Haelbarde

2 minutes ago, Lemonelon said:

What do you think would happen if we had a tied lynch vote on the lovers? 

We'd both die - not because of the lynch, but the scapegoat killing Aman, which in turn kills me. Let's not do that.

I forget if Aman got back to me, but I was considering doing this before the weekend, but didn't (obviously). I'm apparently the other Lover - Hero just chose the first and last on the playerlist, apparently.

And I forget if this came up in thread, but I say "apparently the other Lover" because fRR gave no indication of this. When asked, she did say that if I was hypothetically a Lover, there was a reason I wouldn't be told.

So, yeah - I'd also rather not test the tied lynch thing

"There weren't any floors". I don't quite get what's been got at there.

I'm back, btw, though I need to sleep. I'll make sure I'm all caught up in the morning.

Adding my voice to the number of village roleless. I can't help but wonder if this game has an arsonist....

Anyway I'm going to be at a camp for the next 2.5 days, with limited internet. I should be able to be on at least once a day though and keep up to date, and maybe post/PM if need be.[/colour]

8 minutes ago, firstRainbowRose said:

Question one: PAFO.

Question two: It was semi-arbitrary. It could have been any number of players really.

Are you able to confirm if you would rule that no valid votes does not count as a tied vote (for purposes of a hypothetical scapegoat)?

I did actually PM her the question last cycle because I was curious about what would happen with a scapegoat if the doll votes weren't valid. I didn't get a response till this cycle, and she said it doesn't count as a tied vote. It'd be nice to get confirmation in thread though.

@firstRainbowRose does a no lynch where there were no valid votes count as a tied vote?

So I forget. Did we know who had the doll? Could this be a doll kill, or is this likely just a Elim kill?

Edit: @firstRainbowRose

Is it possible to get official vote tallies? Or do we have to keep track of things ourselves and just speculate about any vote shenanigans?

Just now, Alvron said:

We chopped him up for spare parts.  I really don't see him coming back from that.  That said, nothing is impossible in a SE game.

Well, sure. More destroy his cognitive shadow with silver.

If shades are a concern, then we don't want an open flame, we don't want blood, and no running at night. Scapegoat makes the no blood thing hard, running at night could maybe be player actions, and I don't know where flame comes into it. Unless the game has an arsonist that we have to stop. Alternatively, dead people can become shades and we have to kill Rubix properly?

D: Wilson died... Looks like it was shorter this time....

9 hours ago, firstRainbowRose said:

1. Haelbarde -

I did end up posting a character name before the game started - Horatio Heatherlocke.

Sorry, been busy, so I'll need to reread last cycle, then I may edit or add a new post.

Just now, Seonid said:

Yet.

Now if the spam involved a groundbreaking solution using off the shelf tech, maybe I'd be interested

Just now, Seonid said:

You can have one if you ask really, really, nicely!

DESTROY ALL SPAM

What? A Seonid ad?

I'm all for a no lynch until we've definitely confirmed we have an extended cycle, and everyone has received roles and such.

37 minutes ago, little wilson said:

It's a QF though, which technically means 24 hours, as per the format rules.

Fair. We have very little idea what's going on though, so I'm assuming nothing

11 minutes ago, firstRainbowRose said:

A few more down. Last break is at 5:30. Also, assuming the mods are okay with it, how does it sound to extend the first cycle since a valid point was made about people not getting their alignment until the day is basically over?

Also, Josh is dead.

Well, to be fair, you've not actually told us how long cycles are, or when this one ends so really, we wouldnt know the difference.

It wouldn't surprise me if potentially lynching the GM at this stage might do something, but I would very much doubt it would be the solution to the central mystery of the game.

Hero, assuming you're not trolling, I assume the lovers is just the standard if one dies, the other dies too?

1 minute ago, Jondesu said:

Guess it’s going to be a true blackout game where we don’t know who we are. 

I did make preparations for this scenario...

Firstblood to Wilson then?

I shall be Horatio Heatherlocke, hailing from one of the Fort Towns, here due to an honest misunderstanding.

Uugghh. The mystery is too great, and you've got me intrigued...

I'll sign up, with name and background coming once I've read Shadows for Silence.

14 hours ago, Retsam said:

Actually, "Morning Star" also appears in Revelations 22:16, as a title of Jesus.  Granted, it's a different Greek word, in Isaiah it's Φωσφόρος (in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the OT that was in use when the NT was written), while the Revelations passage is  ὁ ἀστὴρ ὁ λαμπρός, ὁ πρωϊνός ("star, bright, morning", but translated "bright morning star") so the similarity between the titles is only really an English language thing, I think.  

But that's why "Morning Star" as a title carries some ambiguity to it.  (Fun fact, that bit of ambiguity is why it was chosen for the title of the third Red Rising book)

My intent had been that it's the only the Lucifer appears in the text (of the KJV at least), though fair point. The point is still that it's not intended to be a name, and definitely not of a hypothetical devil/angel.

And that's cool/interesting piece of trivia!

1 hour ago, Calderis said:

I fought the urge to say "So Delightful, how's life in Israel" so hard. 

You lost the battle though

23 hours ago, Calderis said:

Lucifer is the name, devil, Satan, the enemy, are all pretty synonymous for him. 

The one I always found interesting is the title "The Morning Star." it was Lucifer's title as the leader of the choirs of heaven, but in later works, through coincidence or misunderstanding, some later used the title for Jesus. 

@ParadoxicalZen from everything I always understood, the expulsion was pre-creation. 

Lucifer literally means Morning Star. And the only time the word appears in the Bible is in Isaiah 14:22, which is just talking about the King of Babylon (v4,22). Most translations opt to translate it 'morning star' over 'Lucifer' as well.

As far as ParadoxicalZen's question goes - I personally don't believe in any Devil/Satan or what have you (the devil is just a reference to our tendency to sin (so James 1:14-15 is basically the extent of it)). So my response would be nothing like that happens at all, but that's possibly not so useful to you.