Spyfall with ASOUE theme #48 (I think) - on going
Jan 22, 2021 1:23:20 GMT -5
Optimism is my Phil-osophy, twigz, and 1 more like this
Post by Marlowe on Jan 22, 2021 1:23:20 GMT -5
Apologies for my lateness, I've been busy lately. With the voting over, I can now confirm that the spy was...
gothicarchiesfan ! Since GAF received the most votes in the poll, in addition to never venturing to guess the location, this means the non-spy participants have won.
Site: Heimlich Hospital Operating Theatre
Spy: gothicarchiesfan
twigz : Fernald as Dr. O. Lucafont
Optimism is my Phil-osophy : The bald man as Dr. Flacutono
misstastrophe : Sunny as Nurse Flo
R. : Geraldine Julienne
the panopticountolaf : Klaus as Dr. Tocuna
Scoreboard:
baudelaiire: 10 + 2 (winner) = 12 points
Jean: 8 + 2 (winner) = 10 points
misstastrophe: 2 points (winner)
roxy222: 6 + 2 (winner) = 8 points
urbanletteropener: 2 points (winner)
Baudelaiire is now tied with Sherry Ann for leading the scoreboard.
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baticeeer: 0 points
Dante: 6 points
FileneNGottlin: 4 points
Sherry Ann: 12 points
sevensorrows: 2 points
tk: 2 points
Josh Sharpe: 0 points
Marlowe: 2 points (Master)
Analysis
This was an initially frustrating round to watch as the Game Master, as I feared the game was given away early with certain responses; I won't name names, but I felt some players were so focused on letting others know that they weren't the spy that they accidentally gave away too much information, thereby making things way too easy for the actual spy. I began to wonder if this might be the shortest round of Spyfall ever. Thankfully for the non-spy players, Gothic continually avoided making a location guess, perhaps because:
1. Setting the round in a specific room within Heimlich rather than the hospital as a whole helped throw him off. As Jean guessed, he could not make up his mind about whether they were in the Hospital in general, just the Operating Theatre specifically, or possibly even the Library of Records (as Jean appeared to be attempting to mislead GAF towards). He also took on a role that seemed to shift between Olaf/Mattathias and Hal. At first claiming to oversee how certain materials are put in place, which could apply to either character, he changed his tone when Jean asked him about glasses, replying that it wasn't a job requirement (when it absolutely is for Hal).
2. He may have been intending to frame another player as the spy - though he never did this. Had he agreed with the accusation against ULA he may have directed others to suspect Jean, the lone voice of disagreement and someone who was already being suspected by at least two others.
Still, even the casual onlooker would have already had a general idea of the location after a certain point. Had Gothic guessed the Heimlich Hospital rather than the theatre specifically, I may have been lenient and allotted him points because he technically wouldn't have been wrong. I would be curious to hear Gothic himself explain his plan and thought process this round.
Tip of the hat to Jean Lucio, who so cogently summarized his deductions he gave Columbo, Poirot, and Benoit Blanc a run for their money. He also suspected GAF more quickly than the others, disagreeing with the charge against ULA and questioning Gothic multiple times.
I chose the Operating Theater for three reasons -
1. I'd been watching The Knick, and was influenced by its hospital setting.
2. It would be interesting to have players not only pretending to be characters, but pretending to be characters pretending to be other characters, adding extra layers of deceit.
3. The Hospital had already been floated as ideas for possible locations by spies in previous rounds, so setting a round in it was "overdue", in a sense. I considered choosing the Library of Records at first, but there's only so many roles you could give to players there. In comparison, there's a much wider variety of roles in the theatre: had more people signed on I would've had room for a Volunteer Fighting Disease, a doctor, a nurse, Esme, Violet, and possibly Mattathias.
Site: Heimlich Hospital Operating Theatre
Spy: gothicarchiesfan
twigz : Fernald as Dr. O. Lucafont
Optimism is my Phil-osophy : The bald man as Dr. Flacutono
misstastrophe : Sunny as Nurse Flo
R. : Geraldine Julienne
the panopticountolaf : Klaus as Dr. Tocuna
Scoreboard:
baudelaiire: 10 + 2 (winner) = 12 points
Jean: 8 + 2 (winner) = 10 points
misstastrophe: 2 points (winner)
roxy222: 6 + 2 (winner) = 8 points
urbanletteropener: 2 points (winner)
Baudelaiire is now tied with Sherry Ann for leading the scoreboard.
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baticeeer: 0 points
Dante: 6 points
FileneNGottlin: 4 points
Sherry Ann: 12 points
sevensorrows: 2 points
tk: 2 points
Josh Sharpe: 0 points
Marlowe: 2 points (Master)
Analysis
This was an initially frustrating round to watch as the Game Master, as I feared the game was given away early with certain responses; I won't name names, but I felt some players were so focused on letting others know that they weren't the spy that they accidentally gave away too much information, thereby making things way too easy for the actual spy. I began to wonder if this might be the shortest round of Spyfall ever. Thankfully for the non-spy players, Gothic continually avoided making a location guess, perhaps because:
1. Setting the round in a specific room within Heimlich rather than the hospital as a whole helped throw him off. As Jean guessed, he could not make up his mind about whether they were in the Hospital in general, just the Operating Theatre specifically, or possibly even the Library of Records (as Jean appeared to be attempting to mislead GAF towards). He also took on a role that seemed to shift between Olaf/Mattathias and Hal. At first claiming to oversee how certain materials are put in place, which could apply to either character, he changed his tone when Jean asked him about glasses, replying that it wasn't a job requirement (when it absolutely is for Hal).
2. He may have been intending to frame another player as the spy - though he never did this. Had he agreed with the accusation against ULA he may have directed others to suspect Jean, the lone voice of disagreement and someone who was already being suspected by at least two others.
Still, even the casual onlooker would have already had a general idea of the location after a certain point. Had Gothic guessed the Heimlich Hospital rather than the theatre specifically, I may have been lenient and allotted him points because he technically wouldn't have been wrong. I would be curious to hear Gothic himself explain his plan and thought process this round.
Tip of the hat to Jean Lucio, who so cogently summarized his deductions he gave Columbo, Poirot, and Benoit Blanc a run for their money. He also suspected GAF more quickly than the others, disagreeing with the charge against ULA and questioning Gothic multiple times.
I chose the Operating Theater for three reasons -
1. I'd been watching The Knick, and was influenced by its hospital setting.
2. It would be interesting to have players not only pretending to be characters, but pretending to be characters pretending to be other characters, adding extra layers of deceit.
3. The Hospital had already been floated as ideas for possible locations by spies in previous rounds, so setting a round in it was "overdue", in a sense. I considered choosing the Library of Records at first, but there's only so many roles you could give to players there. In comparison, there's a much wider variety of roles in the theatre: had more people signed on I would've had room for a Volunteer Fighting Disease, a doctor, a nurse, Esme, Violet, and possibly Mattathias.