Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVI - Úcenite Valto

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by the phantom

That would completely strip away any feeling of accomplishment.

So, you accept that were you to be the Wolf and were you win, it will be a hollow victory?

[the phantom]

So, you accept that were you to be the Wolf and were you win, it will be a hollow victory?

Well, let me think for a second...

Okay. If I ended up being the victorious WW I would certainly congratulate myself on being able to stay alive despite all the attention (and votes) I got at various stages of the game. I would also pat myself on the back for winning Fea's game.

However I would be severely disappointed about Eomer's passing. If I was a WW you can bet that my goal would be to get to the final day with both WWs still alive. So that would dampen my spirits.

Also, the fact that I had to play so different than usual would sour the victory a bit, though I would make the excuse that this was a game unlike any other and therefore required a different style of play.

But, I stand by the fact that I would not have denied being a WW were I a WW. So I must end all speculation here. It would indeed be a "hollow victory" if I declared my innocence and then gave away my secret and skated by on the strength of it- however as I would never do that the question has no merit.

It's like asking me if I'd feel bad if I cheated on a girlfriend. I suppose I could say "yes" to that question, but it would be pointless because that's something that I simply won't do, therefore the question is meaningless.

Oh, and earlier I mentioned a "wild goose chase" involving Fea's blog.

Here's the quote from our Dark Lady-

And I realized that one of my TiG players said something dead on accurate. It made me laugh. Especially when nobody else paid attention.

What do you suppose that is? Any ideas at all?

[the phantom]

And just for the sake of stat-keeping, here are the posting numbers for our remaining five players. (I'm basing this off the assumption that SPM's last list was correct)

the phantom- 95
The Saucepan Man- 54
Mithalwen- 43
Diamond18- 35
Kath- 16

Wow. That's quite a gap- 80 posts between Kath and I.

[Mithalwen]

Bound to be me.. having an unwitting Cassandra moment again....

[the phantom]

Originally Posted by Fea

And I realized that one of my TiG players said something dead on accurate. It made me laugh. Especially when nobody else paid attention.

Originally Posted by me

What do you suppose that is? Any ideas at all?

I realize that considering how many posts there are none of us are likely to pick up on what it was Fea was speaking of (except the WW perhaps), but a couple things came to mind when I read what Fea said.

At the beginning of Day 2 I said this-

Mith for Beth?? Very odd. Were Fea's WWs given special instructions to create as much chaos as possible?

Now, I'm not trying to say that for sure Mith is the WW. What I'm theorizing is that my statement about WWs trying to create chaos was correct. The kills thus far have certainly been in order with that statement.

And later that day I said this-

Along this line of thinking, I'm wondering if maybe the WWs are killing off the least random/crazy people, and will let be individuals capable of madness and more unpredictable behavior. It would make sense after all. This is a village designed to be more random than others. If this is what the WWs are doing, then Nogrod and SPM won't live long. Mith and Di, on the other hand, have little to fear at night.

That has sort of been the case, right? lmp, Roa, and Nog, the more logical ones have died, while Di and Mith are still alive as I predicted.

But as I said earlier, this is likely a wild goose chase and Fea was looking at something completely different.

Anyone else have a better idea?

[Mithalwen]

I can only repeat that I may be a bit crazy but I am an accountant, however (to use a Pratchettism) "bursar" I had gone, as a wolf, I would not have risked wasting a kill for fun. That would not be prudent.....

However if you lynch me it would force the wolf to kill someone else tonight which might be more helpful than my death.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Mith said it.

[the phantom]

Night 2 kill-

Originally Posted by Fea

"You have been brave." she murmered without turning. "But you have not been wise."

Remember way back then when we were considering what this meant, and thinking maybe the WW/WWs were on the verge of being lynched on day one?

That would implicate Di. I tied her with Boro at the last moment, but she won the coin flip.

Di seems to like coin flips. She tried to tie the voting both of the last two days. What's with that? Two days ago it was SPM she elevated and then yesterday it was me.

And she always (if I'm remembering right) uses her take back.

I'm leaning towards Di right now.

Originally Posted by Fea

Mith said it.

All right. I'm going to go back and read all of Mith's posts and dig up some possibilites.