The Syndicate

ColinIsCool - I haven't read any of his posts
nutellamir - I haven't read any of their posts
Jackofhearts2005 - Can confirm that this is in fact Jackofhearts2005 playing in this slot
JiwonMeganPark - Strange day zero. Strange play in general. Have no meta. No idea of noob town or noob wolf. Probably need to lynch this person not on day 1.
Long Con - Long Con won't be solved by night kill ever so Long Con will need to be a focus of heavy town solving and be placed under immense pressure Prepare for anxiety LC.
MacDougall - Damn my garden is going great! Who knew I was such a great gardener.
motobot - Nanook being evil is a pretty fair thing to say. Probably a townie kid here.
Myo - Slightly less askew play than Jiwon. Coaching?
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME - Just lock town always.
sig - Mislynch sig is in full effect. I think I've finally reached the point where I can tell when it's occurring.
Sloonei - Can confirm that this is Sloonei and not an AI emulation of him.
Soneji - Biggest scum read. His energy is off imo.
Spacedaisy - Will probs get solved by night kills if and when she decides to switch on.
tedxtr - Inno child. Wouldn't lynch yet.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:31 pm Longius Connium

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Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 12:46 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:30 pm Seems like as good a way as any to welcome soneji

Also we should probably be doing one vote on everyone tbh

You talkin' about lynch-style votes, or today's vote. I like Jack's idea for today's vote. Although I also want the extra scrap because upgrading sounds legit.

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:02 pm To give someone new the bonus scrap. So you think if we all tie in today's vote, we'll all get scrap?

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:36 pm

Myo wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:32 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 2:33 pm I offered one single pre-flip associative read in Banjo-Kazooie and it gave me the false confidence to mislynch a civilian who I thought was paired with another civilian on Day 1. Never again!

What does 'pre-flip' mean?

The 'flip' in question is slang for the role-reveal that occurs upon voting a player out by Day.

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:37 pm

Myo wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 3:53 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:02 pm To give someone new the bonus scrap. So you think if we all tie in today's vote, we'll all get scrap?

You think so? I kind of assumed that if multiple people tied for the top vote that it would be determined by RNG?

I do not think so. I think one person will get scrap, or maybe zero if we have a tie, because our Host can sometimes be a hardass in that way.

"Mafia talks about mechanics" is an argument I've fought against a bunch in the past and I think it's hugely overstated in a lot of games.
So, like, is this mafia Long Con talking about mechanics for the bulk of his early content? There hasn't been much progression beyond this early banter:

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Long Con wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 1:14 pm

JiwonMeganPark wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 3:51 am Hi, I have no idea what is scrap~

Is this what is a supposed derpclear? I don't see any reason why a wolf Jiwon couldn't honestly say that.

Turns out it was LC who suggested the "derpclear" angle on Jiwon, only he accompanied it with an immediate dismissal. The shade feels a bit unnecessary.

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Long Con wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 3:02 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 1:11 pm

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:17 am [VOTE: MacDougall ] aubergine

S P I C E

This is dumb but Mac knows my reaction to team ups and towncores tends to range somewhere between flat denial and restrained agreement with jokes in between.

So I kinda don’t think his treatment of me has been buddying, which makes me think he’s town.

So this is you trying to buddy him, right?

[VOTE: Jack] aubergine

This also feels a bit like an obligatory vote. "I have to do something so I'll call Jack suspicious for this post." I don't love LC's posts, but usually when I do love his posts it means he's bad. He's light orange on my imaginary rainbow for now, for the sake of taking a stance.

Interesting thought provoking analysis on Long Con. Thanks.

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 5:26 pm @motobot @MacDougall You guys are making some certain sounding reads here, can you tell me why?

I like to project confidence in all of my doings

I've got a mighty good solve here.

Linki: He may be evil brah. But he's town.

Soneji just claimed mafia

I am about to play
1 mash
Anzac Mafia
host a walrus
and am speccing champs

So this game is getting meme mac. If you lynch me for that, that's fine.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 7:23 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 7:07 pm

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:41 pm Vote Mac and see what happens /shrug

A vote for Mac is a vote against a town win con.

Prove it

Lynch me, you'll see.

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:41 pm Vote Mac and see what happens /shrug

A vote for Mac is a vote against a town win con.

MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:06 am

JiwonMeganPark wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 3:51 am Hi, I have no idea what is scrap~

Alright you can be town

The simply truth is derpclear was accepted

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:11 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 10:55 am

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 10:11 am Mac did you just spew Jiwon there or anti-spewed her?

Let the battle of wits begin.

I did neither and frankly you're lucky I even responded to such absurdity. Go to your room and think about what you've done young man.

Absurdity? You actually think that was a post worthy of being town read?

I can fathom the reasoning for it, but actually stating it instead of silently acknowledging the possibility of your previous scum read being a town is...

You switched gears hella fast for what I would consider not a post worthy of switching gears for.

Hey getting hung up on early game play is my schtick.

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 10:11 am Mac did you just spew Jiwon there or anti-spewed her?

Let the battle of wits begin.

I did neither and frankly you're lucky I even responded to such absurdity. Go to your room and think about what you've done young man.

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:07 am Interesting read there.

Town reads for everybody

JiwonMeganPark wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 3:51 am Hi, I have no idea what is scrap~

Alright you can be town

tedxtr wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 3:09 am So, apparently, this setup favours town hunting, which is better as a whole given that 75% of the time you're probably going to be right about your town leans. Thus, we should actively seek out town slots that we consider to be very obvious towns.

Why? After a ship's death, scraps will be scattered and during the night phase, the person with the most votes will receive those scraps in order to purchase and upgrade parts of their ship.

I will attempt to go for town hunting as it proved to be a solid method for myself. If I get to a scum lean on the line, I'll let it be known, but it's mostly going to be town hunting.

I am the town you're looking for.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 12:39 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 12:24 am

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:48 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:44 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:43 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:40 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:33 pm Lol at Sig already having two votes.

Was my initial reaction but also Sloonei isn't the type to just lolvote sig so he may have seen something there that I did not.

I feel like Sloonei's votes are pretend for the first 3/4ths of D1 and Sig somehow pocketed me in a game recently iirc. Covid? Like I'm just gonna let that stuff play out without worrying about what either of them are doing atm. Unless when I read the posts I've missed there's nothing else interesting going on.

Mirrored a lot of my thoughts Jack. Shall we dance together in honour of our failure to do so in the recent game?

Yeah and when we come to an agreement on who is scummy, we agree not to lynch them.

I don't understand this but deal!

The joke is we found each other last game...and then together, decided that Nanook and Boo were the mafia but they were both town.

Good joke actually

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:48 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:44 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:43 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:40 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:33 pm Lol at Sig already having two votes.

Was my initial reaction but also Sloonei isn't the type to just lolvote sig so he may have seen something there that I did not.

I feel like Sloonei's votes are pretend for the first 3/4ths of D1 and Sig somehow pocketed me in a game recently iirc. Covid? Like I'm just gonna let that stuff play out without worrying about what either of them are doing atm. Unless when I read the posts I've missed there's nothing else interesting going on.

Mirrored a lot of my thoughts Jack. Shall we dance together in honour of our failure to do so in the recent game?

Yeah and when we come to an agreement on who is scummy, we agree not to lynch them.

I don't understand this but deal!

Jack and Mac attack is back to snack on wolf sack.

Jack do you want to lock town each other and just ignore all scum tells in favour of destroying the game if we're right? I like the odds personally.

Let me start by suggesting that Long Con is the optimal lynch here always.

1 - He's scummy
2 - He's Long Con, he only contributes when he's a wolf anyway so he's the best possible mislynch
3 - He didn't want me to have scrap

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:43 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:40 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:33 pm Lol at Sig already having two votes.

Was my initial reaction but also Sloonei isn't the type to just lolvote sig so he may have seen something there that I did not.

I feel like Sloonei's votes are pretend for the first 3/4ths of D1 and Sig somehow pocketed me in a game recently iirc. Covid? Like I'm just gonna let that stuff play out without worrying about what either of them are doing atm. Unless when I read the posts I've missed there's nothing else interesting going on.

Mirrored a lot of my thoughts Jack. Shall we dance together in honour of our failure to do so in the recent game?

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 8:43 pm I'll vote Spacedaisy so Mac does't get it.

Why didn't you want me to "get it"?

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:33 pm Lol at Sig already having two votes.

Was my initial reaction but also Sloonei isn't the type to just lolvote sig so he may have seen something there that I did not.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 7:38 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 7:38 pm 2 mafia solved already.

Bravo

You sound disappointed that I have solved the game. Don't be Sloonei. Together we will reclaim the cosmos on behalf of the government or whatever it is that we represent.

Tedxtr, Jiwon, Long Con in case you're wondering.

Got three now.

2 mafia solved already.

Did Jiwon vote Tedxtr to get scrap without posting? Wild. Absolute scenes.

Myo wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:31 am

MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:20 am HogwartWerewolves on Reddit?

Yup, so I'm going to have to get used to the forum-style posting and not having comment chains to follow.

How did you hear about Syndicate?

You haven't put your vote back I see.

Should I give my vote to someone else or are you gonna put yours back on me?

tedxtr wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:25 am if you're wolfing, may the Lord keep you out of my fangs

You have fangs? That's pretty wolfy.

I'm just kidding baby you're the best news of all.

tedxtr wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 4:51 am Mac, vote me you beautiful chicken can

sign the pact

I think I'd rather give it to one of these new people. You're old news.

HogwartWerewolves on Reddit?

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 12:56 am I figure we should give the bonus scrap to Soneji because we miss playing with him or a new player as a welcome present/wolves probably don't shoot the new players early anyway. There's three of them though, so I'm just gonna vote Soneji for scrap.

Howdy, @JiwonMeganPark @motobot and @Myo. Where are ya'll from and do I know you by any other names already?

Motobot is Epi's kid.

Oh hey Soneji actually playing with us Syndicate peasants this is fun.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 11:04 pm Hello I am a space ship.

No, I am the spaceship.