The Syndicate

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:54 pm It’s been a few days. I’ve had time to think, so much time, thanks to the weather. And I still feel like I can’t find any words that are enough. But I’m going to try.

The first game of online mafia I ever played was with Turnip Head. It was The Office mafia on Lostpedia and it was their first game as well. I’ve literally never known this community without them. My mafia life has always been graced with their humor, their joy, their compassion and understanding.

Back in the day, we used to call the best wolf players FEBs. Translation: Fucking Evil Bitch/Bastard. It was always meant as a compliment. An FEB was someone who could use strategy like no one else. Back in one of the Lostpedia games (Storybook maybe? Or something like that), Turnip Head was the Big Bad Wolf. The role was a serial killer. They were under scrutiny and so they self targeted because they had seen it was written in the post when their role night killed someone. It didn’t save them, but I will never forget it because it was in that moment that Turnip Head was cemented forever in my mind as an FEB. It was one of the first epic plays I witnessed. They have always had my respect and admiration as a player. We started at the same time, but they were always a much more skilled player than I have been.

For a time, Turnip Head served as an admin. The core ideal of this community for MP and I from Day 1 had always been that the people, the relationships, are more important than the game. So we knew we needed someone who would bring fair judgement, kindness, and a love of people to the role. And in all honesty, Turnip Head was an easy choice for us. There is no one who can bring calm to conflict like Turnip Head could. And I feel so glad to have been in that admin team with them.

There are a lot of friends in my life over the years that were always there, a constant. People that I think I never expected to not have their presence. Turnip Head was one of those. There were moments when we would talk a lot, and moments when we barely talked to each other at all because one or both of us were busy with life. But whenever you came back around and talked, it was like no time had passed. The friendship is constant. And it is hard to wrap my brain around the fact that their presence is gone, that they won’t be in the discord to chat tomorrow. It is heartbreaking to realize what the world has lost, what we have lost.

Permit me to use a cheesy mafia analogy when I say that now they’ve left the game for the spec chat. Seriously, they left this world better than when they found it. They gave us an amazing example of love and acceptance to live up to. I think they made this community better, and I hope we can honor them well.

I’ll leave you with a quote from Turnip Head from their time in the Interrogation Room.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:55 pm A meaningful life for me means that someone will remember me for the life I've lived. Hopefully I can make an impact on the people in my life and influence them to become better versions of themselves.

You truly lived a meaningful life, Turnip Head.