Admin Thread for Tol-in-Gaurhoth XVIII: The Cottage of Lost Play

[Eönwë]

Just wanted to say... My vote was after DL, so I had to delete it.

edit: So it seems that I could have kept it. Oh well... too late now.

[Mnemosyne]

If it was, then it was. I was refreshing things really quickly so in hindsight I'm not sure if you squeaked in or not (I thought you had at the time).

In any case, it doesn't count now.

It's okay to wait 5 minutes or so to let things cool down before we go and delete everything.

[Mnemosyne]

Okay, so just to reiterate:

Originally Posted by me

During DUSKs, I will post a deadline one minute after 1900 GMT, Barrow-Downs time. This post will be later edited in to include narrations, and will get rid of the "deadline" text for smoother day/night transitions.

As such, I will respectfully request that all posts that occur after my "deadline" post be deleted. If the poster wishes, the content may be moved to this admin thread.

[Rikae]

Oh no - famous last words.
I can't find where it says (if it says) what the voting/modfire rules are, but if you want to modfire me, I richly deserve it. I almost voted this morning to prevent this from happening... should have done so - ended up spending the whole day running errands in the new car with the clock three hours slow.
*headdesk*

[Mnemosyne]

Narration is up, and I'm rather proud of it.

There are no modfire rules in this game. The houseguests should deal with such situations themselves.

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Mnemosyne

Narration is up, and I'm rather proud of it.

And rightly so! Thanks, thanks, thanks for a great death scene! I was panting with excitement reading this. Awesome job!
And good luck to all my fellow innocents! I can't wait to watch the end of this...

[Pitchwife]

Mnemi -

At the last minute, though, Eönwë cast the deciding vote for Inziladun.

Did he indeed? I thought Eönwe's vote was after deadline and didn't count?
Last time I looked, it was Nerwen who brought Inzil up to 2 votes together with Shasta and me. Please clarify!

[Mnemosyne]

Eonwe voted for Inziladun at 1901 GMT just before I posted the deadline post, but then deleted it about thirty seconds afterward (even though it would have counted, per my rules posted above). Since reposting that vote would have occurred after the deadline, I decided not to count the vote.

The narration reflects in a gamely fashion some of the confusions that resulted.

So toMorrow if you want to address the whole issue, in-game you should address Eonwe's reluctance to kill and not a deleted vote.

So, recapitulation:

In the narration, Eonwe's vote counted. In the actual game, it didn't. This fact was borne out in the narration by Eonwe's reluctance to kill Inziladun and Inziladun's subsequent outburst.

Hope that clarifies all the confusions.

[Inziladun]

Glorious!! Two for the price of one!! Mwah hah hah hah hah!

[Inziladun]

By which of course , I meant to say 'I like the narration very much'.

[Mnemosyne]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

By which of course , I meant to say 'I like the narration very much'.

*cough* If you say so...

[Shastanis Althreduin]

I don't really like the narration, though it's nothing to do with Mnemosyne's writing skills. Maybe I'm just bitter for getting killed trying to tell a story, as we were asked to as per the theme of this game in the first place?

Thanks a heap.

[Lalaith]

Yet again, I have to give an early vote warning.

I will not be around at all tomorrow so I will have to vote late tonight (midnight- 1 am GMT) or perhaps early tomorrow morning if I feel optimistic about getting up *really* early...

[autume98]

I was going to vote yesterday and then my connection just crapped out on me.

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Rikae, on the game thread

Who are you, really?

Your mom.

--or--

I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.


(slid to the admin thread because we're all confused around here)

[Mnemosyne]

Narration is up.

I will be gone from 12:00 GMT Sunday to 0:00 GMT Tuesday (at least).

Wolf, please PM toNight's kill to me and Sally. If you can have a decision in before I am unavailable, I'll try to give Sally a full-fledged narration. I'm also planning on having a couple of mock narrations up for Day Four's lynch (there won't be too many options) so that that can be done ASAP.

If I cannot complete narrations on time, then Sally will place in a simple post with the name of the kill. A narration will be filled in as soon as humanly possible. In the case of Day Four, the game will be over anyway, so the game won't be dependent on the narration, plus I should be able to narrate by the time Day Five would have come about anyway. If the wolf (whether victim or victor) wishes to reveal you will all know anyway (personally I'd rather keep everyone hanging on tenterhooks, but that's just me).

But Sally will not reveal the identity of the Day Four lynch.

If it becomes clear nonetheless that the game is over with one clear victor, let me stress:

Commentary on the game should be restricted to this thread only. The game thread will be open only for closing narrations after Day Four.

Thank you all for an awesome game so far and I'll see you in a few days!

~Mnemosyne

[Nessa Telrunya]

O glorious dead! ^_^

[Mnemosyne]

All narrations (except for the closing ones) are done, so we're clear to have Sally be the amazing comoddess that she is.

I respectfully request that our resident lycan keep a shut trap as to his or her identity for maximum narrational suspense power, even if all votes are cast five minutes after Dawn.

[satansaloser2005]

Narration's up, and dern tasty if I may say so myself. Get to posting!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Rikae, in the game thread

It looks as though we're all holding our votes for the last minute, then? Say, let's all vote for the person to the right (or, er, east). That way the wolf doesn't win in any case, and our hostess may find it interesting enough to resurrect us all (if anyone is really dead at all) and set us free!

I will personally kill you....





In other news I will be here to post the deadline but then I have to leave to check out a job opportunity. Please do not engage in any post-game discussion until you are told it is okay to do so, and after that make sure to keep all 'I told you so's, squeeing, and/or ranting confined to the admin thread. Thanks!



~~Sally~~


P.S. By post-game discussion I also mean revealing, so if you are killed (wolf or ordo) do NOT tell everyone what you are. Thanks again!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

What if Mnemo thinks your three Days without a vote from four possible will trigger a modfire and we all die?

Ah, but I'm in charge now.


In all seriousness, no matter what happens (even if Rikae is the only one left alive at the end of the Day) my last instruction still stands. Narration will be up hopefully at exactly 2pm. Thanks for your patience if I'm a bit late.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Sally

Please do not engage in any post-game discussion until you are told it is okay to do so

Now that's rude indeed!

I mean the only thing we wish now is to start the rambling immediately! Why wait until tomorrow or something?

And we know the result anyway.

I'm not one of those who say the mods are taking too much power to themselves or use dictatorial means, but not being able to start the post-game discussion when the game ends is a strict violation of human rights! I'll make an appeal to the United Nations for this!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Now that's rude indeed!

I mean the only thing we wish now is to start the rambling immediately! Why wait until tomorrow or something?

And we know the result anyway.

I'm not one of those who say the mods are taking too much power to themselves or use dictatorial means, but not being able to start the post-game discussion when the game ends is a strict violation of human rights! I'll make an appeal to the United Nations for this!

Hushabye, dear one. Patience is a virtue, and I've always thought you a rather nice man. Wait for Her Duckess's instructions.


ETA: Oh, and I'd just like to say.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

ETA: Oh, and I'd just like to say.

I saw the narration, all right.

Well, Rikae had to buy the right to the victory - and she surely did it! *kudos*

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

I saw the narration, all right.

Well, Rikae had to buy the right to the victory - and she surely did it! *kudos*

Oi! *slaps you on the wrist* I was serious about no discussion!

[Rikae]

Hmph, is this is what I think it is, I only have to say what George Harrison said about the B Sharps' rooftop performance -

that's been done.

[satansaloser2005]

Stow it, the both of you! Understand?!

*loves her Pirates of the Carribean*


Look, I have to go out for a job interview, but I was not kidding about discussion and stuff. Please to be keeping quiet, as Mnemo commands it.


Alternatively....

Silence! I kill you!

[Nogrod]

*sneaks in while the moddess is away*

Boo!!!

[Lalaith]

I am saying nothing in the least bit naughty...I am merely apologising for my hasty vote and subsequent absence. My sister in law turned up unexpectedly and it would have been very bad for family relations had I hung around on the computer.
Sorry about that.

[satansaloser2005]

Yeah, so not that it should surprise you, but I screwed up. *headdesks* I don't know if I read the rules as the first three ties go through or if I was just reading the game thread and assumed it had been changed or what, but yeah.

Here's the deal.

• I forgot/misread/whatever the "first two ties go, and then coin flip" bit of the rules. Once I talked to Mnemo I of course realized my mistake, but that was like twenty minutes ago, so I'm just getting around to fixing my whoopsie.
• I flipped a coin, and Nog lost.
• The narration is being blended between mine and the one Mnemo wrote because, well, I like mine, and that way it makes a bit more sense with the failed tie and all.
• I think I should be shot for messing it up, if I don't headdesk to death first.
• The narration, v2.0, will be up shortly. Feel free to read (and possibly vomit).
• Still don't talk, because things haven't changed. Well, you know what I mean.
• Mnemo will be back sometime tomorrow to clean up my mess.
• I'm having a cup of tea and taking a nap now. Kthnxbye.

Sorry again about the trouble. I have no idea what went through my head, but rest assured that everything was handled fairly and nothing really changed except the narration. (As in, once I realized I'd messed up the rules I fixed everything and everything happened how it should have happened if I wasn't so tired and slightly ignorant.) Any questions or concerns with my idiocy should be handled by PM to myself, and once again Mnemo will be back tomorrow to handle the closing of the game. Thanks for your patience.

~~Sally~~

[Mnemosyne]

I'm back now, and just wanted to apologize for the confusion earlier (if I'd had my phone off silent this would never have happened). I'm leaving the narrational fusion (all of my possibilities had not accounted for a tie) to Sally's capable paws, while reserving the right to go back through and make some stylistic edits.

In the meantime, since I know something you don't know, I'll work on the closing narrations. They should be up by the time the next Day would have started.

Hang in there!

[Mnemosyne]

I don't know why Sally didn't bother alerting everyone on this thread earlier but the new narration is up.

Nog just got Gelmir'd. *grin*

More to come shortly.



And aren't you all glad we postponed the post-game discussion since there was all of that tie mish-mashup?

[satansaloser2005]

Yeah, sorry about that. My computer went a bit nuts so I decided to go to bed because it wouldn't behave.

[Mnemosyne]

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Yeah, sorry about that. My computer went a bit nuts so I decided to go to bed because it wouldn't behave.

Totally cool, my dear. Nice fusion, though I think I made it impossible by giving you a full-out execution to fuse into a tie-like situation.

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Mnemosyne

Totally cool, my dear. Nice fusion, though I think I made it impossible by giving you a full-out execution to fuse into a tie-like situation.

Thanks very much. And feel free to edit; I had a rather shiny version but when my computer died it didn't save some of the changes so it's a bit rough now. Still, not bad. And there will be an end to the suffering at deadline, I assume?

[Mnemosyne]

Or sooner.

Penultimate bit of narration is up.

Players and observers, please still resist the urge!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Mnemosyne

Or sooner.

Penultimate bit of narration is up.

Players and observers, please still resist the urge!

Aha. Even better....

[Mnemosyne]

Closing narration is up.

This thread is open for post-game discussion!

[satansaloser2005]

*squees, changes icon accordingly*

[Lalaith]

That narration was phenomenal, Mnemosyne...I really feel haunted now.
Apologies to all for my vile behaviour. To Fea, for abandoning her...although she did say we should...but especially to Nogrod. I've felt like a worm these last few days, if it's any consolation...