The Syndicate

If it's not in there it wasn't by intent. It should be.

I was playing back portions of the full recorded game for shits and giggles, and I am struck by how perfect some of these moments are.

~ Rico's first post, immediately after I introduce Day 0, with the musical entry is wonderful to set the stage for the coming drama.

~ The first post after I declared the game over and left the mafioso to reveal himself was Epignosis claiming his victory via Pigs on the Wing Pt. 2, which is such a perfect closer.

~ The very last post-game recording is Rico again, with the melancholy American Pie fade-out. I love it.

Once I got into a rhythm it wasn't so bad. The entire game is downloaded into 446 separate recording files. I'll see if I can figure out how to bring them together with Audacity.

That motivated me though and I just completed the first 100 posts.

Very slowly, it's been a busy couple of weeks. Thankfully though there's still plenty of time before the recordings start going *poof*.

I was surprised you didn't reveal that you'd received a gift late in your eventual lynch day, Rico. While doing so might have neutralized your gift, it could have also amounted to a different LyLo arrangement.

I'm going to call the MVP "race". Some people haven't voted, but it's been 24 hours and frankly it's clear cut.

Congrats Epignosis. Here's my MS Paint best if you want it.

DharmaHelper wrote:I feel most badly about not playing this game due to my retirement, I might play Voc 2.

Do it.

I don't know if SpeakPipe recordings can be downloaded. If not, I'll try to replace them with Vocaroo re-dos. I was the only one using them anyway.

Note: Vocaroo recordings have a lifespan. After a few months they are deleted, but that doesn't mean our game has to fade from memory forever. Every recording can be downloaded.

So as time permits, I will try to download the game. I have no technical savvy, but I can probably figure out some way to get it all together into a cohesive unit. Or something.

Also, there's the matter of an MVP vote. This is technically the right of the players to decide even if might seem obvious. So send me your votes.

Epignosis wrote:I'd host Vocaroo Two.

New poll.

Epignosis wrote:What would 6 had done specifically?

"You have received a questionably mixed cocktail. For the duration of this day phase, you may not speak normally. You must make a minimum of three recordings, and within them you must read at least one paragraph of text from here."

Day 4 poll for statistical purposes:

Gift giver items:

Six-sided dice

1 - Magnifying glass (1-shot tracker)
2 - Sturdy rope (1-shot double vote)
3 - Tickets to the hottest tourist attractions in Iowa (1-shot commuter -- cannot be targeted the next night)
4 - Lucky penny (If recipient is in a coin flip scenario the next day phase, they'll automatically win)
5 - An overindulgent spoonful of peanut butter (must spend next day phase speaking with tongue on roof of mouth)
6 - Questionably mixed cocktail (temporary insanification)

Y'all can post in text now if you want. Or don't if you don't.

All game actions

Day 3, not Night 3:

End of Night 2

Day 3 begins

End of Day 2

Coin flip details
Results

Night 2 24 hours

Sloonei wrote:Not much else to say RE: Rico. General thoughts?

Too much text

Ricochet wrote:

Made wrote:MY Day 1 Thoughts

This = recording of Elo

Made wrote: Rico and then everyone else
In defense of me

Two links = same recording??

Made wrote: Reads:
Elohcin
Epignosis

Will address tomorrow

Text/recording ratio bad

End of Night 1

Day 2 begins

Coin flip
End of Day 1

Night 1 begins

Day 0 24 hours

THREAD UNLOCKED

Link to Vocaroo

If you're on mobile, I recommend you try the app "SpeakPipe". It worked for me at least.

If anyone has any questions about anything, please give them to me PRIVATELY. I prefer to keep host influence to an absolute minimum.

The game begins in just under 10 minutes.

THE RULES ARE IN TEXT TO ENSURE EVERYONE SEES THEM BEFORE WE BEGIN.

~ Every on-topic post in this game will feature a vocal recording of some kind. The vast majority of the game will be recorded, and it is against the rules to use a lot of text.

~ You are permitted no more than FOUR WORDS OF TEXT per recording to describe the contents of each recording. This limitation is applied per recording, not per post. If you place multiple recordings in one post, you may use up to four words of text to describe each recording.

PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS RULE by posting very short recordings in a large quantity so that the majority of what you have to say is reduced to the textual descriptions. I won't devise a strict rule here, but if I feel anyone is veering off the intended spirit of the game -- a strong emphasis on voice recording -- I will intervene privately.

Example game post <~~~ Three words of text used to describe a recording with many more than three words spoken

~ In the sign-up thread I projected game cycles that would be 60/12. I am going to have to change this to 48/24, because polls do not allow for deadlines to be projected at a non-integer number of days. That's what we're all used to anyway, so it should be fine.

Cycles are 48/24. Day 0 will last 24 hours.

~ Please be even more conscious of gamesmanship than you already typically are. You're all great people and we'll have fun; I just want to ensure everyone is conscious of the different ways you might be perceived when you're speaking points rather than typing them.

~ When you want to place votes, please voice them in your recordings. You'll still use the poll as normal though. Votes can be changed at will.

~ Everyone is eligible to win with their factions dead or alive.

~ Role claiming and info-dumping are legal.

~ Self-voting is legal. Self-targeting is illegal. Double-targeting is illegal.

~ Tied tallies are randomized. A no lynch option will be included.

~ The game thread will be open during night phases and anyone may post. The mafia team will be permitted to communicate privately during all phases, and in private they will not be required to use voice recordings.

~ If you need to make an off-topic comment, you don't have to use a voice recording. Just be sure to use the proper green text via the <OT> tags, and please do not include any game-relevant information whatsoever in this text.

SETUP

~ Civilian 2-shot watcher

Twice during the game during any separate night phases you may select a player. You will be told who targeted that player if anyone.

~ Civilian 2-shot gift giver

Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will receive a randomly selected item.

~ 5 vanilla civilians

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~ Mafia 1-shot roleblocker / 1-shot ninja

Once during the game during any night phase, you may target a player. That player's role will not function.

Once during the game during any night phase, you may perform any night actions without risk of being seen by an investigative role.

You may use these actions on the same night or on separate nights; the choice is yours.

~ Mafia goon

PLAYERS
Epignosis - Survived - Mafia 1-shot roleblocker / 1-shot ninja

DECEASED
a2thezebra - Lynched on Day 1 - Mafia goon
MovingPictures07 - Killed on Night 1 - Civilian 2-shot watcher
Elohcin - Lynched on Day 2 - Vanilla civilian
DrWilgy - Killed on Night 2 - Vanilla civilian
Ricochet - Lynched on Day 3 - Vanilla civilian
Metalmarsh89 - Killed on Night 3 - Civilian 2-shot gift giver
Made - Lynched on Day 4 - Vanilla civilian
Sloonei - Killed at end game - Vanilla civilian