as this large number of players is taking a toll on me, I really wouldn't want to participate in the game I modded.

Kath leaves me completely baffled. And the problem is that she seemes to leave pretty much everybody else baffled as well, even Fea. Mac would appear the only one suspecting her. I don't remember an Innocent Kath doing that, at the very least she has been suspicious. Since it is the case, I hope to see more of her in the Days to come.

Brinniel:
Flashback to Lily's (Haha, funny, I'll use that, although it would help us to decide one name for each player, that would help using "search" a lot.) post. That's all.
Really - except for her analysis, which is obviously very unrational *joke* - she looks rational, useful - although I don't find much use in summaries like that, except when I write them myself, sorry Brin - and Innocent. As for Kath, I'd give her more time.

Shalln't, I really hope that is forgotten as it is. But if you insist - please don't - I will explain.

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It's either Lily or Sally for me, but since voting Sally would be rather risky and hurried at this point...

++ A Little Green

EDIT: Xd with Mac

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I made a vote chart, I hope it is understandable. I'll post it differently if it's too confusing.
*=dead
(i)=known Innocent (in my case known only to me)
(w)=known Wolf

Day1 votes:

Kath - Might 1

Nerwen* (i) - Lommy 1

Valier* (i) - morm 1

Might - Might 2

Rikae* (i) - Nerwen* (i) 1

Sally - morm 2

morm - Valier* (i) 1

Fea - morm 3

Brinn - Nerwen* (i) 2

Legate* (i) - Nerwen* (i) 3

Volo (i) - Valier* (i) 2

Agan - Nerwen* (i) 4

Mac - Nerwen* (i) 5

Menel - morm 4

Lily* (w) - Nerwen* (i) 6

Lommy - Nerwen* (i) 7

Kuru - Nerwen* (i) 8

Farael - no vote

Shasta - no vote

Day2 votes:

Sally - morm 1

Farael - Rikae* (i) 1

Shasta - Volo (i) 1

morm - Volo (i) 2

Fea - Lily* (w) 1

Kath - Lily* (w) 2

Agan - Lily* (w) 3

Menel - morm 2

Volo (i) - Lily* (w) 4

Legate* (i) - Sally 1

Brinn - Lily* (w) 5

Mac - Lily* (w) 6

Lily* (w) - Volo (i) 3

Might - Lily* (w) 7

Lommy - Lily* (w) 8

Rikae* (i) - no vote

Kuru - no vote

This leads to a different chart which I don't think is confusing:

1. People who have voted only for players whose roles we don't know yet:
Sally, Menel

2. People who have vote for only Innocent players (including me):
morm, Lily* (w), Kuru, Farael, Shasta

A. People who have voted for a Wolf (in this order):
Fea, Kath, Agan, Volo, Brinn, Mac, Might, Lommy

B. People who have not voted for a Wolf:
Sally, Farael, Shasta, morm, Menel, Legate* (i), Lily* (w), Kuru

The most suspicious players to me otherwise (Sally, morm, Lily*) seem to have entered the 1. and 2. categories.

I'm more and more sure of Lommy's Innocence. Apart from her I'm rather sure than Aganzir is also Innocent. The other Lily-voters look good too.

Xd with everything toDay.

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Like I've said it before, I feel that Sally is a Wolf. Reasons:
And besides she doesn't seem to be sad at all for not being productive, on the contry she smiles a lot and I have a feeling that she simply doesn't care for the survival of the Village.

What I don't want is a bandwagon starting from the very morning, because the earlier we vote the less of the Day we use to discuss things.

And like I've said before, morm has been targeted by both Lily (Kuru has it here.) and Sally (I mean her constant suspicion and votes) in rather wierd situations.

I found a little more:
Lily's post about The Might doesn't look like something about a Wolf partner. It is more like "trying too hard" to look helpful to me.
The Might rises higher on my Innocent list.

Aganzir suspects Lily quite strongly here. Again, I don't feel a Wolf partner would have done that to a friend so early. I seem to recall that this is the strongest suspicion on Lily on Day1. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Aganzir stayes high and Innocent.

I have very little clue of who might be the fourth Wolf if I'm right about Sally and morm. Probably not Fea. I'd say Menel or Farael, but I'll not get too certain about it.

It's late and I should go to sleep. Xd with everything since #285.

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I can't see any effort in that post what so ever. At that point the only use of such Wolf is to cause confusion. It may have been a wolf-on-wolf but just as equally it might have been a wolf-on-innocent (Except that I know that it was wolf-on-innocent.).
I'm not saying that they look Innocent because they voted for Lily. Sure thing Wolves vote Wolves, but I just suspected the other players more.

I nearly totally, because they are pretty impossible to organise in advance, because it needs the whole village's co-operation. Though if I there is a chance of lynching both morm and Sally, I'd take it.

To me you are making no sense now. I with such a serious suspicion I'd dig out a fellow Wolf and lynch her instead of an (would-be-)Innocent Sally (or morm, but Sally was more lynchable.). At the end of the Day changing the tide to get Sally lynched would probably been possible.

Farael looks much more Innocent to me now that I've gone through his posts. He has talked general sense as well as accusing in a way that doesn't look Wolf-like in the least - I'm referring to his suspicion about Lommy. It generates genuinly and seems to fall back genuinly.

About Menel I can't form a clear idea. He at the same time stays with the flow and tosses in wild conspiracy theories. I don't like either of these a lot. He does manage to make his words look more Innocent than Wolf.

Innocent:
Lommy
Farael
Aganzir

Innocentish:
Might
Fea
Kuru

Unsure:
Menel
Mac
Brinn
Kath
Shasta

Wolf:
Sally
morm

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Originally Posted by Volo

A long defencive post from the beginning of Day3 to post #371 because I don't find any good points about me, sorry. It holds nearly all posts that include my name, missing only a part of Farael’s post and Mac’s vote – I think. I will cross-post with everything since #371.

Why would have I killed my main suspects of Day1 were I a Wolf? Valier would have been a good Day2 lynch. Legate I trusted fully on Day2, why would I have killed a supporter like that?

Like I’ve said there was no effort at all in Lily’s vote, she was already dead by then and knew that I wouldn’t be lynched. She could have voted anybody at all.

1. A Wolf may PM during the Night, and they frequently do so. It is a great chance to tell fellow Wolves how to play in certain situations. Did she have valid arguments for anybody else I wonder?
2. Why would a Wolf pursue a fellow Wolf already on Day2 and kill her when she is quite safe and excited about the game?

I totally agree, by the way. I’m pretty easy with Menel also at this moment.

We both know her from RL and would want to help her with her first game. I still don’t see what her vote for me has to do with anything.

Would you please give reasons. Yes, and I dare to ask for reasons now.

I have been protective of morm??

Brinniel's whole post #329.
I have already answers a similar thing. And anyway, what kind of reasoning is that, the ones who vote for the Wolves are probably also Wolves? Wolves win by voting Innocents, not their partners.

Brinn's whole post #330.
That’s more about Menel and here I actually agree with Brinn at places. The problem is that you look like grasping at straws.

Yes, I agree. I thought they looked good because of different reasons, not their votes.

Aganzir's post #349.

Now this is a good thing to say for a Wolf. If Volo isn’t a Wolf, Menel probably isn’t either. Your gut feelings are non better.

Kuru's post #355.

Menel's post #356.Although this is a bit wierdly formed post, I think it will show much about Menel if we know what morm is.

If Menel is found Innocent and morm’s still around, I’d lynch him straight away.

Morm's post #369.This is an alarming post to me. Morm has been suspecting me the whole long time just because of his gut?? And only a while ago when he was asked to why he suspected me he told something about his suspicion – and that was stuff other players said before him. In the end he changes the topic away from why he suspects me to Kuru being suspicious.

Exactly!

Well, I don’t see many valid points about me…

++mormegil

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Originally Posted by Volo

No.

Lommy, your mammoth-theory looks interesting, but it'll take time to explore the stuff, so I won't give any thoughts on that for now. What scares me is that you put morm, Sally and Fea as Wolves into the very first post of Day3 (as you Xd with Farael) and now added the Day3 stuff to your analysis. I'll have to dig into it.

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Of course no! Please, read what I said more carefully. I said that a Wolves may vote Wolves, but it makes no sense for them to sacrifice a member of their secret organsition by giving the first reasons of why he/she should be lynched and generally taking him/her from the "flying over the radar" -state.

If it is clear that a Wolf is suspected and/or there is a good possibility that he/she will be lynched it makes a lot of sense to vote for your partner. Like the votes for Lily.

If a Wolf partner is staying low and it's in a big fuss, then it makes little sense to make her your main suspect and try to convince others of his/her guilt. Such a sacrifice comes with a great prize, and I really doubt Lily wanted to be lynched out of her first game on Day2.

I don't know what you think, but to me what I said makes great sense.

On Day3 the first discussion was about why Valier was killed.

In post #150 Aganzir shows slight suspicion about Lily.

In the next post Lommy shows slight suspicion about Lily (Xing with Aganzir.)

Next post where Lily is suspected is Lommy's #187.

But I was the first to really call her a Wolf (and I Xd with Lommy's #187) in #193.

So I take some pride in getting Lily lynched.

Xd with everything since Brinniel's post to which I refer.

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Not after this post.

Oh, come on, somebody lynch morm, he doesn't make sense and is a Wolf. Although Sally is also a Wolf.

It's all in my posts, it's all in my posts.

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My angst yesterDay after the bloodshed:
I wish I was dead.

Or at least less influential, my old cobbler self to whom people didn't listen... (Cruel that I was a Cobbler last game.)
YesterDay was surely something I didn't await for and now I'm completely lost. Oh, morm, why didn't you tell us...
Now we should resolve that we won't double lynch ever unless the Seer tells us to.
I trust noone, myself the least...
Most suspicious: Menel, Might, Lommy, Brinn.

Ok, that was history and little attention should be given it.

I'd like to say a few words about Rangers:
Morm should have told us his role yesterDay. A lynched Ranger is one of the worst possible scenarios (only the lynching the Seer being worse).
I wouldn't have voted a person who declared himself the Ranger:
1. The person will probably be killed next Night (but that's better than lynching him).
2. The isn't killed during the Night, because the Wolves want to bluff and make us think that the person isn't the Ranger or the person wants to bluff and isn't the Ranger. I don't see any harm done this way. We don't lynch "the Ranger" unless another Ranger comes to claim the role or the real Ranger dies (or is Dreamed of). If a compeditor appeared we'd know that one of them is a Wolf - then we have to decide.

A few words about our Seer:
Read post #317. It gives the feel that her Day3 dream was morm.
The other dreams can be Brinn, Might and/or Menel. I'm not decided which they could be.

I'm in the middle of a post-to-post analysis of Day3, but I'll tell a few things I have found:
I get a feeling that Kuru is trying to steer the discussiong away (using the talk-effect or whatever it was called) both in #297 and #300. What do you think?

Another - and the more important - is:
This has been mentioned before, but I find Menel's post #238 leaning suspicious.

Ah, I'll try to get my thoughts more organised now, get the whole post-to-post analysis over and look at Kath's posts.

The feeling before Kath's death, Aganzir being least suspicious and Menel being the most suspicious.
Aganzir
Thinlómien
Farael
Shastanis Althreduin
Macalaure
Feanor of the Peredhil
Kuruharan
Brinniel
The Might
Meneltarmacil

Xd with everything since #435.

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The first is what I felt straight after morm's and sally's deaths.
The second from just before toDay started. It still doesn't mean that I'll go far enough to trust anybody, except maybe Legate, but he's dead.

Because I'm annoyed? (Nothing personal at all morm, I just don't understand why you decided to keep it a secret through that situation...) Oh... I mean, have I done that before?

I agree! It wouldn't only be interesting, but also useful - probably.

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I think this means that she did dream about Brinn, and now this makes more sense to me. On Night1 she Dreamed of morm, as morm is a dangerous player. On Night2 she Dreamed of Brinn and found that she's Innocent.
The way she says "unless Brinniel turns out to be a wolf I doubt morm is one" I understand it that both players are of the same side. But then why would she put Brinn into the suspicious list, it feels like a contradiction to me and makes it impossible to find out whom she Dreamed of.

If he's a Wolf, he's doing splendidly. But his last posts are indeed giving a genuine feel and I wouldn't accuse him too much because of the double-lynch. I admit that I'd have done that and Lommy seems to admit it too, don't you?
I do suspect him, but the double-lynch, as nasty as it was, doesn't tell us much about him. I'm talking nonsense - sometimes Might feels just so so Wolf-like, but so did Sally and there's a lot of similarities in their behavior. :/

I suspect Menel much more. And this - - looks like she Dreamed about Menel, on Night3 - probably. So forget what I said in my preveous post about morm being Dreamed of on Night3.

I really really hope that these people will speak up:
Shastanis Althreduin
Macalaure
Feanor of the Peredhil
Kuruharan

EDIT Xd with Aganzir

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Ha! Well found! I agree, although the part about Brinn still doesn't make sense to me.

Ok, I'll try to leave now - sorry for being confusing and changing my opinion often.

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Volo suddenly goes very defencive... of Might.

Innocents appologise just as often as the Wolves do, if not even more often.
I thought about what the Wolves win by causing a double-lynch like that and putting one of their own into such a position. They couldn't know morm was the Ranger, so I think that the deal would not be a good one for the Wolves.

Now it looks like Sally's actions, and since I was so wrong with those, I wouldn't want to lynch another Innocent newbie for the same reasons.
The part about fellow mates giving advice seems to be a key point. Might's style of play didn't change a little bit from yesterDay to toDay, and I'm sure that if there was discussion between him and fellow Wolves, then he'd change his style and inevitably play "better".

Now I think that Kath Dreamed of Innocent Lommy and morm, as Aganzir mentioned in #449.
And Wolf Menel, like I mentioned in post #450.

I find one thing Mac said very disturbing:
At first I thought that Brinn said that comment - and I'd have regarded it a reason to lynch her outright. Now in Mac's case I can't find an explanation to this being suspicious as Mac hasn't had Wolves as his main suspects (if Might isn't one). But to say something like that makes me feel that the Wolves discussed about at least one of them attacking the fellow Wolves strongly - if Mac is a Wolf, and he could be a flying-over-the-radar Wolf (which is wierd as it's Mac we're talking about). Do you think this is too far-fetched?

I have another question, about our wandering Dwarf friend Kuru. Anybody who's played with him before: Is he always so undecided? He seems like being aware of all the stuff happening here, but there is barely a post in which he's sure of what he's talking. I mean he talks a lot and gives his opinion about most things going around, but he nearly always puts a "but...", "on the other hand...", "looks too easy..." after his point and dissolves it by saying the very opposite. One can't be sure whom he suspects, and one can't even see what he thinks about people. Mostly he follows other people's trails and sweeps them around.

I'm late for a meeting, again.

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Aganzir, well found. I think it points more to Brinn's guilt than Might's. Just because it could be a bluff.

The thing most suspicious with Brinn is how she - to some extent - sided with morm.

I'm still at a meeting though it's turned a bit lazy, lucky that it's at an internet cafe.
I dislike such decisions like what has been made (voting or "voting" early.), but I must admit that I don't have much to add right now...

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Problem was that I was too certain that sally and morm are Wolves and I was annoyed for being accused wrongly - which was a bit stupid from my part as I make mistakes myself too when accusing somebody.

I didn't direct that part at this game, and I appologise for bringing a completely new "useless" topic so late in the game, but I feel stupid for lynching a Ranger. To me it was pretty certain that he'd be lynched, which is my fault - concentrating on just a few at a time. And it's just much too risky for a Wolf to claim the role of the Ranger. But let's discuss this after the game.

Suspicious, vote for the person whom you suspect, especially at this stage (generally). Could be a bluff.

The problem with suspecting Menel is at this moment is that nearly everybody seems to suspect him, which is very odd if he's a Wolf.
But I'm quite convinced that Kath Dreamed of him.

Good points, changing our decisions at this time will lead to too quick decisions. I don't deny that they could be the right decisions. As I'm a bit afraid of having both Might and Menel cornered so completely. And I think you people should drop that "explain this, explain that", "start playing better" -stuff.

As from now to the deadline I can fully concentrate on WW, I'll do that. I'm not too happy with lynching Brinn, but I'll look at what has been pointed about her actions by Aganzir and Lommy.

EDIT: Xd with Farael, twice.

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Originally Posted by Volo

This is a bad topic so late, but I'm returning to what Kath said.
What I underlined pretty clearly says that she hadn't Dreamed of Brinn.
Might is a bit suspicious here, but I'll explain again why I think he hasn't been Dreamed of:
Here Menel comes as a new character into Kath's posts. That means that her suspicion on him either started on Day3 or Night3. The fact that she can't explain it and he doesn't fit right to her looks the best hint I can find. This differs from her other suspects, as there she says that she's unsure, not that she can't explain it. I won't bet my head on this, as it might be like Fea said, that Kath hadn't put hints in her posts, but the fact that Kath didn't post many posts makes me feel that she put a lot of effort into the posts she did post - adding hints.

EDIT: Xd with Brinn and Lommy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

Oh, no I hadn't agreed, I just said that I'd look at what she's saying, that's different. I'm growing more suspicious of Kuru.

Explain, please, I don't think I understood you.

I think it is a horrible idea to try to find new suspects at this point of the Day!

EDIT: Xd with Mac.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

Tommorow, I think it would do good to inspect people from the "talk-effect" side. Who have been the ones to move the discussion into something we pretty much know is futile and bad for that moment.

I don't think I'll have the time to analyse Brinn toDay.

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Originally Posted by Volo

I skimmed through Brinn with a thought and I couldn't find the feel of her being a Wolf. I think she's Innocent. All that she has said has been said with too little flaws for a Wolf - the flaws that Wolves make. From the glance I couldn't find any special reactions to other people that would indicate fellow Wolves. That means:

++Menel

I have one more point to make toDay.

Xd with everything since my previous post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

I highly suspect Mac, very highly! And I ask you to read this post and think about it during the Night!

1. He has never, never felt like this to me. He has felt more present before.

2. I get the feeling that he concentrates on me most of the time, but is undecisive.

3. He is wrong with what he mostly says, or so I feel:

I get the feeling that he carefully divided us into these groups, as the possible Wolves seem to lie too neatly. Lily was the partner whom he decided to suspect, look at the way he voted her.
Menel he has always found innocent, which I recall wierd:

Here's an example, while I find Menel very suspicious because of this very thing, Mac doesn't.

Here the same as before. And I don't like these "suspicious based only on factor X", it doesn't give the whole picture and Mac's real opinion. Seems a good trick for a Wolf.

This was said very hurriedly because the deadline is drawing, but I'll look into this and explain better tomorrow. I hope you will think about this too!

Xd with everything since my preveous post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

If Menel is a Wolf, I'll be quite sure that Mac is also one.

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Originally Posted by Volo

She can "play" via telephone with Noggie

Bah, I have to leave now, and I don't think it's legal to go back and edit after someone has posted after me. :/

Farael · 12-08-2007, 04:39 PM

Ok, who in Sauron's name came up with the brilliant idea of quoting every single post made by another player? honestly, I'm starting to think it a plausible wolf strategy, as it looks REALLY helpful, but it only takes about two minutes worth of the Search function and copy-paste.

Something to chew on

Brinniel · 12-08-2007, 04:45 PM

Shasta, why quote every post Volo has ever written without any comments from yourself? At least explain why you're doing it because my goodness that is a long post with no new information...

Macalaure · 12-08-2007, 04:49 PM

Shasta, you have got to be kidding us!

I second Farael. You're not the first who did it, but I hope you're the last. It looks far more helpful than it is, and it's simply too huge to be even readable. If you really need the posts for reference, link to them.

And did you just say edit?

Brinniel · 12-08-2007, 04:57 PM

Ack, can you stop editing, Shasta? I really don't want to keep going back through that unbelievably huge post to look at new comments you keep editing in, which I can see you're doing right now. If you've got commentary, please put it in a new post!

Shastanis Althreduin · 12-08-2007, 05:11 PM

*sigh*

I knew I probably wasn't cut out for this style of play, and this seems to only clinch it.

I'm sorry. I'll shut up.

Brinniel · 12-08-2007, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shasta

I'm sorry. I'll shut up.

No, don't shut up. We'd rather hear from you.

Just don't go back and edit posts you've already made.

Macalaure · 12-08-2007, 05:23 PM

Don't shut up, please.

This "style of play", if there is one, is rather easy, actually. Basically, you just read through the thread, note down whatever comes to your mind, and post it with some conclusions. But don't re-post the whole posts. And editing is against the rules.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 12-08-2007, 05:47 PM

I'm merely going to proceed under the assumption that over that overly long Night we just had, more people than just me have realized that if the wolves pull off a double-ordo lynch today, they win.

The thing that worries me most about today is the end-of-day. I'm worried that everyone will hold their posts until last minute to make sure the wolves don't have the last word. Which means that there's probably going to be a mad lot of cross posting.

I don't have time right now to posit ways to solve what looks to me like a very dangerous end-of-day situation.

I'll try to come up with options while I do work-things.

Gotta go.

Nogrod · 12-08-2007, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Just don't go back and edit posts you've already made.

Exactly.

You may quote - and not only link - a bunch of stuff when it looks like there's a point to it, which is that you have something to say or point yourself.

But editing posts afterwards (a long time afterwards ie. not regarding immediate X'ing with someone, bolding, underlining etc. corrections) is both banned and also unwise as very few people will come back to your post looking at a possible change there... Just think of it yourself: would you check anyone's post #113 just to be sure it has not been edited?

Farael · 12-08-2007, 07:11 PM

Well, having read some of Shasta's (illegaly edited

) comments she does not look THAT horribly wolfish... still, something to keep an eye on. Fea does bring up a good point... better to have voting spread out and not all crumpled together at the end of the Day.

Having said that, nothing new has developed since the beginning of the day, other than that ugly looooong post.... Fea seems to be busy once again, and while I would not hold "being busy" against her, it has happened before that a wolf won 'cos of RL issues kept him/her away from the game. At this moment she and Shasta are tied for a "third wolf" place.

Kuruharan · 12-08-2007, 10:52 PM

A comment on today's action so far:

I think that Shasta doing something so noticable at this juncture seems to indicate more toward innocence than guilt. To me it seems unlikely that a wolf would do something like that to draw attention at this stage in events.

I'm afraid that it will be impossible for me to be around much tomorrow until a couple hours before the deadline.

Brinniel · 12-09-2007, 03:17 AM

Ugh, I really don't like how quiet it's been here. I needed to take a better look at Fea, so I did. Here's some highlights:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Might

Hmmm...I'm curious to see what will happen, so I'll go ahead and do it:

++ The Might

for being so out of the ordinary.

What!?!??!

Okay, my immediate thoughts about this are:

I remember, I think, voting for myself when I was a wolf. Bluffing, as it were. Being suicidal as a way to throw people off. "No wolf would sacrifice herself!" If my memory is false, I know a true memory was me saying "I'm a wolf. Lynch me." and being truthful in that statement.

In any case, it was a bluff tactic.

Next thought: Voting for yourself is a ballsy thing to do in terms of personal education and education for the group.

What happens is, whether or not you live, the village is handed the perfect setup to study the bandwagon approach. It's REALLY easy for any wolf (or any innocent) to say "He's obviously a bluffing wolf and even if he's not, his insanity is dangerous to the village!" and start the voting.

From there, everybody can see who says and does what. Voting for yourself/declaring yourself as something is an excellent way (I've used it in the past) of gaging what's going on.

My hat's off to you, The Might, for taking initiative and giving the village some controversy to work with.

Here's how I'm going to react to The Might's suicide vote:

I'm going to ask people to make public what they think about it. Tell us how you feel about such a thing occurring. What's your opinion of day one suicide votes?

I happen to think he's innocent and going for the "Let's see whether or not people take advantage so we can study it later" approach. Only I'm stupid enough to do something like actually be guilty and admit it day one. I think.

Some thoughts: If she and Might are wolves, this would be a very strategic move. Write down some possibilities why he voted for himself, ask everyone else for input on the matter, then conclude he's probably innocent...but still look uncertain.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

Thing is, I really don't think morm would kill Valier. It makes a lot more sense that the wolves are trying to frame him. I know he'd sacrifice himself for a cause (he's done it before), but it just seems so outright stupid for a morm-wolf to kill a villager in the night who seemed to have dreamt about him. Except that it's such a transparent set up that I can't help but think maybe the wolves aren't really trying to frame him, they're just trying to make it look like they are?

In any case, I'm leaning toward morm's innocence. I just don't think he'd have killed Val, especially if she'd dreamt of him. It's just too self-incriminating.

I think it's most likely that the wolves were split between accusing morm and thinking he's innocent. So the fact that Fea was right about him doesn't mean anything.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

Thinlómien - helpful, nice, happy, etcetera. My question about Lommy: when you jumped in to post that Valier's death looks like morm's guilt, did you believe it, or were you just being the first one to publicly admit to the possibility?

Legate of Amon Lanc - no particular feelings of interest.

Aganzir - furry? I don't know. I don't like his accusation of Lommy and I feel like I missed something between Ag and Legate, because 'that's definitely not how it works at us'... It's the 'at us.' Is it just a grammar slip? The meaning of the sentence is lost on me.

Meneltarmacil - Eh.

Volo - I had suspicions last night, but I forgot them before this morning. At some point I'll go back and try to figure out what it was that worried me about Volo.

Macalaure - shrug.

The Might - I think the suicide vote points to TM's innocence. I haven't changed my mind.

Mormegil - innocent. Or I'll be forced to lynch him day one every game in our future for so completely pulling one over on me.

Brinniel - systematic. I feel like if I could take notes the same way she does, I'd get higher than a C in my Neoclassical/Romantic English Lit class this term... No particular feelings. I'd like to keep her around, even if just because she simplifies my life by taking useful notes.

Satansaloser2005 - shrug

Farael – shrug

A Little Green - definitely new. No denying the "what? I'm so confused, please pity me" is over-doing it a bit. A lot. I have to admit, she's a likely vote for me today.

Kath – I know I should be terrified of you, but I'm not. Why? What are you doing differently? What am I doing differently? There's something wrong here! Just to be clear: I feel like I should be suspicious because I'm always suspicious of Kath just like (and because of the same game) how I'm suspicious all the time of morm. Just to be very clear: I really have no leanings on Kath. I'd like to see more posts from her, though.

Shastanis Althreduin – Is it bad that I don't even remember seeing any posts by Shasta?

Kuruharan - On an existential level, Kuru, where are you? I miss you. Come back soon. I don't know what to do when I'm not being thwacked. Oh, for the village: I want to see a lot more length out of Kuru in the next few days.

Thoughts: She seems very vague with a lot of her analysis...not sure what to think about that. If she happens to be a wolf, I'm think one of the people (aside from Green) she didn't simply shrug at may also be a wolf.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

++GREEN

Because I have to leave and won't be back before deadline.

Because the person I voted for yesterday has since stopped looking worrisome to me.

Because of all the players I could choose, especially four hours before deadline, Green is the one who seems both wolfish-and-confusing.

She fits into both of my preferences for who to vote for: her actions make me think she's guilty ("What? Me? How could I be guilty, I barely even know who mormegil is!") and other people seem to agree with my instincts on this one (which means it's not necessarily me just making things up).

Okay, I won't take into account the fact she said she had to leave...because if you have to leave, that can't be helped. But still, I don't find it unlikely that a Fea wolf wouldn't hesitate to vote for a fellow wolf. Since she was the first to vote Green that vote was very safe.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farael

For the time being, I still think Sally is just awfully suspicious and that we should lynch her

I can't help but agree. A great deal because of this post:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sally

Perhaps we shall see my friend, perhaps we shall see.

No totally kidding. I just meant that no matter WHO got lynched, regardless of whether it was me or someone else, lynching more than one person was a bad plan. Sorry for the confusion. Or am I?

Really, it strikes me as odd that an innocent this far into the game would intentionally create chaos like this.

Jumping on the bandwagon with Farael here...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

++Sally

I feel like the regression back into 'normalcy' was more like a flinch. I still don't know what to think of her earlier "Am I a wolf? Am I not a wolf? Lalala." It's gutsy/stupid for a wolf and irresponsible/stupid for an innocent. Either way, not the sort of likely action I'm comfortable keeping around. I wish I had time to stick around and analyze/watch/etcetera. But I'm not really sure of my suspicions right now. I'm comfortable lynching Sal and hoping she's lupine. Even if she's not, I'd say the village is probably better off without the chaos (I know, this coming from me!).

Was the second to vote for Sally. A fairly safe vote, but still keep a double lynch in the running (though there was probably no way to avoid that at the time).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

The Might, what's wrong with you?! (I know it's been said already. I just kind of needed to get that off my chest, since it was my reaction to yesterday and this is my first chance to say it.)

If they're both wolves, this little comment could be made to throw us off. After all, as wolves they would've had plenty of time to talk during the Night.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fea

++Menel

I refuse to see another multiple lynch if I can help it. Though I'd really rather vote for TM. I have no desire to be held responsible for upping other-party vote counts ten minutes before deadline.

At this point of voting, Menel was in the lead by two and majority of people who hadn't voted said they were going to vote for him. So a double lynch wasn't looking likely. Seems more like an excuse to make a safe vote.

Brinniel · 12-09-2007, 03:54 AM

Some final thoughts before I turn in:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac

It might be suspicious that I'm going to drop all my suspicions against Volo now, since he just started to suspect me, but the way he bases so much of his points against me on the wolfdom of Menel it is rather obvious that he didn't know Menel's role - because of the time he posted them (he would have known that much of his points were obsolete after Menel's death).

I do agree that a wolfish Volo wouldn't say this about an innocent Mac. Since Mac doesn't worry me as much as others, this makes Volo less suspicious. Of course, if Mac and Volo were teamed as wolves, this could make a great cover-up. I don't know...I still want to hear from Volo, who hasn't said anything yet toDay.

Only three people did not vote for Menel. Only one of these people have been proven innocent. The other two are Farael and Aganzir. Could a wolf be among these two? Possibly. Farael was the first to vote and his vote for Might was very safe, even if it was wolf-on-wolf. By voting for me, Aganzir brought a third candidate into the picture. I don't know how likely it was for others to pick up with that vote, but surely Aganzir thought it was possible otherwise she wouldn't have made a throwaway vote. If it was, her vote meant there were an even amount of people left potentially voting for either Might or Menel. Which means she was increasing the potential for another double lynch. There might be a wolf among these two, but I doubt both of them are.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuru

I think that Shasta doing something so noticable at this juncture seems to indicate more toward innocence than guilt. To me it seems unlikely that a wolf would do something like that to draw attention at this stage in events.

I agree. I doubt a wolfish Shasta would act so confused like that. On one hand, his lengthy post full of only quotes (posted after people complained he was too quiet) looks a bit fishy. But the fact he unintentionally broke the rules and then seemed genuinely upset that others were criticising him for what he did makes him less suspicious.

We still haven't heard from Might yet toDay. I thought he'd be here defending himself by now...

A comment about the possibility of a double lynch: It's a very tricky situation. The wolves can easily manipulate the voting so it happens...if all innocents have already voted, they don't even need to hide anymore. But it can be avoided if we're careful. Two possibilities:

1) There are nine of us, right? So if we only keep two candidates in the running, a double lynch is impossible. If someone even tries to bring in a third, I would look at them carefully.

2) If all of us unanimously decide to vote for one person. That may be less likely for everyone to agree, plus we'll have less to look at on votes toMorrow, but at least it'd certainly avoid a double lynch.

Right now I'm most worried about:
Might
Fea
Aganzir
Kuru
Farael

Okay, I really wish that list was shorter. But I'm hoping 3/5 of those are wolves...

I'm going to bed now. I'll be back tomorrow.

Volo · 12-09-2007, 07:28 AM

It has been said before, but I'll repeat it anyway:
The Wolves might be getting bold and trying to move the discussion into certain directions more openly, so trust noone except yourself. However this doesn't mean that you shouldn't agree with other players - agreeing is the key to survival, because while the Innocents can't agree, the Wolves can.
I hope this is clear. If not, ask me and I'll explain.

I'm both very sad that Lommy died, and very relieved, because I was getting somewhat paranoid about her. I think both her's and Menel's innocence looks good on Brinn and Mac.

There are three into whose position I could put myself: Brinn, Mac and Farael. In Mac's case his style still looks a bit odd to me compared to the earlier games with him, but on the whole I can imagine myself trying to play like they do.

The person I find the least suspicious is Farael, his posts against Kuru yesterDay look genuine. I'm glad he's not becoming the second Menel.

Kuru's reaction on the other hand, doesn't. Neither do I think that Kuru's actions are too obvious for a Wolf. I agree with Brinn, that Kuru was provoking Farael and causing general chaos.
Otherwise I don't know if this reserved style is typical of Kuru, in any case I don't like it as it - like Lommy said - a Wolf's style: A style in which it is easy to change your words later, but dangerous when Innocent, because - like Fea said - it makes Kuru a perfect target for the Wolves at Night.

Apart from Kuru I am suspicious of Shasta and Aganzir, so far mostly because I'm less suspicious of others. I'll try to look at these two.

Fea. As much as I disapprove of Fea's style - although I'm inclined to believe it's because of her having too little time (Or am I? I do believe you have a lot of work, but your style overall would probably be the same if you had loads of time.) - I feel that she's Innocent. I can't see any suspicious interractions between Fea and anybody else and I do believe that Fea would play differently were she Wolf. Maybe my eyes are just too innocent...

The Might... He's like Menel - much too obvious, it seems. I don't believe anything can be clearly decided about him anymore. He either is a Wolf or isn't. I hope he's not, because I don't want to bother myself with that anymore. What I do think is that too much pressure has been put on him - bullying newbies to get something smart out of them is not a good idea.

I made an elaborate vote-chart, but I couldn't find anything new from it - except something to do with Lommy, but since she's dead, I dont this it matters.
Although I don't like Fea's and Kuru's votes. Fea has noticed the ongoing trend early and voted by it. Kuru was away on a very critical Day, and it's a great pity.

Next I'm going to study some lorebooks about the history of the Shrewthwackers and the Briarpatches.

Volo · 12-09-2007, 09:08 AM

To say the truth, I'm not sure if Fea's absense is a bad thing - first time I played with her (SPM's game) she was equally confusing, but louder.

Since morm is probably the person who knows Fea and Kuru the best - well, he's even bragged about it - I'm going through what he said about them. Don't worry, I'm not putting blind trust into his words, as he too happens to be wrong at times.

Fea:
Morm says that Fea is not playing like she usually is, but doesn't suspect her otherwise.

Kuru:
Morm highly suspects Kuru, along me and Menel. His points against Kuru are mainly based on Kuru's accusations against morm. Morm thinks that Kuru isn't playing as well as he should. Understandable as Kuru is very quick to accuse morm, already in his first post on Day3. He does his share keeping morm in the spotlight through the whole Day, notably #268, #297 and #355. But then he actually votes Sally...

By the way, I noticed that Shasta, Lily and Kuru haven't really mentioned eachother.

Volo · 12-09-2007, 09:18 AM

Aganzir, Kuru and Shasta haven't really mentioned eachother.

Last time Aganzir was a Wolf, she was one of the best Wolves I ever played against.

That might be our Wolf-trio, but I suspect Kuru the most.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 12-09-2007, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

Next I'm going to study some lorebooks about the history of the Shrewthwackers and the Briarpatches.

Oh, and what a long and illustrious history it was...

You see, my many-greats grandmammy was a bit of an umbrella carrying old wench, if you follow me, out to cause trouble in the most Innocent of ways.

And His many-greats grandpappy was an oozing canker sore if I ever saw one, full of sharp teeth, claws, and midnight mayhem whilst good and honest folk slept.

The village fought for its very souls (okay, lives) against the threat and came down to only three... Our ancestors and the illustrious (but misguided; probably by my own absolute suspicious-lookingness) ancestor of one 'Oddwen.' I voted for his grandsire. He voted for the umbrella toting snipe. Mistress Oddwenivere was swayed by his very strong logic against my grandmama and she, umbrella and all, died a most painful death.

Our families have feuded on principle ever since.

If you're going for historical playing styles, the words 'melodramatic,' 'chaotic,' 'long-winded,' 'whimsical,' and 'effective' come to mind.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volo

That might be our Wolf-trio, but I suspect Kuru the most.

Based on the feud I've just outlined, I always suspect Kuru the most. I never know where his allegiances lie until the last day, if then.

More appropriately to this game, I really don't like how quiet and weird he was the first day or two. The one-liners. I pointed out that he's brilliant wolf-bait for that. Because he left very little to go on. And then the weird volleyball session yesterday ("You're a wolf!" "You're just saying that because you're a wolf!" "Am not." "Are too."). I know he's gutsy and I know he's intelligent. I know he thinks he's not necessarily cut out to be a wolf, but even with doubts, he's good at it. I would not put it past him to spend a village-lifetime drawing suspicion toward himself, banking on the fact that nobody will believe a wolf would be that stupid. It's something any of us (Kuru, me, morm) would/would have done.

Quite frankly, I'm probably going to vote for him guiltlessly. Yeah, I try not to let the feud sway me too much, but he gave me ammunition and there are THREE WOLVES running around. Anybody we choose has a reasonably high chance of being lupine. Still, my decision to vote Kuru isn't final. Basically for the explicit reason that if the village has one person in mind, I don't want to spread votes and give the three wolves a golden opportunity to lynch a spare if I'm wrong. Though if I'm right and Kuru's a wolf, they won't pile votes on him...

Ack.

I need breakfast. I'll be back later.

Macalaure · 12-09-2007, 10:26 AM

Kuruharan

Day One
A lot of one-liners. Very carefully suspects some people to be good or evil. Doesn't know what to think of TM's self-vote. Argues a little with Lommy and would prefer her over Nerwen (both innocent). Votes Nerwen to avoid double lynch. "If Nerwen is innocent, look at Thinlómien"
-His Day One point more towards guilty than innocent, I have to say.

His general behavior around double lynches is suspicious. Yes, they are bad, but:
-He spends most of his close-to-deadline time talking about them and how bad they are.
-He makes the village focus on a few candidates, all of them (except TM) known to be innocent by now. This way he keeps new and possibly guilty names off the list.
-He often points out how uncomfortable he is with the given candidates, which leaves an impression of false tears.

Not there on Day Two.

Day Three.
Goes after morm, then forgets about but takes it up again later. I'm not sure what to think about it. Points out Sally's strangeness, but no more, which keeps her in the spotlight and him outside of it if she gets lynched. Wants to explore options while dissuading people to take them. Mentions issues with TM.
-His treatment of Sally is extremely suspicious. I'm not sure what to do with his treatment of morm.

Day Four.
Starts the day with suspicions against TM, Menel, and Lommy (urges TM to explain himself). Goes after TM and Menel equally, but clearly favors Menel, and the way he does looks fake (470). "If you're (TM) innocent, like you say you are that would be the worst thing you could do." - and that after he urged him to explain himself before. Observe he doesn't say "This makes him suspicious", but "This is not good if you're innocent". Another fit of near-deadline angst gets Farael onto him. I can understand Kuru's reaction, I would have reacted the same.
-The interaction with TM is definitely suspicious.

Well, even though he doesn't scream wolf, I haven't really found anything that made me feel better of him. Right now, I think he's the second wolf next to the Might.

12-06-2007, 02:41 PM	#521
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,589	To tell the truth, I'd rather vote for Farael than anybody as he now seems the most wolfish to me by far...but I don't want to cause a double lynch. I'll probably vote Menel just because he seems like he might be more slippery. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

12-06-2007, 02:45 PM	#523
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I won't vote Farael until I have better grounds to suspect him... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-06-2007, 02:46 PM	#525
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Alright. ++Menel it is. I have to go now. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

12-06-2007, 02:48 PM	#526
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	From whom are you asking, Mac? If you asked that from me, well, I'm still so unsure of him that I'd prefer voting Menel, but I'd choose him over almost anybody else and I wouldn't be too sad to see him go because that would reveal quite a lot of things... edit: xed with Brinn __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-06-2007, 02:48 PM	#527
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,589	Looks like it will have to be Menel for me...unless something really dramatic happens in like... 5 seconds or so... __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

12-06-2007, 02:43 PM	#522
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	I would join you with Farael, but only with sufficient support from others.

12-06-2007, 02:46 PM	#524
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	And what about the Might?

12-06-2007, 02:50 PM	#528
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Arghaafsogiha. I fell asleep after class. On the plus side, I made up for a lot of not-sleep this week, on the downside, I just missed the Day. ++Menel I refuse to see another multiple lynch if I can help it. Though I'd really rather vote for TM. I have no desire to be held responsible for upping other-party vote counts ten minutes before deadline. __________________ peace

12-06-2007, 02:50 PM	#529
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,589	++ Menel I hope our earlier suspicions were all justified. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

12-06-2007, 02:52 PM	#530
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	sigh ++Meneltarmacil Let's hope I'm wrong about him.

12-06-2007, 02:55 PM	#532
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	++MENEL Let's kill him then. I think it is quite possible I die next Night (because everybody seems to think me innocent), so maybe it's time for some last words. The problem is, I really can't say anything sensible, except: suspect and reconsider everyone. I'm particularily worried about Fea slipping under everybody's radar, especially as she doesn't seem too innocent to me. That being said, I almost hope Agan's a wolf, because otherwise two innocents are probably going to miss Day5 and it doesn't sound nice at all. And remember what I said about the wolves growing bolder. edit: xed with Kuru, Mac and Volo __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-06-2007, 03:00 PM	#535
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	Day4 is over. Menel's death coming up... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

12-06-2007, 03:43 PM	#536
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	Day4 Some of the hobbits told the others they were not feeling particularily well after they discovered what was left of Kath Woodyend. So it was decided that they went ahead to the Green Dragon while the rest gathered the pieces of Kath they could find for the burial. When those taking part in the funeral procedures finally came to the Green Dragon they were faced with a peculiar sight. Lommy Baggins was banging her head against the wall and just next beside her Brinn Burrows was kicking herself mumbling quietly “If I’m wrong this time I’ll eat my socks...” At the table of adults Volo Proudfoot sat alone repeating a mantra to himself: “I wish I was dead... too much influence... my head’s going to explode...” “Mine too!” yelled the Baggins and banged her head to the wall once again. At the elder’s table there were two round-shouldered figures who were eating different clothing items. Farael Twofoot was just eating his hat and passed the tomatosauce to Menel Furryface who tried to gnaw through his sandal. In the middle of this The Might of Greenholm sat in the floor scattering ashes to his hair and wailing “I’m a total fool... I’ll vote for anyone you tell me to vote... I’ll eat my socks if you insist...” ~~ It was only the second breakfast that brought things back to order and the accusations started to fly once again. And this time it felt like being real. The Might* was heavily suspected from his reckless actions yesterday but also Menel Furryface took his part of the accusations. Towards the late hours Kuru Shrewthwacker and Farael Twofoot went after each other heatedly enough in the elder’s table. Walking sticks were swang to and fro and the others had to cool the oldtimers down. It seemed age-old feuds were easily reignited in times of trouble. But in the end it was pretty clear what was the result. It was perhaps even too clear to aid them much in the coming Days... But Menel Furryfoot it was to be this Day. ~~ Volo* Proudfoot stood up and walked to the door. “Just wait a minute. I’ll bring you something I’ve designed toDay”. He went outside the door and soon everyone heard the clatter and rattling. Finally he emerged from the doorway dragging an iron cage with him. Menel went pale just with the sight of it. “Now this should make the Furryfoot talk! I’ve designed it myself and would like to call it the Iron Hobbitess. You can see the sharpened ironspikes inside... they’re calculated to inflict enough pain for the victim to actually talk as they penetrate his flesh. And if it’s a werewolf we have in there he can’t escape from the cage. What say you?” Volo looked proud with his invention as the others sat gasping and tried to swallow the idea. “Okay, inside you go!” called the Might of Greenholm and looked towards Menel. “Yeah, you should try that one out!” added Shasta of the River and yanked Menel up from his place in the table of elders. “I’ll give you a hand”, said Brinn and took the other hand of Menel starting to drag him towards the Iron Hobbitess. Fea Briarpatch and Kuru Shrewthwacker raised up at the same time from the elder’s table and gave a hand in pushing the now screaming Menel inside the cage. Mac Sandyman had also stood up and came to help tucking Menel’s head inside. Finally it was Lommy Baggins who slammed the door of the cage close. Volo slipped in the bolt immediately just in case. Menel howled loudly. He screamed his lungs empty. The blood was rapidly spreading on the floor. “Uh-oh... I may have miscalculated the length of the spikes then...”, Volo muttered apologetically. Menel Furryfoot was dead pierced by the spikes. He was nothing more than a decent ordinary hobbit. ~~ The dead: Nogrod* (mod) - Noggie Boffin - beheaded and played soccer with on Night1 Nerwen (ordo) - Nerwen Hornblower - jumped to the river not to force anyone to kill another hobbit on Day1 Valier (ordo) - Vallen FurryFoot - skinned, grilled and served as a breakfast on Night2 Rikae (ordo) – Rikae Took - left the Hobbitton to find aid from somewhere in the middle of Day2 A Little Green (the Breath) - Lilla Greenhand - beaten to death by the hobbits on Day2 Legate of Amon Lanc (ordo) - Legate Sackville-Baggins - sacked, bagged & hanged on Night3 Satansaloser2005 (ordo) - Sally Shortbrush - rammed dead with a table on Day3 Mormegil (the ranger of the Shire) - Mormegil Harrybelly - stabbed to death on Day3 Kath (the seer of the shire) – Kath Woodyend - slashed into pieces during a round game on Night4 Meneltarmacil (ordo) - Lupo Furryface - pierced dead inside the Iron Hobbitess on Day4 The living: Thinlómien - Lommy Baggins Aganzir - Agan Sackville-Baggins Volo - Justy Proudfoot Macalaure - Mac Sandyman The Might - Might of Greenholm Feanor of the Peredhil - Belladonna Briarpatch Brinniel - Brinn Burrows Farael – Farael Twofoot Shastanis Althreduin – Shasta of the River Kuruharan -Kuru Shrewthwacker Night5 begins. Wolves plan forwards... and remember to send your kill to Legate as well. Good Night! __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet... Last edited by Nogrod; 12-06-2007 at 04:20 PM.

12-07-2007, 09:31 AM	#537
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	Important announcement! Day5 will be postponed with 24 hours. Day5 will start at 9PM GMT on Saturday 8th of December. Wolves take your time... ordinary Shirefolk concentrate. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

12-08-2007, 03:00 PM	#538
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	Night5 ”Something the Flame said yesterNight got me thinking and I believe I’ve found a stinger that will really offer a challenge”, the Drop said as the werewolves gathered around the mallorn once again. “I’m all ears”, the Flame responded immediately. “I’m afraid I have no choice...”, the Shard muttered. “Okay then Shard. Now are you a werewolf due to your own will? By your own choosing that is?” the Drop asked innocentishly. “Of course not”, the Shard snapped back. “But what do these hypotheticals have to do with anything? I’m a werewolf whether it’s my own choosing or not and that’s what counts.” “Ahh, but in morality it counts... and elsewhere too. Be patient my friend”, the Drop answered and continued. “So as a werewolf – not from your own choosing – could you decide or will to decide not to kill anyone?” The Drop grinned. “Well...” the Shard managed to mumble. “R-rright! That’s the point I’ve been looking for!” the Flame rejoiced. “If you can’t help it then you can’t be blamed on it either! You can’t say it’s good or bad to breathe as you just can’t help breathing...” “And it’s even more radical than that”, the Drop announced solemnly. “We’re beyond goor and evil my brothers!” “Just a moment... I think I’m getting your point, but...”, the Shard thought out aloud with half-voice. “But if you’re putting forward a thesis that says that we act according to what is our nature and perform quite well with it... it would also mean that we’re... good werewolves!” “Good werewolves beyond good and evil?” the Flame chuckled, “Well look at the scoreboard. Definitevely good, not beyond anything else but a poor performance...” “Please Flame. We're serious now”, the Drop put in. “Okay, let me put it to you then”, the Shard said now clearly upbeat, following the train of his own thoughts. “I’ll make a new distinction for us. So what comes to our essence as what we are by nature - and which we can't choose - we’re good. Like a knife is good when it performs the tasks that make it a knife well... and as werewolves we’re the killers and we kill effectively so we’re good werewolves. But as moral subjects we are beyond good and evil because we have no choice but to do what we do...” “That was pretty impressive! I was thinking exactly something like that!” the Drop applauded the Shard even if he realised his pun wasn’t the best one. “Wait a minute then!” the Flame broke in. “Following this theory of yours I mean... What would you have to say about the hobbits then?” The Flame smiled widely. The two were astonished enough for the Flame to take the word back to him. “So my turn then? Now what kind of creature is a hobbit... a good hobbit?” the Flame grinned barely able to control a laughter. “Generous... laughing..., friendly, warmhearted?” the Drop began. “I see what you mean!” the Shard said. “So also peaceful, non-violent, never killing any one of his kin...” “Ditto! And look at our hobbits here: quarrelsome, accusatory, ill-wishing, rude... and to top it all more than ready to kill each other!” the Flame paraded. “Very bad hobbits indeed... both in essence and from the moral point of view!” the Drop yelled as he understood what the Flame meant. “So, we’re the goodies and they’re the baddies!” the Shard underlined the proposition on the air. After that there was no return. All the three werewolves roared with laughter and patted each other on the shoulders. “Oh, my stomach hurts!” the Drop managed to wail in between the laughters. ~~ “Okay then. We goodies have work to do”, the Shard reminded the others eventually, smiling widely. “Yeah, let’s do it in a way that fits our new identity”, the Flame grinned. “How about that one?” the Drop pointed at a gorgeous hobbithole some hundred yards from them. “Isn’t that the Baggins? A fine pick I’d say...” the Shard nodded and followed the Drop. “Bring her here to the mallorn, I’ve an idea... and bring some rope will'ya?” the Flame called after the two others who were already on their way. ~~ The Shard and the Drop brought Lommy Baggins to the mallorn. She had stopped fighting back a long ago as she had realised she was no match for the two giant werewolves. The Flame then presented them with his plan holding two fireworks left by Gandalf in his claws. “Now, here’s what we do... We’ll tie her arms to her body and then two of these rockets to her sides... and maybe that big one to her back”. “Excellent idea! I’ve always loved fireworks!” “And no more lullabies or round games... I’ve never quite liked them anyhow”, the Shard commented. ~~ The hobbits woke that morning to the sound of fireworks going off. And as they went to their windows this was what they saw. The Day rose just moments after the fireworks display was over. There were small pieces of hobbit everywhere as well as parts of clothing. The smell of sulphur still remained in the air. Lommy* Baggins was nowhere to be seen... ~~ The dead: Nogrod* (mod) - Noggie Boffin - beheaded and played soccer with on Night1 Nerwen (ordo) - Nerwen Hornblower - jumped to the river not to force anyone to kill another hobbit on Day1 Valier (ordo) - Vallen FurryFoot - skinned, grilled and served as a breakfast on Night2 Rikae (ordo) – Rikae Took - left the Hobbitton to find aid from somewhere in the middle of Day2 A Little Green (the Breath) - Lilla Greenhand - beaten to death by the hobbits on Day2 Legate of Amon Lanc (ordo) - Legate Sackville-Baggins - sacked, bagged & hanged on Night3 Satansaloser2005 (ordo) - Sally Shortbrush - rammed dead with a table on Day3 Mormegil (the ranger of the Shire) - Mormegil Harrybelly - stabbed to death on Day3 Kath (the seer of the shire) – Kath Woodyend - slashed into pieces during a round game on Night4 Meneltarmacil (ordo) - Lupo Furryface - pierced dead inside the Iron Hobbitess on Day4 Thinlómien (ordo) - Lommy Baggins - blown to the skies with fireworks on Night5 The living: Aganzir - Agan Sackville-Baggins Volo - Justy Proudfoot Macalaure - Mac Sandyman The Might - Might of Greenholm Feanor of the Peredhil - Belladonna Briarpatch Brinniel - Brinn Burrows Farael – Farael Twofoot Shastanis Althreduin – Shasta of the River Kuruharan -Kuru Shrewthwacker Day5 begins... Three against six. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet... Last edited by Nogrod; 12-08-2007 at 03:03 PM.

12-08-2007, 04:08 PM	#540
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	This is looking difficult.... the wolves have played us very skillfuly!!! I still think that The Might is too wolvish... and thus, probably a wolf. But I've been so wrong this time around that I'm starting to get paranoid. I really think Kuruharan made a lot of weak accusations, then I reacted to that and he answered with the typical "oh, you are defending yourself thus you ought to be a wolf". I still say that I was attacking him, not defending myself. Look it on your own and make your choice, but I believe Kuru is a wolf. Furthermore, he was quiet and reserved throughout the whole game, and then BAM he's all over me. Smelled blood and went for the kill. Problem is, even if The Might and Kuruharan are both wolves, I'm at a loss as to who the third one is. I'd love to hear a good case against Shasta 'cps I haven't seen it myself... and even though I know it's frustrating when one's too busy to play but still doing their best, Fea has flown completely under the radar, and she's smart enough to pull it off. Still, before going into a witch hunt for the third wolf I cannot find, I'd much rather get rid of Might and Kuruwolf. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

12-08-2007, 04:08 PM	#541
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Well, obviously I was wrong about Menel being a wolf. I admit I can't help but feel more than frustrated at that and the idea of how much these wolves are manipulating us. I miscalculated yesterDay- we should actually have two more Days to catch one wolf, which means two more chances. But it doesn't help that a third of us are baddies toDay, which will make things even more difficult. I said yesterDay I thought there was at least one wolf among Menel and Might. My mind hasn't changed. Menel is dead and innocent...which leaves Might. I am quite ready to lynch him toDay, but I won't be so hasty to vote for him just yet. Because I first want to consider other possible werewolves. There are two of them (three if I'm wrong about Might), and I'm really unsure on who they might be. I've reached a point where no one seems innocent anymore and everyone looks suspicious. It might make me more paranoid, but perhaps that is best so that I no longer let anyone slip under-the-radar. Here's some first thoughts on everyone: Aganzir: I don't like her sudden violent attacks on me. She's the one who began suspecting me and somehow drew up a lot of support. She is wrong because I know I'm innocent, even if I can't prove it to anyone, but I'm still not sure whether her attacks are that of a wolf's. If they are, she is being a very bold wolf. Volo: I began to suspect him less yesterDay mainly because I thought Menel was a wolf. But now that Menel's been proven innocent, I'm beginning to suspect him a bit more. I'm feeling very uneasy about Volo; I think I had good reasons to suspect him previously, and I might've let him off the hook too easily. I definitely need to take a closer look at him. Mac: I've found him innocentish for most of the game, but perhaps I shouldn't let him slip by so easily. After all, in previous games I've been so sure that certain people were innocent, only to find out they were wolves. He's definitely not the most suspicious, but I would still like to watch him more closely for now on. Might: Guilty. I think we've been too quick to overlook him and we can't disregard the fact that his newbie behaviour might also be wolfish behaviour. Acting like a confused newbie is the easiest cover-up. The other wolves might even be encouraging it because it's confusing us so much. And I still can't see why Kath wouldn't dream of him when she kept him on her suspicious list all the Days she was alive. Might just feels guilty to me. Of course, I won't deny I have this fear that I could be horribly wrong like I was with Menel. If I am, I really will eat my socks! Fea: I'm really worried about how Fea has somehow managed to slip under-the-radar. I've never actually really played with her so I don't know her style so well, but from what I've heard, she can be quite fearsome as a wolf. I think she's definitely someone everyone should start watching more closely. I haven't taken much time looking at her posts, and perhaps I should. Farael: I can't deny I'm uneasy about how every Day he attacks one person and votes for them early on, even though he manages to stick around until close to the deadline. It's suspicious....but then again, would a wolf be so obvious? Shasta: He's our only quiet player during this game and therefore has managed to slide under the radar. At this point, we can't let anyone do that, no matter how little they've posted. Again, he's another I need to look at more closely. I admit I've overlooked him up until this point. Kuru: His uncertainty about things always seemed to be a bit odd. Then his post #491 really throws me...I stated my reasons for it earlier. I don't like his attack on Farael at all. Farael may have been arguing his post, and while his name might have been mentioned in it, I don't think his argument was all that defensive...he actually did make some good points. So when Kuru titles his next post, "Did I touch a nerve?" I feel he's almost provoking Farael. So right now I'm going to go with saying I suspect everyone. I just need to figure out which people I suspect more. I definitely need to take a better look at everyone's posts from yesterDay (and even before), but that will have to wait until later when I have more time. Werewolf: Guilty until proven innocent. EDIT: X-ed with Farael __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

12-08-2007, 04:39 PM	#543
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Ok, who in Sauron's name came up with the brilliant idea of quoting every single post made by another player? honestly, I'm starting to think it a plausible wolf strategy, as it looks REALLY helpful, but it only takes about two minutes worth of the Search function and copy-paste. Something to chew on __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

12-08-2007, 04:45 PM	#544
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Shasta, why quote every post Volo has ever written without any comments from yourself? At least explain why you're doing it because my goodness that is a long post with no new information... __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

12-08-2007, 04:49 PM	#545
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	Shasta, you have got to be kidding us! I second Farael. You're not the first who did it, but I hope you're the last. It looks far more helpful than it is, and it's simply too huge to be even readable. If you really need the posts for reference, link to them. And did you just say edit?

12-08-2007, 04:57 PM	#546
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Ack, can you stop editing, Shasta? I really don't want to keep going back through that unbelievably huge post to look at new comments you keep editing in, which I can see you're doing right now. If you've got commentary, please put it in a new post! __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

12-08-2007, 05:11 PM	#547
Shastanis Althreduin Werewolf Psychic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In fire, water, earth, and air. But mostly water. Posts: 2,832	sigh I knew I probably wasn't cut out for this style of play, and this seems to only clinch it. I'm sorry. I'll shut up.

12-08-2007, 05:23 PM	#549
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	Don't shut up, please. This "style of play", if there is one, is rather easy, actually. Basically, you just read through the thread, note down whatever comes to your mind, and post it with some conclusions. But don't re-post the whole posts. And editing is against the rules.

12-08-2007, 05:47 PM	#550
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	at work; posting fast I'm merely going to proceed under the assumption that over that overly long Night we just had, more people than just me have realized that if the wolves pull off a double-ordo lynch today, they win. The thing that worries me most about today is the end-of-day. I'm worried that everyone will hold their posts until last minute to make sure the wolves don't have the last word. Which means that there's probably going to be a mad lot of cross posting. I don't have time right now to posit ways to solve what looks to me like a very dangerous end-of-day situation. I'll try to come up with options while I do work-things. Gotta go. __________________ peace

12-08-2007, 07:11 PM	#552
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Well, having read some of Shasta's (illegaly edited ) comments she does not look THAT horribly wolfish... still, something to keep an eye on. Fea does bring up a good point... better to have voting spread out and not all crumpled together at the end of the Day. Having said that, nothing new has developed since the beginning of the day, other than that ugly looooong post.... Fea seems to be busy once again, and while I would not hold "being busy" against her, it has happened before that a wolf won 'cos of RL issues kept him/her away from the game. At this moment she and Shasta are tied for a "third wolf" place. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

12-08-2007, 10:52 PM	#553
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,589	A comment on today's action so far: I think that Shasta doing something so noticable at this juncture seems to indicate more toward innocence than guilt. To me it seems unlikely that a wolf would do something like that to draw attention at this stage in events. I'm afraid that it will be impossible for me to be around much tomorrow until a couple hours before the deadline. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

12-09-2007, 07:28 AM	#556
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	It has been said before, but I'll repeat it anyway: The Wolves might be getting bold and trying to move the discussion into certain directions more openly, so trust noone except yourself. However this doesn't mean that you shouldn't agree with other players - agreeing is the key to survival, because while the Innocents can't agree, the Wolves can. I hope this is clear. If not, ask me and I'll explain. I'm both very sad that Lommy died, and very relieved, because I was getting somewhat paranoid about her. I think both her's and Menel's innocence looks good on Brinn and Mac. There are three into whose position I could put myself: Brinn, Mac and Farael. In Mac's case his style still looks a bit odd to me compared to the earlier games with him, but on the whole I can imagine myself trying to play like they do. The person I find the least suspicious is Farael, his posts against Kuru yesterDay look genuine. I'm glad he's not becoming the second Menel. Kuru's reaction on the other hand, doesn't. Neither do I think that Kuru's actions are too obvious for a Wolf. I agree with Brinn, that Kuru was provoking Farael and causing general chaos. Otherwise I don't know if this reserved style is typical of Kuru, in any case I don't like it as it - like Lommy said - a Wolf's style: A style in which it is easy to change your words later, but dangerous when Innocent, because - like Fea said - it makes Kuru a perfect target for the Wolves at Night. Apart from Kuru I am suspicious of Shasta and Aganzir, so far mostly because I'm less suspicious of others. I'll try to look at these two. Fea. As much as I disapprove of Fea's style - although I'm inclined to believe it's because of her having too little time (Or am I? I do believe you have a lot of work, but your style overall would probably be the same if you had loads of time.) - I feel that she's Innocent. I can't see any suspicious interractions between Fea and anybody else and I do believe that Fea would play differently were she Wolf. Maybe my eyes are just too innocent... The Might... He's like Menel - much too obvious, it seems. I don't believe anything can be clearly decided about him anymore. He either is a Wolf or isn't. I hope he's not, because I don't want to bother myself with that anymore. What I do think is that too much pressure has been put on him - bullying newbies to get something smart out of them is not a good idea. I made an elaborate vote-chart, but I couldn't find anything new from it - except something to do with Lommy, but since she's dead, I dont this it matters. Although I don't like Fea's and Kuru's votes. Fea has noticed the ongoing trend early and voted by it. Kuru was away on a very critical Day, and it's a great pity. Next I'm going to study some lorebooks about the history of the Shrewthwackers and the Briarpatches. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

12-09-2007, 09:08 AM	#557
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	To say the truth, I'm not sure if Fea's absense is a bad thing - first time I played with her (SPM's game) she was equally confusing, but louder. Since morm is probably the person who knows Fea and Kuru the best - well, he's even bragged about it - I'm going through what he said about them. Don't worry, I'm not putting blind trust into his words, as he too happens to be wrong at times. Fea: Morm says that Fea is not playing like she usually is, but doesn't suspect her otherwise. Kuru: Morm highly suspects Kuru, along me and Menel. His points against Kuru are mainly based on Kuru's accusations against morm. Morm thinks that Kuru isn't playing as well as he should. Understandable as Kuru is very quick to accuse morm, already in his first post on Day3. He does his share keeping morm in the spotlight through the whole Day, notably #268, #297 and #355. But then he actually votes Sally... By the way, I noticed that Shasta, Lily and Kuru haven't really mentioned eachother. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

12-09-2007, 09:18 AM	#558
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	Aganzir, Kuru and Shasta haven't really mentioned eachother. Last time Aganzir was a Wolf, she was one of the best Wolves I ever played against. That might be our Wolf-trio, but I suspect Kuru the most. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

12-09-2007, 10:26 AM	#560
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,911	Kuruharan Day One A lot of one-liners. Very carefully suspects some people to be good or evil. Doesn't know what to think of TM's self-vote. Argues a little with Lommy and would prefer her over Nerwen (both innocent). Votes Nerwen to avoid double lynch. "If Nerwen* is innocent, look at Thinlómien"* -His Day One point more towards guilty than innocent, I have to say. His general behavior around double lynches is suspicious. Yes, they are bad, but: -He spends most of his close-to-deadline time talking about them and how bad they are. -He makes the village focus on a few candidates, all of them (except TM) known to be innocent by now. This way he keeps new and possibly guilty names off the list. -He often points out how uncomfortable he is with the given candidates, which leaves an impression of false tears. Not there on Day Two. Day Three. Goes after morm, then forgets about but takes it up again later. I'm not sure what to think about it. Points out Sally's strangeness, but no more, which keeps her in the spotlight and him outside of it if she gets lynched. Wants to explore options while dissuading people to take them. Mentions issues with TM. -His treatment of Sally is extremely suspicious. I'm not sure what to do with his treatment of morm. Day Four. Starts the day with suspicions against TM, Menel, and Lommy (urges TM to explain himself). Goes after TM and Menel equally, but clearly favors Menel, and the way he does looks fake (470). "If you're (TM) innocent, like you say you are that would be the worst thing you could do." - and that after he urged him to explain himself before. Observe he doesn't say "This makes him suspicious", but "This is not good if you're innocent". Another fit of near-deadline angst gets Farael onto him. I can understand Kuru's reaction, I would have reacted the same. -The interaction with TM is definitely suspicious. Well, even though he doesn't scream wolf, I haven't really found anything that made me feel better of him. Right now, I think he's the second wolf next to the Might.