The Syndicate

Good try guys. I think we had some good figure-outers on the civs and some luck that they stuck with the right choices.

It was a pleasure, and I hope to get it in the winners column next time with you boys!

Matt wrote:I'm bored. Nobody's here to play. Okay, off to watch Star Trek!

Side-note: Scotty, after seeing your avatar over and over, then remembering that Netflix carries all seasons of every Star Trek, I decided to binge 'em all! Gaaah!

I've seen all the movies and some of TOS and TNG, I liked 'em.

Good work! I'm very behind on my re-viewings.

After seeing your avatar over and over, I decided to vote Trump

She is about to sway Epi. If nutella does get lynched, and if Epi's case against Wilgy is not at all there, he could just vote Bullz tomorrow and it would be game over.

And no one would buy that SVS is bad, I mean hell, even Epi is not suspecting her really.

Bullzeye wrote:At this point I'm almost certainly going to be lynched while I'm not around to argue, so I really don't care what happens. It's not like I ever win anyway, I don't know why I thought this game would be any different. Sorry guys. I got really bad news when I woke up this morning and the rest of the day has just been a downward spiral for me. I can't play in this mood.

Yo man, if we lose we lose. ee gave it our best. Seriously, you should be proud of that. Sometimes people just get stuck in their ways of thinking and the cookie crumbles the wrong way.

Whatever happened to you this morning, take solace that you're not dead. Because then you'd be dead.

SVS wants us to read you, Matt.

I read you.

You are Matt.

Hah! Now what, SVS? I read him- now what?

Scotty wrote:Do you think it likely that down the line playing the bored civ card and not dying will make people wonder? I think having a little flak last phase was good for you overall, so you at least look a little dirty. The argument against why you aren't being killed by Mafia could be that you are a low-participating civ, and the Mafia might want you to stick around as well. So your strategy could be incredibly valid!

I believvvve

I still believvvvve

Matt wrote:Alright, so Epi hasn't responded to SVS yet, but he did just post and it looks like he's still eyeing nutella.

That's good right now!

Something we need to figure out assuming SVS doesn't get Bullz lynched today...

Do we kill SVS or not?

I'm not sure which looks better, tbh. I'm leaning on letting her live.

She might even question her own instincts if we let her live.

I was thinking about that, as I said earlier. But I do think killing her is our best option:

If we kill Epi, who is our current knight in shining armor, Wilgy and SVS- who have current doubts (even though Wilgy hasn't voted Bullz yet)- could just lynch Bullz and we will prolly lose. Plus to the lay observer, mafia killing one of the 2 most non-civ players throughout the game is a glaringly obvious strategy that these guys might pick up on.

If we kill SVS, then at least Wilgy can continue being a Doubting Dennis, and we still have a chance with Epi clearing us. It could look like framing being done for Bullz, and I think we would still have a chance to make it out.

Or. Epi could just wise up after his main target, nutella, is found to be civ, and vote Bullz.

Here here!

Bullzeye wrote:I just give up, today has been such a shitty day for me that I don't have the energy for mafia. Even if I do try to defend myself I'll just get the age-old accusation of overreacting and die for trying. I don't know why I play this game sometimes.

I just want to tell you good luck- we're all counting on you.

Typh did the same thing to me. They're 100% correct, but will also give you no outs when they're deadset in thinking you're bad. I dunno, man. It doesn't look great, and the fact that they even came to that conclusion based on not posting is one I don't think I would have noticed.

Just sit back a bit and see if you can last this round. I often have little pangs where I'm like wtf am I doing? Hell, I posted like 800 times in LC's Recruitment mafia, and didn't win. So whatever.

I don't know how she came to that conclusion so effortlessly. She and Typh have been very good this game. Probably should have killed her last night as well, but ehhh. Again, I don't think it will stick. Thiugh now she has opened the can of worms.

Yeesh. Killing her now may look guilty.

Yeah SVS has a very fine dog nose for Mafia this game apparently. Woof.

I agree with Matt here. Play it cool, but still honest that you maybe would bus a teammate. WIFOM that shit like you are Stanley from Prinxess Bridd.

the steward gave me free wine on the flight so 5 glasses in and I'm flat drunk. Let's win on for th gipper!

So 5 left, maybe Nutella gets lynched today.
You kill SVS tomorrow night like you say, then you're down to Wilgy and Epi for lylo. Epi has all but cleared you, and Wilgy is none the wiser.

Man, I really hope SVS doesn't say anything too damning. Ignore what I just posted, kill SVS next. She is the most civ-looking of the two of you and you only need to survive that one before it's a done deal.

That long winded Epi ISO post is like Ben Brantley rating your performance as outstanding on the opening night of your Broadway debut.

He's clearing you as civ.

Now if SVS comes back with some high falootin theory abou your badness, it might be a good idea to keep her around because of her penchant to suspect you. I don't know what concrete evidence she can come back with that counteract Epi's brilliant ISO on you. With a steady stream of suspicion coming from SVS it will give you more cred for the Mafia not killing you. the question is will anyone buy it?


Let me think about this.

I'm sorry about the interview, Bullz. If it makes you feel any better, I was rejected a total of 41 times in 2015 (often by the same people) before getting the job I have now. Stay in it, bro!

Both could be dangerous together in the final 3. They are also the 2 that are most civ-looking. Objectively, SVS is the most civ looking, but both are smart and could turn the tide if left alive.

Matt wrote:Wow. Zebra and nutella turned on each other quickly.

Also love Zeebs putting Bullz last on her lynch order.

Holy moley you might actually win this, Bullz. I will literally shit my pants if you do. On purpose.

Congrads, grat! I mean, congrats, grad!

Bullzeye wrote:If I miss a kill, it has to be tonight's. I'm legit not gonna be around on Thursday/potentially Friday because I have my graduation so that might be too obvious since I can't figure out where the next night falls. Do you guys support the idea of missing the kill tonight? If not I won't but we need to eventually get it so there's an odd number of players during the day or the best we can hope for is a tie.

If you feel it would work best now. Are you saying you won't be around at all to post a kill in the next few days?

Actually, if you miss the kill, I'm hoping people don't get too suspicious of you. Because really the only people absent will be you and SVS. And lots of people seem sure she is civ.

Oh I just read SVS' note about her uncle. That sucks

But.

That's helpful info in that she won't be around. Might be better to keep her around next phase...

While I do think that zebra is the only person bringing suspicion on zebra, I'm not so sure she's going I have much traction. Throwing your name around could just look like a desperation distraction move on her part and see what sticks. Plus having a little suspicion is not bad.

I was thinking maybe an Epi lynch. SVS is the easy one, but I think Epi's suspect list is better for us. Guess it depends on who gets lynched today.

Matt wrote:Also Golden, if you can't answer for whatever reason that's cool, but I was wondering if anyone suspects Bullz in Spectator Chat.

Yeah I don't think he would want any outside information in here, but I'm curious as well. Lol

DrWilgy wrote:Thinking on it, it was pretty obvious,
Floyd comes in -> drops a vote on a baddie saying "Dude bros just trust me he's bad" ?

If Matt was on my team that would've stood out like a swollen hamster in a field of lasagna.

Do you think it likely that down the line playing the bored civ card and not dying will make people wonder? I think having a little flak last phase was good for you overall, so you at least look a little dirty. The argument against why you aren't being killed by Mafia could be that you are a low-participating civ, and the Mafia might want you to stick around as well. So your strategy could be incredibly valid!

I believvvve

I dunno man.

Also, I know you're buckled down with time interviewing for your PhD (how's that going btw?) but ole Ghost Scotty would suggest leading charges in the next phase. Because once zebra dies, they're gonna know the last Mafia bussed Matt and probably me. So the less you look under the radar the better.

Or keep doing what you're doing. I dunno. you could win this for us all!

Dagnabbit.

Ah well. Typh has been very spot on with his suspicions this game.
I have to agree with Bullz that he should die. Literally no one is suspecting him or can suspect him. Except Wilgy right now for some reason. But Wilgy is not looking hot right now so who's going to listen to him?

Yeah, Typh is the best option here.

Jeez. Typh is literally the town version of Hitler. I -really- wish he had died N1. And since Sorsha is gone, and we didn't take advantage of that blocker claim (it would be bad timing anyway) he's all but cleared as good. Now people will take what he says as gospel.

Bullzeye wrote:I just looked it up and yeah when Sawyer and Juliet come to save Sayid, Bernard, and Jin during the Season 3 finale they capture Tom and Sawyer shoots him a bunch of times after he surrenders.

Ah ok. So all you have to worry about is Epi. Got it

Uh oh, Zebra doesn't like the Bull. Look out! She comin for ya!

Bullzeye wrote:After Typh, I think we need to kill Epi and SVS. They're the most likely to pick me out as bad, IMO. Everyone else I can handle.

SVS should go first I think before Epi. He's at least not as solid-looking civ.

Even if I do go today, Bullz, you are strong man! Chin up! Mr. Friendly doesn't die in the show, does he?

Hahahaha love you guys.

So here's where I think I may have saved myself today:

Epi still hasn't voted or commented. I put up a case for nutella, Epi's main suspicion. Wilgy then votes for Epi, even though he will could be the deciding vote. It might end in a tie. WHO KNOWS? THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR NEVER ENDS. NEXT TIME, ON LOST (again)!

Fuckity fuck. What's funny is I actually see a good angle for voting nutella, but everyone is blowing it off. Wilgy says he won't vote me, but when I switch my vote to him, he will vote me, thus putting me over. I'm not sure where Epi will vote.

If I'm gone today, then Wilgy is gone next. So we'll still have a little safety. We just need to kill Typh honestly.

Ugh I'm unraveling I think. I can't for the life of me remember the cards I have in my hand or that I'm playing. And the timing thing isn't helping. Blast it. I'd be surprised if I wasn't leading the votes by tomorrow morning.

Typh is really civ mvp here and I really wish we killed him n1. Dammit Sorsha for picking right!

It's about his time that I would make some big posts on people. Maybe I can get an hour in a bit to write some hogwash denouncing zebra. Got a camp thinking its me and Wilgy and one thinking its me and zebra. You think I'd have better luck going after Wilgy or zebra at this point? I think Nutella's case is not that strong either.

Matt wrote:Zeebs is our most valuable player, tbh.

Dat Wilgy ISO doe.

I'm actually not worried right now. SVS and Typh are voting in a block and zebra defending me for some reason may not be a bad thing for me by the end of day. Guess we'll see, but the best news of all is: Bullz is on no one's radar.

Geez you aren't kidding Matt. Everyone is including me in their suspicions. And I'm too busy at work to mount a proper defense right now. Maybe I can sneak away for 30 minutes, but damn this is bad timing.

Also Bullz, now that we know I am the last power role, if you see me going down after the next lynch, it may be the best time to throw that blocker card out. But if I go down in the next two lynches, then that would be very bad for you. So we've got that ammo if we get in that position. Otherwise, I'll need to keep brainstorming.

I'm so disconnecting from the site right now guys. This week has been very long for work and travel, and I apologize.

So, uh...we're killing Sorsha, correct?

Bullzeye wrote:

Scotty wrote:@golden are we privy to the knowledge of the doctor's ability to protect herself, and if so, does she have more than 1 stock to do so?

Hey Bullz, with Typh playing the SVS can't be bad if Mafia tried to kill him N1, I still think it would be a good idea to throw suspicion off Typh being our target n1 by you claiming blocker. You are Kate, after all, which isn't much of a stretch for her character. I honestly think it will be to our advantage. You could have a running list of people you blocked in the nights since. And when Matt dies today, you can say "well I blocked Matt n1, couldn't target twice in a row, so I blocked [whomever], and now on N3 you can block either me or the most suspicious.

Thoughts? See a flaw?

The flaw is that one of the 3 power roles has to be the baddie killer, surely? Also infodumping like that just isn't something I'd do regardless of alignment.

No it doesn't. Especially if the Mafia has knowledge of roles like Nutella suggests.

But if you wouldn't infodump usually that's another story


Linki: ok. Well. Let's wait and see what happens when we kill Sorsha tonight in any case.

@golden are we privy to the knowledge of the doctor's ability to protect herself, and if so, does she have more than 1 stock to do so?

Hey Bullz, with Typh playing the SVS can't be bad if Mafia tried to kill him N1, I still think it would be a good idea to throw suspicion off Typh being our target n1 by you claiming blocker. You are Kate, after all, which isn't much of a stretch for her character. I honestly think it will be to our advantage. You could have a running list of people you blocked in the nights since. And when Matt dies today, you can say "well I blocked Matt n1, couldn't target twice in a row, so I blocked [whomever], and now on N3 you can block either me or the most suspicious.

Thoughts? See a flaw?

Golden wrote:If you wanted to be rich you shouldn't have lynched the guy who won the lottery.

I used the numbers for Sunday's powerball.

Which is a terrible idea, since I can't be the only one doing that.

So here's the direction I foresee this heading: zebra is going to be a high suspicion and if we play it right should be next lynched. Should be. Nutella is not a bad choice to leak. Or Wilgy. One of them, if you are really going to do that.

Linki: yea, though my poor conscience or what's left of it is crestfallen.

Good luck, see if they buy it.

Matt wrote:"...keep your vote on Zebra..." *

Hah yea but if you do that, craft it so you're responding to something someone said. If you go that route, then it should prob be very subtle and not too demeaning, but make people think...you know, react exactly how you would react if you just posted something possibly incriminating.

That's super devious though

next up: Oz

Golden wrote:Scotty should be "Henry Gale" given his Minnesota detour...

Matt can stay.

Hah! No kidding.

And yay Matt!

currently in Seattle. Never been here before!

Hah you guys are a trip.

As for tonight's kill, I feel comfortable killing Sorsha tonight. How bout you guys? I mean, did she do a double pump fake out and not protect herself last night? She wouldn't do that, would she?

Well Matt, it is done. I have voted you with much chagrin.

@Golden did we find out if we can continue to post in here after death? Because I do value Matt's voice and would hate to lose him!

Ok I'm taking off. Don't know if I'll be on at any point before tomorrow, since I get in at 12a est and may just hit the hay.

Bullzeye wrote:I don't want to claim an ability just in case someone else has that power. I'd rather just claim vanilla.

My point is, unless Sorsha is lying, which I am almost certain at this point that she was not, I am the last PR. There are only 3.

Could Sorsha or someone else be a blocker? I guess...but that wouldn't make sense for her to come out and claim doctor in that case if she wasn't.

You get me?

Matt wrote:Last check in before work.

Just wanted to say...nobody believes your on a plane, Scotty.

Hah. Well that much isn't even true as of yet. The terminal had a glitch and sent every fucking person here to check in for all terminals. I hate LaGuardia airport. I've been here for 2.5 hours and am just now getting to my seat.


Also, as per my plotting last night, we're the only ones that know there are no more available civ power roles. I did some more thinking and realize it wouldn't make sense for me to claim blocker. What if Bullz claimed to have blocked Matt N1? That would not only make logical sense, but is foolproof. Of course, if someone were to ask what I just asked about the top ranking member of the Mafia not having to commit the kill, our gooses could be cooked. But it's a big IF. That's literally the only caveat that could be our downfall with this plan when they find Matt isn't the highest ranking member.

But why hAvent you claimed already, someone will ask? Because our PRs are precious, and you did your best to push your "hint" across after blocking him early.