The Syndicate

My next review...

LUNALEE:

1) Tries to quash Luna’s sus of him looking for an easy lynch of someone who looks opportunistic by arguing that civvies look for opportunistic behavior too. WIFOM on Day 1.
2) Stunned by Luna’s “I look civvie because Enrique flipped civ” post Night 2.
3) Responds to Luna calling him out for cherry picking that post Night 2.
4) Explains his D2 EOD absence on Night 2.

M PLUS 7 / SLOONEI:

1) Only mentions MP in the context of wondering if my M shenanigans meant my Socky was for him.
2) Quoteless response to Sloonei re: better lynch ideas on Day 5.

Moving past Nutella for now because DDL’s focus on and interactions with her are extensive.

S~V~S:

1) Says he’s unsure how to read her on Day 4.

Making good time here! Onward to....

SABIE12:

1) Soft defense of Sabie based on her cautious meta established in a prior game on Night 1.

Maxing out the list with...

SPEEDCHUCK:

1) Responds to Speed’s question about lynch preference ( he favored Nutella and used Mac’s case to reinforce his tone read) on Night 3.

May we discuss DDL’s fixation on Nutella? Read through his ISO (it’s really not that long) and share your interpretations.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:19 pm [quote=G-Man post_id=513881 time=<a href="tel:1549749328">1549749328</a> user_id=383]
Moving past Nutella for now because DDL’s focus on and interactions with her are extensive.

S~V~S:

1) Says he’s unsure how to read her on Day 4.

This one intrigues me.
[/quote]
Me too. Then again DDL’s lack of interaction with you intrigues me as well.

My take on DDL-Nutella is wrapped in tin foil. On the surface, it looks like he picked a civvie to tunnel on and kept circling back to it as his fallback. This burned me once or twice as a baddie when my tunnel target actually got lynched and it became obvious that I didn’t have any real reads on anyone else.

He uses auto-sus as his bases and selects a few posts that seem “just like baddie nutella” and then he doubles down on it when Mac posted his long, supposed take-down of Nutella.

It could be that easy- DDL picked Nutella as an easy target, especially when she won as a baddie so recently. It could also be an attempt at a long-game soft-bus turned hard-bus. But if we lynched Nutella, would we have found his prolonged focus on her sketchy?

In the words of [mention]Epignosis[/mention], don’t get cute. This is either a hyper-cute long-game gambit on DDL’s part or it’s him settling on an easy target to manipulate people toward.

I wouldn’t put it past DDL to try some kind of overarching master plan scheme but I also have a hard time believing that the baddies felt any need to try very hard in this game until around Day 4.

My earlier analysis left out something.

If Sloonei starting the Luna train was the work of a panicking civvie, and Luna is a baddie, then I don’t see how Nutella nor S~V~S are her remaining teammate. It just seems silly to call attention to yourself to change votes so last-minute, only to be forcing a tie between baddie DDL and baddie Luna. A baddie flip for Luna would not have slowed down any suspicion on DDL. It’s wasted energy and the baddies don’t need to try that hard to play mind games that will fall flat.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:41 pm Something else I want to note about the luna wagon, for context, is that I picked her name without a very big reason behind the choice. I had some suspicions on her, so it wasn't a "random" or arbitrary decision, but I did it more for the sake of spurring discussion on players other than DDL, rather than to condemn luna specifically. But then things just kind of stuck there. I briefly tried to shift to SVS and was greeted by crickets.

Make of that what you will. To me it suggests slightly that luna is civilian, and it's possible that one of the voters on her is bad.

Meaning S~V~S?

You just reached a townread on nutella based on the way DDL went after her. The Luna votes were you, Nutella, and S~V~S. If it’s not nutella, and you’re maintaining your innocence, that only leaves S~V~S in that scenario of yours, right?

Unless that was a subtle confession on your part.

My screenshots will still be correct even if I’m killed tonight. It may have seemed like vanity early on but I did it that way out of simplicity and to enhance usefulness after my death.

Meh. Not what I wanted to hear.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:13 pm [quote=G-Man post_id=513902 time=<a href="tel:1549758431">1549758431</a> user_id=383]
My screenshots will still be correct even if I’m killed tonight. It may have seemed like vanity early on but I did it that way out of simplicity and to enhance usefulness after my death.

I’m not sure what this post refers to.
[/quote]


My spreadsheet screenshots all feature my name in a light shade of green, denoting my civvie status even before death. That makes them useful even after I’m dead.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:35 pm Like, we should invent a "Worst Role Use" Socky just for me.

Mocky Awards: Coming your way in 2020!

My goodness, what a finish. Well done Speedchuck. While I am pleased as punch to catch both DDL and S~V~S as baddies, my spreadsheets failed to illuminate your evil nature. I’d have probably tinfoiled on Sloonei.

At least we kept you guys honest and made you earn it at the end.

This was fun! Great game hosts!

Must say- the diversity in this year’s awards is beautiful.

Mwa huh? I get a banner for making a suggestion? That’s even more inconceivable than when I won Turf Wars without signing up for the game itself.

Congrats to the Lifetime Achievement Award winners! Some very deserving names on that list.

DH- 2018 was your year man. Now that you’ve won more Sockys than Meryl Streep has Oscar nominations, are going to go to Disney World to celebrate?