The Syndicate

Pm's are being set, this is ready to go on schedule.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

juliets wrote:Fun time tonight!

It better be. I hear there's a modkill waiting for anyone who doesn't have fun.

Woohoo!

Glorfindel wrote:I'm a little lost... Can anyone please tell me what time I need to be up for this?

It's starting at 7:30 am. For sure.

And I hope so SL, it's a shame you can't play. Hope you sign up to more some stuff soon though.

Epignosis wrote:There is a chance I can do this. The university requirements don't prohibit me from using electronic devices during testing. I read the guidelines thoroughly.

Hell, they don't even require me to be in the same room as the guy taking the test. I'm not sure what the point of me being there is, but okay.

No guarantees.

Fingers crossed, but I wouldn't want you to get in trouble

No, I am. Sorry, I think I got my own time zone wrong.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ ... t&p2=tz_et

Here's the conversion that's coming up for me. I'll be up early tomorrow anyway so we can figure out exactly what time we need to start later.

Now looking at a time conversion website, I'm being told my conversions are 1 hours off. It might be because of DST and google just hasn't updated it, or maybe it's the other way around. I can easily bump it an hour if I need to, but can people in EST timezones tell me if I need to change things?

Glorfindel wrote:

Quin wrote:

Glorfindel wrote:2:30 am (AEST), Quin? Seriously, the things I do for you, Buddy

noo! It's 7:30am for us.

It's 2:30pm for the marmot. Or 2:30 am, I'm not completely sure.

You still in?

Are you certain? I converted the starting time on one of those silly time converting apps? 7:30 will be good for me Setting my alarm now...

I hope so

I'm just using googles default time converter.

Sounds terrible. Good news here is that nobody should have that problem during a burglary.

To stop any confusion, I've compared the time zones for every time zone I know people participating might be in, so:

AEST: 7:30am
EST: 5:30pm
PST: 2:30pm

juliets wrote:Also, Quin can you take more people like if sloonei wants to play?

Yeah, 9 is the bare minimum for a 2 baddie game with balance. I'll take as many sign ups as I can get.

Glorfindel wrote:2:30 am (AEST), Quin? Seriously, the things I do for you, Buddy

noo! It's 7:30am for us.

It's 2:30pm for the marmot. Or 2:30 am, I'm not completely sure.

You still in?

juliets wrote:Where the hell is Rico? I sure hope we have enough people to play, I'm getting worried.

If we cant play Quin you'll have to make this into a Side Mission and put it in the queue.

You'll probably end up waiting over a year for it in that case. I'd sooner just delay it another week but if we can just get 2 more sign-ups this is ready to go.

MovingPictures07 wrote:How many more folks do we need?

2 would give us 9, in which case I can cut some vanillas and still have an even ratio, so that's a minimum.

Golden wrote:Good work on more flavour, Quin. Just don't use MSG.

One more thing: It was mentioned in the Chatzy last week, but people were tossing around the idea of turning the Chatzy into the spectator chat for the duration of the game. We can either do that (which means that if you play, you won't be able to join the Chatzy until it's over or you're dead) or I can just make a separate room. I can see benefits to both, but let me know.

I'm going to add more flavor with host posts rather than flavor the roles. That'll mean the roles don't make any sense to most people but that's part of the fun, I guess.

linki: All good, Golden. Just make sure you have Chinese food for dinner instead.

Roles have been added with the assumption of 13 players, but I'll probably just chop some vanillas out if we don't get there. I'm also gonna send a mass PM out later.

Cool. I'm gonna get the role list put up on the first page (hopefully) today. It'll change up depending on the amount of sign ups, but I'm capping it at 13.

Made wrote:5:30 est is fine by me! please send out a pm or two a few days before so I don't miss it!

Noted.

It'll more than likely be a Friday (EST).

I'm considering having this start at 5:30pm or 6:00pm EST on whatever day this starts. Does anyone have a problem with this?

Hopefully you're able to be around for it. I think this is best hosted on a Saturday just because the people in the Chatzy were the ones who developed the idea in the first place and I wouldn't want to host it at a time they couldn't participate.

Glorf, I demand that you play this as well. Its been too long.

I can push it back an extra week fo' sho. This is all pointless if you and juliets aren't playing

Glorfindel wrote:

Quin wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Awesome.

Just to clarify, this will run on the evening of Friday, January 17th Eastern time, right? I only ask because I've somehow had confusion with people in the past over what "next" weekend is.

Thanks for stepping up to the plate to bring us the first Burglary of 2017, Quin. Looking forward to this. I'll absolutely be playing as long as I have no conflicting schedule commitments.

Without bringing time zones into it, yes.

I should note that my internet connection is extremely unreliable, so it's almost a given that there will be delays in getting posts out at some point. If we're REALLY lucky, the game might come to a halt completely because of service provider failure. Yay!

linki: Scratch that. Time travel is, unfortunately, not a mechanic in this game.

You have no NBN Quin?

This month, apparently.

juliets wrote:Oh no Quin! I thought this would be a side mission! I'm not sure I can play a burglary, it depends on what time it starts and ends. I'll put myself down as maybe I guess.

Tsk. I considered replacing the one I already have lined up with this, but this felt better as a burglary and that way I can still host both. Hope you can play though, since you're half the reason this exists in the first place

Long Con wrote:St Patrick's Day, eh? Friday night?

Not worried that some potential players might go out and get drunk in honour of St Patrick?

I was not aware of St Patricks Day, actually

We'll see how it goes.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Sounds good.

Given that, if you feel it'd be best, we could see if someone would be willing to serve as backup co-host to assist.

That might be a good idea, but I wouldn't want to deny anyone the opportunity to play a game about Chinese food.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Awesome.

Just to clarify, this will run on the evening of Friday, January 17th Eastern time, right? I only ask because I've somehow had confusion with people in the past over what "next" weekend is.

Thanks for stepping up to the plate to bring us the first Burglary of 2017, Quin. Looking forward to this. I'll absolutely be playing as long as I have no conflicting schedule commitments.

Without bringing time zones into it, yes.

I should note that my internet connection is extremely unreliable, so it's almost a given that there will be delays in getting posts out at some point. If we're REALLY lucky, the game might come to a halt completely because of service provider failure. Yay!

linki: Scratch that. Time travel is, unfortunately, not a mechanic in this game.

Town

Kamikaze Cow – Gets in the way of a player each night, taking on the effects of any ability that visited their target in their place. The targeted player will automatically watch the Kamikaze Cow that night.

First Car – Shares BTSC with the second car.

Second Car – Shares BTSC with the first car.

Cow x 6 – Vanilla townie.

Mafia

Poo Poo Road – Role blocks a player each night.

The Closed Restaurant – Cannot be lynched and has full immunity from night actions until all other members of the mafia team are dead.

Sesame Chicken – Truly terrible. Vanilla baddie.

Independent

Snooty Waitress – Will live for only a conditional number of day and night phases. Wins by surviving. [Secrets]

Most of you reading this are probably wondering why this game even exists. Who would want to play a game about Chinese food? The answer to that, my friend; you'd be surprised. So here I am, writing up this ridiculous theme for a bunch of people who get their rocks off in the Chatzy every week making a spectacle of my series of unfortunate events. Let me fill you in.

Our story begins in the early hours of the morning. In mind was a celebration for my younger brother’s 18th birthday; we would drive seven hours north to a place which housed what was described by my mother as ‘the ambrosia of Chinese food’. Such a plan, however, had its fair share of hiccups. And cows. If for some reason you want to hear more, you're gonna want to sign up.

Rules:
- Votes are changeable.
- Info-dropping and role-claiming is not allowed.
- Self or double targeting is not allowed.
- Mafia members must take turns performing the night kill.
- Players on the willing faction will win, dead or alive.
- Day phases are 20 minutes and night phases are 10 minutes. Day 0 will be 10 minutes. Please be aware this may change depending on circumstances.
- Questions should be directed to me in PM, which I may answer in the thread if relevant.
- This is an open-set up, with all flips revealed.
- All game posts should be posted in white. Off-topic posts should be posted in green. Dead posts should be posted in red. I will be using this colour, and you should not, especially if your name is Spacedaisy.
- Not having fun is punishable by a modkill.

Sign-ups will close and the game will begin at 5:30pm EST on Friday (also 7:30am AEST on Saturday). This game is going to be no fun at all. Even so, you should most definitely sign up. It’s not like you’re busy or anything.

Players
1. juliets
2. thellama73
3. MovingPictures07
4. Made
5. Long Con
6. S~V~S
7. JaggedJimmyJay
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