The Syndicate

Sorry I tried to lynch you, coitus.
also sorry your name became coitus.

MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:38 pm Civs did really well here. That is a pretty brutal scum team to contend with and there was a period early in the game where they were all cooked.

Of course, the scum team won and for that they get

I was set to fall on the sword on Day 2. I never expected to make it to the end of this game

colonialbob wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:48 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:45 pm QUESTION EIGHT:

Herodotus is best known for his historical account of the Greco-Persian wars. Who is best known for recounting the events of the Peloponnesian War?

I think you'll find it is actually Frank Miller's account most scholars treat as the definitive work on the period

For a second I read Frank Miller as Arthur Miller. I’d read that.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:47 pm Six points for wolbre. This guarantees him a majority of ten possible points, and so he is the pop quiz champion.

Good quiz battle wolbre. You’re racking up the banners in a hurry

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:46 pm Rip your wifi sloonei

Greece has better wifi than persia

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:45 pm QUESTION EIGHT:

Herodotus is best known for his historical account of the Greco-Persian wars. Who is best known for recounting the events of the Peloponnesian War?

Thucydides

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:38 pm QUESTION SEVEN:

What sparked Darius the Great to embark on the first invasion of the Greek peninsula?

The sacking of Sardis

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:36 pm QUESTION SIX:

A significant and for the time highly unusual feature of the Battle of Salamis was a female Persian commander. What was her name?

Artemisia of Caria

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:32 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:30 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:26 pm QUESTION FIVE:

At least four of the named characters in this game did not take part in the Greco-Persian wars. Name three of them.

Lysander
Brasidas
Cimon

2 for 3

Pericles

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:26 pm QUESTION FIVE:

At least four of the named characters in this game did not take part in the Greco-Persian wars. Name three of them.

Lysander
Brasidas
Cimon

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:24 pm QUESTION 4:

What was a key strategic function of the Greek trireme in naval warfare?

TRAFFIC COLLISIONS

Operating an elephant while impaired

Traffic citation. Whatever, we don’t have cars in ancient persia

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:23 pm Sloonei you can have your win, let me have my banner :P

You already have a unique driving citation banner

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:22 pmFuck my life

I’m coming for you

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:21 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:21 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:19 pm QUESTION THREE:

Who was remembered as the hero of the Battle of Marathon?

MP!
I mean Militades

Spelling.

Miltiades

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:20 pm No wait
Pheidippides

I should get a special banner for flunking.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:19 pm QUESTION THREE:

Who was remembered as the hero of the Battle of Marathon?

MP!
I mean Militades

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:18 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:18 pm I’m slow as shit. Don’t pop quiz on phones

Half a point rounded down for you

After all the wifi problems i’ve had, my laptop suddenly stopped connecting to the network an hour ago.

I’m slow as shit. Don’t pop quiz on phones

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:13 pm QUESTION ONE:

What unintended advantage did the Greeks enjoy just prior to the Battle of Artemisium as projected by the Oracle at Delphi?

A storm which delayed the Persian army

Golden wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:01 pm Dammit, even though I knew I was getting killed I'm so mad at myself for the point at which I left. I thought I had another hour or so and I was going to double down and reinforce that Sloonei was bad. I wanted that to be my parting thought. Instead it was nova and turnip.

I always believed Sloonei was bad, from day one. Nothing ever shook me from that view. I suspected dunya but couldn't decide if it was real or just being pressed for time, and I didn't want to be too mean... dunya, I'm never giving you the benefit of the doubt again. I was nowhere close to speedchuck (his small defence of LC was enough for me to believe in him).

One thing this game reminded me is how important it is that a functional town pay attention to townslips. They matter. I couldn't believe how much Marmot suspicion remained out there after he was essentially hard cleared.

Yeah we had to kill you and Mac because there was no way we were lasting very long around you two. Mac’s day 1 case against me was spot on, minus the part where he said I should have defended sig while I was absent from the thread.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:55 pm Who will be participating in the pop quiz? I need at least a decent number of students for it to be worth bothering.

*raises hand*

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:53 pm The one unfortunate thing is that given the Persian victory, there won't be a Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta. Bummer.

Think of the rammifications on the whole thread of history. We might not even have mafia at all. Meaning this game never happened.

Scotty wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:44 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:42 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:41 pm Sloonei really is Scotty’s dad, right?

And ddl’s uncle.

Wait, I think I’m older than you

It’s past yor bedtime

Scotty wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:42 pm Yes thank you JJJ- I like the advent of limited shot abilities. Makes you really have to sit on your hands sometimes. I also felt it was well-balanced. The Athenians got the short end of the stick in the beginning due to [unlucky] Nks and lynches, but I never felt like either side was “out of it”

A game where just about every ability has limited shots is beautiful. I loved that.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:41 pm Sloonei really is Scotty’s dad, right?

And ddl’s uncle.

Y’all seriously had us on the ropes day 2. The lynch was between two baddies. I was terrified somebody was going to bring this up when it was realized that we all bussed colin.

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:31 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:30 pm

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:27 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:25 pm

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:24 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:18 pm Lol why again?

Wolbre was slip sliding all alignments so I just dismissed it all and left him in my POE.

I explained I thought i would get results from my role if i jailed or RBd someone. BEcause I didn't, I figured sloonei was either persian or 3p (but i later realized i wasnt gonna get results anyways)

Hey by the way you’re great to play with and I hope you stick around.
Sorry we were gonna lynch you to end the game.

Hahaha tbh I would've rather had people lynch me earlier so they understood what I was trying to imply.
Yes! I'm signed up for more games ty <3

Excellent! Just... not while you’re driving

Hahaha tbh I should just get UBER to get me around so I can play mafia :P

be careful you don’t start thinking out loud while mafiaing in an uber. That might be a worse offense than mafiaing while driving.

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:27 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:25 pm

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:24 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:18 pm Lol why again?

Wolbre was slip sliding all alignments so I just dismissed it all and left him in my POE.

I explained I thought i would get results from my role if i jailed or RBd someone. BEcause I didn't, I figured sloonei was either persian or 3p (but i later realized i wasnt gonna get results anyways)

Hey by the way you’re great to play with and I hope you stick around.
Sorry we were gonna lynch you to end the game.

Hahaha tbh I would've rather had people lynch me earlier so they understood what I was trying to imply.
Yes! I'm signed up for more games ty <3

Excellent! Just... not while you’re driving

Kylemii wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:25 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:18 pm Lol why again?

Wolbre was slip sliding all alignments so I just dismissed it all and left him in my POE.

because i'm an idiot lol

wolbre was denying it which made sense, cus maybe he was embarrassed about slipping up but sloonei wasn't denying it, so i took that as implicit proof even though in retrospect it should have been a Huge Red Flag actually

But I was denying it

wolbre04 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:24 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:18 pm Lol why again?

Wolbre was slip sliding all alignments so I just dismissed it all and left him in my POE.

I explained I thought i would get results from my role if i jailed or RBd someone. BEcause I didn't, I figured sloonei was either persian or 3p (but i later realized i wasnt gonna get results anyways)

Hey by the way you’re great to play with and I hope you stick around.
Sorry we were gonna lynch you to end the game.

The theory that I was indie seemed to hinge on wolbre identifying me in an anonymous chatroom. Wolbre got here like a week before the game started. Wolbre does not know any of us.

Oh and that reminds me! I’ve been mislynched as town in every Jay game ever. Now I draw a scum rolecard and make it to the end.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 8:08 pm Thanks everyone for playing my game. I understand it’s a pretty specific theme which might not attract the most interest, so I hope it was more than a robotic Mafia experience.

This was one of my favorite themes, but I’m also a nerd for antiquity.

That said I was too exhausted to read most of your write-ups. Imma flunk the quiz

So as I usually say in every game, I’m never scum, making this the first time I got a nice big taste of being evil around familiar faces in a long, long time. I experienced some anxieties that were new, but also some evil pleasures. I got great joy out of telling golden that teammate saves never actually happen while orchestrating a save of nova. I see the appeal of being bad now.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 7:54 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 7:51 pm Later tonight it will be time for the pop quiz. If you want a bonus banner, be here at 9 PM EST.

thats not fair for europe ok? so inconsiderate.

What does europe even have to do with greece?

dunya wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 7:51 pm had a great time with speed and colin and my longest partner in crime, sloonei. they really picked up my slack when i was mia. disappointed colin got lynched on day 2, speed had literally just given him that extra kill jack traded us. and we didn't use it.

i hate being scum, and I need a break because this is the third scum role I draw in a row. but this was a dream team and town was always so close in the beginning. we thought we had out asses handed to us several times tbh.

Ditto, this was an awesome team to be a part of. Bringing home that win RYM style was pretty great. For antreas.
And by zeus do I need a break as well. Just dove straight into this from thr GoC, both intense games from start to finish. I’m gonna go outside.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 7:50 pm i literally called out the exact wrong two people for having a conspiratorial reason to try to lynch me.

i'm so bad at this game

You were on me, you just thought I was indie instead of straigt bad.

I did not get the theory about me being indie but I wasn’t gonna make a big fuss about it.

Scotty wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 7:21 pm Wow. Good game Persians. Dunya and Sloonei both coming in with the “im not caught up and hate being behind don’t lynch me even though I’m not all there” approach. Totally worked!

I felt dirty for doing that even though it was the truth, so I made sure I put extra work in for the end game. Y’all did not make this thing easy. Excellent game and boatloads of fun.

[mention]novaselinenever[/mention] say hi

Sorry kyle and everyone else. I needed to take some time away from this thing after that flip. I’m lost. I can see wolbre as scum but then he also has a partner and I don’t know who that will be. The gun to head answer is nova but that, again, just feels easy. I don’t know if i’ll have tome for serious digging during the night phase. But as of right now I’m cool with lynching wolbre and open speculation about everybody else.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 6:37 pm I don’t think Wolbre would even know if Sloonei was indy. No idea why the Wol/Sloon indy theory is popular at all.

Chiming in here to say it’s a very dumb theory.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 4:18 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:09 pm

Kylemii wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 2:22 am if jack is mafia then he's already won and nothing can reasonably be done about it so im ignoring that possibility

what's that face? do you disagree

Yes. Jack has been a relatively popular suspect. Why would he be unlynchable?

I am leaving for work now. Sorry for not being more active, I am having technical difficulties. I am comfortable enough with my kyle vote anyway, and I support his lynch.

The main points against him are his treatment of speedchuck early on: he prodded him loosely and without direction a number of times early on, and then hopped on when real pressure started to go his way. If somebody bussed speedchuck, I could see kyle as the culprit. And then his behavior today has been uninspiring. He’s repearedly deflected my prompts for reads while insisting that I am not hunting, or something akin to that.

I encourage everyone to keep talking about everything, but I won’t be around to take part in that. As things currently stand, Kyle is my preferred choice. I disagree with the suspicion on Jack and I scratch my head at everything wolbre says. I have not been inclined to lynch nova ay any point recently, but his silence in the latter portion of this game is not helping.

If any of the remaining players are scum I tip my cap to them and they deserve to win.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 1:01 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:46 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:45 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:41 pm i feel like wolbre has made one "accidental" slip after the other to the point where they aren't really accidental at all and has just rode it out the more people latch onto the theories.

My favorite Wolbre “slip” is when he said that we’d be suspicious of him if he didn’t vote Speed.

Or maybe it was the other way around.

First it was one, then it was the other if I recall correctly.

I have no idea what to do with this guy.

He’s going to be hard to move out of my POE or ever be my top suspect without a healthy amount of tinfoil on the side.

He could help us by sharing any reads he has today. [mention]wolbre04[/mention]

As long as he’s not behind the wheel when he does so.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:49 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:47 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:43 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:35 pm almost done wth wolbre iso.

then I'll have time for Kyle before EOD before I see who to vote for.

my vote will go on one of them today.

q: so I see Kyle was scum in GoC. was he emotional when caught scum in that game?

What if neither wolbre or kyle are viable options at the end of the day?

Kyle always plays emotionally to some degree, I think. I am reminded of his GOC behavior more when he says things like “my attention is focused elsewhere” and “i’m tired”. I remember him using things like that in self-defense when he was pressured there. But that was also a longer and more drawn-out case against him that took forever to fully come together. I would expect more emotion, regardless of his alignment, on a case like this one which has come together relatively quickly.

He got emotional enough that he felt the need to take a time out and apologize to me later.

in GoC?? as well?
hmmmmm

I thought he was talking about this game, now I’m all confused.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:47 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:43 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:35 pm almost done wth wolbre iso.

then I'll have time for Kyle before EOD before I see who to vote for.

my vote will go on one of them today.

q: so I see Kyle was scum in GoC. was he emotional when caught scum in that game?

What if neither wolbre or kyle are viable options at the end of the day?

Kyle always plays emotionally to some degree, I think. I am reminded of his GOC behavior more when he says things like “my attention is focused elsewhere” and “i’m tired”. I remember him using things like that in self-defense when he was pressured there. But that was also a longer and more drawn-out case against him that took forever to fully come together. I would expect more emotion, regardless of his alignment, on a case like this one which has come together relatively quickly.

He got emotional enough that he felt the need to take a time out and apologize to me later.

How much of an emotional reaction do you expect?

Idk, an amount of emotion. I’m not sure I understand the question. That seems perfectly in line with kyle’s character as a delightful human being, but nothing that i’ve seen in the thread convinced me that he needs to be town in the way that, say, choutas’ response to being bandwagoned did. I sense a bit more fatigue and resignation in kyle. I may be in a tunnel on him now though.