The Syndicate

DrWilgy wrote:Poll please. *stomping the ground angrily* I'm sorta mad this happened.

*puts his arms together and makes a pouty face*
RIP Golden, I tried.

Golden wrote:Is the day actually ending in only 24 hours?

Bullzeye wrote:

G-Man wrote:Does anyone have a screenshot of the votes for Day 2? I was busy and didn't have time to fill them in as they happened and I missed any votes cast in the last hour of the poll.

I second this request. Are we not doing poll threads any more?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Black Rock wrote:

Official Announcement

so no one gets confused...

Night will end at 10 pm EST. All PM's must be in by then. Please get them in as soon as you have made your decision as it is easier for your wonderful, amazing hosts.

I think you mean 1 (one) beautiful host and 1 (one) soulless mindwrecker.

I am not soulless OR a mindwrecker thank you very much.

nutella wrote:Also really great post LC. I always really enjoy your writing and I really appreciate the detail you put into game flavor.

It is a scene he sets. I like how he brings the characters to life. That's why I need him as a cohost. No stories come from me. I just create, he brings them to life. That's right, he does the life thing twice.

Spacedaisy wrote:Does the poll actually close at the time listed or does it close earlier? I thought the last day got closed early so I am trying to sort out if the day is shorter than it appears.

Canuck, I have refreshed my last read and see now what pinged you about me, however there is a simple enough explanation. earlier in the game, DH asked me a question that struck me as odd, when I asked him why and said how it came across to me, he told me he was looking for my thoughts. So when DH asked me that question about recruiting Golden I assumed he was asking for the same reasons and just gave him my thoughts. Perhaps he was kidding around, I don't know. Only he could answer that. I didn't feel overly srsbsn though,I just answered the question put to me by sharing my thoughts since that's what he was looking for last time.

juliets wrote:I am a very sad spectator.

Speaker of Serenity wrote:Please lynch Turnip Head. That is all.

Keeper of Ravens wrote:CHAOS! CHAOS IS UPON US! Brothers and Sisters if we are to survive this
plite, questions must be answered immediately! You know the questions.
For the answers... you must look north, for there you will find truth."

DharmaHelper wrote:

Black Rock wrote:

bea wrote:Hey awesome hosts!!!!!!

If the night polls aren't going to have an end time - could you please bold in the day post when night ends? Just for nub Bea. I thought I had time and missed it by linki - I'm not particularly cranky about missing a night poll as it seems the option I was going to vote for seemed to have the lead anyway. But I worry because I'm nub Bea and I NEED reminders and I work crazy hours and I on principle don't like to miss votes. And more particularly, I don't want punished for missing votes.

linki- yes - Blackened seasoning is a staple in my spice rack.I agree with epi here. Salmon. Blackend with lots of dill sauce.

The problem we're having is the poll goes by days and not hours. We'll try to keep everyone informed.

wat. who makes polls like that

bea wrote:Hey awesome hosts!!!!!!

If the night polls aren't going to have an end time - could you please bold in the day post when night ends? Just for nub Bea. I thought I had time and missed it by linki - I'm not particularly cranky about missing a night poll as it seems the option I was going to vote for seemed to have the lead anyway. But I worry because I'm nub Bea and I NEED reminders and I work crazy hours and I on principle don't like to miss votes. And more particularly, I don't want punished for missing votes.

linki- yes - Blackened seasoning is a staple in my spice rack.I agree with epi here. Salmon. Blackend with lots of dill sauce.

Ricochet wrote:Well, except I missed some (votes started being made with 24 hours left in the Day, plus there were some switches until the Day was ended, too), here's the tally I got, in order:

Epignosis (1) - voted by Golden
Unfurl (1) - voted by MP
Golden (1) - voted by Epignosis
SVS (1) - voted by Scotty
(Rico (1) - voted by DP)
Rico (2) - voted by Wilgy (are you freaking kidding me, I almost got lynched??)
Wilgy (1) - voted by DP (vote switched from Rico) = Rico now (1)
BWT (1) - voted by Devin
Russ (1) - voted by bea
Canuck (1) - voted by Spacedaisy
Tranq (1) - voted by G-Man
MP (1) - voted by unfurl

So EL OH EL, I almost died and the tally looks like a 1-vote tie between everyone. Plus, after the Day ended, 21 more votes or so didn't count for anything.

My preliminary thoughts:
I don't think Caelia would have sent a lynch pardon at this point, unless she really didn't want anything to happen on D1 or anything to happen with the players most talked about or suspected at that time (off the top of my head, I'd say BWT and Golden/Epig).

Question: what happens officially in case of a tie?

Unless the Hosts actually tell us who would have been lynched, I think we'll have a very hard time figuring out if any of these players had lynch nullifying or surviving abilities. But I suppose it's still good to narrow them down as possible candidates. (You can count me out, I don't have any such ability).

All this, of course, needs further assumption the Lord of Thunder didn't take off or put extra votes himself by that time.

GRAND CONCLUSION:

DIS GAME B CRAY ZEE

Scotty wrote:

timmer wrote:Scotty, to answer your question, I believe a submitted request to pardon a lynch would have to be PM'd before the PM asking that the day be ended early, to count. So we've got the Guardians, a couple of likely unrecruits and Ubzargan. Personally, I'm not to try to hurt my brain over this tonight, lol.

@Bea, I'm pretty sure Black Rock confirmed that in a post somewhere, that a team continues to recruit etc after their leader is dead. Check back to be sure, but I think she said that at some point.

That;s what I was thinking, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask the omnipotent and benevolent hosts:

@Hosts If a day is ended early, do submitted day powers after such time count?

If that theory is true, I find it even MORE unlikely that Caelia would have pardoned it early. (I also may be confused- does she have to target someone to pardon a lynch, or just pardon the overall day lynch?)

bea wrote:

S~V~S wrote:

Linki @Typh, not Tuph.

I'm pretty sure that you are ok with tuph. It wasn't Tranq. That said, Typh is your dutcie so maybe I'm wrong in my understaning about the cranky of a typo vs flat out the wrong one.

We're claiming dutchies? I think I already claimed mine and I dare you to try and take them... I mean him

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Long Con wrote:No one has been lynched. The lynch was ended early, at 5:46pm. If you wish to know exactly who wasn't lynched, then you'll have to do what we just had to do, and go through posts to see who voted when, and for whom, before that time.

Should I assume all times are EST? I just want to make sure.

aapje wrote:Changeable votes? My poor spreadsheet

@Hosts: Will votes always be changeable? Can you let us know in advance next time?
Also I have some question open in an earlier post and I would be grateful if you were to answer those

nutella wrote:Yay, I am marmot-approved! I much prefer to though. Luckily Oregon's got plenty of both. (I recently turned 21 and went around to some winery tasting rooms, it was lovely!

Ricochet wrote:

Black Rock wrote:

Public Recruitment

The roles on the front page are lacking in pictures. Please send the hosts a picture of your role. Ubzargan will choose the best picture to join his team.

You have until tomorrow at 11am EST

Is this compulsory?

Black Rock wrote:

Contest!

We have two players still stuck with a Vanilla role. This is your chance to shine and win a prize. PM both me and LC with your best role for this game. Keep with the theme and style to win. Help these Vanillas out

Ricochet wrote:

Black Rock wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote:Actually, on the topic of recruitment, I've heard several players state in this game that the recruiters may or may not have full control over who they recruit. Is that just based on abilities of certain roles or did I miss something in a host post?

Linki: Somehow I doubt that. I don't see the hosts painting a large target on peoples' backs as early as the signup stage. I just took the difference in the poll to mean one option was for people who'd never played any of Recruitment 1-3, and the other for people who had.

In the past we have used several different ways to recruit including contests in thread. A recruitment contest will happen during Day 1 in fact so watch for it.

Will it take place at a convenient time?

birdwithteeth11 wrote:Actually, on the topic of recruitment, I've heard several players state in this game that the recruiters may or may not have full control over who they recruit. Is that just based on abilities of certain roles or did I miss something in a host post?

Linki: Somehow I doubt that. I don't see the hosts painting a large target on peoples' backs as early as the signup stage. I just took the difference in the poll to mean one option was for people who'd never played any of Recruitment 1-3, and the other for people who had.

nutella wrote:As usual I am overwhelmed by Day One activity and have no idea what to think of anyone. It's nice that there is some actual discussion, but I am still totally clueless as to how to rat out a decent lynch candidate. Sorry if I don't post much -- I'm trying to keep up with this super-fast-paced thread while at work.

Kind of curious about Epi vs. Golden. Those two both scare me a lot but can be extremely useful as civvies (or whatever, in this game). Might re-read their exchange from last night, though it seemed like a lot of it was just Epi being pedantic. Also llama. I never know what to think of him.

As for Bubbles I think she is genuine. Going after her for joking seemed like a ridiculous nitpick at this stage, and after Broadway I want to give her the BOTD.
And Unfurl is reading like her usual self to me.

@BR- could you possibly use a slightly lighter shade of blue for your host color? It's a little painful on the dark forum skin

thellama73 wrote:I stand corrected on the recruits, by the way. I need to read the host posts more carefully.

I promise you all host posts are worth a read... even this one

aapje wrote:Time for some questions

Black Rock wrote:Ubzargan the Ruthless - Warriors of the Shadows
Position 3: Thread Lock

What's a thread lock exactly? No posts allowed at all?

The thread will be locked. No one will be able to post or vote.

Azura Nokomis - Sorcerers of the Elements
Position 1: Power Steal
Position 4: Curse

Is the one whose power being stolen blocked that night? yes
Does Azura pick the curse? yes

The Apprentice - Sorcerers Clan
Position 2: Random Potion
Position 5: Position Switch

Does the Apprentice know what the potion does?
Does he give it to someone or use it on themselves? Theyuse it on someone
If they give it to someone, do they have to use it? yes, it's used on, so unavoidable
What does position switch mean? It means he can switch the active position of a player

The Stranger - No Clan
Position 1: Seduction

What does seduction do? It makes someone fall in love with the stranger, any votes or use of powers on the stranger will not count for a period

Warden of the Inner Eye - Brotherhood Clan
Position 1: Role Nullifier
Position 3: Power Stealer
Position 4: Power Absorber
Position 5: Give a power

Is nullification permanent? no, just for a cycle
How long does the Warden keep the powers they steal/absorb? For a cycle
Can they use those powers more than once? only if they steal/absorb the same one again
If he gifts a power does it have to be one he has stolen/absorbed? Not public

Seeker of the Way - Children of Serenity Clan
Position 1: Tracker
Position 2: Alignment Check
Position 3: Tracker
Position 5: Track BTSC

There seems a lot of potential for misdirection at night. How will the Seeker get their results? Will it be player X did Y or your target did Y? I.e. will they be aware if they end up targeting someone other than they intended? He'll be aware

Windscout - Sorcerer Clan
Position 1: Randomly blows votes
Position 3: Every X vote is doubled

What happens when a bote is blown. It ends up on someone else
What is X? not public

Pyromancer - Sorcerer Clan
Position 1: Cremates a body
Position 2: Fireshield
Position 3: Firetrap
Position 4: Fire Vision
Position 5: Immolate

Going to assume cremation destroys a body. No idea about the rest. Any clues dear hosts? nope

Mistwood Ranger - Guardian Clan
Position 1: Untargetable
Position 3: Abduct a player

What happens if someone tries to target the Ranger while he is untargetable? Will the power fail or is it redirected? Will they be told?
For how long will a player be abducted? What happens to an abductee if the Ranger dies? For a full cycle, they are released

Jilted Lover - Children of Serenity Clan
Position 4: Coupler effect with ?

What is the coupler effect? Of course The Coupler effects (like the seemer) refers to a past role. We may have had to drop that one the last came. The coupler joined people. What ever happens to one happens to the other

Supreme Judge - Children of Serenity
Position 4: Restart night
Position 5: Restart day

Will this undo actions? When will these powers be used, during the period or afterwards. For instance will a day be restarted after someone has been lynched, returning them back to life? Not answering this right now. Actions can be undone though.

Highborn Assassin - Warrior Clan
Position 2: Parasite

Is parasite the same as in RM1? essentially

Master of Ancient Arts - Brotherhood Clan
Position 3: Turns into a Dragon

Tell me more about Dragons! Dragons are fiery, dangerous creatures of mythology. They usually breath fire and eat people. I wonder what could possibly irritate a dragon?

Deathmask Shaman - Guardians Clan
Position 2: Dead power usage of lynched player

Can the Shaman use the same player more than once? Is the Shaman limited to a certain position? All dead powers will be limited, they will be told what power they can use. Mostly it will depend on positions though.

Relicsmith - Children of Serenity
The receiving player can choose to keep the item or pass it on. Items could be positive or negative.
Position 3: Item give
Position 4: Random Item give
Position 5: Power Corruption

Does the Relicsmith know what the item he gives does? yes
What does power corruption entail? A seance, a fire, and a blood sacrifice.

Wielder of Lightning - Brotherhood Clan
Lord of Thunder - Brotherhood Clan

Interesting buddy system! You like it?

Chaos Dancer - Sorcerer Clan
Position 4: Chaos Curse
Position 5: Bind two people

What is the Chaos Curse? Exactly
For how long will people be bound? What does it mean to be bound?

Rogue Mercenary - Warrior Clan
Can’t kill unless recruited. If the Rogue Mercenary is not recruited by night 5, he will turn SK, he will then start killing nightly and will no longer be able to be recruited. Has to survive to win. Teams will send in a name each night to find you, they want your gun for hire. Unrecruited players can also send in a name to hire him for the night. They can hire him to protect, block, follow their vote, or inspect a dead player. If multiple people find him in the night he can choose which job to take. Once he is recruited he will gain positions.

Will he know who is trying to hire him? If someone hires him, will they be told they did? I have given this a lot of thought, he will not know WHO hired him but he will know he was hired and they will know they hired him.

The Magnetarch - Sorcerer Clan
Position 3: Choose a player to be a vote-magnet
Position 5: Electromagnetic pulse removes half the votes from each player on the poll

How many extra votes does a vote magnet attract?
Am I correct to assume that the EM pulse is to be used during the day and that votes cast after it will count normally?
Sounds like you have a handle on this

Master of Shadows - Warrior of the Shadows
Position 1: Choose your own position

Does this mean he can pick one of his other powers to use? It means he will change positions, yes

Keeper of Order - Brotherhood
Position 1: Pull a player over
Position 2: Interrogation
Position 3: Bandwagon police
Position 4: Low poster police
Position 5: Punisher

Curious what any of this does.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Hey BR, any chance you could stick this on the front page? Please and thanks.

aapje - Posts
Bass_the_Clever - Posts
bea - Posts
birdwithteeth11 - Posts
Boomslang - Posts
Bullzeye - Posts
Canucklehead - Posts
Devin the Omniscient - Posts
DFaraday - Posts
DharmaHelper - Posts
DisgruntledPorcupine - Posts
Dom - Posts
DrWilgy - Posts
Epignosis - Posts
Golden - Posts
G-Man - Posts
JaggedJimmyJay - Posts
LoRab - Posts
Metalmarsh89 - Posts
MovingPictures07 - Posts
nutella - Posts
reywaS - Posts
Ricochet - Posts
Roxy - Posts
Russtifinko - Posts
Scotty - Posts
Sorsha - Posts
Spacedaisy - Posts
S~V~S - Posts
thellama73 - Posts
timmer - Posts
TinyBubbles - Posts
Tranq - Posts
Turnip Head - Posts
Typhoony - Posts
unfurl - Posts

aapje wrote:Ah Erlatz eleven, good times. Much better than the Ultramorph nine

@Hosts:
Were any of the day 1 options tied to a faction?