Fun House! (A Werewolf Game - Now Playing)

[Aether]

I knew.

I started the bandwagon against Shadow anyway. My life was worth every penny for that joke.

I thought this was funny and a nice change from the "program"*.

Role sharing happens all the time. In a game like this, where the majority is villagers, it doesn't really matter if a person is playing or not. I can see it really disrupting a game like Smash Bros, but that's not this game.

Here, a simple guidline for people when asked for their role.

If you are a villager - tell them you're a villager.
If you are the baner - tell them you're a villager.
If you are the seer - tell them you're a villager.
If you are a wolf - tell them you're a villager.

See the point?

And above anything else, remember that...

Spoiler

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IT'S A GAME!

*Referring to the almost mechanical automation of how we "should" play these games.

*narrows eyes, points dramatically at Supagoof* "YOU! Your name shall also go on the list! Now, what is it?"

"Don't tell him, Supagoof!"

"Well, that was convenient!" *scribblescribble*


Anyway. I wonder how much luck we'll have in the Mirrodin game?

[Emperor Demonking]

I knew.

I started the bandwagon against Shadow anyway. My life was worth every penny for that joke.

I thought this was funny and a nice change from the "program"*.

Role sharing happens all the time. In a game like this, where the majority is villagers, it doesn't really matter if a person is playing or not. I can see it really disrupting a game like Smash Bros, but that's not this game.

Here, a simple guidline for people when asked for their role.

If you are a villager - tell them you're a villager.
If you are the baner - tell them you're a villager.
If you are the seer - tell them you're a villager.
If you are a wolf - tell them you're a villager.

See the point?

And above anything else, remember that...

Spoiler

Show

IT'S A GAME!

*Referring to the almost mechanical automation of how we "should" play these games.

Yes but how many people knew that what they told people not playing would be passed onto other players?

I've been playing a good while and I've just found out.

[Mordokai]

Mordokai, voting at the obvious townie.

See, it wasn't that hard!

[Aether]

And how many people knew that their votes for Indurain and Shadow were wasted, and the third guy in the line would be booped?


EDIT: Also, people who are killed in these games are prohibited from giving any meaningful information to those within it. I figured the same restriction would/should apply to people outside the game too.

Giving advice is one thing. This, uh, is something a bit different than merely imparting general bits of wisdom...

[Aemoh]

Urge to kill... rising...

((I never check the player list unless I need to pick someone at random to point at. While I'm not insanely pissed off, I am a bit annoyed at this prank, as you'd think someone who noticed woulda spoke up. But whatever.))

[Murska]

Yes but how many people knew that what they told people not playing would be passed onto other players?

I've been playing a good while and I've just found out.

I don't think Shadow/Indurain told anyone about the PMs they got. If they did, that was unfair but I think they kept those to themselves.

[Mordokai]

Urge to kill... rising...

((I never check the player list unless I need to pick someone at random to point at. While I'm not insanely pissed off, I am a bit annoyed at this prank, as you'd think someone who noticed woulda spoke up. But whatever.))

Well, one thing to pick to pick from this game would probably be, stay on the safe side, check the player list. Don't trust Shadow goes without saying.

Though I must admit, the more I think about this, the more unfair it seems to me too.

[Aether]

Gah, anyhow... keeping to the rules and getting an advantage that way is fair; it's no different than playing smart. It shouldn't matter whether the end result is disadvantageous to the wolves or the villagers... if anything, it seems like the wolves got the better deal with 3 townies dead, and people still not sure if there are any wolves around.


The more disorganized the actual thread is, the better it is for wolves. They can hide in the confusion. WE need to figure out their patterns and find a way to get in touch with the seer/masons and keep them protected.

[Zar Peter]

I hope they didn't tell anyone my role...

I said everything

[Shadow]

I repeat:
Everyone Relax!

I'm a jerk?
Do you want Indy and I to show you the PMs we received from the narrators asking us to come and PRETEND to play?

You're down 3 villagers?
Nope! You're right where you should be! There was no kill on night one. Why? Because they attacked a player that WASN'T PLAYING! They did the same on night two.
You'd be down FIVE players right now normally. Instead you're down three.

You should be THANKING US and continuing to play, as I said before.

Let it go.

[evnafets]

Well we got one bit of information out of this fiasco (probably).
There is no side-show-freak in this game?

If there was surely they would have claimed instead of Shadow - or disputed Shadow's claim?

[Supagoof]

Well that's even funnier.

[Shadowcaller]

I repeat:
Everyone Relax!

I'm a jerk?
Do you want Indy and I to show you the PMs we received from the narrators asking us to come and PRETEND to play?

You're down 3 villagers?
Nope! You're right where you should be! There was no kill on night one. Why? Because they attacked a player that WASN'T PLAYING! They did the same on night two.
You'd be down FIVE players right now normally. Instead you're down three.

You should be THANKING US and continuing to play, as I said before.

Let it go.

They asked you to pretend to play?

Okay, now its funny, sorry I thought you just did it spontaneously at first.

*all is forgiven*

[Reinholdt]

Eric sat stunned as the cat spoke.
"Dude, you were all, like, dead and stuff. And now you TALK?!"
He took a few deep breaths. "Um, I'm Eric. I live in town? I found that girl...Sheelah? She seemed scared and alone so I...hung out. Some kid came in here and tore up the tent. Who're you? NOT a demon cat?"

"Dead?!? Do I look dead to you? And I certainly couldn't talk to you if I had died anytime recently, now could I? Of course I can talk. I learned to talk the same way you did. By listening and mimicking. Granted, I probably worked harder at it than you, but you get the point."

"Sheelah's her name, huh? Never got the chance to ask her, everything happened all at once. Well then Eric, I suppose I'll thank you for making sure she was safe while I was out of it. I suppose introductions are in order. I'm Reinholdt. The most amazing talking, sharpshooting cat around. I'd show you my act, but I need to find my gun first. Sort of got misplaced recently, do to a scuffle you saw the result of."

((My only contribution to this discussion will be that WereWolf games are Serious Business.))

[Uncle Festy]

If you ask me, it was funny either way. This way, it also wasn't rulebreaking.
*laughs*

[evnafets]

Well we got one bit of information out of this fiasco (probably).
There is no side-show-freak in this game?

If there was surely they would have claimed instead of Shadow - or disputed Shadow's claim?

Actually, I take it back. There have been Side-show freaks in this game.
Shadow, Indurain, Atreyu, Trog (and probably a few others that I haven't paid enough attention to to notice).

They're all the side show. And sometimes the side show can be better than the main event...

[Haruki-kun]

Sorry. Er... I didn't mean any... you know...<.<



Anyway, back to your regular scheduled programming....

[Fawkes]

Yeah, I'm not playing anymore. This is too stupid and screwed up, and I'm not having fun. I'm roleplaying as a whiny ten-year-old, so I'm gonna act like one.

"This place sucks. I'm going home."

Jimmy walked out of the carnival.

Hopefully, now I'll be able to focus on Memesville.

[Aether]

I repeat:
Everyone Relax!

I'm a jerk?
Do you want Indy and I to show you the PMs we received from the narrators asking us to come and PRETEND to play?

You're down 3 villagers?
Nope! You're right where you should be! There was no kill on night one. Why? Because they attacked a player that WASN'T PLAYING! They did the same on night two.
You'd be down FIVE players right now normally. Instead you're down three.

You should be THANKING US and continuing to play, as I said before.

Let it go.

*narrows eyes* "You! Why isn't your name on the list yet? I'll have to fix that..."

*checks list twice*

"Damnit, this is not a petition people! We're not trying to get Blast Hardcheese elected to office, this is serious business!"


Yeah, ahem. I've calmed down a bit. If you were invited it's a bit better than coming in here, screwing around with us, then taunting us while telling us we should be laughing too.

I had a lot more written but I'll just shorten it to this; I don't find chaos funny. I prefer order, or "being serious" as people would so often mockingly say, because that way I can understand WTF is going on. I laught at most of the same jokes my group does, but I still get a lot more frustrated because my tolerance for shenanigans is low.

Anyhow, new sig! Amusingly, it wasn't actually inspired by this thread... I found it and felt the quote described well some of my irritations.

[Dr. Bath]

Shadow ¬_¬

[Wreckingrocc]

I'm not really sure what to do... There's nothing to follow as a lead, and I'm a villager with nothing to do at night...

This is kinda boring...

Hopefully I'll become a rambunctious teenager soon.

[Haruki-kun]

Oh, come on, people! It's only like night 2! You're not actually leaving for this!

[Uncle Festy]

<.<
>.>
Three, actually…

[Wreckingrocc]

I've been totally blind.

There is no data to back up any of the lynches; they're all completely random.

In addition, I'm just sitting here doing nothing during the night. There's not much to do.

[Fawkes]

Exactly. It's only three nights in, and the narrators have already made a complete mockery of their own game. I don't care to stick around and see what other crap they have up their sleeves. I'm sure they're having tons of fun playing around with us, but on this side, it's no fun at all. Werewolf is confusing enough already.

[Mordokai]

Oh, come on, people! It's only like night 2! You're not actually leaving for this!

I'm pretty sure the wolves aren't excatly happy right now, if what Shadow says is true.

[Haruki-kun]

*sigh* Look, I'm all for "Werewolf is serious business" and all that, but you gotta be kidding me. The narrators did this in order to amuse us, not to make a mockery of their own game. That's A.

B, getting auto-lynched because you've got no leads on day 3? That's the way it goes. Did you expect us to think "Gee, it's all clear now after two random lynches! Day 3 should be perfectly obvious"? Besides, you add "and I'm sitting here doing nothing during the nights. You might as well say "I didn't want to be a villager so I'm getting auto'd".

C, This is a GAME. It's a Werewolf GAME, in the Structured GAMES section of the SILLY Message Board GAMES. In Giant in the Playground GAMES. You're taking it very wrong if you look at it as anything other than a game.

[Shadow]

edit: ^ Thanks 'Ruki! ^

I'm pretty sure the wolves aren't excatly happy right now, if what Shadow says is true.

It goes both ways.
The villagers have lost three instead of five.
The wolves have killed three without any threat of revealing themselves.

It's a wash from where I sit, which by the way, has already been established as a neutral point.

Continue the game. Have fun.
It's a Fun House already! And it's a Game too! Treat it as both!I feel sorry for the three two (besides Goof) that were lynched because of the chaos, but then again.... it's just a game.... Deal with the Rule of Shadow and then complain to me!

[Fawkes]

*sigh* Look, I'm all for "Werewolf is serious business" and all that, but you gotta be kidding me. The narrators did this in order to amuse us, not to make a mockery of their own game. That's A.

B, [not directed at me (i think)]

C, This is a GAME. It's a Werewolf GAME, in the Structured GAMES section of the SILLY Message Board GAMES. In Giant in the Playground GAMES. You're taking it very wrong if you look at it as anything other than a game.

I know it's not serious business. I simply didn't enjoy it. I thought it was kind of mean, actually.

And for a FUN house GAME, this hasn't been very fun. So far, it's just been a game for the narrators and people who weren't actually playing. That's right, the only people playing a game are the people who aren't playing the game. And if I'm not playing a game, why should I play the game? I mean, I guess I could stay around a start playing a game, but I wouldn't be playing this game. I don't see any point in playing the game.

[Haruki-kun]

Do as you will. I for one will keep playing, and hope the rest of the player list does as well. And if the side-show guys continue to have fun with us, that works for me, too. even better.