The Syndicate

From my spreadsheet:

Lynch Poll Votes So, yeah. Of the 47 votes cast in lynch polls, only six were for assimilated players. INH received five votes all game, Turnip Head picked up one vote, and DH never received a single vote. Getting the flamethrower and being immune from the lynch three times helped him there.



Night Phase Flamethrower Votes Of the 54 votes for flamethrower immunity, the baddies received a combined 23 votes. DH got the flamethrower three times and Turnip Head got it once. Turnip Head won the flamethrower for Day 7, which would have been his second time with it and the fifth time for an assimilated player to be in charge of the lynch.


Night Kills INH found Turnip Head on Night 1. They didn't get BTSC but they did a good job of not showing any hints that they knew each other's identity.




This was a very strange game to witness and to host. I want your thoughts on the setup. JaggedJimmyJay helped me sort out how many baddies there should be depending on the number of players. That's why I didn't allow him to play. On the surface, it feels like the scales may have been tipped too heavily towards the baddies but maybe that's just because the civvies showed poor judgement of character in who they voted to hold the flamethrower.

Post your comments, questions, and criticisms. I'll check them out in the morning. I'll also explain why the game ran for Day and Night 6. I don't have time to go into the specifics of it all now.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:18 pm Can we get a public clarification on the endgame condition?

Thanks.

I’ll tell you when the game is over.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:02 am Votes don't seem to be changeable atm

Fixed.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:42 pm First time listening to an audio recording. Who is aaron?

-5 Hillary Points for speedchuck.

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

DAY 6

sprityo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:07 am
(@G-Man how does the vote work if the most voted player is killed? Is it the second most recieves it or is it just lost answers the day becomes normal?)

The living player with the most votes at the end of the night phase gets the flamethrower.

Just a reminder that...

5. All votes (lynch poll and night phase secret vote) are changeable all the way up to the deadline.

Several of you have been speaking like the votes were final. Silly humans. HA-HA! HA! HA!

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This game is based on the John Carpenter film The Thing, which is in turn an adaptation of the 1938 novella Who Goes There?. In both the story and the film, scientists in Antarctica discover an alien spaceship and awaken a creature capable of assimilating itself with a host organism. Once assimilated, the alien being can use the host's memories to disguise itself through the host's normal behavior when in the presence of others. The creature exists on a cellular level and easily spreads to others. The scientists realize that the alien organism could assimilate all life on earth if it escapes the frozen confines of Antarctica. The scientists must sort out which of them is still human and which of them have been assimilated before it's too late.


ROLES
All players in the game are scientists at Outpost 31. Some of them have been assimilated by the alien creature. The number of assimilated players will not be revealed until the game ends. The game will end when either the assimilated players outnumber the humans or the humans eliminate all of the assimilated players.

All players who are human are vanilla civvies.

The assimilated players are more like serial killers with mutual wincons than a true mafia. While all assimilated players work toward the same end, they do not know who each other are nor possess any form of BTSC. The kill rotates between however many assimilated players remain in the game. If an assimilated player attempts to kill another assimilated player during a night phase, the kill will fail and the two will learn each others' identities but they will not gain BTSC.


LYNCHES
This game deviates from the standard lynch format. In the film, one of the scientists takes the lead at hunting down the assimilated among them. During Day 0 and each night phase, players will send a vote via PM for a living player that they think they can trust. Self-voting is forbidden. Whoever wins this secret vote receives a flamethrower the next day. This player will not appear on the lynch poll and they control who dies that day. All players can vote for a player that they want removed from the game during the day phase. The player with the flamethrower can choose to follow the lynch poll or slay someone else of their choosing at the end of the day phase. This may build or fray trust, depending on the result.


RULES AND WHATNOT

Gameplay
1. Days are 24 hours long.
2. Nights are 24 hours long, but nightkill PMs must be sent to the host within 23 hours so night posts can be constructed in a timely fashion.
3. There is no BTSC in this game. Anyone engaging in BTSC will be modkilled.
4. Votes in the lynch poll are the only votes that count. It's helpful but not mandatory that you declare your vote in the thread in a way that stands out to the host.
5. All votes (lynch poll and night phase secret vote) are changeable all the way up to the deadline.
6. Wincons for both sides are dead or alive. The host reserves the right to deny win credit to those players who fail to pull their own weight.
7. Roles will be revealed after a lynch or nightkill. Modkills will not result in a role reveal.

Rules
1)Respect your fellow players, your host, and your MOD.
1a) Don't be an asshat.
1b) Don't get butthurt.
2) If you feel like another player is out of line or making/taking things personally, contact the MOD, juliets.
3) No editing or deleting posts.
4) Self-voting is forbidden. If you self-vote, your vote won't count.
5) Off-topic posts should be in OT Green.
6) Dead players are to post in Dead Red.
7) Non-Players should post in Non-Player Blue. We'll have a spectator chat if you're really interested in game details.
8) This is the host's color. Do not post in this color.
9) Participation is mandatory. Anyone who misses two votes AND fails to post during that time will be automatically replaced. If no replacements are available, a modkill may occur. If you sign up, please play. If you can't play, request replacement.

Players

ALIVE:
DharmaHelper- Assimilated
insertnamehere- Assimilated
Turnip Head- Assimilated


DEAD:
MacDougall- Executed Day 1 by Sprityo. (Human)
Lunalee- Executed Day 2 by DharmaHelper. (Human)
poutanko- Killed Night 2. (Human)
sprityo- Executed Day 3 by Turnip Head. (Human)
novaselinenever- Killed Night 3. (Human)
speedchuck- Executed Day 4 by Jackofhearts2005. (Human)
Quin- Killed Night 4. (Human)
Elohcin- Executed Day 5 by DharmaHelper. (Human)
ColinIsCool- Killed Night 5. (Human)
DrWilgy- Executed Day 6 by DharmaHelper. (Human)
Jackofhearts2005- Killed Night 6. (Human)
Dragon D. Luffy- Killed Day 7. (Human)


The Story:
Final Broadcast
Archive Recording #1 (Day 0 Begins)
Archive Recording #2 (Day 1 Begins)
Archive Recording #3 (Day 1 Ends)
Archive Recording #4 (Night 1 Ends)
Archive Recording #5 (Day 2 Ends)
Archive Recording #6 (Night 2 Ends)
Archive Recording #7 (Day 3 Ends)
Archive Recording #8 (Night 3 Ends)
Archive Recording #9 (Day 4 Ends)
Archive Recording #10 (Night 4 Ends)
Archive Recording #11 (Day 5 Ends)
Archive Recording #12 (Night 5 Ends)
Archive Recording #13 (Day 6 Ends)
Final Archive Recording (Night 6 Ends)