The Syndicate

Yeah, I'm going to New Jersey. Why not?

Keterman wrote:

Russtifinko wrote:

Keterman wrote:Four players from this town moved to Wilmington, and the rest didn't vote. Interesting.

In the Wilmington thread it was brought up earlier that the eighth rule of Fight Club (if you are new to Fight Club, you must fight) could have influenced MovingPicture07's setup of this game. Therefore it was reasoned that those who switch towns must fight when they enter a town they haven't been in yet. At first I agreed with that reasoning, but now however I think the eighth rule would not apply to switching towns, but instead apply to being recruited to Project Mayhem. Could someone who has seen the film perhaps provide more educated speculation?

Keterman, do you mean you think that those recruited to Project Mayhem must fight the subsequent day?

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I can't think of anything that would indicate that. That's not to say it's impossible though. If it's true it'd provide pretty valuable info going forward (which may be a reason MP wouldn't do it, actually).

That's just the thing, I'm not sure myself. I imagine so, but you make a good point that if we could decode what MP has in store for us, it's less likely that would be the reality of the game. For now I'm just throwing ideas out there as to what this could all mean, because like (probably) everyone else here I have no idea if any of them are worth considering. I don't agree with your suspicions of DH. I don't know his play style, but I imagine curiosity overcomes the desire for safety with at least a few players here, myself included, and that being the first to want to fight doesn't necessarily imply power. I'm definitely not saying that that couldn't be the case, though, just that I think it's not enough to use the s-word.

I do appreciate you throwing ideas out. I will keep your thoughts on DH in mind; it's a good point, and I think of DH as a very adventurous player, which fits your read.

Leamiteo wrote: My former New Castle buddies over in whatever city they moved to are probably suspicious of me for not moving with them. I don't think I would have moved even if I hadn't slept through the vote.

They're probably suspicious of me, too. I dunno if I'd have moved or not. I think checking out a new city would be nice, so I'll probably move tonight.

Mongoose wrote:We have 4-5 hours until the vote ends, so hopefully out of this big crop of players, we'll get some more participation. I know it's just an insane time for everyone (I should be packing right now!) I'm okay with voting blocs for now, but I agree that those tentative alliances will crumble with the slightest bit of pressure. I'll volunteer as soon as I'm in a pool again.

Down with blocs! Do you have an alternative long-term strategy?

So far it seems as far as anyone (myself included) has gotten is to vote for volunteers to fight and wait either for something good to happen or to be recruited to Project Mayhem. I feel like there's gotta be a better way to suss out Durden, but I'm stumped right now as to what it is.

Leamiteo wrote:Work is nut right now.

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Sorry for missing 2 votes people. I hate missing votes. I wish I could say my participation is likely to go up now, but that'd be a lie. Work is insane at least through the weekend. I'll try to at least be voting and quickly posting thoughts, though.

Keterman wrote:Four players from this town moved to Wilmington, and the rest didn't vote. Interesting.

In the Wilmington thread it was brought up earlier that the eighth rule of Fight Club (if you are new to Fight Club, you must fight) could have influenced MovingPicture07's setup of this game. Therefore it was reasoned that those who switch towns must fight when they enter a town they haven't been in yet. At first I agreed with that reasoning, but now however I think the eighth rule would not apply to switching towns, but instead apply to being recruited to Project Mayhem. Could someone who has seen the film perhaps provide more educated speculation?

Keterman, do you mean you think that those recruited to Project Mayhem must fight the subsequent day?

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I can't think of anything that would indicate that. That's not to say it's impossible though. If it's true it'd provide pretty valuable info going forward (which may be a reason MP wouldn't do it, actually).

Boomslang wrote:Well, I just moved here as well. As I reminded the other thread, there's no reason as far as I can see to think of these city threads as teams. Everyone is a civ except for Tyler, and our goal is to find and kill him. Promoting city voting blocks or trying to keep information within cities just gets in the way of that. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Tyler has at least viewing privileges in all threads.

Yeah, this occurred to me too. I made me really suspicious of DH. Voting blocs are great for not dying, but generally bad practice for finding baddies. DH also volunteered to fight first, which makes me think he must be powerful. Someone likely to die would hardly be eager to hop in the ring. I would imagine Tyler Durden is powerful, since he appears to be a lone baddie at this stage. Just sayin'.

Keterman wrote:

Black Rock wrote:I'm going to put this out there, I will fight. I chickened out the first day but I need not play everything safe. I'll leave it up to you guys to decide.

Excellent, I have an opponent. I suggest everyone else split your votes between me and Black Rock.

I am down for this.

Whew, discussion. I just logged in to vote myself to fight DH, but apparently the poll is over. I think the site is still on European time for me :/.

I think it fitting that DH and I would fight each other, given our rivalry and such as. So if 2 people from New Haven are fighting, I volunteer to be the second one. I guess it's also possible DH would fight someone from another group, though.

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