WW: XCVIII ~ Game Thread ~ Death at the Foot of Taniquetil

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by A Little Green

Good point. Although I'm not sure if he was more jumpy than usual, or only regular Nog-jumpy.

I'm thinking mainly of his overreaction to Shasta's post, and then to the fact that people commented on it– I could certainly see that drawing wolfish attention.

Anyway. I've been having a look at various people; don't have time for a full analysis, so here are some thoughts and general impressions:


Greenie– Makes some very good points; can do that as a wolf, though, so I don't know...

Boro–. Hmmn. I've really– gasp!– got nothing against Mr88 this game. (It is, of course, never entirely wise to trust a live Boro until actually dreamed by the Seer.)

Pomegranate– Actually, you know, I'm feeling quite a lot better about her now.

Coppermirror– Pretty sensible, and is certainly making an effort. Still– her posting in the first two Days did rather justify Nogrod''s remark about "posting a lot while saying little" (#65). Also, not keen on her vote for my treasure yesterDay– her reasoning there seems quite contradictory.

Sally– has *really* posted a lot while saying little– except of course her rather unnecessary defence of Nog (whom she went on to vote for being "weird"!) I still haven't decided, but if had to vote now, I think Sally might be my choice.

MCR– Could be anything. Likely to be modfired, too.

Now, I wonder if it's any use looking for possible pairings yet? Also, would wolves have been for or against Nogrod's plan yesterDay?

[A Little Green]

Gah. I wrote a long post and Firefox went down and it's gone. The main points I think were the following:

1) Nerwen's list gave me second thoughts about Copper. The ones I was considering voting toDay were Boro and Sally. I was leaning towards voting Boro toDay, but given that I need to vote soon and wish to avoid a scenario like yesterDay's I might consider voting Sally again after all. At least I wouldn't feel alone!

2) On possible pairings: I'd say that if you find one, you should look into it (especially if there are signs of possible hints/communication from before the two knew each other), but I would also advise against spending a great deal of time on looking for pairs as they might not even exist yet.

3) On whether the wolves would support Nog's voting plan or not: I would say generally no. I had a very long theory on this that I don't have the energy to type again, but the main point is that the planned randomizing of votes would mean, to a wolf, an increased possibility of a fellow getting killed, and less of a possibility to steer the lynch away from themselves. But since the same holds more or less true also for non-wolves (the randomizing of the lynch leading to a higher probability of someone they think is on their side getting lynched, and less opportunities to steer the lynch to the direction they want), which is why we can't really start pointing fingers based solely on who disagreed with Nog's plan.

Actually, now that I think on it, could the whole voting-plan thing be conneted to why Nog was killed? If the wolves don't know each other, I guess they consider their kill lists also in light of who is least probable to be a fellow; and if I'm right in assuming that Nog's voting plan would not have been beneficial for them, Nog would have seemed like an unlikely fellow. I'm not sure how much sense that makes, though, and there are a lot of ifs involved. Also, one could also make a case on how the randomized lynch makes it, in many ways, easier to hide in the voting (as opposed to the usual accusations of bandwagoning and throwaway votes and the like).

Hmm. I've just contradicted myself, haven't I? Also, Nog's voting plan sounds like a World War Two strategy...

[A Little Green]

All right. I need to dash now, won't be back before deadline. Going with

++ Sally

again. Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone, okay?

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by A Little Green

++ Sally

Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone, okay?

Well, you've hardly set a good example....

I am here and will remain more or less active until the Day's end, but I must go fix lunch. When I return, I'll have a go at analyzing the mess that was yesterDay's voting.

[Pomegranate]

Whoa. Is this day going to end at 10pm? That would be 1,5 hours before the DL, and we've got half a page of writing. I slept really little last night, and it's hard for me to get any proper analysis out of my head. I think I'll have a short nap and try to gather my thoughts, being back some time before deadline.