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Old 10-27-2005, 08:30 PM   #1
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littlemanpoet is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.littlemanpoet is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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One is a movie reference (once again, pretty straight forward).
Oh, I split my guts on that one: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Give me my prize unless it's been claimed already.
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Old 10-27-2005, 08:45 PM   #2
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'If you look closely at Formendacil, you will find micro elf dna'."
Ah, micro elf dna is a anagram of Formendacil.

The reference to the skwerl dying when you voted for yourself made me grin.
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You know what I realized, and in my post-double-lynched delerium really amused me? Fea-Wolf sounds very much like Beowulf.
Hehe, I noticed that too, the other night.
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Old 10-27-2005, 08:51 PM   #3
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(in a PM to the phantom)By the way, my now famous "bait and switch bluff" was just a lot of hooey at the time, just some verbage I threw out there for the sake of expression, but I think I actually have seen it described (by Feanor?) in this game. I have to admit I'm still a little confused by the concept, having just made it up to originally have no real meaning, but I do think I see Guy actually putting it to use!
So what do you think a bait and switch bluff would be, since it's so far undefined? Anybody?
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Old 10-27-2005, 09:23 PM   #4
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So what do you think a bait and switch bluff would be, since it's so far undefined? Anybody?
Ooh, ooh, pick me! My definition of a bait and switch bluff would be as follows:

One Fea-wolf lays the bait carefully to lead suspicion subtley but directly to one innocent (or, equally likely, also guilty) villager. Just as the villagers take the well-hidden bait, Fea-wolf switches it up and points her finger to a new villager (or more likely, a new wolf), using a rather lot of obvious evidence to convict said person.

Due to invisible "bait", the village is permanently, though latently, suspicious of the original, and extremely worried about the "switch". Should both villagers survive, after Fea's death, they will likely be killed because everybody knows I'm willing to throw my team mates to the erm... wolves.
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Old 10-28-2005, 03:50 AM   #5
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Cailín has just left Hobbiton.
Seriously, this game was more stressful than any game I've participated in before. It's terrible being a wolf.

I think during Night 2, I first suggested killing either Lhuna or Fea, because of some random brainwave I don't quite understand anymore. Next I was willing to kill one of the people who voted for me, especially Firefoot, because I was so worried about her I would risk the village going after me the next day. When we finally more or less agreed on Eomer, I got a real bad feeling about it and I almost sent a PM to Formendacil - who was going to deliver the message - to kill LMP instead. But I didn't, much to my dismay the day after.

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One more thing: A nice twist to this game, wasn't it Cailín? I think we're just meant to be together.
I think next time when I accidentally sign up for a game you're in, I'll either have to ignore your existence or just commit suicide.
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Old 10-28-2005, 06:46 AM   #6
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Phantom, I knew what you meant as soon as you mentioned that PM you sent me in WWIII. Referred to when you told how Boromir88, with his last action before dying, gave the villagers the bird. Reading it, I'm surprised you didn't go with the 'fingers-straight-as-arrows' line. (It was in reference to The Phantom's self-suggested death in Storyland.

LMP, lucky indeed that you didn't pick me on NIGHT 2!

Why did I pick Cailín even after I voted for Boromir88 that day? Well, I didn't really suspect Boro – in fact, I basically said that in my post. It was just that he gave me reasons to choose him (however poor) and I wanted to get the discussion going. Also, voting early on Day One is always hard.

I got really lucky with Cailín. My main reason for choosing her was this: She voted for me despite the numerous clues I had given in my posts to suggest my secret role. I really didn't think any innocent would vote for me that Day and, even if she was innocent, she deserved to die for not reading carefully enough!

Did anyone catch the clues which alluded to my Hunting ways? As it happened, Anguirel guessed I was the Hunter but for entirely different reasons!
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Old 10-28-2005, 09:48 AM   #7
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Phantom, I knew what you meant as soon as you mentioned that PM you sent me in WWIII. Referred to when you told how Boromir88, with his last action before dying, gave the villagers the bird. Reading it, I'm surprised you didn't go with the 'fingers-straight-as-arrows' line. (It was in reference to The Phantom's self-suggested death in Storyland.
Hey, I remember that! I laughed really hard when I found out what he'd suggested for his own demise. The fingers straight as arrows... I'm surprised I didn't remember it before.

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Only after you were dead. Oops.
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Old 10-27-2005, 08:58 PM   #8
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Ah. I get it now.
So- Enca has spotted her Easter Egg.

When Enca pmed me with her choice of killing Firefoot, she was hoping to get lucky and kill the Cursed Villager. She had no idea Firefoot was the Seer (I don't think anyone did- nice job FF).

So, I included it in my narrative-
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"Just a minute, here!" exclaimed Fea. "Are you telling us that-"

"-Firefoot was a seer?!" finished Enca.
And Shelob noticed the song reference in her death scene-
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The villagers turned towards Shelob in time to see her head roll off the table and onto the floor (then out of the door, through the garden, and under a bush, and was then nothing but moosh).
This one just happened. I wrote the sentence as it is outside of the parenthesis, and when I read it through I couldn't help but think of On Top of Spaghetti, so I added it.

And Firefoot has spotted a couple. From the narrative-
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If you look closely at Formendacil, you will find micro elf dna
Yes- "Formendacil" can indeed be rearranged to spell "micro elf dna".

And Firefoot also spotted one of the Downs history references- Esty's concern for skwerls.
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