But basically: that wasn't a fakeclaim but it also wasn't my role. How could it not be a fakeclaim but also not be my role?
Simple.
I had a misunderstanding.
Hey, people.
Remember the N1 PM that xyzzy sent out?
I realize the new hydras (and replacements) wouldn't know it, but the original players
would
.So to educate everyone.
To paraphrase that PM (honestly since this was a PM sent to everyone I could PROBABLY get away with quoting it but I don't want to risk it because it IS technically speaking moderator communication),
It was titled:
"Any Non-Dead Person Can Submit a Night One Action".
The text of the PM said, "Only non-dead players are being notified they can submit a night action, and if someone who isn't a non-dead player submits a night action, I'll be cheeky and say I'll take their action into consideration.
For the rest of you, 48 hours."
That one? You know the one.
...I think you can see where I'm going with this.
I interpreted that as a neat game mechanic where
every
actual PLAYER could submit ANY night action of their choice, and have it go through.So I submitted an "Instant Masonize: EeveeLution Army" night action, with the idea of creating a masonry and establishing a link to the neighborhood so that we could coordinate, thinking that was an actual thing that I could do.
xyzzy gave me a PT to post in (I actually typed this post out in it), but it was specifically "mastina can post in here and only mastina". (And, by the way, I can't edit posts in that PT; had I the power to edit posts in the PT I'd know it was meant for personal use only but without that option, with each post I made in there being finalized, I was left with the impression that it was an actual game-relevant, serves-a-purpose, game PT.) My first thought was that maybe xyzzy was allowing me to have a PT where I could talk during the night, and that EeveeLution Army would be added at daystart, i.e., that I could get a head start on talking in there, but only at the conclusion of the night would a masonize action go through.
Then EeveeLution Army wasn't added, so I knew that the action hadn't succeeded.
I saw the addition of hydras as being evidence that the mechanic I thought was in play, was in fact in play, with two players having had the same idea of adding players to the game to become a hydra. I didn't think that was their role, I thought that was them having had the same idea in night actions. But then as the day went on, I began to have doubts; nobody was referencing the N1 night action event. None of the original players were mentioning the N1 PM, and none of the players when referencing the setup balance were taking it into consideration.
So then and only then did I wonder if maybe I had misinterpreted what the N1 PM had meant, and asked xyzzy about it.
And was told "you didn't masonize anyone because that's not your role".
So like I said.
Misinterpretation, not a fakeclaim, not my actual role.
Sorry for the confusion it caused yesterday, but I did need to come clean about this in case I lived.
