The Syndicate

Day was top long at work falling asleep will pay tomorrow

Thanks!

Anyhoo, what's up? It seems like we're nearing endgame? Not many names on the list! I won't be around too, too much so any help in condensing things is always appreciated.

Oh my GOD, do you have any idea how good it feels to break out of prison and then see that I was TOTALLY RIGHT ABOUT EPIGNOSIS??? Like, I walked in to the game and BOOM, pinned him, with TIMESTAMPS and erratic behaviour. I don't need any thanks, that just feels... so, so good.

Threw my vote onto 277 in the poll. I got a trustworthy sense from him in the slammer, so if down the road I'm not available but he is, check his posts carefully, he seems like he'd maybe be a good choice!

indiglo wrote: I have no idea what goes on over there to even ask. But do you have access to our game thread? Do you know when a new prisoner arrives? Would their arrival time be able to help trace who they may have been in the thread?

Prison is prison, we know absolutely nothing of the outside world. And all I will say to the latter part is a reiteration that there are some things we cannot talk about.

Actually the thought of possible future paroles has me wondering... is there anything that would help you free players to know, regarding our prison time?I don't mean right now, since as I said, I have no notes, but if there is a chance from future efforts to bust out again, is there anything I can pass on to you at that time that would be worth knowing for you? There are certain rules we work under, and that cannot be talked about, but mostly things are wide open.

I can't think of what would help to know that would work within our rules, but... if there is anything you can think of, maybe lmk so I can be prepared for next time?

As for Prisoner 509, who I see is most likely getting pardoned, I have nothing bad to say. He definitely worked hard post-prison break, and does seem to be angling for a civvie win, and whoever it is certainly seems to be around enough to keep up with the game. I didn't really take extensive notes or anything in the klink so I can't point to any deficiencies, there.

Epignosis wrote:

Prisoner 920077 wrote:Hmm. Well, I'm not going to make a big pitch, but I'll just say that I tried to help out as best I could in the time given, and most notably, I did NOT vote for DDL, but rather tried to point out connections to the Fuzz lynch, which seemed more relevant. Glad to have been here, either way.

And you bullied me.

Still...I may have plans for you, Chronos.

Well, I WAS faced with over 4,000 posts. It made more sense to try to focus on the Fuzz lynch, and there you were. You have to admit, knowing nothing else, your string of posts there are at least worth an outsider's perusal, no? It's irrelevant now, unless I manage to get pardoned, but step back, see what I saw, you must see why I pushed it??

Epignosis wrote:

Prisoner 813142 wrote:Greetings players and my soon-to-be-incarcerated colleagues. To the players, I can offer you this- I am not the best choice for the pardon but I certainly would appreciate it. If pardoned, I promise to keep analyzing this game in depth. It's difficult to cover so much ground in one day, so I will double my efforts to root out the evil forces of the police. After all, who better to help root out evil than a reformed evil genius? I also plan to keep "trolling" Scotty and tell Golden to zip it, for whatever that's worth.

If you should choose to send me back to prison, know this: I can't blame you. I had a busy day and couldn't contribute as much as others. If you want my honest opinion, I would recommend either 509378 or 920077. They were a little more important than I was in getting us to this point. I think either one would be an "asset" to the civvie cause.

To my fellow prisoners, remember Operation IVY. Do not let it fail. Letting Operation IVY fail will make me angry. And when Dr. Evil gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, people DIE!

I'm sorry.

I need to gather all those who can analyze timestamps and direct them into an ultimate weapon.

I call it...

"Operation Chrono Trigger"

Count me in, Boss!

Quin wrote:I thought one of the prisoners said they broke out because they completed those quote challenges.

We completed three challenges in a row, including an epic group decode! We were a good group, tbh.

Hmm. Well, I'm not going to make a big pitch, but I'll just say that I tried to help out as best I could in the time given, and most notably, I did NOT vote for DDL, but rather tried to point out connections to the Fuzz lynch, which seemed more relevant. Glad to have been here, either way.

Oh, and Warden?

Golden wrote:

Prisoner 920077 wrote:Well, good luck, guys! It's been fun, even if some of us (okay, me) basically flailed around and yelled really loud to be heard but ended up with nothing to say!

You did fine, Diiny

Who is Diiny? God I'm out of the loop...

Well, good luck, guys! It's been fun, even if some of us (okay, me) basically flailed around and yelled really loud to be heard but ended up with nothing to say!

Prisoner 740359 wrote:Well now that the phase is concluding and nothing more can happen to me, I can reveal my biggest secret

I

AM

Not ready for prime time?

Ai... I'm so bummed now.

Prisoner 740359 wrote:

Golden wrote:Again, Matt 1.0, who we know was good.

Have you met Prisoner 920077?

Shit, there have been two Matts? That... well, I'm out. LOL trying to take the ouse of a game this far in has been extremely difficult.

Matt wrote:Well I ask about gleam cuz it looks like we're headed towards a sig or Enrique lynch and I'm wondering...

If Fuzz was lynched because he voted for Ika, which he would only reasonably do to save a teammate IMO (which in this case would be gleam, or perhaps even Epi)...

I'm just wondering why ya all aren't looking their way instead of sig and Enrique?

Epi especially, considering I believe he was "catching up" and was questioning the thread "Why Fuzz? I don't get Fuzz?" derpa derpy doo.

But yeah, for Golden to go after sig...lulz. You gotta be kidding me.

Like, here he is, trying to manoeuvre the thread after the Fuzz lynch, off of whom? Enrique and Sig.

And who BOTH just moved into third and out of second, with Matt's vote? Enrique and Sig.

Read back through Matt's posts around the Fuzz lynch, and he seemed a bit perturbed by how it went down as well. Same sort of "good result, but lame lynch" posts.

Golden wrote:

Prisoner 920077 wrote:

Golden wrote:@740 - in half the lynches so far, the runner up has been lynched.

Why beat Matt up over it?

Because he just moved Boomslang OUT of second place.

Now THAT is a good reason. But not the same thing as what 740 is going on about.

The DDL in first place thing has been locked up since I broke out.

But you are telling me that in every lynch the second place vote getter has died, and here Matt walks in, and shifts Boomslang into third with a strategic vote, and all he really has to say about it is "I don't think he is bad", and there is less than an hour to go, and.... yeah, let's all just move on. Ah well, it's not my game.

Golden wrote:@740 - in half the lynches so far, the runner up has been lynched.

Why beat Matt up over it?

Because he just moved Boomslang OUT of second place.

Golden wrote:

Prisoner 509378 wrote:

indiglo wrote:This may be the most unanimous lynch we've had! I can't tell if that should make me happy or really nervous.

Without the prisoners the margin would only be one vote.

I'm not sure if that should make me really happy or nervous.

I guess it depends how neutral non-player prisoners such as 509 are. 509 has felt very town-aligned, which I'd expect would be his normal setting if he had no stake in the game.

Prisoner 740359 wrote:

Matt wrote:Totes cuz if I knew there was a lynch switch, the smartest thing I could do is announce it in thread right before the lynch is over.

Seriously.

I should have moreover underlined the whole sentence. What does being runner-up for a lynch have to do with lynch switches, unless a lynch switch is designed in such SPECIFIC manner?

What more do people need lol

Well in case my time is running out, I'd like to say thanks for having us and sorry for the looting!

Prisoner 740359 wrote:

Matt wrote:Eh, maybe you guys are right, but I don't think so. I think Boomrique is civ.

On that note, in case there is some kind of lynch switch shenanigans, I'm going back to ika so he's in front of Boom.

That's oddly specific.

And he pulled Boom out of second place. Ding ding! Ping ping!!

Epignosis wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Has Norton posted today?

No he hasn't, I see.

Chronos, God of Timestamps, I summon thee!

Six posts, EST:

Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:47 pm
Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:53 pm
Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:43 pm
Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:17 am
Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:41 pm
Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:29 pm

You might not want to take any consideration of Norton's posts or vote, but I bet that's something to look at.

Oh boy!

Epignosis wrote:

Prisoner 920077 wrote:

Prisoner 413022 wrote:
I for one, look forward to hearing what Blondy has to say about this one.

He basically gave me a pat reply and then has kind of stayed out of the way, none of which have changed my mind. But, you've got to fight the battles people are willing to fight, and no one is biting, so I've moved on... I'm assuming we're heading back to the slammer soon, anyway, so it's not like it's my problem!

I gave you a truthful reply, not a dissertation. I'm not going to spend the limited time I have repeating what I've already said.

Do you even know what a dissertation is, Chronos?

Who is Chronos? Honest question. And why be snarky?

Prisoner 740359 wrote:Yeah, I'm not going into any details about what might happen next to us. We'll see when we'll see.

So... no liquor store?

Prisoner 740359 wrote:
WIFOM, jimmy rustlin'. No way to crack "did he or didnndnt he" methinks.

You can ignore or you can vote to lynch him. His name being Golden.

Golden as Warden? I can't see it. Warden didn't post enough for it to be Golden. Golden would have been more active in taunting us, etc. if he were that role.

Only 6 hours left before we presumably head back to prison... anyone want to rob a liquor store with me??

I'll also say that I looked at the DDL case and it seems reasonable. I don't trust the ika gang, or the sig gang, but the DDL group seems pretty solid, if the lynch goes that way instead of to Boomslang, it might work out ok!

Prisoner 813142 wrote:

Prisoner 920077 wrote:

Prisoner 413022 wrote:
I for one, look forward to hearing what Blondy has to say about this one.

He basically gave me a pat reply and then has kind of stayed out of the way, none of which have changed my mind. But, you've got to fight the battles people are willing to fight, and no one is biting, so I've moved on... I'm assuming we're heading back to the slammer soon, anyway, so it's not like it's my problem!

Hey there, cuz. I noticed this too. Do you think that Dragon and ika are just appealing "low-hanging fruit" (boy that phrase has another definition in prison!) or do you think their cases have more merit at this time than the pursuit of ePIGnosis?

I think Epig should be a main contender, but people have had their own cases building for days, so I kind of understand why they would not want to just abandon their own thought processes to jump on mine!

Where's my homeboy 277058? I trust that guy.

Prisoner 413022 wrote:
I for one, look forward to hearing what Blondy has to say about this one.

He basically gave me a pat reply and then has kind of stayed out of the way, none of which have changed my mind. But, you've got to fight the battles people are willing to fight, and no one is biting, so I've moved on... I'm assuming we're heading back to the slammer soon, anyway, so it's not like it's my problem!

Draconus wrote:What's the case on Boomslang? I don't think I've seen a single post from him.

Read Enrique's posts from around the fuzz lynch. Boomslang replaced him, and those posts are very ping-y.

Boomslang showed up, didn't acknowledge the accusations against him directly, and voted for ika.

Quin, who SVS has said (and whom I trust) is most likely to be bad, has voted ika.

In short, I'll not be voting ika today. This, despite the fact that silver wolf also seems fairly trustworthy to me.

I also don't trust most of the sig bandwagoners including obviously the hated Warden, so that's out.

That leaves me with sticking with Boomslang, joining SVS on Quin which I will do if it will lead to his lynch, or DDL who I will read up on tomorrow.

That so few people see Enrique's posts around the Fuzz lynch as ping-y baffles me. It's clear as day.

Ok I will check out Quin once I get home.

Svs who gets your vote? My read in shows you as the most trustworthy. I will move my vote to whoever you say.

Moved my vote based on the trustworthiness of the voters.

Sometimes a strong set of baddies can push a thread into new directions and make people forget pings. Since some of us are seeing the game with new eyes we aren't beholden to that. I strongly think Enrique/BoomsLang is bad and needs to be lynched.

Just read through Enrique... yeah, his posts around the Fuzz lynch are highly suspicious. Voted him for no reason, bailed as soon as it became a thing, but it's his immediate post-lynch result posts that are ping-y. He calls the lynch bullshit, but also reminds people that he was the first Fuzz voter, in back to back posts.

I'd be fine with voting Boomslang.

@Epig, I stand by my accusation homie, Ive grown to know cops by smell thanks to years in the hoosegaw. But I'm going to move on to Enrique/BoomsLang now. No worries.

And on that note, I'm off to bed. Since in all likelihood, y'all will be pursuing your own cases and not mine tomorrow, I'll focus on the main cases as deadline approaches.

I also note that Epig's posts starting the next day get VERY feisty against people who called him for his vote, etc. As if he knew he had stumbled a bit.

Okay, so I'm going to have to provide individual, very particular bits of gem that I find interesting, due to the massive task of reading a 43-page game.

Before Golden said the tie was with gleam, I assumed, looking at the poll, that it was with Epignosis, so I started working from there. Working from the point where we know a baddie was in trouble is always easier.

So, I think there is a decent chance Epignosis is a cop.

His game, up until Fuzz started taking votes, was mainstream and fine, nothing to pinpoint in any way.

Then Fuzz made his vote, people noticed, he started taking on votes quickly.
So Epig asks what's up? No great answers. Then he posts that he will make sure to break the tie, sounding srsbsns:
He then asks again for information:
That was at 4:38 my time. At 4:39 my time, just one minute later, Enrique answers him:
At 4:41, just two more minutes later, now only 3 minutes from Epig's post asking for reasons, Sloonei also provides an answer:
Now follow me even more closely, we're going into SECONDS now.

4:41 again, still 3 minutes after asking about Fuzz, he actually says nothing about Fuzz or the responses to his question, which have just occurred, but votes... a2thzebra?
Here's the seconds... Sloonei's post answering Epig's question was at 4:41:02. Epig's vote post for a2thezebra was at 4:41:13, eleven seconds apart. The point? No one types a post in 11 seconds. Especially not a post where a word is underlined, which requires a bit more typing, or clicking of buttons. Sloonei's post had to show up in linkitis before Epig got his post sent. The point is that Epig absolutely HAD to have seen Sloonei's post explaining the votes on Fuzz, and in all likelihood saw Enrique's as well, but ignored them completely and dodged the fucking very tie he said he would break, with no explanation.

Incidentally, he posted again at 4:44. Basically, all evidence points to Epig getting the information he wanted to break the tie he said he would break, but then he... didn't, and tossed his vote away. Sorry, but Epignosis doesn't do that. Also, if he says he will break a tie, and asks for info, and he's civ, he won't then fabricate a nothing vote at the last second and not even comment on the thing he got people to tell him about

Epig's bad. you're welcome.

Golden wrote:

Prisoner 920077 wrote:I need some assistance, peeps.

I'm reading the point in the game where RadicalFuzz made his ika vote and subsequently torpedoed himself. What I need to know, which is tricky due to moveable votes, is who was the other half of "breaking the tie" when he voted ika? The only other person on the poll that seems likely was Epignosis, but was that who was tied with ika at that moment?

Thanks!

It was gleam, hence the gleam vote on day 4.

'Preciate it.

I need some assistance, peeps.

I'm reading the point in the game where RadicalFuzz made his ika vote and subsequently torpedoed himself. What I need to know, which is tricky due to moveable votes, is who was the other half of "breaking the tie" when he voted ika? The only other person on the poll that seems likely was Epignosis, but was that who was tied with ika at that moment?

Thanks!

Prisoner 277058 wrote:I'm just gonna say this. Fellow prisoners, we've got a lot of power in our hands. I'm going to suggest that we let these law abiding citizens figure out the hard stuff, and then we swing in with our big muscles and take out whoever.

So... laze around and then fuck up the lynch? No, thanks, I've waited too long to get out of the clink to waste my time messing the outside world up. I'll be reading back through the game tonight and tomorrow to try to offer some actual assistance.

Scotty wrote:

Golden wrote:

Scotty wrote:Some of these guys aren't even playing for the hometeam. Some of these people are actually prisoners. I don't like this.

Look, if you're gonna vote for a player today, at least give them a reach around first.

Some of them could actually be undercover cops, for all we know.

How many undercover cops could there actually be?

Like, there aren't even that many arrested parties + cops alive, are there? Some of these people are actually scum from a separate world and don't seem to have a grasp on this game. Like that Prisoner who just voted you because 'nub Golden'

I wouldn't trust the motivations of any of us, until our actions indicate that we are trustworthy. As for me, I need to figure the outside world out, so I will refrain from posting until I have read some.