TIG CXVII: DEAD Thread: By the Waters of Tarn Aeluin

[A Little Green]

Okay, I really need sleep now. (Never mind future Greenie, present Greenie can't keep her eyes open anymore.) I'm afraid this will amount to a game of absurd Deadline Chicken whatever we do. As there's no way I could stay awake for another hour and 20 minutes, I'm going to stick to my original plan and abstain. Even without me, there should still be enough of us to out-Chicken the wolves - and me voting early for the wrong person is a potential disaster.

Originally Posted by Boro

Hey, Soriman voted for Morsul. Come on Pitch

Oh my God, he what?? Please Pitch, vote Morsul too and take it out of our hands!

Originally Posted by Lommy

But I know you aren't likely to just take my word for it, so if you are unsure, I think making a tie and letting the dead decide would be a very appropriate ending for this game

NO

[A Little Green]

PITCH!!! OH NO YOU DIDN'T

So it really is up to us now.

[Boromir88]

Do we have even numbers here? Let's just split our votes and lynch them both. Pitch and Soriman survive. Village wins.

(I think I'll have to be far more persuasive than this to get the mods on board)

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Do we have even numbers here? Let's just split our votes and lynch them both. Pitch and Soriman survive. Village wins.

(I think I'll have to be far more persuasive than this to get the mods on board)

Lol. While I would not formally break the rules of the game, I am looking for ideas for the narration, which I feel this once in the game should be prominently guided by the Dead rather than the Living thread events. And based on the sentiment so far, the Living are in for it, regardless of their actual roles.

[Galadriel55]

Also, while I work on toDay's epic narration at DL, I think it is fair for all the Dead to go haunt the Living in Ghost-mode and tell them everything you think of them It won't change the game anymore and gives you something to do while waiting for the narration, if you feel like it. I'll tell the Living you are coming with the DL post. Please only post there after the DL post is up.

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Lol. While I would not formally break the rules of the game, I am looking for ideas for the narration, which I feel this once in the game should be prominently guided by the Dead rather than the Living thread events. And based on the sentiment so far, the Living are in for it, regardless of their actual roles.

Hey I'm quite proud of the D&D campaign I joined where for my Goliath character I picked up the "disarm" ability because I thought you know getting an enemy to drop a weapon would be quite useful to have...only to find out the factions our group is up against are werewolves and vampires. So I successfully convinced the DM my character was strong enough to disarm vampires...as in literally just rip their arms off. But then vampires can still bite you, so the DM had his vampires go Black Knight to hop on over and attempt to bite me.

[Galadriel55]

If there’s something strange
In your suspect list
Who you gonna call?
Ghost!Formy!

Someone’s acting weird
Their votes don’t look good
Who you gonna call?
Ghost!Hui!

I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost!
I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost!

If you’re seeing wolves
Messing with your head
Who can you call?
Ghost!Lottie!

An additional hint
Coming from the dead
Ow, who you gonna call?
Ghost haunters!

I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost!
I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost!

- Ghosthaunters

“Guiding the Living is like herding cats, so that's a bonus not the meat of the matter” --One Ghost to Another

[Formendacil]

Ugh... Still leaning Morsul. The whole tie thing feels like a cunning plot. But I am very conflicted.

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Morsul

Well it’s up to the dead y’all should probably just vote now

Gah! It's not that simple when you know there are 2 wolves around who are capable of planning some last minute funny business. We're not all as cavalier with our votes as you are Morsul!

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Pitch

The Dead Thread is boiling now.

Thanks. Really helpful.

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Boro

Gah! It's not that simple when you know there are 2 wolves around who are capable of planning some last minute funny business. We're not all as cavalier with our votes as you are Morsul!

Although at least they can't plan anything privately - not even whether they're going to be around for Deadline Chicken or not - so their capacity for coordinating anything is limited. Which isn't to say they can't cause chaos anyway

[A Little Green]

I guess someone has to go first. If I'm doing something dramatically wrong here, it can go down in history as my revenge for getting lynched on Day 1.

++Morsul

If there's a better argument for lynching Lommy instead, please do so! I'm really going to sleep now.

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

(Also... why Chicken? Not that I mind, but I am just confused)

"Playing chicken" is... well, the classic movie version is where two people drive cars at each other and see who swerves. In context, we're all charging at the DL and whoever blinks first loses.

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Persuade a bit harder and it might work.

I mean, they've just abdicated responsibility for their fate to a bunch of corpses. I don't know that anyone deserves to survive this.

Which would be nice and canonical too! Clearly the dead Beren is actually just sleeping and/or wearing a bed sheet and going "woooOOOOoooo".

Uggggh, about a billion cross posts.

hS

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Also, while I work on toDay's epic narration at DL, I think it is fair for all the Dead to go haunt the Living in Ghost-mode and tell them everything you think of them It won't change the game anymore and gives you something to do while waiting for the narration, if you feel like it. I'll tell the Living you are coming with the DL post. Please only post there after the DL post is up.

I assume you mean full-blown quotes-only Ghosts? How many quotes have "fool" in them?

Originally Posted by Finrod-Zong: Melian's Aria

I see black banners on the heights
I see black banners on the heights!
Your reckless words have lost the battle!

Originally Posted by A Little Green

Although at least they can't plan anything privately - not even whether they're going to be around for Deadline Chicken or not - so their capacity for coordinating anything is limited. Which isn't to say they can't cause chaos anyway

They're not even flippin' posting! We're doing it all to ourselves.

Look, should we just vote Morsul and be done with it? I almost did back on Day One, so for me personally it would be very fitting.

Fakeedit: oh, you did. Sleep well, Greenie.

hS

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

"Playing chicken" is... well, the classic movie version is where two people drive cars at each other and see who swerves. In context, we're all charging at the DL and whoever blinks first loses.

For some reason I had an image in my head of a Hot Potato Pass It On type of game, except instead of a hot potato you have a chicken, and also that chicken is alive and flailing and thrashing and shrieking its head off. No one wants to hold the chicken, but you can't let it run loose either, or it will peck everyone's eyes out. (Sounds familiar, everyone who tried to shirk endgame voting responsibility? )

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

. (Sounds familiar, everyone who tried to shirk endgame voting responsibility? )

-_- Nobody told me being dead came with responsibilities.

So now we're at one vote each way too... this game, I swear.

hS

[Formendacil]

Well done breaking the impasse, Greenie--right or wrong, it had to be done.

Now... do we all like on or wait?

EDIT: xposted with Boro. I swear...

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

EDIT: xposted with Boro. I swear...

I'm hungry and no one wants my judgement to be influenced by getting hangry. So be done with it now and go get the food.

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I'm hungry and no one wants my judgement to be influenced by getting hangry. So be done with it now and go get the food.

I mean if the outcome of this game ends up hinging on whether you've been fed and watered, that will be kind of perfect.

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Pitch

You know, this could be the first WW game on the Downs won by the Dead not the Living.

Or everyone else just vote for Pitch for this comment? Morsul's still lynched.