Werewolf LXXV - Rise of the Great Old Ones -Students Win!!!!

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by path12

Does this mean you plan to exclusively think inside the box?

Definitely thinking inside the rhombus this game.

[The Jackal]

I have a specific field as well, and let's just say it's something I'd never do in real life. That being said, no idea if it will have any impact on the game.

[The Jackal]

I don't think I've heard the word rhombus since middle school. Well done.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by henry296

VOTE RendeR

Because he's a bengals fan.

So being a die hard long suffering miserable fan of a team derided and insulted at every turn now earns me Day 1 votes?


WTF else can go wrong =)

[Alan T]

Well, going to move my vote off before too much harm comes from it. Like I said my vote was just a statement based on a past game. I'd rather keep Hoops around a bit if I don't have any feelings that he is bad. I'll move my vote to the person who was very happy to quickly jump and vote for Hoops right after me causing a quick second vote for him (which as we know can often get a consolidation movement going between two candidates on day 1)

Unvote Hoopsguy
Vote Eaglefan

[claphamsa]

GO BENGALS!!!

[hoopsguy]

Hmm, my major isn't something that I would be afraid to be associated with in real life.

[hoopsguy]

Not knowing anything about the subject matter for this game, I'm wondering if some of the more informed might have ideas on why we would have majors? What kind of in-game impact do you think would be associated with this? Strictly "flavor"?

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

In case anyone wants to see where you're all trapped, here ya go:

http://www.miskatonic-university.org/library.htm

Schmidty, did you create that website or did someone else? I noticed that there is a whole bunch of other stuff on it too. Pretty cool if you did.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Not knowing anything about the subject matter for this game, I'm wondering if some of the more informed might have ideas on why we would have majors? What kind of in-game impact do you think would be associated with this? Strictly "flavor"?

I don't even remember what my major was. I'll have to relook at my PM from Schmidty to see.

[Telle]

Wow, votes all over the damn place.. as of post 160:

oliegirl - 1 - mccollins (125)
Axxon - 1 - Racer (128)
hoopsguy - 1 - EagleFan (136)
PurdueBrad - 2 - claphasma (141), The Jackel (150)
mccolins - 1 - JetsIn06 (142)
LoneStarGirl - 1 - path12 (145)
claphasma - 1 - RendeR (146)
RendeR - 1 - henry296 (148)
EagleFan - 1 - Alan T (155)

[mccollins]

Who has yet to check in?

[Telle]

Originally Posted by mccollins

Who has yet to check in?

PurdueBrad, KWhit, Chief Rum, Axxon, LoneStarGirl, Pass, oliegirl, Mrs Schidty

[Telle]

err.. +m

[Telle]

And for another statistic.. hoops and I are the only ones to check in and not yet vote.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by Telle

PurdueBrad, KWhit, Chief Rum, Axxon, LoneStarGirl, Pass, oliegirl, Mrs Schidty

Kwhit technically did a pre-check in saying he got his role but before Schmidty officially started the game.

Pass, oliegirl and axxon were all around this morning but all said they had not yet received their roles.

Lonestargirl doesn't usually show up until evening after work, PurdueBrad I don't remember being in thread yet today but he was definitely around for the pre-game chatter.

Chief Rum might not check in at all before the deadline. I never remember which nights he doesn't get here till after 10pm EST, but with today being a short day 1, he'll either get on tonight just before deadline or later after deadline.

[Telle]

Yeah I was counting specifically since the game officially started. That's how I decided to keep my notes anyways.

[hoopsguy]

Telle, are you in a hurry to get your vote in? I'm not - I'm confident I'll be around between now and the deadline and I would rather have something to base my call off rather than being near-100% random.

That isn't to suggest anything one way or the other about those who haven't voted yet. It just isn't my style to make my check-in post my voting post, with a notable exception here or there (I'm talking to you, Lathum!)

[Telle]

I usually like to wait to vote until there's actually a little talk rather than just going totally random. However I leave work around 4 today and have no idea if I'll be able to get back on again before deadline, so I'll probably have to make a decision soon.

[path12]

Apparently the ladies love my major. Not to mention my little soldier (nudge, nudge).

Which is odd, because it is in the same realm as my real life major. Which the ladies were distinctly apathetic about.

[Telle]

Originally Posted by The Jackal

vote purdue brad

Would rather get some discussion amongst people than spread 1 vote out to every person.

So then why pick someone who hadn't even checked in yet rather than one of the many with votes who was here and could immediately defend themselves?

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Telle

Wow, votes all over the damn place.. as of post 160:

oliegirl - 1 - mccollins (125)
Axxon - 1 - Racer (128)
hoopsguy - 1 - EagleFan (136)
PurdueBrad - 2 - claphasma (141), The Jackel (150)
mccolins - 1 - JetsIn06 (142)
LoneStarGirl - 1 - path12 (145)
claphasma - 1 - RendeR (146)
RendeR - 1 - henry296 (148)
EagleFan - 1 - Alan T (155)

I wonder what the record is for the total number of players with at least one vote against them at some point during day one. I've never seen anything like this in the other games I've played.

[henry296]

How many wolves do we think we have given 20 players. I'm thinking five. I'm curious how the Arcane Collector and Private Eye factor into the victory conditions. I don't think they count as students and might have their own victory condition.

[Telle]

If the two do have independent victory conditions then I'd think only 4 wolves maybe? Or maybe 4 plus chance at a convertion.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Telle

If the two do have independent victory conditions then I'd think only 4 wolves maybe? Or maybe 4 plus chance at a convertion.

We had four wolves in the Clash of the Titans game that I played in and two players who won if the wolves won. I think that had around 20 players. It also had a different GM though.

[Telle]

Well I gotta get out of here.. sooo, this is pretty random and just a gut feeling:

VOTE MCCOLLINS

[hoopsguy]

I'm guessing 4 with souped-up wolf powers, 5 if they are more standard.

Hard to judge based off Schmidty's last game, which was a conversion-fest.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Telle

If the two do have independent victory conditions then I'd think only 4 wolves maybe? Or maybe 4 plus chance at a convertion.

I think four and a conversion seems most likely.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Well, going to move my vote off before too much harm comes from it. Like I said my vote was just a statement based on a past game. I'd rather keep Hoops around a bit if I don't have any feelings that he is bad. I'll move my vote to the person who was very happy to quickly jump and vote for Hoops right after me causing a quick second vote for him (which as we know can often get a consolidation movement going between two candidates on day 1)

Unvote Hoopsguy
Vote Eaglefan

No quick turnaround vote there. Just bad timing of having the screen up for a bit before voting. Saw it was a second vote for him after I voted but figured I would keep it for a while, at least to see what came of it (discussion wise). I was going to vote PB as I have done in most all of my games on day one but figured I would go back to my first ever day one vote with hoops and give PB a break (it looked like he was getting dumped on a bit with people wanting to vote him day one in an earlier discussion).

The PB day one vote no longer makes sense to me as he seems to be a much better villager than wolf (from what I have seen at least).

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Racer

Schmidty, did you create that website or did someone else? I noticed that there is a whole bunch of other stuff on it too. Pretty cool if you did.

No, I wish I had though. It's a very cool site. The Cthulhu mythos has been around since the 1920s.

Here's more info about the universe this game is set in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_mythos


I highly recommend reading some books or short stories by H..P Lovecraft (and other writers that use the mythos). They're trippy, freaky, and awesome.

[PurdueBrad]

Checking in and definitely not smart enough or motivated enough to do my field of study.

vote Claphamsa

[claphamsa]

bad job PB bad job!

[mccollins]

Just a few minutes before I have to leave and I don't think I'll be able to be on before deadline. I don't like that I have 2 votes (or that my buds PB and Clap have 2 votes on them. Sorry, not voting for them on day 1.) and so I'm looking for one of the other 1 vote folks to switch to...

[mccollins]

I'm just going to leave it as it is - not really any better options so I'll let the chips fall.

[LoneStarGirl]

Wow, there are a lot of females in this game. That is awesome. I really dont know who to vote for, but I will be around all night to change my vote if I need to.

Vote Path because he picks on me

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by mccollins

Just a few minutes before I have to leave and I don't think I'll be able to be on before deadline. I don't like that I have 2 votes (or that my buds PB and Clap have 2 votes on them. Sorry, not voting for them on day 1.) and so I'm looking for one of the other 1 vote folks to switch to...

I'm curious as to why you wouldn't vote for them on day 1? its not like personal freindships mean anything in WW, so why limit yourself from voting for 2 of the 3 high vote getters at this point? (you being the third obviously)

I find that rather suspicious, granted its probably just personal influence entering into an impersonal arena, but I'd like to hear more as to why you shouldn't go for one of them?

[oliegirl]

Student checking in...

VOTE MCCOLLINS

Reason: he voted for me

[Racer]

Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

Wow, there are a lot of females in this game. That is awesome. I really dont know who to vote for, but I will be around all night to change my vote if I need to.

Vote Path because he picks on me

I believe at least half the players now have at least one vote on them.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by Telle

So then why pick someone who hadn't even checked in yet rather than one of the many with votes who was here and could immediately defend themselves?

it's a fair question, at the time hoops had two (so i wanted someone else with two) and a lot of people hadn't checked in yet, only now has the list whittled, but i'm not moving my vote at the moment

[The Jackal]

so now mc, clap, and pb all have two?

[henry296]

Hopfully I can get back on before 9, but it will be close.

I was unfair to RendeR and we need to consolidate votes. Automatically excluding voting for people that could help save you is a bad omen.

UNVOTE RendeR
VOTE mccollins

[Alan T]

As of post 191, this is what I have for the vote count:

4) Mccollins - Jetsin06 (142), Telle (176), oliegirl (187), henry296 (191)
2) PurdueBrad - Claphamsa (141), The Jackal (150)
2) Claphamsa - Render (146), PurdueBrad (181)
1) Oliegirl - Mccollins (125)
1) Axxon - Racer (128)
1) Hoopsguy - Eaglefan (136)
1) Lonestargirl - path12 (145)
1) Eaglefan - Alan T (155)
1) Path12 - Lonestargirl (185)

[henry296]

With the deadline for tonight at 10, I'll be should back on before that.

[LoneStarGirl]

How many games has mccollins played? If he is as new as I think he is , I wouldn't vote for him... Clap on the other hand thinks he is a pro

[oliegirl]

Mccollins has played a few games that I've been in...I'm 99.9% sure that in at least one game he was a wolf...I'm fine with voting for him.

[LoneStarGirl]

Oh okay... I just know I hated getting voted for my first couple of games of playing. It defeated the purpose!

[hoopsguy]

I'll throw my vote on another guy with a vote to consolidate this a little bit ...

Not voting for one of the three leaders initially because:
1.) Mccollins has been a tough villager in the games I've been a wolf. I'm hoping we're both villagers this time, so I'm not going to help bury the guy now.
2.) PurdueBrad, as has been stated by several others, is perceived as a better villager than wolf. Why run those guys out on Day 1?
3.) Clap seems to get a lot of Day 1 deaths, or at the very least attention.

These are all meta-game reasons, but I don't have much in the thread to support a vote on anyone in particular. The vote goes to the guy who quick-hit me with a 2nd vote earlier. I'll put him at 2, which I think is better than introducing a new candidate at this stage.

VOTE EAGLEFAN

[Passacaglia]

I don't see that as much of a consolidation. I think we were fine with 3, and bringing a fourth guy with two votes is actually expanding the list.

[path12]

Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

Vote Path because he picks on me

I said welcome back.

[hoopsguy]

Pass, I think it represents a significant consolidation compared to the zero/one folks. I would have consolidated on one of the three candidates if I felt any particular good reason, either in-thread or meta-game, to vote for them.