The Syndicate

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:09 am Happy New Year, everyone!

Looking forward to playing with you all again.

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:43 pm I'm going to go ahead and vote since I don't know how much I'll be here tomorrow before and after the drive home. Everyone in the game is a champion and I have great respect for you all but I had to find a way to narrow it down.

Both Jay and S~V~S showed what I thought was good reasoning for their votes for people and/or objects, Jay had a clever post, and S~V~S is my oldest (in terms of length of time) friend in my mafia career so I will vote for both of them.

Then there are people I want to recognize for various reasons. c-bob and Quin and I had a special alliance in CC123 which made the game a delight and meant a lot to me while I was in the hospital. sig was, along with dunya, part of an alliance with me which made UPick an awesomely fun game and our alliance was important to the civ win. And DH, Enrique, Mac, and Elo were kind enough to give me their vote for an item in this game and I consider them all friends. I also believe all of these individuals would be thoughtful about the use of an item.

I decided to let random.com sort through those names and the top 3 were c-bob, Quin, and Mac.

tl;dr the 5 people I'm voting for are:

Jay
S~V~S
c-bob
Quin
Mac

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:58 am happy new year, guys and gals. I am your busy mod this game and while I won't have time to read every post during my busy periods (I'm also currently bedridden) I'm always one PM away. So hit me up whenever you need to vent or talk to someone, I'm a fantastic conversationalist. Since I may be slow to read, if others want to alert me of something I should resolve or direct my attention to, even if it doesn't involve them personally, I would also be eternally grateful. Good luck, Champions!

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:02 pm

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:52 pm Happy New Year, everyone! I half-realized I was playing this, so I guess I'm full playing this.

I like objects. They're neat. I'm just gonna click stuff.

I like this post.

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:49 am

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:46 am

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:02 pm

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:52 pm Happy New Year, everyone! I half-realized I was playing this, so I guess I'm full playing this.

I like objects. They're neat. I'm just gonna click stuff.

I like this post.

I suspect people who like other people's posts.

I like people who suspect other people's posts.

colonialbob wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:22 pm

S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:08 pm Did he maybe know that Luna did not get any meat?

She can't have her pudding if she didn't get any meat

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:10 pm Town:
Sig
SVS
LC
Nova
Mac
Jay

Meh:
MP
Juliets
Speed
DH
Niju

No impression: anyone I didn't mention

S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:01 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:55 pm Day one is always so slow. Mac is voting Juliets because he thinks she's too worried about looking good, and Sloonei is voting TH because Turnip said "thanks" twice. Can we get some good finger pointing and discussions going?

You first.

linki, lol

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:00 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:55 pm Day one is always so slow. Mac is voting Juliets because he thinks she's too worried about looking good, and Sloonei is voting TH because Turnip said "thanks" twice. Can we get some good finger pointing and discussions going?

You’ve got 10 perfectly good fingers yourself. I assume. Sorry for being ableist.

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:58 pm I dislike Juliets big post about her votes, seemed very in depth and scummy.

Mac is playing differently then his last few games tone wise which could mean he's mafia or that he's just taking this game more serious. Either way I'd watch him.

Svs seems badish so she's probably good.
Nova has also posted early this game so omma throw a few civ points his way.

sig wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:57 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:55 pm

Spoiler: show

Elohcin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:38 pm

S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:08 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:49 am

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:46 am

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:02 pm

I like this post.

I suspect people who like other people's posts.

I like people who suspect other people's posts.

I didn't like Nijus post, so I am not surprised sig did.

I was not trying for an object so thanks for the people who voted for me. I got a fun thing (no meat; I'm a vegan so that would have been kinda weird) and hopefully it isn't cursed.

juliets wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:54 am

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:11 am How is everyone deciding their selections regarding each item and, more significantly, each player?

I’m going to wait on my selections for now and null over this some more upon my return.

Hi MP, glad to have you in the game.

I notice you didn't vote for people or objects. Why is that?

You know why that is; he is barely here and he called this is comeback game in the signups, iirc. This post from you feels forced, like you are trying to build on something. Maybe I am fixated on you becasue I agreed with Macs initial point about you, but this jumped out at me.

That and sprityo specifically saying I got that meat, when two other people could have gotten it as well. I realize he was making a risque joke of sorts which would be funnier with a female as the foil, but why me and not Luna? Did he maybe know that Luna did not get any meat?

I don't like how SVS is defending MP so much right from the start when he hasn't done a thing to prove he is civ. And I think she is reaching with her talk on Sprit.

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:10 pm Town:
Sig
SVS
LC
Nova
Mac
Jay

Meh:
MP
Juliets
Speed
DH
Niju

No impression: anyone I didn't mention

If you want to do this on day 1, fine...but give us some reason at least. I don't trust anyone who just throws out names.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:00 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:55 pm Day one is always so slow. Mac is voting Juliets because he thinks she's too worried about looking good, and Sloonei is voting TH because Turnip said "thanks" twice. Can we get some good finger pointing and discussions going?

You’ve got 10 perfectly good fingers yourself. I assume. Sorry for being ableist.

We definitely need like buttons for posts. I was thinking the same thing but I couldn't have put it better.

Whatcha thinkin' Luna? Who do you have your eye on?

Lovely content Eloh.
As far as where my thoughts are at, I know I jokingly made a comment toward sig that I don't trust people who like my posts, but it's sort of true, and I also don't like his earlier post here:

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:58 pm I dislike Juliets big post about her votes, seemed very in depth and scummy.

Mac is playing differently then his last few games tone wise which could mean he's mafia or that he's just taking this game more serious. Either way I'd watch him.

Svs seems badish so she's probably good.
Nova has also posted early this game so omma throw a few civ points his way.

I get that Juliet's post could come across scummy, but I think she would make that same kind of post as town too, and the fact that sig goes after her for it makes him look like he's just looking for an easy target. Also in the same post he suspects Mac for "playing differently" even though he is clearly wrapped up in an intense end game with A World Asunder.
Giving people civ cred never makes much since to me unless they've done something hugely civ. I don't see that here with SVS or Nova, but sig throws some civ cred their way anyways.

Stop persecuting me.

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:09 pm Luna giving off those dominickian vibes tbh

sprityo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:14 pm Just lynch me now it’s gonna be one of these games

MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:27 pm LC is hard defending teammate Juliets. That's two down.

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:58 pm

Spoiler: show

S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:08 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:49 am

Lunalee wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:46 am

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:02 pm

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:52 pm Happy New Year, everyone! I half-realized I was playing this, so I guess I'm full playing this.

I like objects. They're neat. I'm just gonna click stuff.

I like this post.

I suspect people who like other people's posts.

I like people who suspect other people's posts.

I didn't like Nijus post, so I am not surprised sig did.

I looked again at Nijuu's post, and I GTH don't like it either. Could be forced flippancy.

I was not trying for an object so thanks for the people who voted for me. I got a fun thing (no meat; I'm a vegan so that would have been kinda weird) and hopefully it isn't cursed.

Are you a vegan, or is your role a vegan?

juliets wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:54 am

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:11 am How is everyone deciding their selections regarding each item and, more significantly, each player?

I’m going to wait on my selections for now and null over this some more upon my return.

Hi MP, glad to have you in the game.

I notice you didn't vote for people or objects. Why is that?

You know why that is; he is barely here and he called this is comeback game in the signups, iirc. This post from you feels forced, like you are trying to build on something. Maybe I am fixated on you becasue I agreed with Macs initial point about you, but this jumped out at me.

Not feeling the juliets thing as much. I feel worse about Mac than juliets, between the two of them.

Spoiler: show

That and sprityo specifically saying I got that meat, when two other people could have gotten it as well. I realize he was making a risque joke of sorts which would be funnier with a female as the foil, but why me and not Luna? Did he maybe know that Luna did not get any meat?

This is the main reason I quoted your post, but I thought I'd respond a bit to the rest first.

I think this deserves a bit more looking at as well. On one hand, I'm not sure if he was making a risque joke or not, there's a few possibilities I'm not sure about. On the other hand, do you think he made a slip here of some sort? If he did, maybe Turnip Head comes under the spotlight... like, TH got the Radio or the Meat, and if he knew TH got the Radio... sounds kind of far-fetched, but that's where your post sent my mind.

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:07 pm [VOTE: Sig] aubergine

I tried redeeming those civ points, and they're counterfeit apparently. Yikes

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:58 am

Quin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:11 am

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:29 pm My precious...

i should clarify i'm not actually insanified or anything i just wanted the attention

You mean you got the Ring, right?

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:42 pm Thoughts on Luna from everyone. Go.

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:45 pm @juliets @Lunalee Who do you want to lynch?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:11 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:08 pm [VOTE: Sig] aubergine

Also, woah, what's with all these single votes on people? We only have about 2 hours until EOD, right?

What in tarnation has sig done to deserve this vote?

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:58 pm I dislike Juliets big post about her votes, seemed very in depth and scummy.

Mac is playing differently then his last few games tone wise which could mean he's mafia or that he's just taking this game more serious. Either way I'd watch him.

Svs seems badish so she's probably good.
Nova has also posted early this game so omma throw a few civ points his way.

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:02 pm

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:52 pm Happy New Year, everyone! I half-realized I was playing this, so I guess I'm full playing this.

I like objects. They're neat. I'm just gonna click stuff.

I like this post.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:20 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:14 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:11 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:08 pm [VOTE: Sig] aubergine

Also, woah, what's with all these single votes on people? We only have about 2 hours until EOD, right?

What in tarnation has sig done to deserve this vote?

1. Emoji tell (which I just learned is a thing, maybe)
2. This post here:

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:58 pm I dislike Juliets big post about her votes, seemed very in depth and scummy.

Mac is playing differently then his last few games tone wise which could mean he's mafia or that he's just taking this game more serious. Either way I'd watch him.

Svs seems badish so she's probably good.
Nova has also posted early this game so omma throw a few civ points his way.

3. Liking posts:

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:02 pm

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:52 pm Happy New Year, everyone! I half-realized I was playing this, so I guess I'm full playing this.

I like objects. They're neat. I'm just gonna click stuff.

I like this post.

You're voting for someone based on a tell you just maybe learned was a thing?

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:56 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:55 pm You people are forcing me to vote TH, and I hope there's a good reason for his wagon.

What?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:57 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:55 pm You people are forcing me to vote TH, and I hope there's a good reason for his wagon.

I moved. You can literally vote anywhere now. Pick a better name.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:59 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:55 pm

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:48 pm @SlooneiBecause it's day one and she put a second vote on sig who is always mislynched, based on his liking posts, it being day one and she has to vote for someone, and a tell she maybe just found out might be a tell.

All of that sounds very sketchy to me.

I still don't care for the argument that "sig always gets mislynched." I also don't see why having "just found out about a tell" should exclude a person from voting for a suspect. We're always in the process of finding things out in games. That's how mafia works.

None of this to say Iike luna's vote. I'm just not sure I agree with the reasons you've stated.

Actually that isn't why I voted for her, that's how I reacted to her vote for sig. I voted for her because she called for discussion, then just played around with other people's suspicions.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:04 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:00 pm

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:59 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:55 pm

S~V~S wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:48 pm @SlooneiBecause it's day one and she put a second vote on sig who is always mislynched, based on his liking posts, it being day one and she has to vote for someone, and a tell she maybe just found out might be a tell.

All of that sounds very sketchy to me.

I still don't care for the argument that "sig always gets mislynched." I also don't see why having "just found out about a tell" should exclude a person from voting for a suspect. We're always in the process of finding things out in games. That's how mafia works.

None of this to say Iike luna's vote. I'm just not sure I agree with the reasons you've stated.

Actually that isn't why I voted for her, that's how I reacted to her vote for sig. I voted for her because she called for discussion, then just played around with other people's suspicions.

That's not what happened. I added to it as well. Go back and read.

What's your version of what happened?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:11 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:10 pm I object to the Lunalee wagon on account of it being initially created by Darth Sloonei

Which reality did you pull this out of?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:13 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:10 pm @Sloonei I suppose I've done nothing "civilian," hence the lynch. I don't know how to scum hunt on day one, and when I try it and no one agrees with me, I guess this happens.

Do a civilian thing now. Don’t worry about being right or wrong. Just tell us what you think about certain people so we can talk about that. Please and thanks.

MacDougall wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:15 pm Lunalee I am defending you maybe try not attacking me while I am trying to prevent your lynch eh?

MacDougall wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:17 pm Speedchuck = currently in hospital recovering from surgery = make a wish kid.
Also Speedchuck = voting for Jay.
Let's make this wish come true people.

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:35 pm I am inclined to believe her claim for now and will move to [VOTE: cbob] aubergine but still making my mind up about quin

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:46 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:25 pm Here's a GTH list since Sloonei asked so nicely. I do not put much stock into making these, and would rather have the next phase to make better decisions on who is bad.

DharmaHelper - scum
Elohcin - scum
JaggedJimmyJay - scum
M Plus 7 - scum
nijuukyugou - scum
Quin - scum
sig - scum

This is an interesting collection of players. Jay and Eloh stand out as picks that I did not expect. Care to talk about them or any of these other folks?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:51 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:49 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:46 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:25 pm Here's a GTH list since Sloonei asked so nicely. I do not put much stock into making these, and would rather have the next phase to make better decisions on who is bad.

DharmaHelper - scum
Elohcin - scum
JaggedJimmyJay - scum
M Plus 7 - scum
nijuukyugou - scum
Quin - scum
sig - scum

This is an interesting collection of players. Jay and Eloh stand out as picks that I did not expect. Care to talk about them or any of these other folks?

Jay hasn't stood out to me too much. Maybe I just haven't been keeping up well enough, but when people blend into the thread it looks like they might be purposefully lying low.

Reason for Eloh is she has posted enough to "look good", and not much else.

I don't think Jay is purposefully lying low. He's been posting with a big shtick and has produced reads when he's been around. His content is lower than usual, but he's not being shy when he's around.

Can you point to anything specific in Eloh's posts that look suspicious?

What about MP?

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:15 pm Hello peoples!
Glad to join you fine players
I need to read the thread

Haikus are very scary
Especially to myself writing
I hope I'll succeed

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:55 pm

Spoiler: show

fuck it

voting sloonei

Spoiler: show

to tie it up, and to see how others react

[VOTE: sloonei] aubergine

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:31 pm I’m just gonna sit over here and be sung about totally solving the game

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:32 pm Remind me to me never invite y’all to a hot tub party.

sig wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:37 pm Y'all are over here taking a left when you should be going right, so turn around and take a right turn instead of a left got it guys?

@nijuukyugou,
@DharmaHelper
@colonialbob
@Quin
@ novaselinenever,

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:56 pm

colonialbob wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:55 pm I know that I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well; but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.

And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:40 pm

Spoiler: show

poutanko wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:32 pm

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:15 pm Assuming Sprit keeps his word and kills a non-voter, and assuming Mac doesn’t show up at the 11th Hour, this lynch is a done deal. I think the cases against Luna and DDL are interesting but still fairly weak. I’m poking around based on gut and seeing what happens, basically. Developing a possible list of suspects and feeling people out.

...you should start poking people around a bit earlier if you want to feel people out. You barely poked anyone

I’LL POKE WHO I WANT HOW I WANT,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Spoiler: show

In your own words, what’s the difference between your civilian and scum game?

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:21 am I'm so glad that day is over. As many curses as we had if people can double curse tonight we are all going to be cursed twice like I was. Please, if you're a civ and have a curse, think about not using it tonight. We were not able to effectively discuss things today.

RIP @Sloonei , sorry to see you and your role go.

And @sig, you were asking me to change my vote and I could not. I explained my vote to DH early in Day 2. Also, as you can see by this result, Mac may have been right about some on his list but he was wrong about Sloonei and wrong about me.

I couldn't understand what some people were saying about who they were voting for so I will have questions tomorrow about why people voted as they did. For now though I'm going to bed.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:01 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:33 am From whence came the Sloonwagon

I must admit I am probably responsible for his demise since I think I convinced cbob to change (unless he and luna were teammates and he would have changed at the last minute anyway but I'm kind of doubting that scenario rn). I feel bad but sloonei looked like shit and he did fuck-all on the curse day when the rest of us were still trying to communicate when possible. I probably should have stuck to my guns on Luna but I keep coming back to worrying that the claim was real.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:58 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:55 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:01 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:33 am From whence came the Sloonwagon

I must admit I am probably responsible for his demise since I think I convinced cbob to change (unless he and luna were teammates and he would have changed at the last minute anyway but I'm kind of doubting that scenario rn). I feel bad but sloonei looked like shit and he did fuck-all on the curse day when the rest of us were still trying to communicate when possible. I probably should have stuck to my guns on Luna but I keep coming back to worrying that the claim was real.

Where did you convince c-bob to change? I honestly wasn't sure who switched, and thought for a bit it was you. The reason I voted Sloonei to begin with was because Mac wanted him lynched before he died. Mac also went after Quin, but Quin wasn't a poll option.

I had moved to sloonei earlier. Cbob was on you for 6-5 until like 4 minutes before the poll closed and he changed after I posted some lyrics implying I thought he was making the wrong choice. So I feel sort of responsible (also when he did switch I accused him of bussing sloonei lolol)

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:20 pm Wait TH also voted for sloonei and I also suspect TH for reasons.

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:45 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:33 pm P. wild that Luna escapes two razor thin lynches and now everyone's suddenly up TH's ass but what do I know.

I agree that that we should look carefully at Luna after two lynch dodges.

Also @Lunalee I have a question. You say you voted Sloonei because he was on mac's list but surely there is a reason beyond that. Like what did Sloonei do or not do or what specifically did Mac say about Sloonei that struck a chord with you?

MacDougall wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:53 pm Confirmed Mafia team =

DharmaHelper, Quin, Juliets and Sloonei

MacDougall wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:00 am That's okay. Sloonei is just confirming he is Quin's scumbuddy. I can live with the mislynch today as long as everyone realises that is canon.