Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVII: Ballroom Blitz - Admin Thread
 

Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVII: Ballroom Blitz

All residents of the Barrow are cordially invited to the Black and Wight Ball.

Black and Wight attire is recommended. Masks are required.

RSVP as soon as possible.

Sincerely,
Your Woman-of-the-Secret-Shadow of a hostess,
Thuringwethil (Durelin)


About the Game:

Days = Dances
24 hours RL time = 1 Day = 1 Dance
Nights = Rests
24 hours RL time = 1 Night = 1 Rest

The band will play on, regardless of whether or not the villagers wish to dance or to lynch. When the music is not being played, well, someone will not be able to find a seat, and the wolves will find him or her easy pickings. In this case, being without a partner is more than simply socially unacceptable.

In place of the usual pretend ‘roles,’ you may choose who/what you are going to the ball as.

(All of this dancing nonsense is just for fun. You may call Days and Nights simply Days and Nights, and you may think of the village in normal terms. Playing along with the ball setting is optional.)


Among your partners you will find:
Preferably at least 10 Ordinary Villagers
2 Werewolves
2 Cobblers, each with the knowledge of one Werewolf


Rules:

1. Double-lynchings are allowed. (Subject to change, if desired.)
2. Retractable votes are allowed.
3. The Werewolves work together, and converse each Night, including Night 1. They choose one kill each Night, excepting Night 1.
4. Both Cobblers want the Werewolves to win. One Cobbler knows who one Werewolf is, the other Cobbler knows who the other Werewolf is. The Cobblers do not know who each other are.
5. The Werewolves do not know who the Cobblers are at all.
6. Let's try no editing! :p
7. Keep the severity level down.


~*~*Guest List*~*~

Durelin as Thuringwethil (Mod and Hostess)
CaptainofDespair as The Witch-King (Co-mod and Host; will play if needed)
mormegil as a (Kewl-Shades) Rude Boy
Kath as a (Beautiful) Butterfly
Farael as a Fair-looking Orc
Rikae as an Entwife
Nogrod as a Nice Choirboy
Lalwende as a (Mischievous Little) Christmas Elf
Kitanna as a Rejected Band Member wearing a bag with eyeholes (teh ugly bag?! :eek: )
Naria as a Spoiled Heiress wearing a Venetian half mask
Macalaure as a Mime
Celuien as a Cowgirl
Valier as a Flighty Young Woman wearing an exotic colourful bird mask (clever!)
Eomer as Vorgram, Ancient Prince of Wargs
Cailín as a Robin
Holbytlass as a Court Jester
Folwren as an Elegant, Cold, Stoic, Mysterious Countess



Go ahead an sign up here! Sign up in the next day or so and you might get a complimentary invisible cookie absolutely possibly free!

When you sign up (or soonish after you sign up), please let me know who/what you are going to the Ball as. Thank you!

When is your preferred start-date? I'd like a game over the holidays but maybe other people want to start sooner.

Well, there is a mix...for some people, the holidays are better. For others, they need a game to start very soon. It all depends on how much interest I get really soon, I suppose.

I don't want to close sign up early, though, because I want this to be a large game.

Basically, if I get a good number of players quickly, I'm going to start the game as soon as I get "enough." If it takes longer, than I'll let sign up time be a little longer, and we might end up playing during the holidays. If a number of people are available except for on Christmas Day, then it might be possible to "pause" the game for 24 hours. We will simply have to trust our wolves to not use this time to PM among themselves (I will declare this against the rules), so they don't get any extra plotting time. ;)

Sorry I can't really tell you more. I'm flexible, but this is a tricksy time of year, I know.

As for starting/ending times: I am in EST. If the game gets started very soon, the start/end time can be anytime between about 3:30 pm and 9:00 pm. If the game does not start for a little while, then I may be more flexible (anytime between 12:30 pm and 9:00 pm, really).

I'm in, though I miss the double lynchings.

I do too...I'm hesitant only because that will be easy for all four of the nasties to use to their advantage.

We'll see, though. :D

And may I know who/what you are going to the ball as (whenever is fine, just reminding/making that clear)? Only so I have something to work with. :p

For old times sake I will go as a Rude Boy they wear sunglasses, is that okay?

I'll join! This definitely won't start before Wednesday so I'm good to go. I think I'll come as a butterfly, unless wilwa chooses to play in which case I will pass the mask on to her. :)

Yay, welcome, Kath, morm!

morm - That's fine. Pretty much anything goes. :D

If that is true, then I'm in.... and I guess it IS true, 'cos it'd be rather rare if it started tomorrow :p

Who should I be.... hmm..... I'll go dressed as a fair looking orc.

I'd like to join...and it looks like the WWJ game isn't going to happen, so I'm free. I suppose I'll go as an entwife...

This will be a brilliant game, Durelin, and I'm heartily sorry that I won't be able to make it...I'll read it with much interest...

I'm in.

But if this game won't start early enough to end before Christmas (which becomes all the time more and more probable) I will have to pull out.

Count me in too.

I will come to the ball as a nice choirboy.

Yay, welcome Rikae, Lommy, and Nogrod!

I hope you can play, Lommy, though I guess we will have to see. If it looks like things are going to be too tight, maybe we can work something out...I'm not sure what, but I'd like to try!

I wish you could play, too, Ang! You were out of the last WWJ game far too quickly for anyone to enjoy your presence...which of course was partially my fault. I still feel absolutely miserable for that.

Lommy I could just promise to lynch you before the date :D

I could help with it. Think of the rude boy and the nice boy organising your lynch in time. How balanced! :cool:

And surely it would be nice to see Ang again. I have been partly to blame for his two last lynches as innocent, so hopefully I could do him more justice this time and trust him for a reason or at last help to lynch him as an actual culprit... ;)

Maybe, if Durelin gives us a pause over the Christmas days (48 hours from eve to the second day fex.?) more would join in? I mean if that's the case...

Yes I could be in for this! How much/how many times will I need to be 'logging on' each day? I'll have a stinker of a day next Tuesday, but only from about 9-5!

You need at least one post in a Day because otherwise you tend to get lynched. Otherwise it depends on your playing style. Some people post 10 enormous posts in a Day, others only post 2/3 times. Just see what works for you. But you will need to keep up so you might want to log on just to read what's gone on even if you aren't going to post.

Yes. This is a matter of dispute, for some of us hold it pretty nasty to just read and not actually post more than to mourn for the dead and say hello... But as I know it from personal experience, those complainers also meet their deaths very early most of the time... :D

So just see what comes naturally.

A pause over Christmas 24, or even 48 hours, would be quite possible, I think, as long as I feel I can trust my wolves to be good sports. :D

Yay, Lal! Well, getting on at least twice during the 24 hour Day period sounds fine to me if you're an innocent, but if you're a wolf you might want to be on a little more during the Night. The best thing is to be able to get online as close to the end of the Day as possible, simply because having to vote early isn't normally desired.

If you're going to be unable to get online for a long period of time, as long as you drop a notice on the Admin thread all shall be fine.

Edit: Wow, it's like the game's already started...cross-posted with Kath and Nogrod.

Seeing that Gil's game is a no go, is there still room in your's Durelin?

Of course! I do not see there not being room...I want this to be as large a game as possible! :D

I will be a spoiled Heiress who will wear a Venetian half mask.

Welcome, Naria!

We've got 9 players, 10 if CaptainofDespair plays instead of co-modding for me. I'd like to have at least 4 more players, if possible. I'd love to have even more.

How about Macalaure and Nimrodel_9? They were about to play in Gil's game and as far as I know, have not said they would be withdrawing for any general reason. So hopefully we'll have them with us here?

Ah, yeah. Hopefully we will! I'll PM them if they don't post anything soonish, but I won't bug them yet. :p

I would really like to play, but I won't be home over the week-end. :(

If we start the first Day next Monday, I'm in. Otherwise, put me down as probably, because I'd have to be really short for three days, which wouldn't be to my liking.

I wouldn't worry about the trustworthiness of the wolves. After all, we're already trusting them not to pm on days without being able to actually control it.
I'd prefer a 48 hours pause over Christmas. I mean, how much sense makes it to play on the 25th, if you get a total of ten posts because people don't have the time?

Anyway, can I be a mime?


edit: PS: I've never seen such a busy Admin-thread. :D

Ah, I thought we spoke to so...welcome, Mac! And well, we'll see when the game starts...

It's better for Lommy that it starts really soon, but it's better for others that it wait.

I'll go with whatever the majority of those with time issues need.

It does look like we'll have a break for Christmas (at least simply the 25th) though.

I think the Christmas break will be quite central to people's joining-decision. I would strongly favour a break on the 24th and 25th.

If you are wanting to play shortly and you need another player, you can contact me and I'll play for you. But I will only play if you need me. You see, I don't really have time for it, but I would like to play...but I can't really make any excuses to play unless you actually need me. So, after you've waited a while and if the last few that you need still have showed up, you can count me in.

EDIT: Best time for me is next week. :)

-- Folwren

We need you Foley! 'nuff said? :D

Btw. there seems to be a general problem of the Downs clock going forwards and backwards in some random fashion, so that should be taken account of. Just check the time when your post is recognised by the downs and compare it to your own computer's or watch's time or what have you.

I mean in the end of the Day in a game it's many times a question of one minute when the going gets tough. So should we just rely on some general time and disregard different times the Downs are proposing as they seem to run from over 50 minutes errors to a few minute ones (including the half an hour ones too - my last was 19 minutes off)?

Unless the problem gets solved, to be sure.

Seeing as this is a party, I suppose my role for my role I'd like to go as a rejected band member, wearing a bag with eye holes as my mask.
If the game starts before December 16, there's a good chance I won't be around much that day. Also I'm starting back at work soon, so I'll be able to make several posts a day, but they'll be far apart. Hope that's not a big problem.

Well, just let me know if you need another player and cannot find one. I'm quite happy to mod, and just as happy to play. Thus, a win-win. :)

Would you do a third wolf if we have enough players and not add a cobbler? Also, will the cobbler role be known after their death or since they are technically innocent will they be seen as an innocent villager?

Thanks, Foley! I'll let you know as soon as I can whether or not I absolutely need you. :D

morm - I want to have my two cobblers. :p And each Cobbler's role will be revealed after their death.

If we get a whole bunch of people somehow, I might add both a 3rd Wolf and a Seer, though...

Alright, let's get some official votes right now:

Everyone signed up for and/or interested in this game: Please post here or PM me to let me know which you prefer overall, if you have not already made it clear: starting as soon as possible, or waiting to start until Monday, December 18.

If the game runs into Christmas, we'll pause for the 24th and 25th.

Is there room at the ball for a cowgirl? :)

Yay!

Anytime. :D

Edit: As for clock times and all that: I will most likely be judging start and end times by the clock on this computer, which reads at this moment 8:36 pm. Yes, definitely quite a bit off from the 'Downs time...it reads 8:10 pm for GMT -5 (EST)...

See, the werewolf-previously-free-except-for-Fea's-lunacy--zone has no idea what this bit about cobblers means. And as I read this, it sounds like a foregone conclusion that they die. Or does this mean 'if they die'?

Is there some place that explains what all these special roles are or do you have to read over all the previous WW games to get it?

I'm sorry, I fail! I should have listed an explanation of the Cobbler role in the first post.

But here we are...better late than never? As ever...

A Cobbler is a villager who is such a sorry soul that he/she wishes to bring about not only their own death, but also the deaths of...well, everyone else! They are an innocent, ordinary villager, but one who wishes the Werewolves to win. Normally, the Cobbler does not know the identity of any of the wolves, but still must try and help them win somehow.

In this game, there will be two Cobbers, and each Cobbler knows the identity of one of the two Werewolves (each Cobblers knows a different werewolf). Neither Cobbler knows who the other is, and the Werewolves are completely in the dark as to who the Cobblers are.

They do not necessarily die, though usually they do... So, yes, that should have been an "if," technically. Sorry! They are just like any other villager, though, and so can be lynched or killed by the wolves.