WW LXXIII: Arkham Asylum: Holding Cells(Game Thread) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Loslote · 03-04-2010, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

Yay! Go wolves!

(Hey, I AM insane, you know...)

Or he could be a wolf hinting to Two-Face.

Or that could be a hint. Really, we can't read too much into this...and I do think we're blowing it quite out of porportion. My "hints" the last game were a) I meant to include a line in my song parody of "everyone's got a helpful cobbler" but forgot and b) I said "we're all evil". My hinting failed.

But I actually did have a point with all this: cobbler hinting is not neccessarily straight forward, and I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil. However, I'm also not saying he's cleared, either - just don't blow it out of porportion. Much. Some blowing out of porportion is fun, methinks.

Isabellkya · 03-04-2010, 03:00 AM

Tick-Tock and Crocodiles make me think of Captain Hook and Peter Pan.
Batman makes me think of Captain planet.
The joker makes me think of Jack Nicholson.
Jack Nicholson makes me think of The Shining.
The Shining makes me think of Stephen King.
Stephen King makes me think of IT.
IT makes me think of Clowns.
Clowns make me laugh.

Summation: I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD

Nerwen · 03-04-2010, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Glirdan

Okay, so Boro is a Wolf because he talked about a student killing Batman in a picture, and had first post, and I just plain think he's going to be no help on this camping trip. Sure, he's good at cleaning and cooking, but we're in the middle of the Sahara Dessert with no bathroom in sight!

Oh, but you won't need a bathroom in the Sahara, Glirdan. Just rub yourself down with sand. It's a wonderful exfoliant!

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Originally Posted by Glirdan

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Originally Posted by Lottie
Glirdan - evil. Just look at his avie!

I resemble that remark!!

Look– a confession! Lynch him!

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Originally Posted by Loslote

But I actually did have a point with all this: cobbler hinting is not neccessarily straight forward, and I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil.

*shrugs* Oh you want a serious answer? Well, then: wolves and cobblers don't often jump straight in and start hinting away in the very first post of the game. So it probably wasn't a hint. But then again it might be. Or maybe not. Who knows?

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Originally Posted by Isabellkya

Tick-Tock and Crocodiles make me think of Captain Hook and Peter Pan.
Batman makes me think of Captain planet.
The joker makes me think of Jack Nicholson.
Jack Nicholson makes me think of The Shining.
The Shining makes me think of Stephen King.
Stephen King makes me think of IT.
IT makes me think of Clowns.
Clowns make me laugh.

Summation: I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD

Me too. Why, none of us would be having such a wonderful time right now if it wasn't for the Joker!

wilwarin538 · 03-04-2010, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Glirdan

Oh, and Wilwa is a Wolf just on principle.

Ditto.

After last game I'm never ever trusting you again. <3

I don't like clowns.

and the moral of that is--be what you would seem to be--or if you'd like it put more simply--never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.

Glirdan · 03-04-2010, 06:56 AM

I don't like clowns either.... they're scary and evil and are out to get me!! HELP!!

And I think Lottie and Nerwen are reading into this whole first post thing a little too much. Starting to unnerve me and if they don't stop I'm going to go and tell mom!!

Anyways, I have to go see these people in white for some happy pills and probably won't be back until MUCH later in the Day to post again (please refer to admin thread). See ya everybody!!

Morsul the Dark · 03-04-2010, 07:30 AM

How Wonderful Everyone's enjoying my little game!

Nerwen · 03-04-2010, 06:53 AM

Now I am eating a dear little apple named Jonathan.

"Please! Please don't eat me!" Jonathan begged. Alas! He was so crisp and tasty, I swallowed him in half-a-dozen delicious bites.

Poor, poor Jonathan.

Luckily, though, all Jonathan's friends are named Jonathan too, so they'll never know he's missing.

EDIT:X'd with Wilwa.

Kitanna · 03-04-2010, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Durelin

I'm hungry. I think I could lunch any of you right now. I mean lynch.

Does this mean you're going to revert to eating everyone who is lynched? I don't think I like that idea.

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Originally Posted by Loslote

Or that could be a hint. Really, we can't read too much into this...and I do think we're blowing it quite out of porportion.

This whole post blows it out of proportion seems to me. Though you're advising us not to do so.

Interesting.

Nogrod · 03-04-2010, 09:52 AM

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

And poor, poor old Granny Smith as well... and all her cousins & relatives.

Otherwise it has been just like I thought a madhouse would be.

Whatever her role, Dury's "I think I could lunch any of you right now" looks plain calculated.

Or Lottie saying "I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil" looks just soo out of place. I mean really.

And talking of cobbler hints, Nerwen's "Yay! Go wolves!" is on a class of its own. That she pleads insanity doesnt't do away the fact that she decided to voice that sentence in the first place.

wilwarin538 · 03-04-2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Nogrod

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

I love you. Just sayin'.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!

The whole Boro thing, I don't know. I suppose it could be a cobbler hint, but then I suppose it could not be. But really, is our objective to kill the cobbler or to kill the wolves??? Cobblers, in my oppinion, are more dangerous later on in the game, not really as much in the beginning.

Though like I said earlier it would take 4 Days with no wolf lynch in order for the wolves to win, so that does give us a lot of wiggle room, I suppose lynching a cobblerish person wouldn't be a totally terrible idea. And I wouldn't put it past a wolf to act like a cobbler in order to slip through anyway.

My point: I personally do not see it as cobblerish, and I personally would rather look for wolfish behaviour rather then cobblerish behaviour, but lynching a cobbler would obviously not be a wasted lynch, and we do seem to have a wide window.

I need food. *follows Glirdan and the white coats*

x'ed with Pitch

Nogrod · 03-04-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by wilwarin538

I suppose lynching a cobblerish person wouldn't be a totally terrible idea. And I wouldn't put it past a wolf to act like a cobbler in order to slip through anyway.

That's exactly why I think we should also pay heed to cobblerish looking action early in the game... That would be the easiest cover early on if there is a general feeling that the possible cobblers will be "dealt with" only later on.

Talking of which... could somebody tell me what was that "cobbler hint" you guys read from Boro's post? Beats me.

Nogrod · 03-04-2010, 10:18 AM

Hey Wilwa, I can see your green dot!

wilwarin538 · 03-04-2010, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Nogrod

Hey Wilwa, I can see your green dot!

I know! I'm usually good for remembering that, but I guess I forgot. All fixed now.

*Wilwa starts to disappear, her large grin being the last thing to go*

I don't see anything weird in Boro's post. I think it was just a funny story he wanted to share with the class, since it fit the theme and all.

Pitchwife · 03-04-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Nogrod

could somebody tell me what was that "cobbler hint" you guys read from Boro's post? Beats me.

This:

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Originally Posted by Boro #3

I wanted to award full points for the question for the very fact that Batman was defeated by tripping over his own feet and falling from a great height

Could be read as "Likes Batman to fail -> is evil", I suppose - but only if you ignore the context. After all, the same post ends with

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Originally Posted by Boro l.c.

Clearly this student was mocking the failure of the most disturbingly insane villain ever, the Joker, at defeating the Great Bat.

Nogrod · 03-04-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Could be read as "Likes Batman to fail -> is evil", I suppose - but only if you ignore the context. After all, the same post ends with

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Originally Posted by Boro

Clearly this student was mocking the failure of the most disturbingly insane villain ever, the Joker, at defeating the Great Bat.

I read the ending as you did and that's exactly the thing which made me confused. I was afraid there was some intertextual / cultural reference I had totally missed...

Pitchwife · 03-04-2010, 10:03 AM

Well, blowing things out of proportion is, I think, a legitimate way to start a discussion on Day 1 - often the only way, with nothing but banter and in-character lunacy to go on. So please stop jumping on Lottie for her attempt to get the game going (she seems to consider that her special duty of late, and she does it quite well).
Glirdan, it's way too early to be unnerved yet. Unless I misunderstood something, the whole cobbler-hinting-to-wolves-or-vice-versa business was about Boro, not you, so what reason do you have to be unnerved (unless you happen to be packmates, of course)?

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Originally Posted by Isabellkya

I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD

Violator? No, sorry, wrong comic...

EDIT: x-ed with Nog

03-04-2010, 03:00 AM	#2
Isabellkya Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amongst trees. Posts: 919	Tick-Tock and Crocodiles make me think of Captain Hook and Peter Pan. Batman makes me think of Captain planet. The joker makes me think of Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson makes me think of The Shining. The Shining makes me think of Stephen King. Stephen King makes me think of IT. IT makes me think of Clowns. Clowns make me laugh. Summation: I hope no one is afraid of Clowns, I like Clowns. xD __________________ But I was clinging to her like a homicidal monkey.

03-04-2010, 06:56 AM	#5
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	I don't like clowns either.... they're scary and evil and are out to get me!! HELP!! And I think Lottie and Nerwen are reading into this whole first post thing a little too much. Starting to unnerve me and if they don't stop I'm going to go and tell mom!! Anyways, I have to go see these people in white for some happy pills and probably won't be back until MUCH later in the Day to post again (please refer to admin thread). See ya everybody!! __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

03-04-2010, 07:30 AM	#6
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	How Wonderful Everyone's enjoying my little game! __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

03-04-2010, 06:53 AM	#7
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Now I am eating a dear little apple named Jonathan. "Please! Please don't eat me!" Jonathan begged. Alas! He was so crisp and tasty, I swallowed him in half-a-dozen delicious bites. Poor, poor Jonathan. Luckily, though, all Jonathan's friends are named Jonathan too, so they'll never know he's missing. EDIT:X'd with Wilwa. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-04-2010, 09:52 AM	#9
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. And poor, poor old Granny Smith as well... and all her cousins & relatives. Otherwise it has been just like I thought a madhouse would be. Whatever her role, Dury's "I think I could lunch any of you right now" looks plain calculated. Or Lottie saying "I don't think we should automatically assume Boro's evil" looks just soo out of place. I mean really. And talking of cobbler hints, Nerwen's "Yay! Go wolves!" is on a class of its own. That she pleads insanity doesnt't do away the fact that she decided to voice that sentence in the first place. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

03-04-2010, 10:18 AM	#12
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Hey Wilwa, I can see your green dot! __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...