The Syndicate

i'll vote for a volunteer, BR

Spacedaisy wrote:I love your avatar btw. Too cute!

Awe, thanks! I love your face!

Leamiteo wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:I love your avatar btw. Too cute!

Awe, thanks! I love your face!

"That's why I'm your friends."

I am totally with you on that assessment Boomslang. I don't think voting blocks are really going to be that helpful in the long run. And a logistical nightmare. By it would be a nice place for Tyler to hide out. Blend in with a crowd, nothing they say or do would stand out.

Leamiteo wrote:Work is nut right now.

^

Sorry for missing 2 votes people. I hate missing votes. I wish I could say my participation is likely to go up now, but that'd be a lie. Work is insane at least through the weekend. I'll try to at least be voting and quickly posting thoughts, though.

Keterman wrote:Four players from this town moved to Wilmington, and the rest didn't vote. Interesting.

In the Wilmington thread it was brought up earlier that the eighth rule of Fight Club (if you are new to Fight Club, you must fight) could have influenced MovingPicture07's setup of this game. Therefore it was reasoned that those who switch towns must fight when they enter a town they haven't been in yet. At first I agreed with that reasoning, but now however I think the eighth rule would not apply to switching towns, but instead apply to being recruited to Project Mayhem. Could someone who has seen the film perhaps provide more educated speculation?

Keterman, do you mean you think that those recruited to Project Mayhem must fight the subsequent day?

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I can't think of anything that would indicate that. That's not to say it's impossible though. If it's true it'd provide pretty valuable info going forward (which may be a reason MP wouldn't do it, actually).

Boomslang wrote:Well, I just moved here as well. As I reminded the other thread, there's no reason as far as I can see to think of these city threads as teams. Everyone is a civ except for Tyler, and our goal is to find and kill him. Promoting city voting blocks or trying to keep information within cities just gets in the way of that. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Tyler has at least viewing privileges in all threads.

Yeah, this occurred to me too. I made me really suspicious of DH. Voting blocs are great for not dying, but generally bad practice for finding baddies. DH also volunteered to fight first, which makes me think he must be powerful. Someone likely to die would hardly be eager to hop in the ring. I would imagine Tyler Durden is powerful, since he appears to be a lone baddie at this stage. Just sayin'.

Keterman wrote:

Black Rock wrote:I'm going to put this out there, I will fight. I chickened out the first day but I need not play everything safe. I'll leave it up to you guys to decide.

Excellent, I have an opponent. I suggest everyone else split your votes between me and Black Rock.

I am down for this.

Russtifinko wrote:

Keterman wrote:Four players from this town moved to Wilmington, and the rest didn't vote. Interesting.

In the Wilmington thread it was brought up earlier that the eighth rule of Fight Club (if you are new to Fight Club, you must fight) could have influenced MovingPicture07's setup of this game. Therefore it was reasoned that those who switch towns must fight when they enter a town they haven't been in yet. At first I agreed with that reasoning, but now however I think the eighth rule would not apply to switching towns, but instead apply to being recruited to Project Mayhem. Could someone who has seen the film perhaps provide more educated speculation?

Keterman, do you mean you think that those recruited to Project Mayhem must fight the subsequent day?

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I can't think of anything that would indicate that. That's not to say it's impossible though. If it's true it'd provide pretty valuable info going forward (which may be a reason MP wouldn't do it, actually).

That's just the thing, I'm not sure myself. I imagine so, but you make a good point that if we could decode what MP has in store for us, it's less likely that would be the reality of the game. For now I'm just throwing ideas out there as to what this could all mean, because like (probably) everyone else here I have no idea if any of them are worth considering. I don't agree with your suspicions of DH. I don't know his play style, but I imagine curiosity overcomes the desire for safety with at least a few players here, myself included, and that being the first to want to fight doesn't necessarily imply power. I'm definitely not saying that that couldn't be the case, though, just that I think it's not enough to use the s-word.

guys has anyone here participated in a fight yet? is there anything involved in it to decide who wins or is it just random?

Russtifinko wrote:

Leamiteo wrote:Work is nut right now.

^

Sorry for missing 2 votes people. I hate missing votes. I wish I could say my participation is likely to go up now, but that'd be a lie. Work is insane at least through the weekend. I'll try to at least be voting and quickly posting thoughts, though.

I just now saw my typo, bahaha! *Nuts. Work is crazy busy. But here I am taking a mafia break. Shhhhhhhh....don't tell my boss.

Also Russ! Do what you gotta, and we'll see ya in the thread when we see ya.

Spacedaisy wrote:

Leamiteo wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:I love your avatar btw. Too cute!

Awe, thanks! I love your face!

"That's why I'm your friends."

I am totally with you on that assessment Boomslang. I don't think voting blocks are really going to be that helpful in the long run. And a logistical nightmare. By it would be a nice place for Tyler to hide out. Blend in with a crowd, nothing they say or do would stand out.

I tend to be suspicious of people who are in my opinion overly gung ho because that's the opposite of my play style, however I do appreciate people who put themselves out there since I tend to be cautious and sit back a bit in the beginning; I don't however usually act on these early though, I just keep an on them and add them to my watch list.

I know why big voting blocks sound appealing in the beginning, but at some point trust is going to become a real problem with project mayhem in full swing. Every man for himself is pretty much the mafia way after all. My former New Castle buddies over in whatever city they moved to are probably suspicious of me for not moving with them. I don't think I would have moved even if I hadn't slept through the vote. Anywho, I'm rambling and should get back to work. Bye for now! I PROMISE to vote today. I'm thinking of voting for the volunteering BR to see what happens. I'm still feeling out the mechanics of this game and curious about what will happen as we move forward!

We have 4-5 hours until the vote ends, so hopefully out of this big crop of players, we'll get some more participation. I know it's just an insane time for everyone (I should be packing right now!) I'm okay with voting blocs for now, but I agree that those tentative alliances will crumble with the slightest bit of pressure. I'll volunteer as soon as I'm in a pool again.

Ok, voting BR to fight and I second Kyle's curiosity on how the fights are determined. Maybe Kate will have an answer when she recovers.

I agree that the voting blocks will begin to crumble within a few days and as of right now we dont know if there even are any lynches to control either. mostly people seem happy to volunteer to fight, but maybe that will change. Are people here generally feeling an 'each man for himself' playstyle?

I have fought but I am not at liberty to share anything that I know as per the host's direct instruction.

Also, I am voting for Keterman since he volunteered first.

Spacedaisy wrote:Also, I am voting for Keterman since he volunteered first.

Oh. Indeed he did. I am doing the same. *votes*

I voted for myself to keep things even.

Black Rock wrote:I voted for myself to keep things even.

I look forward to us, in combat.

Keterman wrote:

Black Rock wrote:I voted for myself to keep things even.

I look forward to us, in combat.

Be gentle.

Black Rock wrote:

Keterman wrote:

Black Rock wrote:I voted for myself to keep things even.

I look forward to us, in combat.

Be gentle.

I'll try, but I can't make any promises.

Who should fight?

Poll ended at Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:41:49 pm


Black Rock
4
Mongoose (3), Kylemii (4), Hedgeowl (8), Black Rock (11) 36%

Boomslang
0
No votes

Hedgeowl
0
No votes

johns2jj
0
No votes

Keterman
4
Keterman (2), Russtifinko (6), Spacedaisy (9), Leamiteo (10) 36%

Kylemii
0
No votes

Leamiteo
0
No votes

Mongoose
0
No votes

Russtifinko
0
No votes

Spacedaisy
0
No votes

Everyone!! (host, injured)
3
MovingPictures07 (1), Kate (5), johns2jj (7) 27%
Total votes : 11

Keterman wrote:

Russtifinko wrote:

Keterman wrote:Four players from this town moved to Wilmington, and the rest didn't vote. Interesting.

In the Wilmington thread it was brought up earlier that the eighth rule of Fight Club (if you are new to Fight Club, you must fight) could have influenced MovingPicture07's setup of this game. Therefore it was reasoned that those who switch towns must fight when they enter a town they haven't been in yet. At first I agreed with that reasoning, but now however I think the eighth rule would not apply to switching towns, but instead apply to being recruited to Project Mayhem. Could someone who has seen the film perhaps provide more educated speculation?

Keterman, do you mean you think that those recruited to Project Mayhem must fight the subsequent day?

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I can't think of anything that would indicate that. That's not to say it's impossible though. If it's true it'd provide pretty valuable info going forward (which may be a reason MP wouldn't do it, actually).

That's just the thing, I'm not sure myself. I imagine so, but you make a good point that if we could decode what MP has in store for us, it's less likely that would be the reality of the game. For now I'm just throwing ideas out there as to what this could all mean, because like (probably) everyone else here I have no idea if any of them are worth considering. I don't agree with your suspicions of DH. I don't know his play style, but I imagine curiosity overcomes the desire for safety with at least a few players here, myself included, and that being the first to want to fight doesn't necessarily imply power. I'm definitely not saying that that couldn't be the case, though, just that I think it's not enough to use the s-word.

I do appreciate you throwing ideas out. I will keep your thoughts on DH in mind; it's a good point, and I think of DH as a very adventurous player, which fits your read.

Leamiteo wrote: My former New Castle buddies over in whatever city they moved to are probably suspicious of me for not moving with them. I don't think I would have moved even if I hadn't slept through the vote.

They're probably suspicious of me, too. I dunno if I'd have moved or not. I think checking out a new city would be nice, so I'll probably move tonight.

Mongoose wrote:We have 4-5 hours until the vote ends, so hopefully out of this big crop of players, we'll get some more participation. I know it's just an insane time for everyone (I should be packing right now!) I'm okay with voting blocs for now, but I agree that those tentative alliances will crumble with the slightest bit of pressure. I'll volunteer as soon as I'm in a pool again.

Down with blocs! Do you have an alternative long-term strategy?

So far it seems as far as anyone (myself included) has gotten is to vote for volunteers to fight and wait either for something good to happen or to be recruited to Project Mayhem. I feel like there's gotta be a better way to suss out Durden, but I'm stumped right now as to what it is.

Yeah, I'm going to New Jersey. Why not?

Russtifinko wrote:Yeah, I'm going to New Jersey. Why not?

Noooo. I chose Wilmington.

"Delaware. We're in Delaware?"

I have no better strategy, to answer your question two posts up. Imma just vote in whatever round-the-hound manner that makes any lick of sense to me.

I'm actually really confused about how this game is supposed to work....

so tyler durden is the recruiter for the mafia which is called "project mayhem" right? the three green colored roles are the civvie roles by the traditional definition of the word, right? meanwhile actual civilians win if they just survive to the end of the game without dying or being recruited to the project mayhem. 2 of the 3 non civvie, non-mafia roles are the narrator and marla singer who cannot be recruited to PM, and apparently win together when tyler durden is dead. Then the 3rd role is "policemen" which there seems to be multiple of. all policemen have btsc together and choose players to kill if they are PM, but it seems to be possible that some of them may end up recruited.

Meanwhile we are having fights instead of lynches. it's too early to tell but it doesn't seem like fights are an effective way of lynching, which puts a much greater level of importance on the work of the policemen since they seem to be the main source of PM eradication, at least for now

am i generally understanding everything so far?

This is how I imagine MovingPictures07 sees Fight Club in his evil, Mabuse-like mind.



There are no guarantees for anything. I think you've got it right but I'm not placing any bets.

FRIIIIIDAAAYYYYY! This lady is super happy the week is over.

I'm going to check out Deleware City, DE for the fish.

What will you do?

Poll ended at Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:01:45 pm


Check out the fight club in Delaware City, DE
2
Black Rock (2), Leamiteo (10) 18%

Check out the fight club in Wilmington, DE
5
Mongoose (4), Keterman (6), Hedgeowl (7), Kylemii (8), Boomslang (9) 45%

Check out the fight club in Penns Grove, NJ
2
Russtifinko (3), johns2jj (5) 18%

Stay here!
1
Spacedaisy (11) 9%

Nothing! (host, injured)
1
MovingPictures07 (1) 9%
Total votes : 11

Hi guys

Ooooh new town. Yikes about DP...

'sup, nubs?

So daisy and Kate were already here right? And the rest of us were in Wilmington last I think....

Who is going to fight today?

I'd be willing to fight someone who hasnt yet had a fight. Ive fought once and lost, so far so I would make a good match for any level 1 peeps. Lemme know!

Hi all!

I kicked bullz ass last night so I guess I'll sit it out tonight.

Quiet room...

Yeah, new castle sucks. I'm definitely leaving this place tonight.

I'll vote for you to fight if you want Timmer. Or do you want to wait and see who the other fighter is first?

let's see who chirps up before we vote. I know SpaCedaisy has fought because she's the one who beat my ass last time lol...

I didn't volunteer because we had a match once already. But I am willing if no one else wants to.

I haven't fought yet and would be willing to do so! I tried to vote myself back in Wilmington, but no dice.

And wow, we are a VERY small group this time around

Well, I'll fight you if no one else minds?

No matter what, if you haven't fought yet, you should, niju, so I voted for ya!

I votes for you too Timmer since you volunteered first. So you vs Blooper is fine with me.

Ok... Voted for you Timmer.

Yay! Self-voting to keep it even

Well, good luck niju! Looks like it's likely us!