The Syndicate

I will reveal now at least that the players who were in first overall for the year in terms of wins (thus, Nevinera, Mongoose, and thellama73) were able to send me three roles they wanted to be right before the game started. I then let them be assigned to their number one choice (or randomized among the three or less if they didn't rank) before I randomized the remaining players.

I will answer all other questions as soon as I can!!! But I need to get to bed and then get up early to prepare for my flight.

• AceofSpaces – insertnamehere
• A Person – DisgruntledPorcupine
• agleaminranks – Russtifinko
• bea – Unassigned
• birdwithteeth11 – juliets
• blindfaeth – Mongoose
• Boomslang – Vompatti
• DFaraday – Kate
• DharmaHelper – Epignosis
• DisgruntledPorcupine – Dom
• Elohcin – Elohcin
• Flyin' High – reywaS
• Hedgeowl – Unassigned
• insertnamehere – Unassigned
• juliets – Unassigned
• Mongoose – A Person
• Russtifinko – Unassigned
• S~V~S – agleaminranks
• Spacedaisy – BigDamnHero
• thellama73 – Unassigned

The Veteran Villains (4)

Kills every odd night. Any of the team's members may carry out the kill.

• Dom – AceofSpaces
• Kate – blindfaeth
• reywaS – Hedgeowl
• timmer – Unassigned

The New F.E.B.'s on the Block (5)

Kills every even night. Any of the team's members may carry out the kill.

• BigDamnHero – thellama73
• Devin the Omniscient – Devin the Omniscient
• Epignosis – timmer
• Lizzy – Unassigned
• Nevinera – Unassigned

The Serial Killer (1)

• Vompatti – DharmaHelper

The Host (1)

• MovingPictures07 – Unassigned

• Damo Suzuki - [Avant-Garde 2] – DisgruntledPorcupine
• Man-E-Faces - [Masters of the Universe] – reywaS
• Trusty John - [Grimm's Fairy Tales] – timmer
• Homestar Runner - [Homestar Runner] - S~V~S
• King of Town - [Homestar Runner] - bea
• Mr. Ibis - [American Gods] - AceofSpaces
• Lucy - [Sgt. Pepper's] – Devin the Omniscient
• Mr. Henderson - [Sgt. Pepper's] – Hedgeowl
• MacGyver - [MacGyver] – Flyin' High
• Penny Parker - [MacGyver] – Mongoose
• Villager - [Minecraft] – agleaminranks
• Thomas - [Thomas the Tank Engine] – BigDamnHero
• Percy - [Thomas the Tank Engine] – DFaraday
• Jack Torrence - [The Shining] –Vompatti
• Mycroft Holmes - [Sherlock] – Lizzy
• Beggar's Banquet - [Rolling Stones] – Spacedaisy
• Meat Boy - [Super Meat Boy] – birdwithteeth11

The Manipulators (4)

• The Sinister Exaggerator - [Avant-Garde 2] – A Person
• Rumpelstiltskin - [Grimm's Fairy Tales] – Russtifinko
• Catherine Martell - [Twin Peaks] – blindfaeth
• Jim Moriarty - [Sherlock] – DharmaHelper

The Video Game Villains (4)

• Big Daddy (Bouncer) - [Bioshock] – Kate
• Creeper - [Minecraft] – Elohcin
• Piranha Plant - [Classic Super Mario Bros.] – RECRUITED by Bob - Epignosis
• Dr. Fetus - [Super Meat Boy] – juliets

Independents and Neutrals (5)

• Zodac – [Masters of the Universe] – Nevinera

• Sander Cohen – [Bioshock] – Boomslang

• Media - [American Gods] – insertnamehere

• Bob – [Twin Peaks] - Dom

• Delbert Grady – [The Shining] – thellama73

I updated the secrets in The Red Room roles.

Also, here are these two roles:
• Damo Suzuki - [Avant-Garde 2] – This crazed singer has a personal bag of mushrooms he can tap into every night. Others might consider him an expert on the matter of such substances, but he is really too inarticulate most of the time to even consider the thought himself. He can grab one mushroom at random out of his bag every night to use on himself or on another player of his choice. Unbeknownst to Damo, there may be a few other random non-mushroom items in that bag as well.
o Contents of Damo’s Mushroom Bag:
o d1 – White Mushroom – Blinds any player who uses it, forcing their vote the subsequent two days for a random player, and randomizing their night target the following two nights.
o d2-d4 – Yellow Mushroom – The player who eats this feels a dislike towards players of another origin. If the player votes for another player whose role is from a similar game as theirs, he protects himself and that person from night kills the subsequent night. If he fails, nothing happens.
o d5-d7 – Pink Mushroom – The player who eats this feels a like towards players of an another origin. If the player votes for another player whose role is from a different game than theirs, he protects himself and that person from night kills the subsequent night. If he fails, nothing happens.
o d8 – Grey Mushroom – The player who eats this mushroom cannot post or vote the following day.
o d9 – Polka Dot Mushroom – The player who eats this feels overwhelmed. If the player posts at least 20 posts the following day period, their vote for that day is worth 4x. If they fail to do so, it is worth nothing.
o d10-d11 – Ege Bamyasi – A player can throw this can of… something at another player, attempting to role block them (50% chance). The player who was hit with it then can throw it at another player the following night, etc.
o d12 – Smelly Socks – They smell terrible! Causes a player to commit suicide (50% chance) due to the smell.

• King of Town - [Homestar Runner] - Has a smorgasbord buffet in his castle. He will choose one item to eat each night, giving him a one time use ability the following night, but he won't know what the item does before he eats it.
o Smorgasboard Buffet:
o Animal Phat – Gives the KOT one night kill.
o Biscuit Dough – Gives the KOT one role check.
o Butter-da – Insanifies the KOT.
o Cardboard Boxes Covered in Syrup – KOT may choose to eat any number of boxes. If odd number, his vote the following day is worth however many he eats; if even, it is worth negative the number he eats.
o Chocolate Dipped Tapeworm – Role blocks the KOT.
o Denture Tablets – KOT can stick two players together; whatever happens to one, happens to the other as well.
o Deodorant – Gives the KOT one role block.
o Hello Kitty Erasers – Resets the night cycle.
o Last Three Items in the Pantry Special – Allows KOT to eat three items.
o Motherboard Covered in 70% Cocoa – Randomized everyone's night targets.
o Prescription Ice Cream – Protects KOT from all night actions.
o Regurgitated Food – Lets the KOT choose one food he has already eaten.
o Schenectady Crispies - Steals a player's vote from them the subsequent day.
o The KoT's Good Gravy - Nullifies the vote of a player the subsequent day.
o TV Remote – Lets the KOT redirect one other player's night action to a player of his choice.
o Whatsit – Kills the KOT.

Will type up the role/character assignments thereafter.

I decided to let both of them win.

Thanks to all of you for playing!!! I really hope this lived up to everyone's expectations. The timing didn't work out nearly as well for me as I had hoped, and I knew it would be somewhat problematic, but it became even more so. Thus, I apologize for this fact.

This was certainly an absolute behemoth to plan for and undertake. Probably the hardest game I have ever hosted in that regard. I don't feel I necessarily nailed all the dynamics I could, but I knew the balance was incredibly unpredictable, and it was part of the reasoning behind the Red Room/Champions game dichotomy (as well as the fact that I wanted to use both ideas for the roles so badly, but couldn't pick, so Twin Peaks ended up being a fantastic vehicle for that).

I am going to go to bed now after I type up the role assignment lists for you guys, and then I (presumably, since the weather sucks tomorrow) fly out tomorrow for my audit, so I will be very busy. That said, I will be back to answer questions and reveal more as soon as I can.

[center]Day 14: Conclusion[/center][/b]

The civilians, Zodac, and Sander Cohen have won the game!

Congratulations to our winners: bea, birdwithteeth11, Boomslang, DFaraday, Flyin' High, Lizzy, Nevinera, Spacedaisy, and S~V~S!!!!

I will consider letting both of them win, but have not yet decided.

Additionally, even though Boomslang cannot win with bea alive, that is precisely the point of the poll; if Boomslang were picked, bea would thus not be picked, and he could win with everyone else alive because no one else doubted him.

Apologies again for the unconventional ending, but I suppose it is somehow fitting.

insertnamehere wrote:I'm going to assume us Red Room scrubs can now post in this thread. If not, feel free to delete this post.

This is correct.

ALSO:

PLEASE VOTE FOR THE PLAYER YOU BELIEVE SHOULD WIN. Not die. Thank you!

No one was killed.

It is now Day 14. All players in The Red Room and The Game of Champions have 24 hours to decide who may win with the other Champions game civvies.

So I didn't get off work until after 10:00PM last night. I am so exhausted. My life has never been near this insane.

I'm so sorry life has gotten in the way of wrapping this game up. My troubles with actually getting to Tallahassee on top of so many other things certainly didn't help. I am going to be frank with you guys. It's just about March. Things will get even way more busy from here. I am in PA on an audit starting Sunday and I have to work all day and night tomorrow.

So here's the deal: The games are connected. It basically boils down to whichever game had "winners" first that those winners would be the real winners overall, and the other game would end. So if civvies won in the Red Room before anyone could win here, then those civvies would win the entire Champions game. Conversely, if a baddie team won here, the Red Room would end, and they would win the Champions game.

The Red Room is not even close to completion.

However, this game is, somehow. You have 24 hours to decide who deserves to win with the rest of the civvies: bea or Boomslang. Even though Boomslang is Cohen and would technically survive another lynch, I just don't have the time to draw it out, and figured that you bunch would make a decision and go for it anyway. bea is King of Town and she cannot win with Boomslang because she made the mistake of voting for him. So now you get to decide who wins and who doesn't. Even the deadies can vote in this!! Everyone from The Red Room and Champions game, you have 24 hours.

Apologies for the unconventional closing to this game, but it's the only thing I can really do at this point.

Everyone, I am so sorry I haven't been around to fulfill my hosting duties! I will try my best to get to this tonight. I should be able to, even though I'm tired. I was gone all Sunday and Monday and ever since it's been absolute craziness.

My flight has been canceled.

Again.

I am livid.

Hey everyone, sorry I have been so busy and not around. I ended up rescheduling for tomorrow to fly out and visit on Monday. Here's hoping third time is the charm.

I'll see if I can get to the night actions sometime later tonight.

Refer to post in red room for update. Not sure how to.copypaste on this phone.

So I am now actually flying out to Tallahassee tonight. As a result, I gave you guys 48 hours for night, but it might be longer than that before I get around to the post. Stay tuned.

[center]Night 13: Packages[/center]
bea, birdwithteeth11, Boomslang, and Lizzy all decided to open their packages.

"Congratulations!!!" the voice snickered.

The lucky four ripped open the packages and found giant red buttons. birdwithteeth11 commented, "Mine has a number 1 on it."

Boomslang, "Interesting... mine has a 2."

Lizzy, "3 k".

bea remarked, "...and mine says four."

What did it all mean?

The voice laughed uncontrollably. "Push the button or not? Let me know by the end of the night period!!!"

It is still Night 13.[/b]

Who should be sent to The Red Room?

Poll runs till Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:22:01 pm

bea
0
No votes
birdwithteeth11
0
No votes
Boomslang
0
No votes
DFaraday
0
No votes
Elohcin
9
DFaraday (4), Lizzy (5), bea (6), birdwithteeth11 (7), Nevinera (8), Flyin' High (10), Boomslang (11), Spacedaisy (12), Hedgeowl (13) 69%
Flyin' High
0
No votes
Hedgeowl
2
S~V~S (3), Elohcin (9) 15%
Lizzy
0
No votes
Nevinera
0
No votes
S~V~S
0
No votes
No one! (host, deadies, non-players)
2
MovingPictures07 (1), timmer (2) 15%
Total votes : 13

[center]Day 13: CREEPER![/center]
"Screw you all!!!" proclaimed Elohcin.

She exploded, hoping to take down as many players as she could. Hedgeowl was her only victim, suffering too much from the explosion.

Elohcin has exploded. She was Creeper.
Hedgeowl has died in an explosion.

It is now Night 13. You have 48 hours to send in your night PMs.[/b]

Just PM me your decisions as to whether you want to open your package or throw it away.

[center]Day 13 Event: Lucky 13[/center]
The voice grew impatient. "Why won't more of you DIEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

It threw packages at each of the players. "Take these!!!"

"What are they???" asked Elohcin.

"Open them to find out!!!" responded the voice. It laughed uncontrollably.

You have 48 hours to decide whether to open your package or throw it away.

It is still Day 13.[/b]

[center]Day 13: The Return of Spacedaisy[/center]

Spacedaisy has been resurrected!

It is still Day 13.[/b]

[center]Night 12: So Long Spacedaisy[/center]

Spacedaisy has been killed by Creeper.

It is now Day 13. You have 48 hours to lynch someone.[/b]

[center]Day 12: Ms. Parker[/center]

Mongoose has been lynched. She was Penny Parker.

It is now Night 12. You have 23 hours to send in your night PMs.[/b]

bea
1
S~V~S (8) 7%
birdwithteeth11
0
No votes
Boomslang
1
Elohcin (13) 7%
DFaraday
1
Mongoose (14) 7%
Elohcin
2
DFaraday (3), bea (10) 14%
Flyin' High
0
No votes
Hedgeowl
0
No votes
Lizzy
0
No votes
Mongoose
6
Lizzy (5), Flyin' High (6), Nevinera (7), Hedgeowl (9), Boomslang (11), Spacedaisy (12) 43%
Nevinera
0
No votes
Spacedaisy
0
No votes
S~V~S
0
No votes
MovingPictures07 (host, deadies, non-players)
3
MovingPictures07 (1), Kate (2), timmer (4) 21%
Total votes : 14

[center]Night 11: Creepy Creeper[/center]
The creepy creeper creeped up behind timmer and killed him! Poor timmer.

Boomslang and Elohcin faced each other. The mob had chosen both of them as the most likely baddies... but couldn't make up their minds! So Zodac had to interfere. "Balance... must maintain balance..."

Boomslang was chosen.

The mob brought their torches and pitchforks, burning and stabbing the poor man.

Somehow, he survived.

timmer has been killed by Creeper.
No one has been lynched.

It is now Day 12. You have 48 hours to lynch someone.[/b]

birdwithteeth11 wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
birdwithteeth11 wrote:As nice as it is to get an earlier end to the night, that utterly blows. Hopefully you can at least get a refund, Alex!
Yeah... between that and handling a crazy busy season day, it was certainly the type of day I do not want to happen again in the near future. Or ever. Lol.

I'll get a hold of them eventually, and I certainly will give it my all. I better get my damn money. I probably will. It's just still a bothersome situation.

BUT at least I was able to reschedule the interview/visit. That is certainly a very good thing.
Indeed. Although given the circumstances, they almost had to work with you to reschedule your visit.

Could be worse though. You could be dead lol

Indeed, and that would suck, I would NOT want to be in that stinky Red Room.

birdwithteeth11 wrote:As nice as it is to get an earlier end to the night, that utterly blows. Hopefully you can at least get a refund, Alex!

Yeah... between that and handling a crazy busy season day, it was certainly the type of day I do not want to happen again in the near future. Or ever. Lol.

I'll get a hold of them eventually, and I certainly will give it my all. I better get my damn money. I probably will. It's just still a bothersome situation.

BUT at least I was able to reschedule the interview/visit. That is certainly a very good thing.

So it's been a hell of a day. My flight got cancelled, and I was on hold for three hours with US Airways earlier today and still never got a hold of anyone. Tried again tonight. They won't even put me on hold now.

Nonetheless, I rearranged it with the university and also with my work to get a new date -- next Friday, the 21st. And I just booked a new flight. Hopefully I can get a refund for my first flight, though, and I'm definitely going to keep trying to call them over and over.

So what does that mean for you guys? It means I will be here tonight and tomorrow night to address questions, take PMs, and even end the night early if necessary.

FYI I will be flying out for Tallahassee tomorrow night, and assuming weather doesn't delay any of my four flights (two on the way down, two on the way back), I will be back home really late Friday night/the earliest portion of the AM on Saturday.

That means the next post will go up either when I get back at that time, or sometime after I get home from work on Saturday (delayed).

Who should be sent to The Red Room?

Poll ended at Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:54:06 pm

bea
0
No votes
birdwithteeth11
0
No votes
Boomslang
3
Mongoose (8), bea (11), Elohcin (12) 23%
DFaraday
0
No votes
Elohcin
5
Boomslang (2), Nevinera (4), S~V~S (6), Spacedaisy (7), Flyin' High (9) 38%
Flyin' High
0
No votes
Hedgeowl
0
No votes
Lizzy
0
No votes
Mongoose
3
Lizzy (3), timmer (10), Hedgeowl (13) 23%
Nevinera
0
No votes
Spacedaisy
0
No votes
S~V~S
0
No votes
timmer
0
No votes
No one!! (host, deadies, non-players)
2
MovingPictures07 (1), Kate (5) 15%
Total votes : 13

[center]Day 11: Another for Zodac[/center][/b]
No one has been lynched.

It is now Night 11. You have 48 hours to send in your night PMs.

Boomslang wrote:
timmer wrote:Boomslang, the Nevin thing is a bit subtle, but the host has essentially proven bwt is Meat Boy. Saying bwt isn't cleared just means you aren't paying attention.
Gah, I knew that. Excuse me for getting lost in two threads and exchanging players and the host not updating the player list with the revealed info, like he did for when Lizzy got brought back as Mycroft. Ok, so I was wrong there. The Nevin thing is "subtle." Care to enlighten me?

I apologize for this!! I've been trying to keep the front page updated instantaneously but the past few days I've fallen behind. I'll get to it today, I promise.

timmer wrote: @sock, if homestar runner chose two people to play the contest, and one of them was a role that redirects night actions, would both targets redirect, in other words would homestars entire plan be redirected, or would only that persons half be altered?

Just the person who redirects. The other who does not would still be affected.

Nevinera wrote:MP: if sander voted for himself, would he count as a 'doubter'? Would he still be able to win.

He would not be able to win in that scenario, since then he would have doubted himself.

Therefore, if Cohen votes himself, he throws the game away.

Please note this day period only lasts 24 hours.

[center]Night 10: The Red Room Gains Another[/center]

juliets has been killed by Creeper.

It is now Day 11. You have 24 hours to lynch someone.[/b]

timmer wrote:My tablet is dying and my head is spinning from thinking about this too much.

Sock, in regards to Moriarty, does he get the real result and then there is a 50% chance of it being publicly listed wrong, or does he get a result that has a 50% chance of being wrong and that result is listed publicly?

The latter.

Spacedaisy wrote:My Lizzy question has no bearing, disregard it.

But why would it say she killed herself? If she or rowed something or a kill was redirected somehow would it not still say that X killed Bea?

MP can you clarify how this would be written?

Sure thing.

You are correct here. If it was redirected, it still would have said Bea was killed by _____, even if that role was herself. Hope that helps.

Devin the Omniscient was Lucy.

(Also edited the original post for this)

Nevinera wrote:@MP: By zodac? Then wasn't it a lynch? Should we get a reveal on Devin then?

Ah yes, you're right! My apologies for that. I'm multitasking incredibly right now. Give me a second here.

FYI I edited the most recent host post to include that Devin was killed by Zodac.

Now I likely won't be back again until late tomorrow night after class... we shall see. So if I miss any questions or if you guys have any for me, I'll get to them ASAP, but it might be 24 hours.

timmer, hope that answers your question.

As to Devin, it is because of S~V~S being incorrectly killed, and thus this was Zodac's "tie decision" a day late due to the tied lynch on Day 9.

[center]Night 10: The Red Room Summons You (Part 2)[/center][/b]
"YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice from the darkness bellowed, as another miniature black hole appeared underneath Devin the Omniscient.

"Screw you, Zodac!!!!" yelled Devin, as he was taken away.

Then, another miniature black hole re-appeared. birdwithteeth11 re-emerged!

Devin the Omniscient has been killed by Zodac and sent to The Red Room. He was Lucy.

birdwithteeth11 has left The Red Room and has been resurrected!

It is still Night 10.

[center]Day 10: The Red Room Summons You[/center][/b]
"YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice from the darkness bellowed, as miniature black holes quickly appeared underneath birdwithteeth11, blindfaeth, and DharmaHelper, sucking them below, and then closing.

birdwithteeth11, blindfaeth, and DharmaHelper have all been killed. They have been summoned to The Red Room.

It is now Night 10. You have 24 hours to send in your night PMs.

[center]Day 10: The Revival of Meat Boy[/center][/b]
And just like that: Meat Boy came back to life!

birdwithteeth11 has been resurrected!

[center]To be continued...[/center][/size][/b]

[center]Day 10: The Death of Meat Boy[/center][/b]

birdwithteeth11 cried out, "I'm not bad!!! Just distracted!!!" but no one listened.

Too bad. Because they lynched fucking Meat Boy.

birdwithteeth11 has been lynched. He was Meat Boy.

[center]To be continued...[/center][/size][/b]

Who should be sent to The Red Room?

Poll ended at Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:41:27 pm

bea
0
No votes
BigDamnHero
0
No votes
birdwithteeth11
5
bea (7), Hedgeowl (9), DharmaHelper (10), timmer (11), juliets (12) 42%
blindfaeth
1
Elohcin (5) 8%
Boomslang
0
No votes
Devin the Omniscient
2
Devin the Omniscient (3), Nevinera (6) 17%
DFaraday
0
No votes
DharmaHelper
1
Lizzy (2) 8%
Elohcin
0
No votes
Flyin' High
0
No votes
Hedgeowl
0
No votes
juliets
1
Mongoose (8) 8%
Lizzy
0
No votes
Mongoose
0
No votes
Nevinera
0
No votes
Spacedaisy
0
No votes
S~V~S
0
No votes
timmer
0
No votes
What the hell is going on????! (deadies, non-players, host)
2
MovingPictures07 (1), reywaS (4) 17%
Total votes : 12

DharmaHelper wrote:@MP Will the Red Room Day end early considering the vote-bloc already has a majority ?

That's a good point! I think I might as well. So, yes.

Alright, I have PMs to respond to, and a lynch post (and a Red Room post) to write. I'll be posting as soon as I can!

And I want to thank everyone for the kind words. Really. I apologize for being emotional. I knew my life would get busy around this time, but I underestimated how busy it would get, and I had no idea I would be teaching a class on top of all of it. I just had a really stressful day yesterday as well, but it ended up being alright. I have really enjoyed hosting this game, despite my moments where I question my sanity and viewed it as a burden among all of my other activities, and I hope all of you have thoroughly enjoyed it as well.

Hey guys, sorry for the constant scheduling changes and wait times. I absolutely hate having my players wait, especially since I know how it is to be a player and wait on the host. I literally just got home from work.

I am starving so I am going to eat some dinner and then I have to do a few quick teaching-related items, then I will work on the lynch post.

If any of you has a real problem with me or the way I host, please PM me and keep this bullshit out of the thread, thank you. I will not have this game ruined over people who disagree over a decision I had to make without any time to think about it, and I clearly explained my train of thought and I demand that the rules and procedures of this game be held publicly with respect. I will not have this game end on bad terms.

I really don't feel like hosting this anymore. But that would be unfair to all of you. So I will continue to do so.

You know what then? I really don't want to host this game anymore. Clearly people don't appreciate the insane amount of time and effort I put every day into hosting this game and all of the preparation it took to craft this game. If you don't like how I host it, fine, but that kind of attitude, Devin, really just solves nothing, and it only makes me feel even more unappreciated.

No one has any idea how much I have sacrificed to work hosting this game around my schedule right now, and if no one appreciates it, I don't know why I bother.

At least just respect my decision, despite how much you disagree. I am the host and it is my decision to make. It is not yours.

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