Taters to Taters

[Nogrod]

Sally, Nooooooooo!

Tol-In-Gaurhoth is Sauron's keep, not a werewolf game...

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Sally, Nooooooooo!

Tol-In-Gaurhoth is Sauron's keep, not a werewolf game...

That is what I had in mind for that one, but hey...successful job of convincing to look at it as the WW game.

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Sally, Nooooooooo!

Tol-In-Gaurhoth is Sauron's keep, not a werewolf game...

Association is 9/10 of the victory.

I'm still cross it was Phantom's pick though. Lord knows I don't want to give him any points.


EDIT: x'd with my prince

[the phantom]

Tol-In-Gaurhoth is Sauron's keep, not a werewolf game...

But I wished it otherwise for the matter at hand.

Thanks, Sally.

[Boromir88]

ROUND 2

Green tater: Deadly (fatal, lethal, murderous)
Judge: Nogrod

Everyone should have 7 still. If you deleted/don't know what you have, I've got the list of everyone's current red taters. So PM me and I'll send yours. Otherwise, PM with your choice in 24 hours.

Tally

the phantom - 1 (Honest)

[Nogrod]

Kudos to the phantom...


And then "deadly"...


Uhh... 24 hours until any action.

For possible future editions of the game I'd suggest considering the light multi-tasking of the judge thinking & the players making their possible arguments during the same 24 hour cycle people pick their choice for the next round - as the first is done publicly whilst the other is a PM job.

It shouldn't be too tough on anyone but the game would move on a bit faster.

Or then I should only learn to hold my horses.

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by sally

They are, instead, the ones who put their furry arm around your fleshy shoulder, tell you they trust you, and then bite you as you're going in for the snuggle.

This.

Noggie, maybe for the meantime you need a way to remind the players constantly that Nogrod is a place, not...whatever adjective you might prefer not to be associated with.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Noggie, maybe for the meantime you need a way to remind the players constantly that Nogrod is a place, not...whatever adjective you might prefer not to be associated with.

Touché!

[Boromir88]

Nog, do you mean PM me the Round 3 selection as the Round 2 judging is going on?

Hmm...I had not thought about that, but since I have it planned and laid out in Excel, we could actually do that starting with the Round 2 judging tomorrow. (Assuming no one objects, because it would really cut down on this dragging too long. And it wouldn't be too much of a burden on anyone, since it is only send me a PM in 24 hours).

I think we'll go ahead and do that. When I open up the judging and post the options tomorrow, I'll also post the Round 3 word and judge. That way while the judging phase is going on and people are making arguments. You can also PM me your Round 3 choice. This would cut down on a lot of the wait, while still keeping it a fair amount of time for everyone to send in their choices.

Sound good?

[Galadriel55]

Fine with me. It would indeed cut a lot of waiting time, and the game will be more efficient.

[Boromir88]

And now Round 2 judging. Nogrod here are your choices for "Deadly." You know the drill.

Eowyn
Gaffer Gamgee
Glaurung
Gandalf the White
Forweg
Gothmog (balrog)
Mount Doom
Ancalagon
Sting
Carcharoth

Discuss.

*Note some have exceeded their inbox and I couldn't get any reminders to. Nothing I could do, but I suppose I could extend for an extra hour or so. PM me with your choice for Round 2, and I'll add it to the list, for Nogrod's consideration. (It will be up to him though if he wants to accept the late choices).

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But also...to cut down on some of the unnecessary waiting, PM me your round 3 selections in the next 24 hours:

ROUND 3

Green tater: Neglected (ignored, disregarded, rejected)
Judge: Wilwa

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

And now Round 2 judging. Nogrod here are your choices for "Deadly." You know the drill.

Eowyn
Gaffer Gamgee
Glaurung
Gandalf the White
Forweg
Gothmog (balrog)
Mount Doom
Ancalagon

Hmm... this is, well, interesting to make a conservative estimate of the choices.

I need to mull these over later today and then sleep on this. Meanwhile the stage is yours to tell me why I should pick this or that.

*Note some have exceeded their inbox and I couldn't get any reminders to. Nothing I could do, but I suppose I could extend for an extra hour or so. PM me with your choice for Round 2, and I'll add it to the list, for Nogrod's consideration. (It will be up to him though if he wants to accept the late choices).

Surely: late choices will be considered - especially in this horrible situation...

Although I will have to make my decicion tomorrow about two hours before the DL as I have choir-rehersals beginning at one hour before.

[Meneltarmacil]

Talk about a tough choice.

Although Gaffer Gamgee can be eliminated right away, and Forweg wasn't nearly as dangerous as the others on the list.

I'd say Mount Doom, Gothmog, and the dragons are probably the deadliest, then Gandalf, then Eowyn.

[Gwathagor]

But since Gandalf the White came back from death, he should probably be considered the opposite of dead...ly.

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

But since Gandalf the White came back from death, he should probably be considered the opposite of dead...ly.

But Gandalf was a war monger. What's more deadly than that? Countless lives were lost because of him.

And then there's Eowyn. You all know the damage she caused with her behavior. The Witch-King was only out for a stroll. Though Gandalf's history books tell a different story.

[Gwathagor]

Sting and Carcharoth probably both have pretty decent kill counts themselves. Someone should tally those up.

[Galadriel55]

Sting. A truly deadly sword.

[Lhunardawen]

One thing we could do is make a tally of each one's kills, but I think in the end it's going to be more about the prominence and widespread impact of the kill(s) than the number. Ancalagon was the mightiest of the dragons, but Glaurung's indirect "kills" are kind of more relevant to us since we're given a more detailed account of what he did. He might not have killed Túrin or Nienna directly, but his actions significantly contributed to their deaths. Gothmog killed 2 High Kings of the Noldor, Fëanor and Fingon. Mount Doom "killed" Gollum and the Ring, which ushered the end of an age. Eowyn killed the Witch King, an act that most people then probably thought impossible, not to mention it crippled Sauron's forces and psychological edge somewhat. Gandalf...is a lot of things, but I'm personally not as ready to associate deadly with him as with the others on the list. I will unabashedly admit that I cannot remember who Forweg was.

Based on this, it's Glaurung, Gothmog, and Mount Doom for me (in no particular order - at least for now). More thoughts when I wake up.

[Gwathagor]

Maybe even more important than the prominence or impact of the kills would be the strength/relative deadliness of the person killed? Which probably puts Gothmog or Eowyn at the top of the list.

[Lhunardawen]

Good point, Gwath. That does make Eowyn one deadly chick. In Gothmog's case, one could argue that First-Age, Light-of-the-Two-Trees Noldorin Elves cannot be that much stronger than a Balrog, but he was slain by Ecthelion. Also, Mount Doom is now a wimp that cannot pick on somebody its own size. (Edit: Only in Gollum's case. For the One Ring, maybe not.)

[Boromir88]

After sifting through the PMs...just to make note here.

Sting and Carcharoth have been added, and that should be it for this round.

[Boromir88]

I can say, I do not envy Nog at the moment. This one will probably come down to the arguments, which I have to admit can be an interesting dynamic to this on-line version.

As someone alluded to before, in the live A2A, you sort of just make a snap decision in a minute, based on whatever immediately makes the most sense to you.

At first, I thought about just being the lone judge, and that way there would be no reason to keep it anonymous...just post everything here and convince me with arguments.

But the major part of the interest (at least for me) in A2A is the rotation of players judging. You really have to think how each person is going to interpret the round, and the words played...it's quite fantastic, and I couldn't remove that part of the game.

Long story short...I hope this is as amusing for you, as it is for me so far.