[END] The Syndicate's 2013 Game of Champions

[bea]

I am sad to see INH night killed because he would have been the safest way to vote today. Meh.

So Robert, what do you think of the fact no one was lynched?

To be honest, I thought I was fucked.

I'm a bit relieved, and at the same time not so much.

Tell your boyfriend he's an asshole.

lol - I'm fairly positive her boyfriend prefers "fucking evil bastard."

[Tangrowth]

Hdbtdct fjdit iwxh pcs itaa bt p cjbqtg.

[insertnamehere]

Iecuedu gkeju jxyi qdt jubb cu q dkcruh.

Tempus Quid agatur?

[Tangrowth]

Gcascbs eichs hvwg obr hszz as o biapsf.

[insertnamehere]

PRETTY COLORS

[Russtifinko]

RIPIYWG, Rey. Seems likely you were. And good riddance to INH, not so much because of your role as because now (actually, tomorrow because of this random lynch) we can get down to finding baddies.

I was going to feel really bad about the Elo vote, knowing Elo would send Epi the shield next and that Epi could be bad, but the reveal makes me feel much better about the choice. The fact that all baddie powers are being doubled is very alarming, though.

Are you and MP intimate?

because you're trusting Epig to be reading his wife accurately. And to me, that's a bit of a stretch.

SHOTS FIRED

^ Both of these made me lol.

Never mind, I read back on your posts. I don't see it, personally, but who knows? You could be right. I just read that as Lizzy being curious/intrigued, and not indicative of alignment.

KRussti, are you doing your thing again? That one where you are siding with me and are very nice, polite and charming so it would break my heart to even consider suspecting you, when in fact you are... kinda bad?

Ugh, I know. i hate it when he does that cause he is so damn good at it.

That is what I meant Russti, we should not discuss who we want to lynch at all tomorrow. So stop doing it k?

I wasn't sucking up, Lizzy, I promise! I do seem to have been right about my vote, though. But I think you're kinda very dangerous now tho k?

And Hedge, good point. I won't be discussing things at night any more. I was making sure things I said wouldn't give Zodac an obvious target, I think.

In case anyone skipped my wall of text:

BOB MINION RECRUITED.
KILL INCOMING.
SPREAD VOTES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE PROBABLY RANDOM.

I think this is a very good idea. I don't see why we wouldn't spread votes to avoid the kill, and I believe there's a civ role with 3 votes? So that person will probably decide the lynch, which isn't a perfect scenario but it's ok with me. If anyone bands together and doesn't go along with spreading, we can probably guess that they're bad (that's what happened when I got recruited by BOB in Twin Peaks, anyway).

Linki: Whoa, an insanified host!!!! I've never seen that before! I don't know whether to or

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

[Mongoose]

Hells bells.

[DharmaHelper]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Fourteen.

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Fourteen.

Kag saf uf.

[bea]

RIPIYWG sawyer. INH - you make me laugh, but yea, not so sure you were good at all.

re: the numbers: - I think the 4/15 being tax day and also the host's birthday are just as valid points to important numbers as the LOST numbers. You know what's funny? I met my husband because of LOST. I met both Daisy and Sockface because of LOST - you know the week we spent together? In that whole time, I don't remember talking about LOST once. We may have, briefly, but my point here is that lots of us have moved passed OMG THE NUMBERS!!! (ok - I still make my hubby play the numbers when we do play the lotto - but cooome on - it's the lotto.)

IDK how the hell to handle this lynch so I'm open to hearing suggestions.

Iecuedu gkeju jxyi qdt jubb cu q dkcruh.

Great - now the host is insanified. I think this right here - just proves my point about how he prefers to, you know, just ordinary bastard. :eyeroll: (do we have that smiley?) And if the Capt. Beefheart wasn't enough to convince everyone we were in Avant Land, I think insanified post from the host should do it...

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Fourteen.

Kag saf uf.

T yppo xzcp yfxmpcd. Yzh. Mfe qczx zespc awljpcd. Zywj zyp awljpc ez bfzep zq xtyp.

[thellama73]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Okay. How about 1?

[thellama73]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Fourteen.

Drat, beaten to the punch.

[Tangrowth]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Okay. How about 1?

Cebo drsxq.

[agleaminranks]

We have to fight the establishment, eh? I can think of several ways of doing that all at once.

[DharmaHelper]

I'm what you would call a genius.

[Spacedaisy]

I am sad to see INH night killed because he would have been the safest way to vote today. Meh.

?

I had missed the fact the poll was all whacked out.

Also as a side note, I only jokingly call him an asshole. And only on occasion.

[Tangrowth]

Xtjh, bx cqn urpqc kudn jwm cqn panh qjen knnw zdxcnm jwm wdvknab yaxermnm. Yunjbn, cfx bnyjajcn yujhnab, zdxcn vh mjat kudn jwm ydayun zdxcnb jwm yaxermn wdvknab.

[DFaraday]

Well, since we want to spread the vote out, why don't we all just choose one number and vote that one?

[bea]

also - a) does anyone recognize the insanifier program MP is using? That might help to ferret out some of the host posts anyway. (Here again SVS would have been AWESOME to have around. Her knowledge of insanifer programs is a thing of beauty.)

b) could the way to fight the establishment be that we don't vote? It just occured to me. What happens if no one votes?

and c) I only call the host an asshole when I know he's taking it as a complement

[Tangrowth]

Q pidm bw ow bw jml vwe. Pwxmncttg eqtt pidm vcujmza. VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM. Eqtt illzmaa bpmam ia awwv ia xwaaqjtm. Gma.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

[insertnamehere]

Q pidm bw ow bw jml vwe. Pwxmncttg eqtt pidm vcujmza. VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM. Eqtt illzmaa bpmam ia awwv ia xwaaqjtm. Gma.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

How dare you say that about my mother?

[Mongoose]

Bea - I've been working a bit with the insanifiers and calamity-causers since the posts started trickling in, but I haven't hit the sweet spot yet.

[DharmaHelper]

Llama should we tell them?

[insertnamehere]

Llama should we tell them?

Ooh, secrety secrets, eh?

[Boomslang]

This host insanity looks to me a lot like a simple substitution cipher. There are repeated patterns and words in some of the longer posts, and it's obviously not using a database of real words like most of the scrambling I've seen. What remains to be seen is if Sock is using the same cipher for every post... going to take a crack at it in a second here.

[thellama73]

Llama should we tell them?

Might as well. I fear what MP will do to us if his game is not solved by the next period. How about just a hint? It's a simple substitution code, and each message uses a different substitution.

[DharmaHelper]

It's a cesar shift. It's not the same for every post. If you look at what I did and what llama did you should be able to figure it out.

[Mongoose]

This host insanity looks to me a lot like a simple substitution cipher. There are repeated patterns and words in some of the longer posts, and it's obviously not using a database of real words like most of the scrambling I've seen. What remains to be seen is if Sock is using the same cipher for every post... going to take a crack at it in a second here.

I'm concentrating on the double letters in VMML.

[BigDamnHero]

I am sad to see INH night killed because he would have been the safest way to vote today. Meh.

?

I had missed the fact the poll was all whacked out.

Also as a side note, I only jokingly call him an asshole. And only on occasion.

you should up your quota to "periodically" or "every so often." It will serve to both break down his spirit as well as make you feel better for verbalizing the truth out loud...very cathartic!

[DharmaHelper]

18 for the last post of MP's. Just by the way.

[thellama73]

There's probably an easier way to do this than the way I did it, but after reading Edgar Alan Poe's "The Gold Bug" I think I have gotten pretty fast.

[bea]

I am sad to see INH night killed because he would have been the safest way to vote today. Meh.

?

I had missed the fact the poll was all whacked out.

Also as a side note, I only jokingly call him an asshole. And only on occasion.

you should up your quota to "periodically" or "every so often." It will serve to both break down his spirit as well as make you feel better for verbalizing the truth out loud...very cathartic!

lol - this is advice I will remember - being newly married, and having a lifetime of fights to try to win, something tells me this is useful info. Thanks!


also - I suck at codes and cyphers. I shall try maybe after dinner, but usually it just hurts my brainz.

[Boomslang]

Gcascbs eichs hvwg obr hszz as o biapsf.

Got it! Caesar cipher with "O" reveals "SOMEONE QUOTE THIS AND TELL ME A NUMBER." So Sock, here's either "A NUMBER" or, let's say, "42."

[Dom]

Iecuedu gkeju jxyi qdt jubb cu q dkcruh.

Are you fucking kidding me?

I am sad to see INH night killed because he would have been the safest way to vote today. Meh.

?

I had missed the fact the poll was all whacked out.

Also as a side note, I only jokingly call him an asshole. And only on occasion.

"Safest"?

[Boomslang]

Q pidm bw ow bw jml vwe. Pwxmncttg eqtt pidm vcujmza. VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM. Eqtt illzmaa bpmam ia awwv ia xwaaqjtm. Gma.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

Caesar cipher with "I" suggests you want numbers for dark blue and purple. How about 9 and 31?

[Dom]

Any numbers we want to know?

[DharmaHelper]

See, in case you missed it, Llama and I said numbers that were on the poll, so those names were revealed.

[Mongoose]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

Fourteen.

Kag saf uf.

= "You got it."

[Russtifinko]

Night 2: The Battle for Eternia

The shieldbearer had been selected. "bea!!" cheered the crowd. She was handed the shield of Grayskull. Some cursed under their breath.

"Now, let's get a move on!" demanded reywaS. "Evil does not rest!"

The players marched onto the battlefield. Chaos ensued. They began attacking one another.

Unfortunately, amid all the chaos, evil was able to disguise itself, and make its move. A Big Daddy revealed itself and drilled reywaS to his death. He screamed bloody murder.

Mycroft was unhappy with insertnamehere. "You bloody liar," he scowled. Instead of raising a sword, he pulled out a gun, and shot insertnamehere in the head, killing him instantly.

The champions conferred after it was deemed that the battle should be over, realizing that two had fallen. They were saddened to see reywaS drilled to death and knew it was the work of something truly evil.

They were not quite as sad to see insertnamehere had met his end. Many were happy, in fact. But some were angered that his true identity was not revealed.

Nonetheless, the Battle for Eternia was a sloppy bloodshed that the champions hoped had worked out better. They must not let their anger fuel them as much, and instead, in honor of reywaS, seek justice for evildoers tomorrow.

The voice suddenly interfered much more. "So, are we ready for a new environment?" he inquired. They were silent.

"I will take that as a yes," the voice said. "First, though... there is something I want to show all of you. Courtesy of Jim Moriarty!" It started laughing.

Suddenly, a couple dozen papers started raining to the ground. The champions each picked up the piece of paper, which said:

"Lizzy = Jack Torrence"

Then another barrage of papers started raining. The players were intrigued. The second group of papers said:

"Epignosis = Homestar Runner"

"Oh, one more thing too!" the voice added. "I have one other piece of paper for all of you! This time courtesy of Jack Torrence himself!" It chuckled.

The last piece of paper detailed Mr. Torrence's thoughts: "Beware! The shield is a trap."



reywaS has been killed by Big Daddy (Bouncer).
insertnamehere has been killed by Mycroft Holmes.

To be continued...

18

[thellama73]

Well this is interesting. It looks like we will end up having a choice between a few names we know or a random someone else. How clever. I wonder what we will choose.

[Mongoose]

Q pidm bw ow bw jml vwe. Pwxmncttg eqtt pidm vcujmza. VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM. Eqtt illzmaa bpmam ia awwv ia xwaaqjtm. Gma.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

VMML VCUJMZA. NWZ LIZS JTCM IVL XCZXTM.

="I have to go to bed now. Hopefully will have numbers. NEED NUMBERS. FOR DARK BLUE AND PURPLE. Will address these as soon as possible. Yes."

[Russtifinko]

Fbzrbar dhbgr guvf naq gryy zr n ahzore. Fbzrbar qvssrerag dhbgr rnpu cbfg. Qb vg.

NOW 18.

[DharmaHelper]

Here is a question: Should we see how many people get revealed (from the looks of things it will be like, four or five people) and concentrate our case making efforts and voting on those people so at least that way we know who we are voting for?

[BigDamnHero]

Here is a question: Should we see how many people get revealed (from the looks of things it will be like, four or five people) and concentrate our case making efforts and voting on those people so at least that way we know who we are voting for?

I guess it would all depend on whose names are revealed....but even then, we may not have any strong suspisions one way or another about them. Today's theme seems to be all about chaos & confusion and the best way to counteract that may just be to randomly vote...

[thellama73]

Here is a question: Should we see how many people get revealed (from the looks of things it will be like, four or five people) and concentrate our case making efforts and voting on those people so at least that way we know who we are voting for?

I intend to wait and see who is revealed. I would rather vote for a revealed name I slightly suspect than a random guess (I might guess myself!)