The Syndicate

Roles have gone out. Please PM me if you were expecting one but didn't get one.

Information to our contestants will be going out just as soon as I get Day 0 started. I can't be having this run past the Angels home games.

Roles going out now.

I just about have everything set up, so roles and relevant information to contestants will be going out within the hour.

My hands shake and I drink. I should've been a brain surgeon.

Well shit, I lost. That was fast.

I'm about to participate in a "Jenga Tournament" hosted by Simon

I'll get things rolling after that.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:16 am Maybe this sucker could be worked for a smaller number of players?

My concern is maintaining lineup diversity.

We just need four more in the first option.

Apparently not.

Crazy idea:

Let's get a mafia game going on this mafia website.

Welcome aboard.

Four more brave souls, if you please.

Excellent. Hopefully we can get five more players so I can get this in before I go back to work.

Simon has expressed interest in being a contestant.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:00 pmNerd.

Damn skippy.

Six more lets go

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:32 pm What's the point system for contestants? Like what "counts" as a player "scoring" or whatever?

I am still playing with it, but the idea is civilians get points for voting for mafia, lynching mafia, while mafia get points for lynching civilians and killing power roles.

There's much more too it than that, but I'm tired and ready for bed and as I said still am working on the thing.

Basically anything resolvable at the end of a phase, Day or Night, can accrue points, be they positive or negative.

nutella wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:02 pm Oh man it kinda feels like if a game of mafia were also a round of The Genius. I'm gonna need to read more carefully how it works but I think I'll join as a contestant? Idk might change to player if I decide I feel like it, I'll decide by the time it fills up

If you're a contestant, you have one job to do Day 0 and then you sit back and watch the game.

If you are a player, it's a regular Heist for you and you are either good or bad.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:06 pm so it's basically like a regular mafia game except there's gonna be a bunch of creeps watching us and betting on our progress? and also there's fake money involved somehow?

Pretty much. Good to have you.

Great to have you in either capacity.

Simple game folks. Don't be intimidated by the salary nonsense.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:41 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:30 pm Turnip Head - 50 cents

What a bargain. I'll be like the free square in bingo.

Never thought you'd be the chalk, did you?

Turnip Head - 50 cents

Good to have you buddy.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:02 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:21 pm The players won't see the rosters until endgame.

is there any reason why?

I don't want anything to influence player morale.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:49 pm So, rosters will not be public knowledge/player knowledge?

Once Day 1 begins, the people who made lineups will be able to see who one another picked.

The players won't see the rosters until endgame.

Day 0 will be 48 hours anyway, so you'd be cool.

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:15 pm So if I sign up as a Player, I can just sit back on my laurels and laugh at whatever happens?

If you sign up as a contestant, you have one thing to do (pick your players) during Day 0, and after that, you can sit back and watch the action. Nothing more is required.

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:43 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:19 pm So far Eloh and DDL are going to tie for first because they will have the exact same lineup.

So I'm a little confused. Does each contestant have a lineup of people different from the other contestants? Or how does that work exactly? In fantasy football for example two people couldn't have Tom Brady. I'm tempted to sign up as a contestant but I want to make sure I understand it.

In season long fantasy, that's true. In Daily Fantasy, you can pick whomever you want as long as you stay under the salary cap. It's technically possible two or more contestants have the exact same lineup, but I am likely going to implement a way that will keep that from happening.

So far Eloh and DDL are going to tie for first because they will have the exact same lineup.

Of course, you could always just imagine what your win/loss percentage will be after 88 games instead of twelve.

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:25 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:24 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:17 pm what about the other contestants? are they awarded losses?

I don't know. Do we even keep track of losses?

yes, in the win/loss ratio of number of games you play.

Oh.

I'll leave that up to whoever keeps up with that behemoth I guess. I would say "no" though.

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:17 pm what about the other contestants? are they awarded losses?

I don't know. Do we even keep track of losses?

Yep, because I damn sure ain't awarding cash.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:42 pm The contestant with the highest number of fantasy points at endgame wins as an independent.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:21 am I'm about to play a 70p game elsewhere so adding another game would be impossible.

But this kind of works.

Yep. If you are doing the DFS side of things, the game only requires your attention during Day 0. After that, there's nothing else to do but sit back and watch your horses.

This is the ideal game if you want to have a stake in a game but don't want to play.

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:49 pm I know there are a lot of people here on sabbatical and I think it makes more sense for them to be Spectators, so I’m game to be a player.

Sign up above.

For those unfamiliar with Daily Fantasy Sports, the concept is simple: You select real life athletes from any teams in a given league while staying under a salary cap, and you compete with other contestants based on those athletes' performances in a given day. In this game, spectators will be drafting players as part of their own individual teams, hoping to score enough points to beat all the other spectators (henceforth called "Contestants").

If you sign up as a Player, be aware that before the game begins, you will be assigned a salary largely based on a formula, and you will not know your salary until endgame. Your assigned salary in no way reflects what I think of you as a person or player. The salary will also not be entirely based on the formula, because I will apply a second formula that introduces a bit of "noise" into the salary, reflecting my experience with the industry's algorithms not catching up to a certain athlete's recent production / injuries / or other factors. The bottom line is this: If you sign up for this, don't take your salary personally, and don't take how many times you were drafted personally. This is a game. Two games, really.

If you sign up as a Contestant, you will receive a player list with each individual's respective salaries. You will also receive a salary cap. You will have 48 hours (Day 0) to put together your roster. You must draft the required number of players- no more, no fewer. Everyone will have the same number of players. You may change your lineup at any time during Day 0, but once Day 1 begins, you cannot change anything (we call this "lock"). At lock, you will learn who is a civilian and who is mafia. As the game progresses, the players will accrue points or lose points based on the outcomes of each phase. Additionally, you will have a chatzy to comment on the game as it goes on, but at no point may you advise players of any aspect of the game, whether it's their salary or what's being said about them in the chat. The contestant with the highest number of fantasy points at endgame wins as an independent.

The game is for fifteen players, but an unlimited number of contestants are welcome. Feel free to ask any questions to clear up misunderstandings.

Players

abyssum
ColinisCool
DharmaHelper
Infected_alien8_
JaggedJimmyJay
Kylemii
Lunalee
MacDougall
Marmot
MPuls7
RobotNerd277
Russtifinko
sprityo
Tsaiah
TurnipHead


Contestants

Dragon D. Luffy
dunya
Elohcin
juliets
novaselinenever
nutella
Quin
Simon
Sloonei
speedchuck