The Syndicate

Yeah, I just wanted to give you a chance to gloat about Kamisod/Hal.

Sloonei wrote:What inspired you to name yourself after me?

I'll go further. Why Soneji here and WolfPrinceKiba at NF?

best role you have ever made?
best mafia game you have ever played?
favorite food?
do you like to travel? Ever been to some cool place you'd like to tell about?
favorite anime and/or manga?

Town, mafia or indie?
Generic (classic) or role madness?
Best game you've ever played?
Favorite role you've ever had?
The play you're the most proud of doing in a game?
Have you played anywhere other than in the Syndicate? If yes, how is it like there?
Beam me up Scotty?

On that day, the site will become a lot less funny.

I find it interesting that a lot of people I see in the internet who are openly right-wing seem to be supporting Bernie. I think that says more about the quality of his competition than about Bernie himself.

Town or scum (or indie)?

Generic or role madness?

What's the favorite mafia game you've ever played?

What's your favorite band/singer/musician?

Do you like videogames? If yes, which ones?

What is that imploding community you say you came from?

What do you study at university?

Generic (aka classic/vanilla games) or role madness?

What js your favorite band (or singer/musician)?

Role madness all the way. I've played vanilla a couple times before. I get the appeal but the game usually boils down to role reveal shenanigans which is just not my cup of tea. And strategizing with abilities is a big part of why I like mafia.

And unique game mechanics are cool too. This site is full of them (like the money mechanic from economics mafia and the pikmin recruitment mechanic from the pikmin game). In my site (Naruto Forums) we aren't that big on global game mechanics, but on the other hand, our roles are much more powerful and have multiple abilities (while here it's usually roles with a single ability and some global mechanics that affect them all). I like to alternate between both styles, though, and I actually pick which site I want to host games in depending on whether the game has global mechanics or not.

Scotty wrote:-Would you rather have your nose on your butt or your butt for a face?

What kind of question is that?

I guess... a butt for a face? I suppose I won't leave home ever again then.

Scotty wrote:-what is your favorite board game, and why?

Probably Clue. It's complicated enough to be fun, but not enough to take forever like Risk and Monopoly.

I also played a Clue Mafia once. You had to guess who the mafioso was, what weapon they were using and where they were.

Scotty wrote:-do you believe in trickle-down economics?

I had to google that. I suppose I don't, from what I read.

Scotty wrote:-do you believe you can fly? That you can touch the sky?

I'm an Aeronautical Engineer, bitch. Of course I can fly.

(ok I actually can't since I'm just an engineer not a pilot, but let's pretend).

Scotty wrote:-do you have a typical day 1 strategy when playing as a civ? As a Mafia?

My strategy seems to change every game tbh. Before I'd question everyone for every little thing, but lately I've been taking a more passive approach. Stay in the back and try to spot people slipping.

Scotty wrote:-what is your "tell", if you know it, as a baddie? As a civ?

If I have one, I don't know it. Like I said in the previous question, I'm constantly changing my playstyle. Some guy on NF says he can tell my alignment, but he never told me how.

I think I got day 1 lynched 3 or 4 times so that's a lot of candidates. But the most stupid one was probably this one:

http://www.narutoforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035570

Seriously, look at the people voting for me. 3 votes. One from a mafioso (N) who literally voted for me because I killed him in the previous game (and nobody called him out for that at the time), one from a civ (Kobe) who was also mad that I killed him in the previous game and also suspecting me because I was changing votes too much (?), and one from another civ (Superman) who didn't even bother to explain it.

What is funniest is another mafioso (Marco) coming at day 2 and saying the lynch was stupid when he didn't even post. Like he wasn't lurking during all of it. Bastard.

Fortunately, town eventually won. Mostly thanks to Savage, who got killed 2/3 baddies by himself.

At this point I'm fully expecting to get lynched on day 1 next game out of spite, since the current game is my best game I've ever had as mafia.

G-Man wrote:What was the most disappointing role you ever created for a game?

Do you prefer to create games based on a pre-existing source (tv show, movie, etc) or original themes?

What's the craziest thing you ever got away with in a game?

Do you prefer co-hosting or solo hosting?

The game is Order of the Stick. First game I've ever hosted. The role:
I went and created one "IFCC ability" for each role in the game. Literally half the game was dedicated to this role.

Do you know how many people accepted the offer? One. And he procceeded to use that special ability to perma-block an indie for the whole game. That indie lost the game, the IFCC role lost the game, every indie lost because I went crazy with their roles.

(I've made a simpler version of this role for another game to be hosted in the future. Stay tuned ).

G-Man wrote:Do you prefer to create games based on a pre-existing source (tv show, movie, etc) or original themes?

Pre-existing source, unless I have a very cool idea (such as Image Mafia or Inverse Mafia). Existing source lets me make the game a love letter to the story I'm basing it on. I'll look at every cool thing that happened in the story and try to do it justice in the game. I'll try to capture every cool attack, every badass line and and every sad death and translate it into roles.

G-Man wrote:What's the craziest thing you ever got away with in a game?

Assuming this is about me experience as a player, I think I never get away with crazy things. They just lynch me.

Recently though, I had an ability that gave me points (which could be used to buy abilities) if I activated it after making a vote and then people voted for the same person as me. Then on day 4, a cop found out I was mafia and outed me. I immediately faked a ragequit and voted for myself. Cue everyone voting for me and I get 11 points, which later are used to buy a lynch redirect to save my teammate. And that redirect was used to lynch the cop who outed me.

I guess that's the craziest thing.

G-Man wrote:Do you prefer co-hosting or solo hosting?

I've only co-hosted once, and it created a lot of problems. Though i'd never be able to host a game that size alone. I think solo is better, but co lets you do some cool things you wouldn't do alone.

Ricochet wrote:

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Oh, and when I went to ask about my extra kill the host said "I didn't promise you anything. Gossip Girl did".

Ricochet wrote:Sounds like you got Canuck'd.

I'm curious, what's the context for this?

[um]

I'm totally doing this some time.

Preferably on NF so they don't see it coming.

Oh, and when I went to ask about my extra kill the host said "I didn't promise you anything. Gossip Girl did".

Ricochet wrote:Sounds like you got Canuck'd.

I'm curious, what's the context for this?

@G-Man: is the third question about things I've done as a player or as a host?

a2thezebra wrote:What is the dumbest thing you have ever done in a mafia game?

Mangamashup IV. A troll game. I was mafia.

The host sends me a PM (roleplaying as Gossip Girl) offering me an extra kill if I posted a certain phrase in the thread. I had to call a certain role (Blair) a bitch.

I said I didn't want to do it, so he told me to use [um] tags to hide the post.

I do it. Five minutes later my post activates Blair's special ability. 1 hour later some townie sees the [um] tags. I'm lynched in the next day because they think I'm part of Blair's faction (I'm not, and she is an indie).

I wanted to shoot myself after this. Even the host said he wasn't expecting me to be so naive.

Never be 100% convinced you know how to find scum. You don't, and you can make educated guesses at best. That's what you have the majority of players in the game for, to help you with that.

It's one thing I had a hard time learning.

G-Man wrote:Do you follow any professional sports?
If so, who are your favorite teams?
What's the furthest you've ever traveled from home?
How many continents have you visited?
What three places do you want to visit before dying?
What books have you always wanted to read but still haven't gotten around to?
If applicable, which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle is your favorite?
What is the greatest movie you have ever seen?
What is your favorite movie of all time?

- Not often. When I do, it's Football (It's called football, not soccer!), and usually only when my local team is playing some big tournament (or during the World Cup).
- My favorite team is Palmeiras, the team from Sao Paulo my father roots for and that I've rooted for too since I was a little child.
- Europe. More precisely, the furthest place from home I went to was Prague.
- Do South America and Central America count as separate continents? If yes, then 3. I went to Aruba in 2013.
- Japan, USA and Portugal/Spain (counting those as the same place since I'd probably go to both at once). I also want to go Prague and Italy again, awesome places.
- Probably a bunch of books from series I started and did not finish. The last Inheritance Cycle book and the 2 Golden Compass sequels come to mind. Also a whole bunch of Agatha Christie books I'm yet to read. And of course, the last Song of Ice and Fire books.
- Michellangelo. He is just the funniest one.
- What is the difference between the last two questions? Either way, I vote The Dark Knight on both. It's just the best movie watching experience I've ever had, and I was on the edge of the seat for the whole movie.

MovingPictures07 wrote:DDL!

- Favorite mafia game you've ever played?
- Favorite mafia game you've played so far on The Syndicate?
- Favorite role you've ever had?
- Favorite mafia game you've ever hosted?
- Do you prefer civilian or mafia alignment and why?
- Top 5 (or whatever works best for you) video games ever and why?

- Tough question. I'm torn between three games: This one (my first indie win), the Economics Game, or the game I just got lynched in (my first game as godfather, and also shaping to be a win)

- Economics Game, definitely. Aside from my awesome role, I don't think I've ever been so engaged in a game as a civ before. I lost the game but I tried so hard and was interested even after I was killed.

- John Nash. I haven't gotten many powerful roles in my mafia career (except for bastard games where every role is ridiculous). This one wasn't powerful, but was incredibly fun.

- Favorites V. Very fun to watch, allowed me to make lots of cool roles, and had one of the coolest endings I've ever seen. Also doubles as the least favorite game I've ever hosted, for how utterly exhausting it was. I'm never hosting a game of that magnitude again.
- Not sure. I think I'm better at civilian than mafia, so I tend to enjoy those more often, while at mafia I often get lynched early in a ridiculous way. But mafia also makes for some VERY memorable games. I think I like the posting aspect of the game better when I'm civ, but I like the BTSC planning mafia provides.

- Never made a list, though I suppose I can list some that come to mind:
1- Paper Mario: First RPG I've ever beaten. Very memorable moment of my childhood.
2- Portal 2: From #2 onwards i'm not sure of the order. I love the Portal series for its narration and gameplay. I like Portal 2 slightly more, but the first game deserves to be here too.
3- Metroid Prime: Another great series. The first game is my favorite for being the most immersive game in the series, and possibly the most immersive I've ever played.
4- Resident Evil 4: I got this for christmas with the above game. Best christmas ever. The game is just hard enough to be fun, it's long, it never stops being engaging and forcing you to react to pressure, and it has a lot of awesome cheesy dialogue.
5- Team Fortress 2: I spent three years playing this game very often, and I only stopped because the Brazilian servers started disappearing. My favorite multiplayer game ever.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:DDL.

Is your Chinese sign a Dragon?
Do you enjoy luftballs?
Do you also enjoy D?

- No. Sheep.
- Never been in one but it looks really fun. If I had a "list of things I want to do before I die" I'd probably put it there lol.
- Not really my cup of tea

Ricochet wrote:What is the Will of D?
How much meat can you eat per meal?
Who would you take on a ship across the New World as your pirate crew?

- Beats me, I need to get to Raftel first to figure it out.
- What makes you think there's a limit?
- People who can make me laugh and who would risk their lives for me. Skill is optional.

Is this thing still alive?

Also, I've never had a chance to be interrogated. Can you put me in the list or something? It sounds fun.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

nijuukyugou wrote:

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:I always forget that key that's inside the center tower. It's so counter-intuitive.

(well now I'm not forgetting it anymore since I remember it even when I don't play the game )

And there's a neat trick for beating Dark Link without Din's Fire. Just turn off Z-target. He only fights well when you use it.

Duly noted! I've been playing the game so long that stuff like that slips my mind. Of course, I do enjoy knocking him in the face with the hammer when I remember

I usually have the Biggoron sword when I face him, and you can hack away at him without taking much damage. This run-through I'm doing now, I had to figure another way, which involved just using a horizontal attack against his shield, which seemed to work well enough.

Thanks for the tip DDL. I never even thought of that.

I don't think it's a well known fact to tell the truth. Took me years to find about it online. Most places just say "spam Din's Fire".

I mean, DF works, but it's so underwhelming. You know you're doing it because you can't defeat Dark Link with a sword.

I always forget that key that's inside the center tower. It's so counter-intuitive.

(well now I'm not forgetting it anymore since I remember it even when I don't play the game )

And there's a neat trick for beating Dark Link without Din's Fire. Just turn off Z-target. He only fights well when you use it.