The Syndicate

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:53 am**

Thank you bwt! The wiki looks to be very helpful.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:42 pm**

^Are you Juliets Coffee?

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:43 pm**

birdwithteeth11 wrote:
juliets wrote:Thank you INH - I don't know how I missed that! Maybe from scanning on my phone. So I'm thinking it's bad to collect plasmids at every opportunity because somewhere the insanity switch could flip. For anyone who has played or knows the game, let me know if I am thinking about this wrong or if there is something more I should know.
The more I think about it, I think it's more about using plasmids extensively over a prolonged period of time. Because when you play the game, you go through a LOT of plasmids with Jack, and I don't ever remember him suffering any mental degeneration.

Basically, the way plasmids work is they allow the ADAM to re-write your genetic code, which allows you to use things like telekenesis, incenerating objects, etc. It's possible some characters might be more likely to suffer the overuse and eventual decline in effectiveness from Plasmids (or in the worst scenario, mental degeneration), but for now, I think the first is more likely than the second.

I actually searched and found this. Hopefully it proves helpful to those of you who haven't played the game.

http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Plasmid

What is ADAM?

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:07 pm**

I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:12 pm**

Vompatti wrote:I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.

Funny how in Bioshock, I don't drink at all.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:19 pm**

Snow Dog wrote:^Are you Juliets Coffee?

No, I'm Juliets Coffee. Juliets is ZRFTS.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:54 pm**

Vompatti wrote:I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.

ur a capitalist

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:57 pm**

thellama73 wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:^Are you Juliets Coffee?
No, I'm Juliets Coffee. Juliets is ZRFTS.

lol llama, sorry SD i missed your post - yes, I am Juliets Coffee - I just registered with juliets but i still answer to JC (or jules).

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:06 pm**

juliets wrote:
thellama73 wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:^Are you Juliets Coffee?
No, I'm Juliets Coffee. Juliets is ZRFTS.
lol llama, sorry SD i missed your post - yes, I am Juliets Coffee - I just registered with juliets but i still answer to JC (or jules).

jules. I like that. Thanks jules.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:57 pm**

A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.
ur a capitalist

:O tuer i smell crypto-capitalist scum

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:07 pm**

Lizzy wrote:
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.
ur a capitalist
:O tuer i smell crypto-capitalist scum

What would Plato say if he saw one of his disciples supporting the frozen pizza conglomerates? :'(

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:12 pm**

A Person wrote:
Lizzy wrote:
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.
ur a capitalist
:O tuer i smell crypto-capitalist scum
What would Plato say if he saw one of his disciples supporting the frozen pizza conglomerates? :'(

I think he'd finally concur with Aristotle's supremacy k

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:23 pm**

Lizzy wrote:
A Person wrote:
Lizzy wrote:
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:I just obtained the game and it looks pretty stunning k :O

Plus I can eat potato chips and drink wine just like in real life.
ur a capitalist
:O tuer i smell crypto-capitalist scum
What would Plato say if he saw one of his disciples supporting the frozen pizza conglomerates? :'(
I think he'd finally concur with Aristotle's supremacy k

wtf no i illegallly downloadeded the game and i only buy the cheapest pizza

also Plato >>> Aristotle i evn wrote an essay about this!

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:27 pm**

I am wholeheartedly a capitalist and prefer Aristotle to Plato (as did Ayn Rand!)

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:30 pm**

wtf ewwwwwwww

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:35 pm**

Vompatti wrote:wtf ewwwwwwww

Isn't that a tad too much coming from a platonic commie rapscallion ifyyyuok now whati meeena.
Also, I read your essay sum tiem ago and omgogmgo i thought it was nais because you finally used words and other things k :OooOoO

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:36 pm**

^That was supposed to be in green

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:47 pm**

Lizzy wrote:
Vompatti wrote:wtf ewwwwwwww
Isn't that a tad too much coming from a platonic commie rapscallion ifyyyuok now whati meeena.
Also, I read your essay sum tiem ago and omgogmgo i thought it was nais because you finally used words and other things k :OooOoO

ogmgmogmomogmog :O

ayn rand is gross and i think everyone should be a communist

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:57 pm**

You should start your crazy hippie commune k

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:58 pm**

I'm too shy and I have no friends I can access physically k :'(

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:01 pm**

Vompatti wrote:I'm too shy and I have no friends I can access physically k :'(

I'd join your collective if I were a commie hippie.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:09 pm**

Lizzy wrote:
Vompatti wrote:I'm too shy and I have no friends I can access physically k :'(
I'd join your collective if I were a commie hippie.

omg you should becoem one k

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:16 pm**

Fun Fact: Jumble the letters in "Andrew Ryan" and you get "We R Ayn Rand"

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:25 pm**

thellama73 wrote:Fun Fact: Jumble the letters in "Andrew Ryan" and you get "We R Ayn Rand"

Andrew Ryan was also Russian. Who witnessed the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:43 pm**

Bump.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:10 pm**

Ok, finally checking in. My weekend was a weekend from hell and I'm still recuperating from it. I feel like death warmed over at this point. Next weekend is going to be equally hellish with my weird hours - so you may not here much from me this week. After that, I am crossing my fingers that things settle down here, which they should.

Dang, 4 pages to catch up on and it's only Day 0?? Y'all are talkative. I'm going to work on catching up, I have no idea which poll option is better, so if it hasn't already been asked:

@Host: Does anyone have any info on this Day 0 poll?

If this question has already been asked and answered, please to ignore - I'll find it in my catch up.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:22 pm**

Wow, welcome to all the new folks! Nice to see so many new names/faces, or at least new to me names/faces. Even some of you old-timers I haven't played with in a while!

Thanks for the Wiki, whoever posted that. Also, I am even more interested now, after catching up on the thread, to know whether or not anyone has info on this poll. I shall make my choice within the next hour or so.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:40 pm**

indiglo wrote:Ok, finally checking in. My weekend was a weekend from hell and I'm still recuperating from it. I feel like death warmed over at this point. Next weekend is going to be equally hellish with my weird hours - so you may not here much from me this week. After that, I am crossing my fingers that things settle down here, which they should.

Dang, 4 pages to catch up on and it's only Day 0?? Y'all are talkative. I'm going to work on catching up, I have no idea which poll option is better, so if it hasn't already been asked:

@Host: Does anyone have any info on this Day 0 poll?

If this question has already been asked and answered, please to ignore - I'll find it in my catch up.

I feel like this poll is the sort where everyone is voting for themselves to get something rather than their teams so I doubt there'll be info.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:56 pm**

indiglo wrote:
@Host: Does anyone have any info on this Day 0 poll?

If this question has already been asked and answered, please to ignore - I'll find it in my catch up.

No one has info on this poll.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:14 pm**

That makes sense, Bullzeye, and looks like that is the deal. I'm going to take the free plasmid with my root canal. I am long overdue to go get a dental checkup, and I am a big sucker for free samples.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:21 pm**

View all of the polls from the Bioshock Mafia game here!

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:42 pm**

Vompatti wrote:Bump.

Would you kindly not spam the thread?

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:44 pm**

DAY 0

So... what will it be?

Poll ended at Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:43 pm

Sign me up! A free Plasmid is a free Plasmid!
16
birdwithteeth11 (3), thellama73 (4), DharmaHelper (5), juliets (6), Matahari (7), DisgruntledPorcupine (8), Nevinera (9), Elohcin (12), Flyin' High (15), Devin the Omniscient (17), >SpaghettiEverywhere (19), Mongoose (21), BoatsBoatsBoats (30), G.O.B. (32), Snow Dog (34), indiglo (35) 46%

Root canal? Nah, I’ll pass.
17
boo (10), Spacedaisy (11), insertnamehere (13), Vompatti (14), AceofSpaces (16), Bullzeye (18), Lizzy (20), A Person (22), LittleTiger (23), Hedgeowl (24), Epignosis (25), agleaminranks (26), Russtifinko (27), Ajira (28), Dom (29), nutella (31), bea (33) 49%

I already have all the Plasmids I need! (host, non-players)
2
MovingPictures07 (1), S~V~S (2) 6%
Total votes : 35

Missed the vote: Boomslang, DFaraday, Zany Dex

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:45 pm**

Lizzy wrote:
Vompatti wrote:I'm too shy and I have no friends I can access physically k :'(
I'd join your collective if I were a commie hippie.

I'm always up for a good collective

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:46 pm**

Day 0: The Best Things in Life Are Free

“Thank you for visiting Dandy Dental! Have a great day!”

“Why, thank you! You too!” One by one, people walked out of the dental office, plasmid in hand. Once indiglo walked up to the office to get her free plasmid, she was greeted by the receptionist: “We’re sorry, the free plasmid offer was only available in limited supply.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” exclaimed indiglo. She stormed out of the office.

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Jack entered the upper level of Footlight Theater, where he happened upon a Little Sister extracting ADAM from a dead Splicer.

“You think that’s a child down there? Don’t be fooled. She’s a Little Sister now. Somebody went and turned a sweet baby girl into a monster. Whatever you thought about right and wrong on the surface… well, that don’t count for much down in Rapture.”

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The radio boomed: “Remember, the Parasite hates three things: free markets, free will, and free men. The Parasite has his eye on Rapture. Keep YOUR eye on the Parasite.”

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Audio Diary #2: Andrew Ryan – “Parasite Expectations”

It is now Day 1. You have 48 hours to find a parasite.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:46 pm**

Alright, so three people missed the poll: Boomslang, DFaraday, and Zany Dex. I know for a fact Boomslang has been busy at Bonnaroo (music festival lasting from the 13th-16th) so he hasn't yet had a chance to check in. I think he might still be on the road, but not sure. He said he'd be in ASAP. If anyone could hit up DFaraday or Zany Dex and just let them know the game has started, that would be great and appreciated!

FYI, I have created a thread in this subforum that will contain all of the game's historical poll information so that it will be readily available for anyone to use for analysis at any time. Please feel free to refer to it (or not) at your leisure.

I wanted to also apologize; my schedule during Mondays through Fridays makes me unavailable from 7:30AM until 6:00PM EST roughly. I can try to check in during lunch at times, but no guarantees, as the new job is now starting to keep me pretty busy. Other than that, I will make sure to be around as much as possible to answer questions and attend to anything you guys need from me. This is more just an FYI as to why I may not be in the thread or checking my PMs at a certain time to answer a question.

One last thing: I would very strongly warn everyone against missing any future polls.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:00 pm**

The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money!

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:00 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote:
One last thing: I would very strongly warn everyone against missing any future polls. [/b][/color]

Or what?

You'll gift us a bomb?

You'll have us shot by eyeball-helmed men?

You'll ask Richard Branson to rape us?

You'll do no s...

You'll totally do all those things, won't you?

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:08 pm**

Exciting things already! Sorry I was mum for Day 0, I was busy doing other things and didn't think missing out on a day 0 would be that bad, So here I am now!

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:10 pm**

I just missed voting! Although, I probably wouldn't have gotten a Plasmid anyway.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:12 pm**

Alright, baddies! Here we go! Come out, come out whoever you are!

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:17 pm**

insertnamehere wrote:
Vompatti wrote:Bump.
Would you kindly not spam the thread?

k

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:24 pm**

he's a spambot, so it's ok k

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:36 pm**

Hedgeowl wrote:The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money!

The rest of that Flying Lizards album is really weird.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:43 pm**

MovingPictures07 wrote:
“Why, thank you! You too!” One by one, people walked out of the dental office, plasmid in hand. Once indiglo walked up to the office to get her free plasmid, she was greeted by the receptionist: “We’re sorry, the free plasmid offer was only available in limited supply.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” exclaimed indiglo. She stormed out of the office.

You've got to be kidding me! *storms out of the thread*

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:09 pm**

Poor indiglo

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:25 pm**

Before I forget, I want to let everyone know I will be traveling tomorrow back home and will not be in the thread until the very earliest late tomorrow night. I will be back to normal on Wednesday.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:27 pm**

Nice post MP! Now then...

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:51 pm**

Sorry indiglo!

Better luck next time!

So the game is now afoot. Time for some baddie-hunting!

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:52 pm**

Snow Dog wrote:
birdwithteeth11 wrote:
juliets wrote:Thank you INH - I don't know how I missed that! Maybe from scanning on my phone. So I'm thinking it's bad to collect plasmids at every opportunity because somewhere the insanity switch could flip. For anyone who has played or knows the game, let me know if I am thinking about this wrong or if there is something more I should know.
The more I think about it, I think it's more about using plasmids extensively over a prolonged period of time. Because when you play the game, you go through a LOT of plasmids with Jack, and I don't ever remember him suffering any mental degeneration.

Basically, the way plasmids work is they allow the ADAM to re-write your genetic code, which allows you to use things like telekenesis, incenerating objects, etc. It's possible some characters might be more likely to suffer the overuse and eventual decline in effectiveness from Plasmids (or in the worst scenario, mental degeneration), but for now, I think the first is more likely than the second.

I actually searched and found this. Hopefully it proves helpful to those of you who haven't played the game.

http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Plasmid
What is ADAM?

http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/ADAM

Bascially, it's the material that plasmids are made from. It's what actually replaces the cells in your body, and forces you to depend on it if you use it for very long periods of time.

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