The Syndicate

speedchuck wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:43 pm

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:29 pm What are you guys thinking? This could have been a baddie lynch. Should we assume not though?

We shouldn't assume anything for certain. That's how Phenon Origins was lost

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:14 am Kombatants


DrWilgy
Dunya
Glorfindel
Jackofhearts2005
JaggedJimmyJay
Kylemii
lapluie
Long Con
Made
nutella
Quin
speedchuck
TonyStarkPrime

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:34 pm

dunya is replacing Gumshoe.

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:10 pm Thank God @Glorfindel the only post I understand so far

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pm And I just have all of you sitting around here quoting this person or that person, making jokes, and acting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:13 pm

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:10 pm Thank God @Glorfindel the only post I understand so far

It’s starting to look like it’s just you and me, Kiddo...

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:34 pm

dunya is replacing Gumshoe.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pm Now why can't the rest of you be as sweet as dunya, here. Her mother must be proud. And I just have all of you sitting around here quoting this person or that person, making jokes, and acting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

lapluie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:28 pm Sloonei nooooooo <\3

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:08 am Guys whats up with the shit posting. & who voted for who,I can't tell in the poll

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:13 am @ TonyStarkPrime you haven't given me your thoughts, avoided it

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:38 am...bye

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:13 pm

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:10 pm Thank God @Glorfindel the only post I understand so far

It’s starting to look like it’s just you and me, Kiddo...

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pmacting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:02 pm

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:04 am Wtf is going on

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:38 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:02 pm

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:04 am Wtf is going on

Who are you?

Hulk smash.

DrWilgy wrote:

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:14 am birdwithteeth11
Dave
Dom
DrWilgy
Elohcin
Glorfindel
Gumshoe
Jackofhearts2005
JaggedJimmyJay
Kylemii
lapluie
Long Con
MacDougall - Lynched Day 1 - ???
Made
Marmot
novaselinenever
nutella
Quin
sig
Simon
Sloonei
speedchuck
TonyStarkPrime

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:46 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:14 am birdwithteeth11
Dave
Dom
DrWilgy
Elohcin
Glorfindel
Gumshoe
Jackofhearts2005
JaggedJimmyJay
Kylemii
lapluie
Long Con
MacDougall - Lynched Day 1 - ???
Made
Marmot
novaselinenever
nutella
Quin
sig
Simon
Sloonei
speedchuck
TonyStarkPrime

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." - Euripides

"The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching." - Dave Chappelle

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." - Euripides

"All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a very clever man would put the poison into his own goblet because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me." - Vizzini, The Princess Bride

"Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence." - Jasper Fforde

"No legacy is so rich as honesty." - William Shakespeare

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi

"We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." - Barbara De Angelis

"I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me." - Charlotte Brontë

"The power of real debate is in the language and intellectual honesty of the debaters, alongside the engagement of spectators." - Ruzwana Bashir

"I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes." - Kim Smith

"Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust." - Henry S. Haskins

"From a human point of view, out bodily existence is a fairy tale. At any rate, to the inhabitants of the human world, 'heaven' and 'the next world' are both nothing but fables." - CLAMP

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Bernard M. Baruch

"The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive." - Fran Lebowitz

"Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you." - Dawn Steel

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the" highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

"He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle." - William Shakespeare

"We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect." - Henry David Thoreau

"Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old." - Frank Lloyd Wright

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." - St. Francis of Assisi

"The secret of success is sincerity." - Jean Giraudoux

"Suspicion is the cancer of friendship." - Petrarch

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:34 pm

dunya is replacing Gumshoe.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:09 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:07 pm Effective immediately, dunya has replaced sprityo.

And now I have a sudden scumread on dunya.

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:38 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:02 pm

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:04 am Wtf is going on

Who are you?

Hulk smash.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:23 pm I'm a mountain.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:24 pm The host should be destroyed for this.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:07 pm Elohcindaquil defeated Gym Leader Vocaroona! Elohcin earned 165P, sent some to mom.

Spoiler: show

Elohcin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:59 pm What?! You are on page 4?! Umm......This is why I don't play big games, Epi. I will see you all when we are down to about 12 players and one of you can catch me up.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:45 pm I'm 8 pages behind. I honestly won't catch up but...from what I have read and posted....I am going with a made vote. I'm not sure why people are going for Mac so if anyone wants to share, that would be cool.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:58 pm *sigh*...I'm so far behind. Look at all of you acting like talkative children. Separate yourselves and go to your rooms for a while. Mommy needs some quiet time to herself.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pm And I just have all of you sitting around here quoting this person or that person, making jokes, and acting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

Elohcindaquil used Feint
Elohcindaquil used Hold Back

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:16 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:34 pm

dunya is replacing Gumshoe.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:09 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:07 pm Effective immediately, dunya has replaced sprityo.

And now I have a sudden scumread on dunya.

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:52 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:46 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:14 am birdwithteeth11
Dave
Dom
DrWilgy
Elohcin
Glorfindel
Gumshoe
Jackofhearts2005
JaggedJimmyJay
Kylemii
lapluie
Long Con
MacDougall - Lynched Day 1 - ???
Made
Marmot
novaselinenever
nutella
Quin
sig
Simon
Sloonei
speedchuck
TonyStarkPrime

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." - Euripides

"The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching." - Dave Chappelle

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." - Euripides

"All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a very clever man would put the poison into his own goblet because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me." - Vizzini, The Princess Bride

"Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence." - Jasper Fforde

"No legacy is so rich as honesty." - William Shakespeare

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi

"We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." - Barbara De Angelis

"I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me." - Charlotte Brontë

"The power of real debate is in the language and intellectual honesty of the debaters, alongside the engagement of spectators." - Ruzwana Bashir

"I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes." - Kim Smith

"Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust." - Henry S. Haskins

"From a human point of view, out bodily existence is a fairy tale. At any rate, to the inhabitants of the human world, 'heaven' and 'the next world' are both nothing but fables." - CLAMP

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Bernard M. Baruch

"The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive." - Fran Lebowitz

"Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you." - Dawn Steel

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the" highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

"He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle." - William Shakespeare

"We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect." - Henry David Thoreau

"Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old." - Frank Lloyd Wright

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." - St. Francis of Assisi

"The secret of success is sincerity." - Jean Giraudoux

"Suspicion is the cancer of friendship." - Petrarch

He had more to work with.

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:11 am Page 1 - Key take-aways:

Kylemii wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:25 am New game!!!! Let's go.

i've never played a Mortal Kombat in my life, can anyone who has describe the realms? Are there any associations between realms and certain characters?

I personally didn’t think much of this post from Kyle. To my mind, it looks like an attempt to appear to engage with his fellow players by giving them a task to perform. Subsequent comments in relation to his question makes it appear that he’s generating content without genuine engagement.

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:26 amgood opening question, town read.

Don’t like this from Quin either. Quin’s far too good a player to fall for this and I’d frankly have expected better.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:29 amEarthrealm is the mundane sphere, the netherrealm is the underworld, the outworld is the great void beyond. Chaos and orderrealm are the realms of competing energies, and Edenia is the blissful state at the nexus of all of them. I've also never played these games and just made that up. What are you going to base your vote off of?

Votes in this poll are not changeable.

Sloonei buys into Kyle’s question and provides valid content - a good look from Sloonei here.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:35 am Kyle is town because "let's go" is the thing he said when his confidence surged post-mafioso lynch as a civilian.

Sloonei is town because he's already trying to facilitate true to form.

Quin is mafia because he called Kyle's question "good" without clarifying why he cared about the question or why it moved him.

While I’m inclined to skepticism of Jay’s read on Kyle, I think his evaluations of Quin and Sloonei are valid however based on the limited content this page.

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:19 am Page 2 - Key take-aways:

Continued discussion and conjecture about the role of the poll. If Kyle was trying to create a smoke screen, he appears to have been successful (not that the conjecture wasn’t without some level of interest).

MacDougall loses 10 points for reminiscing on the Star Wars game - my first here at The Syndicate and one I’ve spent the past two+ years trying to forget.

I see the reasoning being put forward by those arguing for visiting the Outworld first up but you’ll have to forgive me my cautious nature here. If the logic being applied is that some advantage accrues to the ‘home team’ for any of these places, starting the game by giving an advantage to the bad guys hardly makes any sense to me. I’ll be taking note of those players that voted for this option first up - it might potentially be very useful later on.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:41 am

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:38 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:36 am Quin I'm sorry buddy but I actually had the same thoughts as Jimmy as I was going through page 1. Then when I read him say it I got a little bit frustrated that he stole my thunder. As you well know I am never wrong on a day 1 read so you might as well just give up.

oh ok sorry ill do better next time

What are your immediate impressions of Mac and I?

I find this question posed by Jay to Quin to be rather odd. MacDougall had commented earlier that he was thinking similarly to Jay earlier but for Jay to be suggesting some kind of relationship between he and Mac out of the blue like this seems ‘unsettling’.

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:02 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:00 am

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:55 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:54 am

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 2:44 am No, I lied.

I don't think you actually care about the read you've given me so far. That's natural for you in trying to progress Day 0/1 though.

Lynch all liars.

Tell me about Kylemii.

I had a ping at first which I am prone to do when people are being enthusiastic in the way that Kylemii seemed to be (see Sloonei's description) but further posts seem relatively genuine. I don't accept Jimmy's argument for clearing as that's just as likely if not more so just common phrasing that Kylemii uses.

Thank you for the question. What were you expecting me to say?

He's been around as much as the next person so far but hasn't touched on the only suspect (me) yet, and has talked primarily about the poll. I wanted to know if anyone else thought it was worth mentioning.

Yeah, see this is the Quin I was expecting to find here this game. It’s early but I wonder if we’re seeing the beginning of an anti-Quin agenda in the making?

Quin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:40 pm

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:16 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:53 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:08 am Put a vote on Spacedaisy. Do we believe her guilt to be coming from a place of empathy for game hosts everywhere, or from her role card?

I'm not really buying the idea that she feels guilty about rolling Mafia, making it affect her very first post in the game.

WHo the hell feels guilty about being mafia anyway?

Glorfindel does.

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:16 pm

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:13 pm

lapluie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:10 pm Thank God @Glorfindel the only post I understand so far

It’s starting to look like it’s just you and me, Kiddo...

Well what do you think of Tony's vote for you? & who will you be casting your vote on?

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:18 pm

Kylemii wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:07 pm Elohcindaquil defeated Gym Leader Vocaroona! Elohcin earned 165P, sent some to mom.

Spoiler: show

Elohcin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:59 pm What?! You are on page 4?! Umm......This is why I don't play big games, Epi. I will see you all when we are down to about 12 players and one of you can catch me up.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:45 pm I'm 8 pages behind. I honestly won't catch up but...from what I have read and posted....I am going with a made vote. I'm not sure why people are going for Mac so if anyone wants to share, that would be cool.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:58 pm *sigh*...I'm so far behind. Look at all of you acting like talkative children. Separate yourselves and go to your rooms for a while. Mommy needs some quiet time to herself.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pm And I just have all of you sitting around here quoting this person or that person, making jokes, and acting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

Elohcindaquil used Feint
Elohcindaquil used Hold Back

"Disgusting."

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:26 pm @TonyStarkPrime: I see you’ve voted for me? From that, I assume one of two things. Either:

A) You’re bad or

B) This is one of those stupid vote re-direction things because no Townie in their right mind would do something so obviously errant.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:25 am New game!!!! Let's go.

Spoiler: show

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:44 pm

Kylemii wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:25 am New game!!!! Let's go.

Spoiler: show

nutella wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:17 amone of my other suspects, speedchuck

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pm Now why can't the rest of you be as sweet as dunya, here. Her mother must be proud. And I just have all of you sitting around here quoting this person or that person, making jokes, and acting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

Elohcin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:49 pm Now why can't the rest of you be as sweet as dunya, here. Her mother must be proud. And I just have all of you sitting around here quoting this person or that person, making jokes, and acting like we don't have a lynch ahead of us. Focus, children!

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:11 am Interesting. ... its crystal clear now

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:24 am Well, isn’t this a waste of time? I’ve just been going over a few things and have concluded that any attempts to apply logic to the events this day phase are a complete and utter waste of my time. All these nonsense (or artificial) curses have ruined this game this Day phase. The few posts that have been made so far have been spectacularly devoid of any discernable reason or point. It has been a revelation and a free ride to our Mafia friends and handed them a significant advantage in this game overall - and all of these stupid curses are to blame. I am so disgusted at this.

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:02 am

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:11 am Interesting. ... its crystal clear now

I trust you have not succumbed to the abject insanity of this game this Day phase?

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:42 am

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:02 am

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:11 am Interesting. ... its crystal clear now

I trust you have not succumbed to the abject insanity of this game this Day phase?

I dont trust anyone in this game here anymore! youre the only sane one here & im trusting you on that. what should we do?

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:24 am Well, isn’t this a waste of time? I’ve just been going over a few things and have concluded that any attempts to apply logic to the events this day phase are a complete and utter waste of my time. All these nonsense (or artificial) curses have ruined this game this Day phase. The few posts that have been made so far have been spectacularly devoid of any discernable reason or point. It has been a revelation and a free ride to our Mafia friends and handed them a significant advantage in this game overall - and all of these stupid curses are to blame. I am so disgusted at this.

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:44 am However I feel that Nutella is trying to give us clues? maybe we should listen to her. She has casted her vote on tony .

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:29 am

lapluie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:44 am However I feel that Nutella is trying to give us clues? maybe we should listen to her. She has casted her vote on tony .

7 am, alarm goes off
Man, I'm tired, I don't wanna get up
Only one thing to look forward to
My Nutella sandwich at twenty to
Go down stairs, get a knife
Nutella for brekkie, that sounds nice
IT'S BREAKFAST, most important meal of the day
Nutella sammich, is there any other way?
First step, you gotta find some bread
Second step, you gotta toast that shhh
Third step, put the knife in the Nutella

Marmot wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:13 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:09 pm I'm actively trying to limit myself in this game, and I still find myself at 60 posts on Day 0.

Your posts are noticeably shorter than what I find customary.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:28 am Keeping my vote on TonyStarkPrime until he talks more about disagreeing with the concensus on me. I'm interested.

Long Con wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:40 pm

speedchuck wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:35 pm

Kylemii wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:26 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:03 amHow would Made have insight into my role? This is not a possibility which has entered my mind because if he did have insight, he would be less wrong about me.

that's the conclusion I drew from "ask Kyle" "wait not Kyle yet" "actually ask speedchuck"

I assumed he had some kind of one-shot secret power that would get Intel on a player and then send it to two other additional players or something.

It would sort of be breaking the rules if that were the case though...

Is role-hinting against the rules?

Some roles could prove themselves through judicious application of their powers, at least to targeted individuals. That's not the same as role-outing, for example saying "I am M. Bison".

I would not be opposed to some host clarification on that front.

sig wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:29 am Lies are told prevent yourself from getting hurt.