The Syndicate

I want to go play RDR2 but I also want to be around for EOD

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:14 pmshit tone

I'mma go eat

No I was laughing at "I've played a shit tone of games with you and can't read you worth a damn" coming from the lady that said "I know DH's Meta" after 1 game of incorrectly reading me all game.

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:03 pm

Soneji wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:34 am

poutanko wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:52 am @Soneji you're WPK, ay?

What gave it away : the avatar, manner of speech or people's belief that I would no show?

Sadly, I don't know how best to read you. And I might have played the most games with you.

Angels of Ulennia
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RWBY
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Cracking Idea (you were replaced)
In This Town We Call Home

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:48 am THE TAGES BILLIAM. LEARN THE DANG TAGES BILLIAM

If you say this in a flemmy, sloppy hillbilly accent you'll laugh as much as I did.

THE TAGES BILLIAM. LEARN THE DANG TAGES BILLIAM

Learn the vote tages.

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:36 am poutanko's emotes do not fall under the picture tell. The emotes are probably from NF. The picture tell is mostly of pictures and music. I'm surprised Negan nearly didn't show up at all this game.

Adding this to the awesome book I'm writing about how garbo Meta is.

I BLEED RED THESE COLORS DON'T RUN POUR ONE OUT FOR THE OG GODRICK ONE LOVE

WE OUT HERE FAM WHATCHU KNNOW ABOUT THAT WIZARD LIFE HUH

REP THE SET

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 11:12 am Voting TH, I'm the 3rd Person to do so

Would it be more or less helpful if everyone included their number in their vote, so DDL doesn't have to lose his fucking mind trying to decipher the poll that allows for some reason people to change their votes and doesn't have any discernible way to determine who voted in what order?

The rest of Gryffindor: Hufflepuff: Ravenclaw:
Slytherin:

Lets see how many reads I can crank out before I get tired of it and fuck off to play more RDR2:

Colin: His patronus is a buzzard. which is:

"a large hawklike bird of prey with broad wings and a rounded tail, typically seen soaring in wide circles."

Colin likes to flip and flop, moving in large circles around his suspects and his opinions. Therefore, Harry Potter is real life. This joke is a few sentences too long. On to the real shit. He "agrees, but" with Timmer about JC. Gives her a pass based on the complicated set up of the game. Fair dues. JC can be a bit airheaded with her questions either way. Agrees with LC about Glorf maybe "TMI-ing" by protecting Jay Could be Glorf is Buddying/Pocketing Jay to keep him on a leash if his supatown persona ever pops up and rears its focus onto Glorf. Decent point.

Townreads Epi, Owner with no fanfare. Backtracks on Glorf suspicion. Wow he really is a buzzard. Thinks the Epi/JC debate has baddies in it but wants to vote Nova if he doesn't shova.Agrees with Luna about Jay reading into Quin's post RE: Epi/JC. Attacks LC for his "pedantic" logic post, and nutella. Town reads Owner for the Hallows/Arts post. Actually fuck this play by play method I'll just write the highlights.

His jumping on the "Lets all claim town" thing feels a lil sketch. He ends up voting Jay, but cites INH's post instead of giving his own reasons outright. Though this is consistent with him taking umbrage with the Epi/JC hangers-on. Decent legwork, solid and consistent thought process that led to an informed, consistent vote. Town.


I've decided to break this read off of the megapost I'd planned because it is unintentionally huge. Fuck.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:13 am Woke up this morning thinking I perceived Jimmy's words wrong, if he wants to be CasualJimmyJay I am absolutely here for that.

This post is like when your dog shits in the house and he's like "please don't be mad I'll clean it up just gimme thumbs"

TH/JAY is baddie/civ change my mind.

Glorfindel wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:30 pm

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 7:52 pm Jay looks pretty guilty in his last post, I'm ready to string him up

This feels like the most anti-Town post I’ve read so far... I really don’t like these two early wagons (Jay and LC). I see no case against either of them.

Yeah as I'm reading back this TH post strikes me as "Fuck it! GE EM BOIS" which isn't great. V. Bad Viberinos from the Turnipino,

Good morning to everyone who did not play Red Dead until 2:30 AM

"Not all Slytherin's are Dark Wizards, but every Dark Wizard has been a Slytherin"

Bullzeye wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:29 pm

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:29 am
I think I associate Dark Arts with Deathly Hallows as they are relatively both dark things. Or in my mind, both relate to the one who isn't to be named. The Deathly Hallows wouldn't exist without the dark arts I think.

It's like when I say scum. When I think of scum, I think both mafia and 3p (third party) are scum. Some sites like NF have taught me sometimes indies aren't scum.

This strikes me as odd because the Hallows themselves aren't evil. They're associated with Death, and trying to cheat Death in various ways. Good people don't want to die either. The Resurrection Stone was also just supposed to bring back people's loved ones, nothing remotely bad about that. We have seven books worth of the Invisibility Cloak being used for good, and the Elder Wand just obeys power. Those two could be used for evil or for good, depending on who had them. Voldemort wanted them as weapons because he was evil, not because they were.

HE SAID THE NAME

Never Tickle Sleeping Dragons.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:11 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:10 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:09 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:04 pm Thank you Owner for proving more thoroughly than I have ever been able to do that "meta" is a made up buzzword that means nothing and is nothing.

Metaread: Scum DH says things like this.

I say things like that every game all the time even when I'm not playing.

Ftr, that’s was a joke.

I'm a joke.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:09 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:04 pm Thank you Owner for proving more thoroughly than I have ever been able to do that "meta" is a made up buzzword that means nothing and is nothing.

Metaread: Scum DH says things like this.

I say things like that every game all the time even when I'm not playing.

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:05 pmDh too lol

I'm Strahd Von Zarovich.

Thank you Owner for proving more thoroughly than I have ever been able to do that "meta" is a made up buzzword that means nothing and is nothing.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 1:56 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 1:46 pm Fuckin data disk downloading

Muggle?

Fuckin data disk downloading

I'm officially playing RDR2 for the rest of today. Catch you mudbloods on the flippy floppy.

Full disclosure my game gets here in like 2 hours or so, so I'm gonna be doing that for the rest of the afternoon probably. Tomorrow early I plan on* ISOing who I can and voting accordingly


*Plan on being operative here, since this is a large game I may just ISO whoever I feel like.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:44 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:42 pm
Do you want Owner specifically to answer or can I

Hit it.

We played once before this in Firefly. That's literally it.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:42 pm A bit more, befor I have to run. I'm liking the chatter for q day 1. Day 1 has always been weak for me, so im glad some players are so good at getting it going.

I asked Owner if he's played with DH before, don't think he answered? If I did, owner, please shoot out.

Do you want Owner specifically to answer or can I

Ya'll are buggin'

I'm just trying to spice up the pool by saying fun phrases that would still clear me.

All I'm saying is the only person I can talk to about the game outside of this thread is myself, or the host.

I don't know what the [SECRET] portion of the Death Eater's abilities are.

How ironic that Glorfindel is the one person who is barred from uttering the magic words.

Can someone explain to me the "town" portion of the "townslip"

I think I associate Dark Arts with Deathly Hallows as they are relatively both dark things. Or in my mind, both relate to the one who isn't to be named. The Deathly Hallows wouldn't exist without the dark arts I think.

It's like when I say scum. When I think of scum, I think both mafia and 3p (third party) are scum. Some sites like NF have taught me sometimes indies aren't scum.

Cool so I'm now 80% sure you slipped up.

Very busy day for me with Mafia and other things, so I'm gonna go eat and then maybe do some ISO digging, form some thoughts on everybody, see whats up.

Quin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:19 am Having Deathly Hallows on the brain and reading "Dark Arts."

In other words, maybe she's got a Hallow.

OK but Speed didn't say "Dark Arts"

if she had a Hallow she'd have "Deathly Hallows" well within her vocabulary.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:19 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:14 am Ok I'll walk you though it, because I love you.

IDK thinking out loud, the best indicator of an actual slip here is conflating "Dark Arts" with "Deathly Hallows" because she had "Dark Arts" on the mind.

. . . maybe. I was thinking of the the opposite way. If Owner didn't read through all the rules, it's not surprising that Deathly Hallows and Dark Arts could get mixed together. Death and Dark start with the same letter and both sound evil.

I was taking the unfamiliarity the opposite way, while you were taking the Fruedian side of it.

I see your side now, but I don't think I can make that conclusion.

linki: yo this

Sure.

"Other way around" meaning what?

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:05 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:03 am

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:02 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:00 am Did Owner slip when she conflated Dark Arts and Deathly Hallows mechanics?

I don't know how that would be a slip. They're two completely different things.

... unless you meant townslip.

No I mean did she scumslip. They're two completely different things. One of them you were talking about, the other one you weren't.

=.=

Yeah I don't get it.

Ok I'll walk you though it, because I love you.

Here you explain the Deathly Hallows mechanic. Which, since they're all locked behind secrets, the basic gist is "You get one if you kill the guys that have them or if you're the last vote on the guys that have one"

Here Owner says "Dark Arts" and not "Deathly Hallows". Her exact quote will be helpful in understanding my thought process so here:

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:12 am

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:04 am what about me, owner? Give DH a break and flag me for a bit.

You knowing the intricacies of the Dark Arts stuff and sharing it could be an act to try to buy townie points. I remember reading the stuff about it but not nearly picking up enough about it to understand it all. Basically, if someone had or possessed Dark Arts abilities this game, they would probably read up on it or make sure they understood their abilities.

Technically, what you said is some form of mechanical-talk or a retelling of information, in which some of it is free to us. But it doesn't necessarily solve us the game or anything.

It's potenitally the kind of post meant to look like a person is being useful, but in reality, they aren't truly really adding to the thread.

"The intricacies of" - What's intricate about [SECRET] and "Keep what you kill"
"The Dark Arts Stuff" - if you've got Dark Arts on the mind and someone says Deathly Hallows, you might confuse the two. Freudian Slippage.
"I remember reading the stuff about it but not nearly picking up enough...." - [Secrets] and "Keep what you kill" doesn't strike me as hard to retain.

IDK thinking out loud, the best indicator of an actual slip here is conflating "Dark Arts" with "Deathly Hallows" because she had "Dark Arts" on the mind.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:02 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:00 am Did Owner slip when she conflated Dark Arts and Deathly Hallows mechanics?

I don't know how that would be a slip. They're two completely different things.

... unless you meant townslip.

No I mean did she scumslip. They're two completely different things. One of them you were talking about, the other one you weren't.

Stream of Consciousness as I catch up before Grub Time:

I took Epi's original "juliets and I are not on a team together" or w/e he said as the usual Epignosis brand of military grade Who-Gives-A-Shit. I didn't prescribe any meaning or weight to it because having played with Epi for years now, he does that shit almost every game, all the time. I don't read it as alignment indicative for him because it's not alignment indicative. HIs explanation of "Well you see if we were baddies together, I would have politely asked Juliets if it was alright to spoil the Half Blood Prince for her and she would have agreed to be fake mad in the thread" or whatever conspiracy, *that* tickled my nose hairs but again I'm not gonna call it this early because, well because of two things:

1. Juliets isn't a fake person. I've known her longer than I've known Epi and probably longer than I've known any of you guys at this point. I don't see her going "Hey yeah great idea lets stage this whole elaborate thing and fuck around D1"

2. Epignosis isn't all that concerned with much of anyone or anything most of the time in games that I play with him. He just kinda doesn't care, and does what he wants. He makes odd and definitive statements like that and the "Go, Discuss. Bye." stuff all the time. Its his brand, not his tell.

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The chatter around it trying to make a mountain into a molehill fucks me right up. i'm on page 6 and a lot of it occurred prior to page 6 so I'll go back and revisit that but yall need to chill. Dialing in on a weaksauce suspicion like that could be baddies looking for an easy out, or looking to stoke some flames early. Eep.

Just got to the post where Nutella quoted Epi criticizing Jay for agreeing with himself. Jay, the guy who unironically said "I think we've made the best decision I could come up with, which is all we can ask for in any lynch".

I see Mac is carrying his ShitPost persona. That'll be fun.

Did Owner slip when she conflated Dark Arts and Deathly Hallows mechanics?

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:12 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:19 pm

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:15 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:01 pm Yeah I've gotta be real with yall unless somebody outright fucks up and slips or somebody builds a damn good case, I'll probably default to a no-show as well.

The funny thing with this game is we might get some magnificent ties. Because if you're on a townie lynch that goes through, your house looses 2 points. So especially on day 1 if I don't have a good scum read, I would rather be a single vote on someone who's not going to die.

Oh good someone already fucked up. Thanks Luna :P

This looks juicy. Explain?

Luna is focused more on the House Cup mechanic, like in Firefly with TH and everyone who was so focused on Yun Qui being the best ship that they let themselves lose the game.

Also, how would she know her options are "Town lynch" or "put a random single vote on someone who isn't going to die".

Weak ping but a ping.

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:16 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:45 pm I don't understand why I'm engaging in this conversation.

I think I understand. You are concerned about having suspicion against you this early, so you're focusing on it more than is necessary. Why so concerned?

I'm not concerned is the thing. I engaged with it because of Firefly, and because I've got a particular mafia history that I'd not care to repeat RE: interactions with certain players, certain perceptions, etc.

Brb cleaning and catching up.

ISO Links yet?

Good news is Dr. Who was good. Bad news is its 2:30am and my sleep schedule is still boinked. Also RD2R playing starts tomorrow. I'm really just posting so Nutella has a buffer between her posts.

Owner of a Lonely Heart wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:21 am The problem, speedy, I guess is that you might be too comfortable or have something that keeps you safe at night or whatever, while DH over here seems more squishy.

Yeah, you're probably a great tank, but maybe I want to sometimes play with DH bard.