The Syndicate

Merga Bien wrote:Malin, I played when one Mafia team was the norm. And going the low poster route was pretty standard baddie beahvior. Maybe I am projecting onto you and Alizon, but you seriously need to try to look for suspicions based on OTHER than post count (and your Maret susp is based on her not liking your fixation on post count, so that does not count). If you do that, I am there. If not, fixation on low posters will draw my ire.

Linki@ Anna, it is related to starting lynches...handicapped.

Right, I assume it's starting at extra votes, I'm just curious if it's starting only the following lynched or all lynches with extra votes. It wouldn't really be a big deal to just start the next lynch at +1 vote, but if you're starting all lynches with extra votes it becomes a more risky strategy.

Does anyone actually know what the penalty is, and if so, can they share?

Ohh... ya, that actually makes sense. She's survived a NK so that makes sense, I just thought the numbers actually meant something.

So... I voted thinking I was voting for myself before paying enough attention to realize that couldn't be how the numbers worked. Who do we actually think that person is then?

Alright, well, Britta Zippel is a pretty automatic red flag. Her D1 vote (with Mary, when Mary was in potential danger of being lynched), a very low-flier (no posts since D2, but the person I replaced got taken over before her, and she had posted as recently as D5? Makes me think a) The civvies need a replacement more badly than the baddies because of numbers and b) It could be an intentional laying low strategy and the baddies don't even want her replaced).

I don't see how she can be good at this point, so that's where I'm going to put my vote.

Alright, I haven't read everything, but some thoughts anyways:

I didn't notice much (any?) discussion about Agnes coming back from the dead, then the re-deadening. I do think it means that she is indeed Harry (came back because of the Horcrux, perhaps there was some event with her vs. Voldemort, and she was killed again because she lost).

The resurrection stone event was supposed to be held already, but got pushed back, correct? I'm assuming the winner will be able to temporarily bring back a deadie, similar to what we saw with Agnes (perhaps someone started the game with the ring, and that's why she was brought back for a while), or have BTSC with them or something along those lines. It could be a proper res, but that isn't really what it does.

Now, Jennet. The necklace was the one Katie Bell was supposed to use to kill Dumbledore, courtesy of Draco. Now, could just be story, but since Lucius just died, it could also be that, similarly to how Draco replaced him as a Death Eater when he was sent to Azkaban, Draco joined the team when Lucius died.

Entjen's death fits with the destruction of a Horcrux (the diadem)... and Crabbe didn't actually have any control over the wlydfire, so perhaps he didn't get to choose his target (or, maybe Entjen actually was Crabbe, and it was an expiration date role)?

I think I'll do a read of Mary, since there was finally a good lynch result perhaps something there will be useful in figuring out teammates.

Agnes Sampson wrote:I'm rereading the thread now, guys. There is a lot to catch up on. I have some thoughts, but I need to organize them before I am ready to share. I am seeing a lot of behavior that makes me nervous.

I will be looking forward to that, especially what trends are making you nervous.

Alizon Device wrote:

Agnes Sampson wrote:Cool it with the snark everyone. Zombie don't play that. Anyway, we have more important things to discuss. The underworld was most illuminating. I can't be very specific, but let me just say that names can be deceiving.

So Sarah Good is not good.

I'd buy that. It doesn't work with anyone else's name (if that Agnes was driving at).

So glad to see you back, Agnes! I have some excellent duct tape if parts of you start to fall off.

Jane Southworth wrote:
linki: Yeah it's possible Hermione is involved... but unless she checked Agnes night 1 and is somehow just now sharing the info, then it must have been a dead role check, which could be a different power, perhaps an unlisted one. Either way it's weird that we were told, that almost never happens in games, and I'm not sure whether I should trust it or not.

That's what I had assumed as well. Hermione, that is.

A Person wrote:

Resurrection Stone Event Signups

Due to the nature of this event, I am asking any and all willing participants to please pm me (NOT Lizzy and me) with the day/time most convenient for them this weekend. The event may need to be rescheduled if I am not unexpectedly busy.

The event itself is a game that will be played in real time (or at least as close as possible) and is very similar to hot potato. A random player will be given the snitch containing the resurrection stone, and that player has the option to either try and open it, or to pass it to another player who then has the same options. The snitch will only open after a certain number of passes (that is unknown to the players), and if a player attempts to open it before that number is reached, they are out of the game. The winner is the first person to attempt to open it after the number of turns has been reached.

Well, that sounds stressful considering how nerve-wracking it was to just watch The Hurt Locker.

Thanks for the clarification before we descended into chaos.

Seems a bit too...unlikely? for that to really be a badslip.

Kael Merrie wrote:Wow 2 civ lynches and what could have been a Harry Potter night Kill night one. we need to get down to business and find some baddies.

I agree, and I will pull my weight Day 4. Substantial weight from too much cauldron cakes.

Also, is anyone else having trouble keeping all of you straight? It's a bit of an amorphous blur.

I'm hoping we won't go after the Slytherin students until we know for sure, but I think a neutral + result is a good way to look at it, indeed.

I like everything all even stevens as well.

I've alwways loved Ios. Lots of volcanic eruptions there; the most in the entire galaxy. Also named after a priestess.
Hey, do you want guacamole for dinner? LMK because I can grab some avocados on the way home when I'm getting taco shells.

A Person wrote:Also, the only group that had btsc initially was the baddie team. Whether anything has changed, who can say?

Thanks, host.



I am still in a stupor about the NK.

Jennet Bierley wrote:

Alice Nutter wrote:Catfight

That's what familiars are for.

Settle down there, Michael Vick.

I picked acromantula.

I'm a little sensitive about being burned to death or impaled, for whatever reason.

Psyche.

Randomized Sarah Good.

Voting Anne Whittle for flippancy

Ha. I knew it was a matter of time before you lot started up with the wand double entendres.

A Person wrote:

Katharina Henot wrote:History of Magic.

Did you mean to vote differently from this post? I'm assuming it was a mistake but we'll have to accept the vote if we don't find out before the poll ends.

A message to all players: As far as participation is concerned you can post as often as you see fit (feel free to judge each others posting habits), but not voting/sending in required pms (even if it is to defer use of a power) will be penalized.

I can send your plenty of pms, if you know what I mean.

Mary Eastey wrote:I would pick Divination, but Prof. Trelawney is a ditzy idiot.

Sounds like someone is afraid of getting The Grim in her tea cup.

I think I'd be on the student council. Support house elf rights!

I might have gone for Transfiguration if it was there, but History of Magic is a good close second. History is important so we can stop making such cyclical errors. There are plenty of new ones to make :/

The Harry Potter universe made the History of Magic class sound so boring, but do you know what I'd do to actually read Hogwarts, a History? Eat a whole lot of cauldron cakes, for one.