The Syndicate

fingersplints wrote:Next Epi or Simon game I am voting to lynch Elo day 1

I'll just pick a civ role :P

DFaraday wrote:I was right about Eloh all along! I'm not sure why she never got lynched. And once I saw the votes in my lynch, it was obvious who the baddies were (except Lacey, I wasn't sure on her).

Did my targeting actually have any effect on anyone?

I was just SO busy with work in the beginning of the game and I made poor choices b/c of it. I didn't know how to recover from it. We were all ready to throw me under the bus at any moment but it never needed to happen.

YEAH BUDDY! We won with our whole team alive!

Russtifinko wrote:
Also, I'm still not totally sure why DF got lynched and not Blooper. That seems like a major blunder to me. I mean, the hard evidence of the poll removals seems to indicate that she is bad.

That's what I said.

Sorry if you are civ, Niju. I thought that if you were going to explain yourself that you would have done it by 5:45 (or so) when I voted. I am working and wanted to vote before I forgot vote. I don't think there is much evidence against anyone who is still alive. Its like a guessing game right now. But the fact that you've been so quiet makes me think you're thinking, "out of sight, out of mind." But with so few people left, no one can sty hidden. And you have been removed from the poll, so there's that. We'll see what happens, I guess.

So, lots of linki...I must have forgotten to refresh before typing my post.

Boom, I know DF has been very quiet. And he would be someone I would have voted for as well, but he hasn't been removed from the poll, right? I would think that if he were bad, he would have been removed at some point. Don'tcha think?

And I saw no one has said anything! We aren't giving up are we?

Well, I voted. I am busy working atm.

I think I will wait until about 5pm to vote. I was to give Bloops a chance to come in and defend herself. But if she doesn't convince me of her civiness, my vote will go there.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I'm surprised Made is still alive, but we definitely shouldn't lynch him today.

I don't have a lot of time, but I'll do the same as you LoRab.

Of course we shouldn't lynch Made. That goes without saying

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

LoRab wrote:RIP Splints. I guess the part where my suspicion of you lessened was correct. And, by my math, there are now more baddies than civies in this game.

I think your math is probably correct. 4-3-1 (piggies-birds-Gale)

Well this is quite scary. I was going to vote Niju yesterday b/c she had been one to be removed from the poll and b/c she is flying under the radar in my opinion. I couldn't vote her b/c, derp, she was off the poll. But she is my top suspect today.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:No worries. Have a good time.

Oh we did

LoRab wrote:

Russtifinko wrote:Well, many words I can't say in front of Simon. Sorry, guys. I feel like I let the team down there. So, is it LoRab then, or am I way off base there too?

The baddies have had us way bamboozled this game, and I dunno if it's them playing well or just us playing really, really poorly.

you are way off base there too.

Everyone is saying, "its not me" but its got to be someone :P Who's lyin', huh?

Jake. Wow. Sorry Llama!

Russtifinko wrote:
So there are 2 ways this could work. 1) The Golden Egg worked one day and night only. 2) For some unexplained reason that Epi and Simon didn't hint at in the slightest, eggs last forever and can be passed around, meaning the baddies automatically win. If this were the case at all, THE GAME WOULD BE COMPLETELY BROKEN. Immortal baddies means baddies win, which would be the dumbest thing I have ever heard of.

There's absolutely no support for this! Has anyone been passed a golden egg?? Clearly llama and/or you are making things up to distract us.

I'm frankly astounded people don't see what I'm seeing here. Am I missing something?

Russ is making an awful lot of sense today, not only with this post but with everything he's said. I'm voting for llama. There is no way that Epi would allow the golden egg to be passed around with the possibility of staying among the baddie team. Epi is all about balance.

linki with made...I see you agree.

And now linki Boom...I will read your post in a minute...gotta go get dinner on.

HAHA Derp. I clearly did not get enough sleep last night. Perheps it was the fact that my huge three year old decided to sneak in the bed with Epi and I. He kept kicking and I kept taking it b/c I was too lazy to get up and move him back to his bed. Once I was able to do so (2:30am) I was up for an hour trying to get back to sleep.

I think we ought to vote blooper for the same reason you voted lacey, llama. Why would anyone want to take her off the pole unless she was bad?

LoRab wrote:I think Made wants us to think he is Chuck.

I think that making that assumption is dangerous, and ignores the Golden Eggs that we know are in play.

Hmm....maybe you're right. Maybe that's just too easy. Although, I figured this game would be more on the simple side with Simon hosting it. All our lynches have been straight forward up until now.

I think Made knew he wasn't going to die and I think Made must be Chuck. (The Yellow Bird is so fast, he will dodge the first attempt to lynch him.)

Looky me breaking the tie again.

Is it just me or are these phases flying by? I am holding my vote b/c I'm scared

RIP MP.

I don't think the baddies would be that stupid...to kill someone who was calling them out.

RIP TinyBubbles.

Russtifinko wrote:
Also, I see Elo is catching flak again. I'll read her back through, but this feels like Elo's civ game to me so far.

I'm always catching flak, aren't I Russti? I think I am just used to it and don't care anymore.

FZ. wrote:
If Eloh is civ, she's playing one crappy civ game, no offence.

I know my gameplay has not been very civ-like. But if I were bad, don't you think I would act a little smarter than I have? I would call the way I have been playing sloppy-civ.

FZ. wrote:RIP Boo Even though I wasn't 100% sure you were a civ, you are definitely a loss for the game.

I'm not sure I agree with voting for Bubbles. Even though her drive by votes are seriously annoying, I don't think it's enough to make me vote for her. If she's a lazy mafia, like MP thinks, then I'd rather find a different mafia.

But really...mafia is mafia. If we lynch a mafia, they cannot use the lynched player's power anymore. So, it is still good to lynch a lazy mafia.

I'm voting TinyBubbles.

RIP Boo.

Boomslang wrote: Elo, you mentioned wanting to look at quiet players today; who's highest on the list?

TinyBubbles most definitely. Her behavior is even more odd than mine :P

I guess I read your question about blooper as suspicion of her and then when MM says he thinks she is genuine, then you are quick to agree with him saying that was your opinion the whole time too. Your post doesn't read genuine to me. I am wondering if we ought to look at quiet players b/c of the no night action thing Night 1. I know that diasy could have used her power night one, but if I were in her shoes, I don't think I would have done that. I would have waited until a more crucial time in the game. What is everyone's thoughts on this?

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:What do players think of the fact that Blooper was hyper-concerned about having too many mafia reads? Did her reads seem to develop organically or in a genuine fashion or did they seem forced?

You're exaggerating MP, but I think she was being genuine. I'm pretty sure this exercise was new to her, and the fact that she continued to make baddie reads even after she realized she had eclipsed the mafia team's number makes it genuine.

I've never participated in this exercise before either though. I've just seen it done multiple times.

I know what I'm doing.

For the record, I didn't see anything wrong with it either. Just wanted to see how she'd respond.

I don't like this post one bit. It seems wishy-washy to me which smells bad. Then again, I am always pinged at least a little by MP.

DFaraday wrote:
My main suspicion is still Elo. I still feel that she was bandwagoning, and has not presented much of a satisfactory explanation since.

Funny. I agree with this. I did bandwagon (or thought I did...llama had just as many voted as daisy and I didn't notice). And I haven't given a satisfactory explanation b/c I don't have one. I was being stupid and thoughtless. I am majorly stressed right now. I am trying to catch up and form an opinion as I post this. I will keep you posted. haha. posted.

linki with FZ (and a bunch of others) - I'm workin' on it baby, chill! I am almost caught up.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Elohcin wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Why aren't you recognizing the fact that I just stated an opinion on Daisy that she seemed incredibly genuine?

Elo, can you answer this question specifically please?

I don't really understand what you are asking here. Can you rephrase?

After the game was over, I mentioned that I found Daisy's posts to be absolutely genuine and that I felt infinitely better about her. Why didn't you take that opinion into consideration when you voted for her?

B/c I had been gone all day and not read the thread. I voted without thinking. I thought I explained this already. Honestly, I don't even know what "game" you are talking about. I am just sitting down after church, grocery shopping, and feeding the kids lunch. I have less than two hours to catch up, talk about my suspicions, work out, and get myself and the kids ready for another birthday dinner. I'm doing my best even though I know my best is NOT good enough atm. I do apologize. At least I am honest.

MovingPictures07 wrote:RIP Daisy.

Elo, I understand your RL situation. Thanks for elaborating. Your vote reasoning for both votes is pretty terrible though, no offense intended, and it puts everyone in a tough spot if you actually are a civilian. I hope you can elaborate on suspects.

MM, it was totally unintentional. [expletive redacted]. I don't know how that happened. I thought I copied the player list.

I have to say, I totally agree with you. My vote reason was stupid. I couldn't think straight. I was being serious when I said I should have just voted for myself. I will only be home for a few hours tomorrow (church, grocery shopping, and another birthday party) but I will try to read the thread in that time and give some opinions. Although....it will be night, so maybe I will wait until Day.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Why aren't you recognizing the fact that I just stated an opinion on Daisy that she seemed incredibly genuine?

Elo, can you answer this question specifically please?

I don't really understand what you are asking here. Can you rephrase?

MovingPictures07 wrote:What do players think of the fact that Blooper was hyper-concerned about having too many mafia reads? Did her reads seem to develop organically or in a genuine fashion or did they seem forced?

Blooper is hard to read. I look forward to looking into this tomorrow. I am trying to think back at a time when she was bad and how she might have played. I am finding it hard to remember a time when she was bad.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Elohcin, why would you break a tie between her and llama, and then immediately apologize for it?

Dirty smelly kids and husband aside, I appreciate you breaking the tie, but I don't like your reasoning for it.

Linki: Oh, by Spacedaisy.

I honestly was not thinking. I just thought I saw she had the most votes and placed my vote there and ran back to the kids. I wanted them to be warm and in their bed asap. I should have pulled an MM and voted myself I'm sorry Daisy

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Elohcin wrote:I'll exlpaing my vote later...gotta run

Drive-by votes are not cool. It takes two seconds to explain your vote. You had time to type that but not add an extra sentence?

Why aren't you recognizing the fact that I just stated an opinion on Daisy that she seemed incredibly genuine?

Tell me that when you have two dirty screaming children in the bathtub all soaped up and COLD waiting for you to rinse them off. We were at a birthday party much later than expected and the kids were dirty from hear to toe. I had to put them straight in the bath. There were crying b/c they had fallen asleep on the way home (about 30 minute drive) and I had to wake them to bathe them. You deal with that situation and tell me you can wrap your head around the game and explain a vote.

Now, to explain...I wasn't thinking straight. I worked this morning, worked out, showered and got my kids ready, and we left for the birthday. I thought I would be back in plenty of time to catch up, discuss, and vote. If I were thinking straight, I would have voted myself as not to put suspicion on myself in any way. Daisy, I am sorry. I saw you had the most and threw a vote there so I could rush back to my kids and get them warm and in their beds. I'm so sorry I have been such a sucky participant this game so far. I really feel bad about it all.

I'll exlpaing my vote later...gotta run

RIP Scotty. I was surprised at all the votes that piled on you actually. Usually Day 1 is more spread out.

And, I agree with you Boom, but I think Lorab is just asking us to give her a day or so to get into the game a bit since she is new to Mafia altogether. And it is understandable. I am sure a new player is more likely to play another game in the future if they are not lynched Day 1.

I've never heard of a video game bar. Is it just as it sounds?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Technically 12 players were, but Elohcin was modkilled early in that game. Elohcin, I expect your A-game here.

Yeah, I asked to be replaced in Recruitment. Both games started at the same time. Plus I am in Lord of the Realms and I have never played anything like it before. On top of that, I am working about 30 hours (a week) on cakes these days. I really ought to learn how to say no. And of course school comes first . I have only worked out every other day this week instead of every day. When burning calories gets pushed aside, I know I need to drop some activities

Scotty wrote: Are you saying there could be merit to my reasoning that you could be a bad bird, Elo?

I thought you were joking when you brought up me possibly being bad b/c I am Simon's mom. Honestly, whenever Simon or Epi hosts, I get to pick my role. Whenever I host, Epi picks his. So, now the question is....what role did Eloh pick? You could get really into it and go look back at all the games Epi has hosted and see who I was in each game. But you really don't need to. I pick civ sometimes, I pick baddie sometimes. I am not partial either way. I usually pick by looking at the role descriptions. I won't go into specifics of what kinds of roles I like and don't like. I wouldn't want to be accused of outing myself. But, I have divulged this information before. Also, I probably don't pick roles that you would guess. In fact, in my last game that I played, I picked what Epi said was his least favorite role. He was surprised I picked it All this to say, :P shame on you if you try to make a case for me being baddie b/c I am the hosts mom. If you can't come up with anything better than that, you must not be a very good mafia player.

Scotty wrote:
Elo, can you give me a real reason why you're throwing your vote my way?

I thought I was clear. I believe that making a tie can be a good thing. It allows for possible tie breaking which can give us information about the person who broke the tie. We may not receive this info right away, but later in the game, it cane be quite helpful.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Made wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I'm going to have to vote in a couple of hours, and I intend to vote Scotty. No solid reason, just pure hunch. I don't feel good about him.

Discuss.

Scotty seems to enjoy extrapolating which either means he's bad and want to seem present or he enjoy extrapolating, something ice bear enjoys from time to time. Ice bear would much rather advocate a Marmot lynch at this point.

I cannot support this course of action. That would result in the votes being spread (potentially).

Well, since the vote is already spread, I will vote scotty as well. It's fun to tie things up b/c tie breakers give info

Epignosis wrote:

Scotty wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

boo wrote:There's just a lot of bubbles apparently.

Like in the economy amirite

Tiny Bubbles confirmed Sen. Phil Gramm

Excited to get started! I've never played Angry Birds before, and actually refuse due to a self-imposed superficial boycott.

Other self-imposed boycotts I am currently engaged in: Ice cream, Michael Bay movies, swimsuit calendars, my ex-girlfriends on Facebook.


Side note: I looked up what the Golden Egg is, because I just assumed it was good since it's Golden and all good things are golden.

They apparently are collected in game to unlock additional levels, and/or additional mini-games. But don't try to collect a Golden Egg with the MIGHTY EAGLE BECAUSE HE'S A LUMBERING ASSHOLE WHO WILL #DESTROY IT.

@Epignosis Hey man, btw I'ma try and be a little PC talking, since I assume Simon is reading these posts. Is that your wish, or do I have free roam in the (sub)English language?

I'm not going to be a hypocrite here. Say what you will, just know that an eight-year-old will be reading it.

So I would like to chime in then. I won't pretend that Simon never hears curse words. In fact, I said a few yesterday when working on a cake. But....let's not have any vulgar comments please.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Yay game!

Voted for Daisy.

Awe, doin' the newlywed thing

woo but my sentence isn't right, haha. It's late. Good night all. I look forward to playing this game with you.

thellama73 wrote:

Elohcin wrote:I'd also like to say, great host post SImon. You must have an excellent English teacher

Simon wrote:

Will the birds defeat the pigs and save the world and their eggs?

I didn't know that pigs laid eggs.

The subject is clearly 'birds' in the sentence, although it could have been phrased better, works just fine :P. Don't go shakin' your head at my baby's sentence. **z-snap**

I'd also like to say, great host post SImon. You must have an excellent English teacher

woops, I read that wrong apparently. Don;t mind me.

Well, I think I will vote for Boomslang. This is his first game in a long time I believe. I was also thinking about giving it to a newbie to make their first experience more interesting, but then again, I want to make sure it goes to someone I am almost sure will be a participating player.

Linki: Hello llama. I'm surprised. I would think you would believe that it would be a better choice than anyone else, not only just as good.