Long Game 104: The Flame of Tar Valon

[Terrisman]

Hopper you do realize that by voting TUF you likely get eliminated next day because everyone else thinks he’s an elim

Just now, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Can somebody else confirm this? (Sorry Terrisman, I don't trust you.)

I really need to read these books.

Lol that would be pretty dumb to lie about though. And it’s all the RP too

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

Fine. Since nobody's getting elected and apparently using a smart voting tactic to Still the person I think is evil is bad now, I change my vote to No Vote. Hopefully that's a little protection. Goodbye TUF.

Edited March 24, 2025 by ThatOneWorldhopper

[Mark IV he/him]

17 minutes ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Logically, if it's a 5-way tie, one of them will be Black Ajah, and hopefully the RNG helps us.

Just now, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Since nobody's getting elected and apparently using a smart voting tactic to Still the person I think is evil is bad now, I change my vote to No Vote. Hopefully that's a little protection.

Am I missing something or are you calling RNG a smart tactic? I mean, I think you need to elaborate a bit cause it doesn't make sense to me rn

[Steeldancer he/him]

1 hour ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Sorry Steeldancer: TUF.

Logically, if it's a 5-way tie, one of them will be Black Ajah, and hopefully the RNG helps us.

Also, @Terrisman, I've never read the books, so is the "darkfriends" from that? Or are they actually your friends?

...yeah this post is all sorts of weird. And yes, darkfriends is an in book faction, of which the black ajah are the Aes Sedai version. 

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

1 hour ago, Terrisman said:

If I would have seen this before the game started,I don’t think I would have ever played. I’m doing this all in my head y’all 

I try to do that, ut then my memory starts playing tricks on me, and then i decide to spend hours doing this, and then i get burnt out and go inactive. Its happened in like 5 games. Whenever i start to take a game too seriously, this happens. i think i'm going to stop while I'm ahead and not continue that spreadsheet.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

2 hours ago, Terrisman said:

If I would have seen this before the game started,I don’t think I would have ever played. I’m doing this all in my head y’all 

From the books

Most people do. Some people are just smarter than the rest of us. 

When I start writing complex thoughts out, it's a sign of my mind fraying.

[|TJ| he/him]

13 hours ago, Mark IV said:

That's pretty tame for book Aes Sedai, though, no? I feel like they'd either bury Polly's existence under the rug or still and execute her for being Black Ajah 

Exile seems like a peaceful way to go for an outed BA 

In this house, we believe in repent and redeem :P.

[Teldris Anuar]

I see no advantage on pushing for the amyrlin election so soon, so ill give my vote to the sitter i think least suspicious to remove them from random stilling range.

SART

[Mark IV he/him]

17 minutes ago, Teldris Anuar said:

I see no advantage on pushing for the amyrlin election so soon, so ill give my vote to the sitter i think least suspicious to remove them from random stilling range.

SART

Any reason why you think Sart is least the suspicious sitter? Is it just gut? Or something you don't want to disclose yet?

 

Edit: Mostly OOG (out of game), but what's that hand symbol on Teldris' profile picture?

Edited March 24, 2025 by Mark IV

[Teldris Anuar]

12 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

Any reason why you think Sart is least the suspicious sitter? Is it just gut? Or something you don't want to disclose yet?

A bit of column A, a bit of column B. I liked quite a bit a post they made early in day 1, and between Terris BB  and Steel all have at least one post that has irked me, some of them more than one, so if rng is about to be involved i would like to remove the one i think its least likely.

12 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

Edit: Mostly OOG (out of game), but what's that hand symbol on Teldris' profile picture?

Some kind of noob marker i belive?

Edited March 24, 2025 by Teldris Anuar

[xxGaea They/Them, Fae/Faer]

5 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Sorry Steeldancer: TUF.

Logically, if it's a 5-way tie, one of them will be Black Ajah, and hopefully the RNG helps us.

Also, @Terrisman, I've never read the books, so is the "darkfriends" from that? Or are they actually your friends?

5 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Fine. Since nobody's getting elected and apparently using a smart voting tactic to Still the person I think is evil is bad now, I change my vote to No Vote. Hopefully that's a little protection. Goodbye TUF.

Yeaaaaah, this stance feels really weird to me. Considering TUF is currently the most suspicious of the sitters, it makes the most sense to Still him tonight. RNG doesn't really help in this instance, because the odds of randomly eliminating a V!Sitter is higher than randomly hitting an E!Sitter, since the V!Sitters hopefully outnumber the E!Sitters out of who was elected.

Voting for TUF, or not voting at all, feels like it is more beneficial to the BA than it is to the Tower imo.

39 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

Edit: Mostly OOG (out of game), but what's that hand symbol on Teldris' profile picture?

Can confirm, hovering over the symbol it says "Teldris Anuar joined recently"

The bit of back and forth between Hopper and Terris also feels kinda weird, ngl--might be worth it to look through all their conversations in-thread again, but I am not up for that rn lol. Terris responded to Hopper’s vote really fast, which then led to Hopper removing their vote right after--which feels like really convenient timing. IDK, something about that interaction, in particular, feels really off to me.

Edited March 24, 2025 by xxGaea
spelling issue, rip

[Steeldancer he/him]

6 hours ago, Terrisman said:

14 hours ago, A Jo in the Bush said:

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If I would have seen this before the game started,I don’t think I would have ever played. I’m doing this all in my head y’all 

I can confirm most people do not do this, that's a lot of work for a game that's supposed to be fun lmao. 

Also, vote for Steel! Not to become Amyrlin or anything I just don't want to be stilled lmao

[Aeternum]

6 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Fine. Since nobody's getting elected and apparently using a smart voting tactic to Still the person I think is evil is bad now, I change my vote to No Vote. Hopefully that's a little protection. Goodbye TUF.

Huh.

RNG does not help you get the person you think is evil to be Stilled lol. Who do you think is evil here?

[Steeldancer he/him]

Some might wonder, how did John end up in this position? If he was a male channeler, then why hide in the tower instead of fleeing so very very far away? Well it was simple. 

Just over a year ago, he had been living in Tar Valon, working a bakery left behind by his deceased parents with his only living family, his twin sister Jane. It had been a normal day by pretty much every standard. He had been making some bread. 

When something happened. Something clicked within the universe, and power flowed through him. The fabric of the universe obeyed his will, and the dough he had been kneading burst into flames. 

Panicking, he had called for his sister, who realized what had happened almost immediately. Living in the seat of power of the Aes Sedai also meant she realized what the consequences for this would be. And since they lived so near the tower, there was no way someone didn't notice the flow of the One Power. Their only hope was that nobody noticed that it was the wrong side. 

So Jane made a split second decision. After all, John was her only living family, her twin. There was no way she'd let him be still and executed just for having the unfortunate luck to be a male channeler. So she dragged John to her room, and began to dress him. 

"Listen to me, John. From now on, you are me. The Aes Sedai will come and get you. You don't have enough time to run away. So instead, pretend to be an initiate. Hide your true nature. And never, under any circumstances, ever channel again. Your first time was brief, so they may not have noticed it was that of a male. But if they see it again, they will know, and they will still and kill you. So, pretend to be me and hide. At least until you get sent out on assignment or something, anything that gets you out of the direct thumb of the tower. Then, run, far far away. Somewhere you can be safe."

John was still in a fair bit of shock, but managed to stammer out, "But what about you?"

Jane smiled wanly. "If you manage to escape, leave a note for me indicating where you're planning on going. I'll try and join you. Twins ought to stick together, after all."

They shared a brief hug as Jane finished disguising John. "Now, go. If you go find them first, they'll be less likely to look into you and me. Stay safe, brother."

John hasn't left the tower since that day. But someday soon, he did plan to leave the tower and run away somewhere safer than under the nose of the Aes Sedai. 

Well, that had been the plan right up until the White Ajah had put him in charge. Seriously, how was he supposed to ever get away now???

[Sart he/him]

1 minute ago, Steeldancer said:

Some might wonder, how did John end up in this position? If he was a male channeler, then why hide in the tower instead of fleeing so very very far away? Well it was simple. 

Just over a year ago, he had been living in Tar Valon, working a bakery left behind by his deceased parents with his only living family, his twin sister Jane. It had been a normal day by pretty much every standard. He had been making some bread. 

When something happened. Something clicked within the universe, and power flowed through him. The fabric of the universe obeyed his will, and the dough he had been kneading burst into flames. 

Panicking, he had called for his sister, who realized what had happened almost immediately. Living in the seat of power of the Aes Sedai also meant she realized what the consequences for this would be. And since they lived so near the tower, there was no way someone didn't notice the flow of the One Power. Their only hope was that nobody noticed that it was the wrong side. 

So Jane made a split second decision. After all, John was her only living family, her twin. There was no way she'd let him be still and executed just for having the unfortunate luck to be a male channeler. So she dragged John to her room, and began to dress him. 

"Listen to me, John. From now on, you are me. The Aes Sedai will come and get you. You don't have enough time to run away. So instead, pretend to be an initiate. Hide your true nature. And never, under any circumstances, ever channel again. Your first time was brief, so they may not have noticed it was that of a male. But if they see it again, they will know, and they will still and kill you. So, pretend to be me and hide. At least until you get sent out on assignment or something, anything that gets you out of the direct thumb of the tower. Then, run, far far away. Somewhere you can be safe."

John was still in a fair bit of shock, but managed to stammer out, "But what about you?"

Jane smiled wanly. "If you manage to escape, leave a note for me indicating where you're planning on going. I'll try and join you. Twins ought to stick together, after all."

They shared a brief hug as Jane finished disguising John. "Now, go. If you go find them first, they'll be less likely to look into you and me. Stay safe, brother."

John hasn't left the tower since that day. But someday soon, he did plan to leave the tower and run away somewhere safer than under the nose of the Aes Sedai. 

Well, that had been the plan right up until the White Ajah had put him in charge. Seriously, how was he supposed to ever get away now???

Unclear. I nominate Steeldancer. More thoughts to come, but rollover is at an awkward time for me, so have a quick nomination for voting out a traitor.

[Terrisman]

1 hour ago, xxGaea said:

The bit of back and forth between Hopper and Terris also feels kinda weird, ngl--might be worth it to look through all their conversations in-thread again, but I am not up for that rn lol. Terris responded to Hopper’s vote really fast, which then led to Hopper removing their vote right after--which feels like really convenient timing. IDK, something about that interaction, in particular, feels really off to me.

I’m on this thread a lot so I replied right away. Him removing his vote did feel really weird especially because he had to know that  it would make him look even more suspicious. 

 

14 hours ago, The Unknown Flame said:

I know how this looks...

I'll admit it, I knew Kas was village. I did not fake the rand. I would never invoke the gods of Luck and Chance in vain. I might have randed between just Kas and Drake though. 

Why those two? You may ask. Well, I didn't want Polly to die. I quite like Polly, and we were having a great time in our doc. Apparently, it wasn't the only doc they were having fun in >.< 

I was okay with voting Kas because I thought it was hilarious he was getting as much suspicion as he was. and Kas getting exed as village may or may not be on my bucket list Was that counter to the village's interests? Well, yeah. But it would have been funny.

I understand you have to still me now as a matter of course, but all I ask is that you don't exe me on principle tomorrow, because I want to hang around in the game and chat with Storm in our doc. Pretty please?

Oh, and Joe, because I like Jo and feel guilty for flipping the coin that killed him in the QF.

This ain’t right. To try to pretend it was all a joke just doesn’t sit well with me especially after last cycle when in response to people questioning your Kas vote, you replied that you always vote random. If you really thought it was funny, that may have been a good time to say so.

 

@TwinStormwould you mind explaining why you voted for BB?

Also do we have an updated vote count?

[|TJ| he/him]

31 minutes ago, Terrisman said:

Also do we have an updated vote count?

Joe (3): Kasimir, Mark IV, xxGaea Steeldancer (2): Sart, Joe Terrisman (2): Aeternum, Steeldancer Sart (2): Terrisman, Teldris Anuar BridgeBoi (1): TwinStorm

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 hour ago, Terrisman said:

I’m on this thread a lot so I replied right away. Him removing his vote did feel really weird especially because he had to know that  it would make him look even more suspicious. 

 

This ain’t right. To try to pretend it was all a joke just doesn’t sit well with me especially after last cycle when in response to people questioning your Kas vote, you replied that you always vote random. If you really thought it was funny, that may have been a good time to say so.

 

@TwinStormwould you mind explaining why you voted for BB?

Also do we have an updated vote count?

I've given my reasoning

I trust him, I can read him better than practically anyone else, and he didn't want the sitter position

[BridgeBoi]

Yall just so u know, I’m sorry about that Kas Vote. Honestly, I can’t read anyone so I was bandwaggoning on Kas. I didn’t want to make a bad hard read and get hammered for that so I decide just make a safe vote on the person everyone (at that time) thought was black. If yall want to still me for that, honestly I’m fine. I would be a terrible amylmin anyway. Though I do think TUF is sus, 

anyway, I’ll vote Terrisman. 

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

2 hours ago, xxGaea said:

Terris responded to Hopper’s vote really fast, which then led to Hopper removing their vote right after

I have literally nothing going on in my life but this. 

2 hours ago, Aeternum said:

RNG does not help you get the person you think is evil to be Stilled lol. Who do you think is evil here?

But there's no real other way to Still someone, so I'm trying to hope that the numbers are kind to me and will still the person of whom I am suspicious. There's no real other way to Still someone, save for the Green Ajah.

No vote is safer, because I think that because of something else, the Black Ajah is watching me. If I try to get rid of one of them and don't succeed, then there's a chance that they'll come after me.

I haven't played this game before, so I have no other strategy ideas.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

@A Jo in the Bush why the sudden flip into all out running for the Amyrlin Seat? thought process?

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

1 minute ago, TwinStorm said:

@A Jo in the Bush why the sudden flip into all out running for the Amyrlin Seat? thought process?

I've run games of SE and other custom games before. I enjoy creating things that people will play, and interact with. People were talking about preventing the Amyrlin Elevation, and slowing it down or dismantling it, and generally only talking about it in a negative way.

If i was running a game, and the entire playerbase decided that one of my mechanics wasn't worth playing with, because of the danger, and chose to take the safer, boring option, i would be sad, and discouraged.

So i decided to have fun and just see if I could do it.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, A Jo in the Bush said:

I've run games of SE and other custom games before. I enjoy creating things that people will play, and interact with. People were talking about preventing the Amyrlin Elevation, and slowing it down or dismantling it, and generally only talking about it in a negative way.

If i was running a game, and the entire playerbase decided that one of my mechanics wasn't worth playing with, because of the danger, and chose to take the safer, boring option, i would be sad, and discouraged.

So i decided to have fun and just see if I could do it.

hmm

alright

I respect that

[Terrisman]

2 minutes ago, A Jo in the Bush said:

I've run games of SE and other custom games before. I enjoy creating things that people will play, and interact with. People were talking about preventing the Amyrlin Elevation, and slowing it down or dismantling it, and generally only talking about it in a negative way.

If i was running a game, and the entire playerbase decided that one of my mechanics wasn't worth playing with, because of the danger, and chose to take the safer, boring option, i would be sad, and discouraged.

So i decided to have fun and just see if I could do it.

But it really doesn’t make sense. If whomever we elect is BA then we lose and even if they are Village what potential benefit is there? I don’t think 2 votes is worth the risk and especially since we lose your (village) vote afterwards. Not to mention that we can’t still another potential suspect.

You wanting to interact with part of the game that’s dangerous can totally risk losing for no in game reason. Just doesn’t really work out

8 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

Fine. Since nobody's getting elected and apparently using a smart voting tactic to Still the person I think is evil is bad now, I change my vote to No Vote. Hopefully that's a little protection. Goodbye TUF.

Who do you think is evil? What is the protection are you referring to?

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

13 minutes ago, Terrisman said:

Who do you think is evil? What is the protection are you referring to?

I have my suspicions. I was hoping that by not voting, the Black Ajah wouldn't think that I was inhibiting their plans and kill me, and the Villagers wouldn't think I was supporting the Black Ajah.