The Syndicate

I've not tried to "act" civilian because I didn't think I needed to, a civ is just a civ. :?

I'm not a baddie, I just play one on TV.

Yeah, Lizzy popped in out of effin' nowhere. Maybe we will get a sabie cameo at this rate.

The Ghost wrote:Boo!

I recognize the photo. Are you the Brown Lady?

Is there anything you would like us to know about the game or about you?

How can I help?

S~V~S wrote:I can mentally visualize several people rolling their eyes whenever I post, JC. This makes me feel simultaneously stupid AND stubborn, not a good combo. So better I should just shut up than allow pride/stubborness to make me say something rude or passive aggressive to someone I like.

I know I have currently very limited credibility, but I hope you come back soon k?

I think the (very lovely) daisy is a baddie this go-round, so I believe the person who says s/he was killed by her. I will place my vote on that for now until convinced it's folly.

I think the (very lovely) daisy is a baddie this go-round, so I believe the person who says s/he was killed by her. I will place my vote on that for now until convinced it's folly.

Saw that coming!

15 mins!

Anyone else lurking around that would like to talk with a friend of stoat?

You guys are voting me for student council president, right? I'd be honored.

I'm not super excited about the mob vote on Boomslang. With fleeting time, I'm tempted to fly UTR and add to it, but I'm going to do what I should have done ages ago and stick to a daisy vote for the same reasons I did last time.

I hope you guys are right about Boomslang, I do. I see both sides of the case, but while succinctly laid out, his voting records, vibe, presence and in-thread behavior suggest otherwise. It's a lot to risk if he is Boe. I've been dying to play a game with that type of role for ages. I honestly can't tell if y'all are info dumping or joking at this point by the way.

In summary: Boomslang: more pudding than portents.

zeek wrote:Mongoose, you role name has three vowels. That's the Boddy blackmailing secret reveal thing.

Oh shiz. Well there are an absolute mess of wet cats out there whose role names have 3 vowels in them, including mine. Why didn't you just say so? I was not meaning to be obtuse!

zeek wrote: So you didnt like the cases on DH or Snowy, but voted DH anyway? Despite having a record of not voting for people who had any chance of being lynched? That does not make sense.

Hey, I'll be the first to confirm when I do DAS. The DH vote was a dumb move. A rookie selection. Being too stealth and I made a bad call by making a stupid vote over the alternative of missing the vote. If I had come by 5 mins later or earlier, I would have voted Snowy instead, and Tia would never have been hit by the milk truck.

The Mongoose Protocol is still alive and well. I'm shimmying off for the night to dream of making the absolute perfect homemade yoga mat cleaner or that Chris Pratt will show up at my house in a tuxedo.

Later, gators.

zeek wrote:
Mongoose wrote:I voted for Nader in 2000 so Im not really sure how to defend my perpetual poor judgment in voting.

I didn't like the case on either to be honest and would have preferred to seen a Boomslang lynch back then since I feel the historical record is stronger against him than I felt like it was (in retrospect) for Snow Dog.
Your joking will not distract me from the facts. Do you mean you didn't like the cases on DH and Snowy?

I didn't love them, but I was not as involved as I liked, which is only my fault. It was rather hellacious being gone 5 days on vacation and then having a copious amount of thread to catch back up on. I'm legit mortified to admit I made like fat free milk and skimmed it like whoa. Going for vibes more than fact-based arguments. You do what you can and then try to be better.

It was also much easier to stay current with the thread when I was able to access the site on breaks at work. A lot goes on in this thread between 7am when I get ready for work and 7 or 8pm when I get home from yoga, and I got overwhelmed a bit. I won't even deny I was flying a bit UTR but that wasn't because I had anything to hide, I was just phoning it in a bit.

But now it's Day 10. It's time to stop phoning it in. It's time to get real.

Mongoose wrote:Three vowel clue? But 'Mongoose' has at least FOUR vowels. Sorry, but your dark wizard is in another castle.

Epignosis wrote:The Danger Room computer spoke. “Extracting message from Mr. Boddy: Mongoose’s name contains three vowels.”

zeek wrote: You have 3 vowels. The fact you're not acknowledging this says to me you want people to forget about it, which I'm not doing.

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Is everyone on crazy pills? Why hasn't anyone else pointed this out? Mongoose has three O's, but it has FOUR vowels: mOngOOsE.

O, O, O, E.

1. O
2. O
3. O
4. E

I. Vowels in Mongoose's Name
a. o
b. o
c. o
d. e

= 4.

Oh gaw, is today not Tuesday? I guess I better go back and retrieve the trash bin from the curb!

Everyone waiting til the last minute to vote?

I'm around if anyone wants to converse! Please talk to me, I'm a fun girl.

S~V~S wrote:Did you vote for Kucinich like I did? Actually I only voted him in the primary, even I knew Nader or Kucinich can't win

YES! Was and am super obsessed with him.

zeek wrote:It's not like she has a problem wasting her vote...

Like she did voting Hedgeowl the day before (who then got lynched because of game mechanics).

Or voting Daisy the day after.

Or in fact when she voted Lizzy D5, despite everybody else voting Dom except TH (who seemed to have his vote forced).

I voted for Nader in 2000 so Im not really sure how to defend my perpetual poor judgment in voting.

I didn't like the case on either to be honest and would have preferred to seen a Boomslang lynch back then since I feel the historical record is stronger against him than I felt like it was (in retrospect) for Snow Dog.

zeek wrote:True. I'm open to lynching either Boom or Mongoose, but I feel Mongoose might be the better option here. If you agree she's a good candidate, given the 3-vowel clue, she could be Voldemort. I'd rather take out Voldemort than Crowley, given the secrets.

Three vowel clue? But 'Mongoose' has at least FOUR vowels. Sorry, but your dark wizard is in another castle.

DharmaHelper wrote:1) Dom and Boomslang have several exchanges starting at D1 despite Dom voting for MetalMarsh and Boomslang voting for me. Despite their exchanges, Dom's vote for Boomslang never really mattered

He voted 16th overall (including host option) in the Day 1 lynch, giving Boom 3 votes when I'd already gotten 5 and MM had 3. Shortly thereafter, Boom voted for MM along with Eloh giving MM 7, pretty much knocking Boom out of the running

The only other time Dom voted for Boom, he voted late again (15th overall) and was one of only two people to do so.

2) Boomslang has made at least two posts that pinged me:

Boomslang wrote:I really am having trouble figuring out what to say this lynch. Obviously, I'm somewhat happy that Dom is getting attention, because I sure as hell don't deserve the tunnel vision hunt he's been throwing my way ever since Day 1. But jumping on that will make me seem bad, so... maybe I better keep my opinions to myself.
And

Boomslang wrote:Caught up, frankly still unsure what's going on. Just let it be noted that Dom has been gunning for me this whole game; I think that burnishes my civvie cred a bit.
The first seems odd, because why would a civ care if they sounded bad if they genuinely thought what they were saying was true?? The second is classic distancing.

3) Boomslang's noncommital votes, as I stated, bug me.

So yeah I can see Boomslang being a Sorcerer.

A little bit of 'the gentleman doth protest too much? Perhaps.

juliets wrote:Mongoose who do you plan to vote today and why?

Probably Boomslang from what I recall of the case previously, but I'm gonna see if anything new has been posted (about him or others) in the last 24 hours.

DharmaHelper wrote:Well, while I see the *possibility* of Mongoose being bad, I'd also like to at least see her rebuttal. And since Boomslang has been around and has not made me feel any better about him, I will say this much:

There is a *possibility* that Mongoose is bad, but I would rather deal with *certainty* any day of the week. And I am absolutely, indisputably certain that Boomslang is bad and needs to be lynched today. I've tried to beat around the bush but there's just no point. He's bad, he's gotta go. Lynch him.

It's been hard to defend myself and make the cases (sometimes zany!) that I like to make since they (very recently) started blocking message board sites at work. They legit block everything there now. Except youtube, what the heck.

Anyway, I GUESS I can see how my language on denying I'm Voldemort (actually I'm chuffed you'd think that was me, it's a true honor), but that's the way I talk. Y'all are always on about how I give these evasive answers to direct questions, but I think that's just my personality. It legit drives my parents and grandparents insane. I'm happy to bring this little idiosyncrasy to mafia.

I in no way meant in subterfuge or was trying to engage in any verbal chicanery, but I just kinda speak my truth, and that night, my inner truth was pithy and borderline sardonic rather than twee and cheerful.

Oh man, I can't wait to find out what that role's secrets were.

Voting blooper to help save myself (a little early since I'll be tied up when the lynch ends).

Let's all vouch for one another and then just sit here until every wins like in Logan's Obtuse Strategems game.

And I totally deserve a vote for flying UTR but thats not been intentional -- hosting your own game concurrently and having mafia cut off at work is problematic (and freakin sad! Remember how much I was on here when I worked at the library?) but I've definitely been way more participatory over the last few days and intend to keep that up. woo!

Long Con wrote:
Mongoose wrote:
Long Con wrote: Did you all go to bed?
I'm around, kinda. You have something to share with the class?
I wanted to wait for S~V~S first.

Gotcha. She was posting this morning before 6am, so I bet she's long asleep. I hope so anyway!

Long Con wrote: Did you all go to bed?

I'm around, kinda. You have something to share with the class?

zeek wrote:
Spacedaisy wrote:
DharmaHelper wrote:Well that's just outright ridiculous. There are baddie/indie secrets, and he could just be lying. Saying he "knows" you are civ means nothing. Using that as the basis to trust him is completely ridiculous at this stage in the game.
I am the easiest baddie target for a lynch train out there. It makes no sense that he would say I am civ and he knows it unless he is civ and trying to keep us from making a mistake. What would he gain from it? My trust? That won't carry water with anyone else inthe game since everyone and their brother is questioning me and considering voting me. The logic doesn't support him being bad. The logic does support him being civ.
No, that is ridiculous. You've never seen a baddie say he knows such-and-such is civ? Please. Baddies buddy up all the time. Because someone trusts you, doesn't mean you should trust them.

Mongoose wrote:I actually have 4 vowels in my name!

But yeah, I wasn't trying to be a sneaky snake with my verbiage about having a wand, just playing around. Thought it'd be a fun way to disclose I'm not actually a sorcerer...

I just play one on TV.

Dude, I won't even fight you on that, my voting has been heinously "interesting" to say the least :/

If I was trying, I could not have a worse voting pattern.
Are you Voldemort?

No, I am not Voldemort. I could still probably take Dumbledore though. Come at me, bro.

zeek wrote:Thoughts on Long Con... he doesn't have a hat. We learnt this because he presumably did not do as Boddy directed him. The only Mafia left without a hat is Voldemort and everytime we know a Sorcerer has been up for a lynch (except Snow Dog) he voted for them, even llama-Made. He has my trust.

Thoughts on Mongoose... she has 3 vowels in her name. Again, Boddy consequences probably. And again, the only Mafia remaining with 3 vowels is Voldemort. Lot less cut and clear with her voting however. She missed Bass-Dom and voted DH over Snow Dog. Does this make her bad? I don't know, but she is high on my Sorcerer list.

I actually have 4 vowels in my name!

But yeah, I wasn't trying to be a sneaky snake with my verbiage about having a wand, just playing around. Thought it'd be a fun way to disclose I'm not actually a sorcerer...

I just play one on TV.

Dude, I won't even fight you on that, my voting has been heinously "interesting" to say the least :/

If I was trying, I could not have a worse voting pattern.

Yeeaaah, nevermind

Could Zeek's vote have been forced? That would make sense why he voted Snowy first. And he could have sold it by being a gunner, but ...maybe not.

MovingPictures07 wrote:
Mongoose wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:So I was wondering if there are even any possible inactive Sorcerers and I think there may NOT be.

The fact that we have seen Crowley kill N8 and Voldy attempt to kill N6 means that the Sorcerers probably do not have an inactive player, right?
There are not a lot of safe assumptions to make in this game, but that seems like a safe one?
Indeed. N7 no one was killed. D8 Made was lynched and was a Suit. So that means both Voldy and Crowley must be alive and they both must be active. I think.

What are your suspects, Mongoose?

Well, Daisy still (thanks for pulling that quote SVS, I was going nuts looking for it), and not so much Blooper, but with you and DH both feeling so suspish of her, it makes me feel uneasy (for feeling good about her when a few of you definitively do not).

MovingPictures07 wrote:So I was wondering if there are even any possible inactive Sorcerers and I think there may NOT be.

The fact that we have seen Crowley kill N8 and Voldy attempt to kill N6 means that the Sorcerers probably do not have an inactive player, right?

There are not a lot of safe assumptions to make in this game, but that seems like a safe one?

"A fine felt tablecloth"

Sad to see you go from the game, Russti.

I just don't think I can be convinced that Suits intentionally withheld a kill on Night 7. And that's okay, the world won't end. I get intentionally and strategically waiving your power (Homestar Runner comes to mind), but this just doesn't seem the right context.

linki - I too think it's a feint. I'd wanna try something like that if I was in those shoes.

[quote="MovingPictures07"]And ESPECIALLY when there has been such an anti-lynching no shows movement.

If that was a plan by both of the two members, I think it was really stupid.
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It's a bit (too) brazen, yes.

timmer wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:Sigh. If you guys think Daisy is bad, by all means, but I just can't believe there is anyone still in this thread actually suspecting her, let alone multiple people.

And I already addressed why that argument makes little sense, S~V~S. At the time of that kill, Mr. Boddy and his teammate were both alive. Mr. Boddy has showed signs of being active all game, even up until not long before that, so it makes ZERO sense for both teammates to drop the kill. The only explanation that actually makes sense is an inactive Suit.
If there were only two members left, Mr. Boddy and an inactive player, I'm sure that Made, as Boddy, would have submitted a kill on his own. He'd done all of the other kills anyway. So my guess is that the other member is NOT inactive, but rather that they are trying to make it seem like they are.

Precisely, I think we even discussed this a week or so ago.

nijuukyugou wrote:
zeek wrote:I reckon the last Suit is either Blooper or Daisy. Less clear on the Sorcerers right now.
That wouldn't make logical sense on my part. I stated suspicion of Made long before any votes were cast, multiple times. Why on earth would I draw up suspicion on the only teammate left? And for the record, I may be relatively quiet in-thread, but I am far from an inactive player. I don't miss my night actions, and I don't see a good, sound reason (especially still in the middle of this game) to miss a kill purposely.

True, I'd believe the suit to be dear daisy over blooperbunny.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I think this means that the last Suit is inactive. We'll find out when they fail to kill again though, I'd imagine. Since Made hasn't been around, but clearly was active earlier, that also explains why Mr. Boddy has failed to blackmail recently.

The fact that there was NO MENTION of their target during N7 and that Made was the "relatively active" Suit pretty much convinces me that I was right about that completely inactive Suit being the 4th one.

I'm still stumped by the night 7 result. That really took me by surprise. It does seem like someone who has been semi-active but a bit intermittently. However, deducing that person isn't easy since so many of us have had to go AWOL for a day here or there (including me!)

zeek wrote:Btw if he flips Sorceror, Mongoose is totally the other one.

I wish. But I was not blessed to be born with a wand.

Elohcin wrote: it makes me wonder if Daisy is the last suit and he is just indirectly defending her.

Hmm, that's a good point and something to ponder.

Elohcin wrote:Oh, and I pick cowboy had...the one one I look half-way decent in.

I bet you look super cute in a cowboy hat

zeek wrote:What is with all these baddies flipping the opposite to what we expect??

I freakin know right. I'm in utter shock about Made, but maybe I shouldn't have been.

And thanks! I try to keep it interesting.

As an aside, mafia has been hard because work is now blocking all message-boardy sites. I can't even get on IMDb or PA anymore. Pity me.

thellama73 wrote:Also, I hate when celebrities like Justin Timberlake wear trilbies and everyone calls them fedoras. They are not fedoras. Lean your hat styles.

I almost said this very same thing

Whoa, I didn't flippin' see that coming!

Picking trilby since pillbox hat isn't an option. It would probably not surprise you to know that I have a collection of pillbox hats.

Holy bandwagon. I don't think I want to get on that thing.

timmer wrote:
Elohcin wrote:well..I have to say that I actually understand a lot of what timmer is saying. I think its the best insanifier I've seen yet. I just want to know what he is actually saying when it translates "sorry and sad." Hilarious!
Sna Cherry Hogg, dom, dfaraday and Beggar Boys Face 're Sorry and Sad!!!

I feel like I'm watching Lock Stock or Snatch without subtitles

MovingPictures07 wrote:Sorry man, the insanification is just too weird for me.

I'm dying

I'm as committal as your college boyfriend.

Arglebargle, maybe I should go ahead and change my vote.

Putting vote on Daisy for now, but that was a compelling case on Boomslang. Way to Judy Clarke that thing.

MovingPictures07 wrote:
DharmaHelper wrote:Equally possible their target was protected.
True, but don't failed kills typically show? timmer was shown as the target in the N6 post.

Do y'all remember how SVS brilliantly played dead in Homestar? Could it be possible that the Suits are judiciously withholding a night kill? Failure to send in their target just seems like an awfully big mistake.

Thoughts?

MovingPictures07 wrote:So who wasn't active during N7? That's the burning question.

If someone doesn't get to it, I'll see what I can find out tomorrow evening, since I'm about to get some rest.

That's the million-dollar question!

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