The Syndicate

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 5:58 pm**

dunya wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 5:58 pm Come on Russti, go against your tunnelling and help us win this.

Last post. Good game guys. Love you all whatever happens lol.

who's us?

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 5:59 pm**

I have a sinking feeling but I can't figure out why so I'm just trusting my gut. Sorry if I'm losing a second straight game for town.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 5:59 pm**

Gaaaah alright, you guys convinced me. Sloon has had a good radar and dunya is good friends with TH, so I gotta believe you guys can read them. Would feel too bad if I lost us the game.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:01 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:04 pm**

Day 5 has ended.

Mistress! Mistress! Look what I done Mistress!

Turnip Head was lynched. He was:

Spoiler: show

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:05 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 5:59 pm I have a sinking feeling but I can't figure out why so I'm just trusting my gut. Sorry if I'm losing a second straight game for town.

well ya did it again buster

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:05 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:05 pm**

[mention]Russtifinko[/mention]

that was the mafia performance of a lifetime. Speed and I didn't deserve for you to go so hard. But you pulled it through. Incredible. That's a Socky vote locked in.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:06 pm**

butts. excellently played, russ.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:06 pm**

Congrats, Russ!

Wow, what a fucking game. I felt so bad for you all at the end there. Well played by all, it was tough.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:06 pm**

Grats, Russ!

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:06 pm**

Congratulations to Gruntilda, Klungo, and Nipper for being sneaky, squirmy, do-badders of the highest order.

nutella, Russtifinko, and speedchuck

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm**

Fuckkkkkk me

I'm so sorry Turnip

Well done, Russ. I'll never trust u ever again. Damn.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm**

Russ needs to win an award for this already.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm**

It was right at the last moment when Russ asked how ties are decided that I decided my vote. That's not something the mafia player needs to care about. Superb finishing touch.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm**

Yeah that ending was incredibly fascinating to watch. So drawn out yet so tense, all of you considering each other so carefully, so much distrust and paranoia among the last few townies... Just wild.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm It was right at the last moment when Russ asked how ties are decided that I decided my vote. That's not something the mafia player needs to care about. Superb finishing touch.

well I mean it sometimes is

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:08 pm**

I felt so cool when I thought I trapped Turnip Head in BTSC today.

i'm sorry turnip friend

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:08 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm It was right at the last moment when Russ asked how ties are decided that I decided my vote. That's not something the mafia player needs to care about. Superb finishing touch.

Seriously, and the Russ/nutella interactions were gold. Such good distancing there.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:08 pm**

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:07 pm It was right at the last moment when Russ asked how ties are decided that I decided my vote. That's not something the mafia player needs to care about. Superb finishing touch.
well I mean it sometimes is

Not at that moment.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:09 pm**

TH's towncase for Russ based on how well he was deliberating and trying to solve from a pure mindset was right on the money, except for the part where it wasn't. I'm seriously amazed at how well Russ pulled that off and looked so genuine every step of the way. I certainly couldn't have done it.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:09 pm**

[mention]Russtifinko[/mention] I don't want to downplay nutella and speed cause they are awesome but that was the performance of the year. Congrats to the 3 of you.

And dunya, sloonei and TH that endgame was hard as hell, you guys did a helluva job.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:10 pm**

Well played baddies and Russ

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:10 pm**

i am exhausted.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:12 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:10 pm i am exhausted.

Those of us who watched can certainly understand why.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:12 pm**

Spec chat post count probably higher than actual game post count

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:12 pm**

juliets wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:12 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:10 pm i am exhausted.
Those of us who watched can certainly understand why.

Yeah, for sure, I've been there. It sucks.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm**

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:12 pm Spec chat post count probably higher than actual game post count

Spec chat woo!

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 8:46 pm Russtifinko
Epignosis
Mac
MP
DDL
Nanook
dunya
nutella
Turnip Head
sig
Tony
G-man
speedchuck

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm**

Hooo man. Super well played everyone, especially my three MYLO-mates. You guys played incredible and had me so nervous up to the very last second, when I switch my vote to TH. (I was, probably unreasonably, scared that a tied lynch would result in no lynch and I'd have to do LYLO too).

Linki: Wow, thank you so so so so much everyone! I'm humbled by all the praise - I truly consider myself a man among giants when I walk into a mafia game with you all. I am not being falsely modest when I say I only won that game because I haven't been around in a while - you all had stupendous intuition, and I only avoided being detected because you didn't have anything to compare my baddie play against.

Also, dunya, I hope that I didn't ruin the game too badly for you and that there's no permanent bad feelings. I tried to play Day 1 exactly as I would as a civ, and it's true that you and I seem to come from extremely different mafia cultures. After that, at times it felt useful to have a foil in the thread, and I also felt like I couldn't go back on my suspicion without drawing more notice onto myself. I think that you handled everything - the tunneling, the fighting, etc. - with unbelievable class, and you played an amazing game, too. Truly honored to have met you and I hope we get to be civs together sometime.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm**

oh highlight quote gets rid of formatting so we can't see how profound my blunder was. Russ was my top town read on Day 1 in a class of his own.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:15 pm**

Russtifinko wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm Hooo man. Super well played everyone, especially my three MYLO-mates. You guys played incredible and had me so nervous up to the very last second, when I switch my vote to TH. (I was, probably unreasonably, scared that a tied lynch would result in no lynch and I'd have to do LYLO too).

Linki: Wow, thank you so so so so much everyone! I'm humbled by all the praise - I truly consider myself a man among giants when I walk into a mafia game with you all. I am not being falsely modest when I say I only won that game because I haven't been around in a while - you all had stupendous intuition, and I only avoided being detected because you didn't have anything to compare my baddie play against.

Also, dunya, I hope that I didn't ruin the game too badly for you and that there's no permanent bad feelings. I tried to play Day 1 exactly as I would as a civ, and it's true that you and I seem to come from extremely different mafia cultures. After that, at times it felt useful to have a foil in the thread, and I also felt like I couldn't go back on my suspicion without drawing more notice onto myself. I think that you handled everything - the tunneling, the fighting, etc. - with unbelievable class, and you played an amazing game, too. Truly honored to have met you and I hope we get to be civs together sometime.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:15 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm oh highlight quote gets rid of formatting so we can't see how profound my blunder was. Russ was my top town read on Day 1 in a class of his own.

He fooled us all really.

I JKed him N1 because of it, even if I did have the slightest of tinfoils. That'd been wild if I had stopped the kill then.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:17 pm**

See what happens when I get killed Night 1? Things go to shit.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:17 pm**

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:15 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm oh highlight quote gets rid of formatting so we can't see how profound my blunder was. Russ was my top town read on Day 1 in a class of his own.
He fooled us all really.

I JKed him N1 because of it, even if I did have the slightest of tinfoils. That'd been wild if I had stopped the kill then.

We both targeted him because we had him as our top town reads, I assume.
and then the same with dunya the next night.
then i had submitted my night 3 action on you initially.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:17 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:18 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:17 pm
M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:15 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:13 pm oh highlight quote gets rid of formatting so we can't see how profound my blunder was. Russ was my top town read on Day 1 in a class of his own.
He fooled us all really.

I JKed him N1 because of it, even if I did have the slightest of tinfoils. That'd been wild if I had stopped the kill then.
We both targeted him because we had him as our top town reads, I assume.
and then the same with dunya the next night.
then i had submitted my night 3 action on you initially.

Yep. Funny how you and I were on the same wavelength, I should have found you more easily. I was sort out of it though; workload, trying to lay low on purpose due to the post cap and my role, etc. all fucked with me. It was a hard game.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:19 pm**

Nonetheless, I hope to play again with Russ and the rest of you all soon. It's been fun to be back.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:21 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:24 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:05 pm @Russtifinko that was the mafia performance of a lifetime. Speed and I didn't deserve for you to go so hard. But you pulled it through. Incredible. That's a Socky vote locked in.

Thanks so much, nutella! I know you say you and Speed didn't deserve it, but I literally couldn't have done it without either of you. From helping me figure out the basic game mechanics (lol) to solving what civs were what roles, to planning out the NKs, to doing the absolute perfect amount of distancing from D1 - you set me up for victory the whole way.

Also, mad props to JJJ - you hosted a marvelous game. From the theme to the host posts to managing all the drama, you truly nailed every aspect. (I think I may have complained in BTSC that I felt like the game was unbalanced, but, uh, please do me the favor of pretending I never said it.)

I honestly had twice as much fun as I expected to, and I expected to have a fair bit going in. Also, I will absolutely be playing more rackets. This game still sucked up way more of my life and my emotional energy than I expected, but the post limit made it manageable.

Linki: haha Epi. You can view being NKed N1 as a mark of respect. I was truly sad that I didn't get to play with you longer.

PS I would love to get ot read the spec chat sometime! Sounds like fun to see what you all were thinking, and I didn't know it was a thing.

Linki RE: Night actions: Oh my god, I didn't realize G-Man tracked me N3 haha. Also, we were very lucky we had Speed do the kill N1 so I wasn't immediately outed. So many close calls here.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:26 pm**

If you guys will bear with me for a shameless plug (no disrespect JJJ, hope you don't mind):

Me and MP will be co-hosting Congressional Mafia later this year, and I'm really excited about it! The plan is to have it be a sort of Syndicate-Mafia Universe crossover game, and I'd be thrilled to have any and all of you sign up! I'll make sure to let you know when it starts.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:28 pm**

Russtifinko wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:26 pm If you guys will bear with me for a shameless plug (no disrespect JJJ, hope you don't mind):

Me and MP will be co-hosting Congressional Mafia later this year, and I'm really excited about it! The plan is to have it be a sort of Syndicate-Mafia Universe crossover game, and I'd be thrilled to have any and all of you sign up! I'll make sure to let you know when it starts.

I am seriously stoked for this. Not entirely sure on the timing yet, but 99% sure it'll happen in 2020 sometime.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:29 pm**

Not a worry at all, Russ, for either of them thingies you mentioned.

I think a crossover sounds neat. Depending upon the intended location of that game, I may be able to offer y'all some insights words of wisdom warnings about how certain things may be received after some... adventure in the Inception invitational.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:30 pm**

Russ with the hard carry. Wow!

I did due diligence distancing during my death day, and hung in there for a good while considering my IRL circumstances. But that don't hold a candle to Russ's performance. Nail-biting final four, and man, I saw the no-lynch at the end and wondered how Sloonei was going to handle another 3 days of indecision.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:30 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:29 pm Not a worry at all, Russ, for either of them thingies you mentioned.

I think a crossover sounds neat. Depending upon the intended location of that game, I may be able to offer y'all some insights words of wisdom warnings about how certain things may be received after some... adventure in the Inception invitational.

That'd be much appreciated for sure.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:32 pm**

Sorry but I was hoping Russ would block Sloonei on Night 4 just so I could laugh at the eternal futility of his role

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:33 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:32 pm Sorry but I was hoping Russ would block Sloonei on Night 4 just so I could laugh at the eternal futility of his role

It would have been pretty funny.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:37 pm**

Hell yes MU crossover hype

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:37 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 6:32 pm Sorry but I was hoping Russ would block Sloonei on Night 4 just so I could laugh at the eternal futility of his role

I would have laughed pretty hard.

But that block... such an accidental source of WIFOM attached to Turnip Head's role there. I was convinced turnip was bad because that role should be dead the instant it claims 9 times out of 10. The only exception is a mafia roleblock.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2020 6:39 pm**

[mention]Russtifinko[/mention] [mention]dunya[/mention] [mention]Sloonei[/mention] [mention]Turnip Head[/mention] dead/spec chat https://discord.gg/tHyYZU

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