The Syndicate

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 1:12 am DFaraday -> G-man

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DFaraday wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:04 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:26 amDF - a proper scum read at this point. DF is always quiet and I defended him on day 1 but it’s day 3 now…. And perpetual catch up mode. I don’t think civ DF is *this* quiet.

I actually think I'm the opposite. I feel more pressured to contribute as a baddie because I have teammates to look out for. I guess technically I do as a civ too, but it's less immediate.

Anyway, Scotty and G-Man are reading civ to me, mostly due to tone. DH, from what I've read, almost seems to want to die, and I'm getting the vibe that his recent posts are some kind of baddie ploy. I will put a vote on him for now, in the absence of strong reads on anyone else yet.

DF gives G-man an unsubstantiated town read, along with Scotty. He cites "tone" for each of them. Okay then.

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DFaraday wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:17 pm

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:32 pm DF:
Posts a promise-to-catch-up post at the end of N0, misses all of D1, has a right (imo) read on Eloh. Also cursed with switched vowels D2. Another promise post, and then a post in which he says that LoRab's tone reminds him of her past baddie tone and he votes for her. That's it. Four posts. @DFaraday Now that you are not cursed, can you point to a few of LoRab's posts that led you to the wrong conclusion about her tone meta? DF is about as inconclusive as it gets. With no real room for null reads at this point, I have to put him in my poe. It's not because I find him suspicious, but because I have no reason to townclear him based on his content thus far.

Votes: Missed D1, LoRab D2

This is what struck me as defensive baddie:

LoRab wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:20 pm You know what I love--players telling me how I should play the game. Seriously. It's my favorite. Almost as much as when people say that civvies deserved to be lynched.

I wish I were bad--I find being bad much easier, but here we are. I'm civ. I wish I were able to help the civvies win.

If I'm lynched, go after Kate and Bea next. Scotty isn't making me feel great. Llama may also be a baddie--I keep going back and forth on him. And Dr Wilgy needs to stop licking people and hiding behind his goofiness--it is making me increasingly suspect him.

To me it almost came across like trying to garner sympathy, but I was obviously wrong about that.

I also now see that SVS replaced DH. That makes me feel much less confident in my baddie ploy theory.

G-man asks DF to justify his LoRab vote, and DF responds with a direct citation. Solid response. DF's response to G here tells me very little, but (as I said in my previous post), I think G-man's treatment of him here looks like a mafioso in search of more "suspects" to push.

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DFaraday wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:50 pm I don't suspect either G-Man or Sloonei, and I won't be able to read the cases on them before the vote closes, so I will go ahead and move my vote to Michelle, on the grounds that I feel less town about her than anyone else really. As in, nothing has stood out as civ.

DF abstains from yesterday's vote because he suspects neither of the two main candidates. Fine. His town read on G-man is at least consistent, although he never quite articulated why it existed. This is not the worst, but there is nothing in DF's posts that counts as "good" either. Inconclusive.

Vivax wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:46 pm Can't really spot any concerted effort to save G-Man around End of Day.
Bea vote sticks out as townie, at first glance. I think for a Feb team that doesn't want to stick out too much voting together to save him, G-Man is the more logical choice. With the best choice being to vote off both wagons.
Michelle feels less opinionated than during D1. The DFaraday push could be such an attempt at placing a vote away from G-Man and also not Sloonei.

Michelle wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 1:58 pm Tokang thu ployurs frem thu lewust pesturs
Whot thu censunsis epanaen obeit Forodoy?

Has Ase as smoll, centoans o fuw ruods ond sulf muto soyang hu weild pest meru os o welf

DFaraday wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:50 pm I don't suspect either G-Man or Sloonei, and I won't be able to read the cases on them before the vote closes, so I will go ahead and move my vote to Michelle, on the grounds that I feel less town about her than anyone else really. As in, nothing has stood out as civ.

It's a weird interaction between these two, actually. It's really not the angle most of the game was looking at, and they seem to feel a bit too safe in this bubble where they push each other. DFara openly admits to not reading the reasons behind the wagons, but somehow finds Michelle interesting enough to read. Maybe he was just reading whoever was pushing him, but then he'd have had to read the thread?

The banger here is that Michelle didn't vote, so for DF to notice her, he'd also have had to run into posts describing reasons behind the main wagons. So this could be grounds to campaign for a DF lynch tomorrow, as it feels like he's lying here about what he read.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:55 pm DFaraday- As always very quiet. I do know he is responsible when bad. If he's missing votes, not sure bad DF would do so. But it's been years, so I have to look at votes.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:43 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:07 pm Players That Are In A Vague Blob of Uncertainty:
bea
DFaraday
DrWilgy
G-Man
Kate
Sig

Let's start unblobbing this blob.

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DFaraday wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:25 am RIP Vivax, although still better than a civ dying. I apologize for missing Day 1, I will catch up on the missed posts tonight. From what I did read I don't think Eloh's behavior was any different from how she normally used to play. I can relate because I think Eloh plays a lot like I do, not making super in-depth cases or stringent analysis.

I'll vote for Jerusalem for it's historical and religious significance.

DF made a Day 0 post, then didn't return until Night 1. He comes in with a not-suspicious read on Eloh and a pledge to get caught up. Noted. Let's see how that progresses.

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DFaraday wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:27 pm Sirry fir my ubsanca, E well try ti ba mira prasant miveng firwurd. E well raud tha lust faw pugas und jost gi frim thara, bacuosa itharwesa E well navar ba cuoght op.

DF is cursed Day 2, presumably because he missed the vote. He is reducing the scope of his catchup to make it more manageable. I approve. #downwithketchup
But does he follow through?

... Not really.

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DFaraday wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:58 pm LiRub es ramendeng ma if har ild buddea tina. Senca E huva nitheng alsa ti gi in ut thes tema E'll vita Lirub.

Votes for LoRab because she "reminded [him] of her old baddie tuna tone." Okay.

I am thoroughly underwhelmed by this. DF has made four posts and provided exactly two reads, one each for a main wagon on the first two days. These posts do suggest that DF is reading things. He has enough awareness to comment on perceived differences or similarities between Current Eloh/LoRab and their past selves. But he has not elaborated on those reads, or acknowledged the existence of any of the other players in this game.

@DFaraday how much of the game have you read so far? Can you give us some brief opinions about any players that are not in immediate danger of being eliminated?

G-Man wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:32 pm DF:
Posts a promise-to-catch-up post at the end of N0, misses all of D1, has a right (imo) read on Eloh. Also cursed with switched vowels D2. Another promise post, and then a post in which he says that LoRab's tone reminds him of her past baddie tone and he votes for her. That's it. Four posts. @DFaraday Now that you are not cursed, can you point to a few of LoRab's posts that led you to the wrong conclusion about her tone meta? DF is about as inconclusive as it gets. With no real room for null reads at this point, I have to put him in my poe. It's not because I find him suspicious, but because I have no reason to townclear him based on his content thus far.

Votes: Missed D1, LoRab D2

LoRab wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:20 pm You know what I love--players telling me how I should play the game. Seriously. It's my favorite. Almost as much as when people say that civvies deserved to be lynched.

I wish I were bad--I find being bad much easier, but here we are. I'm civ. I wish I were able to help the civvies win.

If I'm lynched, go after Kate and Bea next. Scotty isn't making me feel great. Llama may also be a baddie--I keep going back and forth on him. And Dr Wilgy needs to stop licking people and hiding behind his goofiness--it is making me increasingly suspect him.

Quin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:08 am I've never played with Kate. Hi Kate!

Kate has been generating reads, but the vast majority of them are developed in reaction to other's posts. Very little proactive scum hunting is happening. I'm seeing this as a scum doing the rounds to respond to lots of prompts, but not generating anything new of her own accord.

Can you comment on this, @Kate ?

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:26 amDF - a proper scum read at this point. DF is always quiet and I defended him on day 1 but it’s day 3 now…. And perpetual catch up mode. I don’t think civ DF is *this* quiet.