The Syndicate

Woooooooooooooo game! Still waiting on my ant farm keyboard

Brent and Trent are twins, and they both die. Let's go alphabetical.

Epignosis wrote:

Made wrote:Personally, i'm kinda in a lynch squid kinda mood tbh

Did nijuukyugou put you up to that?

Nevarrrrrrr!

Oh hi I'm here! Have I missed all the fun tonight?

Tonight was supposed to be geek trivia. I got so excited and even wore my DW/Zelda shirt, and then the host didn't show up and it was regular trivia Second place though!

Made wrote:

nijuukyugou wrote:Woooooooooooooo game! Still waiting on my ant farm keyboard

Brent and Trent are twins, and they both die. Let's go alphabetical.

Nah, this just read more enthusiastic than what i'm use to from Bloops tbh. I don't trust it.

Made, I've missed you so!

Made wrote:

nijuukyugou wrote:

Made wrote:

nijuukyugou wrote:Woooooooooooooo game! Still waiting on my ant farm keyboard

Brent and Trent are twins, and they both die. Let's go alphabetical.

Nah, this just read more enthusiastic than what i'm use to from Bloops tbh. I don't trust it.

Made, I've missed you so!

It's funny because she thinks i'm kidding.

It's funny because I know you're not I'm just happy to still be up past 10 PM and play for the next couple of weeks. I hope.

I'm going to be busy as crap for the next 36 hours or so seeing the family, going to my brother's show, and setting up the cocktail party of my dreams (I might have nearly an hour tomorrow afternoon or realllllly late tonight to spare for checking/keeping up. Big might.) So, with that being said:

I have no doubt Epi drank 14 beers without being drunk. Silly, but not drunk. Nice thought process though. I like the hunting. Keep it up.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I hate Days 1. To me, it's the same discussion of the same things (to vote or not to vote low posters, to vote or not to vote newbies, to randomize or not to randomize), although this one has been very amusing and has added discussion of those godforsaken rainbow lists for something newer. Point is, it never really helps me decide on who to vote for. (Did that sound bitter? I'm not trying to come off that way - it's just a bit of Blooper stream of consciousness.)

I don't want to vote for a stand-out, silly person today because a number of baddies like to keep to the shadows in the first parts of the game - say enough to contribute, but not enough to stand out. I think timmer fits the bill here. He's contributed, but nothing controversial, a bit playful at times to keep the mood light, and this post caught my eye:

timmer wrote:Hey all, so reading back, I've got decent vibes from SVS (the point about Epig maybe not being drunk is interesting), I'm not sure I understand voting for Long Con, so MM gets a bit of a from me, as it was pointed out that the reasoning was weak. Scotty seems to be not enjoying the attention he is getting... do people who know his play style well have an opinion on whether this indicates a certain alignment?

He's latching on to some easy pickings here - MM's weird vote (when is MM's vote not weird/"weak" Day 1? I'm surprised he didn't vote himself!), the whole drunk or not drunk matter (again, good thought process, but too easy to latch to), and pointing out Scotty's reaction to attention like he hasn't played with Scotty before (he has). I gots things to do, veggies to chop, and places to drive, so I'll put my vote there now. Let the accusations fly

I'm back! And caught up!

G-Man wrote:It could also be someone who interlocutor that killing Canucklehead early in games is becoming a tired guilty and decided to Peter it out on your wife instead.

People catching my eye for reasons:

Timmer - Same reasoning as I gave before. The substance of his posts hasn't really changed much since my last accusation. He said he's gone for the weekend, but his participation was still weaker than I remember in other games before he left.

Cookie - Posts insubstantially at first, as has been pointed out many times. When criticized/suspected for it, she attempts to post questions, comments, etc. of substance that really look like fluff to me (e.g., "I see G-Man is insanified." Really now?). I didn't get to play much in Watchmen but I have been following somewhat, and Cookie's tone/substance looks very similar, especially when it actually is compared side by side. I don't know how people are seeing marginally different tones between the games.

Made - His tone and scarcer posting reminds me majorly of DW - more serious, a little more snarky, a lot less playful, and he was a bad, bad baddie.

I will likely vote for one of these lovely players today.

I also dig the idea of a newbie/fairly newbie being on Team Killface due to the NK - not that I don't think Eloh is an awesome player but she really isn't ever killed Night 1. It's an unusual choice. But then again, that could make a helluva WIFOM. Just thought of that. I'll keep it all in mind.

Linki - Oh God DH don't call Epi a professor - his ego's big enough as it is!

TinyBubbles wrote:@Epignosis, it gets less amazing each consecutive round lol

haven't played with Cookie before but agree that a lot of her posts seem like fluff, wouldn't rule out voting her today
Ninja could you link to Made's posts in DW to compare?

and sorry about the sprained angle sig! how did you get it? hope you feel better soon

Sure thing.

So many choices. I thought there would be more votes up given that several have announced their vote in the thread, but there are only 5 total so far? Huh.

Feeling slightly, slightly better about Made regarding tone, but that could be just him fixin' it up for me Thoughts on timmer haven't changed since I last spoke of him. Then this happens:

Roxy wrote:I have so many that I am willing to vote for today: Saberfish, MP, Cookie, Burger Boy, Made, Bubbles or DP if he does not answer my question

Linky - oooooo Now you are suspicious of Timmer------again after you said after reading back you did not find him suspicious?

Yes, this caught my eye as well. Trying to look more contributory, Cookie McNasty? I pointed out these same exactly things (minus the most recent quotes) when I voted him last and you made no comment on them then.

I gotta eat (yes, at 9:30, because my family is ridiculous) so I gotta choose. So very, very close between timmer and Cookie, but I think I'll go delicious Cookie this time around.

Linki @ Roxy - That suspicion was towards Cookie, not you. I agreed with your comment towards her.

This game is the greatest. I have never loved catching up more

Epignosis wrote:I would like to hear nijuukyugou's take on Roxy and vice versa.

I don't feel as confident as you seem to be, sir, but I think you make good points about her staunchly not voting newbies - it gives her (and anyone else who takes that stance) an excuse never to vote a newbie on his/her team. Also, there was this:

Roxy wrote:

nijuukyugou wrote:So many choices. I thought there would be more votes up given that several have announced their vote in the thread, but there are only 5 total so far? Huh.

Feeling slightly, slightly better about Made regarding tone, but that could be just him fixin' it up for me Thoughts on timmer haven't changed since I last spoke of him. Then this happens:

Roxy wrote:I have so many that I am willing to vote for today: Saberfish, MP, Cookie, Burger Boy, Made, Bubbles or DP if he does not answer my question

Linky - oooooo Now you are suspicious of Timmer------again after you said after reading back you did not find him suspicious?

Yes, this caught my eye as well. Trying to look more contributory, Cookie McNasty? I pointed out these same exactly things (minus the most recent quotes) when I voted him last and you made no comment on them then.

Thats bc it was Day 1 and even though Cookie was not on my list I realized I had no prior experience with her. Day 2 I give no breaks to anyone

Although my response was a little confusing (I should've responded directly to Cookie's quote, but wanted to agree with Roxy's comment regarding said quote), she was keen to point out her stance on not voting newbies again when I didn't even bring it up. Something to consider.

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Ugh, sorry I've been neglecting this thread lately. I had to go to new employee orientation today, even though I'm not a new employee, from 8-3. I haven't gone to sleep before 1 AM since June. It was just fabulous. I've been keeping up somewhat, but I'd like to go back and read more carefully a little later and vote (I have several things to do today, but I'll have an hour or so somewhere in between to post more substantially).

Blooper update and placeholder post!

Okay, this is my hour. Or half hour. Let's do this.

MovingPictures07 wrote:nijuukyugou, is Made your top mafia read going into today? If so, why? If not, why, and who is?

No. I mentioned his recent tone made me feel slightly better about him yesterday, and his second vote on Cookie makes me think otherwise. I don't remember Made's style being bussing a (fairly) newbie teammate so early.

Epi would do it. He has done it. He'd do it again, too. But I dunno if he'd do it again so soon. He's not a one-trick pony. Just tricky.

Why is sig (and anyone for that matter, but I notice sig more) going after Saberfish so hard? Perhaps I missed it in context, but I didn't see what pinged him in his posts. I expected to see something much worse based on his strong suspicion. This is an actual question, not an accusation.

So, re-reading, it looks like Roxy really is a good candidate today. Epi made some good points, and once I noticed and thought about her vote yesterday (especially her need to reiterate multiple times that she doesn't vote newbies Day 1, but Day 2 is cool). I had more to say, but my head hurts from lack of sleep and I need to pack and get on the road soon. Voting Roxy.

And, of course, a cat selfie (Scheherazade was very pleased to participate):


Why am I still awake

Roxy wrote: Blooper - You still have not acknowledged my response and completely ignored SVS. I will be focusing on you next lynch and also looking at MP and his schtick.

Not ignoring either thing - I really did just pop in late last night because...cats. I haven't caught up fully since I last for-real posted, and I really have been stupid busy (and will progressively continue to be in this state from now on as I transition back for the new school year Free time was fun while it lasted!) I intended to read carefully and respond to this tonight, but I'm absolutely exhausted. I will talk more sometime tomorrow when I'm not brain-dead from driving all day.

Roxy wrote: Blooper - You still have not acknowledged my response and completely ignored SVS. I will be focusing on you next lynch and also looking at MP and his schtick.

Okay, I've caught up and I have two questions:

1) Which response of yours are you referring to? I am happy to respond to it, but I want to make sure I know what you want acknowledged.
2) When did I ignore SVS? I made my vote in the very small window of time I had, and the only thing that SVS said in regards to it was "so you're jumping on the bandwagon." Errrr...yes I was last out of four, but no, I made a vote for who I felt strongest about in the time I had?

On another note:

HamburgerBoy wrote: nijuu also placed a late vote on Cookie without a ton of explanation, but in light of the flip it would of course mean a bus rather than a bandwagon.

I'm not sure why you're calling my vote "late" on Cookie. I was first to vote her, and I was 8th to vote overall. Trying to paint me in a bad light with little falsehoods, eh? Or just not doing your homework.

So glad we have 72 hours, even though 48 of those will probably go unused

I just got home from driving back from Ohio and I even checked this thread at a rest stop and it was dead. I see stuff has been added but my phone is being slow and I don't have time. I'm gonna vote ika because he expected to be dead anyway. Better than no reason I suppose.

Epignosis wrote:Excellent workluck nijuu.

I do my best It's the tentacles.

Dear god. That hospital episode has been my favorite so far. I couldn't stop laughing and now I've started again

I don't like or even understand the way it's being "explained" that Daisy/Russ is bad. That point has been beaten to death, so I won't comment on it further. I can see it from the perspective of the fact that suddenly Killface is killing after Wendell's death, and Russ subbed in (as in, Killface is an active player), but that's about it. I don't see it jumping out at me from Daisy's posts.

Let's make it interesting. We want close between Saberfish and Russ? I can dig it. I can see a team of newbie baddies, but one of them is surely active (but I suppose "active" doesn't mean "veteran," so...) I'll vote Saberfish and see how others vote. I'm feelin' lucky.

I'm around, on and off on my phone. Why vote for someone you don't think is bad?? Or did I misread that?

I am also enjoying beer and wine, so talk to me before I get too far under

I Like your idea of creating a tie. It gives us info, barring anything behind the scenes. I'd like to get killface, and I think he's fairly active, more active than saberfish.

Tough call. I thought it would be easier to pick from fairly active players , but there are more than I thought. Like I said last round, the only way I clearly see Russ as possibly bad is that he was suddenly active, and killface made kills I can't easily check vote records via phone, and that's what I like to look at. What do you want?

I should say, from a read through perspective my seeing Russ as bad. Nothing jumped out at me like it seemed to do for svs.

Well, screw it. My phone's gonna die soon-ish, so I'll make a tie.

Epignosis wrote:Veddy quiet now. Also stupid.

mistah brown i dunno what stupid is but i know its not sumthin u call a blooper

Epignosis wrote:

Roxy wrote:Dear Epi -

Roxy wrote:Also Epi why did you ruin the tie? Does not make any sense since you claim to want to figure out who Killface is.

Thank you in advance for your prompt response

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TELL A JOKE!

This is how you tell a joke.

A woman and her baby are on a bus. A man gets on the bus and says to the lady, "Ma'am, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but that's got to be the ugliest baby I've ever seen." The woman is understandably upset at this, and begins crying so loudly that the bus driver stops and puts her off.

While she's still sobbing on the bench, another man comes and sits down. He asks her what's the matter, and she says, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAA! WHAAAAAAAAAAA!" So the man gets an idea. He leaves and comes back with something for the lady to drink. "Listen lady," the fella says. "Take this brandy. It'll calm you down, and then you can tell me what's wrong. And look! I even brought a banana for the monkey."

And that's how you tell a joke, Jack.

i dont get it. can i go to the bathroom now? i need to check my phone meet my friend beat my friend's ass use the bathroom

Epignosis wrote:Also, I'm tattling. Nijuu was role-playing too- as one of my dumb ass students.

What? Why, I never! I'm not even a Sagittarius

You've been waiting to call me that. I know it

I'mma break it down for myself, vote-wise.

Epignosis
1 - Cookie (1)
2 - Cookie (3)
3 - Roxy (1)
4 - HamburgerBoy (only)
5 - Russti (2)
6 - Russti (4 and last)

Roxy
1 - MM (3 and last)
2 - Cookie (4)
3 - Made (2)
4 - Misses vote
5 - Saberfish (3)
6 - Russti (1)

Saberfish
1 - Mac's Mom (only)
2 - Cookie (4)
3 - Made (4)
4 - Misses vote
5 - Russti (3)
6 - Misses vote

Sig
1 - Misses vote
2 - Saberfish (2)
3 - Made (3)
4 - Misses vote
5 - Saberfish (1)
6 - Saberfish (1)

SVS
1 - MM (1)
2 - Daisy (only)
3 - Nijuu (only)
4 - Misses vote
5 - Russti (1)
6 - Saberfish (3)

So, two things stand out to me that I didn't notice before. One, if Saberfish is bad, he voted twice for teammates. His pattern of missing votes doesn't exactly match up to Killface's NK record, either, but neither action (or lack thereof) is unheard of for a baddie, just unlikely. However, sig has voted Saberfish multiple times, and by doing so has avoided actually voting on any known baddie lynches; the only other person he voted for was an indy.

Linki - Why isn't sig in your analysis? Did I miss something?

Oh, I see - you're looking at Russti voters.

I am of the mind that whoever is Killface is more actively involved than Saberfish. I have read the evidence and have been thinking about it (agonizing, really) all day.

Killface is likely one of the three Russ voters mentioned.
Saberfish is not active enough for me, and voted two teammates out.
Epi would throw teammates under the bus, but two is less likely, and I also don't believe he'd kill his wife Night 1 (that sounds TERRIBLE!).
SVS's vote yesterday was super-weird, and makes sense from a baddie perspective - vote Russ when you know he'll survive, then avoid voting for him and create a more difficult situation. Her going after Daisy/Russ for so long, however, does stand out, too, but it still could fit with that, knowing the survival mechanism and wasting a lynch for the civs.

I'm gonna vote SVS, because it feels like the best choice out of those, and I'm NOT ignoring my logic this time around :P Y'all can duke it out how you want with that.

KAKOW!!

First full game win, period!

I see now why I got two doubles for checks. Just checked SVS Night 6 and she came up Mr. Ford, but so did Roxy a few nights previous. I also checked Epi and sig, who both came up as Grace Ryan. I was afraid I'd end up lynching an indy, but I took my chances (hence the agonizing). Huzzah!

thellama73 wrote:I thought my idea of a contest that punishes the winner (LARPstock) was funny. I hope other people did too.

I was amused. I was more amused that Epi was punished

Epignosis wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I thought my idea of a contest that punishes the winner (LARPstock) was funny. I hope other people did too.

No, we did not find it amusing at all. I thought I was heading out the door when Roxy said she was going to vote me.

thellama73 wrote:Oh, I almost forgot to thank all of you for making this game fun to host. Great job everyone!

It was a blast! I loved the host posts and the totally nonchalant way you announced death

Epignosis wrote:I still can't believe you were the hooker, and that you had BTSC with Mac's Mom. Dead in there?

Quite Who'd ya think I was?

Epignosis wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I regret bullying real life friends into signing up for this, knowing full well that they would probably bail, but I was tired of waiting and I wanted to plaaaaaaayyyy!

I don't judge. You never know which real life friends will be real life Mafia friends, right nijuu?

Epignosis wrote:

nijuukyugou wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I still can't believe you were the hooker, and that you had BTSC with Mac's Mom. Dead in there?

Quite Who'd ya think I was?

Epignosis wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I regret bullying real life friends into signing up for this, knowing full well that they would probably bail, but I was tired of waiting and I wanted to plaaaaaaayyyy!

I don't judge. You never know which real life friends will be real life Mafia friends, right nijuu?

I just assumed you were any of the possible remaining civilians. Your posts and your voting record rang true to me. You were the ONLY person in the game I trusted, and you turned out independent.

I just realized I was the ONLY civilian to win.

Well, I kept thinking like I was civ, if that helps! But I wanted to make sure I had enough of my buddies alive to win in the end, so I was quite pleased with all of the head explosions