The Syndicate

Congrats winners. Good game. I had Michelle as my second guess, but didn't want to be unsporting in our BTSC after I was dead.

Interesting variant, though not my cup of tea- felt a bit like a guessing game.

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 10:43 am

Michelle wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 8:40 am The site has a curious lag and gives me a white screen saying there are too many requests (something like this maybe not the exact words)

I also got that for a bit yesterday

This is a known issue and we are aware of it. Thanks!

(I suppose that was a rather redundant way of expressing such. Oh well!)

[VOTE: leetic] aubergine

If you all want to flash wagon me, Saturday is certainly the day to do it.

Bills before thrills.

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:30 pm I'm going to [VOTE: Epignosis] aubergine actually, because he seems to be coasting on "geez this game is so random!"

As you wish, my liege.

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:05 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:59 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:52 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:48 am You've got one more beer to ask me anything, and then I'm hitting the hay (outside the castle keep because it was that I was caught going through the queen's pantaloons).

What's the best thing that happened to you this week, that made you instantly smile and feel better about the world?

For the first time EVER: Eloh (my wife) made MORE MONEY with her cake business than I did working AND gambling this month. She deserves a medal. I asked her this morning where her ass was. She was confused and I said "You've worked it off!" Seriously, I showed her the Captain Phillips gif to say "Look at me: I'm the breadwinner now."

About time! Those cakes have been better than anything you make for over a decade!

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 6:47 am So after hearing people's opinions we are having a 24h "break phase" after Day 2 (locked thread and no poll). And then another after every even numbered phase. Should give people a chance to rest a little, talk to your loves ones, play videogames, whatever you think it's necessary.

This guy acts like we're prioritizing this over those other things.

(Maybe Foxy is)

Beer empty. See you all tomorrow.

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:17 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:08 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:02 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:59 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:52 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:48 am You've got one more beer to ask me anything, and then I'm hitting the hay (outside the castle keep because it was that I was caught going through the queen's pantaloons).

What's the best thing that happened to you this week, that made you instantly smile and feel better about the world?

For the first time EVER: Eloh (my wife) made MORE MONEY with her cake business than I did working AND gambling this month. She deserves a medal. I asked her this morning where her ass was. She was confused and I said "You've worked it off!" Seriously, I showed her the Captain Phillips gif to say "Look at me: I'm the breadwinner now."

That's amazing dude! One of my fav feelings is watching family & friends succeed, it's this wonderful warmth/glow that just radiates everywhere

I don't think you know anything about warmth right now!

Dude...it warmed up to -23 this morning, so I'm outside for like 4-5 mins w my fleece and sleeves up...when I come indoors, my skin starts tingling. Cuz' even tho I'm getting used to extreme cold, my skin still freezes at the same temp. It could warm up to +5 this weekend, near 50C swing in a matter of days

Here in the Southeastern US, when anything solid comes from the sky, we go on lockdown.

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:12 am It would be great if we could confirm with each other who the king is without helping the assassins.

We can eliminate 7 towns before going to MYLO. What are the chances that we keep eliminating incorrectly... 7 times in a row?

What do you have in mind?

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:02 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:59 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:52 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:48 am You've got one more beer to ask me anything, and then I'm hitting the hay (outside the castle keep because it was that I was caught going through the queen's pantaloons).

What's the best thing that happened to you this week, that made you instantly smile and feel better about the world?

For the first time EVER: Eloh (my wife) made MORE MONEY with her cake business than I did working AND gambling this month. She deserves a medal. I asked her this morning where her ass was. She was confused and I said "You've worked it off!" Seriously, I showed her the Captain Phillips gif to say "Look at me: I'm the breadwinner now."

That's amazing dude! One of my fav feelings is watching family & friends succeed, it's this wonderful warmth/glow that just radiates everywhere

I don't think you know anything about warmth right now!

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:59 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:54 am I still don't suspect Foxy (almost typed Roxy there).
My vote on Michelle is real. I don't sense the "good" Michelle. Michelle seems annoyed to be here. That doesn't bode well.
falcon won't leave me the fuck alone right now, which is probably a good sign (or maybe we'd be good drinking buddies?)

New thoughts. Have them.

Why do you think Foxy is Town? (re: Roxy typo, same )

9 million posts in this setup can't be wrong. I'm not bothering with that if I'm bad (shit, I'm not bothering with that if I'm good).

As an aside, I am so glad people don't make 200,000 posts a Day anymore. That depressed me. Especially when I can't keep up with my own games I'm hosting.

But I'm sticking to my guns- Thunal was good (called it) and I think Foxy is too. There's an energy that does not need to be there if Foxy is evil, and more than that, Foxy looked bad after Day 1. Nothing about that screams good strategy.

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:52 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:48 am You've got one more beer to ask me anything, and then I'm hitting the hay (outside the castle keep because it was that I was caught going through the queen's pantaloons).

What's the best thing that happened to you this week, that made you instantly smile and feel better about the world?

For the first time EVER: Eloh (my wife) made MORE MONEY with her cake business than I did working AND gambling this month. She deserves a medal. I asked her this morning where her ass was. She was confused and I said "You've worked it off!" Seriously, I showed her the Captain Phillips gif to say "Look at me: I'm the breadwinner now."

I still don't suspect Foxy (almost typed Roxy there).
My vote on Michelle is real. I don't sense the "good" Michelle. Michelle seems annoyed to be here. That doesn't bode well.
falcon won't leave me the fuck alone right now, which is probably a good sign (or maybe we'd be good drinking buddies?)

New thoughts. Have them.

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:49 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:42 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:37 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:32 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:29 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:23 pm Unfortunate result- Thunal was one person I wouldn't have voted for, especially not Day 1 (as would usually be the case with Thunal in any scenario).

Would you mind providung brief reason(s) as to why you'd have been OK to vote any of rest of us D1?

Because this shit is random as fuck.

The best I could do was here.

Is that still the best you can do?



I think you've got a couple extra gears in ya, and I know I'm not wrong in your capabilities



I feel TSP is contributing, but it's boiler plate IMO. What are your thoughts?

I don't think talking about TSP is a good idea.

Spoiler: show

No player is off the table when it comes to discussion IMO



Why do you feel we shouldn't chat about

► Show Spoiler

that guy we shouldnt talk about...rhymes with C F T?

Can't talk shit about the King, man.

You've got one more beer to ask me anything, and then I'm hitting the hay (outside the castle keep because it was that I was caught going through the queen's pantaloons).

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:37 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:32 am

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:29 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:23 pm Unfortunate result- Thunal was one person I wouldn't have voted for, especially not Day 1 (as would usually be the case with Thunal in any scenario).

Would you mind providung brief reason(s) as to why you'd have been OK to vote any of rest of us D1?

Because this shit is random as fuck.

The best I could do was here.

Is that still the best you can do?



I think you've got a couple extra gears in ya, and I know I'm not wrong in your capabilities



I feel TSP is contributing, but it's boiler plate IMO. What are your thoughts?

I don't think talking about TSP is a good idea.

I think eliminating the loudest person (by far) Day 2 is goofy.

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:29 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:23 pm Unfortunate result- Thunal was one person I wouldn't have voted for, especially not Day 1 (as would usually be the case with Thunal in any scenario).

Would you mind providung brief reason(s) as to why you'd have been OK to vote any of rest of us D1?

Because this shit is random as fuck.

The best I could do was here.

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 1:26 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:47 pm

Scotty wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:41 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:23 pm Unfortunate result- Thunal was one person I wouldn't have voted for, especially not Day 1 (as would usually be the case with Thunal in any scenario).

Is Nutella right? Is it just you and TSP goin ham in the castle?

Nope. I'm looking for murder holes. Not that I would do anything personally gratifying with those.

When the fortress defenders are hoping the murder holes do the trick, ya know they're pretty fucked

Let's just hope the squire doesn't order us a sausage pizza.

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:48 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:41 am

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:38 am But, as I am writing this, I just remembered someone say they are good(?) at scumming.

Who said that?

Whoops. It wasn't even you, it was about Jack. (I think this was the post I saw.) Alright, I am paranoid about Jack anyway, so this fits the bill.

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:24 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:55 pm

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:53 pm Foxy was tunneled on Thunal. But I do think that Foxy is town. And the fact that he went all over the place with his reads EOD seems like towny confusion to me.

I agree with this.

Not me!

What's your beef with Foxy?

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:38 am But, as I am writing this, I just remembered someone say they are good(?) at scumming.

Who said that?

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:53 pm Foxy was tunneled on Thunal. But I do think that Foxy is town. And the fact that he went all over the place with his reads EOD seems like towny confusion to me.

I agree with this.

Scotty wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:41 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:23 pm Unfortunate result- Thunal was one person I wouldn't have voted for, especially not Day 1 (as would usually be the case with Thunal in any scenario).

Is Nutella right? Is it just you and TSP goin ham in the castle?

Nope. I'm looking for murder holes. Not that I would do anything personally gratifying with those.

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:22 pm wombat spotted

Vompatti hasn't been here in ages.

Unfortunate result- Thunal was one person I wouldn't have voted for, especially not Day 1 (as would usually be the case with Thunal in any scenario).

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:23 am

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:12 am [VOTE: daisukenowaifuke] aubergine

Why should I not vote you?

I have no clue. It's D1 anyway. In a normal game, it's understandable to be mislynched on D1.

1/10 on drive.

Probably not voting you. Will pick someone else later. Tired.

[VOTE: daisukenowaifuke] aubergine

Why should I not vote you?

leetic wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:36 am

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:15 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:30 pm

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:36 am

Foxy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:14 am

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:09 am Voting me puts Foxy in the lead, and I don't want that. Yet, he tunnels Thunal too much, I just think Thunal has innocent intentions.

wdym

I just felt like you are fixated on smth Thunal said that doesn't seem quite scummy to me. You see, it has been going on for 1 and a half phases now.

Mhmm~ I went to ISO you to point out your posts and I found this:

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2025 10:59 pm

Thunal33 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:08 pm And that means if you are voted, just accept it instead of trying to defend yourself or convincing anyone not to vote you. Don't try to start a counterwagon for self pres either.

That doesn't sound like a good idea.

The Assassins only have 2 shots, so I am assuming they don't get the regular factional kill like in normal mafia? Which means, the Assassins best bet is to vote out everyone except themselves and their partner to maximum their chances of victory.

But, what is mafia if not nitpicking on something so small, aye?

I will be down to voting: anyone who is not Scotty, Falcon, Thunal, atm.

I had a vague memory of getting sussy vibes from jackofhearts, but when I went to ISO them, I found nothing.

;(( maybe if you all just talked more...

Aren't some folks doing a deliberate "talk less" strategy? Do you want to start targeting low posters?

Yes, because, we still need some inkling on who is the better choice in voting. The more towns we lynch, the more information we give wolves. Which is contrary to normal mafia, where it's alright to lose a few towns to get spew.

Not sure I agree on the last sentence in general. But I'd say the biggest concern in this setup is that even if we lynch all the wolves, it doesn't guarantee our win as they still have the shots that can change the outcome.

How else do you win?

Back to exercising to the best Marvin Gaye album.

As I've thought more about it:

I think the best way to approach this is to say anybody you're not voting for (as I did above) and feel free to leave the royal highness in or out of your list as you see fit. Say why if you want.

It's also a thing I poo poo on in normal mafia games, but with there being a pair of ne'er-do-wells instead of a single killer, it's not a terrible idea to look for teammate interactions this early on (impossible a task as that is, but them's the breaks). I picked out a few that I didn't think were likely. Tell me why I'm wrong.

More shruggery.

Fuck it. Here's what I've got:

falcon & Thunal are not teammates.
S~V~S & Foxy are not teammates.
Foxy & Thunal are not teammates.
Scotty is our king, King of the Scots. Based on this, I'm least likely to vote for Foxy or Thunal.

daisukenowaifuke wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:58 pm Are games here normally like this? Very chill, very civil, very relaxed?

God willing, yes.

I feel like I'm stuck in Day 0 hell.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:13 am

Foxy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:11 am

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:07 am I guess you just treat it like regular mafia and hope for the best?

Any king angle related solving seems like it's gonna backfire either like 1) catch a guard pretending he doesn't know who the king is or 2) make it clear who the king is.

I mean, this is basically 11v2 mountainous with mafia not having night kills unless they die and us having a hidden innocent child. Basically, just role and numbers wise, this is heavily town sided as long as town knows what they are doing.

Boy do I have some bad news for you.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 6:14 am Well, it's been fun. Gotta go get ready for work, hopefully they got the stabby guy and he's not hiding in the shrubs outside the door. I'll be in to read, but Imma try and keep my flappy mouth shut.

Assassins in the Second Snootiest Neighborhood Mafia coming soon.

What does ToT mean? It is supposed to be a drum set?

But Day 1 is still "G1!" shit so [VOTE: nutella] aubergine for not recognizing my amazing Peaky Blinders entrance.

I'm off work and caught up.

I read the wiki page previously and have thought about it.

"However, it still allows the town a distinct advantage and turns the game into little more than a lottery."

There's no distinct advantage about "little more than a lottery." I'm a gambler, and I don't do lottery.

Nevertheless, the presence of two assassins (instead of one) changes the dynamic and provides a little more to work with than blind chance.

It's a little more like finding the damn Destroyer in Battleship.

Scotty wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:21 pm I just always think of @Epignosis when i see that that one. Dunno why

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:04 pm And to whoever said it, reminds me of Epi, too.

Nope, I'm

That's my singular (suggested) contribution to smileys on this site.

falcon45ca wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:17 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:11 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:31 pm didn't even realize Epi was playing

Haven't been. For I have been on a noble quest to locate precious (affordable) eggs for a certain Ye Olde Cakery.

I found three acceptable cartons at one store. Whilst loading them into my carriage, the fucking car alarm next to me went off, and I fumbled my goods.


I'll be along shortly.

Eggs are expensive nowadays?



News to me

Yes, but at least ours aren't frozen.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:31 pm didn't even realize Epi was playing

Haven't been. For I have been on a noble quest to locate precious (affordable) eggs for a certain Ye Olde Cakery.

I found three acceptable cartons at one store. Whilst loading them into my carriage, the fucking car alarm next to me went off, and I fumbled my goods.


I'll be along shortly.

Went with King ARFUR FUCKIN' SHELBY that's who I went with, yeah.