The Syndicate

It's my anniversary tonight and my presence is required elsewhere for the remainder of the evening. I'm voting for Quin. Hopefully I wake up well-rested and a part of a civvie win.

I might need to stop playing mafia after this game. My performance has been nothing short of embarrassing.

RIP Quin.

Both DDL and Boo recently referred to the civvies in ways that don't include them. Why?

I wasn't being serious. Being this lousy as a civ just eats at me.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:11 am As for your question, I'm using the same person as the post I replied to.

I was actually referring to this post from you:

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:18 pm Seriously though.

If Boo and Never are hellbent on voting only for me until I'm dead.

Then the civs are doomed.

Because all mafia has to do is spare me and one of Boo/Never (or both), and the last day is sealed.

Can you guys at least try to consider other options? Like, Never didn't even post today. She just voted for me silently. That isn't good civvie play in any universe.

Maybe I just never notice it if/when I do it, but it just seems odd. Clearly, my paranoia is in full gear.

Intriguing. I'd have figured that Boo would be killed if DDL is the last baddie. Perhaps it's an attempt to make us doubt Boo as a civvie. Regardless, this kill gets rid of a likely DDL vote, which might net another split vote.

Is it DDL trying to give himself a sporting chance?

Or could it be Boo trying to make himself look even more civ via wifom (why kill someone who can help you win?)?

Or is it Wilgy trying to orchestrate a guaranteed mislynch between me and DDL?

Oh the humanity. Oh the tinfoil!

I see Quin is still listed on the poll. Mistake, mechanics, or mind-screw?

I'm leaving for vacation after work and Boo's turnaround on Wilgy/Dragon has my brain all higgledy-piggledy. Fantastic.

In looking back, Dyslexicon voted without posting the day before Neverwhere did. Coincidence? I think not.

Boo, what makes you suspect Wilgy now after being on DDL's case for so long?

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:36 am Good morning. Why do I have two votes?

I'm hoping to find that out as well. DDL's vote makes sense, as he believes Boo and I are civ. Boo's vote eludes me. My vote needs to come by 4:30 because the beach is calling.

I'm desperate now. I just googled the four remaining pokemon left to see if there's anything useful there. DDL, you may need to steer me straight on this.

TORCHIC *fire* {ground, water, rock}
COMBUSKEN *fire, fighting* {psychic, flying, ground, water}
BLAZIKEN *fire, fighting* {psychic, flying, ground, water}

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IGGLYBUFF *normal, fairy* {poison, steel}
JIGGLYPUFF *normal, fairy* {poison, steel}
WIGGLYTUFF *normal, fairy* {poison, steel}

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MEWTWO *psychic* {dark, bug, ghost}

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INKAY *psychic, dark* {fairy, bug}
MALAMAR *psychic, dark* {fairy, bug}


So basically, Torchic might not be weak to anyone left but Combusken and Blaziken are weak to both Mewtwo and Inkay/Malamar (both psychic). Iggly/Jiggly/Wiggly isn't weak to anyone. Mewtwo is weak to Inkay/Malamar (psychic). Inkay/Malamar is weak to Iggly/Jiggly/Wiggly (fairy).

But... we don't know if/how this factors into our game, so did I just waste my time?

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:04 pm Actually sorry, you are consedering every side, just not the resistances. Ignore the first sentece of the post above.

If what I wrote makes sense to you, then that's awesome. I don't understand it one bit.

I hate being the last one to vote in such crucial situations.

Boo still gets a pass from me for the DFaraday lynch. If he's mafia, he is a conniving cut-throat and he engaged in one of the hardest busses I've ever seen to gain strategic advantage. If he's MewBoo, as you suggest, then I don't know what comes next.

DDL still pings me for a lot of little reasons. I have to try to piece them back together to see if they make sense.

As for you, my dear Wilgy, I've forgotten what moved you from my sus list. Yesterday I was eyeing DDL and Quin. I need to go back and find what cleared you for me and revisit that line of thought.

I won't be voting for Boo and I can't vote for myself, so I need to figure you two out. In the next three-ish hours. During a crazy busy work day. While also distracted by thoughts of my approaching vacation. Tough stuff.

I come down to the question of whether or not Sprityo was reckless enough to omit both of his teammates from his preferred lynch list.

It depends. Do you want my vote?

If Boo is mafia, then he outplayed us in stunning fashion. That leaves you and Wilgy. I'm already an hour later at the office than I had hoped. I want to be on the way to the beach. This vote aggravates me.

It all comes down to this for me. I can't help it.


G-Man's Suss List, Which Was Called Dumb By Sprityo:

Fredwood
Neverwhere
Nutella
Sprityo
Tink

Sprityo's Preferred Lynch List:

Boo
Quin/Dom
DrWilgy
Dyslexicon
Eloh
G-Man

People Sprityo Omitted From His List:

DFaraday
Dragon D. Luffy
Long Con
MacDougall

The circumstances of DFaraday's lynch made DrWilgy look pretty good. It makes no sense for both baddies to vote each other. Had DrWilgy been lynched, I doubt it would have quelled the momentum against DFaraday. You can argue that Faraday had to vote for Wilgy out of the appearance of self-preservation but what a risk to take!

DDL has tiny crumbs that make me go He saw nothing wrong with Jack's N1 NK when I saw it as a mistake. Sure, it can be rationalized that Jack wasn't really being suspected at that point but neither were most of us. It could also be that Jack was killed because he came around and said he didn't think DDL was mafia just because of their back-and-forth. If the baddies see the dissolution of a civ-on-civ feud, it might make sense to kill part of it off. Or, baddie DDL could have killed Jack before he had the chance to take a second pass at DDL.

But would Sprityo be so reckless as to omit both of his teammates from a preferred kill list? I know I would probably hide one in my preferred list because it looks good later. But would Sprityo?

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:48 pm I'm not gonna beat around the bush, seeing this month of gameplay end with me being mislynched will be very disappointing.

Something that makes me feel somewhat good is that if G-Man was not my teammate he would have dropped a vote on me as well and that'd be that.

I can't tell if DDL insisting that Boo is civilian is just a matter of disagreement with me, or a forced perspective. I think Boo has outright told us he's not civilian.

Boo also being a pro-town 3rd party also means that those possible lies of DDL's that boo pointed out are genuine reads.

If G-Man is bad, you are cruel for not voting for me.

If I was bad, I would have voted for you hours ago and washed my hands of it.

I am not known to be a good civvie player most of the time. Unless I have an info-gathering role, my record isn't so hot. My brain is telling me that DDL makes sense as the baddie. Those crumbs don't add up to the whole cookie missing from the cookie jar but my spreadsheet, my brain, my gut, and my heart are telling me that he is the right choice for today. That forces a tie. Boo is going to have to make a choice now.

If I am wrong, well done to the baddie and my apologies to the rest of you.

I'm heading to the beach. I may not check this until tomorrow. I hope we win. Until then, everybody polka-mon!

I hate you, Wilgy. Well done sir.

Sorry I lost us the game. Looking forward to learning more about the unseen mechanics.

Thanks for the game, gents!

I really did have a lousy game. I fell behind early and life was so stinking busy the second half of this game. I probably should have known better than to sign up but sometimes I just can't help myself.