The Syndicate

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:22 pm Hey folks, congratulations for your arrival to Syndicate Super Bowl VIII.

Along with @juliets, I will be serving as your moderator on duty for the game. If at any point the competition gets too fierce and you feel the vibes are going in a bad direction, please don't hesitate to reach out to either or both of us. We've seen a few of these rodeos and we know how it can be; use us as a space for venting, airing of grievances, and concerns about the game. We'll be keeping an eye on things and are looking forward to seeing how it shakes out. Have a good time, and maybe best team hoist the Lombardi Sock.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:42 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:41 pm Post in blueeeeee Martinnnnnnn

Martin is playing.

tutuu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:48 pm dammit i wish i knew anything about sports this is too much effort. watching three green 19 videos to go along with sloonei's joke but i cant figure out how to talk like a rugby commentator. but i made myself laugh a bit earlier

tutuu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:59 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:58 pm Role claiming and info-dumping are permitted, although this may not be in your best interest.

guys remember!!!

Kylemii wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:08 pm to stay up or to threaten to run away, those things are obstacles on the path to enlightenment

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:11 pm

Kylemii wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:08 pm to stay up or to threaten to run away, those things are obstacles on the path to enlightenment

you can't trust parents

threats are the only language they understand

tutuu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:26 pm

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Now without fuwthew ado....wet the games commence!

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:04 am My current reads

Town:

• Hyena

112 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:14 am Syn's hanging out in the background. Is this normal?

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:19 am tutuu
Sloonei
Hyena - i havent elaborared on that one. i hope i dont need to? save myself the effort
112 - and this one too. i just like her posts; they make sense; and at least they're correct. that kinda sways me

MacDougall
Marmot

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im marinating nutella in my mind. i think nobody else has made an impression on me yet

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:19 am

112 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:14 am Syn's hanging out in the background. Is this normal?

the thing with Syn is that what you want if Syn is town is for them to just latch onto someone towny and sheep them, so yeah

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:30 am i think that 112 is being very logical and i can understand her brain process better than anyone else itt

if shes mafia its cause of a convoluted reason, like, she is so logical that she is mafia

but yeah, i think that people scumreading her for like "normal" reasons are wrong i believe. if 112 is mafia she isnt mafia for the "basic" reasons that are being given imo

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:31 am

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:29 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:19 am

112 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:14 am Syn's hanging out in the background. Is this normal?

the thing with Syn is that what you want if Syn is town is for them to just latch onto someone towny and sheep them, so yeah

is this advice for wolf!112 or town!112

what?

Alison wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:35 am Hard claiming Gambit Demon from Shadow Corridors. It's a little modified from the original version but still keeps the spirit of it. Here's the basic rundown.

- I offer a permanent ability to someone at night. abilities are: track, roleblock, silence (can't speak during next day), disenfranchise (can't vote during next day), give a post restriction, thieving (steal the abilities of who you voted for), protecting, bus driving

- If my offer is accepting, they gain the ability, but I can choose one of two options: either all night actions cast on me get redirected to them the next night OR all votes cast on me get redirected to them the next day.

- I fulfil my win condition if the number of people who I've bargained with exceed the number of people who haven't.

I'm gonna offer the same deal that I proposed in shadow corridors. Y'all come up with consensus town and I'll offer powers to them. In exchange I get a free win, you get free power roles, everyone profits.

FAQ
- how do we know you aren't tricking us into some horrible fate???
take it on trust, host read that they aren't going to have a 3P nuke half the game in GOC, whatever. In Shadow Corridors I proposed some tactics to guard against 3P betrayal, you can try those. Yes I know I was mafia that game but my tactics were legit.

- what if the mafia soupkills you???
imagine being a coward and soupkilling the gambit demon instead of trying to go deep and get the power offered to you instead

- how do we know you're not mafia pretending to be a 3P???
my plan is pretty clearly laid out to give me a free win while also helping the town out. I fully intend to have "auto" from post 1 and will be putting in close to 0 effort to solve or influence the game from this point on. It doesn't make much strategical sense for me to do that if I'm mafia, especially since it will become too obvious that I'm lying about being 3P as the game goes on.

- how do we know you won't side with the mafia after you win like the original Gambit Demon did???
Long Con sided with mafia because he was sentimental and wanted to root for the underdog. I am not sentimental. Siding with the mafia after the town gave me my win is pointless. I have already gotten my win; putting in extra effort is not only meaningless, it actively compromises my ability to make further deals in this vein when I roll 3P in the future. It's strictly suboptimal to do that, so you can be pretty sure I won't do it.

make sure to @ me if you want to tell me who your consensus town to bargain is or have any questions/comments, since I won't be reading the thread closely.

Alison wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:50 am alright good night, go along with my plan if you have a big dick

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:54 am what if it never gets as wild and explosive as it had gotten earlier? that makes me feel a bit sad

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:52 am Btw just wanna say how relaxing it is to play town holy shit

I was baby raging that i didnt get to play mafia but comparing my anxiety levels rn compared to when i was mafia: boy ... Boy.

If i can rand town till the rest of my days oh papa

Like i just say literally whatever i want and its okay. Thats so much freedom compared to wolfing and trying to be towny. Its insane

cat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:25 am

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:50 pmnutella is wolfin'

Do you have an explanation for this? Why is this your only read and who did you steal it from?
If you had no reads at all it would be very towny but this sticks out as a sore thumb.

Justplayingitcool wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:33 am

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:52 am Btw just wanna say how relaxing it is to play town holy shit

I was baby raging that i didnt get to play mafia but comparing my anxiety levels rn compared to when i was mafia: boy ... Boy.

If i can rand town till the rest of my days oh papa

Like i just say literally whatever i want and its okay. Thats so much freedom compared to wolfing and trying to be towny. Its insane

scum

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:33 am

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:19 pm your constituent parts will be added to my own

Sounds suspiciously like the Borg. Prolly Maf

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:29 am

cat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:59 am Meow. Meeeeeeoooow.

Hi. You're already part of my towncore with nutella, tutuu, Kylemii, Thunal, and a couple others! So is Falcon!

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:11 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:04 pm

tutuu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:59 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:58 pm Role claiming and info-dumping are permitted, although this may not be in your best interest.

guys remember!!!

i'm hard claiming human player of social deduction game

I wish to be socially deduced Syn.

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:41 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:40 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:11 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:04 pm

tutuu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:59 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:58 pm Role claiming and info-dumping are permitted, although this may not be in your best interest.

guys remember!!!

i'm hard claiming human player of social deduction game

I wish to be socially deduced Syn.

marmots? inherently not to be trusted

What are you trying to insynuate here?

Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:46 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:32 pm

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:29 am

cat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:59 am Meow. Meeeeeeoooow.

Hi. You're already part of my towncore with nutella, tutuu, Kylemii, Thunal, and a couple others! So is Falcon!

why does your town core contain all the wolves

bye

Justplayingitcool wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:41 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:22 pm

Justplayingitcool wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:33 am

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:52 am Btw just wanna say how relaxing it is to play town holy shit

I was baby raging that i didnt get to play mafia but comparing my anxiety levels rn compared to when i was mafia: boy ... Boy.

If i can rand town till the rest of my days oh papa

Like i just say literally whatever i want and its okay. Thats so much freedom compared to wolfing and trying to be towny. Its insane

scum

mind meld

You trying to go for that early pocket?

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:06 pm What's going on here? http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com/search ... sf=msgonly

Justplayingitcool wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:07 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:15 pm alright i'm bored, let's kill someone

Who do you want to kill?

Michelle wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:41 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:35 pm

Justplayingitcool wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:07 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:15 pm alright i'm bored, let's kill someone

Who do you want to kill?

nutella

Why?

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:11 pm i think that day 7 is a decent cut off for mafia games to end, has a previous GoC game went beyond day 7?

tutuu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:42 pm [VOTE: nutella] aubergine

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:57 pm Mac vs Tutuu feels like a significant interaction by the way, especially since it they seem to keep butting heads with each other in a genuine-seeming way.

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:58 pm

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:57 pm Mac vs Tutuu feels like a significant interaction by the way, especially since it they seem to keep butting heads with each other in a genuine-seeming way.

This is a semi-serious read, by the way. I haven't actually analyzed anything yet though.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:24 pm I don’t know how to read nanook. Like at all. He leads in the poll right now and a few people are talking about their scum reads on him with confidence. I have not seen an explanation for any of these suspicions. Please help.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:58 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:57 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:52 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:51 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:50 pm The obvious suspects, Mac and Nutella.

Jack, syn, hyena.

Are these all town reads? Why the bottom three?

Yeh

I think they’re town

Okay.

Why?

Syn is consistently underestimated idt he really has to do much early as mafia to be fine

Timsup2nothin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:20 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:18 pm

Timsup2nothin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:16 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:08 pm

Timsup2nothin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:03 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:58 pm

Timsup2nothin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:56 pm

I thought it was horribly flawed...almost flawed enough to think it had to be intentional...and was considering breaking my intent to ignore the thread for a good chunk of time.

Now I am pissed, because you have forced my hand.

WTF do you find to like in that post?

The middle bit about Nanook seeming relieved to have something to talk about resonated with me in particular. Why do you hate it, Mr Up2nothin?

Because the idea that a w!Nanook would be so hard up for things to talk about that he would pick a fight with a potential town leader over fruit is absurd. w!Nanook picking a fight with some nonentity that no one really knows? Sure. w!Nanook joshing with Nutella to butter her bread a little and buff his postcount? Maybe. Nut what Nutella described there seemed accurate as description, and seemed like something w!Nanook would just never do...so the fact she presented it at all is disturbing, and the way you backed it was even more disturbing.

what? why do you think the bolded?

For exactly the reasons stated. The Syndicate absolutely runs on feelie reads. w!Nanook uses pointless off topic interactions to butter you up, not to attract your attention in any conflict feeling way.

Just like if I were a wolf I'd be blowing smoke up your add by 'mindmelding' on this the same way Sloonei did rather than actually analyzing it.

This does not seem like an accurate representation of my response to that post.

And I also still do not follow your response to it.

Shit happens. Try ten times and if you still can't follow ping me and I'll explain it again.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:23 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:14 pm i just googled cherimoya and i have never seen one of these things in my life. what the hell

anyway

Dude theyre hard to find but so fucking good if you can.

You gotta chill them and eat them with a spoon avoiding the seeds and skin. It's like ice cream

112 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:31 pm sloonei town, anyone who disagrees is not seeing the game well

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:34 pm

Thunal33 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:29 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:25 pm Meh he’d still be better off trying to pocket Nutes or Mac unless he’s teamed with both

That’s true for multi and single ball

I know someone from MU who played a 3p scum faction exactly the way she would play town, like putting lots of thought in solving and townreading/scumreading exactly the same people she would as town with the exception of her teammates. However, if I randed 3p (which I still never have) I imagine I would strategically tweak my reads to improve my appearance and further my team's agenda. Do we think most scum members would solve just like they would as town except for their teammates or strategically change their reads from what they actually believe?

Tim will play scum whatever way he thinks gives him the best chance to win

Kylemii wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:06 pm i don't think i've played a game with 2 mafias since like 2004