Herdanos wrote:Here's what we know.
Remember the most recent AYAW? DML ran a game where the ability to create a seer circle was nerfed and the metagame changed at random. DML has been vocal in the past about how he hates the seer circle and players acting like they understand the mechanics and making predictable choices as a result. We should have expected these features from our gamerunner.
What kind of games does Ob Bob like? He likes a secret sexy PM circle. He likes behind-the-scenes alliances and shady shenanigans. So of course he's built the game he'd love to play. Ob would thrive in this game. We all need to play like Ob would play.
Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Each of you has been placed into one of three teams:
Team Alpha
Moggy
Jenuall
Tomous
RetroCora
Mommy
Team Bravo
Preezy
Herdanos
DarkRula
Qikz
Roonmastor
Team Charlie
aayl1
Parksey
Drumstick
Rocsteady
Pedz
So we know that...
One of Moggy, Jenuall, Tomous, Cora, and Mommy is secretly loyal to Team Charlie. And aayl1, Parksey, Drumstick, Rocsteady and Pedz all know which one that is.
One of Preezy, me (though for the record, it ain't me babe), Rula, Qikz and Roon is secretly loyal to Team Alpha
And Moggy, Jenuall, Tomous, Cora and Mommy all know which one that is.
One of aayl1, Parksey, Drumstick, Rocsteady and Pedz is secretly loyal to the wonderful, phenomenal, fantastic Team Bravo
and Preezy, me, Rula, Qikz and Roon know who that superstar is.
Here's what I think has happened: Cora and Drum (whether the rest of their team-mates know it or not) have obviously come up with a strategic allegiance where they'll alternate for Blower. Now, on the face of it, that isn't necessarily a problem for anyone. It just means the "ultimate powerup" (I'm going to call this the UP from here on) will constantly move back-and-forth between tile A7 and tile X (because the Alphas were the blower first, due to Moggy taking the role in contentious circumstances yesterday).
However!
Drum hasn't factored in Cora's masterstroke. We know teams can take two moves per turn. So if a Charlie is the Blower on the current turn (turn two) then the UP will revert to square X. Then, if an Alpha is the Blower next term, as per their strategic alliance, the UP will move to A7
...which is exactly where the Alphas will be.
Turn 1 - Alphas move twice - A1 to A3
Turn 2 - Alphas move twice - A3 to A5
Turn 3 - Alphas move twice - A5 to A7
Because Drumstick has surrendered fealty to Cora so early in the game, the Alphas are on course to claim the UP in the very next turn!
But Herdanos, surely the Alpha who is secretly loyal to Team Charlie won't allow such a plan to come to fruition?How can they scupper it? The plan is solid. The only thing they could do is sabotage the movement should they be chosen as Team Alpha's leader that day. Not moving two spaces forward would then be revealed to the others and they'd kill their spy, gaining an advantage potentially as overpowered as the UP itself.
But at least they'll be telling Team Charlie of the danger they face?Perhaps. Charlie have a spy within Alpha's ranks, so we must operate on the basis that Charlie likely know what Alpha are planning -
unless, Alpha are canny enough to split their lines of communication, and keep alternating players in the dark, so as to give their plan the best chance of coming to fruition. Probably using one of my beloved yet dastardly so-called "comrades" as a trusted conduit.
Remember, this is Ob Bob's game. We must all play it as he would. Anyone not PM-ing others surreptitiously isn't playing right. We should all be trying to smoke out the traitor in our midst. If you aren't, why? Are you the spy? (Or are you just busy in real life? Huh?
Huh? Sorry.) If there's a player not currently PM-ing you, ask yourself: what are they hiding, and why are they hiding it from you?
Any one team gaining the UP at this stage is ruinous for the other two. (Unless it's Team Bravo, in which case I promise we will usher in a new age of glorious harmony, with a full amnesty for all - and a recognised win for us
) I bring forth this conspiracy to light as an honourable citizen of the,
uh, Dome of Deception. I hope that this will encourage all players to recognise that we must agree here and now to truly alternate the position of Blower. I would therefore, as a gesture of faith, vote for Roc today, to ensure the UP moves back towards Tile X,
on the condition that Qikz is made Blower for Turn 3, to ensure Cora's dastardly ploy cannot come to fruition.
Otherwise...