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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:15 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:58 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Thus concludes this year's Socky Awards. Thank you to everyone who made the Year of the Lockdown a pleasant one in our community. And congratulations to all of the winners.
by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:56 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominees

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@Black Rock
@Dragon D. Luffy
@dunya
@Dyslexicon
@G-Man
@MacDougall
@Marmot
@sabie12
@sprityo
@Turnip Head
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Lifetime Achievement Announcements:

dunya
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JaggedJimmyJay wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:11 am I am privileged and proud to induct this user into The Syndicate's Lifetime Achievement company. Their Mafia journey is older than my own by a month or two, and I've watched them grow into the game from one site to another. Their capacity for pure intuition in a game otherwise largely ruled by meta, analysis, or flat guessing is second to none. That's a reputation they've carried for nearly a decade now, and everywhere they've gone it has been proven again and again -- sometimes despite their insistence that it's overstated. ;)

Now they're among the most feared and beloved players on the site regardless of alignment, and have become integral to our community on the website, in our Discord server, and abroad. They have worked with our staff on both platforms, as a game facilitator and a Discord moderator. They're extremely important to The Syndicate and to me personally, and I suspect this will come as a surprise to exactly nobody. And they touched poop once.

MacDougall
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Sloonei wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:05 pm If we think of the Lifetime Achievement Award as a recognition of the individual's contributions to The Syndicate alone, this user has earned it and then some: as a player, as a host, as an ambassador, and simply as a member of our community. Since joining the Syndicate, they've been one of our winningest players in the community. As a host, they've contributed some of our most memorable games in recent memory. This includes the largest game in the history of the Syndicate, an event which would have been impossible if not for this person's remarkable recruiting prowess and charisma. He was one of our Season 6 Champs representatives, and in that time he cemented himself at the top of the mafia hierarchy by being named a finalist.

But before that, I knew him from the early days of RYM Mafia, where he brought the same playful fieriness to every game. No one could make you laugh so hard while they were solving the game back then, and that's still true to this day, as evidenced by his consecutive Funniest Poster Sockys each of the previous two years. Throughout my own mafia lifetime, few people have contributed as much sheer fun as this person, regardless of when and where we've been playing. I'm thrilled and delighted to be presenting this award to the one true Mafia God. Now if only I could figure out how to read him.

Turnip Head
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JaggedJimmyJay wrote: Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:31 pm When I originally decided to join The Syndicate back in 2015, I was still in the middle of the Season 2 championship tournament. Three primary sources drove me here. First was a user we know here as a2thezebra, who often plugged this site in our RYM games. Then there was our founder M Plus 7, who had started playing with us at RYM just a short while prior. Finally there was one more Syndicate mainstay that I followed closely in their own tournament game immediately after my own, where they served as this site's first ever representative. They played a tight mafia game and made everyone here proud, but more importantly they did so with the class and respect that our site has come to be known for in outside circles.

That has never changed in the five years since, and it shows in the positive vibes and the fun that they bring to every game they play in (all while being more than formidable in any alignment). They also served for a good while as a site administrator, and they played a large part in showing me the ropes there when I eventually joined the team. Needless to say then, they have given quite a lot to The Syndicate, and this recognition is well deserved. They also kick our asses at Walrus pretty much every week. :suspish:
by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Most Valuable Player

Nominees

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@Alison
@DrWilgy
@Epignosis
@Hally
@MacDougall
@nutella
@Poison

Finalists

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Alison
Epignosis
MacDougall

Winner

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TIE!

Alison
MacDougall


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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:46 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Newcomer

Nominees

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@Alison
@Carotenoid
@Fatmo
@Hally
@MartinGG99
@Scirrus
@tedxtr
@Timsup2nothin
@tutuu

Winner

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TIE!

Alison
Hally
tutuu


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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:29 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Civilian

Nominees

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@Alison
@dunya
@Hally
@MacDougall
@novaselinenever
@nutella
@Sloonei
@TonyStarkPrime
@tutuu

Finalists

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Hally
MacDougall
nutella
tutuu

Winner

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MacDougall

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:27 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Host or Host Team

Nominees

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@Dragon D. Luffy
@Epignosis
@Epignosis & @MacDougall
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
@Sloonei
@sprityo

Finalists

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Epignosis
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
Sloonei
sprityo

Winner

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NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Racket

Nominees

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Banjo-Kazooie
Dopplegangsters
Grasslands
Making Friends and Enemies
Philosophers'

Finalists

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Banjo-Kazooie
Dopplegangsters
Grasslands

Winner

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Grasslands

@Dyslexicon

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:04 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Heist

Nominees

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Christmas Time is Here Again
Corrupt!?
Escape from Russia
Escape from Trump Tower
Space Invaders
Take Me Out at the Ballgame!
The Polka Heist
The Simpsons

Finalists

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Escape from Russia
Space Invaders
Take Me Out at the Ballgame!
The Simpsons

Winner

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Space Invaders

@Dragon D. Luffy

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:02 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Job

Nominees

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2019 Game of Champions
Assassin's Creed
Danganronpa
Pyre
Radiohead
Shadow Corridors
U-Pick Vol. II

Finalists

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2019 Game of Champions
Pyre
Radiohead
U-Pick Vol. II

Winner

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Radiohead Mafia

@Sloonei

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:54 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Role Use

Nominees

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@Alison in Shadow Corridors
@Dyslexicon in Escape from Russia
@Long Con in Coronavirus
@MacDougall in FTL
@Michelle in Dopplegangsters
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME in Philosophers'
@Russtifinko in Banjo-Kazooie
@Tranq in 2019 Game of Champions
@Wisp in Jack Attack
[The entire mafia team] in Pyre

Finalists

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MacDougall in FTL
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME in Philosophers'
Wisp in Jack Attack

Winner

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NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME in Philosophers' Mafia

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:54 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Spirit Award for Gameplay

Nominees

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@dunya
@Dyslexicon
@Epignosis
@Hally
@JaggedJimmyJay
@MacDougall
@Marmot
@novaselinenever
@nutella
@sabie12
@Sloonei
@TonyStarkPrime
@tutuu

Finalists

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dunya
Epignosis
Hally
MacDougall
tutuu

Winner

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TIE!

MacDougall
tutuu


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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:44 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Theme

Nominees

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2019 Game of Champions
Assassin's Creed
Chess
Coronavirus
Corrupt!?
Dopplegangsters
Escape from Trump Tower
LGBT+
Pyre
Radiohead
Space Invaders
The Polka Heist
The Simpsons
U-Pick Vol. II

Finalists

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Pyre
Radiohead
Space Invaders

Winner

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Pyre Mafia

@Epignosis

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:43 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Independent

Nominees

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@Dyslexicon
@Long Con
@MacDougall
@Poison
@Tranq

Finalists

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Dyslexicon
Long Con
Tranq

Winner

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Long Con

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:34 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Civilian Win

Nominees

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Dopplegangsters
Grasslands
Radiohead
Take Me Out at the Ballgame!
The Polka Heist
U-Pick Vol. II

Finalists

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Radiohead
U-Pick Vol. II

Winner

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Radiohead Mafia

@Alison
@TonyStarkPrime
@DrWilgy
@Dyslexicon
@juliets
@Hally
@Herm
@Long Con
@MacDougall
@Master Radishes
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
@Oddmerta
@staypositivefriend
@tedxtr
@Timsup2nothin
@tutuu

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:33 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Mafia Win

Nominees

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2019 Game of Champions (Master's Team)
Assassin's Creed
Banjo-Kazooie
Coronavirus
Corrupt!?
Escape from Russia
FTL
Pyre
Space Invaders
The Lion King

Finalists

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2019 Game of Champions (Master's Team)
Escape from Russia
Pyre
Space Invaders

Winner

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Space Invaders

@Alison
@MacDougall
@Rej
@Soneji

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Quote

Nominees

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@Carotenoid "nutella saiyan"
@Carotenoid "illuminati confirmed"
@Epignosis "Hee ho (Happy Anniversary)"
@Epignosis "Alas, it's barren"
@Epignosis and @Alison "Orgasmic misunderstanding"
@Kylemii "League of Legends Forum"
@Long Con "August 8, 2020"
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME "potato soup"
@novaselinenever "Good point"
@TonyStarkPrime "random poison"
@tutuu "the song of princess nutella"
@tutuu "the POE-letariat"
@tutuu "wind force dabs"
@Urist "Fish of the Day"

Finalists

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Epignosis "Hee ho (Happy Anniversary)"
Kylemii "League of Legends Forum"
Long Con "August 8, 2020"
TonyStarkPrime "random poison"
tutuu "the song of princess nutella"
tutuu "the POE-letariat"

Winner

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TIE!
TonyStarkPrime wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:54 pm Image
tutuu wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:39 am Princess Nutella reached for her sheath and put her hand on the handle of her dagger. She pulled it out in an arc, producing a whistling sound in the air.

"How dare you betray me!" she yelled, as she lunged forward, intending to pierce through MacDougall's heart.

Her dagger penetrated through flesh and bones. Blood splattered everywhere.

Shocked, MacDougall came to his senses. He looked downward and he saw Nanook, collapsing on the ground, with a dagger sticking out from his chest. He grabbed the dying man as his tears started running down his cheeks.

"W-w-why ... Nanook ... why?! Please stay with me. You'll be okay ... We will call the apothecary ... you'll be fine ... please don't go!"

Nanook, coughing blood, gathered all his remaining strength to mutter one final thing. "MacDougall .... t-t-these are my final words .... I ... lo-" his eyes turned blank. He passed away.

MacDougall looked at Princess Nutella with fire in his eyes. He lunged forward with the full intent to kill. The last thing he saw were the armored gauntlets of the castle guards grabbing hold of him and knocking him out.

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MacDougall slowly blinked. The darkness in front of him was starting to fade away. Along with it unfortunately the pain from his bruised face returned. He gasped.

"My own son... My own blood... What a disappointment" - said King JaggedJimmyJay, sitting on his giant golden throne, looking at Prince MacDougall with contempt. "I've given you everything you desire. All the fancy swords and lances, all the fastest horses in the West, all the riches our coffers can offer ... you know how much our kingdom needed that alliance. Your marriage with Princess Nutella was pivotal for the survival of our people. And you threw that away. Thousands of people will suffer as a result of your consequences. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"

Prince MacDougall remained silent. He was looking at his father's eyes, his eyes full of anger and hatred. His pride didn't allow him to utter a word.

"I thought so" said King JaggedJimmyJay with a sigh. "He needs to receive his punishment. Guards, throw him where I instructed you."

A sack was put over MacDougall's head, rendering him unable to see. He was roughly grabbed and forced to walk.

After some time the sack was pulled. The loud echo of a door being slammed was heart. Then, a key being turned, locking it. MacDougall looked around. He was alone in an empty room, dimly lit by the two torches at the sides of the door he came through.

There was a rusty sword, a battered axe, and a splintered old shield. Puzzled, MacDougall pulled out the sword. He remembered the great old days when he used to fence.

Suddenly, the rustling of chains and metal was heard. A large door on the other side of the room was being slowly lifted up. Underneath it, the blinding sunlight was being reflected by the golden sand. The cries of crowd cheering was heard all throughout the Arena. Three armed men were rushing out of the other doors being opened into the center. MacDougall slowly stepped forwad.

Timsup2nothing, a Retiarius gladiator, threw his net on one of his approaching opponents, sprityo, and hurled his trident at JPIC, the other one.

sprityo was caught in the net and stumbled and fell on the ground. He desperately tried to slash it open.

Meanwhile, JPIC ducked at the last moment and barely managed to dodge Tim's trident. He approached the now unarmed man with his Gladius. But coming from behind, MacDougall tripped him over and bashed his head, rendering him unconscious.

Tim picked up JPIC's weapon and slashed at MacDougall, intending to catch him offguard. However, sprityo who finally managed to set himself free, tackled Tim. The two men wrestled on the ground, blood and sand mixing up all around them. MacDougall approached, grabbed them both by their heads and bashed them against each other, rendering them unconscious.

The crowd roared. "BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD" they kept chanting. MacDougall looked around and saw his father, sitting at the center balcony. King JaggedJimmyJay stood up, looked around, and smiled. He put his hand forward and his thumb up. Then slowly rotated the hand downards, resulting in a thumbs down.

MacDougall knew how cruel and merciless his father was. He demanded that he killed one of the other fighters, and if he disobeyed, all would be dead instead.

Timsup2nothing, sprityo and JPIC were all lying unconscious in front of him. MacDougall picked up his sword and looked at it. He had to make a choice.

Which was the right choice? - he asked himself

TO BE CONTINUED
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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Funniest Poster

Nominees

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@Epignosis
@Kylemii
@MacDougall
@Master Radishes
@TonyStarkPrime
@tutuu

Finalists

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Epignosis
MacDougall
TonyStarkPrime
tutuu

Winner

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tutuu

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:14 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Spirit Award for the Community

Nominees

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@boo
@dunya
@Hally
@JaggedJimmyJay
@juliets
@MacDougall
@nutella
@sabie12
@Sloonei
@tutuu

Finalists

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boo
juliets
Sloonei
tutuu

Winner

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boo

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by Sloonei
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:13 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Mafioso

Nominees

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@Alison
@Dyslexicon
@G-Man
@Hally
@Jackofhearts2005
@Long Con
@Marmot
@MacDougall
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
@Poison
@Sloonei
@tutuu

Finalists

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Alison
Hally
Long Con
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME

Winner

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Alison

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by Sloonei
Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:55 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

G-Man wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:20 pm
Sloonei wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:59 pm Attention everyone: We are planning to reveal the winners this Sunday, the 31st, beginning at 6 PM EST.

Commence hyping.
Sheesh. You are soooo lucky that the Pro Bowl was canceled or I would have been starting my postgame nap when the Sockys start.
We've been consulting with Roger Goodell so as to avoid scheduling conflicts.
by Sloonei
Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Attention everyone: We are planning to reveal the winners this Sunday, the 31st, beginning at 6 PM EST.

Commence hyping.
by Sloonei
Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:19 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Canadians operate on metric time.
by Sloonei
Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:30 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Long Con wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:00 pm I could still vote. Maybe I'll break your ties.
Word. If anyone else wants to get a late ballot in today, we can count it.
by Sloonei
Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:48 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Hey everybody! Today is the last day to get your Socky votes in. So do that if you haven’t already! And then get hyped!
by Sloonei
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:43 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Most of the categories are either tied, or are separated by just a single vote. YOU can make a difference. Your vote matters. Something something fair and balanced election.
by Sloonei
Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:20 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Sockys2020 wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:07 am ~ Voting will be open for at least 3 weeks starting immediately. That means the tentative deadline for Sockys voting is set for January 19th.
By golly, that's one week from today!
by Sloonei
Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:41 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Next person to vote gets a surprise.
by Sloonei
Sat Jan 02, 2021 2:52 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Best Role Use is usually the hardest category to vote in because it's impossible to remember or even be aware of how everyone used every role in every game. So what are some memorable ones from this year?

This one's recent, but it stuck out to me. In Doppelgansters, Michelle (playing as Maid) had a role that targeted a player and allowed that player to decide to make the poll a 2-way competition between themself and another player.
Michelle used it as reaction test to gauge the alignment of her targets. She got two shots and caught one mafia with it.
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Maid wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:27 pm Let's simplify things, I have no reason not to claim completely, I'm vanilla now and I have no motivation for RP, it would be much easier to RP like Michelle or Nurse, for example, but I never had the chance to play with Made and I can't understand her style good enough to win the RP bonus.

I can give 2 x one shot gladiator, my first one was for Nutellaphant, night 2 I kept my action because the first shot was not used and I targeted 1337 last night.

A townie can use this to clean up and fight his first suspect, but 1337 was very quiet, as was Nutphant when she received my action.

Those who are scared of death are the mafia usually, and 1337 is scared, they showed this from the very beginning.
Maid wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:41 pm Who is not brave enough to use the shot, does not care enough for who is lynched as long as they survive.
It's like a reaction test and it shows mindset, in my opinion. Abstaining is for mafia.
This is how I saw the usefulness of this role and I aimed at my first scum reads.
by Sloonei
Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:45 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

We're making another change: Because there's about 2 million newcomers this year, you can vote for up to 3 people in that category, and the top two vote getters will win.
by Sloonei
Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:10 am
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Attention everybody! We have made a slight change to the ballot. In the interest of being able to recognize more members of the community in more ways, we've decided to split the Spirit Award into two distinct categories this year:
Sloonei wrote: Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:26 am Spirit Award -- Community
Which member of the Syndicate do you feel best helped to create and sustain a positive community environment on the Syndicate in 2020? Defined however you choose. This category is meant to recognize an individual or individuals who contribute to the Syndicate community as a whole, not just in mafia games, in areas such as engagement, outreach, organizing activities, etc.

Spirit Award -- Gameplay
Which member of the Syndicate do you feel helped to create a fun, welcoming, and well-rounded mafia game experience in 2020? Defined however you choose. This category is meant to recognize an individual or individuals who contribute to the general quality and enjoyment of mafia games specifically on the site, whether as a player, host, moderator, etc.
2020 was a strange year all around, but one of the positives for us has been a steep increase in the number of new users joining our site and remaining engaged with the community. Traditionally the Spirit Award has been a combination of both of the things listed above, but given the number of ways in which our community has expanded and evolved over the last year-plus, it felt appropriate, at least for this year, to divide the award into each of these categories to better recognize the people who help keep The Syndicate going strong.

Feel free to discuss these awards openly and ask any questions if the distinction is unclear. If you've already submitted a ballot and would like to re-vote for these two categories, feel free to do so (also you can change or update your ballot as many times as you want anyway).

You may still vote for up to two people/games in every category, including each of these two.
by Sloonei
Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:52 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Marmot wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:57 pm
Sloonei wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:36 pm I started going through old games to jog my memory.

The Polka Heist had one of my favorite moments I've ever been part of. Starting about here, with under an hour left in Day 1, Dyslexicon, Quin, myself, and timmer were the only four people in the thread and all had mutual town reads on each other, and between us we had enough votes to decide on any chop we wanted. But the game had no clearly defined suspects at that point, so we just hopped around from one suspect to another until we found one we didn't all hate. We ended up being correct and the four of us, all by ourselves and completely unanimously, got a wolf chopped on Day 1. Town went on to win the game. It was POE in action.
And strangely, it's an example of CFD's having positive effects for town.
They're useful when used responsibly, counterproductive when used irresponsibly.

like cars or drugs
by Sloonei
Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

But I also missed a lot of stuff this year because I basically didn't play in any games on the Syndicate while champs was happening. Like, I assume Space Invaders was a fantastic game based on the way people talk about it and the sheer size of it, but I don't know what actually happened in it.
by Sloonei
Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:36 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
Replies: 129
Views: 7841

Re: 2020 Socky Awards

I started going through old games to jog my memory.

The Polka Heist had one of my favorite moments I've ever been part of. Starting about here, with under an hour left in Day 1, Dyslexicon, Quin, myself, and timmer were the only four people in the thread and all had mutual town reads on each other, and between us we had enough votes to decide on any chop we wanted. But the game had no clearly defined suspects at that point, so we just hopped around from one suspect to another until we found one we didn't all hate. We ended up being correct and the four of us, all by ourselves and completely unanimously, got a wolf chopped on Day 1. Town went on to win the game. It was POE in action.
by Sloonei
Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:49 am
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Re: 2020 Socky Awards

added some new quotes to the list, i wonder where they came from.

I had four of my posts submitted this year, and three of them came from April 8-9. I was on top of my game those days.
by Sloonei
Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:26 am
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Kids these days don't know the joy of playing a Black Rock & Long Con joint venture.
by Sloonei
Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:46 pm
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NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:26 pm
Boringboi666 wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:28 am idk what y'all do. maybe it's normal to policy execute inactives at whatever league of legends forum you guys came from.
Can we sneak this one in

It’s literal gold
If you want to send your entire folder of quote submissions to me and/or the socky account, I can add them.
by Sloonei
Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:05 pm
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nutella wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:58 pm I feel like I have a zillion other tutuu posts in mind that I must not have actually sent in
I consider the Radiohead submission to be a stand-in for the entire saga of Tutuu Writing Mafia Fanfic in that game.
by Sloonei
Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:03 pm
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NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:01 pm I have a whole folder of posts I meant to sub to the sockys and 100% forgot to

RIP
You still can, just don't tell the admins.
by Sloonei
Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:50 pm
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Take your socks off, go wild. Voting is open.
by Sloonei
Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:27 pm
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Keep your socks on
by Sloonei
Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:27 am
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Best Quote Nominees
The following posts were submitted as Best Quote candidates this year:
Good Point:
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novaselinenever wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:24 am
112 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:55 am.
Good point, I agree.

The Book of Mafia:
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ts account wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:20 pm
Dragomir wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:18 pm I need an explanation as to how I called out two townies and a scum bud. There has yet to be a single one and it's infuriating.
Would you like me to pull out the big imaginary book of mafia again?

Top of my class in scum hunting:
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MacDougall wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:02 pm
Dragomir wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:57 pm
MacDougall wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:56 pm
Dragomir wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:52 pm
MacDougall wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:47 pm We played a Fiddler on the Roof mafia once and it coined the phrase. It just generally means doesn't care about the town wincon but to me it also subtly implies that the person doesn't care about playing with the usual sense and reason either.
Ok, why do I appear like that?
My name is Artour Babaevsky. I grow up in smal farm to have make potatos. Father say "Artour, potato harvest is bad. Need you to have play professional Doto in Amerikanski for make money for head-scarf for babushka."I bring honor to komrade and babushka. Sorry for is not have English. Please no cyka pasta coperino pasterino liquidino throwerino.
Huh?
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little wolf? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the scum hunting, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Mafia Universe, and I have over 300 confirmed scum lynches.

I am trained in mafia theory and I’m the top wolf hunter in the entire syndicate. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words.

You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the INTERNETS and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking lynched, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can lynch you for at least 3 different reasons, and that’s without a single wallpost.

Not only am I extensively trained in scum hunting theory, but I have access to the entire arsenal of RateYourMusic.com back history and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the assassins creed mafia, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue.

But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it.

You’re fucking lynched, kiddo.

Utter poppycock:
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Sloonei wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:01 am
ts account wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:57 am
nutella wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:57 am I mean, it's sort of due to the fact that you backed up the silly flavor thing. That's just silly.
She has an eagle. It's already silly.
The sillyest of all, utter poppycock if you’ll pardon me, however, is this ludicrous suggestion, deprived of all empirical evidence, whereby a lone eagle could triumph over an entire seaward vessel! I will not have it.

The Birds and the Bees:
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Sloonei wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:08 pm
nutella wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:07 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:05 pm
Sloonei wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:01 pm i'm gonna design a mafia game where players need to communicate via pheromones.
cumming soon
Wtf this is from a year ago and I didn't know it existed. Foul. There are children on this website. :disappoint:
How do you think they got here?

The Golden Apple:
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Sloonei wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:17 pm We have two players who weren’t in the game for two days and now are here for one phase only after passing me a golden apple that shoots people. Tony can have a weird role.

Texas:
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Long Con wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:23 am
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:44 pmCould be that Texas asshole too maybe?
You're really gonna have to narrow that down.

Holding grudges:
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TonyStarkPrime wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:49 am
Jackofhearts2005 wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:34 am I think it's Hyena because I don't want it to be Speedchuck and I think it's Speedchuck because I don't want it to be Hyena.
Careful, last time I said this Sloonei lynched me.
Sometimes I feel like I hold grudges for too long, but then one of y’all will be like “in 2013 Epi lynched me for this wrong reason” and I realize we’re all petty.

Scum can't hurt us if we hurt ourselves:
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Dyslexicon wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:48 pm
Hey, I just thought of something.
What if we lynch Nutella D1? Scum can't hurt us if we hurt ourselves first. Take the control back. Take the power. Get rekt, scum.

Carotenoid's Adventures in Mech-solving, Part 1:
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Carotenoid wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 3:12 pm aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

so

I was trying to mech solve this game (which I deeply regret for a variety of reasons)
and then

I
realized
that
i
miscounted
the
number
of
players
so
everything i did
doesn't work
because
it doesn't
start
with
the
right
number
of players
and
now
I'm
mad

The notes, Part 2:
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Carotenoid wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:43 pm
protocultures wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:35 pm
Carotenoid wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:03 pm hey proto I have some solid proof I'm town

are you ready to see it? :goofp:
I mean yes unless it helps aliens.
:goofp:
Look, this is how I did the second part of my mechanic predictions. It has been in my backpocket for a whole day now.
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Image

Boon-kair, Part 3
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MacDougall wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:41 pm
Epignosis wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:41 pm
dunya wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:23 pm
protocultures wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:19 pm okay, so then I query why your notes on the paper are in english and not french.

I suspect its a fake if I had to choose GTH. Sorry.

Its in english for us to read it and townread you.
bunker is literally the french word for bunker also

so
:haha: :haha: :haha:

I'm done.
But it's pronounced boon-kair

Immeasurable Indifference:
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nutella wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:58 am
leetic wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:50 am
DS. wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:49 am
leetic wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:45 am
JiwonMeganPark wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:45 am Sorry, I think I misclicked the vote button~ I am still voting for leetic~

Also DS, I've read the thread but that joke seems unplaced~
Who's my partner?
How fast do games usually go here that you think people would even have an answer to this yet?
My point was that if you look there are few people if any who have partner equity with me. It was more a callout of the hastiness surrounding my wagon.
the amount that i dont care about this is immeasurable

nutella saiyan:
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Carotenoid wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:56 pm Image

Protowild:
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Epignosis wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:01 pm
protocultures wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:59 pm
Epignosis wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:56 pm proto wild as hell
good wild or bad wild?
This kind of wild:

Image

Potato Soup:
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NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:14 pm
KitsuShel wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:12 pm
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:59 pm
Do you have a favorite meal?
That is an odd question, but I’m sure you have a reason. Anything I don’t have to cook since that’s my job, lol. But I’d eat potato soup every day...
K you’re definitely town no mafia claims potato soup for their favorite meal

Hee ho (Happy Anniversary)
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Epignosis wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:04 pm
Hally wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:58 pm
Epignosis wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:54 pm I've come off back-to-back losses and it's my anniversary and the wife has gone to bed and I'm hungry.
hee ho happy anniversary!
Well...

I'm a he, and she's a ho.

:shrug:

An Orgasmic Misunderstanding:
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Alison wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:48 am
Epignosis wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:44 pm
Alison wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:45 pm and I generally believe that having to fake orgasmic back and forths with a partner amps up the awkwardness
Honey, I can tell you some stories... :disappoint:
ORGANIC

I MEANT ORGANIC

Ted Cruz:
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Jackofhearts2005 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 11:46 pm "Glad to see Ted Cruz alive and well."

Things I never thought I'd say.

Fish of the Day:
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Urist wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:52 pm
Scirrus wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:43 pm it leaves the door open for someone else to pen a circle of life parody later on which i'll keep my fingers crossed for
there's a good saying that comes from my home country, Carpe Diem. it's french for "Fish of the Day". it reminds us that every moment is fleeting, and something that is here one day may be gone the next, so you should seize what time you have to write the song yourself

Juliets' Goat Farm:
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Dyslexicon wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:53 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:43 pm
Dyslexicon wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:33 pm This is a goat farm.
want to see if juliets is cool with living on an icelandic goat farm?
I can hammer if it is majority vote =p

Revealingly Adverby:
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Long Con wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:07 am I find Alison's hard dedication to a POE with her in it to be a possible ploy for cred. I found some of her recent posts too rigid at best, revealingly adverby at times, and suspicious at worst.

[VOTE: alison] aubergine

Illuminati Confirmed:
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Carotenoid wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:19 pm Image
112 1612 = 666 ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

August 8, 2020:
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Long Con wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:16 pm

The Song of Princess Nutella, Part 1:
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tutuu wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:39 am Princess Nutella reached for her sheath and put her hand on the handle of her dagger. She pulled it out in an arc, producing a whistling sound in the air.

"How dare you betray me!" she yelled, as she lunged forward, intending to pierce through MacDougall's heart.

Her dagger penetrated through flesh and bones. Blood splattered everywhere.

Shocked, MacDougall came to his senses. He looked downward and he saw Nanook, collapsing on the ground, with a dagger sticking out from his chest. He grabbed the dying man as his tears started running down his cheeks.

"W-w-why ... Nanook ... why?! Please stay with me. You'll be okay ... We will call the apothecary ... you'll be fine ... please don't go!"

Nanook, coughing blood, gathered all his remaining strength to mutter one final thing. "MacDougall .... t-t-these are my final words .... I ... lo-" his eyes turned blank. He passed away.

MacDougall looked at Princess Nutella with fire in his eyes. He lunged forward with the full intent to kill. The last thing he saw were the armored gauntlets of the castle guards grabbing hold of him and knocking him out.

----

MacDougall slowly blinked. The darkness in front of him was starting to fade away. Along with it unfortunately the pain from his bruised face returned. He gasped.

"My own son... My own blood... What a disappointment" - said King JaggedJimmyJay, sitting on his giant golden throne, looking at Prince MacDougall with contempt. "I've given you everything you desire. All the fancy swords and lances, all the fastest horses in the West, all the riches our coffers can offer ... you know how much our kingdom needed that alliance. Your marriage with Princess Nutella was pivotal for the survival of our people. And you threw that away. Thousands of people will suffer as a result of your consequences. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"

Prince MacDougall remained silent. He was looking at his father's eyes, his eyes full of anger and hatred. His pride didn't allow him to utter a word.

"I thought so" said King JaggedJimmyJay with a sigh. "He needs to receive his punishment. Guards, throw him where I instructed you."

A sack was put over MacDougall's head, rendering him unable to see. He was roughly grabbed and forced to walk.

After some time the sack was pulled. The loud echo of a door being slammed was heart. Then, a key being turned, locking it. MacDougall looked around. He was alone in an empty room, dimly lit by the two torches at the sides of the door he came through.

There was a rusty sword, a battered axe, and a splintered old shield. Puzzled, MacDougall pulled out the sword. He remembered the great old days when he used to fence.

Suddenly, the rustling of chains and metal was heard. A large door on the other side of the room was being slowly lifted up. Underneath it, the blinding sunlight was being reflected by the golden sand. The cries of crowd cheering was heard all throughout the Arena. Three armed men were rushing out of the other doors being opened into the center. MacDougall slowly stepped forwad.

Timsup2nothing, a Retiarius gladiator, threw his net on one of his approaching opponents, sprityo, and hurled his trident at JPIC, the other one.

sprityo was caught in the net and stumbled and fell on the ground. He desperately tried to slash it open.

Meanwhile, JPIC ducked at the last moment and barely managed to dodge Tim's trident. He approached the now unarmed man with his Gladius. But coming from behind, MacDougall tripped him over and bashed his head, rendering him unconscious.

Tim picked up JPIC's weapon and slashed at MacDougall, intending to catch him offguard. However, sprityo who finally managed to set himself free, tackled Tim. The two men wrestled on the ground, blood and sand mixing up all around them. MacDougall approached, grabbed them both by their heads and bashed them against each other, rendering them unconscious.

The crowd roared. "BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD" they kept chanting. MacDougall looked around and saw his father, sitting at the center balcony. King JaggedJimmyJay stood up, looked around, and smiled. He put his hand forward and his thumb up. Then slowly rotated the hand downards, resulting in a thumbs down.

MacDougall knew how cruel and merciless his father was. He demanded that he killed one of the other fighters, and if he disobeyed, all would be dead instead.

Timsup2nothing, sprityo and JPIC were all lying unconscious in front of him. MacDougall picked up his sword and looked at it. He had to make a choice.

Which was the right choice? - he asked himself

TO BE CONTINUED

Friendship Ended With Marcher Jovian:
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nutella wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:48 pm Image

Alas! It is barren:
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Epignosis wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:40 pm
Long Con wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:38 pm
Epignosis wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:37 pm
Poison Chan wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:35 pm Idk if it's angleshooting or not, if Epigonis can vote for the writer they may as well play a little with us? If this is called angleshooting then don't listen to me.
Voting for my favorite Russian writer is easy and fun.

If you have grievances with my participation, you are welcome to state them.
Already done, my dude!
Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Alas! It is barren. :(

The Titanic/Slooneardo Dicaprio:
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Hally wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:53 pm this is like that scene from the titanic where they chopped sloonei

Random Poison:
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TonyStarkPrime wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:54 pm Image

The POE-LETARIAT
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tutuu wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:10 pm HOW DOES IT FEEL

HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING IN THE POE

YALL LOOK AT US FROM ABOVE

AS IF WE WERE DIRTY PEASANTS ROLLING IN THE MUD WITH THE PIGS, AND YALL WERE HIGH AND MIGHTY ARISTOCRATS

"PFF, LOOK AT TUTUU AND NANOOK, THESE DIRTY PEASANTS, IMAGINE BEING AT THE POE - LOOOOOOOL" THE BOURGEOUISE SAID

BUT HOW THE TIDES HAVE TURNED

NOW ME AND NOOK ARE DINING ON FINE WINE AND TRUFFELS WHILE SPF AND THUNAL ARE OUR MAIDS AND SERVICING US

*SNAP* TUTUU SNAPS HER FINGERS - SPF, SWEETHEART, BRING ME SOME MORE OF THAT DELICIOUS FRENCH WINE!!!

*YESSS YESSS YOUR QUEEN* - SAYS SPF

*SNAP* NANOOK SNAPS HIS FINGER - THUNAL, DEAR, I WANT MORE ROASTED LAMB!!!

*HUFF PUFF HUFFP UFF* HURRIES THUNAL, BRINGING KING NANOOK HIS MEAT

Light Role Madness:
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TonyStarkPrime wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:17 pm Games without vanilla villagers are usually called "light role madness" i think

Unraveling the Mysterious Universe, Part 1:
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Sloonei wrote: Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:55 am The first nanook game I played featured two separate game threads competing alongside each other.
The second nanook game I played featured two players who started the game outside the thread and could influence it from above.
This is the third nanook game I've played, and it started with 25% of the roster out of the thread, and now two additional players have been extracted along with three deaths.

This is to say I don't really know what's going on, but nanook likes mechanics that take people outside the game thread.
I have comfortable reads on most of the players in here right now.

Unraveling the Mysterious Universe, Part 2:
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Quin wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:36 pm If we're talking about game balance, explain to me how a 5-mason team with a spokesperson keeping the other 4 safe from lynching/targetting from Day 1 can exist without there being at least one mafia and still be balanced.

Unraveling the Mysterious Universe, Part 3:
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Alison wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:13 pm
nutella wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:26 pm My role said I could target anyone and if they were the "right person" they would die, if they weren't nothing would happen. In a previous Nanook game TSP had a similar role and the "right person" was LC so I was sort of memeing about that in thread with TSP and thought it would be funny if it actually was LC again, so I sent it in not really expecting it to go through but when it did it was hilarious
LC was "Dimwitted Government Agency Man". Enrique was "Magic Man".

Is there a possibility that your role kills people with "man" in their role name? I could see nanook writing up all the roles and being like "oh shit, I have a bunch of role names that end in 'man', I should make a role that can only kill those". It would be on-brand for his sense of humor I think.

League of Legends Forum:
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The Grumple wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:28 am idk what y'all do. maybe it's normal to policy execute inactives at whatever league of legends forum you guys came from.
by Sloonei
Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:26 am
Forum: Events
Topic: 2020 Socky Awards
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Re: 2020 Socky Awards

Award Categories
Individual game categories:
Which game in each category do you feel was the best overall in that category? Defined however you choose.
Note that Special games/Sit Downs have been included in whichever category best fits the individual game’s format.


Best Job/Full Game
Because Speed games/Side Missions were absorbed into the Jobs category this year, all Side Missions that ran in 2020 have been included in this category.
The following games are eligible for this award:
Best Heist/Classic Game
The following games are eligible for this award:
Best Racket/Light Game
The following games are eligible for this award:
Best Theme
Which of the above 2020 games from any category had the best theme? Defined however you choose.

Best Civilian Team Win
Which 2020 game do you feel featured the best team civilian victory? Defined however you choose.

Best Mafia Team Win
Which 2020 game do you feel featured the best mafia team victory? Defined however you choose.

Individual player awards:

Best Host or Host Team
Which Host/Hosting tandem do you feel provided the best game experience(s) in 2020?

Best Civilian
Which individual player do you feel had the best civilian performance of 2020, either across the whole year or in any individual game, or a combination of both? Defined however you choose.

Best Mafioso
Which individual player do you feel had the best mafia performance of 2020, either across the whole year or in any individual game, or a combination of both? Defined however you choose.

Best Independent
Which individual player do you feel had the best independent/3rd party performance of 2020, either across the whole year or in any individual game, or a combination of both? Defined however you choose.

Best Newcomer
Which member of the community who played their first Syndicate game in 2020 do you feel performed the best or had the greatest impact on the Syndicate community this year? Defined however you choose. Vote for up to 3 individuals. Top 2 will win. The following people are eligible for this award:
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1612
Adam_
Alison
Amy
Apogee
Arete
Ash Lael
AWESOME-O
beeboy
BoKnows
bronana
Carotenoid
cassowary
cat
cayvie
chardonnay
cobbler
DaisyCloud
DJ Neutron Star
dov
DS.
Duskfall
dyachei
Ephemeral
Esooa
Exalt
falcon45ca
Fallen Prince
Fatmo
Hally
Hank
Herm
hollowkatt
Iwan
jeraldoo
JiwonMeganPark
Johann
jumpluff
Justplayingitcool
KitsuShel
KZA
Lavender
Lissa
Maple
Marcher Jovian
MartinGG99
mewtini
Mistyx
moth
Myo
Natalija
NIK
Oddmerta
okosan
outed wolf
protocultures
polypies73
PSINightmareEmpowerer
PunchyTheCat
Ranmilia
Relm
Samusamu
Scirrus
sheepsaysmeep
SilverKeith
staypositivefriend
Stupid Sexy Flanders
Syn
tedxtr
therealet
ThisIsNotAceMarvel
Thunal33
Timsup2nothin
TripleHaven
tutuu
Ultimate-Gamer
Urist
Vulgard
WerewolfHunter
Wisp
xalt
If you feel somebody has been overlooked that should be included, please mention them! Note that only players who played in their first game on The Syndicate in 2020 are eligible for this award. Not all users who registered in 2020 are eligible, and not all eligible users registered in 2020.

Best Role Use
Which individual player do you feel used the mechanics of their role the most effectively or in the most entertaining way in a game in 2020? Defined however you choose.

Most Valuable Player
Which player do you feel had the best overall performance across all games and all alignments on The Syndicate in 2020? Defined however you choose.

Spirit Award -- Community
Which member of the Syndicate do you feel best helped to create and sustain a positive community environment on the Syndicate in 2020? Defined however you choose. This category is meant to recognize an individual or individuals who contribute to the Syndicate community as a whole, not just in mafia games, in areas such as engagement, outreach, organizing activities, etc.

Spirit Award -- Gameplay
Which member of the Syndicate do you feel helped to create a fun, welcoming, and well-rounded mafia game experience in 2020? Defined however you choose. This category is meant to recognize an individual or individuals who contribute to the general quality and enjoyment of mafia games specifically on the site, whether as a player, host, moderator, etc.

Funniest Poster
Who made you laugh the most or the hardest on The Syndicate in 2020?

Best Quote
What was the best quote or post on the Syndicate in 2020? Nominees for this award will be detailed in a later post.



Lifetime Achievement Award
Last but far from least. This is the fourth appearance of this prestigious award. This can be viewed as a sort of "Hall of Fame" induction, not to be confused with the Hall of Fame forum on this site where we keep statistical track of each game and player. This award does not refer only to 2020 game play. It refers to the entire body of work (referring specifically to their Mafia play and/or hosting) for a player's time on this website from the day they registered.

Not everyone is eligible to be inducted this year. This will function similarly to an athletic Hall of Fame, like those seen for professional sports. This year, only players who joined The Syndicate in the year 2016 or earlier are considered to be eligible for a Lifetime Achievement Award. Last year the cutoff was at 2015, and now we have advanced it one year. Next year the cutoff will be 2017. Again, to be eligible for the Lifetime Achievement Award, your nominee must have joined the site during or before the year 2016.

Those who have already won this award are ineligible: Epignosis, M Plus 7, S~V~S, Long Con, juliets, Spacedaisy, insertnamehere, DharmaHelper, JaggedJimmyJay, nutella, and Sloonei

You may vote for three players here, and three players will be inducted. In the event of ties, the Socky Awards team will convene to come to a solution.

Everyone is eligible to vote for this award, including those who are not eligible to receive it.

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