The Syndicate

Hello, Seinfeld players!

Your votes for MVP and Best Roleplay have been cast. And so... *drum roll*....

MVP goes to:

For Best Roleplay, we have a two-way tie! The Best Roleplay award goes to...
aaaaaaaaaand...

Congratulations to the award winners as well as to the town on their win. Thanks again for playing, folks!

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:49 pm I felt that I largely had to sacrifice my role play to be That Guy moving the thread forward, so I'm glad the others kept up their masks properly in my place.

Your efforts were still commendable; I loved the little namedrops of all the different women you were dating.

Yeah, the roleplay all around was so excellent. You all really set an incredibly high standard here. I was continuously impressed.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:54 pm

somethingiwontforget wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:49 pm Woohoo!

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:21 pm

George Costanza wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:20 pm who was behind Leo? I'm curious.

It was her first online game ever. She should be beaming with pride.

Thank you, this was quite the experience. Thanks to everyone for an unforgettable first game.

You did an awesome job! Looking forward to seeing you in another game.

Seriously. This.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:47 pm I had a lot of fun playing this game. It was truly spongeworthy.

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:56 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:31 pm Any chance of an It's Always Sunny game down the road?

That's a good idea! I personally haven't watched the show in full, so that's why I didn't include it to begin with. I also don't want to take all the themes from everyone, so my initial pool of 6 seemed plenty expansive. However, I'm 100% open to suggestions for either dropping unpopular themes in my current agenda or adopting popular suggestions.

I would absolutely have included The Office and The Simpsons, but I excluded the former because Dom hosted that as a Job previously (but without roleplaying) and the latter because I've been informed for a while now that a massive undertaking was in the works (@Epignosis, just so I can atmention you again).

I may add either or both of those though, since a Heist would be a completely different beast than to Dom's game and Epi's game (assuming he still wants to host it and assuming it won't include roleplay).

Other than those, I'm definitely open to other suggestions too. Please let me know what you all think!

To be clear, I hate the mention feature not because of the purpose it serves, but because it can mess up when you are trying to quote the post that has it.

Yes, I still have The Simpsons Mafia in my pocket, and yes, it's huge, and yes, it's a sock puppet game (because there are so many damn characters). I've put off doing anything with it because we've had a backlog for so long.

Duly noted, I'll stay away then.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:56 pm

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:05 pm

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:11 pm

George Costanza wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:09 pm I saw Peterman's last post stating he'd be busy at a music festival over the weekend. If I was the last scum and I was anticipating a busy weekend where I had a target to submit, I'd more than likely send my kill to the mod ahead of time. Unless that would go against the rules and the scum is only allowed to send in the kill after the lynch is revealed? Is that what you're saying?

Let's ask!

MovingPictures07, is it legal for mafia members or power roles to submit actions prior to a night phase if necessary?

This is a good question, but let's talk about this one post-game. I don't want to answer it now because even though I know my answer and I stand by it, I feel like regardless of my answer, just providing one will unduly influence the game, and I shouldn't be influencing the game. This is player v. player after all, not player v. host.

can you answer this now?

Oh yes! I forgot about it, thanks for bringing it up.

The short answer: Usually no, with exceptional circumstances potentially granted an exception.

The long answer: I think it's best to avoid these kinds of situations, so I would say it's ideal to never allow it as a host. However, there are obviously circumstances that are exceptional, like a player needing to be gone during the entire phase and having little to no internet access. If the player approaches me beforehand and informs me of this limitation, I'd be hard-pressed to still say no, so I'd probably accept it.

It didn't happen in this game; nijuu did manage to send me her action during the Night phase.

That works!

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:35 pm I can only host one on a weekend-day. But I don't want it to interfere with the pirate game so I'll consider one after that. When should I start signups for one?

Honestly, you could start sign-ups whenever you're ready, even now, and then based on the interest level and what date(s) work for you and prospective players, we can collectively hammer out a date. That's what we did last time with DDL's I believe; he started sign-ups, and after a couple of failed attempts because we couldn't get enough players for specific dates, it ran smoothly once we could get enough people to agree on a date.

Let me know your thoughts; I can get you ready with Burglary hosting permissions whenever.

No problem.

That'd be awesome, I'd be up for a dunya-hosted game.

That reminds me; we really should try to get another burglary into sign-ups soon anyway. The last one hosted by DDL was an absolute blast. Crazy different from other games since it's over in a few hours, but still a ton of fun.

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:14 pm I had so many gifs lined up for so many situations... apparently I was very popular on N1

!!

How have I not talked about this yet?

All three roles (Sloonei as the cop, Epignosis as the tracker, and LC as the mafia killer) with actions targeted Daisy/Kramer on N1. I couldn't believe it.

I honestly thought things looked relatively bad for the town after that, since both the power roles were 2-shot only. That changed quickly though when Epignosis/Elaine nabbed Jackie/LC with his tracker check on N2, which was the best possible target IMO because LC was doing a really good job securing town reads at the beginning of the game.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:09 pm Oh I didn't necessarily mean a sitcom mafia, only that I'd like to host a game, sitcom or not..

What's the protocol for that here? Do I have to get an approval on the set up or go through some hoops or what.

Pretty straightforward! Depends a little bit on the type of game you want to run.

Basically, you just need to post your game idea or outline in the The Drawing Board subforum and include the type of game you want to run in your title (i.e., [FULL GAME], [HEIST], whatever). Then PM any or all of the admins that you want to be added to the queue, and one of us will add you!

Side Missions [speed games] and Heists [classic games] are run in order of submission and we just go down the queue, unless people need to switch or be skipped on a case-by-case basis.

Jobs [full games] are a bit different; we run a poll every so often, ask for a few submissions from people, and then it's first come first serve to run through those until we run out and then have a new poll.

Burglaries [turbo/pick-up games] are much more impromptu since they take place in a day or less. Those you can just post in the thread or PM any of us when you want to host one.

Here are the hosting threads for each game type for reference:
Jobs
Side Missions
Heists
Burglaries
The respective game type queues are listed in each one of those threads.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:07 pm One of these days, I'd like to host one!

Yes, do it! Seriously, do it ASAP, anyone can submit games to the queue whenever. I certainly don't have a monopoly on this idea if you all want to dip into the TV sitcom pool. I really would love to play some of these myself.

I also considered Community and Rick & Morty, but I know you Mr. Sloonbeard are handling the former as a Side Mission and I'm already handling the latter as a Side Mission as well myself. I'm sure there are tons of awesome sitcom themes I haven't even considered. Throw suggestions at me!

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:31 pm Any chance of an It's Always Sunny game down the road?

That's a good idea! I personally haven't watched the show in full, so that's why I didn't include it to begin with. I also don't want to take all the themes from everyone, so my initial pool of 6 seemed plenty expansive. However, I'm 100% open to suggestions for either dropping unpopular themes in my current agenda or adopting popular suggestions.

I would absolutely have included The Office and The Simpsons, but I excluded the former because Dom hosted that as a Job previously (but without roleplaying) and the latter because I've been informed for a while now that a massive undertaking was in the works ([mention]Epignosis[/mention], just so I can atmention you again).

I may add either or both of those though, since a Heist would be a completely different beast than to Dom's game and Epi's game (assuming he still wants to host it and assuming it won't include roleplay).

Other than those, I'm definitely open to other suggestions too. Please let me know what you all think!

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:49 pm Yes, thanks for the game MP. I'm glad our haphazard matrix seems to have worked well at least the first time around.

Yes! And thanks for the help with creating it. I can't wait to see it in action again.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:38 pm

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:23 pm It was an absolute pleasure hosting this game for you all. The roleplay was off the charts amazing. I can't even imagine how you all are going to decide who should get the award. And the amount of effort put into this game, especially by a few members of the town in particular but really by so many of you, was inspiring and incredibly entertaining.

Well played to the town for really pulling it off in the end with top-notch hunting, but I want to extend my personal thanks to everyone for participating and really putting forth solid effort.

Thank you as always for hosting. The TV Heists are always a blast and I think this one was my favorite so far. Excellent game. I'm impressed with all the new blood too. I didn't realize we had so many unfamiliar players going in this one. I feel less bad about only guessing three socks.

No problem! I love hosting these games. The combination of roleplay and hunting is always incredibly entertaining, and I have all of you to thank for that.

I know, right? Our new blood is amazing. I really hope they continue to play.

I had multiple people tell me that if they didn't know I was hosting, they thought for sure I was Jerry.

George Costanza wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:25 pm thanks for the game everyone and MP for hosting my favorite show!

come on sloonei!!! start the next game. I need to play

Yes! Everyone, please sign up for Sloonei's Pirate Mafia if you haven't yet. I'm itching to play with you all this time.

The Soup Nazi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:23 pm Lucky.

(Sock password reset to nothing1.)

Yes, thanks Soupichet. Please reset your socks if you all don't mind, but if you don't I'll take care of it, so either way works.

It was an absolute pleasure hosting this game for you all. The roleplay was off the charts amazing. I can't even imagine how you all are going to decide who should get the award. And the amount of effort put into this game, especially by a few members of the town in particular but really by so many of you, was inspiring and incredibly entertaining.

Well played to the town for really pulling it off in the end with top-notch hunting, but I want to extend my personal thanks to everyone for participating and really putting forth solid effort.

George Costanza wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:20 pm who was behind Leo? I'm curious.

It was her first online game ever. She should be beaming with pride.

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:11 pm

George Costanza wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:09 pm I saw Peterman's last post stating he'd be busy at a music festival over the weekend. If I was the last scum and I was anticipating a busy weekend where I had a target to submit, I'd more than likely send my kill to the mod ahead of time. Unless that would go against the rules and the scum is only allowed to send in the kill after the lynch is revealed? Is that what you're saying?

Let's ask!

MovingPictures07, is it legal for mafia members or power roles to submit actions prior to a night phase if necessary?

This is a good question, but let's talk about this one post-game. I don't want to answer it now because even though I know my answer and I stand by it, I feel like regardless of my answer, just providing one will unduly influence the game, and I shouldn't be influencing the game. This is player v. player after all, not player v. host.

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:19 pm @MovingPictures07

If the mafia team doesn't submit a kill, is there no kill at all or a randomized kill?

No kill.

Just as I would treat any power role (i.e., if a standard cop was in this game and did not submit a check Day 1, I wouldn't randomize one for them).

It is now Day 6.

NOTE: It is now MYLO. Votes are still changeable. The deadline will end once a hammer of 3 votes has been placed on any poll option.

George Steinbrenner wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:50 pm I'll review things later. Mr. Steinbrenner insists that I remain focused on Game 7 right now though. Our dear Yankees are in a hole right now, it's just dreadful.

I'm quite fine with it myself.

It is now Day 5.

You have 48 hours to lynch someone.

It is now Night 4.

You have 24 hours to send in night actions.

It is now Day 4.

You have 48 hours to lynch someone.

It is now Night 3.

You have 24 hours to send in night actions.

It is now Day 3.

You have 48 hours to lynch someone.

It is now Night 2.

You have 24 hours to send in night actions.

It is now Day 2.

You have 48 hours to lynch someone.

Newman driving down the road in his mail truck.





It is now Night 1.

You have until 8:00PM Eastern on October 10th to send in your night actions.