Tol-in-Gaurhoth CXIV – The Evil Breath of Morgoth in Dor-lómin, discussion thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Macalaure · 05-01-2020, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

That would seem to have a large effect on the Quarantined votes. How likely are the Innocents there to listen to a known baddie?

Oh, you have no idea how much fun can be had as a known baddie in the dead thread.

Two cents or three

-So the dead have no extra knowledge outside of what dead gifteds may reveal?

-I'd prefer it if the quarantine vote is only revealed during the death narration. It wouldn't be much fun if a day's play just comes down to waiting to learn who the dead chose and then bandwaggon on that. And you know that's what's going to happen once a gifted is dead.

-If two wolves are dead, are they allowed to pm each other again?

-And if the QT lot essentially counts as one villager, can the living lynch the dead thread as a whole, too?

And sadly, any deadline works for me at the moment...

Kath · 05-01-2020, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Macalaure

-If two wolves are dead, are they allowed to pm each other again?

That's a good question. Nog said that the Gifted abilities won't last into the QT but given everyone there will know who the wolves are anyway from the narrations I actually can't see that this would do much harm, and would be fun for the wolves to be able to wonder how their remaining fellows are getting on without giving anything away.

Pitchwife · 05-01-2020, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Macalaure

And if the QT lot essentially counts as one villager, can the living lynch the dead thread as a whole, too?

What is dead can never die but rises stronger and more contagious.

++junior dead as tiebreaker

++including a cobbler

As for a tie in the game thread, my usual position on this is 'last thought, best thought', but if we start with a large village of 20+ people double lynches could be a nice way of speeding things up and making the QT*, er, livelier.

*(I think I'm going to refer to the quarantined as Cuties henceforth.)

Macalaure · 05-01-2020, 02:53 PM

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*(I think I'm going to refer to the quarantined as Cuties henceforth.)

We should take it one step further and refer to them as Cooties.

And we all know there's no disease more frightening!

Thinlómien · 05-01-2020, 03:05 PM

I would somewhat advocate for both only revealing the qt vote at the deadline, and the first candidate to reach the tie to be lynched for one reason - both of these decrease the importance of the last minute voting. If everything of importance happens in the two hours before the deadline, it makes the game concentrate even more than usual in those hours which is not good for those in unusual timezones, those who might be at work during the deadline, or those who might already be asleep by then. The deadline is never perfect for everybody, so I would try making being around it rather less than more important if I have options.

But I guess it depends. Personally I'm out of work until the end of the month at least so I have nothing else to do than to stay awake all night and play werewolf

How are the US/Canada 'downers feeling about the deadline?

Rikae · 05-01-2020, 04:03 PM

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Nogrod · 05-01-2020, 04:25 PM

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Absolutely!

Good to see you!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-01-2020, 04:34 PM

Whoa, this is going to be one amazing village...

And as for the game rules discussion, I'd also be for making the tie-breaker the first tied vote, not the last, for the same reasons Lommy stated. In most game I have played, that proved to be the better option.

Depending on the final number of people, I think we can have quite a lot of Wolves. Let's not forget that it kinda raises the chances for at least one succesful lynch early on, which in turn may help identifying the others, thus compensating for any numbers imbalance.

A Cobbler may be good, but I'd perhaps fear for them being sort of a third wheel in the QT, even more than the Wolves themselves.

Brinniel · 05-01-2020, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

How are the US/Canada 'downers feeling about the deadline?

It would be preferable for me to bump the deadline by an hour or two (10 or 11pm GMT). The currently proposed deadline is at the same time that my workday ends and it would be nice to be able to give the last hour or so of each Day my undivided attention. But if that is not possible, I will try to manage.

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Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I would somewhat advocate for both only revealing the qt vote at the deadline, and the first candidate to reach the tie to be lynched for one reason - both of these decrease the importance of the last minute voting. If everything of importance happens in the two hours before the deadline, it makes the game concentrate even more than usual in those hours which is not good for those in unusual timezones, those who might be at work during the deadline, or those who might already be asleep by then. The deadline is never perfect for everybody, so I would try making being around it rather less than more important if I have options. But I guess it depends. Personally I'm out of work until the end of the month at least so I have nothing else to do than to stay awake all night and play werewolf How are the US/Canada 'downers feeling about the deadline? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

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Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Whoa, this is going to be one amazing village... And as for the game rules discussion, I'd also be for making the tie-breaker the first tied vote, not the last, for the same reasons Lommy stated. In most game I have played, that proved to be the better option. Depending on the final number of people, I think we can have quite a lot of Wolves. Let's not forget that it kinda raises the chances for at least one succesful lynch early on, which in turn may help identifying the others, thus compensating for any numbers imbalance. A Cobbler may be good, but I'd perhaps fear for them being sort of a third wheel in the QT, even more than the Wolves themselves. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

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