The Syndicate

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:24 pm Can 2020 be the year we bring banners back? I want to flaunt this win.

It's still 2020.

Tranq wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:04 pm I looked up what Artzain means. It's a shepherd
The secret part of the role is revealed in the scum chat discord which MacDougall posted. It matches the secret part of the Good Shepard role from A World Asunder.

Bari also means shepherd in some language. Also, every game from 2019 was represented with a role, and some thinking that way would realize A World Asunder didn't have an obvious one.

Tranq wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:36 pm Gentle Shepherd from A World Asunder

Congratulations, how did you know?

tedxtr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:31 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:01 pm

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:58 pm Who had the Take 5 bomb @Long Con ?

No one ended up getting it.

Was there a way to receive it?

One of the mid-game night polls where one option would give the player the chance to get it. I think it might have been the Girl Genius one?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:24 pm Can 2020 be the year we bring banners back? I want to flaunt this win.

I have started working on the massive procrastination backlog during the quarantimes.

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:00 am What game is Bari Artzain from?

Back in the day, my players were MUCH more analytical. They would have gotten it. I miss aapje.

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:58 pm Who had the Take 5 bomb @Long Con ?

No one ended up getting it.

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:23 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:57 am

Tranq wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:15 am

Black Rock wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:28 am Something has been added to a post, the first player who PM's me with the content will receive a prize.

@Long Con @Black Rock what was this?

Added the 'No double-targeting' rule to the Rules post.

Someone got it right? I found out on night 2 when you told me I couldn’t keep asking Dom to talk to me

No one got it.

Tranq wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:15 am

Black Rock wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:28 am Something has been added to a post, the first player who PM's me with the content will receive a prize.

@Long Con @Black Rock what was this?

Added the 'No double-targeting' rule to the Rules post.

G-Man wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:57 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:53 pm G-man games are on the same level as LC/BR games.

Oh, please.

LC and BR games are far more structurally sound than mine. They are masters of balance and functionality.

My games are mostly memorable because everybody seems to lose their dang minds while playing them. It covers up the inherent flaws.

From my perspective, I definitely identify more with "My games are mostly memorable because everybody seems to lose their dang minds while playing them. It covers up the inherent flaws." than "They are masters of balance and functionality".

I didn't keep up with every post in the game, or I would have recognized the mistake and corrected it.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:49 pm Great game @Long Con and @Black Rock.

I read all your host posts.

D'awwwwwww, you are the best dude. I hope it held together reasonably well as a story.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:30 pm Excellent game, everybody. Especially LC and BR. I think this was my first significant experience with one of their games and it lived up to the hype. I loved it.

The hype is usually more justified in elevation for our games; this one was a lot more "by-the-books" than our usual fare. Hope to see you in A World Ascended when the time rolls around.

G-Man wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:34 pm Okay, well I’m glad to see that I was right about Sloonei and his garbage attempt to throw shade at me. That’s another top-notch name that I can say that I’ve busted thanks to my that internal BS detector.

I had fun up until the day people said some rough things about my choice to let you lynch me. It’s been hard to even lurk for long around here since then, but now that the game is over, I can ignore most of the words that were written about me. I didn’t give up or throw the game. I made a choice that was designed to wake people up, and it did, at least for a little while.

Always a pleasure, LC and BR. ‘Tis a pity that I won’t get to play one of these masterpieces again.

You may not be playing, but please please please don't be a stranger. You can participate in Off-Topic chat, the music threads, art, etc. Don't disappear.

MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:27 pm What a great game! Thanks for playing. Fuck I love an LC/BR game. Give me more please. You guys should just constantly have one running.

Thanks man... but I always need a break after a game. Actually, this was not nearly as much work as my usual games.

speedchuck stood, hammer in hand, still dripping blood from the brutal execution of TonyStarkPrime. He realized, too late, that Tony had been a true hero, a real ally. Now his allies were far too few.

He bowed his head, and chuckled. "Were you plotting against us the whole time, Epignosis? Or did he get to you, did he DO something-"

Epi cut him short with a sharp laugh. "Oh, don't worry. I'm not under anyone's control... I'm in charge now, actually." speedchuck didn't have to turn to hear the low hum of the plasma blaster Epignosis had pointed at his back.

Tranq nodded slowly, with a slight smile. "I never really trusted you... but you never moved against me. That was a wise decision."

"We don't need your kind of trouble, Akechi," said Epignosis. "In fact, we could use someone with your skills, if you're willing. One-time-only offer."

Tranq shook his head. "As long as the multiverse isn't in direct danger, then I'm going back to my universe."

"We'll take good care of it, don't worry, Now that we're in charge."

"The Monitor will stop you!" cried speedchuck. "She's more powerful than... wait, why do you keep saying 'we'?" He turned around, only to see tedxtr, standing behind the Monitor. The Monitor was frozen in stasis, wrapped in thick yellow bands of energy, an expression of terrible regret on her face. Clearly, juliets had realized the duplicity far too late.

tedxtr waved a hand mockingly. "Hey, speedchuck, I don't think I'll be making the poker game this Thursday. Or rather, you're not going to make it!"

speedchuck roared, and whipped his hammer around to crush Epignosis, but Epi's trigger finger was much faster, and he blew speedchuck into composite atoms.

He turned to Tranq. "I guess you should be on your way then."

Tranq motioned to juliets. "What will happen to her? She was... a friend."

"I'll be holding on to her," said tedxtr. "We'll be siphoning off her tremendous power to add to our own - it's practically limitless! We will RULE THE MULTIVERSE!!" And he bellowed evil laughter.

Epi looked embarrassed. "ted, we talked about that, we're not doing that." He turned to Tranq. "I mean, we are going to rule it, but we don't need to fall into that kind of clichéd behaviour, right?"

"Oh, I don't know," said Tranq. "You guys have been through a lot, and now you've won. It could be cathartic... a release of stress."

"Come on, man," cajoled tedxtr. "Let's do just one, together. Tranq can laugh too, I promise it'll be awesome!"

Epi sighed. "Fine. All right. Let's do this." And he let forth a mighty and maniacal laugh, and the other two joined in, and it was infectious. And cathartic. They laughed.

And laughed.

And laughed.

The game has ended! The Master's Team (Sloonei, Macdougall, Epignosis, and tedxtr), and Akechi (Tranq) have won the game! Congratulations, winners!

Thank you for playing Champions 2019 - Crisis On The Syndicate!

The mission began immediately - one last trip into the Anti-Matter universe, to destroy the Anti-Matter cannon once and for all. After Abed's assassination right in front of them, though, no one was particularly trusting of the others.

"Let's just get this mission done, and get to that cannon!" said Bill Rawls. "That's more important than any of our lives!"

"Oh sure," said King Dedede, slinging his hammer over a shoulder. "Get us there so that you can kill us and take the cannon for yourself?"

"What?" cried Bill. "I have done nothing but help, I'm not-"

"Then how do you explain this?" said Dedede, lifting Bill's jacket up to expose an empty knife sheath. "Is that the knife that killed Abed?"

"Those freakin' mutants took it from me when they captured us!" said Bill, sweating. "They- they took all our weapons!"

"I got my hammer back," Dedede narrowed his eyes. "You didn't get your knife, really?"

"Honestly I never thought about it. Come on, we have to-"

"WE have to do nothing!" shouted Dedede. "You're not going to be joining us, traitor!" And with that, he swung his hammer down fiercely, hitting Bill Rawls square in the forehead and snapping his neck.

TonyStarkPrime has been lynched! He was Bill Rawls, a Civilian, from The Wire Mafia by novaselinenever.

Night 9 has begun!

juliets wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:35 am @Long Con do you have the Day 7 and Day 8 Lynch polls you could post in your Polls spoiler?

Done. Sorry, I always get lazier as the game goes on.

The few remaining heroes gathered in a large central hub within the Los Angeles Vault, casting wary glances at the mutants that watched them from the shadows.

"The Anti-Monitor is defeated," said the Monitor, looking at each of them in turn, "but the threat is not yet ended! The people here speak of those still loyal to the Master, who seek to continue his plans, and use the Anti-Matter cannon to take control of the Multiverse!"

"A weapon like that, who could stand up to them?" said Bill Rawls grimly. "We need to find it and destroy it for good!"

"Exactly. We will begin immediately. One troubling thing, however..." the Monitor's brow furrowed. "The rumours also say that one of us is the leader of the Master's loyalists! Some say more than one!
We must be vigilant, and trust no one!"

It was at that point that Michelle fell forward, stone dead, with a dagger between her shoulder blades. Everyone glared around suspiciously.

Michelle has been killed! She was Abed Nadir, a Civilian, from Community Mafia by Sloonei.

Day 9 has begun!

juliets wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:52 am Correction on my post: I see night and thus the next day is supposed to last til 11:51 pm. @Long Con please have mercy on us.

I'll dial it back a few hours.

The Monitor quickly took over the Master's Vault, sending a message to the heroes in the Anti-Matter universe. "Soldiers of reality, go forth with this new weapon, and fulfill your destinies by ending this unparalleled threat to the multiverse!"

The heroes fought bravely, suing their enhanced powers in creative ways, exceeding all limitations. Bill Rawls was shouting commands, his enhanced mind seeing five steps ahead of any situation, guiding the others to amazing acts of near-precognition! King Dedede blasted legions of shadow demons into a nightmare world with the Star Rod, where they found themselves quite content, many choosing to settle down and raise hellish little nightmare children. Abed was still trying to see if anyone had any Items they weren't watching too closely, but the pickin's were lean.

As they approached his fortress, the Anti-Monitor appeared. "Fools! You come here, to the place where my power is limitless, and think you can hope to stop me?"

"Hit it!" cried Bill, and Abed took out the Quark Transducer and pulled the trigger. Instantly, they could feel the drag on reality. Their movements slowed, and the air vibrated with power. A glowing purple globe began to expand, and the Anti-Monitor bellowed with rage as it pulled him in, discorporating his atoms. It continued to expand, and the heroes tried to back away.

"Uhh, any idea how to shut this thing down?" shouted Abed. The heroes looked helplessly as the expanding energy enveloped them, only to feel the carbonated freshness of teleportation pull them to safety just in time.

As their eyes adjusted to the darkenss of the Vault, they could hear the Monitor's relieved approval: "You've done it. You have saved the multiverse!!!"

JaggedJimmyJay has been lynched! He was the Anti-Monitor! The Anti-Monitor's team has been eliminated!

Night 8 has begun.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:19 pm

Michelle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:16 pm If I am allowed to post a link to an outside forum I will post a recent town Ted game.

This has never been an issue before. Long Con

That's fine.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:40 pm I think you need to enable vote changes @Long Con

You people are never satisfied.

The heroes had, reluctantly, taken the Quark Transverser, a weapon of the Master's design, and gone through a portal back to the Anti-Matter universe. The Master kept the Monitor imprisoned in order to ensure their compliance with his plan, and he kept him close as they watched the heroes' progress on a monitor.

"Those fools," the Master bragged, "when they use the Transverser, it won't just destroy the Anti-Monitor, it will annihilate them all!" He sneered at the Monitor. "And then this multiverse will be MINE to control."

The Monitor's eyes flashed angrily, and he said nothing. They watched the heroes' as they fought bravely through hordes of shadow demons, wincing as he saw Jack fall before the biggest demon they had ever encountered.

The Master laughed gurglingly, growing more and more engaged with the struggle of the heroes. He didn't notice as the Monitor's hands started to glow beneath the thick cuffs that bound them.

"Sir!" cried one of the guards, alarmed. "Master! His-his hands, they're-"

"DON'T bug me right now!" cackled the Master. "It's just getting to the good part!"

"But sir!" Too late, the Master whirled, only to see the Monitor's power surge, blowing his cuffs away, and knocking the guards to their backs.

"Thank you for the weapon," grinned the Monitor. "We won't be needing you anymore. The multiverse appreciates your technical ingenuity!"

And with that, the Monitor sent a blast of pure energy from his hand, disintegrating the Master entirely.

JackofHearts2005 has been killed! He was Agatha Heterodyne, a Civilian, from Girl Genius Mafia, by Dragon D Luffy.

Sloonei has been killed! He was the Master, from Fallout Mafia, by JaggedJimmyJay.

It is now Day 8.

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:59 pm @Long Con when will the night end?

Coming together now. In by 11.

The overwhelmed heroes were quickly chained and led before the Master, whose oozing flesh and dripping tentacles filled them with horror and disgust. "Release us!" demanded the Monitor. "Our mission is of utmost import-"

His words were cut off as the Master gestured, and a metal helmet was slammed down on the Monitor's head, a full plate obscuring his face.

"Oh, I am more than aware of your mission," said the Master, "I just don't believe you have the ability to complete it! Our technologists have been working on something that will take care of the Anti-Monitor." He leaned forward, leering. "And you are the ones who are going to use it! There will be some fatalities, of course, but what are a few small lives for the fate of the Multiverse, right?"

"We'll never work for you!" shouted G-Man. "Let us go, and we'll-"

<<BANG>> A shot rang out, and G-Man crumpled to the ground, instantly dead.

"Any other objections?" grinned the Master.

Agatha gritted her teeth. "What do you need us to do?"

G-Man has been lynched! He was Aja, a Civilian, from Steely Dan Mafia, by Epignosis.

Night 7 has begun!

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:33 am

tedxtr wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:22 am Dizzy didn’t flip anything, for all we know he could’ve been the antimonitor tbh

ted, I think there is something fishy about dead Dizzy but he can't be the Anti-monitor. If he was, I think LC would have told us that team was gone when sig died. At least thats what he has done in his games of the past - let's double check.

@Long Con would you tell us if a team were eliminated?

Yes.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:22 pm Votes don't appear changeable. Dunno if that's deliberate @Long Con

Fixed!

The Monitor's central command centre was no more, consumed, like so many other universes, by the Anti-Matter Wave. The heroes had ended up in Fallout Mafia universe, somewhere in the irradiated midwest United States.

"We have to get out of here," said Abed. "I - I can feel a badness here. It's almost... vibrating my teeth."

"I have a headache," complained Aja. "What is this place?"

"Radiation!" cried Agatha, holding up a small measurement device. "This place is... wow, we should go." The heroes began to chatter worriedly, until the Monitor finally spoke up.

"There's no way out. The portal generators were powered from the command centre, which no longer exists." He hung his head. "I - I'm sorry. I thought we could..."

"We're not done yet!" said Seamus Fitzroy. "Look, there's a big metal door, I think it's some sort of shelter!" The heroes ran to the large door, banging on it and yelling, and within a few seconds, they could hear grinding machinery working, pulling the door aside. The heroes quickly entered, and could instantly feel the relief as the intense radiation was left behind.

"Welcome!" A raspy voice echoed over a loudspeaker. "Welcome to the Los Angeles Vault!" A spotlight flared to life above them, causing them all to squint and shield their eyes.

The voice continued. "I am your host, you may call me... The Master!" They could hear cheers and grunts from the darkness all around at the mention of the name. "We have a little tradition her in LA, when we welcome new guests! You are about to be front row to.... an execution!"

The heroes reacted in shock as the unseen crowd around them exploded with excitement. Too quickly to react to, a rusty harpoon on a chain shot out, piercing Seamus Fitzroy in the chest. He looked around in shock for just a second, before the chain retracted with a quick jerk, towing his body away into the inky blackness beyond the circle of white light.

Dom has been killed! He was Seamus Fitzroy, a Civilian, from Escape From Sockville Penitentiary, by Sloonei.

Day 7 has begun!

The Monitor was somber. "Things have not been going well for us in this war. My sources have informed me that the Anti-Monitor was nearly destroyed, but one of our own has unwittingly changed his fate. However," he looked around at each of the gathered heroes, "The threat of The Master must not be understated. We may be able to use the Anti-Monitor strategically, by-"

Alarms began to blare, cutting him off. The heroes ran to the control room, where Pariah was seated at a large terminal. "It's the Anti-Matter wave! It's coming here, NOW!" Even as he spoke, the wall of white nothingness began to breach the fortress walls.

Everyone quickly began to evacuate, and almost everyone made it.

Just... not Colin and TH.

ColinisCool has been lynched! He was the Awards Presenter, a Civilian, from Sockys 2018 Mafia, by JaggedJimmyJay.

Turnip Head has been lynched! He was the Jack of All Trades, a Civilian, from the MU Season 6 Scrimmage, by Sloonei.

Night 6 has begun! Apologies for slightly late. I'll get the timing dialed back as I see opportunity. Maybe the Night will be shortened if I can get in early wnough tomorrow night.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:55 pm Maybe Dom just likes Star Trek.

Oh, I see. That's how they talk about sex in Brave New World. "Would you like to engage with me tonight?"

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:54 pm

Is it... is it too late?

Dom wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:34 pmCan secret votes be changed before the deadline?

Yes.

juliets wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:07 pm @Long Con can you confirm it's ok for me to summarize some quotes from the dream level?

Summarize, but no direct quotes, and no toeing the line.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:36 pm Coordinating a consensus for the secret vote is fine, assuming we're allowed to discuss them. I say that given the chance this mechanic is pulled from Inception, where that was disallowed.

I'll move off of Turnip Head for now for the sake of the dialogue. [VOTE: ColinIsCool] aubergine

I am allowing vote discussion before and after the secret lynch.

Dom wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:05 pm Question-- @Long Con @Black Rock

If someone gets the 3 extra votes from Harriet's power, would they know about it?

Nope!

TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:30 pmIf there were people A B C D and A is Harriet and protects B and C and D is vanilla scum and kills B and then A and D vote for C and C votes for A who gets lynched?

Ok... the targeter gets three votes against them in the lynch. So A has one vote from C... B is dead... C has two votes, the natural way, and D has three votes and ends up lynched.

The heroes counted themselves lucky to have escaped the awful hellscape of the Anti-Matter universe, even if it had been through the nightmare Dreamscape of the Architect. Back with the Monitor at his fortress base, they were able to take a night and relax, preparing for whatever came next.

Harriet went strolling, humming softly to herself as her cats danced and bumped her legs. Soon, she came to a large door, marked 'ARMORY'. "Oooh," she said to her cats, "I should indeed like to see some fine armour!"

Her cats meowed in protest as she tried to open the door. "Drat it all," she said, frustrated, "Why's it all locked up?" Then an idea came to her - her Monitor-enhanced powers might be just the thing! She focused her pyrokinetics on heating up the large lock, and to her delight, it soon began to melt away!

Harriet clapped her hands as she nudged the hot door open with her foot. Entering the armory, she was surprised to see that it wasn't armour at all! Instead, there were grand weapons of all types, all on display!

She could feel her heart beating faster, as she thought about the grand fires these weapons could create! Her cats yowled and hissed as her hands began to glow.

"Oh my!" cried Harriet, sparks leaping to the various rockets and grenade launchers. As they began to fire, her cats reared up and scratched her legs, fed up with her foolish ways. Harriet cried and fell to the floor, and the cats descended upon her, feral with annoyance. She shrieked as they all were immolated by the chain reaction of explosions, which blew a quarter of the Monitor's base to rubble.

NANOOK has been killed! He was Harriet, a Civilian, from Shockheaded Peter Mafia by Epignosis.

It is now Day 6. Due to the night poll result, there will be two lynches today: one regular, and one by secret vote!

"Architect!" bellowed the Anti-Monitor. "Why do you not bring me news of their deaths?"

The Architect paled. "Th-they had unexpected power, master. A strange artifact called the Star Rod, I didn't think it even e-existed! I-"

"SILENCE!" thundered the Anti-Monitor. "I no longer require your pathetic services. You have been nothing but a disappointment." And with that, he unceremoniously disintegrated the Architect.

"That's it?" said a watching shadow demon.

"Yeah, I'm kind of tired," said Long Con.

sig has been lynched! He was the Architect, a baddie on the Anti-Monitor's team, from Inception Mafia by JaggedJimmyJay and Sloonei.

Night 5 has begun.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:23 am Oh nice

Harbinger should absolutely rez SVS then, we can get either a red check or a confirmed town via them living

Actually @Long Con @Black Rock is the resurrected player guaranteed to have the same alignment as when they were alive?

Yes.

Tranq wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 5:18 am

Dom wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:53 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:46 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:49 pm
The Monitor - You cannot be nightkilled by regular means. By the end of Day 1, you will choose two players to be Harbinger and Pariah. They will know who you are.

If Harbinger is alive, and has not been found by the Anti-Monitor at the start of Day 6, she will choose one player to resurrect.

If this happens I recommend nutella.

Question:
If they rez SVS and she then dies again later-- do we get another role?

This is an excellent question.

@Long Con ?

Absolutely!

With the Architect's nightmare Lassie defeated, and the Architect fled back to the Anti-Monitor, Kind Dedede was able to use the Star Rod to open a portal out of the Inception dream world. They came out in a strange world that was mostly paper and flames.

"Oooh, this is my world!" cried Harriet. "Its still here!" The smiled widely and beckoned to the rest of them. "Come on, I can get us some scrumptious scones and missile launchers!" As she began to run off, however, the flames near them began to shift and form, into a giant Anti-Monitor!

"You may have defeated my Architect, foolish heroes, but it was not without great cost!" He lifted a giant boot and smashed it down, scattering the group. "Little do you know that you will simply be undone from within!
That fool The Master is like a cancer, dismantling your pathetic attempt to survive my onslaught!"

Harriet looked around to see the heroes, bewildered and burning, as a dark shape was about to take advantage of the situation. She cried out, as did her three cats beside her, and there was a confusion of motion and flame and shouting, with the flaming Anti-Monitor effigy laughing cruelly. Abed came running out of a nearby school with a firehose, shouting, "Take THIS!" He blasted the giant right in the chest, dousing the flames quickly, and proceeded to spray the hose around at everybody, stopping them from burning, and stopping any nefarious actions that were taking place.

No one has died!

Day 5 has begun.

juliets wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:09 pm @Long Con when does the night phase end?

In the next hour or so... I'm easing into it.