T-I-G WW LXXIV: War of the Wolves

[Loslote]

"I like being evil," Pitchie said.

"Me too," Zil said.

"Wanna kill Kit?"

"Sure!"

"No!" Kit said. "I kill Pitchie instead!"

"Nah," Zil said. "I like Pitchie."

"Dang," Kit said. "Okay then, I die."

"Yay," Pitchie said.

"Now what?" Zil asked.

"Let's go kill the rest," Pitchie said.

"Sure! Yo, Elfie!"

"Yeah?"

"We're killing you!"

"Oh. So, moddess, do I get my unicorn revival?"

"No," Lottie said, for some reason reappearing in the scene. "Too late."

"Darn," Elfie said, and died.

"Now Wilwa!" Zil said.

"No, wait!" Wilwa said. "I'm the anti-lover. I'm not against your victory!"

"Oh, fine," Pitchie said. "You can live, I guess."

"Oh, yay," Wilwa said.

~~~

Team Ladybug (Pitchie and Zil) win.
Antilover (Wilwa) wins.
Village loses.
Lovers lose.

[wilwarin538]

Oh, yay.


Mwahaha.


Thanks Lottie, awesome game!

Good job everyone! Especially Pitch and Zil, congrats on the win!

[Pitchwife]

The Quest is achieved, and now all is over. I am glad you're here with me. Here at the end of all things, Zil.

Or in other words, Gimme five!

Congratulations to you as well, wilwa!

Now back to bed, more tomorrow.

[Inziladun]

Excellent! The Ladybugs prove that having a less than intimidating name need not be a detriment.

First off, thanks for modding, Lottie! It was an interesting concept, with a good variety of roles.

This was quite a different game with the second wolfpack and the Unicorns. Add in the Lovers and the AL and there was a lot on our plate.

We caught some lucky breaks which proved decisive. The first was the Night 2 kill of Nerwen, leading to the deaths of Sally and Shasta. We had no idea Nerwen was the Hunter; she was just someone else who we thought should be gotten rid of as a proactive measure, if we couldn't get Nog. Obviously, we weren't the only ones thinking along those lines.

Speaking of Nog, our LommySeer!wolf had dreamed of him the first Night and was able to tell us before Day 1 that he was the good Seer. We had decided to leave him for the Night, and not risk trying to lynch him. But then he had to ruin our plan with a reveal. And he was right in that we couldn't bring ourselves to trust the Aphids to kill him on Night 3, leading to both packs getting him. It was helpful that Nog produced Legate on Day 2, certainly, instead of one of us. I was very glad to see Nog go, as I was convinced he'd be pushing hard for my lynch the next Day, if he hadn't come up with another wolf.

We also got lucky with the Day 3 lynch of Boro, who was kind enough to take out Izzy the Ranger. To that point, we'd been thinking Izzy was probably an Aphid, and Kit the likely Ranger.

I thought TEW did an outstanding job, in the first game I'd played with him. I'll try to post some our PMs with my packmates' permission. In one of them, I note that TEW on Day 3 correctly identified all four of the remaining wolves! He certainly went after me.

And good game Aphids! A most formidable pack. You had some bad luck, to be sure. First, you lost Legate to a Seer dream, then Boro the next Day. His lynch really came out of the blue for me, but I was quite happy with the result. We identified Kit on the last Night through process of elimination. Luckily, I had protected myself the previous Night, leaving me able to save Pitch Night 4.

Wilwa wins as the scorned Anti-Lover. Thanks for voting Boro and not me!

Last, but not least. Well done, packmates! I'm sorry you had to go so soon, Lommy. I found it exasperating (but not surprising) that Nog had to dream of you the first Night. Then again, you returned the favour. We just couldn't act against him the way he did to you.
Pitch was tremendous. "Mr. Agreeable", indeed. He helped cheer me up Night 3, as I agonised over what awaited me the next Day if Nog was still around. And our discussions in the Night were quite enlightening.

LADYBUGS!!

[The Elf-warrior]

Congratulations to Team Ladybug and Team Anti-lover. I'm glad someone thought I played well.

[Nerwen]

I'm still kicking myself. The Night I died, I had a shortlist of people to hunt: Boro, Kit, Pitch, Legate... and Sally.

*kick**kick**kick*

Anyway, congratulations, Wilwa and Team Ladybug!

Originally Posted by Zil

Excellent! The Ladybugs prove that having a less than intimidating name need not be a detriment.

Hey, it's a seriously intimidating name if you happen to be an aphid.

See? Prophetic names, they were.

[satansaloser2005]

Don't feel bad, dear. I was laying such thick lover hints so that I could come out the next Day or so as the anti-lover. Then I was going to get Wilwa killed and offer myself to the highest bidder, hanging back in the shadows until I'd decided who I wanted to truly align myself with. The odds wouldn't have been good for the village.

Also, when I died I was talking to Lottie and I completely pegged everyone's gifts and roles except like one person. I was quite pleased with myself, 'cause (as usual) I was going all on gut and had little evidence for what I thought. ^_^


Oh, and whoever left the anonymous neg rep for doing the moddess' bidding (though I doubt it was anyone in the game, because you're all lovely people and far too kind and intelligent to do that) pfffft on you. I follow directions from Her Highness regardless of chicken liver repping. Bwahahahaha, mine is an evil laugh, etc. (Also, thanks to Lottie herself of course for letting me/telling me to have fun post-mortem. I did in fact enjoy myself, even if I didn't do a whole lot of consequence in the game.)

[Isabellkya]

Congrats all.

I kind of suspected the innocents would lose, seems to happen every time I am the Ranger.. Eeeek.

Haha. I had thought about forgoing the protection on Nog Night 2, but whenever I gamble, the opposite tends to happen. So, I figured protecting him was better than losing him. And just envisioned the Princess Bride in my head.

I think that is the first time I've ever been hunted.

[satansaloser2005]

Oh, and I nearly forgot.


*snuggles everyone, nibbles on Wilwa*

[Loslote]

First of all, Thank you to everyone who played. *snuggles you guys*

Secondly, thank you to my wonderful Ladybug pack for making me laugh with every pm. First Lommy and Nog dream each other (which is still funny), then:

Yours truly,
Pack Ladybug (Pitch & Zil)

And then their titles kept including Ladybug Pack....Legate also did this:

(said the aphid... whatever)

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Also, when I died I was talking to Lottie and I completely pegged everyone's gifts and roles except like one person. I was quite pleased with myself, 'cause (as usual) I was going all on gut and had little evidence for what I thought. ^_^


Oh, and whoever left the anonymous neg rep for doing the moddess' bidding (though I doubt it was anyone in the game, because you're all lovely people and far too kind and intelligent to do that) pfffft on you. I follow directions from Her Highness regardless of chicken liver repping. Bwahahahaha, mine is an evil laugh, etc. (Also, thanks to Lottie herself of course for letting me/telling me to have fun post-mortem. I did in fact enjoy myself, even if I didn't do a whole lot of consequence in the game.)

You couldn't peg Zil or Legate, mostly 'cause I'd been confusing about Legate earlier.

Also...yeah. If you didn't notice, Sally became "Official Botherer of Living" after that neg-rep...quite vexing, really, if I'd wanted her to be quiet I would have told her and she would have respected my wishes.

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I'm still kicking myself. The Night I died, I had a shortlist of people to hunt: Boro, Kit, Pitch, Legate... and Sally.

*kick**kick**kick*

hehe, could you have imagined if you picked me? Oh the carnage...mwahaha!

I think the first night I was hunting wilwa. We thought Nog was going to be protected, so just went with someone I thought was probably innocent. The plan though was, if Nog wasn't dead, and he revealed me, I was going to get lynched and pick him. Then he goes and dreams of Legate. *head-desk* You played that role probably as good as it could have been played Nog.

[Morsul the Dark]

Go wolves YAYAYAY!!!

[Loslote]

Heh. Before I left for the retreat that ended up being on this weekend (sorry about that, guys, there was confusion and misinformation and I didn't know it was *this* weekend... ) I saw that *one* vote and kind of freaked...my thoughts were mostly "he is *NOT* getting himself killed and taking the *RANGER* with him because his *PACKMATE* voted him!!!!" Then I calmed down and saw the humourous value in the situation.

And thanks again to Sally for acting as co-moddess when I couldn't reach Hakon and I was away. *snuggles Sally*

And Elfie, you're good.

If anyone wants to know, Noggie dreamed of Pitchie his last Night. Good seer. *pets Noggie*

EDIT: Boro, Izzy, I've posted your narration.

[Pitchwife]

I can only concur with everything my dear packmate has said above. Nice game design, Lottie - I think the two Unicorns (I was the Werecorn, of course) more or less balanced out the high percentage of wolves, as both packs were anxious not to kill them, and Nog's reveal didn't make life any easier for us, either. And I loved the laconic minimalism of your narrations!

I'm happy to return Zil's compliments. His perceptions of people were most astute - e.g. he pegged Legate as a likely member of the rival pack after Day 1, based on the way he'd been suspecting me (assuming the Aphid Seer had dreamt me) and made a sound and elaborate case for TEW's innocence (a splendid counterpart to his attack on the thread!) in Night 4, when Kit's daring double wolf-on-wolf against Legate and Boro had made me waver about my gut-feeling that TEW was the Innocorn. (You really should post our PMs! Or I can do it, if you haven't saved them all.) And it was quite nice for both of us to know for once we were on the same side.
If Zil had his night of agony in Night 3, it was my turn to come close to despair in Night 4. I wasn't sure how the Unicorn role would affect the endgame - i.e. if the Innocorn was the last innocent standing, could we claim victory or would we have to kill him and go through the motions again the next Day with a revived ordo? - , and both of us feared that the Aphid Seer had dreamed one of us and, to avoid a Unicorn revival, would go for Zil, who couldn't protect himself that Night; I dreaded the perspective of being the last wolf in the endgame and thought the best I could hope to achieve would be a draw. It was Zil who reminded me that the Seerwolf couldn't see our gifts and was just as likely to target me - as it turned out to be.

Lommy, it must have sucked for you to go so early, but I hope it's a comfort that we avenged you. Very well seered, and well played - I hope you didn't mind that I stole some of your ideas from our Nightly discussion *coughHunterrevealingasSeercough*. (For the record, Lommy's other candidates for the Night 1 dream were Kit and Nerwen, both of which would have been splendid choices as well.)

All in all, I enjoyed being part of this pack very much - although I wouldn't have minded being teamed up with any of the Aphids, either. Unlike your insect counterparts, you were formidable opponents, Legate and Boro - and Kit fooled my innocent persona totally. (For curiosity's sake, Kit, what were your dreams?)

wilwa, all I can say is your co-victory was thoroughly deserved.

Nog, I have to agree with Boro that this was a model Seer performance. Actually, your assessments of TEW and Kit were a big help to us figuring out which was which last Night!
And à propos,

Originally Posted by Lottie

If anyone wants to know, Noggie dreamed of Pitchie his last Night. Good seer. *pets Noggie*

Not quite "Of course you would" this time, but I had a strong feeling you might, and therefore was quite adamant we had to kill you now or never.

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I'm still kicking myself. The Night I died, I had a shortlist of people to hunt: Boro, Kit, Pitch, Legate... and Sally.

Wow. Or rather, Phew! We were quite right to fear you.

Originally Posted by Izzy

I kind of suspected the innocents would lose, seems to happen every time I am the Ranger.. Eeeek.
Haha. I had thought about forgoing the protection on Nog Night 2, but whenever I gamble, the opposite tends to happen. So, I figured protecting him was better than losing him. And just envisioned the Princess Bride in my head.

Don't blame yourself, I'd absolutely have done the same in your shoes.

sally, kudos for being spot on about me on Day 1 - that was a nasty trap you caught me in, I was tremendously relieved when Nerwen got rid of you for me. And

Originally Posted by sally

whoever left the anonymous neg rep for doing the moddess' bidding

can't have been in your last game; I think it should have been obvious you'd got a post mortem assignment, similar to the phantom's Heckler role. Thanks for co-modding, too!

TEWie, you really did very very well - I mean, not only correctly identifying the four remaining wolves, but also their respective packs! And although I wavered a bit about you and Kit for a while, it would have truly surprised me if you'd turned out a rival wolf, you felt so innocent to me.

Good job, everybody - including Shasta and Morsul; sorry both of you had to go so early (but then again, not really *wolvish grin*).

Finally,

Originally Posted by Zil

"Mr. Agreeable", indeed.

That's gonna stick with me for good now, I guess. I'll just have to live with it...