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Old 01-11-2010, 03:06 PM   #1
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I definitely got confused for a few minutes about the changed dynamics involving all of the lovers. Thought the game had suddenly gotten way more complicated than it originally looked. xD

I don't think we need to play much more differently than normal. Though I don't agree with necessarily spilling all of the beans to our lover. Only ordo's can be attached to a wolf, no?


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Old 01-11-2010, 03:09 PM   #2
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Haha.
Had just realized the/a advantage the wolves could use. Tsk tsk!
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:19 PM   #3
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Only ordo's can be attached to a wolf, no?
Hm... good point, Izzy. I've been assuiming anyone could bE PairEd with anyone, but Gwath's original post does say ordos and wolves. Still, it could just be that he didn't spell it out. Gwath?
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:20 PM   #4
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I would just like to say that the "bE pairEd" above is a typo, nothing more. Don't know how that happened. Carry on.
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:21 PM   #5
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:32 PM   #6
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I believe he said ordos "could be" paired with wolves, but that probably doesn't mean it's a guarantee for all 3 wolves. Maybe 2 of the wolves are paired together and the third has an ordo love, or maybe one of them even have a gifted lover. Or maybe all three wolves are paired with all three gifteds...how whack would that be? Really there are several possibilities and no definite way to tell how it is right now.

Then there's the fact that there is a traditional lover role somewhere in there (where they die together). So do they act with the goal of a traditional lover pair (in wanting to survive til the end) or are they like the rest of us and have to focus on their role, not their lover. Or do they even know what they are, I mean maybe Gwath has not told this pair that if one dies the other does as well and he's keeping it as a surprise. I suppose he still needs to clarify all that.

So I'm going to stop now and later look at suspects, since I only have about 5ish more hours before sleep, so need to vote in that time.
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:32 PM   #7
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Hm... good point, Izzy. I've been assuiming anyone could bE PairEd with anyone, but Gwath's original post does say ordos and wolves. Still, it could just be that he didn't spell it out. Gwath?
Having wolves be Lovers with one another would seem to be pointless, since they're already able to communicate! The only way I could see that happening is if Gwath assigned the Lovers completely at random.

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Old 01-11-2010, 03:36 PM   #8
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Having wolves be Lovers with one another would seem to be pointless, since they're already able to communicate! The only way I could see that happening is if Gwath assigned the Lovers completely at random.
Wolves can't communicate during the Day though, Lovers can. So it is possible. 2 Gifteds paired up though I think makes more sense, since they don't as commonly communicate. Could really go either way...

And I double checked, Gwath said in his original post that ordos and wolves may be paired together. So it isn't a guarantee, even though I see it as being the most likely scenario.

Ok, really going to stop now. Be back later for some suspicions.

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Old 01-11-2010, 03:44 PM   #9
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Wolves can't communicate during the Day though, Lovers can. So it is possible. 2 Gifteds paired up though I think makes more sense, since they don't as commonly communicate. Could really go either way...
Hadn't thought of that. That raises the idea of two wolves being able to talk privately during the Day; not a good notion. Two Gifteds paired that way would be helpful, though.
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Old 01-11-2010, 04:30 PM   #10
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Had just realized the/a advantage the wolves could use. Tsk tsk!
I think we have thought of the same thing. So I was not the only one... Let's cross our fingers then... And heh, chew that wolves! (if that speculation is possible in the first place, that is - chew even more of it!)

What comes to this general discussion over the lovers' roles I'd say that those saying it was clear from the start are trying to look better than they are eg. are probably hiding something, as I think it wasn't so clear in the beginning and I don't consider myself the dummiest rule-reader there is on this planet.

It is quite clear now after Gwath's clarification though. And it's good that way.

But we really could talk of other things but just speculate on the roles, really. I need to vote early everyDay as the DL is early morning (well, basically night) to me. I'll take a look back and then vote pretty soon... as odd as it feels to vote at this time of the Day (have I ever been the first to cast a vote?).
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Old 01-11-2010, 04:43 PM   #11
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Hey I have to be offline for a while to deal with some personal stuff. Hopefully I'll be back but if not I'll catch up and at least let my lover know my thoughts come Nightfall. Hopefully be back soon.
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Old 01-11-2010, 05:03 PM   #12
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Hadn't thought of that. That raises the idea of two wolves being able to talk privately during the Day; not a good notion. Two Gifteds paired that way would be helpful, though.
I don't really like this post. It has a whiff of "look at me, I'm rooting for the right side (and otherwise completely stating the obvious)" about it.

Nor do I like this, for that matter:
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What comes to this general discussion over the lovers' roles I'd say that those saying it was clear from the start are trying to look better than they are eg. are probably hiding something, as I think it wasn't so clear in the beginning and I don't consider myself the dummiest rule-reader there is on this planet.
That "those" would be me, and I don't know what sort of "good" I would be making myself look, except as a savvy reader of admin threads (though easily confused by Noggins). A wolf can read them as well as an innocent can, after all, so I'm certainly not saying it to make myself look good=innocent.
Explaination: I read the thread a while ago and vaguely remembered it, and then Nog came along with his crazy talk and I was all like "whoa" and Wilwa was all "whoa" and then Gwath was like "DUDE" and then I was all like "duh".
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Conclusion regarding Inzil:
...stare...
...stare...
...stare...

WOLF!

Well, maybe.

EDIT: Oh jeez - I just quoted Nog as Inzil! Ok... Inzil is only half a wolf now. What do you want... you both have white icons with a dark picture in the center, and I have 20/200 vision...
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