The Syndicate

In fact, I was just amused the other day that Efrim Menuck's latest solo is somewhat more palatable and focused than the last GYBE and that man's vocal chords simply refuse to ever find a pitch.

Completely ech. Even to Asunder I warmed up in time, mostly the last track.

I received a wicked package today, which brought along some nice memories.

( O ┰ω┰ O )

Someone must have told him in private to keep on keeping on, because persuasion can rule the game, sometimes.

Dom wrote:

Ricochet wrote:I've no idea why the Mafia didn't touch Jay, especially after the "outed" conversations, which you may also see as a recurent question in my notes. Quin posited in the chat that they might have feared his secrets (being bulletproof or redirecting the kill back at them), otherwise :shruggies:.

1) Easy lynch. If G-Man didn't get him off the poll, it would have been a good day to lynch him.
2) Feared his secrets.

Well, I wasn't far off in my assumptions, then. Still, it's one thing to not suspect who the SK might be and to keep him with good knowledge in the ring, when he could perhaps hurt your numbers. Which he eventually did.

Wrapping up with my customary spreadsheet of the game. The votes history was published already in real time. Don't think there's anything else left to address.

Thanks again and godspeed.

I've no idea why the Mafia didn't touch Jay, especially after the "outed" conversations, which you may also see as a recurent question in my notes. Quin posited in the chat that they might have feared his secrets (being bulletproof or redirecting the kill back at them), otherwise :shruggies:.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I thought Golden was very likely to be rezzed at some point.

Sleep yet again (although admittedly I sort of forgot this detail hidden in the lore).

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Then I stayed firm on 3J being the serial killer on the basis of a skipped kill. I saw through that bullshit.

I was actually told entering Night 8 that I was not allowed to kill that night. I need to look at all of Rico's details to see why that was; I'm not sure.

Sleep's secrets.

Epignosis wrote:Goddamn Rico.

wut

(Mechanic: All the GY!BE songs containing relevant spoken text that were converted into roles - i.e. the ones with quotes in their description - had secrets.

The Dead Flag Blues "I open up my wallet and it's full of blood" [Secrets] Civilian ninja (vigilante), with one kill to use during any Night phase, except Night 1.

A Person > never used it. (Shocker, I know.)

East Hastings "If money could buy optimism, my love..." [Secrets]Curses each Night a player to write all his posts in a "downer" style throughout the subsequent Day phase. Can choose the type of curse, but it must be in the proper style.

Scotty's picks

N1 > Golden > posts consisting only of unmodified lyrics from NIN's Hurt
N2 > JJJ [blocked]
N3 > (enhanced because of N2 poll)
MM > depressed posts about witnessing a marmot get run over
LoRab > posts that spell out S.A.D. or S.A.D.N.E.S.S.
N4 > [absent]
N6 > one sentence posts in which to decry the legitimacy of Christmas

Providence "But d'you think the end of the world is coming? So says the preacher man but... I don't go by what he says" [Secrets] Each Night, can make a guess on who the lynched player during the subsequent Day phase will be. If the guess is correct and the lynched player is civilian, the player will be protected. Ability will be exhausted after one save or three unsuccessful attempts.

Timmer's guesses

N1 > Scotty (proven wrong D2)
N2 > [abstained]
N3 > Metalmarsh89 (proven right D4, hence MM surviving)

Sunshine + Gasoline (2) "That's right they're just walkin' around doin' nothin', even on their own" Do not share BTSC and do not know each other's identity, but can send each other a message via the Host during each Night. Can win as a team. Their assigned roles can be affected by Storm. [Secrets] If Sunshine is lynched or night killed, its death will be followed by another Day phase (either the Night phase will be skipped or two Days in a row). Gasoline survives the first attempt on its life and redirects it by setting ablaze another player of its choice.

Once in the game, Sunshine and Gasoline can attempt at any point to switch roles between them. For this, they must send a message to the Host during a Night phase, in which to state their intent to role switch. If both messages state such intent, the switch will occur. If not, nothing will happen. Either player can still choose instead to send a normal message. However, they cannot perform both actions during the same Night. They are forbidden to send each other explicit messages in which to synchronise for performing a role switch.


Epignosis was targeted N1 by Vompatti (Moya) and chose to redirect it to... Vompatti!
Boomslang's death on N4 generated the N5 skip.

Boomslang and Epignosis exchanged messages constantly, until Boomslang died on N4. They never expressed intent to switch roles. They both strategized from N1 to figure out who they were via dropping hints and clues in the game thread. Epignosis got that solved right away, though not sure if Boomslang was certain all the way through, because he repeatedly asked Epignosis to keep posting martini shakin' emojis.

??? Casketjack The person who reported on social media to be in possession of the ALFOTHAD cassette, still alive after vanishing from the site. He actually got angered at the unreasonable requests from social media fans about distributing, leaking or sharing the content of ALFOTHAD. As such, he also does not want any player to know of Alfothad's (the player) identity.

Casketjack is listed as civilian, but begins as independent and knows Alfothad’s identity; Alfothad does not know the identity of Casketjack, but will search for him every night, in order to recruit him and gain BTSC. From that point, they can win as the last team standing. If Alfothad is lynched after recruitment occurs, Casketjack can replace him as the serial killer and keep their share win con active. Casketjack's vote for Alfothad in a lynch poll will be worth 0. If Alfothad unknowingly targets an unrecruited Casketjack with a nightkill, the action will fail, but only the first time it occurs.

If Alfothad never finds Casketjack and dies before doing so, Casketjack then reverts to a vanilla civilian. Casketjack's role description will be exposed if Motherfucker = Redeemer checks him, upon recruitment or if he is lynched or if Alfothad dies.

Sleep "They don't sleep anymore on the beach..." Sends a player to sleep during each Night, blocking his actions that Night and preventing him from posting and voting during the subsequent Day phase. If Moya is lynched or night killed, Sleep is the first to inherit the kill, in order to send a player to sleep forever. If Sleep kills, he cannot use his regular power during the same Night. [Secrets] If Sleep is lynched or night killed, his death will be followed by another Night (either the following Day phase will be skipped or two Nights in a row), with killing priviledges reserved only for the mafia team on the second Night.

N1 > block and incapacitate Sloonei
N2 > kill timmer [blocked]
N3 > kill Golden
N4 > kill ninjakyugou
N6 > kill timmer
N7 > kill Quin

His regular power was enhanced by the N4 poll, but he couldn't have used it twice on N6 unless deciding not to kill.
Dom's death on N7 generated the D8 skip.

Mladic "With his arms outstretched" Ecstatic dance of the tyrant. [Secrets] Insanifies a player each Night to write all his posts in an "ecstatic", "lunatic" or incomprehensible style throughout the subsequent cycle. Can choose the type of curse, but it must be in the proper style.

Focusing on the incomprehensible part, an Enigma code simulator (http://enigmaco.de/enigma/enigma.html) was chosen with specific rotor configuration imposed at all times.

N1 > insanify JaggedJimmyJay
N2 > insanify Dom [blocked]
N3 > insanify Epignosis
N4 > insanify Dom
N6 > insanify Metalmarsh89
N7 > insanify sig [bounced due to Day skip]
N8 > kill sig

All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling - further referenced as ALFOTHAD (the cassette) or Alfothad (the player).

Highly rare and esoteric (and, if we are to trust the two-track leak as genuine, completely nonsensical) first release by the band, self-released but limited to only 33 copies. In 2013 a person reported on a social network to be in possession of this legendary cassette. That person vanished from the website shortly afterwards. Nothing is known about the existence of the other 32 owners. The band is not interested in revealing the cassette to its fans. As such, Alfothad will clearly not want any other player to know of its identity. Alfothad will be alerted and start killing when [Secrets] he is targeted for the first time by anyone in the game, becoming an active killer the subsequent cycle. If he is role checked whilst alive, the checker will die. Alfothad will survive the first attempt on his life.

Casketjack, the person who reported on social media to be in possession of the ALFOTHAD cassette, is the secret player. He is aware of Alfothad's identity. Every night, Alfothad can search for him. If he finds him, he can recruit him, gain BTSC and win the game as a team. After recruiting him, if Alfothad is killed, Casketjack can take over his serial killer abilities and keep the win condition active. Upon recruitment, the condition to enable serial killing will be extended to Casketjack as well, however the one-time survival ability will not be inherited.

Alfothad's votes for Casketjack are worth 0, without the latter being made aware of this. Casketjack's role description will be exposed by Motherfucker = Redeemer's role checks, upon recruitment or if Alfothad dies.

N1 > targeted by Mladic, serial kill enabled; Casketjack search Scotty (not him)
N2 > kill Scotty, Casketjack search birdwithteeth11 [blocked]
N3 > kill Golden, Casketjack search ninjakyugou (not her)
N4 > kill Boomslang, Casketjack search birdwithteeth11 (not him)
N6 > kill Scotty
N7 > kill Dom

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INH (Static) never got to block anyone.
Wilgy1.0 (Storm) never messed with roles or BTSC.
Metalmarsh89 (Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls) used his mass block on Night 2.

LoRab (Motherfucker)
N1 > role check Epignosis (Gasoline) and Redeemer search MP (not him)
N2 > Redeemer search Golden [blocked]
N3 > role check Metalmarsh89 (Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls) and Redeemer search JaggedJimmyJay (not him)
N4 > Redeemer search Quin (success)
N7 > role check JaggedJimmyJay, which got her killed

Sloonei (D1-4) / Quin (D4 - ) (Redeemer)
N1 > Motherfucker search triceratopzeuhl [blocked (by Sleep)]
N2 > dead role check Vompatti, Motherfucker search JaggedJimmyJay [blocked]
N3 > Motherfucker search triceratopzeuhl (not him)
N4 > dead role check Golden (09-15-00 (1), unrezzable), Motherfucker search sig (fail, but found by LoRab)
N6 > dead role check Vompatti (Moya) [had intent to switch to Boomslang, with chances to rezz him, but was sent past deadline)

MovingPictures07 (D1-6) / G-Man (D6 - ) (We Drift Like Worried Fire)
N2 > remove timmer off poll [blocked]
N6 > remove JaggedJimmyJay from poll ( )

sig (Piss Crowns Are Trebled) never used his power

Vompatti (Moya) intended to kill Epignosis on Night 1 and look where that got him

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JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Does that mean I was lynched or I win?

You can breathe and rejoice now k.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Rico:

If the game is reduced to one civilian vote and one non-civilian vote, does the game end?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Ricochet: Does M=F learn the role of the player he/she targets on odd nights?

Isn't the ability to role check supposed to be self-explanatory?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:
Rico: can you clarify on whether Sunshine and Gasoline were allowed to identify one another by name?

I can only specify that infodump rules would apply to any form of anonymous communication.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Rico:

Do you intend on dealing with the phases any unique way on Christmas Day? This isn't to imply you should or shouldn't, just asking.

I'm hoping the game will conclude by then. If the next phase is decided to be 48h, that means it would conclude on Christmas Eve (the 24th). If by any shot of the imagination, there are steps to be resolved even beyond that, my expectations are to be able to do in quick tempo, on the spot.

To everyone: Christmas Eve, as far as I'm concerned, should not influence your 24 vs 48 decision. That poll is simply to decide which span is better for the next phase's proceedings.

(more like 25 k)

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Scotty wrote: @Rico
What does it mean to "treble" the vote?

Vote = 3

linki: oh you