The Syndicate

Two more then? You all might be saved.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Sign up people.

Or I'll post the second track to Mr. E.P. Nosisberg's album.

That's a threat?

Oh no. Mr. Nosisberg has a beautiful, wondrous voice. Wouldn't you agree?

Sign up people.

Or I'll post the second track to Mr. E.P. Nosisberg's album.

The votes are totally changeable, and if even if they weren't, the thread starter can edit the poll to make them changeable.

I made an interesting discovery this afternoon.

I was helping my parents move some things, and came across their vinyl collection (not really large enough to be called a "collection," but there we are). My dad's big into classic rock and country, so there's some Boston, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, and that one Coven album with the imp playing the violin. My mom was more into folk and the golden oldies, so among hers I find John Denver, The Beach Boys, and a Lesley Gore 45 (bet you can guess which one).

Curiously, however, there was one record my parents both denied owning. Yet there it was.

The album in question was recorded by a Mr. E. P. Nosisberg between the years 1959 and 1961. The liner notes indicated that these sessions involved lesser known talents (but talents all the same) such as bassist Virgil Stanford Thompkins I, and percussionist Wilford Allen Varney.

Mom and dad didn't mind at all when I asked if I could take the record home and listen to it. They don't listen to much music anymore and don't even have a turntable these days. Given the nature of the songs listed on the sleeve, I thought it would be of interest to those who signed up here (or are thinking of signing up) if I held the mic up to my speakers, punched record, and let us all find out what this dusty relic had to offer.

The opening number is a familiar Gershwin tune, performed many times by no less than Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Let's have a listen.

Dom wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Dom wrote:

Sorry boss man. You're fucked too.

*mod kills Epig*

You can't escape it.

Get this game filled or you will feel my wrath tomorrow.

Dom wrote:

Sorry boss man. You're fucked too.

Dom wrote:I reached out some people who expressed interest in the past, but have not signed up-- hopefully we can get some of them.

Oh no. It's too late.

Punishments are going out starting tomorrow.

Summer break starts for me tomorrow.

I expect this game to be full by then. If it isn't, I will begin punishing people.

TinyBubbles wrote:4 more people!

Yes! And then we'll only need eight more after that!

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I am proud of my current streak

He's not going to be if he doesn't sign back up.

Gotta admire a villain who takes two minutes to sing about how he's going to kill his victim, giving the victim enough time to escape.

Then again, maybe the singing itself made them run away.

Scotty wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Scotty wrote:I'd like to sign up if there are any spots available! I'm an actor so I love musicals obviously

I'm an actor and I hate musicals. I act like I work for the bank when I really don't.

If I broke out in song in the middle of one of my court dates, I'd go to jail for contempt.

Not a fan.

Oof, well I stand corrected. you're one of those actors

Scotty wrote:I'd like to sign up if there are any spots available! I'm an actor so I love musicals obviously

I'm an actor and I hate musicals. I act like I work for the bank when I really don't.

If I broke out in song in the middle of one of my court dates, I'd go to jail for contempt.

Not a fan.

Hedgeowl

Hedgeowl

So who's afraid of singing while his neck is in a noose, huh?

Hey mister, scared you're gonna out your whole team when your big solo comes up?

Does it make you nervous that I'm gonna say "Macbeth" too many times for your comfort?

I got shanked Night 1 in "Into the Woods." Unless Little Tiger signs up, I won't be having any sweet revenge.

A little ditty to remind you:

(To the tune of "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof)

If I were a bad man
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
On Day 1, I’d be a quiet bum
If I were a nasty man
I wouldn’t have to work hard
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
I’d keep mum and biddle biddle bum
And let the civvies do it to themselves

I’d … sit … in … B-T-S-C chatting with my teammates
And make a couple comments in the thread
And let the good hang one of their very own
I … might … screw … up and vote based on an untrue reason
Built on assumptions that I made
And for that fault my cover would be blown!

If I were a bad man
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
On Day 2, I’d be some lying scum
If I were a nasty man
But if I were a good man
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle doo
I would keep my eye fixed squarely on
Those who ought to be kept in a zoo.*

*And Mongoose and Little Tiger were both bad. Not bad for a Night 1.

Sign up ya bums.

It says there are 18 civilians. Should that be 17 then?

Dom, your game says 32 roles but looks like it has only 29. Didn't know if that discrepancy was intentional or not.