The Syndicate

Scotty wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 11:09 pm Sounds like Epi is enlisting other people to defend him so he doesn’t have to

DING DING DING

We have a winner!

Tell him what he's won, Johnny!

It isn't that hard.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 10:36 pmis it useful

More useful than leaves.

My offer stands though.

I don't really care how many people participate.

Here is your task:

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 8:09 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 2:19 pm
juliets wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 2:04 pm JJJ can you share your tinfoil thoughts about Epi?
To put it succinctly, I believe he is doing less than it appears he is doing on the surface. His suspicions of you and lapluie didn't really develop, in particular the latter during the EOD sequence when lapluie had quite a bit to say. His civilian reads on INH and LC exist without substance, which gives me the concern that these reads are there to look the part rather than to be the part.
I found a new spoken word track from an album I might submit in the SAW thread:

Spoiler: show

Why is the underlined bullshit?

One more and I'll begin. It isn't really that great of a puzzle, but it will be fun nonetheless.

MacDougall wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 10:02 pm It is so a gimmick

gim·mick
ˈɡimik/
noun
noun: gimmick; plural noun: gimmicks

a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business.

I want no attention, publicity, or business.

It's not a gimmick.

It's not fun, and it's not a gimmick, and I don't need help making money on baseball.

Never mind then.

I have a puzzle to offer.

If anyone can solve it, I won't vote for that person Day 2.

Who is in? I'll take the first four or five people.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 2:19 pm
juliets wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 2:04 pm JJJ can you share your tinfoil thoughts about Epi?
To put it succinctly, I believe he is doing less than it appears he is doing on the surface. His suspicions of you and lapluie didn't really develop, in particular the latter during the EOD sequence when lapluie had quite a bit to say. His civilian reads on INH and LC exist without substance, which gives me the concern that these reads are there to look the part rather than to be the part.

I found a new spoken word track from an album I might submit in the SAW thread:

Spoiler: show

juliets wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 2:07 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:49 pm Binary rainbow.

Dragon D. Luffy
Dyslexicon
Jackofhearts2005
juliets
Kylemii
Long Con
MacDougall
Scotty
sig

Avito
Dom
Epignosis
insertnamehere
Marmot
novaselinenever
Pennywise
sprityo
wolbre
I like this rainbow. My only changes would be to put Marmot and nova in yellow and Epi in blue at least until I hear the tinfoil thoughts.

If I saw a rainbow like that in the sky I'd shit my pants and know Jesus was on his way.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:41 pm The mafia are screwed.

Awesome! That's great to hear!

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:42 pm While we're chatting over the more glaring suspicions, I'll share my lone tinfoil: Epignosis.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:22 pm
wolbre04 wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 12:50 pm
wolbre04 wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 12:49 pm
Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 12:41 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 6:59 am I don't really think this thing was a hot potato. Whatever it was, a civilian was lynched.

On Day 1, a civilian usually gets lynched. Oh well, it sucks, but we move forward. If the game maintains its pace, we'll be fine. The civilians are winning right now.
What is a hot potato? I'm hungry.

Also, town is winning, obivously, cause town is awesome. BUT, I want to stress that if all town does not start getting involved for real we're not going anywhere. There are five mafia members, and we do need coordination and a sense of urgency. Just a mantra I have.
The post from Quin says that there are 4 mafia, did I miss something?
And the Golden character seems to be a town aligned 3p unless he counts as nontown for numbers?
Maybe he learns to love over the course of the series or something but as of Epi 1, the yellow guy wants to destroy the whole planet and has already destroyed most of the moon. I’d bet on him as bad.

There's more than one Epi?

Scotty wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:16 pm
Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:12 pm
Scotty wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:10 pmHere’s the issue as I see it:

Most people are vanilla and just don’t feel confident on anything. I don’t know how these “latent” powers work. But maybe people are gunshy and readshy on account of waiting for something to happen.
Well, yeah, but nothing is going to happen unless you just push and make things happen and start with what you got. But you all know that, I'm just being a bit pushy and impatient and stuff. (Also, my favorite role is vanilla, and my favorite games are all vanilla or low powered games. Mafia is a game that is solvable also without any powers. *preaching*)
I’m with you. Whenever I play ultimate werewolf or Avalon IRL, I crave vanilla as often as possible so I can get a better read on others.

For some reason with online mafia, I like having a power of some sort. Makes me feel useful. I often feel useless on this site as vanilla because often times, being in the dark is its own kind of fuck you when other people can manipulate the game.

Kinda hypocritical of me, but it probably has to do with timing. If I’m gonna sit down and do reads for n hour, I want to feel like it’s a fair game and I’m getting things right. It’s just easier to solve the game when you are a power role. In a fast game IRL, games are over in 30 minutes or less and the downtime doesn’t make me lose steam

A vanilla civilian role is a gift. Play your heart out and dare the mafia to kill you. That's your job- cannon fodder.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:23 pm I voted Long Con. The Marmot vote sucks.

when you stick town credit on someone I'm inclined to listen. Can you explain at all why you like Long Con in this game?

I wish you'd quit tagging me. It screws with my browser.

Now my mouse is giving me shit, so I can't quote posts. All I can say is that Long Con looks sincere and not manipulative.

I have to use the tab button to post this.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:20 pm thoughts on Jack and wolbre?

I sympathize with Jack and would not vote for him today.

No opinion regarding the latter at this time.

lapluie wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:17 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:13 pm
lapluie wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:11 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:06 pm
lapluie wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:05 pmWhat the snot?
Whaddya say?
uhhhhh, I .. dont have anything to say but good luck if I die. kinda LAME juliets went ahead & just voted for me ofcoruse she would, I would have done the same tbh no harsh feelings to save myself. or anyone really, Nova is basically saying he'd voting for me because I voted early with a weak case ok, butttt didn't he vote for avito first also so???? Idunno NULL. Sorry. Babbling probably useless post lol
Babbling is not useless when you're facing oblivion. Please continue to babble. Do you find juliets suspicious for her vote?
I don't understand her vote on me, yeah she could have saw my post for epi way sooner but only ever decided to jump into me when you guys did so, now that she's gone she has no way of changing meaning even if I did defend myself she wouldn't change, that's not a townie help, but i can't recall playing witj her so idk whats her motives,all in all im just saying you're gonna lose a town & there's no hard evidence that I'm actually a baddie just because I voted for epi.

What hard evidence exists right now that says anybody is bad?

Kylemii wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:48 pm
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:45 pm I have been waiting for Epi's trademark day 1 hostile thread takeover gimmick and it never came. How disappointing.
this game epi feels quieter than normal, calmer

Must mean I'm 100% bad according to JJJ's logic, right?

MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:45 pm I have been waiting for Epi's trademark day 1 hostile thread takeover gimmick and it never came. How disappointing.

Some people work for a living.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:18 pm Epignosis, why is INH a civilian?

I'd rather not say, but I think I'm improving at figuring out INH whereas before I was atrocious at it. I don't want to reveal my reasoning and gum up the works, if you can dig.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:17 pm Epignosis, how are you doing?

Drowning in reading posts, cooking supper, and placing wagers. Weren't you fire a while ago?

My biggest suspect is by a large margin lapluie.

In Mortal Kombat, she fought to find mafia and destroy them, even if she came up short. It was an effort I respected.

Here, she's voted for me for a frivolous reason and seemed apologetic about it. The purpose of your vote is to kill someone. Saying your one measly vote isn't going to kill someone is avoiding the entire reason you have a vote and the responsibility that comes with using it.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:58 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 6:57 pm I turned to page 11, and Long Con has four votes?

What the hell did he do this time?
Left a pointless vote on Marmot which he waved off himself while larger two wagons had formed elsewhere.

I wanted to keep this to myself, but LC is in a top-shelf civilian this time around from my perspective.

I turned to page 11, and Long Con has four votes?

What the hell did he do this time?

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 1:30 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 1:25 pm
sprityo wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 1:24 pm "scum post less."

see "Dunya," under "Fire Emblem Mafia"
Y'all have no idea what I am saying. Do people think I just forgot about dunya in that game? She personally kicked me in the balls.
Yet you’re pushing the same reasoning as an excuse for your vote.

Like if I stick a fork in a socket, get shocked and then try to stick a different fork in a different socket next week.

“Don’t you remember what happened?”

“I remember. But I still think doing this usually doesn’t result in electrocution.”

Spoiler: show

lapluie wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 1:12 pm
juliets wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 1:10 pm
lapluie wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 1:08 pm
juliets wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:02 am
lapluie wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 10:20 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 7:24 pm I shoot lapluie.
hEY
lap, is Epi's comment why you voted for him?
yeah pretty much
Ok, but I think he was just kidding.
That's fine really, it's not like my 1 singular vote will kill him

Your singular vote isn't going to kill mafia either.

[VOTE: lapluie] aubergine

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 9:57 am
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 9:55 am I used a greater-than symbol where I wanted a less-than symbol. These are the errors that haunt us decades later.
The alligator wants to eat the bigger meal.

I'm crying.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 8:37 am I don't like how nova just voted for Avito and left.

In our other site Avito is always getting day 1 lynched for memes so it makes sense in context there. There.

Here this vote is completely meaningless. Nobody knows Avito. Nova made and easy vote that is not particularly likely to turn into a lynch and left.

I struggle to understand the purpose of this defense. What relevance does this have if it isn't an accusation against nova? DDL is currently voting Dom...which is an easy vote that is not particularly likely to turn into a lynch.

Also, more racism:

Spoiler: show

MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 9:16 am
Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 7:33 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 7:31 pm
Pennywise wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 7:29 pm Can't say I've ever played a game that started on day 0. >_>
It's a bit different, but at least you get a little head start with your teammates in BTSC right?

Epi why did this disappoint you exactly? It sounds like Jay is imitating you. Was his imitation not up to your standard?

I don't remember what I was thinking when I posted that.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 8:34 am I'm not giving shit to Juliets for asking about sports. I think sure she could have googled it but if you use the internet to get answers to all your questions you are missing a lot of chances to socialize.

"Missing"

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 11:09 pm wow can someone like @ me, thanks
Btw I voting for epi

[mention]lapluie[/mention]

What the hell for?

juliets wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 10:28 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 10:24 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 10:22 pm I don't suspect juliets because she asked about the Indians. I don't care about that. I saw zero interrogation from her with regard to anybody else. That is concerning to me.
I would expect some kind of inquiry about the reads Mac and I were throwing around, for example.
Maybe I will have questions tomorrow but I was out of pocket for most of the day and am dead dog tired. You will find - if I live - that I question and try to solve the game in the morning and early afternoon hours. I am not a late afternoon/night time player.

Fair enough.

I don't suspect juliets because she asked about the Indians. I don't care about that. I saw zero interrogation from her with regard to anybody else. That is concerning to me.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 10:06 pm
MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 10:05 pm I always just figured you would force action either way for meta reasons.
In my always humble opinion, a focused strategy of "I have to look like my civilian self!" is one of the best ways to lose a game as a bad guy.

It works though.

If you're good at it.

I don't subscribe to that approach myself.

True story:

I have lynched juliets once in my life. It was Day 1.

I got lynched Day 2.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 9:39 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 9:37 pm Does any host really search "aubergine" when writing a lynch post? If not, can we just get rid of the tag?
I think it lends visual flair and adds to our collective vocabulary.

It's ugly, and if it's unnecessary, that's worse.

Does any host really search "aubergine" when writing a lynch post? If not, can we just get rid of the tag?

[VOTE: juliets] aubergine

juliets asks a lot of questions.

So far she's asked if the Indians won, which is obvious that they did not, since I wasn't in here with the hype (and never mind that it takes four seconds to search "Indians score"). That's it.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 8:25 pm So this is a rather fast paced game.
The only thing I really have is that I got iffy feels from Juliets in D0. If I were to explain it would say that she popped in and made sure to say when she was around and not and then had a question about baseball or whatever to Epi, that seemed kind of unnecessary and unnatural. So it's minor, it's a hunch etc.

I don't feel terrible about INH, and I don't want to read JJJ cause I don't want to.

Otherwise, just waiting for players to post moar.

This is funny to me. I came back from supper just to say this:

My number one suspect right now is juliets.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 7:46 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 7:42 pm Who is we lynchin INH?
Dunno. I utterly suck at early-game read divination, so I plan on following people I think seem like gen-u-ine townies. I've been getting good vibes from you, JJJ, and Dys. Someone not checking their role PM before posting would draw my ire if it was anyone other than Scotty.

But if I follow you and you follow me we done went and

Who is we lynchin INH?

juliets wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 7:08 am Just fyi, I have work and physical therapy today (true for every Mon, Wed, Fri) so I won't be around until after 3:30 ish. Did the Indians win?

Hell no, but they damn sure got some sweet revenge today. I doubled down.

Y'all gettin a play by play until this game is over.

Michael Brantley first career grand slam.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO INDIANS!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO INDIANS

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