The Syndicate

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:20 pm**

Side Casting...and yes I did just look up bulldozing techniques.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:22 pm**

Hi Fred~ so tell me why you love Hemingway as much as you do?

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:26 pm**

lol...because I like him way more then Emerson (Who is a philosopher not a "writer" in the way I see it), Salinger, Williams, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne and Mellville. Plus Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises are two of the best books I've ever read.

Really though it's mainly Salinger that's giving me fits, everyone else is understandable by opinion. But I REEAAAAALLLY loathe Salinger, so if we just remove Salinger my resolve will weaken.

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:30 pm**

Nice answer, I will back off Hemingway for now. He is far from my fave, but yeah, Old Man and the Sea was pretty good

Posted: **Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:53 pm**

As I said in the Phenon sign-ups thread, welcome, Fred! We're glad to have you here. :yay:

Hope you enjoy it, and don't be afraid to ask whatever questions come to mind.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:15 am**

Hello. I'm new here. I'm not new to mafia.

I've run games and made some brilliant plays before. I've also lost horribly and made blatant wire with the best of them.

I enjoy things sometimes and other times I don't.

Historically, I've been very active as a poster, but real life has forced me to allow my playstyle. I rarely take hints well because I never get them.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:16 am**

Welcome to The Syndicate, gfishfunk!!!! :yay:

I see ColonialBob has recently signed up too. Welcome to him as well! So glad to see you folks over here from HCR already.

Don't hesitate to let any of us know what questions you may have about how things run around these parts.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:17 am**

gfishfunk wrote:Hello. I'm new here. I'm not new to mafia.

I've run games and made some brilliant plays before. I've also lost horribly and made blatant wire with the best of them.

I enjoy things sometimes and other times I don't.

Historically, I've been very active as a poster, but real life has forced me to allow my playstyle. I rarely take hints well because I never get them.

Also, this all sounds too much like me.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:31 am**

Thanks. I was thinking of stealing someone's avatar midgame to create confusion. I'd that frowned upon here?

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:34 am**

gfishfunk wrote:Thanks. I was thinking of stealing someone's avatar midgame to create confusion. I'd that frowned upon here?

It probably would be, yeah, if the joke outran its 15 seconds of fame.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:39 am**

Good to know.

I rarely fight dirty, but I'm not super clean.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:40 am**

gfishfunk wrote:Good to know.

I rarely fight dirty, but I'm not super clean.

Sounds like you'll fit in well around here.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:46 am**

Hey GFish.

What's your perfect Sunday

mongrel?

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:21 am**

I wake up, win the lottery, then loose it all at a casino.

Not playing any game, just misplacing it.

Ahhhh..... To be young again.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:28 am**

Welcome gfishfunk! From what you have said I think you will like our community. Looking forward to playing with you!

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm**

very cool reading some intros here and some history of this place.

i think it was MP who linked me to sign up a few years back through our RYM mafia gaming period where there was going to be a game between two sites (I didn't join, RL issues prevented me unfortunately).

was chatting with jay a few weeks ago (love him, old friend) and got talking about mafia somehow and how I missed playing with him so he said HEY there's a SF game that's about to start so...here I am. Was really nice to see Sloonei here too, who is also an old friend.

Noticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:53 pm**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm very cool reading some intros here and some history of this place.

i think it was MP who linked me to sign up a few years back through our RYM mafia gaming period where there was going to be a game between two sites (I didn't join, RL issues prevented me unfortunately).

was chatting with jay a few weeks ago (love him, old friend) and got talking about mafia somehow and how I missed playing with him so he said HEY there's a SF game that's about to start so...here I am. Was really nice to see Sloonei here too, who is also an old friend.

Noticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs

We're hosting.

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:10 pm**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm very cool reading some intros here and some history of this place.

i think it was MP who linked me to sign up a few years back through our RYM mafia gaming period where there was going to be a game between two sites (I didn't join, RL issues prevented me unfortunately).

was chatting with jay a few weeks ago (love him, old friend) and got talking about mafia somehow and how I missed playing with him so he said HEY there's a SF game that's about to start so...here I am. Was really nice to see Sloonei here too, who is also an old friend.

Noticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs

hi i'm rico

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:22 pm**

[mention]Epignosis[/mention] hahaha added you to my Persons to Avoid list

[mention]Ricochet[/mention] hi! I'm Dunia. Nice to meet you!

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:41 pm**

Ricochet wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:10 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm very cool reading some intros here and some history of this place.

i think it was MP who linked me to sign up a few years back through our RYM mafia gaming period where there was going to be a game between two sites (I didn't join, RL issues prevented me unfortunately).

was chatting with jay a few weeks ago (love him, old friend) and got talking about mafia somehow and how I missed playing with him so he said HEY there's a SF game that's about to start so...here I am. Was really nice to see Sloonei here too, who is also an old friend.

Noticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs
hi i'm rico

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:53 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm very cool reading some intros here and some history of this place.

i think it was MP who linked me to sign up a few years back through our RYM mafia gaming period where there was going to be a game between two sites (I didn't join, RL issues prevented me unfortunately).

was chatting with jay a few weeks ago (love him, old friend) and got talking about mafia somehow and how I missed playing with him so he said HEY there's a SF game that's about to start so...here I am. Was really nice to see Sloonei here too, who is also an old friend.

Noticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs
We're hosting.

One of the things I love about the people here is that the community is as important to us as the game itself. I had some of these people at my wedding, heck I had some of them IN my wedding! There are some awesome people here, and the people who have joined us here from RYM are no exception to that. So welcome!

Posted: **Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:33 pm**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm very cool reading some intros here and some history of this place.

i think it was MP who linked me to sign up a few years back through our RYM mafia gaming period where there was going to be a game between two sites (I didn't join, RL issues prevented me unfortunately).

was chatting with jay a few weeks ago (love him, old friend) and got talking about mafia somehow and how I missed playing with him so he said HEY there's a SF game that's about to start so...here I am. Was really nice to see Sloonei here too, who is also an old friend.

Noticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs

So glad to have you here!

Hope you like it and stick around.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:45 am**

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pmNoticed that everyone's nice which is new for me when venturing into a new online community, more so in a competition. Where are all the snarky meanspirited snobs

here i am, jerk.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:53 am**

A chunk of us started playing Mafia on Lostpedia Forums, dunya, and the LP folk have been tight for some time. Like Spacedaisy said, we have partied together several times (one guy travelled from Australia to Washington DC for a party... my family and I attended the same from Ontario).

The community is more important than the Mafia games.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:29 am**

If you folks ever want to party down in Alabama, let me know.

I don't get out much.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:23 pm**

ref'd by MP who my wife and I have gamed with IRL a few times.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:34 pm**

NewTraditionalist wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:23 pm ref'd by MP who my wife and I have gamed with IRL a few times.

Posted: **Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:08 pm**

NewTraditionalist wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:23 pm ref'd by MP who my wife and I have gamed with IRL a few times.

Careful, he is a tricky one.

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:01 am**

I really, really miss Flyin' High. Somebody bring her back to us.

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:40 am**

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:01 am I really, really miss Flyin' High. Somebody bring her back to us.

So do I. I don't know what happened to her, she was applying for a new job maybe she just is too busy with that to play. I sent her a PM in the hopes that it triggers her email telling her how much we miss her and happy birthday.

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:48 pm**

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:41 pm

One of the things I love about the people here is that the community is as important to us as the game itself. I had some of these people at my wedding, heck I had some of them IN my wedding! There are some awesome people here, and the people who have joined us here from RYM are no exception to that. So welcome!

please tell me you and MP met through a mafia game

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:51 pm**

We did! He was hosting, I was a player.

We had played together before but I didn't take notice of him before that. In fact I had hosted him in one of my games before and had watched in amusement as he had imploded his entire civilian team. It was quite funny and a little tragic. Lol

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:54 pm**

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:51 pm We did! He was hosting, I was a player. We had played together before but I didn't take notice of him before that. In fact I had hosted him in one of my games before and had watched in amusement as he had imploded his entire civilian team. It was quite funny and a little tragic. Lol

Oh god, that game. I haven't changed one bit.

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:57 pm**

Yeah, we actually started talking when I was hosting Classic Rock Mafia on The Piano (RIP) back in January of 2012. Honestly it's still amazing to think about it -- I spent my spring break to visit her two months later and the rest is history.

Posted: **Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:02 pm**

juliets wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:40 am
Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:01 am I really, really miss Flyin' High. Somebody bring her back to us.
So do I. I don't know what happened to her, she was applying for a new job maybe she just is too busy with that to play. I sent her a PM in the hopes that it triggers her email telling her how much we miss her and happy birthday.

That's a great idea. I've reached out to FH briefly a couple times since she's been gone but haven't heard from her in a long while now. Would be amazing to see her back.

It's so bittersweet to look at the member list. So many amazing people that are a part of our community that have come from so many different avenues -- the LP/TP/RM/STV crowd, the PA/Shred crowd, RYM, HCR, RL friends of myself or any other members, and so many places. It's awesome to think how many have been retained and how we all have melded together into this now what I could only really call a TS community because of how varied everyone's background is. So many of my best friends are here. But then there are many people who have come and gone who I definitely miss and would love to see come back as well.

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:30 am**

Wow, I think my intro post got eaten during the Sitequake of 2017.

I'm from HCRealms, I have been playing for over a decade, and I'm always mafia.

Seriously, we ran the numbers and I'm two standard deviations more likely to be Mafia in a game over there. So of course my first game here in the Side Mission? Mafia.

Also helped JJJ run the Mass Effect mafia. Looking forward to participating in more games.

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:58 am**

malakim2099 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:30 am Wow, I think my intro post got eaten during the Sitequake of 2017.

I'm from HCRealms, I have been playing for over a decade, and I'm always mafia.

Seriously, we ran the numbers and I'm two standard deviations more likely to be Mafia in a game over there. So of course my first game here in the Side Mission? Mafia.

Also helped JJJ run the Mass Effect mafia. Looking forward to participating in more games.

Hey malakim! Happy to have you here.

I feel your pain; I was mafia 9 out of my first 10 games, and I had various long periods of time where I kept rolling mafia a ridiculously high amount of the time. Seems I might be finally over that, but it's done lasting damage to a lot of players' willingness to trust me. At least you made a win out of your first mafia experience here.

Posted: **Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:35 pm**

malakim2099 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:30 am Wow, I think my intro post got eaten during the Sitequake of 2017.

I'm from HCRealms, I have been playing for over a decade, and I'm always mafia.

Seriously, we ran the numbers and I'm two standard deviations more likely to be Mafia in a game over there. So of course my first game here in the Side Mission? Mafia.

Also helped JJJ run the Mass Effect mafia. Looking forward to participating in more games.

hi im quin and im always town, even when im not

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:06 am**

Hi everyone.

The site was recommended to me when I popped back into the mafia forums at HCRealms.

I've been playing mafia for almost ten years now, off and on. I've run several games (some with wacky and completely broken roles). I'm glad to be a part of this community. It may take me a bit to sign up, as I want to explore about a bit (plus I'm currently running a game elsewhere).

And yes, Mal is always mafia.

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:31 am**

K-Ness is known for having a mafia game that took three years to finish.

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:41 am**

I wish I still had the roles for that game, but they were lost when my computer died.

I do appreciate everyone's patience in waiting for the final results of that game!

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:57 am**

Welcome!

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:51 am**

K-Ness wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:06 am Hi everyone.

The site was recommended to me when I popped back into the mafia forums at HCRealms.

I've been playing mafia for almost ten years now, off and on. I've run several games (some with wacky and completely broken roles). I'm glad to be a part of this community. It may take me a bit to sign up, as I want to explore about a bit (plus I'm currently running a game elsewhere).

And yes, Mal is always mafia.

Welcome to the Syndicate! We've got some awesome HC Realms people here and are happy to have you join. Hope you get to play a game soon. Also, we have a discord chat where you can get to know some of us. The link is https://discord.gg/B8nuAFq

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:57 am**

K-Ness wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:06 am Hi everyone.

The site was recommended to me when I popped back into the mafia forums at HCRealms.

I've been playing mafia for almost ten years now, off and on. I've run several games (some with wacky and completely broken roles). I'm glad to be a part of this community. It may take me a bit to sign up, as I want to explore about a bit (plus I'm currently running a game elsewhere).

And yes, Mal is always mafia.

Hi K-Ness!

I'm currently playing the HCRealms game K is hosting.

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:34 pm**

Welcome to The Syndicate, K-Ness! :yay:

Hope you enjoy it here.

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:23 pm**

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:57 am
Hi K-Ness!

I'm currently playing the HCRealms game K is hosting.

Thanks for playing, and I hope you enjoyed it! Now I'm working on my next game.

Posted: **Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:49 am**

Okay hello

I am Mesk!

Forgive me if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move my post to wherever it's supposed to belong... However I do believe i'm in the introductions section so, heeyyyyyyy!

I started playing Mafia two years ago on sc2. I have played over 1500 - 20 minute mafia games. As life was changing for myself I started playing more and becoming more involved when I then became an admin for the game. After reviewing game misconduct for so long, I really realized that 20 minutes really wasn't enough to get the real fun in the game, thus I started playing Forum Mafia on sc2mafia.com.
Unfortunately I arrived too late as the last two years there's only been one game running at a time and it's mostly the same people. However, that wasn't always the case and there's been over 15 - 25 to 30 player games hosted in the past. 4 for them being within the last two years.

A couple months ago I took over the responsibility of running the section. I selected only the best of people to help me and I must say it's been lengthy road trying to revamp the section of the site, but it's been fun and it's something I am willing to do as I'm just a loser with an internet connect

I am here because I want to learn how others play apart from my homesite. If someone link me to a game or PM me teaching me how to maneuver this site, it would be greatly appreciated!

Again sorry for potentially necroing and posting in the wrong thread!

Posted: **Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:59 am**

Mesk514 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:49 am Okay hello

I am Mesk!

Forgive me if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move my post to wherever it's supposed to belong... However I do believe i'm in the introductions section so, heeyyyyyyy!

I started playing Mafia two years ago on sc2. I have played over 1500 - 20 minute mafia games. As life was changing for myself I started playing more and becoming more involved when I then became an admin for the game. After reviewing game misconduct for so long, I really realized that 20 minutes really wasn't enough to get the real fun in the game, thus I started playing Forum Mafia on sc2mafia.com.
Unfortunately I arrived too late as the last two years there's only been one game running at a time and it's mostly the same people. However, that wasn't always the case and there's been over 15 - 25 to 30 player games hosted in the past. 4 for them being within the last two years.

A couple months ago I took over the responsibility of running the section. I selected only the best of people to help me and I must say it's been lengthy road trying to revamp the section of the site, but it's been fun and it's something I am willing to do as I'm just a loser with an internet connect

I am here because I want to learn how others play apart from my homesite. If someone link me to a game or PM me teaching me how to maneuver this site, it would be greatly appreciated!

Again sorry for potentially necroing and posting in the wrong thread!

Hey there, Mesk!

First of all, welcome to The Syndicate. We're always glad to see newcomers from other mafia communities. We're a bit of a mafia melting pot around here, with styles and game structures coagulating in a bubbling cauldron of goop with ingredients from all over the place.

Second, you've introduced yourself in exactly the correct place.

Third, I'd be happy to give you some aid with maneuvering the site. I'll send you a PM with details shortly.

Posted: **Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:36 pm**

Hello, Mesk! Welcome to the site!! :yay:

Hope you enjoy it here.

Posted: **Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:28 pm**

1,500 X 20 mins = 30,000 mins = 500 hrs ≈ 20.83 days ≈ 3 weeks of mafia.

Jesus thats a lot in two years.

Posted: **Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:16 pm**

Hi!

I'm PTB. I started playing SC2 Mafia online in 2010/11. I played too many games to count to be honest. I got into forum style mafia about 2 years ago. I've quickly grasped the concept of how forum mafia works. I played on another site, but I am in search of a new place to call home. The site I originally come from is limited in players and forum capabilities. So I am excited to see the larger world that is forum mafia.

Thanks!

The Syndicate

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