The Syndicate

I love the sopranos. Cried when it was over.

Whenever it runs, I mean. I'm sure a few of us would play.

Ultra wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 11:17 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:55 pm

Ultra wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:51 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:49 pm Ultra, we have a few games in signup right now waiting on a few players to run. You should totally sign up if you have time and feel able, lots of people would love to play with you again.

Got anything starting soon? My chaps game is in 2 weeks.

The job is likely to be starting soonest, but if your champs is in 2 weeks, I dunno if you wanna commit to 48/24 phases in a 20-player game. Up to you!

Which champs # game are you in?

48 hr DP is still doable if I have to commit less, probably.

Worse case scenario I can use it as an excuse in my champs game if the two cross over

Also, I plan on starting a sopranos game soon on The Millennium Forums. No exact date yet. If any of you would be interested in that.

Oh, a link to signup would be great!

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:54 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:41 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:39 pm

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:32 pm I just need to learn how to convince other people now.

While we're talking about what makes a good civilian, this right here is the most undervalued aspect of strong civilian play in my experience. Producing accurate reads is only half the battle. Other people need to be on board with those reads too.

Unless you're a vigilante. But vigilantes are dumb.

Have good instincts.
Be compelling in your cases.
Know when you drop a bad case and follow someone else.

I personally have always had number one but I only developed number two and three very recently.

I developed 3 first and I think recently I've been developing 1.

Only 2 left I guess.

i'll never have the drive to get good at 2, i want people to develop a talent for reading my brain instead.

Ultra wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:51 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:49 pm Ultra, we have a few games in signup right now waiting on a few players to run. You should totally sign up if you have time and feel able, lots of people would love to play with you again.

Got anything starting soon? My chaps game is in 2 weeks.

The job is likely to be starting soonest, but if your champs is in 2 weeks, I dunno if you wanna commit to 48/24 phases in a 20-player game. Up to you!

Which champs # game are you in?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:49 pm For the record: I've played as much mafia with Mac as I have with anyone else on the internet, and I still have no idea how to read him. I usually just pretend and hope that I'm right.

me too.

except for when i accidentally bus him.

[mention]Ultra[/mention], we have a few games in signup right now waiting on a few players to run. You should totally sign up if you have time and feel able, lots of people would love to play with you again.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:46 pm

MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:41 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:39 pm

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:32 pm I just need to learn how to convince other people now.

While we're talking about what makes a good civilian, this right here is the most undervalued aspect of strong civilian play in my experience. Producing accurate reads is only half the battle. Other people need to be on board with those reads too.

Unless you're a vigilante. But vigilantes are dumb.

Have good instincts.
Be compelling in your cases.
Know when you drop a bad case and follow someone else.

I personally have always had number one but I only developed number two and three very recently.

The development of #3 was a pretty pivotal moment for me as a mafia player. I still need to remind myself at some point in every game that it's entirely possible I'm wrong about everything.

#juliets
#colonialbob

the north remembers.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:39 pm That was when I realized being good at NF means shit and I had to work harder to improve.

i dunno, i'm noticing some hardcore mafia players on NF lately.

[mention]rundontwalk2[/mention] come back after exams, baby! we loved having you here. thanks for filling in and good luck <3

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:17 pm

Dragomir wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:13 pm I don't understand what was scummy about Jay. Dude provided all these big posts on player interactions and whatnot(albeit, didn't really lead anywhere), actually tried being a leader to some extent and was trying to game solve. The man was straight up powerwolfing. He was busting his ass to become a deep wolf. I'm surprised he didn't get that privilege.

This is where meta reading is handy. To an unfamiliar observer, he looks like the town leader. To folks who've played with him before, his play was shortsighted and erratic. He ignored things he wouldn't ordinarily ignore and focused on things he would not normally care about.

Owner was right, he also used wayyy too many smiley faces.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:15 pm No player better epitomized the Town faction in this game than DDL. He had a 1-shot alignment cop ability. He spent the night debating between two targets: Jack and Epi. Both of them were killed on the only night he was eligible to use his shot. In spite of that, his reads ended up being completely on point, but then he was taken out right before LYLO after all the protective roles had been used up.

Defo.

shoutout to [mention]DrWilgy[/mention] too. he was on the right track.

Dragomir wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:13 pm I don't understand what was scummy about Jay. Dude provided all these big posts on player interactions and whatnot(albeit, didn't really lead anywhere), actually tried being a leader to some extent and was trying to game solve. The man was straight up powerwolfing. He was busting his ass to become a deep wolf. I'm surprised he didn't get that privilege.

I'll have to link you to some of his "town" games for comparison.

Dragomir wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:08 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 9:56 pm

Dragomir wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 9:51 pm They really did bus each other.

It didn't go your way in the end, but you played a super respectable game my dude. You faced suspicion every phase of this game and you were never lynched. That's no easy feat, and you should be proud of it.

The only reason for those lynches being avoided was that I viewed as a scummy town, someone too scummy to be a wolf. What's there to be proud of in there? All of my reads were wrong and I literally town read the entire mafia squad. Even Ultra I leaned more on civ than scum. Kept pushing for the wrong ppl, never voted for a single scum and my play was detrimental and a distraction to town.

There is nothing respectable or to be proud of in my entire play this game.

nah, don't be hard on yourself. We've all had bad games. Playing for the first time on a new website with all new players is never easy. You were appropriately town reading some people, you kept the momentum of the thread going, and you came close to suspecting nutella several times I believe. If you guys had nabbed one of Jay/nutella/Mac, who knows what crumbs you could have followed. So it wasn't as far as you think. You guys came close a lot of times, but never quite there in the end. It was a tough scum team to beat, but you played amazingly well and saved yourself. As a townie, one of your jobs is to not get lynched and you succeeded every day.

Dragomir wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 9:59 pm Don't think I'll ever say my town reads again. I just got pocketed by the entire mafia squad.

you didn't know their metas, so it's hardly your fault! You can show them what's what next game. Thanks for playing; you and Lux and Gemma and Ultra were awesome additions to this game.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 10:20 pm dunya is a fucking sorceress. She peers into souls and divines the evil lurking within. I can't compete with that shit.

hi. i love u. bye.

rundontwalk2 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:19 pm I told JJJ this before I signed up, but it's finals szn and I've got 10 days to learn Income Tax Law so I might not be my regular old self. But I will post when I can. I am an open book.

If you don't know me, I enjoy long walks on the beach, sunsets, and killing scum.

i'm rooting for you, you're my #1