Tol-in-Gaurhoth CXV: On the Borders of Mirkwood - Game Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:05 PM

++Rikae

Cobbler, please report for lunching....I mean lynching.

x'd with the pack and our sweet assistant

Rikae · 06-12-2020, 04:06 PM

Sally? I thought it was Kath!

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rikae

Sally? I thought it was Kath!

I could tell.

Pitchwife · 06-12-2020, 04:09 PM

Information is not knowledge
Knowledge is not wisdom
Wisdom is not truth
Truth is not beauty
Beauty is not love
Love is not music
Music is the best!

You should all have listened to Shasta.

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:10 PM

Yes, Mac, let us break out the blood goblets and the knives meant for the most tender meat. We are, after all, classy motherwolfers.

Pitchwife · 06-12-2020, 04:12 PM

I, for one, prefer to use my fangs & claws like a proper Nightmare Wolf.

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

I, for one, prefer to use my fangs & claws like a proper Nightmare Wolf.

And rightly so, my terrifying brother. Embrace your primal instincts. You deserve it!

Macalaure · 06-12-2020, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

You should all have listened to Shasta.

Or Brinn, for that matter. Her boss lady analyses yesterDay were pretty spot on.

Pitchwife · 06-12-2020, 04:14 PM

Let me guess, Lommy, are you the Ranger?

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Let me guess, Lommy, are you the Ranger?

Yes please, tell us who you are, ranger. Speaking for myself, I have no idea who you might be....

Thinlómien · 06-12-2020, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Let me guess, Lommy, are you the Ranger?

HOW

WOULD

YOU

KNOW

THAT

I was consoling myself with at least the thought that you guys must have had no idea because I looked like the dumbest ordo to ever ordo, or possibly the cobbler.

But yes I am. Don't ask who I protected last Night because it doesn't make me look any smarter

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I was consoling myself with at least the thought that you guys must have had no idea because I looked like the dumbest ordo to ever ordo, or possibly the cobbler.

But yes I am. Don't ask who I protected last Night because it doesn't make me look any smarter

Oooo, was it meeeeeeeeeeeee?

Pitchwife · 06-12-2020, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

HOW

WOULD

YOU

KNOW

THAT

Your response to my post about Rikae drawing the Ranger protection from Greenie. Nothing you couldn't have said as an ordo, but I got a feeling you might have a special investment in the matter.

Thinlómien · 06-12-2020, 04:31 PM

No, it was not you Sally. It was Pitch.

See, based on rereading yesterDay, I was conviced the wolves are Mac, Kath and Brinn, and Rikae is the cobbler.

That made Sally and Pitch the remaining ordos to me.

I wanted to protect Nilp of course, but I couldn't (which you correctly calculated

), but I hoped there was still a chance that the wolves wouldn't dare to attack Nilp in case I had actualy gambled before.

So I was like "who else is a likely wolf kill?" "Obviously Sally who so innocently joined the anti-Mac wagon since Mac must be a wolf after all."

(Side note: I SAID THE ANTI-MAC WAGON LOOKED FISHY AF AND FULL OF FURRIES AND IT WAS!!!!! somehow we still messed up. amazing.)

So I went "but the wolves must agree that Sally looks very innocent, so they would expect me to protect Sally if I can't protect Nilp. So if they want to play it über safe, they'll have to gun for someone else".

So then I thought Pitch would be the perfect candidate for the wolf kill. He was laying low the whole game, ergo could look like a gifted. For not jumping on the Shasta wagon, he was unlikely to look like a cobbler to the wolves. He was obviously innocent.

And best of all, he had talked about the wolves possibly trying to mislead the ranger and the bh, which is a point the ranger would have thought about! (Side note spoiler alert: she didn't.)

So I managed to convince myself Pitch was a likely wolf plan C kill choice that they might be desperate enough to go for if they didn't go for Nilp because they really really really needed to kill an innocent.

...oops.

But hey, I couldn't have really prevented the kill anyhow since I had just protected Nilp, who had very clearly said he would be unprotected (which turned out not to be a bluff), and I had no way of knowing the wolves would prefer to gun for the seer instead of him. (To be fair, would I have had a little less busy RL day that Night, I might have still protected someone else, but I didn't have any feasible alternative for Nilp. Also if the wolves had killed Nilp under my nose I would have kicked myself real hard.)

Boromir88 · 06-12-2020, 04:15 PM

Well after some thought and discussion. Game has concluded.

Wolves Victory. Congrats Legate, Macalaure, sally, and Pitch (the Nightmare wolf) for a wonderfully played game.

Cobbler victory! Absolutely brilliant Rikae!

This post will serve as a place holder for the final narration!

Dead folks, come on over and join the discussion!

We'll keep the Game discussion happening here, but I'm all good for calling it.

Brinniel · 06-12-2020, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lommy

Brinn and Kath. Why did we not make Sally the other lynch option yesterDay. WE ALL SUSPECTED HER GOD

Well, that was on you. I did vote her. And yes, I should've voted Mac, but you two were the ones that joined that ridiculous Shasta bandwagon. He was our only practically known innocent!

And really guys, you didn't want to make this more fun and bus one of your own? You still probably would've won anyway..

satansaloser2005 · 06-12-2020, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Brinniel

And really guys, you didn't want to make this more fun and bus one of your own? You still probably would've won anyway..

Hey, we sure tried....

Brinniel · 06-12-2020, 04:20 PM

I'm putting an end to this misery and Nilping myself! Yesterday gave me anxiety and a headache that lasted through the night.

AND WHY CAN'T I EVER BE IN THE DEAD THREAD?!

IT LOOKS SO MUCH MORE FUN!

++Brinn

A Little Green · 06-12-2020, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Form

He's not kidding--once you read the Dead Thread, you will see we were pretty much completely taken in. I daresay our extra vote would have staved things off (NILLLLLLLLLLP!), but not changed the end result.

To be fair, after all of our complaints about the living being terrible, I think we kind of deserved to be wrong about everyone except Mac. (At least we got him right. I think the yelling in the Dead Thread reached impressive new heights when he voted for Shasta after saying that he was a possible Seer-dreamed innocent, and nobody batted an eye

)

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Originally Posted by Huin

Wolves, I have to know: did you find the post where Greenie listed all of her dreams on Day 3?

See, this is the thing. I discovered that from a dead Seer's perspective the Dead Thread is actually a horrible idea! All the relevant information was in that D3 list post, but all you guys did was try to figure out increasingly complicated methods of communicating with the Dead Thread

I mean, I got to the Dead Thread and they'd already figured out all the dreams so I was sure the living would, too

(For the record: N1 Shasta, N2 Nilp, N3 Rikae, N4 Legate.)

A Little Green · 06-12-2020, 04:48 PM

That said - seriously well done, wolves! With a combination of exceptionally clueless ordos and Gifteds (admittedly both Nilp and I pegged Legate on the same Night, but as our only wolf catch it's kind of sad), and an exceptionally brilliant wolf pack, you really did deserve it this time. That was a fantastic performance, you guys.

Also special shout out to Shasta, who I dreamed on N1 because I figured if I know I can trust him he'll make a terrific ally (and might even point me to actual wolves with those famous psychic powers of his). Turns out I was right, but his Cassandra complex on the last Day was tragic to watch.

Finally, unrelated sidenote - I'm almost disappointed we didn't get a chance to see the Nightmare Pitch in action. (Though God knows us Gifteds were in enough trouble as it was

) So maybe that's a role we can have again in a later game?

06-12-2020, 04:05 PM	#1
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	++Rikae Cobbler, please report for lunching....I mean lynching. x'd with the pack and our sweet assistant __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

06-12-2020, 04:09 PM	#4
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best! You should all have listened to Shasta. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

06-12-2020, 04:10 PM	#5
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	Yes, Mac, let us break out the blood goblets and the knives meant for the most tender meat. We are, after all, classy motherwolfers. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

06-12-2020, 04:12 PM	#6
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	I, for one, prefer to use my fangs & claws like a proper Nightmare Wolf. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

06-12-2020, 04:14 PM	#9
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Let me guess, Lommy, are you the Ranger? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

06-12-2020, 04:06 PM	#2
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Sally? I thought it was Kath!

06-12-2020, 04:31 PM	#14
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	No, it was not you Sally. It was Pitch. See, based on rereading yesterDay, I was conviced the wolves are Mac, Kath and Brinn, and Rikae is the cobbler. That made Sally and Pitch the remaining ordos to me. I wanted to protect Nilp of course, but I couldn't (which you correctly calculated ), but I hoped there was still a chance that the wolves wouldn't dare to attack Nilp in case I had actualy gambled before. So I was like "who else is a likely wolf kill?" "Obviously Sally who so innocently joined the anti-Mac wagon since Mac must be a wolf after all." (Side note: I SAID THE ANTI-MAC WAGON LOOKED FISHY AF AND FULL OF FURRIES AND IT WAS!!!!! somehow we still messed up. amazing.) So I went "but the wolves must agree that Sally looks very innocent, so they would expect me to protect Sally if I can't protect Nilp. So if they want to play it über safe, they'll have to gun for someone else". So then I thought Pitch would be the perfect candidate for the wolf kill. He was laying low the whole game, ergo could look like a gifted. For not jumping on the Shasta wagon, he was unlikely to look like a cobbler to the wolves. He was obviously innocent. And best of all, he had talked about the wolves possibly trying to mislead the ranger and the bh, which is a point the ranger would have thought about! (Side note spoiler alert: she didn't.) So I managed to convince myself Pitch was a likely wolf plan C kill choice that they might be desperate enough to go for if they didn't go for Nilp because they really really really needed to kill an innocent. ...oops. But hey, I couldn't have really prevented the kill anyhow since I had just protected Nilp, who had very clearly said he would be unprotected (which turned out not to be a bluff), and I had no way of knowing the wolves would prefer to gun for the seer instead of him. (To be fair, would I have had a little less busy RL day that Night, I might have still protected someone else, but I didn't have any feasible alternative for Nilp. Also if the wolves had killed Nilp under my nose I would have kicked myself real hard.) __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

06-12-2020, 04:15 PM	#15
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Well after some thought and discussion. Game has concluded. Wolves Victory. Congrats Legate, Macalaure, sally, and Pitch (the Nightmare wolf) for a wonderfully played game. Cobbler victory! Absolutely brilliant Rikae! This post will serve as a place holder for the final narration! Dead folks, come on over and join the discussion! We'll keep the Game discussion happening here, but I'm all good for calling it. __________________ Fenris Penguin

06-12-2020, 04:20 PM	#18
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	I'm putting an end to this misery and Nilping myself! Yesterday gave me anxiety and a headache that lasted through the night. AND WHY CAN'T I EVER BE IN THE DEAD THREAD?! IT LOOKS SO MUCH MORE FUN! ++Brinn __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

06-12-2020, 04:48 PM	#20
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,571	That said - seriously well done, wolves! With a combination of exceptionally clueless ordos and Gifteds (admittedly both Nilp and I pegged Legate on the same Night, but as our only wolf catch it's kind of sad), and an exceptionally brilliant wolf pack, you really did deserve it this time. That was a fantastic performance, you guys. Also special shout out to Shasta, who I dreamed on N1 because I figured if I know I can trust him he'll make a terrific ally (and might even point me to actual wolves with those famous psychic powers of his). Turns out I was right, but his Cassandra complex on the last Day was tragic to watch. Finally, unrelated sidenote - I'm almost disappointed we didn't get a chance to see the Nightmare Pitch in action. (Though God knows us Gifteds were in enough trouble as it was ) So maybe that's a role we can have again in a later game? __________________ "But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created."