The Syndicate

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 8:58 pm
G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 8:00 pm This is tempting.
W beckons

Actually, I’m up to X. I just never updated my signature.

This is tempting.

I launched my new blog today. Because blogging is way more effective than podcasting and YouTubing, right?

https://litkog.blogspot.com/?m=1

Solitude!

Would you rather know the exact day and time that you are going to die or the exact days and times that the rest of your family are going to die?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:58 pm Happy birthday to @G-Man! What's that G stand for anyway? "Geezer?"

Long Con wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:14 pm This one goes out to the letter 'G'

Thanks fellas. Turning 41-derful was a pretty good day overall.

I hope to be back in action sometime later this year.

In poking around tonight, I take it that Walrus music contests are still a thing around here? I'm getting an itch to run one.

If I had the cash, I’d buy a fully-restored factory gold 1966 Pontiac Tempest. I fixed one up (with a LOT of help from my uncle) for a high school graduation project but ended up selling it after college.

Would you rather eat hot dogs or chicken nuggets for dinner the rest of your life?

What’s shakin’ gang?

When my N1 death kept being brought back up on subsequent days, I started worrying that it was being used as faux-gamesolving fodder to distract from relevant interaction dissecting. It seems that was a valid concern. It’s been a looooooong time since I was killed N1. It’s a shame it happened in my ...

Welp, it looks my little ping turned out to be right this time. Too bad I didn’t live long enough to come back to it. I always get weirded out when JJJ adds cutesy clever quips to his gameplay becausef smart + cute makes me paranoid, and my brain wants me to tin foil the possibility that he's adding...

Patton (1970) My wife and I watched this as part of our goal to watch every Best Picture winner in Oscar history. Good enough movie, but starting it at 10:00 p.m. was a bad idea. Very slow at parts and Patton himself comes across as a pretty divisive figure. Growing up in a post-Vietnam world and a...

Forbidden Planet (1956) It's easy to see how much influence this film had on subsequent generations of sci-fi. The visual effects for the monster attack sequence still looks great today. Lots of little details that are pretty cool. That all being said, some of the sets, props, and effects look real...

The Color Purple (1985) Powerful filled with excellent performances. The shifting balance of uncomfortable despair and hopefulness may be a little too tidy for some, but it keeps you on your toes at the right times. This is the kind of great movie that you don't really want to watch again. You migh...

Wringing things down further, Long Con and Sloonei will get a pass from me for today, becasue I know their contribution level can be better. Lime Coke and Roxy both commit the sin of publicly declaring their loss for who to vote for. It's okay to feel uncertain, but it's not a good look to me to wea...

Wadding all my other ISO's into one post so I can paint paint paint. Lime Coke feels more like a flat vanilla to me. I get RL being an obstacle, but I don't see anything in the ISO to feel positive about. That's how you get out of the POE at this point. Coming back in now with the "wow I just d...

G-man, I want to host the next game you play. I want x game. We'll see if that's possible. I started this alphabet thing eight years ago with Battlestar Galactica. Twenty-three games in eight years is pretty sparse. This game caught me at a unique point in time from a scheduling and mindset standpo...

Whoops. I got my colors wrong. Jay has Falcon is solid green, not light green.

Why does this always happen when I try to read JaggedJimmyJay ? By default, he's never a D1 chop option because he brings quantity and quality to most of the D1's I have ever witnessed from him. This game is no exception. I always get weirded out when JJJ adds cutesy clever quips to his gameplay bec...

Whereas Delta's pivot to meaningful content felt protein-based, most of falcon45ca 's contributions feel like empty carbohydrates. Sure, he's been active, but he also hasn't said or done much that has helped move the thread along. It feels at-the-radar level, so I must express reservation. We need f...

While there's not much to Epignosis 's ISO, I like that he is referring to recent games to evaluate other players without doing so in a pushy and conclusive way. He's keeping an open mind without being wishy-washy. I really liked his post about talking to your suspects and not just at or against the...

Within the first 12 hours of the day phase, Delta switches from Hiiiiyeeeee mode to legitimate player interactions. That's good. Most of the interactions/comments are with JJJ, Falcon, and myself, so the focus is a bit narrow. Question for Delta: You had no interaction of substance with Long Con pri...

Waiting on DrWilgy and Fingersplints to show up. The host has minimum-posting requirements in place, so I will pass no judgement on these two players at this time, nor will I vote for them. My question to both of them, if and when they show up, is- what is your assessment of the game? VOTING POOL: D...

Welcome to ISO-kicking time at the OK Corral. I've got a half-bathroom to paint this weekend, starting soon, so I don't have much more time to commit to the day phase. I'm going to look at ISO's, post a surface-level reading comment or two, and a question for the group and the individual player ISO'...

What if I told you that there was a Canucks playoff game last night, and hockey > Maf? I certainly believe you that hockey > Maf, though I’m not sure hockey prevents falcon from making falcon posts. I dunno dude, that guy sure loves his Canucks Well, nobody's perfect. But hockey definitely trumps m...

Syn wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 11:09 pm Depends largely on what you mean by workshop. Is it a monthly set of challenges/prompts?

No. Basically, I'm going to challenge her to write a short story and I will do the same over the course of the summer. Each week, we'll add a few hundred words, trade documents, and offer feedback.

W-Man Comes off a wee bit phony Wow. This vote is even lazier than my gameplay. But you're probably pellet-stirring, so carry on then. W-Man Comes off a wee bit phony How so? !_! Just a vague sense of I don't know what to post, so I guess I'll post this That's fair I did kinda think his second 'x a...

What if I told you that there was a Canucks playoff game last night, and hockey > Maf? I certainly believe you that hockey > Maf, though I’m not sure hockey prevents falcon from making falcon posts. I dunno dude, that guy sure loves his Canucks Well, nobody's perfect. But hockey definitely trumps m...

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 4:04 pm I’m a hare bunderwhelmed by G-Man.

Woeful punny bunny shtick from JJJ feels on-the-level for some reason.

Any thoughts so far? You and Jay have done an adequate job of hoisting this game out of the silent void it was resting in. Enough so to award you each a townie point. Sloonei's Maf Waffling on Sloonei is the path to destruction. One must either love him or take him out of the game. There can be no ...

We live in a world where both of our current no-posters (Wilgy and Splints) are baddies and planning to low-post coast through Day 1 to establish psychological advantage. Discuss. Doesnt have quite the same flair to it as myself/Lime Coke :p Though does that not give the opposite of an advantage? ;...

Any thoughts so far? You and Jay have done an adequate job of hoisting this game out of the silent void it was resting in. Enough so to award you each a townie point. Sloonei's Maf Waffling on Sloonei is the path to destruction. One must either love him or take him out of the game. There can be no ...

We live in a world where both of our current no-posters (Wilgy and Splints) are baddies and planning to low-post coast through Day 1 to establish psychological advantage.

Discuss.

And now (perhaps this is a natural extension?)...

For whatever reason...

My daughter and I are going to do a one-on-one writing workshop this summer. Any resource suggestions so we can push each other rather than just love each others work because we're family?

Top Gun: Maverick

It's better than the original Top Gun, even though it is about 70% the same movie. This is because the 30% of Top Gun that was left out of Top Gun: Maverick were the parts that were utter jingoistic hyper-masculine crap.

Tentative early rating: 3.25 out of 5.

We live in a world where Delta and Lime Coke are the baddies because fate has brought me back to a game with so many familiar and beloved people.

Discuss.

NARKINA 5

One way out...

I will be available to host this game in the second half of this year.

A splints game you say? Color me intrigued.

I’ll think about it.

I got so distracted with things that I forgot to vote. I meant to yesterday and it just didn’t happen. I am ashamed of myself.

At long last, it's time to reveal the schedule and themes for the tournament round. Everyone from the prelims gets a spot in the opening round, but it's single-elimination this year. Losers will be eliminated. ROUND 1: HEADLINES - Everyone will have to submit a song the is about a real-life event. T...

Way behind on catching up from being already way behind. Here are a few quick ones: Marty (1955) This won Best Picture back in 1955. It's about an average, unassuming guy who's just not had much luck finding a girl. Now in his 30's, he meets a nice woman stuck in a similar position as himself. Their...

(When) Are the Sockys going to happen this year?

Can we get The Sockys in the meantime?

Belated anniversary bump!

Sabiplz wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:10 am @Dennis @G-Man @Roxy @falcon45ca

Play goc or else

Thank you for thinking of me, but no- not this time around.

Capillary

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