The Syndicate

Done!

tutuu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:13 am

Marmot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:57 am Sorry, I was busy playing as Lillia in LOL and losing.

Yes! I'll add it now. Apologies to anyone on light themes.

oh sorry i didnt realize uve already tried it, i didnt find the thread

i didnt mean to be insistant marmottie pls forgive T_T

Oh wait, I got distracted again and never actually did this.

Ok NOW I'm doing it. Forgive me for not following through

Sorry, I was busy playing as Lillia in LOL and losing.

Yes! I'll add it now. Apologies to anyone on light themes.

Hally wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:16 am @Marmot a video about you popped up in my recommended

Gaaaaaaaaah too much cute!!!

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:50 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:18 pm

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:21 pm

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:18 pm Can't wait for next year's awards The Holdens...

We're naming awards after @Marmot now?! Cool.

Where does your new avatar come from?

This album.

Excellent! New music to check out.

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:21 pm

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:18 pm Can't wait for next year's awards The Holdens...

We're naming awards after @Marmot now?! Cool.

Where does your new avatar come from?

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:14 am

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2018 7:58 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:31 pm So a marmot and a bear walk into a bar...

...and the bear carried the marmot out.

For some reason I think this might be accurate. In my imaginary world where we all actually hang out in real life, I think SVS could handle her alcohol better than the Marmot.

That's probably true. I love beer, but I drink it with some infrequency.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:31 pm So a marmot and a bear walk into a bar...

...and the bear carried the marmot out.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:56 pm

S~V~S wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:28 am

Dom wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:52 am

S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:14 pmYo bitches.

yo

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DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:17 pm Shout out to the time MovingPictures07 PMed me and was like "Hey DH I'm thinking of making another mafia website what do you think about that my best friend?"

Want to play a mafia game on that website?

Would you ever wear a shirt with coded text?

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:40 pm I'm really just in 99%, which is apparently significantly less impressive than full totality. I forget where exactly in Oregon Marmot lives but he might be in the actual 100% band, not sure.

I'm in Eugene, but I camped out with some friends last night, and we hiked up a little mountain to witness it at 100% totality. 2 whole minutes of darkness!!! And you could stare at the sun (or more accurately the moon) the whole time. Wicked awesome!

And being on top of a mountain, we could see the shadow come and go. We could also see Mt. Hood off in the distance lit up in the sun. The hype was very much warranted.

Long Con wrote:"I don't do anything commonly"

Whatever this means, I'm in the same boat.

nutella wrote:On that note, I was just finally looking up the games I've won to put them in my sig, and I realized that Heists don't seem to have banners? Is that intentional/not going to change?

gosh I've won so few games... but then I haven't even played very often so it's all relative. If I still had all my banners from the LP/Piano days it would be a monster sig.

Well you've managed to outwit me in each game listed in your sig (aka, I was on the opposing team).

How did Stanley Parable end again? I just remember being the first one to die in that game.

Golden wrote:

Marmot wrote:My ears are burning.

Stop, drop and roll.

How can we sleep while our beds are burning?

My ears are burning.

Epignosis wrote:

juliets wrote:Pistig hr a a tet tosee i smtg is wng wit mycmuter.

You should get that checked out.

As per your real life story, I haven't much to offer aside from well wishes to you. I have little knowledge of such relationships and can only gather what I observe through others'.

But remember to keep your friends and loved ones close!

timmer wrote:Other random note... is there anything good about Microsoft Edge? This stupid program always gives me the cached version of The Syndicate. I cannot see the current state of the website without hitting refresh first, even if hours have gone by. WTF? I can't find a way to fix this.

I'm pretty sure it's just a rebranding of Internet Explorer, but I could be wrong there.

I prefer Firefox or Chrome instead.

Anyone have any music media players they recommend? I'm looking for what to install on my new laptop, and I read that the new iTunes (version 12) is awful.

Golden wrote:One of my birthday presents was an 'escape the room' experience, which I've always wanted to try.

What's particularly amusing, though, is when I looked at the 'plot' of the room. I quote "Your mission is to infiltrate and investigate the Syndicate’s headquarters, discover what their evil plans are, and put a stop to them."

http://www.escapemate.co.nz/index.php/booking/

Shhhhhh, no talking about ongoing mafia games outside the thread.

"SPOOK"



(pretend it rhymes)

"TOOK"

I forgot to mention this.

I went to a social gaming event in our department at Uni a couple weeks ago, and someone had brought Mafia. Being that I was one of just a couple people who had played before, I offered to proctor a game. We ended up getting 15 people to play in the second round that I modded (after just 7 in the first). I'll say, it was a mighty difficult task to create a balanced and interesting setup on the spot for such a large group. But it was a ton of fun. It was also a little difficult to keep track of everything but I somehow managed without pen-and-paper. Overall, it went smoothly and mafia kicked ass.

I think I had balanced things relatively well. There were 10 civilians, 4 mafia, and 1 neutral. There were 3 power roles among the civilians, a cop, doctor, and bodyguard. But a large majority of players had never played before. There was a definitely noticeable mob psychology during every lynch. The newer players tended to follow each other or someone who looked/acted like they knew what they were doing. This is a drastic difference to party mafia I'd played before where you have a group of experienced players. It was fascinating to observe.

thellama73 wrote:

Long Con wrote:Great idea, thesock73!

Also, I thought the space-God version of your avatar was pretty snazzy.

Why are you guys all so anxious to piggyback on TheFloyd's name?

Why would I want to piggyback on Floyd's name? The greatest band of all time released their first album in 1974. Who cares about '73?

thellama73 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm contemplating a change in my sock. Should I do it? I've had this one on for a while now.

I've contemplated a name change for a while.

People call me marmot anyway, why not just change it to that to make things easier?

But then we'd have to come up with a new nickname for you to avoid calling you by your actual username.

I could call myself themarmot74. It's an extremely unique handle of a format which I've never seen before.

What do you think?

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm contemplating a change in my sock. Should I do it? I've had this one on for a while now.

I've contemplated a name change for a while.

People call me marmot anyway, why not just change it to that to make things easier?

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I know a great number of people who care nothing about football but watch every year anyway. Why?

Spoiler: show

The commercials.

I will never understand that. The whole reason I love Netflix and other similar services is the lack of commercials. Commercials suck.

I concur 100%. Commercials are the worst (except the ones with marmots in them).

Well, I wouldn't argue with that exception.

The commercials are generally tailored to be more entertaining than to actually advertise their products (which, ironically, works in their favor).

Television isn't an entertainment format I particularly enjoy.

That, and advertisements are the worst.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I know a great number of people who care nothing about football but watch every year anyway. Why?

Spoiler: show

The commercials.

I will never understand that. The whole reason I love Netflix and other similar services is the lack of commercials. Commercials suck.

I concur 100%. Commercials are the worst (except the ones with marmots in them).

I used to watch the Super Bowl. But nowadays, unless the Bengals are in it, I don't have any interest.

juliets wrote:

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

Agreed.

The feeling is mutual.

Mongoose wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

A Person wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Your body + gravity + Youtube = Yoga sessions

I can't do it at home

Epi is right. YouTube is a wealth for good classes. I recommend Lesley Fightmaster channel because she has a flow ir class for every body, need, level, time amount, etc. I often do her classes when I can't make it to the studio.

I have a friend who's leading a workshop she created on yoga for rock climbers. I'm signed up and definitely attending!

That's fantastic! A lot of the yoga studio owners I know in St Pete are also rock climbing enthusiasts (both indoor and outdoor).

I've talked to her about it before. She said she's had a hard time finding a studio that will cater to that mindset here in Eugene. As she tells me, a lot of people she has worked with consider rock climbing to be detrimental to yoga fitness (and vice versa). Primarily, flexibility is important in yoga, while rigidity is important in climbing.

My friend says they're great for balancing each other out. I'm surprised there are so many folks out there that disagree. Or maybe they're just firm in their beliefs.

I don't know that much about yoga, only done a few classes myself. But I had assumed yoga could supplement almost any lifestyle effectively, depending on the person's need.

Mongoose wrote:

A Person wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Your body + gravity + Youtube = Yoga sessions

I can't do it at home

Epi is right. YouTube is a wealth for good classes. I recommend Lesley Fightmaster channel because she has a flow ir class for every body, need, level, time amount, etc. I often do her classes when I can't make it to the studio.

I have a friend who's leading a workshop she created on yoga for rock climbers. I'm signed up and definitely attending!

Mongoose wrote:Pinot Noir is my favorite wine, but all my work friends (minus dear Crystal) assumed I am a white wine drinker. Oh man. Would you have assumed I'm a white wine drinker? What does this mean? Am I having a white wine crisis of faith? I don't think there is anything wrong with white wines or white wine drinkers, but that is so just so dispositively not me.

I'm a big fan of Pinot Noirs too. Malbecs would fight with those as my favorite type of wine.

Also, I definitely prefer reds to whites.

thellama73 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:This is a very sllllooooooowwwwwwww day.

Somebody post something entertaining.

For the love of god, yes.

Spoiler: show

Spoiler: show

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:This is a very sllllooooooowwwwwwww day.

Somebody post something entertaining.

For the love of god, yes.

Epignosis wrote:

A Person wrote:party at epi's house

No kidding. The store is remodeling and apparently they have loads of "out of season" cases that they have to get rid of ASAP. The original prices of each bottle ranged from $7.99 to $14.99.

One lady was asking me about a pinot noir, and didn't know if she'd like it, but then said, "Well for a dollar I can learn to like it." She promptly went back to get a cart.

Sounds like it's a good idea to keep an eye on what liquor stores are up to.

sig wrote:Only 102 days until summer break.

Which means only like 207 more days until my next semester.

Wowsa! That's awesome!

Our summer break isn't for another 146 days.

thellama73 wrote:I have a press pass for the inauguration. I'm not allowed to post about it on social media or the secret service will come get me.

If I post about it, will they come after me or you?

Thanks for posting that G-Man. As a student who will soon be going into repayment, I find this information informative and hopefully useful. I'm lucky I'm entering a field in an area where it will be a piece of cake to find a good paying job to repay those debts. But to be honest, I never knew there was anything other than deferment.

I'm proud of you for sticking to your guns and being as good a person as you could. I can't imagine it's an easy thing to do in that environment.

Also, I only read this because it wasn't in the Politics Thread.

Drawers are best in pairs.

What is the purpose of a furniture with a single drawer?

Epignosis wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Obligatory random bump.

I hope you don't find one of those after a one night stand.

I found not just one, but a dozen.

Obligatory random bump.

I'm on slack sometimes.

Epignosis wrote:

I read this the other day, almost posted it here too.

I learned something new the other night. Every good minimalist has a hair-dryer.