The Syndicate

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:37 pm**

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Captain's Orders

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The Captain
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Polls
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:40 pm**

Prologue:

Ahoy mateys! I am Cap’n Sloonbeard, and welcome aboard me ship, the Black Sock. I’ve selected you lot because you’re the heartiest crew on all the seven seas! And because you volunteered. You all know why you’re here: to make as much booty as you can get your filthy pirate hands on! Our destination is the wreckage of the S.S. Marmot, said to hold the finest haul in all the Syndicate Empire! We set sail at sunrise, so say your farewells to solid land and get your salty hearts ready for the adventure of a lifetime. Arrr!

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:17 pm**

Day 0:

Morale was high when we set sail, but it seems a few of ye have turned sour on ol' Cap'n Sloonbeard! I've heard reports of a mutiny in the works among some of you scoundrels who I have graciously welcomed aboard me luxurious vessel. I'm not one for speeches, so I'll keep it short: a whole chest of booty to any man, woman, or parrot who can bring me the names of any of the mutineeers. Those who be deemed guilty shall walk the plank. Arrr!

Day 0 has begun. This phase is just meant to help you all get yer sea legs under you, but yer permitted to hunt for mutineers if you so choose in this time.
Day 1 will begin in roughly 24 hours.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:37 pm**

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:23 pm**

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! :pirate:

I choose eye patch because everyone knows it's the coolest pirate accessory.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 5:20 pm**

As a fresh, green pirate, I chose the hat as I still have both me legs and both me eyes and the internet won't be invented for a few centuries yet. I look forward to finding the scurvy dogs trying to undermine our courageous captain and the tossing them into the drink. Ahoy!

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:33 pm**

All hands hoay! This ship's 'bout to set sail again! Don't want to see no landlubbers round these parts, everyone be carrying their weight round here or they be shark bait!

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:37 pm**

Me vote will be cast. Eye-patch; we pirates can wear headscarves just as well as dem tricorn hats!

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:40 pm**

Let's goooooo.

Hat. Obviously.

Peg leg and eyepatch are a sign of what you've lost, but a fancy hat is a sign of wealth and status.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:49 pm**

M'wealth won't be spent on no hats! Women and drink. That's where me money goes.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:56 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:17 pmThose who be deemed guilty shall walk the plank. Arrr!

SQUAAAWWWK walk the plank walk the plank

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:11 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:56 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:17 pmThose who be deemed guilty shall walk the plank. Arrr!
SQUAAAWWWK walk the plank walk the plank

Let this hopefully be the only time I'm reading this as a spectator.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:26 pm**

Kylemii wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:40 pm Let's goooooo.

Hat. Obviously.

Peg leg and eyepatch are a sign of what you've lost, but a fancy hat is a sign of wealth and status.

Ye be the worst kind of pirate. Being a pirate is about loyalty and sacrifice, and I've got a peg leg with yer name on it.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:47 pm**

Quin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:26 pm
Kylemii wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:40 pm Let's goooooo.

Hat. Obviously.

Peg leg and eyepatch are a sign of what you've lost, but a fancy hat is a sign of wealth and status.
Ye be the worst kind of pirate. Being a pirate is about loyalty and sacrifice, and I've got a peg leg with yer name on it.

Being a pirate is about fighting back against a society that has disenfranchised us and left us no choice but to live on a cool boat.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm**

Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:58 pm**

ARGH ME MATEYS

I AM IN CANCUN SUCKING ON A FLASK O' SPIRITS AND ROTGOT

(seriously at my family's place so I won't post more till tomorrow)

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:31 pm**

Well, I suppose I'm ye bitches' moderator, which means I get to drink rum and laugh at yer foolishness. Should ye need me, I'll be in the captain's chamber looking at Capt. Hefner's latest publications and "walking the plank up and down" if ye know what I mean.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:58 pm**

Good, I can ignore our posts.

Arr maties and all that. I'll go with peg leg, because it rhymes.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:02 pm**

sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.

I think you should have said that after the people worth eyeing had already shown themselves

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:46 pm**

Ricochet wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:11 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:56 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:17 pmThose who be deemed guilty shall walk the plank. Arrr!
SQUAAAWWWK walk the plank walk the plank
Let this hopefully be the only time I'm reading this as a spectator.

Squawk the plank.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:53 am**

sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.

Aye, any pirate worth his salt will tell you Rum is the spirit to be drinkin'!

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:24 am**

Argh, an eye patch is for practicality. I got both me eyes, but I keep me left adjusted to the dark, so's I can turn out the lights in a scuffle and fight the skallywaggers.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:05 pm**

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:53 am
sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.
Aye, any pirate worth his salt will tell you Rum is the spirit to be drinkin'!

This is true.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:55 pm**

Day 1

Rise and shine, landlubbers! This your Captain speaking! The Black Sock doesn't make its fortune by sleeping the day away. We've all got a mutiny to halt before those scoundrels take me beloved ship from under me. So hoist the sails and get to work, sing a shanty and keep one good eye out for any shady dealings that go on on me ship. Shadier than the usual, I mean. Yarr.

It is now Day 1. The deadline for Day 1 will be 6 PM EST on Wednesday, the 1st. Remember that all votes must be cast in the poll to officially count.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:08 pm**

Arr, ye scurvy curs. Ye best be countin' yer blessin's that yer little venture here doesn't include that Crusader of the Caribbean, the Antagonist of the Azores, the Instigator of the Indian Ocean, the Plunderer of the Pacific Islands, and the Bastard of the Barbary Coast, yer good Captain G-Man.

Yo ho, me hearties, yer lucky indeed, for it was I who, in one of me first ever outings of these sort, did sell out me villainous teammates in an attempted exchange for parlay. I've sailed many seas and stolen many a ship since those days but don't let yerself be fooled into thinking old Captain G-Man's gone soft now. I've got mermaid blood in me veins and I'd tie you by yer ankles to the mizzenmast before ye'd even have a chance to yelp for yer mothers. I've been known to rip out the tongues of any man or woman that crosses and use them to scrub the poop deck.

Keep watchin' that horizon and be grateful yer voyage doesn't cross paths with me. Yar!

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:09 pm**

Voting No Lynch, because I only like to see people walk the plank. Lynching is is distasteful.

Linki: Also G-Man is scary.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:14 pm**

Arrrr Day 1, about time. Let’s catch these terrible landlubbers!

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:16 pm**

sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.

I think the fact that sig came into the thread and threw this out there makes him look good — even if it would have been a more ideal strategy for him to wait and see who does this and use it as the basis for scumhunting. Specifically, I would say this kind of blatant speculation is more typical of early town behavior than not.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:18 pm**

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:09 pm Voting No Lynch, because I only like to see people walk the plank. Lynching is is distasteful.

Linki: Also G-Man is scary.

Voting NO LYNCH at this time puts the townies into a strategic disadvantage. Explain, pirate LC.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:19 pm**

Putting a pressure vote on LC because I need him to elaborate ASAP.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:24 pm**

Quin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:02 pm
sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.
I think you should have said that after the people worth eyeing had already shown themselves

Looking back, I’m not sure what to make of this post. I came to the same conclusion as Quin did here, but I don’t feel like Quin does anything with it. It’s like Quin just made an observation but didn’t use it as the basis for developing a read on sig.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:27 pm**

Screw it, I’m moving my vote to Quin. What’s on your mind?

I would also like to emphasize that I am just as eager to hear from LC and if I had two votes to cast as pressure right now the second would still be on him.

Come on, fellow pirates, let’s get this hunting going. The scallywag landlubbers aren’t going to out themselves!

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:34 pm**

I don't know some of you very well yet so I want to ask a question. Please respond without complaint:

What breed of dog would you most liken your gameplay to?

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:38 pm**

Hm I don't regret making that post early honestly waiting In an attempt to catch someone would mean I put to much thought into it and like I said it isn't really a good tried and true reason to lynch someone.

I find quins comment interesting but not suspicious, and I am 100% against voting no lynch, now i wouldn't say if you support a no lynch your a mafia member, but I'd be very wary of anyone who pushes a no lynch, especially syndicate oldies since it isn't really a part of your culture.

Linki: I hate dogs, my gameplay is more like a cats :P
Buuuut if you force me to pick I'd say I'd be like a mutt or something idk dogs are gross

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:39 pm**

Kylemii wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:34 pm I don't know some of you very well yet so I want to ask a question. Please respond without complaint:

What breed of dog would you most liken your gameplay to?

I've been told literally in-game that I am comparable to a dog that pees all over the thread, so my answer is whatever breed is most likely to do that (I don't know much about dogs, other than the poodles my parents had growing up, and they did pee in house on occasion, so maybe that).

I am intrigued as to the purpose of your inquiry, but I'll see where you're going with this.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:39 pm**

Kylemii wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:34 pm I don't know some of you very well yet so I want to ask a question. Please respond without complaint:

What breed of dog would you most liken your gameplay to?

Actually scratch that I'd be one of those little yuppie dogs that follow people around biting at their heels and making way to much noise.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:40 pm**

sig wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:38 pm Hm I don't regret making that post early honestly waiting In an attempt to catch someone would mean I put to much thought into it and like I said it isn't really a good tried and true reason to lynch someone.

I find quins comment interesting but not suspicious, and I am 100% against voting no lynch, now i wouldn't say if you support a no lynch your a mafia member, but I'd be very wary of anyone who pushes a no lynch, especially syndicate oldies since it isn't really a part of your culture.

Linki: I hate dogs, my gameplay is more like a cats :P
Buuuut if you force me to pick I'd say I'd be like a mutt or something idk dogs are gross

Oh, I'm not sure you should regret it; I hope I didn't come across lecturey or anything. You do you, sig.

Dogs are gross.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:45 pm**

1 little, 2 little, 3 little MP posts
4 little, 5 little, 6 little MP posts

Actually, a no lynch gives town some time to get free info if there is an info role. Quick math:

No lynch:
D1: 10 players
D2: 9 Players
D3: 7 Players
D4: 5 Players
D5: 3 Players (LYLO if 1 scum)
D6: Scum overrun if we get here and game isn't over.

Lynch on D1:
D1: 10 Players
D2: 8 Players
D3: 6 Players
D4: 4 Players (MYLO if one scum)
D5: 2 Players Scum overrun if we get here and game isn't over.

So in each case, ignoring D1 on the no-lynch side, town gets the same number of days to try and lynch the scummers. No matter how many scum there are. For every scum, take off a day's worth o' time. See how it works? An' the No Lynch D1 gives townies more info on their allotted lynch days.

HOWEVER!

This only works perfect if'n we got no doctors, vigs, or scumblockers. So I'm more inclined to lynch a scallywag on the bright and early day.
Long Con, what say ye ta that?

Shiver me timbers if'n I ain't about to throw a vote on me swabbie Dunya, fer the brine'd do 'im good I reckon!

linki: I am a cat. I swat at people until they respond, and then run away.
I kid. I have no idea what my gameplay style is. I've been told it's analytical, with a lot of chewing over motive and vote placement.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:48 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:18 pm
Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:09 pm Voting No Lynch, because I only like to see people walk the plank. Lynching is is distasteful.

Linki: Also G-Man is scary.
Voting NO LYNCH at this time puts the townies into a strategic disadvantage. Explain, pirate LC.

I'd wager he is doing it just to gather reactions or something.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:50 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:24 pm
Quin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:02 pm
sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:50 pm Tequila really sucks 4/10 wouldn't recommend.

Second Hey! Lets get this lynch train started.

I think we should eye people who are to heavy on the role play, it could be used to avoid scumhunting/be left alive out of amusement. However, that shouldn't be the only reason to lynch someone.
I think you should have said that after the people worth eyeing had already shown themselves
Looking back, I’m not sure what to make of this post. I came to the same conclusion as Quin did here, but I don’t feel like Quin does anything with it. It’s like Quin just made an observation but didn’t use it as the basis for developing a read on sig.

I have a habit of tunneling on sig because he sets off my alarms too easily. I wasn't going to go down that path 5 hours into Day 0. As far as I'm concerned its NAI.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:51 pm**

sig wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:38 pm idk dogs are gross

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:40 pm Dogs are gross.

You people are monsters.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:52 pm**

And I don't know what any of you are talking about, because no lynch is objectively a good strategy.

linki: yeah dogs are gross

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:53 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:39 pm
Kylemii wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:34 pm I don't know some of you very well yet so I want to ask a question. Please respond without complaint:

What breed of dog would you most liken your gameplay to?
I've been told literally in-game that I am comparable to a dog that pees all over the thread, so my answer is whatever breed is most likely to do that (I don't know much about dogs, other than the poodles my parents had growing up, and they did pee in house on occasion, so maybe that).

I am intrigued as to the purpose of your inquiry, but I'll see where you're going with this.

I'm not "going anywhere" with this. This isn't like a "he said Schnauzer! lynch him!" thing. I want to gain behavioral context and dog breeds are an easy way to get people to be thoughtful and honest with their answers (and also I like dogs a lot).

It's already helped a bit.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:55 pm**

Quin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:52 pm And I don't know what any of you are talking about, because no lynch is objectively a good strategy.

For the reasons that I outlines, or for some other nebulous non-scientific reasons?

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:56 pm**

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:55 pm
Quin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:52 pm And I don't know what any of you are talking about, because no lynch is objectively a good strategy.
For the reasons that I outlines, or for some other nebulous non-scientific reasons?

100% nebulous non-scientific reasons.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:59 pm**

Quin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:56 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:55 pm
Quin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:52 pm And I don't know what any of you are talking about, because no lynch is objectively a good strategy.
For the reasons that I outlines, or for some other nebulous non-scientific reasons?
100% nebulous non-scientific reasons.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:02 pm**

A no lynch is a terrible strategy 95% of the time

Fight me.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:03 pm**

This is your captain speaking, dogs aren't gross, okay!?

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:04 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:02 pm A no lynch is a terrible strategy 95% of the time

Fight me.

ill bash ye fookin ead in i sware on me mum

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:07 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:55 pmSo hoist the sails and get to work, sing a shanty and keep one good eye out for any shady dealings that go on on me ship. Shadier than the usual, I mean. Yarr.

SQUAAAWWWK hoist the sails walk the plank

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