The Syndicate

Nachomamma8 wrote:I thought I signed up for this a month ago!


/In

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

Never before has a necessary self-induced mafia break tested me so thoroughly. Someone sign up already. Now please.

sprityo wrote:

Long Con wrote:Day 41 of what? This thread is 34 days old.

I can't count apparently

It's okay, I always say around fellow accountants that we can't count either. It turns out okay most of the time. Except for Enron and such but that had nothing to do with an inability to count.

That's what calculators and Excel are for!

S~V~S wrote:Colin Meloy is from Montana. I saw him in the mid/late 90's in Missoula with the band he had before The Decemberists. He's one of those people with presence; when he's in a room it's hard to look at anyone else.

That's so cool! Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

Scotty wrote:

Golden wrote:

Jackofhearts2005 wrote:We had a guy that played on the realms awhile and got cause with two accounts. Claimed one was his brother. Then he got caught with a third account, accidentally posting on the wrong one in a mafia game. Had at least one more account.

SVS would be all over that like a rash.

Don't we have IP loggers here to safeguard against that or was that a dream I had?

My fellow admins and I can track everyone's IP if we wanted to, yeah.

Wow, those are both crazy instances! I just cannot fathom why anyone would do that; cheating takes the fun out of anything, even mafia.

Golden wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Someone really needs to take that last spot pronto.

It's ok, mp, you can exercise that self control.

Somehow.

*duct tapes eyes shut*

Someone really needs to take that last spot pronto.

I just want to emphasize I can't express how awesome it is to see you folks from the Realms come over here to play with us though (that crossover game WILL happen even if I don't host or co-host, I promise you all), as well as how good it is to see Strawhenge again. Hope you've been doing well, bud, it's good to see you up for another game around here and knowing Sloonei and I didn't scare you off completely with Talking Heads.

Spacedaisy wrote:

juliets wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:It's extremely difficult for me to resist signing back up for this game as the last player, but I really ought to keep to my mafia break for now due to dissertation and other career things going on. It's best I don't give myself more excuses to throw more 'free time' into my schedule than I should for the time being.

I'm really bummed I won't get to play this intriguing setup with this absolutely epic player list though. You all are in for a treat. Hopefully I'll get to play with you all again (or for the first time) soon enough.

He has also been told by his wife she will be very upset with him if he signs up for any mafia games... He has too much on his plate already.

Did you see where he said he'd be up for hosting a cross site game? I almost quoted it to say "NO NO NO"!

He's really curious about how comfortable it would be to sleep on the couch or the air mattress for a while.

Our air mattress is surprisingly comfortable after all.

But seriously, yeah, I won't be playing for a while just because this calendar year is so vital for my career. Co-hosting a pretty simple setup may be within my current capabilities, but that's about it, and I'm actually enjoying the break. I still have to resist every sign-up thread though. It's a constant struggle.

It's an addiction, what can I say.

It's extremely difficult for me to resist signing back up for this game as the last player, but I really ought to keep to my mafia break for now due to dissertation and other career things going on. It's best I don't give myself more excuses to throw more 'free time' into my schedule than I should for the time being.

I'm really bummed I won't get to play this intriguing setup with this absolutely epic player list though. You all are in for a treat. Hopefully I'll get to play with you all again (or for the first time) soon enough.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I'm still waiting for the day where you draw a scum role.

I've seen it twice I suppose. Once you were a sock and acted like S~V~S instead, the person you were playing as. The second was the last game on RYM where literally every player was mafia.

So yeah, just waiting on a game where you're a normal mafia player.

Transistor was the only recent example of a real, jan-yoo-wine, scum JJJ.

Yeah I didn't play that one so it doesn't count.

That was an awesome game.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

Silver Lantern wrote:Don't let Fred's humility fool you he's a fine player.

I am hopeful this "foreign exchange program" will become a thing between our sites to help boost our player pools.

Perhaps we can work our way up to a larger scale crossover game featuring numerous players from both sites.

This.

I would possibly be up to hosting such a game.

Fredwood wrote:Hello,

I guess I could introduce myself, removing the mystery, but seeing as I know a couple of people in this game I'm not exactly incognito.

I'm an associate of Jack's.

Awesome, it's great to have you here!

Hey Fredwood, welcome to The Syndicate!

Wow, it's Dizzy! Good to see you again!

MovingPictures07 wrote:

sprityo wrote:I put out a request but it is effectively dead tbh

Bummer.

Alright, now that we found you a more than capable co-host, I'm in.

I know this is bad timing, but... I'm going to need back out again. Sorry, sprityo.

I really wanted to play, but it's become clear after the recent auditing conference and talks with my dissertation chair that I need to get my ass in gear, and this year's going to be a really busy and a very pivotal one for my career. I need to take advantage of the incredible motivation I found at the conference and bust out some papers. I'm afraid I won't be able to give your game or other games enough attention for the duration.

Best of luck with the game, bud!

sprityo wrote:I put out a request but it is effectively dead tbh

Bummer.

Alright, now that we found you a more than capable co-host, I'm in.

sprityo wrote:All I ask of a cohost is that they can be actively checking the thread for things. I deal with all the flavor and the individual role flavor per player is purely optional for my co host

So yes MP you can still do it

Oh, okay. I still might be better suited for playing, just due to everything going RL-wise, so I'll make a decision in a bit.

Will anyone else from CPI be joining?

Long Con wrote: Game of Champions? Where can I learn more about this esteemed game?

Also, Soneji, how do you know this game is like the games you speak of... none of the roles are revealed.

Yeah, the annual GoC for 2016 is coming up! JJJ and Daisy are co-hosting; we'll be making an announcement once they're ready.

I have played a game on NF, even though I was relatively absent/low-key for it, so I know what Soneji is trying to express. A lot of their roles have multiple/layered powers and there's a more complex "triggering" system than I've seen in our games here, partially due to the much larger player base and partially due to just a different type of complexity. It's definitely a different approach to role madness than what I'm used to with LP. One of these days when I have more time I'd like to play another game like that again, with more attentiveness.

I may be playing this game, in fact, but I'm not committing yet because we're moving some parts around to make sure sprityo gets the co-host he needs to have. Daisy was full time co-host, but with Game of Champions coming up, she's going to be way too busy to give both games attention. I thought I would step up to the plate, but I don't think I can fulfill what sprityo wants me to based on my expertise (or lack thereof, since he wants someone to more so take care of flavor stuff and that's my weakness) as well as my limited time, so I'm in the process of working out a new arrangement there. If you're interested and think you'd have the time and expertise, PM me.