The Syndicate

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 7:24 pm [VOTE: Sonjei] aubergine

Hufflepuffs are wimps and he’s from a poor family.

*sneer*

Hitting at house and home already, ouch.

Long Con wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:01 pm This Glorf talk reminds me of the presence of Veritaserum. This game has lie detection - can we lie-detect any post successfully, or are there restrictions? Some games have a rule that you can't LD answers to direct questions, to avoid everyone lining up and saying "I am a Civilian" as an automatic checkable phrase. Also, what happens when Glorf is given Veritaserum? Super-honesty?

The effects of Veritaserum are described in the OPs under set-up, which clearly state it's limitations. Any attempts at a loophole would be grounds for asking the host, not something to go off on a tangent discussing with other players. I am puzzled at why you are asking about it's effect on a specific player, unless it's meant to be a joke as by what I can ascertain from other's posts Glorf has a truth meta.

I don't see a point in this post in furthering town's goals, if anything it reminds mafia of a mechanic they might have forgotten about. It just wants to go off into pure speculation, you don't even bring up any good targets for use of it.

Baseless mechanics talk is a general scumtell for me so :

[/b][VOTE: [/b]] aubergine

Didn't know that triggered the voting function here, that was :

Vote Lynch Longcon

poutanko wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:52 am @Soneji you're WPK, ay?

What gave it away : the avatar, manner of speech or people's belief that I would no show?

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:14 am
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:05 am
DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:03 am
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:02 am
DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:00 am Did Owner slip when she conflated Dark Arts and Deathly Hallows mechanics?
I don't know how that would be a slip. They're two completely different things.

... unless you meant townslip.
No I mean did she scumslip. They're two completely different things. One of them you were talking about, the other one you weren't.
=.=

Yeah I don't get it.
Ok I'll walk you though it, because I love you.

Here you explain the Deathly Hallows mechanic. Which, since they're all locked behind secrets, the basic gist is "You get one if you kill the guys that have them or if you're the last vote on the guys that have one"

Here Owner says "Dark Arts" and not "Deathly Hallows". Her exact quote will be helpful in understanding my thought process so here:

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:12 am
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:04 am what about me, owner? Give DH a break and flag me for a bit.
You knowing the intricacies of the Dark Arts stuff and sharing it could be an act to try to buy townie points. I remember reading the stuff about it but not nearly picking up enough about it to understand it all. Basically, if someone had or possessed Dark Arts abilities this game, they would probably read up on it or make sure they understood their abilities.

Technically, what you said is some form of mechanical-talk or a retelling of information, in which some of it is free to us. But it doesn't necessarily solve us the game or anything.

It's potenitally the kind of post meant to look like a person is being useful, but in reality, they aren't truly really adding to the thread.
"The intricacies of" - What's intricate about [SECRET] and "Keep what you kill"
"The Dark Arts Stuff" - if you've got Dark Arts on the mind and someone says Deathly Hallows, you might confuse the two. Freudian Slippage.
"I remember reading the stuff about it but not nearly picking up enough...." - [Secrets] and "Keep what you kill" doesn't strike me as hard to retain.

IDK thinking out loud, the best indicator of an actual slip here is conflating "Dark Arts" with "Deathly Hallows" because she had "Dark Arts" on the mind.

I think this has merit, the times when I have caught myself scum slipping it has been on minor things like this. By itself I wouldn't jump on this but that Owner has spent this whole phase tunneled on someone over a previous game adds to their rapsheet.

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:12 pm
Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:59 pm Lynching anybody Day 1 always feels bad and everyone seems so happy to be here. Soneji almost never shows up to play so I'ma vote there for now.
I know how you feel. When I'm scum I feel bad about lynching all the innocent townies too.

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:15 pm
DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:01 pm Yeah I've gotta be real with yall unless somebody outright fucks up and slips or somebody builds a damn good case, I'll probably default to a no-show as well.
The funny thing with this game is we might get some magnificent ties. Because if you're on a townie lynch that goes through, your house looses 2 points. So especially on day 1 if I don't have a good scum read, I would rather be a single vote on someone who's not going to die.

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:21 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:10 pm I'm going to have essentially zero time until Tuesday night or Wednesday. While I'm not here y'all best find excuses to do work and not excuses to do fuck all. Epi's recent grumbles are valid.

[VOTE: Quin] aubergine, because he said some shit I didn't like earlier. He provided a token response to Epi's dig at juliets which just looked like "this is where I am supposed to interject with this here comment" instead of "this is a problem and I want to address it".
This is the post in question:
Quin wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:35 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:29 pm juliets and I are not teammates.

There. Go. Find bad guys.
so you know you're on different teams
I don't know about anyone else, but I wouldn't have read anything at all into Quin saying that, and the fact that Jay did is a little weird.

Lunalee wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:55 pm Oh, and just in case anyone wants to shove some truth serum down my throat, I'm town.

These posts from Lunalee all slightly pinged me, the mocking joke in response to TH, the preemptive excuse for voting off leading wagons, the overly long somewhat passive-aggressive post to say he's town and the fact that they prompted this JJJ wagon but only just joined it this late.

[VOTE: ] aubergine

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:39 am
Soneji wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:34 am snip

This site has vote tags, so when you write it like that I think it mistakes your posts for those vote tags.

You can use them by just clicking vote on the list of tags above your post btw.

It worked properly last time I formatted that way, weird.

Thanks.

[VOTE: Lunalee] aubergine

As for Snape, he is one of my favorite characters in all of fiction. That means taking the bad with the good, though I feel most are too unforgiving of him because they don't even try to think of things in his shoes, which I attribute due to POV bias from Harry. Living the kind of spy life he had to would make anyone miserable and given his personality and disposition prior to spy life, it's really a feat that he is only as nasty as he is, which is itself a part of keeping up appearances.

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:03 pm
Soneji wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:34 am
poutanko wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:52 am @Soneji you're WPK, ay?
What gave it away : the avatar, manner of speech or people's belief that I would no show?

Sadly, I don't know how best to read you. And I might have played the most games with you.

Angels of Ulennia
Favorites 6
RWBY
Favorites 7
Cracking Idea (you were replaced)
In This Town We Call Home

Angels of Ulennia - lynched d1 due to an autistic player and some bad play
Favorites 6 - weirdly not that motivated and played more cautious than normal
RWBY - this game was a fucking trainwreck on all levels
Favorites 7 - lolAries
In This Town We Call Home - a bad performance from me

You haven't been in any game with me that was a good game in general or a good performance from me. Not having any meta feel for me off that list of games is to be expected.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:00 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:48 pm
Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:30 pm I want to lynch them chuck.
Why Soneji?
He made a post at Long Con that I replied to earlier that looked scummy in its motivations. This also happened right after I threatened to lynch him for chronic not-showing-up-itis, so that also factors into my read.

My post was several hours after yours, this sounds like entrapment where just by actually playing I'm suspicious. I suspect Long Con for baseless mechanics talk, you described this as "pointing fingers at a townie for talking", when the fact that his talk was empty is what is suspicious to me.

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:13 pm
Soneji wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:51 pm
Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:00 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:48 pm
Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:30 pm I want to lynch them chuck.
Why Soneji?
He made a post at Long Con that I replied to earlier that looked scummy in its motivations. This also happened right after I threatened to lynch him for chronic not-showing-up-itis, so that also factors into my read.
My post was several hours after yours, this sounds like entrapment where just by actually playing I'm suspicious. I suspect Long Con for baseless mechanics talk, you described this as "pointing fingers at a townie for talking", when the fact that his talk was empty is what is suspicious to me.
Ok, excuse me, but enough of this. The issue I brought up has been discussed, acted upon, had mild accusations levelled, and has become a short, referenceable, public decision for a number of players. Despite obtuse claims to the contrary, the parts that only the host could answer were answered by the host, as was my intention, and clarification edits have been made in the Rules post.

So get a new suspicion, because the "baseless mechanics" accusation is more baseless and suspicious than me bringing up an actual issue.

My vote is not currently on you and I only brought up my suspicion again in defense of myself against TH's suspicion on me.

My Lunalee lynch isn't going anywhere so it seems it's between Owner and TH. Owner had a potential scumslip but it's so slight that I'm not willing to bank on that. TH's push on me is bad and they have had some odd interactions. What edges things out for me is that Luna and TH are voting Owner, while Owner is not voting TH, scum would have to be really unmotivated to not self-pres.

[VOTE: Turnip Head] aubergine

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:33 pm Get Nutella first then look at Soneji and maybe Lonely Heart still. Why do you muggles insist on calling her Owner, what kind of thoughtless nickname is that. Always a pleasure to be mislynched by your friends So reads the last will and testament of Turnip Head.

I only call her Owner so people know who I'm referring to, in my head she's Ooh La La.

Lunalee remains my top suspect, they haven't done anything today to change my view on them.

[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] : Your main problem with me just seems to be my vote on TH which was a tiebreaker vote between two options I wasn't sold on but with so little time left it's better to make a choice there then be off by myself on a Lunalee vote. The main thing that tipped me over to TH was that Luna was voting Owner.

[VOTE: Lunalee] aubergine

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:23 am I’ve spoken to my motivation regarding keeping Nova alive last phase although it escapes me whether or not I did so in detail. Basically I know there are some good players on the replacements list so I wanted to see if scum would treat the slot as they did in Fire Emblem, where rabbit was killed N1 so that speed wouldn’t replace in as a towny. We’d just discussed this in Outpost a few days ago so it was fresh on my mind. If the night passed with nova alive it would have roused my suspicions considerably. Although the vig choice is perplexing and should probably be examined. I’m sure this sounds made up but I don’t care.

What should be examined about a vig's choice of kill unless you want to expose the vig's identity?

juliets wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:51 am I just re-read speedchuck and found that:

1. In the end he did not believe OoaLH was bad so I don't think he was killed by a baddie team with OoaLH on it.
2. He said some negative things about Glorf which doesn't look great for Glorf but it's not enough for me to suspect him.

Has anyone else re-read speed? See anything that I didn't?

Kills are decided upon by more than just one person and that he didn't jump onto Owner there doesn't mean an Owner team wouldn't have killed him for a myriad of other reasons. A one vote swing away from Owner doesn't give someone immunity from a scum team with Owner on it.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:36 pm
nutella wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:28 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:23 pm Ok so I believe I have dumped all information you guys might want to know. I'm tired so I'll wait until tomorrow to respond to questions and do game comentary.

Feel free to make praises and criticizes to the game, I don't think there is a perfectly balanced role madness game, but I tried. I will reply to everything tomorrow.
you did an amazing job!!! just looking at the list of night actions I'm stressed out lol, it's really an incredible feat that you handled this game by yourself and sorted everything out.
I've been through worse. Favorites 4, one of my first games, had 58 players, bigger roles, 24 hour phases and some very poor communication between me and the other host ( @Soneji ). After that mayhem, everything feels like a cakewalk. It's just a matter of having a template and being organized.

Will I ever escape the shame of this?

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:53 am
Soneji wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:36 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:36 pm
nutella wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:28 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:23 pm Ok so I believe I have dumped all information you guys might want to know. I'm tired so I'll wait until tomorrow to respond to questions and do game comentary.

Feel free to make praises and criticizes to the game, I don't think there is a perfectly balanced role madness game, but I tried. I will reply to everything tomorrow.
you did an amazing job!!! just looking at the list of night actions I'm stressed out lol, it's really an incredible feat that you handled this game by yourself and sorted everything out.
I've been through worse. Favorites 4, one of my first games, had 58 players, bigger roles, 24 hour phases and some very poor communication between me and the other host ( @Soneji ). After that mayhem, everything feels like a cakewalk. It's just a matter of having a template and being organized.
Will I ever escape the shame of this?
It's not a shame brah, that game was super fun.

For me it's more like the initial action scene of a movie where the hero tries to invade the villain's lair but gets his ass kicked. So he has to start over and train so he has a chance of going there again some day.

It's more that it should have been the uncontested GOAT role madness game due to how brilliant it's design was but faltered due to procrastination and miscommunication. Best mafia faction bonuses, a solid set of indies including GOAT HAL-9000, a varied array of unique town roles.

...I want to do another Favorites.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:07 pm
Soneji wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 3:24 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:53 am
Soneji wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:36 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:36 pm
nutella wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:28 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:23 pm Ok so I believe I have dumped all information you guys might want to know. I'm tired so I'll wait until tomorrow to respond to questions and do game comentary.

Feel free to make praises and criticizes to the game, I don't think there is a perfectly balanced role madness game, but I tried. I will reply to everything tomorrow.
you did an amazing job!!! just looking at the list of night actions I'm stressed out lol, it's really an incredible feat that you handled this game by yourself and sorted everything out.
I've been through worse. Favorites 4, one of my first games, had 58 players, bigger roles, 24 hour phases and some very poor communication between me and the other host ( @Soneji ). After that mayhem, everything feels like a cakewalk. It's just a matter of having a template and being organized.
Will I ever escape the shame of this?
It's not a shame brah, that game was super fun.

For me it's more like the initial action scene of a movie where the hero tries to invade the villain's lair but gets his ass kicked. So he has to start over and train so he has a chance of going there again some day.
It's more that it should have been the uncontested GOAT role madness game due to how brilliant it's design was but faltered due to procrastination and miscommunication. Best mafia faction bonuses, a solid set of indies including GOAT HAL-9000, a varied array of unique town roles.

...I want to do another Favorites.
I submitted a draft for Favorites here once, we could try to co-host it. Problem is you are not getting more than 30-35 players here, at best. But could be a cool way to approach it, like do quality over quantity and make global mechanics that integrate better.

Alternatively you can try to see if iwandesu will let you co-host with him next year.

Co-hosting Favorites on NF is just a given now.

Is The Syndicate really ready for Favorites? Did this game prepare them enough?

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