Sorry, the game ended right at the beginning of a busy weekend where I was away from home. Thank you guys for playing, it seemed like we had a fairly active and engaging handful of phases! I'm a bit dissapointed in how teamworky you guys were. It worked out in the end because of Brawler slipping up and claiming to Olimar, but by no means did humans need to win in alliances greater than two! If this game went on a bit longer, screwing over other lovers for your own gain may of been the best way to win yourself (this was true for greg, who didn't try any stunts!)
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Brawler4Ever - Homewrecker - TWG DK
Maelstrom - Orange Lover - TWG Pit
mikey - Orange Lover - TWG Fox
antherhid - Orange Lover - TWG Yoshi
Olimar12345 - Green Lover - TWG Kirby
trasdegi - Green Lover - TWG Sonic
BrainyLucario - Green Lover - TWG Samus
BlackDragonSlayer - Blue Lover - TWG Mario
Greg - Blue Lover - TWG Link
Toby - Blue Lover - TWG Master Chief
Maelstrom - Orange Lover - TWG Pit
mikey - Orange Lover - TWG Fox
antherhid - Orange Lover - TWG Yoshi
Olimar12345 - Green Lover - TWG Kirby
trasdegi - Green Lover - TWG Sonic
BrainyLucario - Green Lover - TWG Samus
BlackDragonSlayer - Blue Lover - TWG Mario
Greg - Blue Lover - TWG Link
Toby - Blue Lover - TWG Master Chief
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Night one (incomplete sorry):
TWG Samus - Flirt: TWG Master Cheif
TWG Pit - Flirt: TWG Master Cheif
TWG Mario - Flirt: TWG Samus
TWG Fox - Flirt: TWG Mario
TWG Kirby - Flirt: TWG Fox
TWG DK - Wolf: TWG Fox
Day 1:
No Lynch
Night 2:
TWG Olimar - Flirt: Trasdegi (Exception due to trasdegi messing up with alt account d1.)
TWG Fox - Wolf: TWG Samus
TWG Master Cheif - Flirt: TWG Kirby
TWG Mario - Flirt: TWG Master Cheif
TWG Yoshi - Flirt: TWG Fox
TWG Pit - Flirt: TWG Yoshi
TWG Samus - Flirt: TWG Kirby
TWG Sonic - Flirt: TWG Fox
TWG Link - Flirt: TWG Mario
Day 2:
TWG Samus (Brawler4Ever), the homewrecker, is lynched.
TWG Samus - Flirt: TWG Master Cheif
TWG Pit - Flirt: TWG Master Cheif
TWG Mario - Flirt: TWG Samus
TWG Fox - Flirt: TWG Mario
TWG Kirby - Flirt: TWG Fox
TWG DK - Wolf: TWG Fox
Day 1:
No Lynch
Night 2:
TWG Olimar - Flirt: Trasdegi (Exception due to trasdegi messing up with alt account d1.)
TWG Fox - Wolf: TWG Samus
TWG Master Cheif - Flirt: TWG Kirby
TWG Mario - Flirt: TWG Master Cheif
TWG Yoshi - Flirt: TWG Fox
TWG Pit - Flirt: TWG Yoshi
TWG Samus - Flirt: TWG Kirby
TWG Sonic - Flirt: TWG Fox
TWG Link - Flirt: TWG Mario
Day 2:
TWG Samus (Brawler4Ever), the homewrecker, is lynched.
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Player Analysis:
Brawler4Ever
You were the homewrecker, which was hard to play not only because it required so much micromanaging like changing your posting style every phase, but the role itself was just a bit underpowered and hard to win with. You did a very good job of going under the radar, somehow managing to survive mikey's deathtrap of an account without too many people noticin. You also had very good choices in wolfings, getting TWG Fox out of the way early while humans still weren't too intent of wolfing was a really good idea and threw people for a loop since they were expecting inactive DK to jump to another inactive. Samus was also a pretty good second target to jump to, which gave you enough information to know a lot of peoples colors while also being completely different from where people expected you to jump.
There were two major flaws and I'll get the big one out of the way firt. You tried to forge an alliance with TWG Kirby, which was really not a bad idea since you just hit brainy who appeared like he was Kirby's best shot at love. Unfortuntately, it was the worst move you could of possibly made since TWG Kirby and TWG Sonic were the only two married people at this point.
The next big mistake you made was over focusing on trying not to get caught. In a normal TWG game, yes, that should be your number one goal. This game was different, particularily night one. Your plan was to stay quiet and gather information from alliances already formed as you jumped around accounts, however this allowed humans to freely talk to eachother which ended up contributing to your demise. Night one you had next to nothing to lose, so you could of ran around trying to get as much information out of people as possible. Even if it didn't, just the psychological pressure of the homewrecker trying to get in on everyones buisness would of dampened lovers communcating a bit. And again really, you had nothing to lose those first few phases where no one was lynching anyways, so why not try and get yourself as much as an advantage as you can for such a difficult role.
There were two major flaws and I'll get the big one out of the way firt. You tried to forge an alliance with TWG Kirby, which was really not a bad idea since you just hit brainy who appeared like he was Kirby's best shot at love. Unfortuntately, it was the worst move you could of possibly made since TWG Kirby and TWG Sonic were the only two married people at this point.
The next big mistake you made was over focusing on trying not to get caught. In a normal TWG game, yes, that should be your number one goal. This game was different, particularily night one. Your plan was to stay quiet and gather information from alliances already formed as you jumped around accounts, however this allowed humans to freely talk to eachother which ended up contributing to your demise. Night one you had next to nothing to lose, so you could of ran around trying to get as much information out of people as possible. Even if it didn't, just the psychological pressure of the homewrecker trying to get in on everyones buisness would of dampened lovers communcating a bit. And again really, you had nothing to lose those first few phases where no one was lynching anyways, so why not try and get yourself as much as an advantage as you can for such a difficult role.
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Maelstrom
First off, you really need to stop the whole "I sit back then become more active later in the game when I have more to work with" strategy. In traditional TWG games where your only goal is to find the wolves, it's not the worst thing in the world, but it's still a bad idea. No one expects anyone to be able to accurately wolf hunt in the first few phases, but doing so is still important for gathering information and reactions, proving your humanity to others, and giving the wolves inactive humans to hide behind. Just imagine how lame the game would be if everyone played the game this way.
Not while I can see why you might be uncomfortable when you don't have much to work with, there was absolutely no reason to use that strategy this time around. This game was all about proactively trying to meet your wincon before it's too late, and you basically just ended up getting lucky by sitting back and letting olimar win for you. If there were 3 oranges alive or olimar didn't unite all the humans into one giant group, you probably would of ended the game in the same coffin as Greg.
Not while I can see why you might be uncomfortable when you don't have much to work with, there was absolutely no reason to use that strategy this time around. This game was all about proactively trying to meet your wincon before it's too late, and you basically just ended up getting lucky by sitting back and letting olimar win for you. If there were 3 oranges alive or olimar didn't unite all the humans into one giant group, you probably would of ended the game in the same coffin as Greg.
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mikey
You really went out of your way to make your account an autolose for the homewrecker, which honestly you did a pretty good job of. I can't pat you on the back too much for it because no one really noticed besides kirby, but I think that was mostly because you were only alive for one night phase and people didn't get a chance to pick up on your consistencies.
The big mistake you made was thinking that these traps would make you basically invinciple that early in the game. You didn't account for the fact that people are unlikely to want to vote the homewrecker day 1, and he can therefore use his first wolfing to get a troublesome lover out of the way. Toby caught on to this, and tried to find someone to guard him night one. You just kind of let yourself become the biggest n1 wolfing target in the game.
Kudos for hiding your identity from nearly everyone and protecting the game integrity.
The big mistake you made was thinking that these traps would make you basically invinciple that early in the game. You didn't account for the fact that people are unlikely to want to vote the homewrecker day 1, and he can therefore use his first wolfing to get a troublesome lover out of the way. Toby caught on to this, and tried to find someone to guard him night one. You just kind of let yourself become the biggest n1 wolfing target in the game.
Kudos for hiding your identity from nearly everyone and protecting the game integrity.
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antherhid
You started off the game really strong. Actively getting as much information as possible while still being cautious of the homewrecker. You were part of a little alliance, constantly applied pressure to the thread while keeping sights on your wincon. I was a bit dissapointed the you got a bit complacent later on trusting in Toby's "everyone wins!" d3 plan rather than finagling your way into a more reliable selfish win, but overall I think you played pretty well. Also, damn, you had most players nailed by the end of night one and for that I give you the Best Reads Award.
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Olimar12345
I mean, what can I say, you succesfully played to both your wincon and everyone elses. Some of those rhymes were pretty gold, and you built yourself an account that no one would ever want to take over. You made the smart choice of going against Toby's advice to not marry until d3 since it personally gave you a higher chance of winning. Once you were married, your goal was to get the homewrecker lynched asap. Brawler handed that to you on a golden platter and you exectued well. It probably would of been a bit wiser to only PM a small group of people and instigate marriages yourself since PMing everyone ran the risk of people not wanting to lynch due to not figuring out eachothers colors/the odd human out trying to screw things over. The chance was small though, so you did fine. LOVER MVP
The only thing I think you made a mistake on was color claiming to so many people. In this case, it worked to your favor since it's what made Brawler claim to you, but if the game went on any longer he could of strongarmed his way through your marriage. Also posting in the arrangement board with TWG Kirby.
The only thing I think you made a mistake on was color claiming to so many people. In this case, it worked to your favor since it's what made Brawler claim to you, but if the game went on any longer he could of strongarmed his way through your marriage. Also posting in the arrangement board with TWG Kirby.
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trasdegi
You didn't say much therefore there's not much to say here. You didn't really do much, got lucky and found olimar, then won the game through his shenangians. Similar to my advice to mael, you gotta be more proactive and less reactive! Also PMing olimar with your main.
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BrainyLucarios
I enjoyed your sass, but you weren't really too active otherwise. You did a bit of snooping, which was good, but you died to early to really get anything going. You probably could of protected yourself by being a little more active, since that alone can make an account daunting to take over. Random attitude, despite being entertaining, is not difficult to recreate. Using a steven universe analogy was a pretty smooth and subtle way to give your identiy though.
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BlackDragonSlayer
I do not know where those insults came from early game, but damn dude, you weren't afraid to throw down the salt shaker. You were active and distinct enough that the homewrecker couldn't just effortlessly take over your account, but you didn't really accomplish much either. You refused to trust anyone, which resulted in you relying on lucky firts to get anywhere. You got the lucky flirts, a lucky olimar, and a greg willing to sacrifice his win for you, so I guess it worked out in the end. I'd trying bringing more stuff to the table next time around instead of just working with what others brought forth. It would of been nice to see you more actively chasing your wincon.
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Greg
Why you gotta be so passsssivvveeeee? It's better to lose because you took a risk than to lose because you didn't take a risk. I'm not gonna sin you too much for playing passively early in the game, since you seemed a bit confused by the rules, but when it came time for the three blues to figure out who doesn't get to win, you basically stoof up on a chair and said "I deserve the loss." It sounds matyr like, but really since this game didn't even have a human team in the first place, it's not much different than if you were the homewrecker and outed yourself to the thread because "the lovers deserve to win." You could have tried to snatch either Toby or BDS from under the nose of the other. Or claimed a different color to have someone waste a marriage on you, then delaying the lynch so you can have a purple marriage. There was a lot of toe crushing you could of at least attempted to get that win and it would of made the game a lot more interesting if you didn't give up!
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Toby
Mikey used a lot of secret codes, which relied on humans being able to decipher them but not the homewrecker. You just used the sheer power of rambling and activity, and since most people here aren't as dedicated as you are, it was some hard shoes to fill. You played pretty solidly in a similar way to antherhid. You actively sought out your wincon without giving too much information out, created a small alliance, etc. I think your biggest downfall was shooting for that mvp and winning the game for everyone day 3. You probably could of gotten yourself married a lot earlier and had a more reliable win (assuming the olimar thing didn't happen), but you decided to risk getting wolfed or missing an oppurtunity to ensure everyone can win. For that I give you the Good Bloke Award, although I would of much rather watched a cuthrroat high school love triangle drama.
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Thoughts on the game:
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Pros:
-The game was engaging and encouraged activity right from night one.
-The mixed up rules were an overall fun and fresh expirience.
-The theme made for some funny moments and lines.
Cons:
-Not sure how to deal with PMs. One one hand, reading PMs gives the homewrecker creates this kind of lame thing where all private information eventually reaches him. Letting people delete PMs allowed people to create secret messages that basically garuntees the homewrecker loses.
-Since lynches is often not in everyones best interest, often times waiting is the only thing you can do, which leads to some boring downtime while waiting for those 48 hour phases to end.
-Jesus christ is it a pain to host. Just ask Toby or Mikey, who got to expirience me fail.
-People kept messing up with the anonymous accounts.
-There was no incentive to keep your NSM name hidden, which led to a lot of dumb stuff like Toby telling people to check post times, brainy and his lapis, and "ninmidimusic." If this game ever gets hosted again, I'd reccomend giving the homewrecker an aditional power to punish people for being too obvious with their NSM username. He could use a buff anyways and trying to create rules against it just leads to more gray areas and loopholes.
-The game was engaging and encouraged activity right from night one.
-The mixed up rules were an overall fun and fresh expirience.
-The theme made for some funny moments and lines.
Cons:
-Not sure how to deal with PMs. One one hand, reading PMs gives the homewrecker creates this kind of lame thing where all private information eventually reaches him. Letting people delete PMs allowed people to create secret messages that basically garuntees the homewrecker loses.
-Since lynches is often not in everyones best interest, often times waiting is the only thing you can do, which leads to some boring downtime while waiting for those 48 hour phases to end.
-Jesus christ is it a pain to host. Just ask Toby or Mikey, who got to expirience me fail.
-People kept messing up with the anonymous accounts.
-There was no incentive to keep your NSM name hidden, which led to a lot of dumb stuff like Toby telling people to check post times, brainy and his lapis, and "ninmidimusic." If this game ever gets hosted again, I'd reccomend giving the homewrecker an aditional power to punish people for being too obvious with their NSM username. He could use a buff anyways and trying to create rules against it just leads to more gray areas and loopholes.
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