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Old 07-27-2010, 06:01 AM   Top  -  End  -  #121
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As to reinforce its point it utters a last "kraa" before spreading its wings and depart.
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Old 07-27-2010, 06:22 AM   Top  -  End  -  #122
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Old 07-27-2010, 07:29 AM   Top  -  End  -  #124
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Old 07-27-2010, 08:11 AM   Top  -  End  -  #125
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Old 07-27-2010, 08:43 AM   Top  -  End  -  #126
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You... should probably consider picking a different color for your speech since all points will be red.

Oh... and pick someone else while you're at it too.
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You've got a point. Kamina's speech will change to Dark Red from now on, like so:

"Not happening, voice in the sky! If there's one color associated with the mighty Kamina, it's RED! There is no other color WORTHY of being my speech color!"

But it will confuse people. You're changing it to Dark Red. Now.

"Hey hey hey, voice in the sky! Dig the earwax out of your ears and listen up! If there's one thing that the mighty Kamina won't do, it's take orders from some disembodied voice! I said my speech color is RED, and it's going to stay RED!"

...Urgh.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:52 AM   Top  -  End  -  #127
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Old 07-27-2010, 11:07 AM   Top  -  End  -  #128
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Old 07-27-2010, 11:19 AM   Top  -  End  -  #129
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This is about the broom thing, isn't it? That was years ago, I was young and foolish, da-da-da, etc, etc...

"Let me get this straight. You think she's voting you off because she's bearing a grudge?"

Or maybe because you won't change to dark red.

"Don't make me come over there, voice in the sky. MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!"

That's... that's Simon's line.
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Old 07-27-2010, 11:50 AM   Top  -  End  -  #130
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Deathslayer7 is a witch!!!! BURN HER!
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Old 07-27-2010, 11:52 AM   Top  -  End  -  #131
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:05 PM   Top  -  End  -  #132
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Clearly, he will claim that she turned him into a newt!
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:58 PM   Top  -  End  -  #133
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It's a green one. That means I'm Sauron's hippy brother Fauron.

Besides, if you can find someone here who hasn't read and watched The Lord of the Rings...

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Old 07-27-2010, 01:14 PM   Top  -  End  -  #134
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...you've just found someone who hasn't watched it. Yet, anyway. <_<
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:30 PM   Top  -  End  -  #135
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:58 PM   Top  -  End  -  #136
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Loud noises can be heard emanating from the pub. Upon closer inspection you see a man, (quite drunk if empty tankards are to be taken into account) being loud, as drunk people tend to.

I rememb (hic) the rise of the Greeks! If ye ask me, was better under the ol' (hic) Titans. Don't you agree, Mustiado?

This continued all night...
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Easy I have known the him for 12 bloody years! besides don't you see him riding a broom?

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Old 07-27-2010, 04:05 PM   Top  -  End  -  #138
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...you've just found someone who hasn't watched it. Yet, anyway. <_<
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*is smacked*
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Old 07-27-2010, 05:24 PM   Top  -  End  -  #141
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zorba1994 because his name stood out at me in the player list.
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Old 07-27-2010, 06:42 PM   Top  -  End  -  #142
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Besides, if you can find someone here who hasn't read and watched The Lord of the Rings...

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Though I'm seriously considering Raz Fox if mod speak continues.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:03 PM   Top  -  End  -  #143
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*checks*
*counts*
*curses*

Alright. Here's the deal. See...
I actually AM cupid.
Yeah. I know. I KNOW.
I even PMed Supagoof as soon as I got the role letting him know how little I could do with such a role after last year's stunt. What wolf would trust me?

Still I'd thought I'd give it some time, then go around doing some politicking and seeing what I can't achieve. So I started off with a "joke" post to lay the groundwork for convincing others later.

But now it seems I'm going to get lynched and THAT'S no fun. So here's the deal. See, I can prove that I'm Cupid. See, I have this list here. It can die with me now or it can help the villagers out.

And just to show you I'm not lying, I'll give you one for free. The Bushranger is a wolf.

If I survive today, more will be forthcoming. If not... so be it.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:06 PM   Top  -  End  -  #144
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Okay, I'll bite.

The Bushranger.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:13 PM   Top  -  End  -  #145
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Sorry, Rein. But if you think I'm a wolf, you're either misguided, or just trying to save one of your nine lives. Because I'm a Greek Villager, and not a wolf in any of the various ways, shapes or forms.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:33 PM   Top  -  End  -  #146
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*checks*
*counts*
*curses*

Alright. Here's the deal. See...
I actually AM cupid.
Yeah. I know. I KNOW.
I even PMed Supagoof as soon as I got the role letting him know how little I could do with such a role after last year's stunt. What wolf would trust me?

Still I'd thought I'd give it some time, then go around doing some politicking and seeing what I can't achieve. So I started off with a "joke" post to lay the groundwork for convincing others later.

But now it seems I'm going to get lynched and THAT'S no fun. So here's the deal. See, I can prove that I'm Cupid. See, I have this list here. It can die with me now or it can help the villagers out.

And just to show you I'm not lying, I'll give you one for free. The Bushranger is a wolf.

If I survive today, more will be forthcoming. If not... so be it.
I'm going to go ahead and point out another fact here: There is another way for Reinholdt to know Bushranger and to have a motive for getting rid of him: if Reinholdt is one of the wolf team's killer. Losing their killer this early in the game could seriously cripple Reinholdt's team; as such, they could have decided that it is less detrimental to their team for the Seer to die than for the Killer to die.

That being said, this does not implicate Reinholdt in itself, so I will not be changing my point (random though it may have been) to Reinholdt; I'm just pointing out that just because Bushranger is a wolf doesn't mean that Reinholdt isn't.

EDIT: Also Bushranger's quip seems to implicate Reinholdt as a Cat pantheon member, meaning that if Bushranger is a Cat, it is very highly likely that Reinholdt is too.

EDIT EDIT: Now that I think of it, for Reinholdt's argument, there is little to gain from lynching (though by the same token, little to lose by lynching) Cupid. So it's rather surprising that no-one else has role-claimed Cupid, which could mean that Reinholdt really is Cupid.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:40 PM   Top  -  End  -  #147
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I'm going to go ahead and point out another fact here: There is another way for Reinholdt to know Bushranger and to have a motive for getting rid of him: if Reinholdt is one of the wolf team's killer. Losing their killer this early in the game could seriously cripple Reinholdt's team; as such, they could have decided that it is less detrimental to their team for the Seer to die than for the Killer to die.

That being said, this does not implicate Reinholdt in itself, so I will not be changing my point (random though it may have been) to Reinholdt; I'm just pointing out that just because Bushranger is a wolf doesn't mean that Reinholdt isn't.

EDIT: Also Bushranger's quip seems to implicate Reinholdt as a Cat pantheon member, meaning that if Bushranger is a Cat, it is very highly likely that Reinholdt is too.

EDIT EDIT: Now that I think of it, for Reinholdt's argument, there is little to gain from lynching (though by the same token, little to lose by lynching) Cupid. So it's rather surprising that no-one else has role-claimed Cupid, which could mean that Reinholdt really is Cupid.
Except I'm going to have to follow up tonight or the next day with MORE wolves. And when I can't, I'd be revealed and the team I'm on would have lost two members instead of just one. I see where you're coming from, but it'd be a bad plan all around if I were a killer. Which I'm not.

And the cat comment is just cause I'm a cat. Ask anyone around here. Check my sig. Don't make me dig out my Cat in the Playground trophy.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:43 PM   Top  -  End  -  #148
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Except I'm going to have to follow up tonight or the next day with MORE wolves. And when I can't, I'd be revealed and the team I'm on would have lost two members instead of just one. I see where you're coming from, but it'd be a bad plan all around if I were a killer. Which I'm not.

And the cat comment is just cause I'm a cat. Ask anyone around here. Check my sig. Don't make me dig out my Cat in the Playground trophy.
You do realize that by revealing all the people you know and getting them lynched you lose right?

Unless I'm misunderstanding the rules, Cupid just needs the people that are revealed to him/her to win right?

As to the cat thing, that could be possible.
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:51 PM   Top  -  End  -  #149
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Some forms of ancient religion don't have cupid (aka God of Love in reference to this game) as a he, rather they have Cupid as a she. I'm just covering my bases with a non-gender pronoun.
I win if I survive. Not my list. Cupid's only win condition is survival.

And could be possible?! COULD BE POSSIBLE?!?!
*RUNS AROUND FLAILING AND SCREAMING*
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Only... not in the member of the lolcat pantheon way.
*cough*
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Old 07-27-2010, 09:53 PM   Top  -  End  -  #150
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I win if I survive. Not my list. Cupid's only win condition is survival.

And could be possible?! COULD BE POSSIBLE?!?!
*RUNS AROUND FLAILING AND SCREAMING*
"I'M A KITTTTTTTTY!!"




Only... not in the member of the lolcat pantheon way.
*cough*
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*goes to curl up in a corner and go to sleep*
Okay, my mistake, I misunderstood.
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