The Syndicate

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:24 am Why tf are grampa and grumple even talking about chopping Skinner?

That shit was never on the table. Wtf, just trying to look busy or something?

Wonder twins are bugging me

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:54 pm I'm trying to remember my entrance post...I'm guessing it was something involving Smithers and hounds and that I probably had it pretty well set in my mind before the game even randed. WTF is it with Syndi-cats and entry reads?

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:51 pm

The Grumple wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:50 pm

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:48 pm

The Grumple wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:46 pm

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:44 pm Wait no I actually think Lisa is town. Sorry comic book guy looks like family does come first this time

I'm sure I'm gonna not be the first person to ask this but, why?

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:39 am Can i go already? I am a real child, i don't own any guns and don't want to look at this poor animal.

This is a townie entrance

you're joking right

I don’t joke about entrance reads

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:48 pm

The Grumple wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:46 pm

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:44 pm Wait no I actually think Lisa is town. Sorry comic book guy looks like family does come first this time

I'm sure I'm gonna not be the first person to ask this but, why?

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:39 am Can i go already? I am a real child, i don't own any guns and don't want to look at this poor animal.

This is a townie entrance

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:44 pm Wait no I actually think Lisa is town. Sorry comic book guy looks like family does come first this time

Hugh Jass wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:33 pm @The Grumple You breaking the tie?

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:52 pm

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:47 pm Is it me or does it feel like Grumple fell down a flight of stairs in the middle of D1

He seems to know what a player salad is but doesn't know what TR means. Just seems odd to me. I don't know why one would fake it though but just putting this down since i noticed alot of his posts D2 are just asking about terminology.

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:42 pm ok grumple is town.

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:58 amYou're total absence in the thread after what I thought to be an engaged & fruitful start. I also just wanted to shake your tree, see what fell.

Hugh Jass's novel...to start, the entire.concept came across like "I'm not one for big speeches" and then was followed by a monstrously long speech. I find long winded diatribes easy way for scum to muddy the waters

Hugh Jass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:54 am

Spoiler: show

Finally caught up! I'm feeling things, feeling a lot of things but I'm having trouble trying to put them into words lol. It was also pretty difficult internalizing information, felt like reading posts from new players everywhere and the lack of familiarity with avys I guess you get lost sometimes and don't even remember who said what.

I think my strongest town reads would be Marge, Otto and Alison. Found myself agreeing with like almost everything Marge saying and that's pretty crazy lol. We have the two same scum reads and like most of her posts comes off as natural and you can see her train of thoughts. They're like open and accessible if that makes any sense, doesn't feel like there is an agenda behind them. I usually find the "lol" and other laughing acronyms as scum tells sometimes when they don't really match the tone and vibe of a player, and they're like using them to sweeten their post and comes off as anxious. Here it feels like she's just having fun, and it kind of gives off a good care free vibe that is townie.

Otto and Alison are the og contributors of the thread. I liked the energy they came in with, and it felt like it came with genuine game solving intent. Didn't really agree all that much with some of Otto's reads but they felt genuine, a lot of progression and reconsiderations which makes me feel like he's trying to figure out people for real and not just putting a show. I particularly liked post 72, I think it's the kind of post that only town does. It's nothing fancy but like scum never make them because they're never solving for real. I don't know if this make any sense lol, it's like the kind of self reflecting and gathering of thoughts that comes from a townie mindset when they're trying to get a feel for the state of the game. Agreed with his Gtumple take, felt also genuine and not like him wanting to get Grumple off his back. I understand it too 'cause you usually can have personal takes on how someone is treating you so you can get reads from it, I'm a no u specialist since I feel like I have good instincts for when scum is pushing me for bullshit reasons lol. Overall have the same thought about Alison, I liked her Gramps take and while I started suspecting him for different and more personal reasons, her take are good. The change of speed of Gramps is particularily telling. I also like her feelings about the state of the game and how its going, feel like genuine town concerns.

Pretty much agree with Marge about Homer. The idgaf attitude her and not tailoring his game to people especially after getting prodded is more likely town than not. Also it actually feels genuine, rather than like a scum trying to sell that fake bravado. He kind of embodies it here lol. The lock town on Mill is absolutely beautiful.

I'm having some trouble with CBG, little bit of a love hate relationship. I kind of read his concise posts as town like, they feel like naked thoughts and right to the point. Also some of the silly one liners he's dished have surprisingly pinged me town lol. He has that same attitude vibe that Homer have, although it's not something that is unfakeable (if that is word). Not sure if I'm dumb but post 417 is town for me lmao. We have Mill about to get eliminated, and it's like a meme-y mafia read on him that I just don't think Mafia ever makes. It's fucking hilarious.

Unlike his parents, I have no fucking clue who Bart is. He's in my townpile though. I guess for the bland reasons that his thoughts are genuine bla bla bla lol. I kind of like the little work he's done when he's been playing the game and contributing. Feels real to me, and while it actually matches other peoples reads especially the scum reads, it kind of comes off as he's coming into them on his own like he's playing the game at his own pace.

Kristy, and Lisa are in my PoE. I haven't really figured them out much and some stuff have pinged me. Also not a lot of things to work with. Krusty gives off a weird disattached vibe, like he's a robot if that makes sense lol. There is like no emotion accompanying his posts and it comes off as if he's not actually trying to figure people out just asking questions. Speaking of questions, I'm not seeing him reach much conclusions and seems like he's just faking contributions through those questions who don't seem most of the time to be stuff that will actually help him figure someone out. More like bland and semantic stuff that I guess help him fake contribution. I think his take on Mill's wall post is the kind of wolfy remark used to shade others. He's like piggy backing off others when they're discussing Mill, and he just pops in to point out something that can be seen as scummy and then nothing further. He dips from there with clean hands. Kind of saw it that way.

Not a big fan of Lisa's little contribution. Feels like she's hunting some easy posts to go off of, and then just share some bland takes. She's kind of using them to appear as if contributing. It's not the lack of reasoning that is off to me, it's more like they seem to be random as hell. There is no train of thoughts or contuinity to them, she's not like quoting different posts about a same discussion trying to give her thoughts about them or add to the discussion. She's more putting her hand into a lot of different discussion to I guess appear more visible, and broaden her reach.

Already talked about Gramps and Burns who are at the bottom of my PoE. Haven't really moved much off of them after catching up completely, although I'd say I'm still mulling over some things I've seen from Gramps. Also the inactives thing could be a culture/playstyle clash, but even then I'm not a big fan of the rest of his contribution. The gear shift that Alison built her case on is something I agree with as well. Scums are more likely to make it when called out, and it kind of shows that whatever vibe or attitude they had prior was fake.

I still fucking hate Mr. Burns with a passion. I think he was trying to discredit early on Alison and Otto with the fear mongering about them potentially power wolfing. It's a cheap way to shade someone while posing it as a an open ended question, "oh I'm just aking myself" "I'm not sure". It sounds so fucking fake, and it's usually the kind of cowardy wolf tactics to shade loud voices. No fucking townie put that thought out there immediately. It's so slimy lol.

I've got more thoughts there, and also more thoughts in general but this is it for this post. It actually fucking sucks to come from behind 'cause I have so many problems trying to put into words everything I want to say lol. I guess that'll serve me missing the whole phase. Hopefully I'll keep being up to date this phase. I initially thought about iso-ing every single player and then sharing my thoughts posts by posts as that'd be easier, but fuck that lmao.

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:55 amI like this bit of ogic, Hugh Jass had something similar...it goes along the lines of "not risky enough reads, that's scummy!"

The irony of this post of yours is that Hugh Jass already did it...so I guess your reads ain't all that fresh and original either.

Both you and Hugh are wrong tho...hawt, fresssssssh takes that are avante garde, cutting edge & oh so cosmo is not what makes a player town.

Hugh Jass wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:26 am

The Grumple wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:37 pm I'm [VOTE: Krusty Krab] aubergine to see how it feels.

How did it felt?

Grampa Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:19 am

The Grumple wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:18 am okay i guess ignore my analysis of grampa cus that flips my points into the garbage can

maybe I wrote that wall in 16 minutes specifically to spite you

jk it took me half an hour

Grampa Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:04 pm

The Grumple wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:45 pm no one is responding to my updated mafia slang question post what am i supposed to just GOOGLE things like some sort of NERD?

chop and exe are just alternatives for lynch, which has fallen out of favor. No real distinction. There's also yeet, eliminate, banish...

doc dodging is when the wolves kill someone else because the popular target is presumed to be protected by a doctor

innocent child is when someone is confirmed town by the host

mafia god isn't slang, just implying the person is great at the game and to be feared (I think? I don't actually know, it doesn't ping me as a term)

Grampa Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:05 pm

The Grumple wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:00 pm grampa should be policy lynched for having a name too similar to mine

by our powers combined we can become... the grample simpson

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:42 pm Further to the angleshoot - when I was shaking the tree D1 grumble was pretty quick to engage/tunnel me on my read, yet seems to not care about CBG.

It's total wolf bro stuff.

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:28 pm @Otto Mann My town pile isn't very strong as far as my certainty of them. Alison is my strongest lean, followed by you. After that it's some reads doing better than null, but by no means strong leans. Lisa, Burns, Grampa, Bart.

Scum leans on Hugh Jass, Homer, & The Grumple right now.

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:33 pm A bit angleshooty - but both Grumble and CBG have been online for about an hour yet neither bother to engage each other in the thread. Seems odd considering CBG has shaded grumble but I dont think they've ever asked the other a question.

I find myself wishing they went anon, because that's gonna bug me until I see one of them flip.

Ned Flanders wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:13 pm

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:15 pm Find myself agreeing with Allison and Burns for the most part. I like the Grumple and Krusty, Grandpa seems pretty ok too.
Feeling less sure on Comic dude, but still on the town lean side.
Pretty null on a bunch in there.

Skinner, Flanders, Milhouse take up the bottom three spots with my preference being Skinner Flanders wagons.

Milhouse calling Skinner and Flanders scum is interesting to me and I get it's highly unlikely he's wolf bros with them, but his entrance, lack of content and scum list without due exploration is troubling.

These reads are bad and you should feel bad.