The Syndicate

Long Con wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I am a bit disappointed that my Axis of Evil theory proved wholly false.

Sorry about that whole "lynching you when silenced" thing.



I didn't want to deal with this Llama.

I'm disappointed Llama didn't comment on this.

The post in this image is one he made while silenced. As you can see, it was at 1:47 am where I am, and I was just getting set to go to bed after seeing the night post. I refreshed one more time and saw this, and blinked tiredly and said "F*ck it, I'll deal with this tomorrow." And went to bed.

In the morning, I woke up and grabbed my phone from the charger by the bed, and went in to see if Llama's Long Con lynch train was going yet, and I was confused to see the post was gone. After refreshing a couple of times, I realized what must have happened, and the post was still sitting on my computer screen. I slyly saved it for an endgame reveal, and resolved to lynch Llama for the sake of my own survival.

Golden wrote:

Long Con wrote:Calling me bad after I had, in my eyes, confirmed my role to you... just made me suspicious.

Welcome to the world of Long Con's rainbow lists!

And I justify it to myself by saying that, if you're really Civ, then I'm helping you stay alive with the suspicion! It's a win-win!

The only real honest part about my rainbow lists are usually the bottom two or three people... my suspects. Throw in a dash of crowd-pleasing and a twist of false suspicion, and top it off with me as Most Civvish.

Hey I wanted to be sure. Calling me bad after I had, in my eyes, confirmed my role to you... just made me suspicious.

You had the hardest one to connect to me though, since I had said my line before I sent the confusion to you.

Scotty, tell me about the thing I was accusing you of... when you suspected me, then knew my role.

Mongoose wrote:

Long Con wrote:

Long Con wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:FYI: I earned a lynch immunity on the canine carrier express. We are allowed to discuss prizes. It is active today and only today. Do not waste your votes on me. I'll be back later.

You're lying. You didn't activate the lynch immunity last night. You get more value from it by making us believe it's active now, then you activate it in the future without saying anything.

So, JJJ, were you telling the truth?

I told the turht 100% on my lynch immunity prize. I used it when I said I did. I expected SOMEONE to try and second guess me in classic WIFOM style, but people mostly just took me at my word.

INH, were you honest about it?

Was there a #8 prize winner that night?

Yes, and a number 10!

*leans forward expectantly*

I can't believe that you were responsible for the Boomslang survival, nijuu... you knew that Elohcin was mistaken about her roleblock on Quin being the reason, and you still went after him:

nijuukyugou wrote:Quin: First to break the tie. Not a good look (again, considering what we know). Seeing a lot of back and forth between him and JJJ in the most recent pages that I'd like to look more closely at. OH and that weird comment after Eloh posted? The one about claiming she's the blocker with her comment? Weird comment, no matter how you slice it: if bad, sounds defensive and frustrated after missing a kill. If good, why point out someone you think is the blocker?! Might as well paint a target for baddies.

nijuukyugou wrote:I'm brain-dead exhausted and have done about all the reading I can handle for the day. I'm down with a Quin vote. Not ignoring the weirdness as stated and as transpired in the thread.

You scum.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I also thought both of my Friday posts were transparent even without the quoting error. What can ya do.

The one with the quoting error would have tipped me off anyway, what with the Long Con accusation in there.

I can't believe that whole war started over "I didn't think he was being serious".

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:...you're arguing with a person who thoroughly analyzes every word in a game thread over and over.

I thought I could count on you.

Long Con wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:FYI: I earned a lynch immunity on the canine carrier express. We are allowed to discuss prizes. It is active today and only today. Do not waste your votes on me. I'll be back later.

You're lying. You didn't activate the lynch immunity last night. You get more value from it by making us believe it's active now, then you activate it in the future without saying anything.

So, JJJ, were you telling the truth?

I told the turht 100% on my lynch immunity prize. I used it when I said I did. I expected SOMEONE to try and second guess me in classic WIFOM style, but people mostly just took me at my word.

INH, were you honest about it?

Was there a #8 prize winner that night?

Scotty wrote:

Long Con wrote:Call out the remaining three baddies. I shall do the same. Whoever is more right shall be declared the victor.

My picks: Quin, Boom, and Wilgy.

Long Con wrote:Boomslang, JJJ, INH. I chose INH because you took Wilgy. He's my wild card addition.

Scotty, you are the winner! Buuuuut we both sucked.

@Epi: Ah, I see. Quite sassy.

Epignosis wrote:I thought after I got DDL, I would succeed in doing my job and drawing the Night kill.

Mafia, why didn't you kill me?

Why was that your job? Sassiness?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:1. Make crappy reads.
2. Get dead.
3. Win game.



Good game mafia, great job civilians, and thanks for a wonderfully fun game Mongoose. I always appreciate when a game is light hearted and creative like this one was.

Long Con, sorry for trying to force you into a woodchipper. It was an accident. i think I recall you mentioning that you'd received a weird message. You intended it as a hint, I took it literally to mean it couldn't be you. Derp.

THREE hints! Tell the truth - did you really read the Con-fusion PM?

Long Con wrote:Felt Mafia 2 [Night One]: The Confusing of JJJ
As Night fell, your eyes became tired and heavy, and you just wanted to rest them for a second. The next thing you knew, you were walking along the edge of a cliff next to a grove of blue, fluffy pine trees. Peering closer, you are surprised to see the pine branches part, and a ghostly marmot wrapped in chains of light reaches out to you, intoning, "Yooouuuu accuuuuuuused meeeee...."

Gasping, you take a step back, and the soft marshmallows that comprise the cliff's edge crumble beneath your feet, and you are falling, falling, and it's raining gleaming diamonds all around you, and you realize that you are the diamonds, tumbling through the darkness and each facet creates a new and more perfect harmony with the whole. Your song echoes out into the vast inky reaches, and it comes back, swirling around you in iambic pentameter:

How sweet, to know the truth behind the face / The face that hides, forsooth, and stays apace / The funky daytime rumble that we seek / Is trapped and deigns to crumble, lost and meek

And you awake... or is all of this a dream, and you have just tasted reality for the first time, even as the wispy fragments vanish from your consciousness...?

Hint 1 wrote:I can understand how you would be confused, JJJ. Sometimes the truth is as difficult to find footing in as a cliff edge made of marshmallows... but everything I have said is true.

Hint 2 wrote:I voted JJJ... this funky daytime rumble deserves a shakeup.

Hint 3 wrote:I just wanted to be your friend, and our friendship would rain down like beautiful diamond facets, glinting in perfect harmony... or something like that.

... along with a couple of references to you being "confused"... can you blame me for suspecting you?? These things should have triggered some sort of memory.

I was sure that JJJ was bad because I referenced his Confusion THREE DIFFERENT TIMES and he still wanted to lynch me.

Quin wrote:

Mongoose wrote:A mysterious message for you:

"Meow."

You wake from your slumber to the diminutive sound.

"Meow. Meow. Meowmeowmeow."

The sounds multiply, and you feel the bed beneath you begin to dissolve. Startled fully awake, you try to sit up.

"meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowme-"

Your bed is dissolving into tiny, bug-sized kittens! Groping out wildly, you try to grab the bedframe, but it dissolves as well, and you find yourself squeezing a handful of microkittens. Each kitten flattens its ears and hisses angrily as you tumble into the vortex of fur and tiny, pinlike claws.

You land with a thud on your back, on a wide expanse of black leather. You feel yourself begin to grow, laying prone, and as your perspective grows, you realize you are on a giant dentist's chair. You continue to grow until the chair is just your size, and you realize your hands have grown through leather straps, binding them down.

A blinding light turns on, shining down into your eyes, and you hear a stern, echoing voice:

"?em fo kniht uoy od tahw ,niuQ"

You feel compelled to answer:

"!edud ,tey tsuj tsil ym ffo uoy dessorc t'nevah I"

You awaken with a gasp, and the tiny scratches all over your arms leave you wondering what is real...

I'm pretty sure these are references to when I discussed my cat with 3J in the beginning and getting my wisdom teeth out. The latter was what made me think it was LC, because we talked about it in another game. Funnily enough, it was not when he asked me the same question in thread as the question he asked me in the PM. I'm very stupid.

Haaaaa, no, it was random. I originally wrote it for Elohcin.

Mongoose wrote:

Long Con wrote:

Epi - Thanks for pointing out so politely and promptly the biggest screw up I made in the game, so I could remedy it ASAP. I really appreciated it!
JJJ - Thanks for being so cool about the aforementioned slip up!

I just left the site like I wasn't around.

I super appreciated everyone being cool little beavers about it!

You guys, I have to tell you that Long Con had the most fun mysterious messages that he would craft up to send you. I was heartbroken when he got blocked or couldn't send one or two of them (I think someone died the other time).

Felt Mafia 2 [Night One]: The Confusing of JJJ
As Night fell, your eyes became tired and heavy, and you just wanted to rest them for a second. The next thing you knew, you were walking along the edge of a cliff next to a grove of blue, fluffy pine trees. Peering closer, you are surprised to see the pine branches part, and a ghostly marmot wrapped in chains of light reaches out to you, intoning, "Yooouuuu accuuuuuuused meeeee...."

Gasping, you take a step back, and the soft marshmallows that comprise the cliff's edge crumble beneath your feet, and you are falling, falling, and it's raining gleaming diamonds all around you, and you realize that you are the diamonds, tumbling through the darkness and each facet creates a new and more prefect harmony with the whole. Your song echoes out into the vast inky reaches, and it comes back, swirling around you in iambic pentameter:

How sweet, to know the truth behind the face / The face that hides, forsooth, and stays apace / The funky daytime rumble that we seek / Is trapped and deigns to crumble, lost and meek

And you awake... or is all of this a dream, and you have just tasted reality for the first time, even as the wispy fragments vanish from your consciousness...?

Felt Mafia 2 [Night Two]: Elohcin's Vision of Confusion
"Meow."

You wake from your slumber to the diminutive sound.

"Meow. Meow. Meowmeowmeow."

The sounds multiply, and you feel the bed beneath you begin to dissolve. Startled fully awake, you try to sit up.

"meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowme-"

Your bed is dissolving into tiny, bug-sized kittens! Groping out wildly, you try to grab the bedframe, but it dissolves as well, and you find yourself squeezing a handful of microkittens. Each kitten flattens its ears and hisses angrily as you tumble into the vortex of fur and tiny, pinlike claws.

You land with a thud on your back, on a wide expanse of black leather. You feel yourself begin to grow, laying prone, and as your perspective grows, you realize you are on a giant dentist's chair. You continue to grow until the chair is just your size, and you realize your hands have grown through leather straps, binding them down.

A blinding light turns on, shining down into your eyes, and you hear a stern, echoing voice:

"?em fo kniht uoy od tahw ,nicholE"

You feel compelled to answer:

"!mulpragus ,tey tsuj tsil ym ffo uoy dessorc t'nevah I"

You awaken with a gasp, and the tiny scratches all over your arms leave you wondering what is real...
This one didn't go through because Elohcin 1.0 died.

Felt Mafia 2 [Night Three]: Scotty's Long Con-fusion
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I'd like to think that we should have seen some sort of "Confusion" on another player by this point if that role were active. But I have seen no indication of confusion.

I think one of those 2 is Denim Suit. I don't know which.. I don't know which.don't know which.


I think this Denim Shirt angle is a long shot.

Felt Mafia 2 [Night Four]: Quinfusion!
Reused because it didn't get seen the first time.
"Meow."

You wake from your slumber to the diminutive sound.

"Meow. Meow. Meowmeowmeow."

The sounds multiply, and you feel the bed beneath you begin to dissolve. Startled fully awake, you try to sit up.

"meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowme-"

Your bed is dissolving into tiny, bug-sized kittens! Groping out wildly, you try to grab the bedframe, but it dissolves as well, and you find yourself squeezing a handful of microkittens. Each kitten flattens its ears and hisses angrily as you tumble into the vortex of fur and tiny, pinlike claws.

You land with a thud on your back, on a wide expanse of black leather. You feel yourself begin to grow, laying prone, and as your perspective grows, you realize you are on a giant dentist's chair. You continue to grow until the chair is just your size, and you realize your hands have grown through leather straps, binding them down.

A blinding light turns on, shining down into your eyes, and you hear a stern, echoing voice:

"?em fo kniht uoy od tahw ,niuQ"

You feel compelled to answer:

"!edud ,tey tsuj tsil ym ffo uoy dessorc t'nevah I"

You awaken with a gasp, and the tiny scratches all over your arms leave you wondering what is real...

Felt Mafia 2 [Night Five]: Confuse the likes of Epignosis
The main degree of topiary vented through the tiny hole back in the other end of the rafters (slightly left) can be summarized, polarized, and when it's time to remove the annals of clay from within (and without), one must keep in mind all aspects of where, when, and how many times must I tell you to sally forth with intense strength (of mind) of character references to years past and years here and now we sing fruitfully as did/didn't the tribal antiquities we have collected and dissected as though the simple surgical means were (and were not) the finest wines and juiciest grapes.

I feel like a chewed strip of rawhide.
Failed due to roleblock.

[Night Six]: Confusion is the East; and Juliets is the Sun!
"They gave me a 3.67 rating!" he exclaimed irratio-

"Crab cakes don't actually contain that much," Darlene sniffed smugly as sh-

"Uncanny... the spider mites seem to be working together!" The lead scientist peered clos-

"Schminty!" Carl grinned goofily, cramming as many as he cou-

"Could it be? Can it be possible? Kablammo!" Followed by a quiet nod, and tigh-

Epignosis wrote:Long Con, what did Quin realize that I was lying about?

I was referring to 3J's name being included in the Casual Friday post.

Like I said, I mixed up the quote we were talking about. I cross-remembered the post in question, and the one where Quin realized who the Denim Suit was.

Mongoose wrote:To all my players - thank you for your endless patience. It had been 2 years since I hosted last, and a lot of the Status Quo had changed around here, but I failed to update my game accordingly. This twee artifact of a game was perhaps not what you were expecting, but I hope you had a lot of fun. It was a bit tough hosting with the kind of schedule I have (having so much litigation at work), but I relished every minute and it never felt like a chore.

I have made awful mistakes every time I've hosted. It's just part of the fun!

Mongoose wrote:The other Easter Egg was JCN. I was hoping someone would figure out it was a reference to HAL/IBM.

*slaps forehead* Oh, duh! Of course!

Epi - Thanks for pointing out so politely and promptly the biggest screw up I made in the game, so I could remedy it ASAP. I really appreciated it!
JJJ - Thanks for being so cool about the aforementioned slip up!

I just left the site like I wasn't around.

insertnamehere wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I am a bit disappointed that my Axis of Evil theory proved wholly false.

At least me, Quin, and LC can take pride in our inaccuracy.

At least we were wrong... together.

nijuukyugou wrote:How'd you like that NIght 1 protect? *brushes dirt off shoulder*

...And, y'know, missing the mark on every single other one

LOL someone said a Night 1 protect of Boomslang was extremely unlikely. Way to go, nijuu!!!

thellama73 wrote:I am a bit disappointed that my Axis of Evil theory proved wholly false.

Sorry about that whole "lynching you when silenced" thing.



I didn't want to deal with this Llama.

Quin wrote:I was an embarrassment in this game. I am sorry.

Please take this as a sign that for the next five or six games, you should consider believing the opposite of each and every one of my reads.

I am with you on that one.

Epignosis wrote:I think Made did a great job being bad and he should know it.

Indeed!

My pleasure, Jules!

I love that Mongoose has JJJ listed as "Casual Friday".

juliets wrote:Well shit why wouldn't it be over?

Don't you mean "Well shirt..."?

Is the game over?

Don't be showin' your face around the Felt Mafia Denim Civvies - we will f*cking neuter you before we kill yo ass!

Mongoose wrote:Made has been lynched. He was the Overalls.

That's better. I get that.

Haha bhahahaaahaaaaaaaa!! What!? Yesssss!!! I love you allll!

juliets wrote:

Long Con wrote:Juliets was my one thing I could really count on besides Boomslang. Now I don't believe in nuthin' no more.

If Epi had voted INH, I would have voted there.

I've just about broadcasted who I am.

I told you, I have gotten no hints. I'll look again with hints in mind.

Juliets was my one thing I could really count on besides Boomslang. Now I don't believe in nuthin' no more.

If Epi had voted INH, I would have voted there.

I'm sorry, got here just in time. Voted Made, or it would be a tie.

I think the first time we saw someone silenced was after you subbed in, juliets.

juliets wrote:

Epignosis wrote:INH is either silenced or pretending to be silenced.

Damn. I didn't even think about that. I assumed the silencer was dead.

oh...

So where is your vote going, Epi? Your Sorsha home run was great, any repeats planned?

Made wrote:Sorry to strawman, but to clarify my own defense, it sounds like the base of the argument against me (with addition to the fact that i've not posted too much this game which is true) is that I voted to lynch mafia. Thankfully we do have 3 days to figure this out, but I'm not sure I understand how I'm getting so much heat.
(Also there is role hinting at play which I've never been good at picking up on so that is what it is I guess)

There is a role that I think I know, but it's not because of a hint. I haven't caught, or done, any overt hinting.

When most of the baddie votes were bussing votes, I'm sure you can see how voting to lynch Mafia doesn't exonerate you.

Epignosis wrote:I'm trying to see a clear picture of the whole team's activity.

Sorsha was a double busser (DDL and Wilgy).
Wilgy was a saver (DDL).
Made was a misser (Day 1) and potentially a busser (Day 3) when he had an avenue to be a saver.

I don't know. I just look at INH's votes and see him voting against lynching a bad guy at every turn.

Apart from Wilgy's day 1 save attempt, it seems like a team of bussers. You're not convincing me to believe Made wasn't bussing with this post... quite the opposite.

Wilgy was barely playing, told his teammate to bus him?

Well, we have three chances to get it right before the last baddie wins lylo. That's pretty good.

Made, who is the last baddie?

I'll vote later.

He sounds pretty genuine to me as well. I'd give him a 3.67 rating out of 5, all in all.

Bit of both. He made me a little suspicious with his "knowing a bunch of roles" talk, especially since he listed Llama and I as bad just a couple of days before he claimed to know my role, and I don't see any way he could have figured out my role in the interim. That's very sketchy in my eyes. That looks more like a decision to try a new tactic and less like honest gameplay.

Do you have a reason he should be higher on my list?

LongCon
Boomslang
Juliets
Epignosis
INH
Scotty
Made

That's how I see it. Some wiggle room in the middle. I really hope it's that easy and Made is the last one.

Then it's like, why isn't Boomslang dead?

But maybe that's the point.

Anyone who thinks they know roles think the protector is still alive? Yes or no is fine, don't name names obviously.

Deathless night would be nice.

Scotty wrote:

Long Con wrote:I mean, you had no problem at all with revealing that you thought Epi was Jean Genie. I don't understand what the difference is here.

And I really don't understand why you would list me under your suspects if you know my Civ role. And let me clarify by saying that it makes me suspicious specifically because it looked like you thought you could maybe get me lynched, but then changed your mind and decided to 'support' me.

The difference here is in the semantics. I thought Epi was the Jean Genie because of the writing style. I think the others are what they are because of thread based and maaaaybe other private evidence. You were a suspect for mine until I realized a thing.
I have no desire to continue to engage this topic, so I'm sorry if I am letting you down in that way. If you find that suspicious, I don't care.

Cool, well let's just lynch Made, and I'll keep you in mind!

Then I don't get the reluctance. He's dead, what harm can it do? Why so secretive?

So I was looking at the poll options. Mongoose managed to make up a new word that has the least Google search results ever: Candlrery.

Yeah, if last night is any indication.

juliets wrote:He also made a somewhat cryptic post that was something like "I just realized a thing. Not something I want to share". (sorry for not pulling the quote but I think my paraphrase is pretty close).

That's the one, Jules. Don't waste another thought on it though, I thought you meant a different quote until I started to put together a scathing post against Epi and found the error.

I mean, you had no problem at all with revealing that you thought Epi was Jean Genie. I don't understand what the difference is here.

And I really don't understand why you would list me under your suspects if you know my Civ role. And let me clarify by saying that it makes me suspicious specifically because it looked like you thought you could maybe get me lynched, but then changed your mind and decided to 'support' me.