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littlemanpoet · 06-02-2006, 08:40 PM

I have been to the next village where there is a certain Arts Festival that I refuse to miss. Back now. A quick post follows of various mullings. After posting that, I'll go back and read what you all have said so far toDay.

Alas for the loss of the innocent Spawn. These werewolves know she's dangerous. What did she say? Or were they just being preemptive, I wonder?

I'm quite sorry to have started the bandwagon against an innocent lynchee. That said, we need to take a look at who jumped on the bandwagon. Whether there was a werewolf in the mix needs to be considered. My motivation for voting for SPM was as given: I didn't trust him. It could be argued that his 'family' had it coming and can no longer depend on a good reputation to carry through. Two of his three most recent forbears were a werewolf and a traitor. That has made him infamous, not unlike the position Feanor's family has been in for generations.

Mithalwen's motivation was apparently that she found my reasoning convincing. The last two voters were trying to save Caranlondien from being lynched ... if she's actually the hunter; more on that later. The middle voter ?___________? is perhaps the most suspicious. Motivation:______________________?

Regarding Caranlondien: She may be the Hunter. If so, we have a known innocent that the werewolves must kill with loss to their ranks. They may not dare - yet - in which case we must use her as best we can. But there's a problem. Caran may be a werewolf claiming to be the Hunter. If she is not the real Hunter, the real Hunter has enough sense to stay under cover in order to be most useful, because, following this line of thinking, if Caran's not the Hunter, she's a shockingly bold werewolf, knowing that a wise hunter will stay undercover for a while, thus duping the lot of us to think she's innocent for a bunch of Days. So how do we go about proving or getting Caran to prove that she's the Hunter? Or would it be best to figure that she's probably not that shockingly bold? I tend to think that she probably is the Hunter, but I wanted to bring up the possibility that she's not, just to get us thinking about it.

One more comment about personal style. It could be argued that one of the things that got SPM lynched was what appeared to be the arrogant scorn with which he responded to other players' explanations in defense. His is an analytical mind and it would appear that he has no patience, nor, it would seem, can allow for the possibility that those who use a less analytical approach might have something worth contributing. But he and his ilk have been proven quite clearly wrong. In the most recent incident in a certain seaside village, one of the least analytical villagers was spot-on but was shouted down by the analytical thinkers who arrogated their own style as the only proper one. Had they but listened to this one, who happened to know the people about whom she was speaking much better than her analytical counterparts, the village would have been saved. But they didn't. And they died.

So..... Let's not disregard anybody's contributions on the grounds that there's is not like ours. That's foolish, and any village that does so, deserves to get eaten.

'Nuff said.

06-02-2006, 08:40 PM	#269
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I have been to the next village where there is a certain Arts Festival that I refuse to miss. Back now. A quick post follows of various mullings. After posting that, I'll go back and read what you all have said so far toDay. Alas for the loss of the innocent Spawn. These werewolves know she's dangerous. What did she say? Or were they just being preemptive, I wonder? I'm quite sorry to have started the bandwagon against an innocent lynchee. That said, we need to take a look at who jumped on the bandwagon. Whether there was a werewolf in the mix needs to be considered. My motivation for voting for SPM was as given: I didn't trust him. It could be argued that his 'family' had it coming and can no longer depend on a good reputation to carry through. Two of his three most recent forbears were a werewolf and a traitor. That has made him infamous, not unlike the position Feanor's family has been in for generations. Mithalwen's motivation was apparently that she found my reasoning convincing. The last two voters were trying to save Caranlondien from being lynched ... if she's actually the hunter; more on that later. The middle voter ?___________? is perhaps the most suspicious. Motivation:______________________? Regarding Caranlondien: She may be the Hunter. If so, we have a known innocent that the werewolves must kill with loss to their ranks. They may not dare - yet - in which case we must use her as best we can. But there's a problem. Caran may be a werewolf claiming to be the Hunter. If she is not the real Hunter, the real Hunter has enough sense to stay under cover in order to be most useful, because, following this line of thinking, if Caran's not the Hunter, she's a shockingly bold werewolf, knowing that a wise hunter will stay undercover for a while, thus duping the lot of us to think she's innocent for a bunch of Days. So how do we go about proving or getting Caran to prove that she's the Hunter? Or would it be best to figure that she's probably not that shockingly bold? I tend to think that she probably is the Hunter, but I wanted to bring up the possibility that she's not, just to get us thinking about it. One more comment about personal style. It could be argued that one of the things that got SPM lynched was what appeared to be the arrogant scorn with which he responded to other players' explanations in defense. His is an analytical mind and it would appear that he has no patience, nor, it would seem, can allow for the possibility that those who use a less analytical approach might have something worth contributing. But he and his ilk have been proven quite clearly wrong. In the most recent incident in a certain seaside village, one of the least analytical villagers was spot-on but was shouted down by the analytical thinkers who arrogated their own style as the only proper one. Had they but listened to this one, who happened to know the people about whom she was speaking much better than her analytical counterparts, the village would have been saved. But they didn't. And they died. So..... Let's not disregard anybody's contributions on the grounds that there's is not like ours. That's foolish, and any village that does so, deserves to get eaten. 'Nuff said.