Rumour WereDocker 5: ClusterFreagle - Game over, man, game over

[Truckosaurus]

Additional Rules:
Trade Week - the Freagle Captain can recruit one Eagle in exchange for a packet of chips, but they have to do it within the first three rounds.

HeavenChat - discussion between dead/exiled players is quarantined from the thread in a PM group I'll establish after the first lynching.

Preseason Competition - consisting of a day where everyone can establish themselves and their characters prior to the first kill.

No Runners - no PMs between active competitors, all strategy talk conducted in thread.

Converting - if the Freagle Captain converts the Match Analyst or the Club Doctor, a new player will be picked to fill that role. A new player will not be picked to replace the Club Doctor if the power to save an attacked player has already been used.

ACTIVE ROLES:
Freagle Captain - can convert an Eagle during Trade Week (see above).

Freagle - work it out, Einstein.

Match Analyst - the MA can ask the compere about any player to find out whether they're the Freagle or not, but only once per round. They have to find a way to convince people to follow their lead without being identified by the Freagles as the MA, or risk death!

Club Doctor - every night, after the Freagles have picked who to kill the Club Doctor will be given the opportunity to save them, but they can only use this power once. They can save it for themselves (assuming they aren't evicted) or use it to save someone else. After that, they'll have run out of panadol and caffeine tablets.


ACTIVE PLAYERS

ZergMinion	Scott Watters
Dazzler10	Brett Jones
guero	Chris Lewis
Doashuey	John Gastev
Barrybran	Ben Cousins

DEAD PLAYERS

OMGFridge	Rick "the Rock" Eagle
Smeg Head	Adrian Barich
ashley12	Ash Smith - the Match Analyst
squashface	Trevor Nisbett - the Freagle Recruit
MWPP	Jack Darling
CM9000	Tom Hickey
Ochre	Smash Mouth dude
Quinz	Barack Obama
RookiePick	Wally Matera
wing it	Michael Braun
Carbine Chaos	David Grace, QC

DEAD TO ME PLAYERS
avishka 5 - Abang

 

[MWPP]

Everyone is quoting the 0/5 record but that's primarily down to poor play from the villagers rather than game balance.

I don't want us to shift that balance too much and make the first win for the villagers a non-event.

The other question is - have some of the evil wins been non events?

 

[MWPP]

I thought the village were pretty reasonable in this one given a lack of info. Another role that gives information back to the Eagles would be golden because then you start getting "gotcha" moments.

I actually think they’ve been reasonable in every one I’ve played
Certainly better than some of our games - and still lost
That said - I was evil in our last game, died early and my inactive teammates skated to the win so I’ll take that too

 

[guero]

Geez, how do you go with Sunday arvo games?

Dunno. I’ve never been here in winter before.

 

[MrKK]

Noticed that people are allowed to do this here (a few observers have been doing this!)

I think I was the only lurker who posted in here and I was very careful not to post anything that could influence strategies, even though it was bloody tempting!

 

[DanWCE]

I think I was the only lurker who posted in here and I was very careful not to post anything that could influence strategies, even though it was bloody tempting!

I didn't this game after being told off previously. I still reacted to some posts as I watched the balls up unfold, though.

 

[ZergMinion]

Yeah...there shouldn't be any strategy posting from people with no skin in the game. Having MWPP post as an observer would heavily tip the game in the favour of the Eagles I reckon.

 

[DanWCE]

Yeah...there shouldn't be any strategy posting from people with no skin in the game. Having MWPP post as an observer would heavily tip the game in the favour of the Eagles I reckon.

If I was posting I would've been levelling all the Freagleyness at you and guero and the villagers would've lost biiig time! So I shouldn't be commenting for an entirely different reason.

 

[ZergMinion]

What I love about this game is how everyone always severely overestimates how competent I am when I'm not evil.

 

[MWPP]

Yeah...there shouldn't be any strategy posting from people with no skin in the game.

Reasonable viewpoint and one that has been taken in other games I've played (hence why I've never done it despite being highly tempted to), but it has seemed like comments from non-players have been allowed in these games. Whilst the loophole exists, use it.
Besides it's not a clear advantage in the way that other things suggested are as observers are just as clueless as players , perhaps even more clueless!

 

[Dazzler9]

What I love about this game is how everyone always severely overestimates how competent I am when I'm not evil.

I didn't

 

[ZergMinion]

I didn't

Oh it's on now

 

[DanWCE]

I'll join the game in two weeks so I can post scenic photos of red wine, gang

 

[Truckosaurus]

I didn't this game after being told off previously. I still reacted to some posts as I watched the balls up unfold, though.

This is why I offered to add observers to the HeavenChat - they could talk strategy all they liked there instead of posting in here.

 

[Quinz]

I will be out of games for the moment also. Might be worth giving it a break for a bit if the numbers aren't there?

 

[ZergMinion]

You know my statement in game 4 about punting Dazzler early because we wouldn't be able to tell if he was a Freagle due to the way he plays turned out to be pretty prescient

 

[squashface]

You know my statement in game 4 about punting Dazzler early because we wouldn't be able to tell if he was a Freagle due to the way he plays turned out to be pretty prescient

Why didn’t you take your own advice?

 

[ZergMinion]

I will be out of games for the moment also. Might be worth giving it a break for a bit if the numbers aren't there?

Might open a signup thread on the weekend and not start a game until there's at least 12 people. That way we get as long a break as we collectively need.

 

[ZergMinion]

Why didn’t you take your own advice?

Because I'm a moron. Duh

 

[Dazzler9]

You know my statement in game 4 about punting Dazzler early because we wouldn't be able to tell if he was a Freagle due to the way he plays turned out to be pretty prescient

There is a stockmarket saying which I will paraphrase - "Being right early is the same as being wrong."

 

[ZergMinion]

There is a stockmarket saying which I will paraphrase - "Being right early is the same as being wrong."

I like it

 

[Ochre]

Could play a game or two of One Night Ultimate Werewolf at some point instead of starting a new full game.

It's a single round game with a lot of different roles

 

[ashley12]

Who wants to play instead of watch/listen to footy talking heads this week?

 

[ZergMinion]

Signup thread for the next game is up:

Rumour - WereDocker 6 - Holodeck of Horrors - Eagles victorious. No, really.

Preamble: Roles: Sequence of play: End of the game: The game ends when the last Freagle is murdered, or the number of Freagles is equal to the number of Eagles. Choose a past or present Eagles player or someone associated with the club and sign up for the game. Signups...

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