Admin Thread for Werewolf XLVIII: When Virtual Becomes Reality

[Brinniel]

Welcome to the 48th edition of Werewolf!

For the past several weeks there have been technical difficulties on the Barrow Downs. There have been obscene amounts of spamming and popular Downers have been receiving anonymous negative reps for no apparent reason. During different times of the day, sometimes hours at a time, the Downs is inaccessible to many and when the server isn’t Down, the smileys are…and suddenly once invisible ‘secret moderator forums’ become accessible to all. The BW has recently received complaints by several Downers that someone has been hacking into their accounts and making inappropriate posts. Now with all the mods’ accounts blocked and the BW unable to fix these technical difficulties himself, he has decided it is time to seek the source of the problem.

The Roles:

After our DWII epic, this game will be a fairly simple one.

3 hackers/werewolves
3 moderators/gifteds (seer, ranger, and hunter)
1 spammer/cobbler
And of course the rest are ordos

The Rules:

-The game will start with a Night phase.

-There will be absolutely no hints in the narrations!

-There will be no double lynches. In the case of a tie, the lynch will be randomized.

-No retractions are allowed.

-Those who do not vote two Days in a row will be modfired.

-Only the werewolves may talk at Night.

-Once you’re dead, you’re dead. That means no discussing the game, inside or outside the Barrow Downs.

-The ranger can protect someone more than once, but not two Nights in a row. He/she may protect him/herself once the entire game.

-The hunter will be a logical hunter.

-The deadline is now at 11pm GMT.

The Characters:

For your occupation (or whatever you want to call it), you may choose to be whatever stereotypical (or untypical) type of forum member you like. For example, you may choose to be the rabid fangirl, the purist…whatever. As long as it doesn’t interfere with the game roles (so you can’t be a spammer).

(Another idea: I originally had an idea for players to play each other as their character roles. I thought it’d be really fun…however, I found that there would be too many problems that could come up. For one, it may get too confusing and secondly, I worry that someone may get offended. Plus, it may make it more difficult for any possible newbies that may come along. But if anyone thinks otherwise and feels strongly for this idea…then please share your opinion. After all, it’s up to you players on what you want.)

Other notes:

I haven’t decided on a deadline yet, but my preferred time span is something around 9pm-12am GMT. If need be, could go even earlier.

I know it’s the summer holidays and all…and since we just finished a huge game, some of you may want a short break. I wasn’t in a rush to get this thread up because I know a lot of people are unavailable this weekend and possibly next week due to midsummer or whatever. And for me, it is the following weekend (27-30) that I will be busy. That means I won’t be starting the game any sooner than July 1. That gives a little less than two weeks for people to sign up. If we have enough players we will start on July 1, but would like a decent size village (15+) if possible, so if the sign ups are slow-going I can wait longer. American players- I know a lot of people go out of town for the 4th of July weekend…I will be around but if there are enough of you who aren’t, then we can work around that.

One more thing: At the time being, I am unemployed with all the time in the world on my hands. But I am hunting for a job and in the case that I do get one, I will most likely need a co-mod. It is not an issue I have to worry about right now, but it is something that I as well as anyone who may be interested should take into consideration.

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Players:

Nilpaurion Felagund~Ainulindalë Addict
Kitanna~the self-righteous know-it-all
Aganzir~non-anonymous neg-repper
Shastanis Althreduin~chatspeak translator
Nerwen~rabid fangirl
Boromir88~the one upper
Kath~artiste
Rikae~the person who tries to fake knowledge of the books and fails miserably
Durelin~Unreliable RPG Addict
Eomer of the Rohirrim~easily-offended trendy
Nogrod~the wanna-be moderator
The Elf-Warrior~nitpicker
satansaloser2005~a fan of everything but Tolkien
THE Ka~Artful Dodger
Eönwë~conspiracy theorist
The Sixth Wizard~grammar Nazi
Formendacil~Tolkien Canonist
Mithalwen~therapist
McCaber~does it 4 teh lulz

Sign up now!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

As for an in-character trait, can I be Mr. Underhill?

I can't? Well, then, I shall be a troll who cant spell rite (subject to change, though).

Sehr interessant concept, vzv, Brinn.

[Kitanna]

Sign me up. I died far too quickly last time. As far as stereotypical forum member....mmm I'll have to think about it.

[Aganzir]

Ooh, I wanna play!

Though I hope the game will be over (at least from my part) by 22nd of July, since after that I'll be away for some three weeks.

I'll think of an occupation later.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Brinn

I’m still deciding whether the hunted should be killed regardless if they’re a wolf or not…let me know your thoughts on this

I think this should depend on the size of the village (or, err, meeting). With a 15+ village the hunted could be killed regardless of their role, but if there are fewer players, the hunter could only be able to kill wolves.

And as for occupation... Does anonymous neg-repper interfere with the roles?

edit: Oh yes, and the deadline suggestions are fine with me, though the earlier the better, since I noticed DW affected my sleep rhythm rather badly. And do you mean the latest possible deadline is 12 am GMT or GST?

[Shastanis Althreduin]

I'd like to play, as a chatspeak translator. Dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.

[The Sixth Wizard]

**Drops everything. Reads the outline of the game. Doesn't even read the rest of the Admin Thread. Sign up for WereWolf straight away.**

Finally a werewolf I have the time to be in!

How's it going, long-time-no-see-ers?

Oh yes, as for a role, make me a nitpicky grammar Nazi. Ending a sentence with a preposition I will not like!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by The Sixth Wizard

**Drops everything. Reads the outline of the game. Doesn't even read the rest of the Admin Thread. Sign up for WereWolf straight away.**

Finally a werewolf I have the time to be in!

How's it going, long-time-no-see-ers?

Oh yes, as for a role, make me a nitpicky grammar Nazi. End a sentence with a preposition you had better not!

Blast. I was thinking of doing that. Then again, that'd be no fun for me anyway. I'll just have to be a person who makes occasional "accidental" mistakes. Have to keep you on your toes, after all.

And welcome to the game, by the way!



Brinn, any ideas for deadline? Or still up in the air?

Oh, and I was thinking about maybe being a person who, essentially, is in the wrong fandom. For example, talking about Doctor Who (spoiler-free of course, for my fellow American Whovians) or....blah, I don't know.....anyway talking about fandoms other than Tolkien. It was just one of the ideas I've been tossing about. I'll let you know for sure before the game starts. *apologizes for her silly indecisiveness*

[Brinniel]

Hello all-

Sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. I see no reason to delay the game another week as we seem to have plenty of players. However, my weekend was longer and busier than expected so I would like to delay starting by a day so that I have some extra time to recollect my thoughts if that's alright for everyone.

So unless any serious problems arrive, I plan to start the game on July 2. The deadline will be 11pm GMT. That deadline seemed to work well for the last game and I think it's a fair enough split for those who wanted an earlier deadline and those who wanted a later one.

Originally Posted by Sixth Wizard

**Drops everything. Reads the outline of the game. Doesn't even read the rest of the Admin Thread. Sign up for WereWolf straight away.**

Hi Sixth! Glad to see you return to WW. I noticed someone had mentioned you'd be interested in joining the game after DW and I was hoping you'd get my PM in time.

Good news: I have managed to convince Formendacil to join. He hasn't chosen a role yet, so I'll have to remember to ask him about that.

But before I start the game, I do need to know if Mith and McCaber can confirm their participation. Also, if anyone else still wants to sign up they are welcome to up until I send out the roles, which will happen shortly before Night 1.

As for regards to the hunter, I think I like Mith's suggestion best:

Originally Posted by Mith

I would have a hunter that if lynched takes their choice down regardless but if is the wolf kill choice only kills if their choice is a wolf. I think it was Roa who pointed out that it was illogical for a dying hunter to take out a non-wolf at night, however a lynched hunter might take any of the village down with them.

Using the logical hunter gives a good middle ground between the two extremes.

Okay, off the update the list...

[satansaloser2005]

*mutters slightly* Heh. Kidding, kidding. If nothing else, it'll give me all the more reason to want off work each day.


Whoa....wait a tic that means the first day'll be on the fourth. Excellent! (No seriously. I don't have anything to do on Friday until the evening, as I generally have, ya know, no life. Perfect for werewolfing though. )



Well, I was thinking I'd be one of those people who can't take a joke (not that we have any here) and are easily offended and pretty much a stiff-necked (but completely oblivious) slightly mean pain in the bum. But is that too much like Eomer?

[satansaloser2005]

Shoot. I was referencing his character choice. You know what I mean.

Sorry, Eomer. It's like 3:30, and I'm clumsy at my best.




Anyway, if Eomer would rather I chose something a little farther away from his decision I'd be cool with that. I rather like the cross-fandom idea actually....I could lend much discussion to why the King's Cross scene at the end of Deathly Hallows was pretty much a complete rip from the whole "Oh Gandalf dies....just kidding!" thing.

(Meh, you get the point. I'll think about it some more. Heaven knows I should be able to come up with something better than miscellaneous crossovers)

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Sally

Oh, and I was thinking about maybe being a person who, essentially, is in the wrong fandom. For example, talking about Doctor Who (spoiler-free of course, for my fellow American Whovians) or....blah, I don't know.....anyway talking about fandoms other than Tolkien. It was just one of the ideas I've been tossing about. I'll let you know for sure before the game starts.

That's an interestsing idea. So what would you call that? Maybe....misguided fan?

Originally Posted by Sally

Well, I was thinking I'd be one of those people who can't take a joke (not that we have any here) and are easily offended and pretty much a stiff-necked (but completely oblivious) slightly mean pain in the bum. But is that too much like Eomer?

Hmm...yeah, that might be slightly too close to his role. Unless you were an easily offended purist...

Btw, for those having trouble coming up with a role *coughKathcough* I recommend checking out other options in the links Ka provided. I read all the FlameWarrior roles today and some of them are really funny.

[Mithalwen]

Oh I can't resist though I shouldn't.... sinceI don't want to be dependent on Boro - I think I will try therapist or?