WW XXIIX - Queer Lodgings

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Lommy

It's so easy for you to say since you weren't in the game!

It's easy to say because, as a loudmouth myself, I speak from bitter experience.

I have to say that all this talk of prior reputations and playing and posting styles leaves me rather cold. When you play Werewolf, you have to take your fellow players as you find them. It's not meant to be easy. If the Wolf is someone who plays in such a way as to avoid suspicion, then he or she cannot be criticised for doing so. Surely that is the point of being a Wolf. It is up to the innocents to discover the Wolf and, where necessary, challenge preconceptions or seemingly innocent behaviour in order to do so.

Similarly, if you are playing with those whose posting styles differs from your own, then you have to accept that and get on with it. Everyone has a different manner of playing - quiet, medium, loud, provocative, mysterious, analytical, intuitive, and so on. It would be rather dull if it were any different. No one is under any obligation to post in a particular way - subject to the mod's game rules and the forum gudielines, people can play the way that suits them best in whatever role they have been allocated.

Prior reputations can work both ways. It seems to me, for example, that Eomer is always suspected due to his fine work as a Wolf in the past. Nilp has been lynched early on in the past due to his suicidal Day 1 behaviour. I myself get incredibly frustrated whenever I hear the refrain: "If Saucepan is still alive by Day 3, then I will be looking closely at him". But I accept it as an inevitable part of the game. It is something that experienced players have to put up with, and I see no problem with people trying to redress the balance and use prior reputation to their advantage. What is fair game against them is fair game in their favour, to my mind.

Originally Posted by Eomer

Ah, the art of dealing with other people! We're all so annoying, ain't we?

Yes, and it ain't gonna change. Everyone's different and has a different approach to the game. It's part and parcel of playing Werewolf. And for me, it's a large part of the fun of it.