The Syndicate

MovingPictures07 wrote: I find it odd (not necessarily suspicious) that you have no suspicions or real thoughts; wouldn't you agree that's uncharacteristic?

It is characteristic for me not to agree.

Russtifinko wrote: I don't think I can say I've eaten carnivore before. But I will say ducks and lambs are probably my favorite meats. I think they're herbivores, unless ducks eat insects.

Alligators are carnivores and delicious. So are most fish. Yes, most of the animals we eat are herbivores, but bear in mind that they have been bred for hundreds of years to be delicious, whereas alligators have not. I bet if we farmed alligators for food the same way we do cows, they would stack up favorably against most anything.

Oh snap, Russ is right again.

For those keeping score, that's 2-0

Ricochet wrote:Llama, are you bad?

Not yet.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Also MP, I noticed llama is not on the poll which is why I was teasing you. :P

Oh wait, I'm not? Cool. Take that, MP :P

S~V~S wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Russtifinko wrote: However, MP raises probably the best point for lynching your teammates. If you have a chance to switch and your teammates have figured out a way to catch you in a lie once you do, they're the people you need dead most in the game. So he's actually supporting my argument even though he says he's against it.

Oh snap, Russ is right.

I don't totally get it; can you explain it like I am in kindergarten? (I am asking you to be condescending to me; make the most of it )

Russ's point was this, and I think it is a very good one: MP says he has a way to detect when his teammates rotate into bad roles. If this is true, his teammates should want to lynch him, knowing that he will be able to get them lynched later if they are on the other team. Anyone can become bad, so why would anyone want someone kept alive who can easily get them killed later?

I hope that makes sense, SVS.

As for you, MP, what am I meant to be aggressive about? There is literally no information to go on. We haven't had a kill and we haven't had a lynch to analyze. I think you going after Russ is ridiculous. I think you eyeing me now because I am not quixotically tilting at windmills is ridiculous. I agree with you that we are not likely to see complete role switches every cycle, so I am waiting for data. I don't currently have any suspicions to speak of, but your scattershot approach this game is not productive, or at least I don't think so. A game like this requires some circumspection.

Russtifinko wrote: However, MP raises probably the best point for lynching your teammates. If you have a chance to switch and your teammates have figured out a way to catch you in a lie once you do, they're the people you need dead most in the game. So he's actually supporting my argument even though he says he's against it.

Oh snap, Russ is right.

triceratopzeuhl wrote:

S~V~S wrote:
I do not wish to be lunched, I am a vegetarian and no threat to anyone

And yeah, Russ wanting to lunch his presumably civ teammates makes me wonder if they are indeed not civs.

Don't you know that herbivores taste much better and carnivores or omnivores?

Debatable.

I think Ricochet is bad too, but then I always think that about him.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Zomberella12 wrote:That does look like a pretty disgusting sock.

Yes, all the more reason you shouldn't lunch me D1.

But the music contained within is so, so good.

I wouldn't know since Amazon still hasn't tracked down a copy of Western Culture. You guys should all order one, so thta maybe the increased demand will spur them into action.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HENRY-COW-WESTE ... 58b80218d8

These guys are sellers on Amazon.

I've already placed my order, and it was with a gift card, and I'm worried if I try to change it, I won't be able to use the money for something else. I can wait.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Zomberella12 wrote:That does look like a pretty disgusting sock.

Yes, all the more reason you shouldn't lunch me D1.

But the music contained within is so, so good.

I wouldn't know since Amazon still hasn't tracked down a copy of Western Culture. You guys should all order one, so thta maybe the increased demand will spur them into action.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I will vote for you, MM, if you self vote. I think that sets a ridiculous precedent and no civilian should EVER self vote when he or she could at least vote for someone else, who isn't in their BTSC group, at random -- and have a chance at catching someone bad.

Self voters beware. I will vote for you on D1.

What if everyone self-votes? You can't lunch us all!

I haven't gone on a really good low poster crusade since American Gods. It might be time.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Has anyone had any luck thinking about how to attack this game's unconventional role alignment possibility?

I still haven't cracked this game and figured out a way to enhance the civilians' chances to win... There has to be a way other than just luck, but I haven't thought of it yet. I suppose understanding the mechanism by which roles and alignments will change might alter that, but other than that, I just can't think of what we're going to do this game in terms of evidence and case building.

If everyone's roles change every night, I can literally think of nothing to do than to blindly lynch players.

Low posters?

Ricochet wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Ricochet wrote:I always eat in a hurry.

How are you enjoying being bad in a game?

Didn't get the chance, so far.

Oh, he's a sly one. Nice try, Epi, he almost fell into your trap.

Yay! I love marshmallows.

Llamas come from the Andes, so I know all about mountain survival.

Ricochet wrote:Oh, and George Donner can only protect someone from his BTSC group, right?

I think "in your wagon train" means any player.

Ricochet wrote:I don't know what is more headache-inducing already, the bendy rules or Epig's WoF interpretation of the poll.

My only dillemma is regarding the Forces' deaths. Wasatch cannot be lunched/killed before the other two Forces do, but the other Forces die, in a certain order, after Wasatch does. Is there a contradiction in this or do Great Salt Lake / Fremont die instead of Wasatch, if he is voted for lunch or targeted for a kill on a particular day/night?

I'll choose U. A lot of our names end with U, but, especially in arts, the U in artists' name often got changed to an O, in international (especially French) variants: Enesco, Ionesco... So the U is a more precious vowel. (wtf am I saying)

I interpret this to mean that if we try to kill Wasatch, he doesn't die but one of the other members of his team dies in his place, until they are all gone.

But E is the most commonly occurring letter in English, so that should yield the most results.

S~V~S wrote:I'm a vegetarian. I think I might have problems with this group

You're just saying that so we won't want to eat you. Everyone knows vegetarians taste lousy.

Rats.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I'm going to vote I. Is it just me, or is it going to be really hard to catch baddies if the baddies are always changing?

It seems that way. Perhaps a plan can be devised. Otherwise, it seems there might be more luck involved than usual.

Yes, a plan! How about we agree not to lynch anyone, and then when we rotate into the baddie roles, we use the night kill on ourselves? Civvie win!

I'm going to vote I. Is it just me, or is it going to be really hard to catch baddies if the baddies are always changing?