Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVI - Úcenite Valto

[the phantom]

In post #151 I said this-

Roa, m'dear, it pains me to say it but both yesterday and today you fell head first into a trap of mine. You see, one of your complaints about my behavior was something that I was actually doing purposefully as a ploy, and I was betting that WWs would have a certain reaction to it. Not that I'm saying I'm sure you're a WW. Depending on your personality, it's possible my trap misfired. I'm not going to start gunning for you yet, but I will watch to see if you continue to travel down the path. And yes, I'll eventually explain what this "trap" is that I'm speaking of (later today), and when I do you can tell me what you think of it and by all means vote to lynch me if you don't like my explanation, but I feel the need to leave it alone just for a few hours.

All right. I've let the bait dangle long enough. I will now reveal what my "trap" was.

My whole attitude about "strategy is useless" and "a victory in this game just means your lucky" was a ploy. I was trying to tick off the WWs- to injure their pride to the point that they stepped forward. You see, I was hoping they'd feel supremely insulted by the notion that if they win it wouldn't really mean anything. I was trying to poison their victory for them. Then I sat back and watched to see if anyone came out strong against my statements (acted insulted by them) and tried to argue that the village is actually very powerful and that there is a lot of strategy involved and that a WW victory would be very meaningful.

And both yesterday and today, Roa fit this behavior somewhat. She admitted to being "irked" by my statements. Her main comments are in post #114 and post #149.

But as I said earlier, it's completely possible that my trap misfired and Roa is innocent. What do you think? Is there anyone besides Roa who had an interesting reaction to my "pessimism"?

And while we're on the subject, this is another reason why I don't want to lynch SPM. He appears to have caught onto this ploy and wisely kept his mouth shut about it. From post #157-

Originally Posted by SPM

and your “pessimism” aside (and I can understand what you were trying to achieve here)

Oh, and there was also a secondary reason for my pessimism. By stating that my talents were useless in this sort of village and such, I was also hoping the WWs would not see me as any threat and thus spare me.

Convenient, eh? Two ploys for the price of one.