The Syndicate

I am probably in for this, MP told me to

I made an interesting discovery this afternoon.

I was helping my parents move some things, and came across their vinyl collection (not really large enough to be called a "collection," but there we are). My dad's big into classic rock and country, so there's some Boston, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, and that one Coven album with the imp playing the violin. My mom was more into folk and the golden oldies, so among hers I find John Denver, The Beach Boys, and a Lesley Gore 45 (bet you can guess which one).

Curiously, however, there was one record my parents both denied owning. Yet there it was.

The album in question was recorded by a Mr. E. P. Nosisberg between the years 1959 and 1961. The liner notes indicated that these sessions involved lesser known talents (but talents all the same) such as bassist Virgil Stanford Thompkins I, and percussionist Wilford Allen Varney.

Mom and dad didn't mind at all when I asked if I could take the record home and listen to it. They don't listen to much music anymore and don't even have a turntable these days. Given the nature of the songs listed on the sleeve, I thought it would be of interest to those who signed up here (or are thinking of signing up) if I held the mic up to my speakers, punched record, and let us all find out what this dusty relic had to offer.

The opening number is a familiar Gershwin tune, performed many times by no less than Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Let's have a listen.

I can see why they would deny owning it. I Googled Nosisberg and got nada. With "B" & "R" replaced with "I" & "P", it could be an anagram for Epignosis. That was interesting.

Golden wrote:OK, I'm in.

Yay!

Sloonei wrote:I am probably in for this, MP told me to

Damn straight.

We need 6 more because sig didn't vote in the poll, right?

Neither did sloonei but I assume they are both still playing?

Where is DDL? DDL, where are you!?

Well, I think Sloonei will be playing, but he did say "probably" in his post, so it's a little unclear if he's fully committed yet. Either way, he needs to play.

And yes, DDL needs to play.

yeah i'm probably in but not 100% sure yet

sorry Dom, i voted in this poll by mistake. i didn't realize it was for signing up. i won't be able to play, so please keep me off the player list. it looks like a very cool theme though and i hope you all have a blast.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:sorry Dom, i voted in this poll by mistake. i didn't realize it was for signing up. i won't be able to play, so please keep me off the player list. it looks like a very cool theme though and i hope you all have a blast.

It's my mistake that I didn't make votes changeable.

The votes are totally changeable, and if even if they weren't, the thread starter can edit the poll to make them changeable.

Sorry Dom, I will not be able to play either. One more person down.



Now this game will never get off the ground



Just kidding! I'm still in. I hope I get to creep in y'all's bedrooms in the dead of night and smother y'all with your own pillows soon. What? Too dark? No. It's just mafia!

I made the poll, so if votes were NOT changeable Dom, blame me! But, as Epi says, they ARE changeable

And Gumshoe, you nearly gave me a heart attack, lol.

Golden wrote:Neither did sloonei but I assume they are both still playing?

Where is DDL? DDL, where are you!?

MovingPictures07 wrote:Well, I think Sloonei will be playing, but he did say "probably" in his post, so it's a little unclear if he's fully committed yet. Either way, he needs to play.

And yes, DDL needs to play.

I want to play but I'm already about to play a game in my site and I really want to avoid playing 2 games at once.

Maybe if I get day 1 lynched there or something...

Guys stop doing this to me.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:

Golden wrote:Neither did sloonei but I assume they are both still playing?

Where is DDL? DDL, where are you!?

MovingPictures07 wrote:Well, I think Sloonei will be playing, but he did say "probably" in his post, so it's a little unclear if he's fully committed yet. Either way, he needs to play.

And yes, DDL needs to play.

I want to play but I'm already about to play a game in my site and I really want to avoid playing 2 games at once.

Maybe if I get day 1 lynched there or something...

Guys stop doing this to me.

But I haven't done anything.

So when are you signing up? :P

Gumshoe wrote:Sorry Dom, I will not be able to play either. One more person down.



Now this game will never get off the ground



Just kidding! I'm still in. I hope I get to creep in y'all's bedrooms in the dead of night and smother y'all with your own pillows soon. What? Too dark? No. It's just mafia!

I like this guy already.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:

Golden wrote:Neither did sloonei but I assume they are both still playing?

Where is DDL? DDL, where are you!?

MovingPictures07 wrote:Well, I think Sloonei will be playing, but he did say "probably" in his post, so it's a little unclear if he's fully committed yet. Either way, he needs to play.

And yes, DDL needs to play.

I want to play but I'm already about to play a game in my site and I really want to avoid playing 2 games at once.

Maybe if I get day 1 lynched there or something...

Guys stop doing this to me.

Maybe I'll sign up over there and lead a lynch on you Day 1.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:

Golden wrote:Neither did sloonei but I assume they are both still playing?

Where is DDL? DDL, where are you!?

MovingPictures07 wrote:Well, I think Sloonei will be playing, but he did say "probably" in his post, so it's a little unclear if he's fully committed yet. Either way, he needs to play.

And yes, DDL needs to play.

I want to play but I'm already about to play a game in my site and I really want to avoid playing 2 games at once.

Maybe if I get day 1 lynched there or something...

Guys stop doing this to me.

For future personal reference, what's this other site?

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:Sorry Dom, I will not be able to play either. One more person down.



Now this game will never get off the ground



Just kidding! I'm still in. I hope I get to creep in y'all's bedrooms in the dead of night and smother y'all with your own pillows soon. What? Too dark? No. It's just mafia!

I like this guy already.

Thanks MP. I'll buy you a beer or whatever your drug of choice is that last one looks a little weed like, I think it will do.

Gumshoe wrote:

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:

Golden wrote:Neither did sloonei but I assume they are both still playing?

Where is DDL? DDL, where are you!?

MovingPictures07 wrote:Well, I think Sloonei will be playing, but he did say "probably" in his post, so it's a little unclear if he's fully committed yet. Either way, he needs to play.

And yes, DDL needs to play.

I want to play but I'm already about to play a game in my site and I really want to avoid playing 2 games at once.

Maybe if I get day 1 lynched there or something...

Guys stop doing this to me.

For future personal reference, what's this other site?

http://www.narutoforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=486

Gumshoe wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:Sorry Dom, I will not be able to play either. One more person down.



Now this game will never get off the ground



Just kidding! I'm still in. I hope I get to creep in y'all's bedrooms in the dead of night and smother y'all with your own pillows soon. What? Too dark? No. It's just mafia!

I like this guy already.

Thanks MP. I'll buy you a beer or whatever your drug of choice is that last one looks a little weed like, I think it will do.

Ha, you're right. I never noticed that with the tea image.

My drug of choice is coffee though.

Gumshoe wrote:
For future personal reference, what's this other site?

Naruto Forums (NF). I met DDL and a few other folks over there. This requires some backstory.

I didn't even know they (or a bunch of other sites) played mafia. Like some others here, I fell in love with mafia at Lostpedia and played on the LP-based sites The Piano, Revolutionmafia, and Hedville. Of course, there was the SpoilerTV route as well, but I never played there, only heard other folks (such as Roxy) talk about it. I introduced it to a bunch of friends I had made at ProgArchives (my main forum hub from '08-'11) and they loved it, so some on The Syndicate come from that background. About a year ago, I had played once or twice on RateYourMusic, only because someone (Keterman) I knew originally from ProgArchives had found out that they played mafia there, so I checked it out. My life was way too busy though and my presence over there quickly faded, to concentrate solely on this site. That was pretty much the extent of my mafia universe.

Ever since we came in contact with Thingyman and found out about the Mafia Championships, it was like an entire previously unknown mafia universe revealed itself to many here, myself included.

I scanned the preliminary list of participating sites and saw Naruto Forums. I love Naruto and never checked that site out, so I made it one of my first sites to scope out for mafia. I met DDL there, played a game, and we talked more as the Championships Game 3 played out as well, since our rep (Turnip Head) was in it as well as NF's rep (Soneji/WolfPrinceKiba).

I was also reminded of RYM and really longed to head back over there again, so I did. I've been playing a few games there (including one I'm in at the moment) recently and that's where some newer folks came from as well, such as JJJ, Sloonei, etc., since I got four of them to come over here and play the recently completed Economics game.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:Sorry Dom, I will not be able to play either. One more person down.



Now this game will never get off the ground



Just kidding! I'm still in. I hope I get to creep in y'all's bedrooms in the dead of night and smother y'all with your own pillows soon. What? Too dark? No. It's just mafia!

I like this guy already.

Thanks MP. I'll buy you a beer or whatever your drug of choice is that last one looks a little weed like, I think it will do.

Ha, you're right. I never noticed that with the tea image.

My drug of choice is coffee though.

I meant the yay smilie but the coffee does too. The Syndicate must reside in Colorado.

Gumshoe wrote:
Thanks MP. I'll buy you a beer or whatever your drug of choice is that last one looks a little weed like, I think it will do.

Pretty much any of those look good to me. Except the tea, since I don't like tea. :P

Gumshoe wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:Thanks MP. I'll buy you a beer or whatever your drug of choice is that last one looks a little weed like, I think it will do.

Ha, you're right. I never noticed that with the tea image.

My drug of choice is coffee though.

I meant the yay smilie but the coffee does too. The Syndicate must reside in Colorado.

The Syndicate could reside in Oregon in about 2.5 weeks.

EDIT: Quote fails.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Gumshoe wrote:Thanks MP. I'll buy you a beer or whatever your drug of choice is that last one looks a little weed like, I think it will do.

Ha, you're right. I never noticed that with the tea image.

My drug of choice is coffee though.

I meant the yay smilie but the coffee does too. The Syndicate must reside in Colorado.

The Syndicate could reside in Oregon in about 2.5 weeks.

Oregon too now? Nice. I didn't know.

EDIT: Blame Metalmarsh for the quote fails above

Fixed the pyramid for you, Gumshoe.

And it seems Sloonei has voted yes! So we now officially need 5 more, since sig is the only one who committed to playing but hasn't yet voted.

I'm really excited about this game! We have a fantastic host (Dom) and somehow RL has always gotten in the way of me playing a Dom-hosted game before, despite being in similar mafia circles as him for the past 5 years now, so I'm stoked on that fact alone. We also have a fantastic player lineup, with some really great players from The Syndicate and some from other communities (1 from RYM, the 2 from the INTJ game who are still relatively new here, and a few from JTM/GTF, right? and then there's Gumshoe as well). I'm especially excited to play with all of the folks I haven't played with yet!

Yo I'm In! I must fill my freshly-renewed mafia addiction hole now that Biblical is over.

nutella wrote:Yo I'm In! I must fill my freshly-renewed mafia addiction hole now that Biblical is over.

Fantastic! It'll be great to play with you again.

nutella wrote:Yo I'm In! I must fill my freshly-renewed mafia addiction hole now that Biblical is over.

YAS GAGA YAS¡¡¡¡¡

nutella wrote:Yo I'm In! I must fill my freshly-renewed mafia addiction hole now that Biblical is over.

Mafia addiction hole?

Ok I just signed up for two more games at NF and then I realized I'm being a jerk for not signing up for this one too.

YOLO. Put me in.

(I'm not joining your game tho, Jay, sorry. 3 is REALLY too much).

(I'm addicted to mafia. HELP)

Glad to see you, DDL!

3 more let's go

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Ok I just signed up for two more games at NF and then I realized I'm being a jerk for not signing up for this one too.

YOLO. Put me in.

(I'm not joining your game tho, Jay, sorry. 3 is REALLY too much).

YASSSSSSS

We could potentially start... tonight...

Dom wrote:We could potentially start... tonight...

Then let's get this filled. Tell your friends.

Musicals aren't really my thing.

But when the host of a party specifically reaches out to you, it's bad form to say no.

Put me in the roster.


NOW.......I'M MOTIVATED!!

XthAtGAm3RGuYX wrote:Musicals aren't really my thing.

But when the host of a party specifically reaches out to you, it's bad form to say no.

Put me in the roster.


NOW.......I'M MOTIVATED!!

Glad to be facing off with you again, Mordecai.

XthAtGAm3RGuYX wrote:Musicals aren't really my thing.

But when the host of a party specifically reaches out to you, it's bad form to say no.

Put me in the roster.


NOW.......I'M MOTIVATED!!

ENTHRALLED TO HAVE YOU!!!¡¡¡

Can you tag people on this forum???

@Missing Person get in on this shit

I NEED ULTIMATE BACK UP!

I feel like I finally understand where Missing Person gets his nickname from.

XthAtGAm3RGuYX wrote:Can you tag people on this forum???

@Missing Person get in on this shit

I NEED ULTIMATE BACK UP!

I believe I messaged Missing Person about this game.

Sign up people.

Or I'll post the second track to Mr. E.P. Nosisberg's album.

Epignosis wrote:Sign up people.

Or I'll post the second track to Mr. E.P. Nosisberg's album.

That's a threat?

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Sign up people.

Or I'll post the second track to Mr. E.P. Nosisberg's album.

That's a threat?

Oh no. Mr. Nosisberg has a beautiful, wondrous voice. Wouldn't you agree?

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Sign up people.

Or I'll post the second track to Mr. E.P. Nosisberg's album.

That's a threat?

Oh no. Mr. Nosisberg has a beautiful, wondrous voice. Wouldn't you agree?

Wouldn't know, never heard it.

Two more then? You all might be saved.

Epignosis wrote:Two more then? You all might be saved.

Biblical Mafia is over though.