The Syndicate

sig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:59 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:57 pm

sig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:55 pm My wagon is very sketchy so I’ll be voting agaisnt that

You kill me.

That’s why I’m here

sig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:55 pm My wagon is very sketchy so I’ll be voting agaisnt that

You kill me.

Porscha wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:59 am anyway like i said yesterday lol
towns just towning up
wolves not really doing shit imo
as pyxxy demonstrates

This is a strange prelude to the dismissive rant that would soon come.

leetic wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:07 pm

Porscha wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:57 pm Just ask yourselves, why would a wolf do anything Ive done

For the purposes of disruption, of course. Little if anything you've done this phase has been constructive

I rather agree with this.

Rather than notice any differences in our takes (I specifically highlighted one that I don't think you commented on), you included us all in one sweeping anathema.

Delta wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:06 pm SORRY Epi didnt mean to blank you ;0;

@Epignosis mainly wanted to run through your worldview and contrast it with mine if possible?

Right now I have Porscha/Leetic/Abi/Seanzie/TSP/LC/Soonei as my main bundle of townreads. Still a pretty bulky list I guess? But I can run through them better than what I could my list from yesterday. Would like to see where your thoughts differ

Don't really have one. I have less than (less than) fifty minutes to figure out where my vote it going if it isn't staying on you (because I'm working, cooking, etc etc.).

I'm currently most interested in Seanzie's "revelation" regarding Porscha, both of whom you say are good.

You haven't voted yet at all. A big list of good guys must mean there's a small list of bad guys. Where you going today?

Porscha wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:57 pm I saw epi a few bosts above also weakly accuse me of "shutting down" conversation which i have made it super clear that was not what i was trying to do

And what does this mean about me?

Talk about cashing in your chips.

Seanzie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:24 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:54 pm My instinct during my reading was to vote Porscha.

The shitting on other people's effort without at least parlaying that into meaningful suspicions struck me as, well, shitting on other people's efforts. I can't fathom a civilian reason for doing that. To then put Ricochet on an eventual pedestal is even more confusing, because Rico's work looks like a card catalog with a handwritten note scribbled onto the end (that's not meant as a criticism; rather, I don't understand how Porscha arrived at this opinion).

Hell, my own effort is from the dude who didn't even finish the assignment.

At any rate, Porscha sounded- for whatever reason- annoyed to the point that I can't hear these words spoken by the voice (and I have heard the voice). In Vocaroo III, a civilian Porscha sounded measured and unsure. In here, Porscha is bringing a goddamn shovel and ready to throw down.

But I don't recall mafia Porscha losing any shit in Don't Starve Mafia either.

So for me, this entire reaction is uncharacteristic, and I have no idea what to do with it.

Yes, that's a bunch of words to say

This is actually that scum!tell that I refused to reveal in "Don't Starve". Mafia!Porscha is... for lack of a better word... a little mean.

Really?

My instinct during my reading was to vote Porscha.

The shitting on other people's effort without at least parlaying that into meaningful suspicions struck me as, well, shitting on other people's efforts. I can't fathom a civilian reason for doing that. To then put Ricochet on an eventual pedestal is even more confusing, because Rico's work looks like a card catalog with a handwritten note scribbled onto the end (that's not meant as a criticism; rather, I don't understand how Porscha arrived at this opinion).

Hell, my own effort is from the dude who didn't even finish the assignment.

At any rate, Porscha sounded- for whatever reason- annoyed to the point that I can't hear these words spoken by the voice (and I have heard the voice). In Vocaroo III, a civilian Porscha sounded measured and unsure. In here, Porscha is bringing a goddamn shovel and ready to throw down.

But I don't recall mafia Porscha losing any shit in Don't Starve Mafia either.

So for me, this entire reaction is uncharacteristic, and I have no idea what to do with it.

Yes, that's a bunch of words to say

Officially out of catch up hell here, thank baby Jesus.

leetic wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:36 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:32 pm

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:10 pm
Abi is actually mafia, got Cait to Town read her, then killed her. Now she can pull the Ike/Silver maneuver if anyone says she's mafia.

I think you've forgotten how that bizarre dynamic worked.

Brings me back to the very first game I've played on here. Man, what a throwback.

Which one was that?

Ricochet wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:24 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:09 pm
The only useful thing I've gotten from your posts is a new band name.

Spoiler: show

The Pyxxy Scientists

Guitar & keys secured, what's leetic playin?

The shovel, apparently.

Delta wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:19 pm hihi Epi o/

if you're still around, lets talk, would like to see where your head is at outside of me since I dont think we've had much of a chance to talk so far \o/

Hello Delta. What's on your mind?

sig wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:10 pm
Abi is actually mafia, got Cait to Town read her, then killed her. Now she can pull the Ike/Silver maneuver if anyone says she's mafia.

I think you've forgotten how that bizarre dynamic worked.

Delta wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:37 pm hihi o/ here sorry

@Epignosis the reason I focused pyxxy there is because both games we've been in so far, and now this one, we've been v/w but have hoped for a v/v rand. I joined the mountainous game to play w/ pyxxy again & similar here where my main thought there was "oh if pyxxy is v id like to be some sort of lifeline here"

That is... weirdly, weirdly specific. It warrants two consecutive adverbs from me, which happen to be the same ones.

Porscha wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:28 am 4 people doing the same activity doesnt legitimize it, it makes it a waste of time.

Well then. I'm not inviting you to board game night.

Porscha wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:28 am i'm not reading pyxxy spew, you guys are just making shit up to do. all copying and saying the same fucking thing. on god lmao what the fuck is going on in here

leetic wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:50 am I can finally look through Epi's posts, and I'm a bit surprised we have different conclusions about Delta. I guess my main contention is that Delta wouldn't try to drag pyxxy into the game out in public when they clearly didn't have a satisfactory response to give, as it basically makes your partner look worse without even giving you any bussing cred. Still, I'm not exactly opposed to a Delta vote as I think they have posts that are independently wolfy and their interactions aren't as obviously unaligned as Abby's; still, if Delta is a wolf, I'd expect them to not be a landlord.

Porscha wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:55 am has all 3-4 of you who quote the same 10 posts from him and spend time control+f'ing 13 other players in the game gotten us anywhere? it's been over 24 hours. let's be honest with ourselves

Porscha wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:57 am it hasn't done much since delta had a reasonable response that nobody can actually argue against, it's giving a low reason to push falcon when falcon's wolfiest play was from n0 and day 1 anyway, so that's been pretty useless

anything else actually useful from the pyxxy scientists? not that I can see

The only useful thing I've gotten from your posts is a new band name.

I am unable to do anything tonight. Will get back at tomorrow evening.

Wherefore the fuck art thou going on about Scrappy Doo?

I see I have a lot to read up on, but I'll be here in a few hours.

See you all tomorrow. I'm zonked.

If anything, I don't think LC is pyxxy's teammate.

Could spam seven more posts tonight and hit 40k.

That would be fitting.

Nightcap time. After this is beddy bye.

TSP can answer.

I myself have a theory but I won't utter it until he does.

Long Con

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:32 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:27 amAnd pyxxy. Pyxxy looks like mafia pyxxy from the last game we were in.

What do you see? Features of 'the look'?

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:24 pm

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:23 pm can I get in on this AMA business

It's a pyramid scheme dude

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:52 pm

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:49 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:44 pm I want to know who is controlling Scrappy, AND I feel like it's distasteful to try and crack it out of him in the thread.

almost certainly can't claim puppet master bc rules

given unfamiliarity with my most recent game / didn't open or read it, yet familiarity with me

given not wanting to vote delta or whoever the other one was

given sloonei probably unlikely to stack on himself bc of self-professed "focus topic votes", which would lead to scrappy being used sooner + differently

math says caitlin

and because I'm already using this post for lots of things, scrappy = caitlin = town caitlin

that's the juice I've got

Yeah, not a bad analysis. Her 'date' could even be cover for a little Scrappy Doo time. jk I don't really think that.

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:55 pm I don't think pyxxy had to strain so hard for that win, my experience is that he was able to mostly sit back and let it happen after a great bussing vote.

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:57 pm [VOTE: pyxxy] aubergine

This is it for LC.

Don't really know why LC ended up voting pyxxy with three minutes to go.

I think I'll take the rest of the evening off analysis-wise. I've been working like a madman.

I fully support a Delta vote at this time.

I'll hang out and drink my cups until bedtime.

leetic is next up. I'm tired.

pyxxy stole my juice.

If I had to pick between Delta and falcon (I don't- they can all be bad), Delta is worse because the desperate interactions went absolutely nowhere.

Falcon has a big whopping zero posts about, on, with, under, over, inside of, or around pyxxy. Nada.

leetic wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:08 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:56 pm

leetic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:55 pm I want to establish how much wolves and how much per thread there are likely to be early on, since if pyxxy doesn't even have a partner here wolfhunting via pyxxy interactions will get us nowhere

I'll tell you right now. Are you ready for this? Might want to sit down first.

Spoiler: show

You don't know unless you do. Welcome to Mafia.

If there are two teams of three, then there would be a 50% chance pyxxy has a partner in this thread unless one team is only in this thread and the other is only in the other thread (or there is an uneven number of wolves in each thread for some reason). Still, that's assuming six, and with eight or more a partner would be guaranteed, not to mention if the other team is only in the other thread. So I'd say it's most likely a safe assumption that pyxxy has at least one partner here, but any more is not something we can depend on.

Stop playing against the hosts and play against the players.

Delta

Delta wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:37 am @pyxxy get over here >:c I'm not over how the mountainous game ended

Delta summoned pyxxy on his fourth post here. I think that's noteworthy.

I won't quote the series of cartoons, but it's a nothing that goes nowhere even though pyxxy is a subject of conversation. You can read it for yourself.

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:31 pm
Pyxxy is a question mark really. Would like to work with him but he hasnt really been around to do so. More commenting on jokes in thread or trying to solve who is behind the sock puppet instead of solving the game itself? I dunno. Just kinda odd lol

pyxxy is no longer a question mark (really). I view this as a teammate who doesn't know what to do with a colleague who left his juice at home. The commentary from Delta warrants suspicion, not a handwave and a lol.

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:32 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:30 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:20 pm

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:16 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:15 pm

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:12 pm Coming up to final hour x_x terrifying

Comfortable with my townreads I think? Abi/Cait/Epi/LC/Porscha/Ricochet/Seanzie/Scrappy

Probably throw Sloonei on that list? Maybe a little generous in doing so but eh, feels comfortable to me so

Are you saying that you feel comfortable with me, or are you awarding me a town read because I seem comfortable?

The former, feel comfortable giving you a townread here and seeing how things play out once there's a flip on the board

Gotcha, thanks.

Removing all your town reads, we're left with these players:

Falcon45ca
leetic
pyxxy
sig
Spacedaisy
TonyStarkPrime

Would you care to share some brief thoughts on each of them?

Wow that rlly shows how many TRs Delta has ouch

Like I said, I'll work through them based on what happens.

it's also not that many, 9/6 townread/POE ratio, it's not that bad x_x

This is not directly related to pyxxy, but it looks uncomfortable.

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:33 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:32 pm I'ma quickly ISO Pyxxy

it's a fun ISO at least

I read it. What was fun about it?

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:42 pm @pyxxy

work with me a second, run me through your thoughts here? \o/

This is the second time Delta summoned pyxxy, and this time it's "work with me a second."

End of Day is in 18 minutes.

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:48 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:46 pm

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:44 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:43 pm

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:42 pm @pyxxy

work with me a second, run me through your thoughts here? \o/

When I do it its townie but when Delta does it its wolfy tbh

cannot win ;_;

Correct

Its just my paranoia of you pocketing Pyxxy

Funnily enough it didnt kick in with Leetic speaking to Pyxxy when I have you above null and dont have Leetic above null

I'm weird

am harmless

& I've wanted to work with Pyxxy in the games we've been in together and both of the past ones we've been v/w

I'd like to be able to talk at least \o/

This is in response to Caitlin, who is dead.

Delta reiterates his desire to "work with" pyxxy. The problem is they've been on opposite teams (according to Delta).

Here's why this doesn't make any damn sense. Let's go back:

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:32 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:30 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:20 pm

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:16 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:15 pm

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:12 pm Coming up to final hour x_x terrifying

Comfortable with my townreads I think? Abi/Cait/Epi/LC/Porscha/Ricochet/Seanzie/Scrappy

Probably throw Sloonei on that list? Maybe a little generous in doing so but eh, feels comfortable to me so

Are you saying that you feel comfortable with me, or are you awarding me a town read because I seem comfortable?

The former, feel comfortable giving you a townread here and seeing how things play out once there's a flip on the board

Gotcha, thanks.

Removing all your town reads, we're left with these players:

Falcon45ca
leetic
pyxxy
sig
Spacedaisy
TonyStarkPrime

Would you care to share some brief thoughts on each of them?

Wow that rlly shows how many TRs Delta has ouch

Like I said, I'll work through them based on what happens.

it's also not that many, 9/6 townread/POE ratio, it's not that bad x_x

Why specifically pyxxy out of these names? There are so many- SO MANY- in Delta's good pile, that Delta could be working with them. Instead, Delta wants to get pyxxy (mafia) more involved.

When Delta finally gets a response out of pyxxy:

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:52 pm

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:51 pm having saved that VC. I can say that I doubt we should ever chop Seanzie here

can roll with that, who would you vote here?

"can roll with that"

That's working with pyxxy, Delta?

That's...a nod.

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:55 pm my voters could genuinely all be town

what the fuck do I do with this

& could someone w/ prior experience with TSP run me through if their general 'idrc' vibes are AI for them in any way :,)

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:58 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:58 pm Delta - 3 - Porscha, Sean, Tony
Leetic - 4 - Delta, Rico, Pyxxy, Scrappy
Pyxxy - 5 - Leetic, Epi, Sloonei, Cait, Abbi
Sean - 2 - LC, Falcon

Delta, for someone CW-voting you're awfully quiet wrt pushing away

it's mainly like 'what do I do here I dont even think I'm being pushed by mafia'

Delta kept a vote on leetic. I think Delta is highly compatible with pyxxy given the above.

While there were attempts to drag pyxxy into the game, they look like desperate shots at getting pyxxy to speak up and not get lynched.

There were no attempts made to bring Spacedaisy into the fold, for instance.

[VOTE: Delta] aubergine

leetic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:55 pm I want to establish how much wolves and how much per thread there are likely to be early on, since if pyxxy doesn't even have a partner here wolfhunting via pyxxy interactions will get us nowhere

I'll tell you right now. Are you ready for this? Might want to sit down first.

Going to have to look at each person's treatment of pyxxy instead. Don't know that I feel like doing that right now but I probably will because I hate myself.

That was a waste of 92 seconds.

In going through pyxxy's 25 posts here, nothing particularly stands out, and I suspect that's how pyxxy wanted it.

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:50 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:47 pm

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:46 pm I do apologize I know that I have set expectations for my play but I truly was feeling low on energy after that dub

you're getting EOD pyxxy rn so a bit more pumped up but I feel like the phase has accurately representative of me rn and I don't think chopping me is a waste, in that sense

@/everyone who's reasonably trying to interact with me

Plz make some reads if you're town

no like truly, I do not have the juice this time around. NAI.

Just completely juiceless.

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:54 pm

Caitlin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:52 pm

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:51 pm having saved that VC. I can say that I doubt we should ever chop Seanzie here

Why

gut feeling

Well, wine is juice, I suppose.

I think pyxxy did an admirable job keeping the bread crumbs to a minimum.

For leetic's benefit, I think if you read pyxxy's role description again, there is a hint of an insanifier-type role, in which case one of us would be speaking gibberish for the rest of the Day if hit with it.

Might check Day 0 in a bit.

It was TSP and Ricochet who were bewildered by the pyxxy vote. If you want a level one start on Day 2, begin there.

*A third, not two thirds.

Hell, two thirds of them were going to be me yelling at Caitlin anyway.

I closed the old tabs I left open rather than talk about them. In hindsight, they weren't interesting enough to keep up. Had them up in case I needed to reference them after losing access to this one.

leetic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:06 pm - I think it's likely that some part of Caitlin and pyxxy's roles is hidden. I doubt that they are both vanilla in a game that supposedly has a lot of non-vanilla roles.

Look at your own role.

Compare the formatting to that of pyxxy's and Caitin's revealed role.

Draw a conclusion.

I have some open tabs from before, but I cannot address them until I'm done working tonight.

Seanzie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:13 pm

leetic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:07 pm

Seanzie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:58 pm So in the other thread, it looks like they elimmed Lime, and he flipped wolf. Some people elsewhere think Sig is a wolf.

How do you know this?

I got messages from players in the other thread. Theoretically it could be lies (and the Sig thing is a read, not any sort of result), but I'd guess it is accurate.

If this is true (regarding Lime Coke), then there's a pathway to searching for his teammates in here (as well as pyxxy's).

leetic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:16 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:14 pm There are two mafia factions. Thirty people? GoC? Two old-school hosts? There was always going to be. We now have confirmation of it in pyxxy's death.

Landlords is one.

There is another.

There will also likely be independents.

I would be surprised if the setup were anything different.

What do you make of the only one kill? Do they target different threads, or did they happen to pick the same target, or is the other team exclusively in the other thread?

One team kills on odd Nights, one team kills on even Nights.

Alternatively, the other kill took place in the other thread.

There are two mafia factions. Thirty people? GoC? Two old-school hosts? There was always going to be. We now have confirmation of it in pyxxy's death.

Landlords is one.

There is another.

There will also likely be independents.

I would be surprised if the setup were anything different.

pyxxy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:30 pm > me who just won this game as scum in F3
had the juice
viewtopic.php?p=1102608#p1102608

> me in this game
does not have the juice

Epi's Hypothesis: I'm playing the same in both of these games

You won that due to a series of unfortunate events; had I not deviated from my plan, things would have been different.

The juice is a lie.

Delta wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:12 pm Coming up to final hour x_x terrifying

Comfortable with my townreads I think? Abi/Cait/Epi/LC/Porscha/Ricochet/Seanzie/Scrappy

Probably throw Sloonei on that list? Maybe a little generous in doing so but eh, feels comfortable to me so

That's a long damn list and you're far more comfortable than I am.

No way I'm getting up to speed with cooking and working going on at the same time. I can really only participate late in the evening my time. That's unfortunate.

So jealous of the young and their free time and vitality and waves a hand to supply another noun.

I'll think on where to vote while I make the vittles.