WWalking in a WWinter WWonderland - 4th Annual Noob WW Game

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Winter had arrived - in fact, it had been here for quite some time. The landscape was painted white, the chill threatened to soak into our bones. But there we were, huddled in blankets by a roaring fire, with not a care in the world.

And yet...something nagged at the back of our minds. Some feeling that things were about to change. We looked to our friends and saw similar thoughts expressed on their faces. What could be wrong?

A figure came running towards us through the snow. He stumbled, tripped twice, barely avoided falling right on his face. Who was this crazy person running out in the cold? We looked to each other, clasped hands, thought This is it. This is the trouble we've been waiting for.

The man fell a few feet away from us. He was gasping for air. Kaydubs leaned close as she realized he was trying to say something, and recognized a familiar face. It was SummertheLynx, and he was bleeding from a deep wound in his chest. The snow was painted red beneath him.

"R...run," he finally choked out before his breath stopped.

Perhaps we should have heeded his words. Perhaps it would have been better for all of us. But we could not let the injustice of his death lie. So we stayed. We fought. We searched for his killer. We felt darkness among us, and in searching for it we turned on each other...
 
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WW Basics (Adapted from WW 101)

The game is divided into cycles. Each cycle is divided into a day and a night. During the day is when the players decide who they should "lynch" for that day. You are trying to figure out who the wolves are (hence the name of the game WW=werewolf... by day they act like villagers, but by night they kill). Each of you will cast a vote during the day sessions to lynch someone. When you cast a vote please put your vote in BOLD, for example, lynch Jilary. If you cannot use bold, put your vote in octothorps, like so: ###lynch jilary### You can change your vote from one person to another at anytime before the lynch is closed by writing unlynch Jilary, lynch Pippy. Whoever has the most votes against them will then be lynched. They will die (usually) and are removed from the game.

We then move to the night cycle. This is when the wolves pick who they are going to kill. Also, many villagers have roles that allow them to do things to help the villagers out. Please reply to your role conversation with your night actions if you have any. To make it easier for us to find your final action, please bold it and indicate the night like this:
N1
Mutilate Karabou

There will be a writeup after each day session explaining what happened in the lynch and the role of the persons lynched, and also a writeup after the night session similarly. Sometimes these writeups can give you hints, and sometimes they are just for fun, and sometimes they are designed to mislead you. That's part of the fun 😏
 
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Rules for this game, READ CAREFULLY

Note that these rules must be followed. We will not hesitate to enact punishment for breaking them, up to and including "mod killing", where you are removed from the game.

1. Do not discuss the game outside of this thread and your role (or mentor) PM unless you are specifically allowed to do so by the mods. There are no PMs in this game outside of ones set up by us.

2. Once you are dead, you are not allowed to strategize on the thread. If you are going to post, you must post in asterisks
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like this
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Please limit the amount that you post, and limit content to fun comments or cheering for your team. Just as you should be careful with what you post after death, you should also be careful with what posts you like. Use your best judgement, don't like posts with strategy in them. You would be surprised how what you say or like can sway players' thoughts, even if you think it is innocuous. So err on the side of caution. DO NOT DISCUSS THE GAME WITH LIVING PLAYERS.

3. Participate, participate, participate. I am not a mod who tolerates ghosting. We spent time building this game, and by signing up you committed to play it. Life does happen, so if things get busy let us know and send in contingency votes/actions. There are mechanisms in place in this game to encourage participation, in addition to the option of mod kill for serious infractions. So...play the game! To get notifications of posts in this thread, please click the "watch thread" button at the top. This will help you remember that the game is going on!

4. This is a chance to practice your paraphrasing skills. Direct quoting or copy/pasting of ANY PMs is not allowed.

5. You may edit posts in this game, but only for small things (clarifying wording/typos). Do not edit lynch votes. Think before you post.

6. Do not discuss or share your night results before the writeup is posted. However, you are free to continue to strategize between lynch close and writeup.

7. This is not technically a rule...but I would enjoy it if you changed your avatar to something winter/holiday themed!

Rules for Mentors: Mentors are here to advise you of the mechanics of playing, and to discuss general strategy, but remember you are the ones who are playing. You will learn best from mistakes you make over the course of this game. Do not ask the mentor to tell you exactly what to do. You will notice all mentor messages on the thread will be surrounded by emojis

😏😏😏😏😏😏
like this
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

That is so you can pick out the mentor messages easily!

If you have questions, please ask either the mods or the mentors, or you can post a question on the thread and one of us will answer.

Final rule: HAVE FUN!
And try to survive 😉
 
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~Table of Contents~

Day 1 Final Lynch Tally
Day 1 Writeup - LIS croaked
Night 1 Writeup - Paws sacrificed
Day 2 Final Lynch Tally
Day 2 Writeup - RedLauren peaced out
Night 2 Writeup - Lawper and killer met their maker
Day 3 Final Lynch Tally
Day 3 Writeup - Gryff combusted
Night 3 Writeup - No one died
Day 4 Final Lynch Tally
Mid-Day 4 Death - bryn falls
Day 4 Writeup - staff is struck down
Night 4 - Coquette skewered
Day 5 Final Lynch Tally
Day 5 - Stella and flames lynched
Night 5 - Cosmo stabbed
Day 6 Final Lynch Tally
Day 6 - greeney, jboo, and LL004 executed
Night 6 - a quiet night
Day 7 Tally
Day 7 - capri lynched
Night 7 - another quiet night
Day 8 Tally
Day 8 - youngkal modkilled
Night 8
Day 9 Tally
Day 9 - Miss Mixalot harpooned
Night 9 - Evil snuffed out
Day 10 Tally
Day 10 - Olive defeated
Spreadsheet
 
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Dead is @SummerTheLynx. But...wait a second...he's still here? Odd. Best to ignore him. People tend to go a bit nutty after they die.

It is now Day 1. Lynch will close at 10pm EST (approximately 9 hours). Please start sending in night actions so we can have a quick turnaround.

Going forward, day close will be 9pm EST and night close will be 6am EST. Night will close early if we have all actions by midnight.

25 players remain
  1. @johnnaboo
  2. @cosmokot
  3. @greeneyegal92
  4. @Lawper
  5. @MixedAnimals77
  6. @Coquette22
  7. @youngkal
  8. @Rozzieray
  9. @LabLuv004
  10. @hopefuldogtor
  11. @killerleaf
  12. @BONELESSCAT
  13. @Clover the Golden Doodle
  14. @flameshock
  15. @PotentiallyEvil
  16. @Skyerien
  17. @SoFloGryffindor
  18. @cowgirl92
  19. @bryndiana.jones
  20. @StayingPositive2017
  21. @staff_wielder
  22. @RedLauren
  23. @olive.
  24. @Stella Mudd
  25. @LetItSnow
  26. [I]@SummerTheLynx[/I]

Manators
  1. @Melchizedek
  2. @vetmedhead
  3. @Karabiner13
  4. @Animal Midwife
  5. @JaynaAli
  6. @LyraGardenia
  7. @raf2769
  8. @SportPonies
  9. @Trilt
  10. @Cyndia
  11. @PippyPony
  12. @Kam325
  13. @nohika
  14. @finnickthedog
  15. @genny
  16. @allieh8607
  17. @Mad Jack
  18. @PrincessButterCup
  19. @Coopah
  20. @Ashgirl
  21. @SnowshoeDog143
  22. @katashark
  23. @kcoughli
  24. @TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo
  25. @SkiOtter


Your mods are: myself, @kaydubs, @Jilary, and @Crayola227
 
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Ah an early resurrection should set the mood to this Christmas classic. The anxious villagers all found themselves huddled together, trying to use their brain powers to deduce who those that were a little too fluffy among them. The wolves, well the wolves cackled with delight at the smorgasbord before them. The stage was set for the perfect lynching, so long as the opportunity was not squandered.

**********lynch LeTitsNow***********
 
Looks like I didn't have enough helpful posts at the opening of the game...

Nickname and WW Terminology Guides Coming Soon to A Post Near You! Specifically this one!

Modator and Modatee and Manatee and Manator Nickname Guide

Modators
WildZoo - WZ, dubz, wubz, subs
kaydubs - kdizzle, kd

Modatees
Jilary - Jil
Crayola - Cray, Crayons

Manatees
...for most of you its your first, maybe second game. Pfft. You'll get nicknames WHEN YOU EARN THEM.

StayingPositive2017 - StayPaws, Paws
SummertheLynx - STL, SLT, Salami, pretty much anything except Summer
LetItSnow - LIS, LeTits

Manators
Melchizedek - Mel, CheezyD, Cheezy, Cheez, Cheez-It
vetmedhead - vmh, meathead, meats
Karabiner13 - Kara, Karabou, KB, Karab, Bou
Animal Midwife - AM
JaynaAli - Jayna
LyraGardenia - Lyra, LG
raf2769 - raf
SportPonies - Sporty, SportySpice, SP (if you're LAME)
Trilt - trout
Cyndia - ...I know of no nicknames here
PippyPony - Pippy, Pip, Pipperoo, Pipperoni, Pipsqueak, Pip Pip Hooray
Kam325 - Kam
nohika - nohi, nokia
finnickthedog - finn, finny
genny - Gen, En, EN, N
allieh8607 - allieh, allie
Mad Jack - MJ
PrincessButterCup - PBC
Coopah - Coop
Ashgirl - Ash
SnowshoeDog143 - Snowy
katashark - kata, katana, katachomp
kcoughli - kc, kcough
TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo - Fern, Ferny, BBC
SkiOtter - Ski, SkiSki, Otter
 
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WW Terminology
*may be updated with suggestions - manators please offer suggestions in our chat if you have them, so we don't clog up the thread.*

Waffle - A delicious breakfast food. Also, the act of switching your vote. If lots of votes are switching around the same time, especially towards the end of the day, we call that a wafflefest

LyLo - Lynch (correctly) or Lose. This is the point of no return for the village. If anything other than a wolf is lynched during LyLo, village loses the game.

WIFOM - Wine in Front of Me, taken from the poison scene in The Princess Bride. The circular reasoning that results from trying to determine the choices of someone who knows their actions would be analyzed. Probably overused.

Village(r) Code - A terrible way to determine someone's affiliation based on the style/format of their role PM, due to the assumption that wolf PMs will be different from villager PMs. Don't do it.

Sketchy - If you look up sketchy in the dictionary you will see pictures of many of our illustrious manators, along with this modator (depending on who you ask). Synonymous include wolfy, shady, suspect, suspicious, and highly lynchable.

Bandwagon - A buildup of votes on one player, usually one that quickly reaches the majority of votes

Parity - When wolf numbers equal village numbers. This is how wolves win the game.

Vanilla - a player with no special abilities. Can refer to a villager - sometimes called a vanillager - or a wolf, who in that case would have no abilities other than killing. Can also refer to a type of game where no special abilities exist.

Soft clear - When a player determines that, in their opinion, another player is not a wolf based on interactions, analysis, or whatever else and NOT through trustworthy mod-given information

Pocket - something mysteriously missing from a lot of women's clothing. Also the act of getting another player to trust you, typically by some form of sneaky emotional manipulation

Bus/Bussing - when a wolf backstabs another to gain the trust of the village

Tunneling - player A continues to go after player B day after day, perhaps in spite of evidence that player B is village

Scum - a catchall for the informed minority, usually the murderous ones. Someone the village needs to lynch.

NPC - Non Player Character. Someone who is participating in the game but doesn't actually count as a player. There are many different way for this role to be done, but as a general rule they can't be lynched/killed, nor do their votes count. Typically best not to entirely trust what they say either...you never know what kind of nefarious motives they might have.

Mod Flair - refers to artistic/creative license taken by the mods in writeups and individual players results. It is common for players to attempt to determine whether a particular portion of these writings is relevant to the game or simply mods having fun.
 
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cowgirl92 said:
Gee, thanks! Can you do retaliation voting from a previous game?
Also you have no idea how much I waffled over that, if you hadn't switched from VMH I probably would have gone there too :shrug:
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WildZoo said:
Looks like I didn't have enough helpful posts at the opening of the game...

Nickname and WW Terminology Guides Coming Soon to A Post Near You! Specifically this one!
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Are our wonderful nooblets also allowed to ping any of the manators in the game for general WW terminology etc clarification on thread or should they only stick to asking questions to their assigned manator in their PM?
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vetmedhead said:
:biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove:
Are our wonderful nooblets also allowed to ping any of the manators in the game for general WW terminology etc clarification on thread or should they only stick to asking questions to their assigned manator in their PM?
:biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove:
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Someone didn't read da rules 😛

General questions can be asked on thread for any manator or mod to answer.
 
Forgot that tags don't work with edited posts so doing this again. Hopefully the last mod post for a bit...

Manatees
  1. @johnnaboo
  2. @cosmokot
  3. @greeneyegal92
  4. @Lawper
  5. @MixedAnimals77
  6. @Coquette22
  7. @youngkal
  8. @Rozzieray
  9. @LabLuv004
  10. @hopefuldogtor
  11. @killerleaf
  12. @BONELESSCAT
  13. @Clover the Golden Doodle
  14. @flameshock
  15. @PotentiallyEvil
  16. @Skyerien
  17. @SoFloGryffindor
  18. @cowgirl92
  19. @bryndiana.jones
  20. @StayingPositive2017
  21. @SummerTheLynx
  22. @staff_wielder
  23. @RedLauren
  24. @olive.
  25. @Stella Mudd
  26. @LetItSnow

Manators
  1. @Melchizedek
  2. @vetmedhead
  3. @Karabiner13
  4. @Animal Midwife
  5. @JaynaAli
  6. @LyraGardenia
  7. @raf2769
  8. @SportPonies
  9. @Trilt
  10. @Cyndia
  11. @PippyPony
  12. @Kam325
  13. @nohika
  14. @finnickthedog
  15. @genny
  16. @allieh8607
  17. @Mad Jack
  18. @PrincessButterCup
  19. @Coopah
  20. @Ashgirl
  21. @SnowshoeDog143
  22. @katashark
  23. @kcoughli
  24. @TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo
  25. @SkiOtter


Your mods are: myself, @kaydubs, @Jilary, and @Crayola227
 
SkiOtter said:
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My manatee will be proficient in getting kicked out of the thread for posting too much as a deadie
:=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-):
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Nah, your manatee will decide to drop out of the game as they would rather spectate, then constantly stalk/post in the thread as if they were playing 😉
 
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Addendum to the rules (since people probably won't go back to read the edit):

Just as you should be careful with what you post after death, you should also be careful with what posts you like after death. Use your best judgement, don't like posts with strategy in them.

And always like my posts.

That is all.
 
SkiOtter said:
:=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-):
My manatee will be proficient in getting kicked out of the thread for posting too much as a deadie
:=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-)::=|:-):
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You may soon become known for getting kicked out of the thread for posting too much as a manator 😉 :kiss:
 
Lawper said:
:hello: need to catch up what i missed since i got confused who’s playing
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:biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove::biglove:
Just for some quick clarification, anyone posting with bars of emojis above and below the post (like I am) is a mentor and not someone actually playing in the game (like you). We (the mentors) have been clogging up the thread a bit today. Day 1 excitement maybe? :heckyeah:
But we'll be trying to step off a bit to help you all get your bearings. Keep in mind too that early game threads can often be a bit confusing because there's just so darn many players... And this improves as people are killed off 😱
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SkiOtter said:
:lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking::lurking:

You forgot MelchIsADick

Aaaaand sporty spice

(Also SAD YOU FORGOT ME TOO</3)
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finnickthedog said:
:bag::bag::bag::bag::bag::bag::bag::bag::bag::bag::bag:


First of all, get back in your smilies. I taught you better than this.

Second, I don't think anyone will be confused about who that refers to.
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I don't get it.....who are we talking about?

Also the fact that there's more mod/manator posts in the thread right now than player posts XD
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Day 1 Nipping at Your Nose Lynch Tally

cowgirl (1) - mixy
greeny (1) - jboo
cosmo (1) - Lawper
STL (1) - Paws
LeTits (1) - STL

Hmm...I wonder what's up with those italicized votes. Eh, probably not important.

5/26 votes
Deadline: 10pm EST (~6 hours)

Roll call: Everyone who isn't a mod or mentor 😛

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WildZoo said:
Day 1 Nipping at Your Nose Lynch Tally

cowgirl (1) - mixy
greeny (1) - jboo
cosmo (1) - Lawper
STL (1) - Paws
LeTits (1) - STL

Hmm...I wonder what's up with those italicized votes. Eh, probably not important.

5/26 votes
Deadline: 10pm EST (~6 hours)

Roll call: Everyone who isn't a mod or mentor 😛

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😕 this game got confusing. Apparently writeups play a role... but so do weird revivals and italicized names? 😕
 
WildZoo said:
Dead is @SummerTheLynx. But...wait a second...he's still here? Odd. Best to ignore him. People tend to go a bit nutty after they die.
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So STL was killed but somehow revived and those who voted STL and those whom STL voted got their names italicized. I guess it has something to do with STL's weird revival
 
But isn’t this the first day? How can that happen already. Maybe the mods wanted STL to have a chance to play the game.
 
Lawper said:
STL's weird revival and italicized votes are probably related to STL's role/actions. Although I can't determine STL's alignment from that alone.
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As the young Padawan wondered about the great mysteries of the resurrected one, a campaign had started elsewhere. You see, this campaign was designed to allow the newest among us to play, without the resurgence of the old. If the veterans among us continue to clutter the thread and not allow the newest a chance to understand what is going on, then great flame throwers will be taken to the "manators" to obliterate any remaining signs of them.

the young Padawan was confused by the italics, but maybe took the best approach in ignoring it, for surely something out of their control was afoot

Edit: the above campaign was endorsed by the wildest of zoos and the rest of the authors of this fine Christmas classic.
 
Lawper said:
STL's weird revival and italicized votes are probably related to STL's role/actions. Although I can't determine STL's alignment from that alone.
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Clover the Golden Doodle said:
But isn’t this the first day? How can that happen already. Maybe the mods wanted STL to have a chance to play the game.
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I don't think STL is a noob and I'm reasonably certain LIS isn't either, so I'm guessing that may play into things too. I'm inclined to not lynch vote there and see what happens. Although it makes me a little nervous that they keep saying to just ignore it, I'm certainly going to pay attention to it.
 
SummerTheLynx said:
As the young Padawan wondered about the great mysteries of the resurrected one, a campaign had started elsewhere. You see, this campaign was designed to allow the newest among us to play, without the resurgence of the old. If the veterans among us continue to clutter the thread and not allow the newest a chance to understand what is going on, then great flame throwers will be taken to the "manators" to obliterate any remaining signs of them.

the young Padawan was confused by the italics, but maybe took the best approach in ignoring it, for surely something out of their control was afoot

Edit: the above campaign was endorsed by the wildest of zoos and the rest of the authors of this fine Christmas classic.
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Guessing it is probably out of our control, lol.
 
Lynch bonelesscat simply because I get freaked out about the thought of a boneless cat!!
 
###Lynch PotentiallyEvil###. 'Cause I can't take chances with a name like that.
 
Day 1 Lynching the Deadish Tally

cowgirl (1) - mixy
greeny (1) - jboo
cosmo (1) - Lawper
Olive (1) - Clover
Evil (1) - Sky
Boneless (1) - killler
STL (2) - Paws, greeney
LeTits (1) - STL

Hmm...I wonder what's up with those italicized votes. Eh, probably not important.

9/26 votes
Deadline: 10pm EST (~4.5 hours)

DEADLINE MAY GET EXTENDED TO ALLOW EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO CHECK IN
And because I just remembered I originally said we were going to have a long day cycle to start

Roll call: most of you heathen nooblets

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