The Syndicate

Matahari wrote:Hedge, I tend to think everyone should do whatever they think suits them best. I wouldn't announce mine, but if someone else does, I don't think it means they are bad. They might even be misleading the baddies.

What did Jigsaw mean when he said he was successful with his level choice?

I can understand that choice. I just haven't decided what I think is the most helpful yet.

Jiggy picked level 2 and that's where we found Dr. Fetus. I believe INH actually picked level two that same night.

Elohcin wrote:Welcome back Epi!

Lizzy wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Elohcin wrote:Welcome Mata.

I am choosing to keep my level pick to myself as well. It feels like we are all stumbling around in the dark with no lynches yet. It is simpler to find a baddie once we have a confirmed lynch.

I suspect a lynhc is still a ways off unless we settle on one person and bombard them with votes. Do you think that is what we should do? Who should that person be?

You. You'd be a great candidate, although it would also be a shame to lose you as a result of a first successful lynching.

Some low posters then?

I think this is a good idea. Low posters, not llama. And, obviously not Rusty.

MovingPictures07 wrote:FYI I will end the night period early if I receive all PMs early; if not, I will end it at 10:33PM EST, if I can, and if not, it'll be tomorrow. I'm unfortunately feeling under the weather, so there's no guarantee I'll even be awake at that time.

You've probably heard this from me before...zinc and Vitamin C!!! Take it once (I sometimes take it twice depending on how bad the cold) a day for three-five days and your cold will be less severe and shorter. Sometimes the cold won't progress at all. I may not be a great Mafia player but I kick ass at RL haha Feel Better!

We are back to low posters again? Ok fine, if we exclude subs and those no longer playing:

Jigsaw - 7
Nevinera - 9
Vompatti - 11
Boomslang - 11
DP - 12
Elohcin - 15

So who of all these people do Llama, Lizzy, and Elo suggest we vote?

I just don't think it's a great strategy in this game frankly. But I can see the value in actually having a lynch rather than eating away at everyone's total until one day 5 people die all at once.

Welcome back Epi! What are your thoughts you brought back from beyond? For or against low posters? For or against keeping our levels secret? Mata, MR, Rose, what are your thoughts as well?

I can't decide on hiding our levels or not. I see value in both. We shared twice and the last time we found him. I will be interested to see what happens tonight.

Rose wrote:I'm caught up but boy am I still confused. This is unlike any game I've ever played so bear with me. This site is also running quite slow for me, not sure if thats due to some of the larger sigs or not but yeah, taking me a while to scroll through the pages.

Agreeing with Boomslang that it might be worth thinking about whether we should post which level we're searching in - as he/she said Dr Fetus can just post he's searching in his own - but if he is found, is the player that found him told? And if they are can they share that in the thread? Then if Dr Fetus is posting he's searching in his own level, and someone else checks it, and finds him, we would know who he is. Does that mke sense?

So while we discuss it, I won't say which level Im searching in tonight.

These are some good points I am considering. The other thing is Dr.fetus learns our patterns for which numbers we often pick. I think if we keep announcing that having two people search a level is good as well.

Since we are mostly announcing levels this time I am going to search 17.

Also Welcome Mata!

thellama73 wrote:I think the board's daylight savings time settings may be messed up.

This makes so much sense. I kept checking my daylight savings setting here thinking I forgot.

Alright, I am going to stick with my initial suspicion on bwt at this point. Did not like his quick support to go after low posters. It seems like a notorious baddie move to me in a game that at the time had very little suspicions to go on.

Votes BWT

Elohcin wrote:I went ahead and voted Hedge.

your reason being....?

Lizzy wrote:I'll go with Hedgie today. Shan't reiterate why.

Is this you dancing on my grave?

I assure you Mongoose, Llama and I are most definitely not in cahoots. I am not sure of course if he is bad or civ, but I do know that I don't like his initial attempt to get us to vote evenly since we all have uneven amounts of life. Why is nobody discussing this?? The life you have is not the same that I have which makes llamas idea even worse.

Bwt's vote for him gives me pause. Of course this game is interesting in that baddies can in fact vote for each other without fear of killing them. I think Nev's theory is sound and we do actually have to start lynching people to get info. However, it's frankly more fun when everyone is still here, so not sure I really want to do this yet.

Lizzy, I am not sure bout you at all dear. Just not sure.

thellama73 wrote:

Lizzy wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote: Bandwagons happen all the time. It's usually how people get lynched, civvies and baddies. The bandwagon wasn't the suspicious part as much to me as the low poster bandwagoning. It seems way to convenient to go after low posters again. Someone brings this up every game. Don't think I didn't notice bwt defended you miss Lizzy and here you are attacking me. Teamies what what?

Still a bandwagon. I must have missed the part where he was defending me. And he's not that lucky.

HedgeBaddie is running scared and careening out of control.

Orly?

Hedgeowl wrote:Fun fact: we all have different amount of life, so we have no idea when someone might die or not.

(This may have been discussed already) However, I like llama's day 1 suggestion even less and am considering voting there because it seems like a huge baddie benefit. What if they have more lives than the rest of us?!?

How is this above me suspecting you because of your normal odd behavior? It is in fact me suspecting you because of what I feel is very non-civ friendly lynch theory. Those are two very different things, but good try at putting words in my mouth sir.

birdwithteeth11 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:Aso, Jigsaw, Dom, Nevinera, Elohcin and Lizzy (although Lizzy claims to have been silenced for a day)

Outside of Lizzy, I wouldn't mind examining the rest of them. I think there's definitely a possibility there's a baddie hiding amongst one of them.

Lizzy, here he is deflecting attention away from you on Llama's list.

Mongoose, that is my understanding right now as well. I would list it bwt, lizzy, llama (with possible dom addition spending on his explanation).

I must be top of llama's list though since he voted for me already.m

Linki-you know rose or mr subbed in for him right?

Dom wrote:I think Hedge's comment on llama's theory was weird....
also hello to MR and rose! : 0 )

Which comment was that? It's not like you not quote it.

thellama73 wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote: I am considering Bwt as a vote currently for jumping on your low poster bandwagon. There's not much to go on in this game so far, but latching on to the low poster excuse doesn't feel good to me.

Whoa there Missi Pyle!


It's not my bandwagon. Mongoose was the one who suggested looking at low posters. I just compiled a list of names.

Fair point, Mongoose' wagon. I wasn't actually accusing you of anything, but rather bwt. Why so quick to defend? It actually makes you look worse in mÿ eyes since you took Mongoose's thought and put names to it to suspect. However, bwt is the one I am most suspicious of right now.

Lizzy wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote: I am considering Bwt as a vote currently for jumping on your low poster bandwagon. There's not much to go on in this game so far, but latching on to the low poster excuse doesn't feel good to me.

Says the same Hedgie who jumped on the Devin bandwagon.

Bandwagons happen all the time. It's usually how people get lynched, civvies and baddies. The bandwagon wasn't the suspicious part as much to me as the low poster bandwagoning. It seems way to convenient to go after low posters again. Someone brings this up every game. Don't think I didn't notice bwt defended you miss Lizzy and here you are attacking me. Teamies what what?

thellama73 wrote:Everyone keeps saying I'm bored. I'm not bored. I could never be bored in one of MP's amazing, exciting games. I'm just a rabblerouser anarchist who thrives on chaos.

Nev made a good point though. If you are not bored fine, but you may have more time on your hands not having btsc too. Granted based on frequency of player posting even if you do have btsc, you might be bored in that too.

I am considering Bwt as a vote currently for jumping on your low poster bandwagon. There's not much to go on in this game so far, but latching on to the low poster excuse doesn't feel good to me.

Welcome MR and Rose!

Catching up in this game shouldn't be too hard. Shenanigans have been rampant for sure though.

thellama73 wrote:"Oh, Miss HedgeBaddie?" said the friendly little llama, his wool glinting with its natural oils in the hot Peruvian sun.

"Yes?" said the wicked owl from her home in the horrible-hedge.

"I steal one of your lives! Yoink!" The llama then galloped away, frolicking merrily over hill and dale.

This might be the most majestic "No U" I have ever seen.

Fun fact: we all have different amount of life, so we have no idea when someone might die or not.

(This may have been discussed already) However, I like llama's day 1 suggestion even less and am considering voting there because it seems like a huge baddie benefit. What if they have more lives than the rest of us?!?

Boomslang wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote: I feel like there has been a lot of zaniness and goofy attitudes so far in this game. And it is making it hard for me to get good reads on most people. Hopefully that changes today.

Not on my watch, bub!

What do you expect? WE'RE MADE OF MEAT! Kinda hard to take anything seriously. In fact...

I am so disturbed by this picture I am considering taking one of your lives for it since the cat probably lost one of hers when she looked in the mirror.

Devin the Omniscient wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

Devin the Omniscient wrote:Hmm... Lots of back and sparked. Is it silly, zany questioning or is seriousness going down here? I think I will observe.

Speaking of the poll, did Dr. Unbornbaby get to rehide bandage girl or should we be picking levels that have not already been picked??

Linki: That's always nice to see

And I think I like this new Epignosis: Quoting lyrics and such relavent (or otherwise) to the game.

Fro my end, I am just indulging in a little bit of horseplay, so it's not at all serious (from my end, that is).

I have the day off and am bored. I am not very suspicious of Llama this game, tbh.

What does the fox say?

This literally made me But then I found out you died
You will be missed!

Agree to all your points, even though I only heard the song two weeks ago and I am already over it.

thellama73 wrote:I am very happy with how this day has gone. The way Nev and Rob (and possibly BWT) disagreed with me makes me feel much better about them. The way Elohcin, Mongoose and INH disagreed with me makes me feel much worse about them. I think a lot of information has been gained here.

You didn't even mention me.

Epignosis wrote:Fuck.

What song is this lyric from?

insertnamehere wrote:This whole plan is suspicious as fuck. Wild unbarred speculation: The baddies have a secret vote manipulation, making this fit to their advantage. This isn't going to benefit us, that's for sure.

This right here. What is going on here? I am voting Devin cause I agree with Nevs assessment and ya something feels wrong wrong about voting everyone equally.

votes devin

Vompatti wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

Vompatti wrote:Who wants my vote?

We could trade, if you are interested.

Sure.

do it.

Also, did llama just say he was going to randomize or self-vote? Apparently you are not using sarcastic orange still eh?

I have no idea who to vote for at this point, but maybe I will do a reread, since thankfully its only 4 pages.

thellama73 wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:My son's name is Isaac, so this blinding talk is creeping me out yo. I assume its a game?

Bible much?

The bible has a lot of names. Not yours or mine that I know of though.

It didn't hurt that my husband is a big Isaac Asimov fan.

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." And he said, "Take your son, your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mori'ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off. Then Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you." And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac, his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for the brnt offering, my son." So the went both of them together.

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. Then Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from Heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only-begotten son, from me."

Isn't that a horrible story?

You don't like the name of my first-born son, of a first-born, of a first -born, etc. ? I seem to remember you helped us decide too.

I did read this just to make sure I was ok naming our son Isaac, but it's supposed to mean he who laughs, because Sarah or Abraham laughed when told she was with child, because she was too old they thought. So I think of it as a happy name.

Whoa to the murdering analyzing too. Good points all. We do put people in jail for failed kills though.

thellama73 wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:My son's name is Isaac, so this blinding talk is creeping me out yo. I assume its a game?

Bible much?

The bible has a lot of names. Not yours or mine that I know of though.

It didn't hurt that my husband is a big Isaac Asimov fan.

My son's name is Isaac, so this blinding talk is creeping me out yo. I assume its a game?

Is 13 an option? If so thats what I am checking. Soccer jersey # and all. Lucky 13!

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Looks like only three more players need to vote! I am hanging out with BWT currently, but I can check back in at least once before the deadline; if everyone has voted, I can end it early. If not, next period will start around 8:09 as scheduled.

Aww, that's nice! What are you guys up to?

Well we just got back from Skyline (a local chili place based in Cincinnati) for dinner, and now we're watching more Doctor Who. I think I finally converted another one!

Skyline Chili? We have those here; I wonder if it's the same chain!

Wow, seriously? It is definitely a local chain, though I know they had one in Tampa, presumably because of the snowbirds/retirees from this area moving down.

Also, yes, it's looking likely I will be a Doctor Who convert. Proudly.

Post coming soon! Still waiting on one vote, though it seems it may not come.

I was watching it tonight and am at the beginning of Season 5. I have converted my husband to Doctor Who now as well. So successfully in fact, that he is now watching season 6 without me, the bastard. I cannot wait for this game next year.

Ok, back to on topic meat. PMs with numbers, hmm this seems important.

Very important distinction to make as well. It is the Animal Sanctuary Squad. Animal Alliance or AA is not really what we are about.

Linki - another A.S.S. member was faster than me.

Sushi vs. Bacon vs. Tofu is a hard decision. Granted I just don't see how Tofu is a good option in a game called Meat Boy. Going with bacon, because of meat it is my favorite.

Aww, you guys. We are in for some hilarity this game I see.

I am going to consider my vote carefully.

I love the minimalism banners btw. Congrats MP on your first win!