The Syndicate

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:18 pm**

AWR banners were like entering a new world of banners.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:20 pm**

The winner of the Funniest Poster Award, the King of the Tomatoes, the Conqueror of Serbia, and the Lord of everything that massages the humerus, goes to...

DrWilgy
Epignosis
G-Man
Metalmarsh89
Scotty

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:21 pm**

I think being a bad guy in every game has driven the Doctor mad.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:21 pm**

Congratulations to the winners! Well deserved, all. I'm glad I don't have to delete any accounts.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:21 pm**

Serbia had it coming to them.

Congrats Wilgy

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:23 pm**

Congrats DrWilgy! It was nice to be nominated but you're more consistently funny than me. Well done!

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:24 pm**

And now for your final Award, we have the Best Quote. Your nominations were as follows:

Spoiler: show

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:27 pm**

And the winner of the Best Quote goes to...

Spoiler: show

Congratulations fingersplints (and MP for being a puppy with with a small bladder).

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:28 pm**

one oof my favorite message board posts period

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:29 pm**

LOL at the quote being written in the banner

Well, no upsets, overall. Maybe at the Oscars, then?

Congratulations to everyone!

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:31 pm**

Thanks everyone for voting in the Sockys, and for making this a truly wonderful year. Everyone who won and was nominated surely deserved the awards. Also, thank you Golden, fingersplints, and Long Con for your assistance with the Sockys this year, and to the Admins and Ambassadors for helping behind the scenes with some of the preliminaries.

And finally, thank you Syndicate community for being awesome. Let's make 2016 another successful year, and keep up the mafia madness.

The after-party is at JaggedJimmyJay's house. PM him if you need directions.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:33 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners and I can say it was a thrill just to be nominated. I think my fellow nominees will agree. Special congrats to Golden who won, well, everything? Maybe not everything but it's special to be a multiple winner. Thank you those of you who worked on this you did a super job.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:34 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Thanks everyone for voting in the Sockys, and for making this a truly wonderful year. Everyone who won and was nominated surely deserved the awards. Also, thank you Golden, fingersplints, and Long Con for your assistance with the Sockys this year, and to the Admins and Ambassadors for helping behind the scenes with some of the preliminaries.

And finally, thank you Syndicate community for being awesome. Let's make 2016 another successful year, and keep up the mafia madness.

The after-party is at JaggedJimmyJay's house. PM him if you need directions.

Indeed, thanks to everyone for making 2015 an absolutely stunning year for this site, thanks to all the voters, and thanks to the Ambassadors for spearheading the Sockys, particularly MM, Golden, splints, and LC!

So far so good for 2016, but we still have plenty of awesome months of mafia left.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:34 pm**

Every winner was deserving. Nice job everyone!

Thanks Golden, fingersplints, Long Con, and Marsh for hosting the awards. Y'all were super, it was worth the wait. Looking forward to the next Sockys.

I also want to recognize someone who didn't win an award, but certainly could have. Turnip Head is an awesome all around player who represented The Syndicate admirably in the champs tournament this year (in a setup which was nothing remotely like what is often played here), and seeing him play was a big part of my desire to visit the site.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:36 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:And the Best Game Banner goes to...

Death and Taxes: An Economics Mafia
Death Note Mafia
Film Directors
Last (wo)Man Standing 3
Mafia: A World Reborn
Talking Heads Mafia (RYM #90)

As Long Con designed this banner, this award goes to him. For those of you who don't know, Long Con and Spacedaisy design a large majority of our game banners here at the Syndicate, and have done a fantastic job in doing so. Long Con also designed the banners for this year's Sockys. I want to thank for for their contributions in this department, as well as anyone else who has done a game banner. Well done y'all.

So Long Con gets to have a banner that Long Con designed commemorating Long Con designing a banner for a game that Long Con hosted

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:37 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:
I also want to recognize someone who didn't win an award, but certainly could have. Turnip Head is an awesome all around player who represented The Syndicate admirably in the champs tournament this year (in a setup which was nothing remotely like what is often played here), and seeing him play was a big part of my desire to visit the site.

Nice acknowledge writeup. Glad our delegate did the trick.

Golden wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:And the Best Game Banner goes to...

Death and Taxes: An Economics Mafia
Death Note Mafia
Film Directors
Last (wo)Man Standing 3
Mafia: A World Reborn
Talking Heads Mafia (RYM #90)

As Long Con designed this banner, this award goes to him. For those of you who don't know, Long Con and Spacedaisy design a large majority of our game banners here at the Syndicate, and have done a fantastic job in doing so. Long Con also designed the banners for this year's Sockys. I want to thank for for their contributions in this department, as well as anyone else who has done a game banner. Well done y'all.
So Long Con designed a banner commemorating Long Con's win for designing a banner for a game that Long Con hosted

Told you it'd get real meta.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:38 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Every winner was deserving. Nice job everyone!

Thanks Golden, fingersplints, Long Con, and Marsh for hosting the awards. Y'all were super, it was worth the wait. Looking forward to the next Sockys.

I also want to recognize someone who didn't win an award, but certainly could have. Turnip Head is an awesome all around player who represented The Syndicate admirably in the champs tournament this year (in a setup which was nothing remotely like what is often played here), and seeing him play was a big part of my desire to visit the site.

He was SO Perfect

We were all so proud of him, and still are

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:39 pm**

juliets wrote:Congratulations to all the winners and I can say it was a thrill just to be nominated. I think my fellow nominees will agree. Special congrats to Golden who won, well, everything? Maybe not everything but it's special to be a multiple winner. Thank you those of you who worked on this you did a super job.

It is. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. It really is nice to have others feel like I played really well.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:39 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I also want to recognize someone who didn't win an award, but certainly could have. Turnip Head is an awesome all around player who represented The Syndicate admirably in the champs tournament this year (in a setup which was nothing remotely like what is often played here), and seeing him play was a big part of my desire to visit the site.

Seconded, if it weren't for our participation in that tournament, 2015 might have looked very differently! Props to Turnip Head for being the first to represent us throughout the mafia multiverse and rocking it.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:40 pm**

Golden wrote:
juliets wrote:Congratulations to all the winners and I can say it was a thrill just to be nominated. I think my fellow nominees will agree. Special congrats to Golden who won, well, everything? Maybe not everything but it's special to be a multiple winner. Thank you those of you who worked on this you did a super job.
It is. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. It really is nice to have others feel like I played really well.

You really had quite a legendary year of mafia last year. I'm not sure how it'll be topped, because there were plenty of others who really amazed last year too (Ricochet, MM, etc.) and in prior years as well, but not with the same magnitude of dominance.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:41 pm**

I want to acknowledge some kind words from earlier:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Congrats Jay!

I wonder how you would have fared in Omerta Mafia.

Thank you! That game would have probably tortured me, though it'd also be a nice break.

Ricochet wrote:Woo, JJJ! Even a blind could see how worthy that is.

#4bannersforonegamesorta

G-Man wrote:Way to go 3J. Your ISO's were fierce and instrumental.

Thanks! Some people hate them, so it means a lot.

Epignosis wrote:3J puts every civilian ever to shame.

Very kind of you to say so, Epi. I don't agree though. Epignosis himself is a hell of a civilian who has already had some influence on the way I play the game.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:42 pm**

So many people were nominated that I felt were also so deserving, and even some who didn't make the finalists. Turnip Head, Sorsha, Bubbles, Sloonei, MovingPictures, S~V~S, Scotty, juliets... all people who I feel like were deserving of awards and I'm sure there are others too.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:53 pm**

Thanks for the ambiguous shout out, Golden!

And congrats to all the winners. Everyone deserved their victories, but in my brief time here I can also say that this community as a whole rules. You're all good socks in my book.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:53 pm**

Long Con wrote:
Spirit Award

bea
G-Man
juliets
DrWilgy

G-Man in Biblical...more like The Holy Spirit, amirite?

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:18 pm**

Grats to all the winners!

This was a great year for The Syndicate. It was, as they say, an honor to just be nominated. I was really rooting for Sorsha to win Best Mafia, but it was awesome to see our World Reborn team be recognized in no small part because of her efforts there. Thanks for putting this all together, Socky Hosts!

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:27 pm**

Gratz to all the winners! I've played some of the games being represented here and they all deserved it

(most of the people I nominated were the ones who kicked my ass lol)

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:29 pm**

I hope to be able to vote with more confidence in next year's Sockies.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:29 pm**

Epignosis wrote:
Long Con wrote:
Spirit Award

bea
G-Man
juliets
DrWilgy

G-Man in Biblical...more like The Holy Spirit, amirite?

Yup. Sounds about right.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:31 pm**

Sloonei wrote:
Long Con wrote:
Best Civilian

Canucklehead
Golden
JaggedJimmyJay
Ricochet

Glad to see Jay branching out from RYM and continuing to out-town the world no matter where he goes. Bravo, Supertown Jimmy!

Thanks Sloonbeard. I doubt I'd have even tried this game if you and Madluke hadn't egged me into it way back when.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:32 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:And the winner of the Best Quote goes to...

Spoiler: show
fingersplints wrote:MP right now reminds me of a dog who is so excited he is just peeing all over everything.

Congratulations fingersplints (and MP for being a puppy with with a small bladder).

Woo hoo! Glad you won, Splints! When a post leads to a phrase that becomes part of the vernacular, it's award-worthy.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 10:55 pm**

Has anyone noticed that this year's Socky's have the same year in the badge as last year's?

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:41 pm**

Woohoo! Congratulations to all the winners! I'm happy to be a part of this site and look forward to fraternizing with all of the winners do that I may one day win a game like them!

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:45 pm**

thellama73 wrote:Has anyone noticed that this year's Socky's have the same year in the badge as last year's?

That was a derp on last year's badges. The Banners correspond to the 2015 year they commemorate.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:49 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
thellama73 wrote:Has anyone noticed that this year's Socky's have the same year in the badge as last year's?
That was a derp on last year's badges. The Banners correspond to the 2015 year they commemorate.

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:52 pm**

thellama73 wrote:Has anyone noticed that this year's Socky's have the same year in the badge as last year's?

I did notice that you are a good side mission host...

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:33 am**

Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you for all the voted for me and our games. We promise to put the same effort and care into each of our future games. As many people know about me my games and roles mean the world to me.

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:02 pm**

Lol is the sockswing pace on my New Player banner different? It's the only one that's out of sync with the rest (including my THM one).

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:04 pm**

It's probably just 'cause one image loads before the other, but I could be wrong on that.

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:21 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:It's probably just 'cause one image loads before the other, but I could be wrong on that.

Yeah, I think this is exactly what's happening. It happens sometimes for me, other times they all load quickly enough. For example, your third banner and Rico's second banner were slightly out of sync when I just now visited this page.

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:53 pm**

Mwa ha haaa... Let the age of moving sig banners commence!

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:54 pm**

Metalmarsh89 wrote:The winner of the Funniest Poster Award, the King of the Tomatoes, the Conqueror of Serbia, and the Lord of everything that massages the humerus, goes to...

DrWilgy
Epignosis
G-Man
Metalmarsh89
Scotty

Oh...

Yay me!! Thanks everyone!
*blushes and trips while walking off the stage in a manner so impossible everyone knew immediately that it was faked*

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:13 pm**

Long Con wrote: Mwa ha haaa... Let the age of moving sig banners commence!

They would be more wack if you actually put sig in all the banners. :P

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:21 pm**

Golden's banners are all in sync because that's how Mr. Perfect he is.

Posted: **Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:48 am**

Matt wrote:I didn't vote on nominees because I didn't start playing again until late last summer, but cool beans.

However, I was surprised to see Mac wasn't nominated for Best New Member or Funniest Poster, and even though he was eventual mafia, I'd like to give a shout out to Dom for his indy role in AWR.

Socky's look fun

Thank you!

CONGRATS to all the winners <3 you all deserve it!

Posted: **Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:35 pm**

I'm relatively new to The Syndicate but I've been here long enough to know there are some great Mafia players here who also are really great people as well. It's really wonderful that you all put so much effort into recognising your fellow players in such an auspicious fashion. I would like to add my congratulations for everyone who was nominated for these awards and to the winners (especially Golden who seems to have swept a whole lot of awards - does that mean he's the Socky's version of 'Titanic'?

). Great job guys

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:26 am**

Glorfindel wrote:I'm relatively new to The Syndicate but I've been here long enough to know there are some great Mafia players here who also are really great people as well. It's really wonderful that you all put so much effort into recognising your fellow players in such an auspicious fashion. I would like to add my congratulations for everyone who was nominated for these awards and to the winners (especially Golden who seems to have swept a whole lot of awards - does that mean he's the Socky's version of 'Titanic'? ). Great job guys

Because all that can happen to me from here is that I hit an iceberg and sink to the bottom of the ocean, as some kind of relic that was great for a brief fleeting moment?

Sounds about right. Especially since it won no awards for acting and I won't be winning any roleplay awards any time soon.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:45 am**

Golden wrote:
Glorfindel wrote:I'm relatively new to The Syndicate but I've been here long enough to know there are some great Mafia players here who also are really great people as well. It's really wonderful that you all put so much effort into recognising your fellow players in such an auspicious fashion. I would like to add my congratulations for everyone who was nominated for these awards and to the winners (especially Golden who seems to have swept a whole lot of awards - does that mean he's the Socky's version of 'Titanic'? ). Great job guys
Because all that can happen to me from here is that I hit an iceberg and sink to the bottom of the ocean, as some kind of relic that was great for a brief fleeting moment?

Sounds about right. Especially since it won no awards for acting and I won't be winning any roleplay awards any time soon.

Nah, I get the feeling you're going to be great for a long time to come my friend

I'm sure this is just the beginning of illustrious record here at Syndicate for you!

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:43 pm**

I'm so over Golden. Do we have his replacement yet?

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:04 pm**

Golden wrote:
Glorfindel wrote:I'm relatively new to The Syndicate but I've been here long enough to know there are some great Mafia players here who also are really great people as well. It's really wonderful that you all put so much effort into recognising your fellow players in such an auspicious fashion. I would like to add my congratulations for everyone who was nominated for these awards and to the winners (especially Golden who seems to have swept a whole lot of awards - does that mean he's the Socky's version of 'Titanic'? ). Great job guys
Because all that can happen to me from here is that I hit an iceberg and sink to the bottom of the ocean, as some kind of relic that was great for a brief fleeting moment?

Sounds about right. Especially since it won no awards for acting and I won't be winning any roleplay awards any time soon.

Yeah, one year at RM I won like every other award, and the next year I won, "Most likely to throw people under the bus".

It was humbling

Posted: **Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:22 am**

Congrats winners!!

well deserved all around!!

The Syndicate

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