The Syndicate

My submissions for best quote (they're related to the same event):

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Wait, is that MP singing?

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:This is the most talkative G-Man has been in the entire game.

linki @ Sloonei: Technically I did not post that video in the thread. You did.

Self-promotion is probably out of bounds but I found this one in the same game thread:

G-Man wrote:

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:birdwithteet: mafia

Good times!

Basically, the economics thread is so packed full of great quotes that you could just about have a "Best quote from Economics mafia" award.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I have voted.

Can't wait to see the winners!

I voted too. I hope you were as kind to me in your votesas I was to you.

I'd also like to apologize for the presence on the new players list of a bunch of my friends who bailed partway through their first games.

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I have voted.

Can't wait to see the winners!

I voted too. I hope you were as kind to me in your votesas I was to you.

I will publish here an extract from MovingPictures ballot.

MovingPictures07 wrote:One thing I should note is I am using my Administratorial veto on llama winning any awards. That guy is just terrible.

Damn I was planning on voting Llama for the Most Terrible Person Award, does this mean he won't be able to win it?

thellama73 wrote:I'd also like to apologize for the presence on the new players list of a bunch of my friends who bailed partway through their first games.

I don't think greybonez actually bailed, did he?

As a side note, not only is llama banned from winning any awards, but his friends get extra votes in their favor for all awards.

Linki: I'm afraid so. Please note that self-votes are permitted. :P

Golden wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I have voted.

Can't wait to see the winners!

I voted too. I hope you were as kind to me in your votesas I was to you.

I will publish here an extract from MovingPictures ballot.

MovingPictures07 wrote:One thing I should note is I am using my Administratorial veto on llama winning any awards. That guy is just terrible.

Yeah, that's about what I expected.

I have tallied the results so far, and they are very interesting. Some awards are already developing clear frontrunners, some others are seeing some very tight races, while others can't seem to settle on any candidates at all.

Keep those ballots coming in.

After some discussion, Golden and I have decided to include one more Award to the Sockys: The Best Overall Performance of 2015, or the MVP.

For those of you who have already voted, you may still vote on this one. Just send an additional PM to the appropriate account with the name of this award and the name of the player you are voting for.

Would that be the player who exhibited the most consistently strong performance(s) across every game?

Sloonei wrote:Would that be the player who exhibited the most consistently strong performance(s) across every game?

I think that is a fair way of putting it. It could be someone you think played really well regardless of affiliation, or it might be someone who really dominated a particular affiliation... just whoever you feel played the best, overall, in 2015.

Oh exciting stuff! I don't even know half of these games since I joined halfway through the year. But I'll do my best with what I know!

When does this end? I'll have some time to comb through stuff ~Thursday.

You have until Monday.

Golden wrote:You have until Monday.

Thanks! I'm voting you for best new member!

Edit: but damn you're in some fine company. This is a tough one.

Please remember that the deadline is February 22, not January 22nd!

G-Man wrote:

Hey Socky Voters.

Looks like we missed someone. Typhoony has been added to the list of New Members. Though he joined the Syndicate in 2013, he didn't even post here until about 2 years later, and his first game was in 2015.

Since he's a nub, I should probably add him to the New to Mafia list too.

I demand we restart the voting to give me a fair chance!

Typhoony wrote:I demand we restart the voting to give me a fair chance!

NoU.

Just a reminder everyone, you have 48 more hours to vote! Don't forget to send those votes in.

I think we made the best decision I was able to come up with. That's all we can ask for in any lynch.

I really enjoyed JJJ's quote from the Champions game. Does that count, or is it a 2016 quote?

2016 quote, sorry.

Also, there is one category that currently has 12 votes... 2 for each of 6 candidates. Some of these things could still go any direction.

thellama73 wrote:I'd also like to apologize for the presence on the new players list of a bunch of my friends who bailed partway through their first games.

Lol how bout all those Floyd alts... I mean friends.

I need to go back and find that exchange I had with J3 where he actually thought I'd been setting up for LYLO for nearly a month as some scum mastermind. It wasn't funny at all at the time but looking back it's hilarious now.

RadicalFuzz wrote:I need to go back and find that exchange I had with J3 where he actually thought I'd been setting up for LYLO for nearly a month as some scum mastermind. It wasn't funny at all at the time but looking back it's hilarious now.

You mean this one?

2 more hours until voting will close!!!

I fell asleep before hitting submit

Voting is closed. Sorry to those who voted for JJJ's quote in the Game of Champions (there were many of you). Don't forget to submit it next year, when GoC 2015 will be eligible for the Socky awards!!

Yea MM, that one. Doesn't work that well as a singular quote though, mainly as a series with context.

Wait, I want to change all my votes to Typhoony.

Is there an account we're supposed to send Post of the Year candidates to as the year progresses?

I've sent four to sockys2016. They've been sitting there for months. They probably expired.

PMs expire? I sent a ton of them to the sockys2016 account

No, PMs never expire. They can only go away if the sender deletes them while they are still unread (in the sender's outbox), but even then the receiver will still receive a notification containing information that a message was sent, who sent the message, and that the message has been deleted.

I've had PMs sit in my outbox for more than a year, so don't panic; they will still be there for one of the ambassadors to read if you send them.