The Syndicate

Congrats, G-Man and Spacedaisy!!! You both deserve it for sure.

Though, Sloonei as Tobias... brilliant! Too bad we couldn't give two roleplaying awards.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:The cop cover in this game was fantastic. Let's not forget Sorsha, who not only called Doc as a baddie but also suggested he was distancing from Elohcin. That's cover by virtue of being spot on a read -- so much so that they assumed she had information.

And yeah, that's true! Accidental cop cover by virtue of being correct in reads like that is pretty awesome.

And I agree on Daisy having her peeks all alive; I've never seen or ever heard of that happening. Crazy!

Indeed, I actually asked everyone if they wanted to throw out peeks in MM's Tree Mafia, but no one took me up on it and DrWilgy found me suspicious for it, so it died immediately. It'd be nice to get it more widespread in a subsequent game, since it's riskier the less people that do it.

I was extra pleased to adopt the strategy of fake peeking to success here, even though I initially blew it by peeking Elo as my n0 peek multiple times. Lol.

More civilians should have peeked though... when only 5 of us did (and 2 of them were mafia!), I was really scared that the mafia were going to narrow down the cop quickly. It makes no sense for the cop to leave no breadcrumbs behind, so I was shocked when zebra and Sorsha were killed.

Yay, we won!

I think Daisy, TH, and I made a pretty good trio.

I actually started suspecting Daisy was the cop when I was feeling her out on Day 2, but then pretty much knew for sure in the post you highlighted, TH, so I went into overdrive mode thereon forward trying to keep her alive. Glad it worked.

This game was an absolute blast that has reminded me why I love playing mafia with you all so much. Props to Elo, Wilgy, and Sloonei 2.0 for a well-attempted bad guy effort, and to my other fellow good guys as well.

And... holy shit, G-Man, your roleplay considering you've never seen the show... and that video! That's the greatest thing I've ever seen. So awesome. A clap to Sloonei as well for his hilarious Tobias roleplay. I'm with JJJ that the roleplaying was excellent all around.

This has to go down as one of the just most all-around fun games I've ever played.

It's okay, TH, I appreciate it -- but I've given it a lot of thought and I think now's the time. I think you all can solve the game without me now.

Alright, I'm here once more, because I need to come clean with enough time left in Day 3.

Guess what, everyone? I actually am the cop.

Here are my actual peeks:

n0 - Turnip Head
n1 - Spacedaisy
n2 - DrWilgy

DrWilgy

This means that the mafia team must consist of one of these combinations:

DrWilgy, Elohcin, G-Man
DrWilgy, Elohcin, lovedelic
DrWilgy, Elohcin, Sloonei 2.0
DrWilgy, Elohcin, thellama73
DrWilgy, G-Man, lovedelic
DrWilgy, G-Man, Sloonei 2.0
DrWilgy, G-Man, thellama73
DrWilgy, lovedelic, Sloonei 2.0
DrWilgy, lovedelic, thellama73
DrWilgy, Sloonei 2.0, thellama73

If you need breadcrums, search my ISO. I never once actually seriously considered voting for Turnip Head; in fact, he's the player I've worked with most in thread. With that said, I've tried to throw out a bit of tinfoil against him and avoid proclaiming him a confirmed civilian because I didn't want him dying; nonetheless, I'm convinced with my flip (earlier) you all would have figured out that he was my real peek.

Ever since midway through d2, I've made it clear that I trust Daisy, and that's a result of my n1 peek. There's no way I would pick anyone else but her as my n1 peek.

As to why I picked DrWilgy, well, that seems obvious now, doesn't it?

As to why I fake claimed both Elohcin and G-Man, I wanted to see if I would: (1) die at Night, and (2) how players would respond. Elohcin made absolutely no recognition of my peek, not a single response. G-Man inquired very clearly as to what I meant when I claimed, then didn't claim, etc. Elohcin has made no attempt to engage me in my suspicion of her this game. This means two things to me: G-Man is very likely a civilian, and Elohcin is very likely a mafia member.

As to why I keep claiming cop and then backing off, well, it's ensured me a way to live this long, hasn't it? I think it's been made clear through the behavior of others all throughout d2 and toDay that the most likely combinations are:

DrWilgy, Elohcin, Sloonei 2.0
DrWilgy, Elohcin, thellama73

And we're getting incredibly close to the endgame now, so I feel comfortable hard claiming and leaving you all with everything I know. I'd bet my reputation on one of those scenarios being the case.

Good luck, civilians!

Also, I love playing with all of you as well! This player list is really awesome.

Well, we all now know Wilgy should be lynched, but yeah, let's talk about some other people.

Spacedaisy, why do you not want to discuss every player in the game? What are your thoughts on the names you mentioned, for starters?

I have to go again, lest I want to fail out of the program, so please pressure people and stuff in my absence.

Sloonei wrote:I was bitter about my prior lynch and wanted to come in gunning for turnip head, but he's forced me to do a 180 since my return. His attitude in the thread has been the most positively town since I returned.

Or is it that you've become his bad guy teammate?

If Wilgy were the cop, I'm convinced he would have played this differently. A n2 greek peek on Sorsha was unbelievable and so is the n2 red peek on Elohcin.

Yeah, this gambit has served its purpose, seems Wilgy has dug his own bad guy grave.

I'm not the cop. My claim is absolutely false.

Last thoughts:

Look forward to hearing more from Sloonei 2.0 as he gets his head in the game, and appreciate him replacing in; nonetheless, I found his predecessor's actions relatively suspicious throughout his tenure, hence the placement on my rainbow.

Put some pressure on lovedelic; we haven't heard much from him lately. Put some on thellama73 as well, second priority. It'd be nice to get more of a feel of where his train of thought is regarding everyone in the game.

See you folks later.

Alright, I have to go. Not sure when I'll be back. Apologies in advance. Narrating work is first priority, and I have many other shows to narrate as well, because I'm awesome like that.

Day 3 rainbow

MovingPictures07
Elohcin (n0 peek)
Spacedaisy (n1 peek)

Turnip Head

thellama73

lovedelic

G-Man

Sloonei 2.0

DrWilgy (n2 peek)

I'd have to say the most suspicious thing about G-Man's activity was his d2 vote swapping lacking explanations, even brief ones. I realize he gave us them now in detail during d3, and said that he was busy working at the Banana Stand, and I don't doubt that. But I don't understand why a civilian G-Man wouldn't at least give us some quick indication of his thought process during a key lynch, especially if he particularly opposed the MM option.

Reading through G-Man's posts and this one:

G-Man wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I'm busy, go ask your mother.

She's dead, you ass. Now you're dead to me too.

just made me lol again.

Anyway, that is all. :P

I echo the sentiment that everyone should take advantage of today to stir up discussion regarding as many players as possible. Let's not just sit on our hands and vote Wilgy without other discussion.

With that said, as I noted earlier, this weekend is going to be particularly busy for me, so I apologize that I won't be able to contribute as much on that front as I'd like, but I'll do what I can while I am here.

Now to skim G-Michael's posts in ISO, then provide a rainbow list, then get back to work because I'm quickly running low on free time.

Sloonei, there have been 3 previous heists, but only 1 other setup (the first one hosted by yours truly) that was identical to this setup here (the Mafia Championship setup). Metalmarsh's game had various possible paradigms (Tree Mafia), and Golden's Lost game was closed setup.

thellama73 wrote:That lynch was super suspicious, and has rocketed MP and ELohcin to the top of my suspect chart (MP is always hovering around there anyway). But I agree thta it was likely a WIlgy save and we should start there.

Elaborate please.

G-Man wrote:I'd like to hear from Annoying Voice-Over Guy as to what his thought process was in changing gears from Lucille, to Steve Holt, and finally starting the lynch train on my dad. Pretty weird how you switched from the player who ended up getting NK'd to a player who was suddenly deemed off-limits due to replacement, to someone who's last minute vote would have been the worst possible decision for a bad guy. I mean, what the hell?

Sorry. Was that out of line? I'm a little on edge today because GOB started a rival frozen banana business. Jerk.

What specific questions do you have? I thought my thought process was clear in my posts. Many of my D2 posts were pressure votes for reasons that I thought were evident from the posts themselves -- including Sorsha, whose d2 contributions were lacking and whom I wanted to hear from, as well as Sloonei. Neither of those votes were remotely intended as permanent votes.

I also thought my thoughts on Metalmarsh were abundantly clear... so I'm not sure what else you want me to elaborate upon. At first I was pressuring him to give at least something for us to work with. He had time to do so, didn't deliver. I felt nervous about both the Wilgy and Sorsha wagons, so I decided that I wanted to lynch MM because his d1 was fishy as fuck and his complete lack of contributions.

Wilgy, I have to second the opinion that your act is utterly unconvincing. You're like Gene Wilder in the original Willy Wonka movie when he says "No, don't, stop."

"No, you're not the cop, I am." It's the most unenthusiastic counterclaim I've ever seen.

Hello, Elo!

Of course, I can do that. Why can't I? You think I wanted to be NKed last night before I could nab a red peek? Surely not!

Why do you think either Llama or Wilgy is bad, but not both?

Can you explain your non-rainbow-colored list of most to least trust? Specifically, why do you trust Sloonei 2.0 more than those below him? Why do you trust lovedelic more than Daisy? Is there anything more to your thoughts on G-Man other than what you said here? Can you elaborate upon your Llama and Wilgy thoughts?

Thanks!

Turnip Head wrote:MP, do you wanna talk about G-Michael? Have you read his ISO lately? He was following Wilgy's vote around most of yesterDay, only he wasn't posting to go along with it, so it's not on the record at all. They both had their votes on Mother and then they both had their votes on Elohcin, at a time when Wilgy was leading the pack with 3 votes. Once I brought it up Wilgy moved to MM and G-Michael switched to Llama, again without saying a word.

I haven't; let me catch up, I'll ISO him, then provide a new rainbow.

Hey all, I'm here, gonna catch up quickly now since I have a super busy weekend ahead of me and barely any time at the moment.

You bad.

Turnip Head wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Guess what, folks? I'm the cop.

n0 - Elohcin
n1 - Spacedaisy
n2 - DrWilgy

DrWilgy

Lmao thanks for backing me up bro but I got this

I was desperate to know what the hell was going on, especially after your theory, so

DrWilgy wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Guess what, folks? I'm the cop.

n0 - Elohcin
n1 - Spacedaisy
n2 - DrWilgy

DrWilgy

But I'm the cop,
n0 - Sloonei
n1 - MP
n2 - Sorsha

That's an awfully convenient n2 selection.

Guess what, folks? I'm the cop.

n0 - Elohcin
n1 - Spacedaisy
n2 - DrWilgy

DrWilgy

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Metalmarsh, why the fuck are you voting yourself?

I support your argument that I have contributed nothing this game.

Enjoy the result.

If you're civilian, I swear to god, I'm pissed at you.

Sorsha, are you proposing I vote for Elo? Why? Quickly.

Metalmarsh, why the fuck are you voting yourself?

EBWOP sealed Sloonei's fate*

Sorsha wrote:TH are you keeping your vote on wilgy?

What's the word on mm? Why does he have votes?

He sealed Sloonei's vote on D1, and the vote was cast for unsubstantiated reasons.

He has contributed nothing to the game in terms of information, and he has peeked no one and is no one's peek.

I feel uncomfortable voting for you or Wilgy, the counterwagons, at this time.

So why aren't we lynching Metalmarsh?

I don't know what to do.

Sloonei 2.0, what do you have to contribute to discussions that have occurred since your former's death?

I'd like to hear from Sorsha as well.

Anyone else have any rainbows they want to lay out there?

Welcome, Sloonei 2.0!

Metalmarsh (and everyone else), here are n0 peeks:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Previously on Arrested Development:

The mafia fail at finding the cop, killing someone who didn't even throw out a green peek.

Suddenly, another manuscript fell out of thin air, containing the following notes:

Ron Howard's voice wrote:List of n0 green peeks:
a2thezebra - N/A
DrWilgy - Sloonei
Elohcin - N/A
G-Man - N/A
lovedelic - N/A
Metalmarsh89 - N/A
MovingPictures07 - Elohcin
Ricochet - thellama73
Sloonei - N/A
Spacedaisy - lovedelic
Sorsha - N/A
thellama73 - N/A
Turnip Head - G-Man

n1 peeks include:

DrWilgy - MovingPictures07
MovingPictures07 - G-Man
Ricochet - G-Man
Turnip Head - Sorsha

Both of my peeks have been rescinded.

Elo, your suspicions have seemed relatively opportunistic this Day period. When suspicion seemed to be forming around Daisy, you pushed heat on her, without committing to it. Now since Turnip has thrown some heat on Llama for the posts you highlight there, you now are pushing some heat on Llama, without committing to it.

What gives?

Daisy, Wilgy threw out a peek on n0, but hasn't explicitly claimed cop; it can be implied through his behavior though.

What does everyone think of Ricochet?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm not asking you to defend yourself or keep up with me post-for-post. Not sure where you got that impression. I'm merely asking that you contribute something. I'm trying to get you into the game.

I'll see what I can do.

Even the littlest observation or gut feeling can at least give us something, so just give me whatever, literally anything you can think of. You have good insight, for one. We need something by which to be able to judge your alignment, for two.

I don't want civilians losing this game because they can't pick up steam, and you're not the only one right now that's not hunting to full potential. I'm just trying to motivate you into action.

Turnip, answer me this one:

Considering Wilgy did put out Sloonei as his n0 peek, wouldn't he (and his teammates) specifically have tried to avoid a situation where Sloonei was lynched d1, to avoid this exact conundrum because he wouldn't be killed n1?

I'm not asking you to defend yourself or keep up with me post-for-post. Not sure where you got that impression. I'm merely asking that you contribute something. I'm trying to get you into the game.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I have no intention of keeping up with you post-for-post if that's what you're looking for MP.

I feel like you're forcing me to put on a show. I don't have any interest in partaking. I don't even have anything to defend.

If you have literally nothing to contribute to the game, then I don't see why you should be kept around.

Show me you do care, MM, fight for your life.