The Syndicate

Scotty wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:Oh thats great - I'm glad we get to see it (the jury thread). I hate that all the talk is taking place in btsc from the thread peeps.

A lot of this game is made up of hidden information and commitments.

If I were as active as I could be, I'd be relaying that here.

The pitfalls of looking into each BTSC is that, because people are pledging to each other similar final 5, 4, 3 deals, I don't know what they're really planning.

It would seem that Epi and Elo are going to be a threat down the line.
There is talk that Golden, Sorsha and Opt are looking to form a final 3, but Golden has also talked to Quin as if to bring him into the Mamana circle. Quin is throwing SVS to the curb in his convo with Golden.
INH forgot to send in his BTSC requests, so who knows what he's doing.

As of right now, because of the reward on Day 4, only Golden is left sick. When no one is sick, how useful will DF be to the tribe, really?

Could be that original Atamai is about to be picked off one by one unless something happens. If notsawyer goes home like people are suggesting, that is..

Golly jf Quin ends up betraying SVS that might just be the cherry on top of the game.

It's all talk, so who really knows what he is going to do.

DharmaHelper wrote:If sawyer is serious about wanting to go I'm sad that I was booted so early. I never like being lynched/killed before people who don't have their heads in the game.

juliets wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:If sawyer is serious about wanting to go I'm sad that I was booted so early. I never like being lynched/killed before people who don't have their heads in the game.

Was notsawyer on your team when you got booted? I can't remember who was where.

Marmot wrote:Oh look! Something interesting this way comes.

Say hello to the Ponderosa Jury!

Marmot wrote:It definitely was a Ray Bradbury reference.

Been a long time since I read that book though.

Scotty wrote:Oh, and

Spoiler: show

Quin knows that hidden immunity idol is in one of two places: the ridge and the weeds. So he sent out both DF and Golden to look for them in good faith. Golden found a fake immunity idol that he can hide in a different location tomorrow. DF would have found the idol, but his day poll Option was mysteriously moved to uselessly stoking the fire by Opt, which is her hidden power.

juliets wrote:

Scotty wrote:Oh, and

Spoiler: show

Quin knows that hidden immunity idol is in one of two places: the ridge and the weeds. So he sent out both DF and Golden to look for them in good faith. Golden found a fake immunity idol that he can hide in a different location tomorrow. DF would have found the idol, but his day poll Option was mysteriously moved to uselessly stoking the fire by Opt, which is her hidden power.

Golden said yesterday his vote was forced - was that true?

Spoiler: show

Nope! He just said that to cover for the fact that he was idol hunting

juliets wrote:Cool Scotty thanks. Also, what else is going down in bts? Are people mad at INH for taking the exile?

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:Cool Scotty thanks. Also, what else is going down in bts? Are people mad at INH for taking the exile?

There's a certain layer of mistrust with INH. LoRab was sickened in night 3, and thinks it wasn't from the night poll, and she thinks it might have been INH.

Spoiler: show

spoiler alert: it was

But INH is not on the chopping block today.

The main core is looking at separating Epi from the herd. He's even told golden that he doesn't care about winning as much as making sure Opt, Elo or Sorsha(I think it was Sorsha) make it to the end. Golden doesn't like Epi's blatant honesty and finds it threatening.

juliets wrote:So Scotty, anything exciting going on?

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:So Scotty, anything exciting going on?

I've never seen such a dead thread.

Not a lot. Only have 2 votes in. The "Core" wants Epi out, but there hasn't been a public push yet.

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:So Scotty, anything exciting going on?

I've never seen such a dead thread.

Not a lot. Only have 2 votes in. The "Core" wants Epi out, but there hasn't been a public push yet.

Scotty wrote:Can anyone guess the 9-letter Survivor-themed word yet?
Quin did.

Scotty wrote:Can anyone guess the 9-letter Survivor-themed word yet?
Quin did.

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:Can anyone guess the 9-letter Survivor-themed word yet?
Quin did.

No, but I have a few good words I don't think many will have found. For fun we should try and come up with our own lists here. I'll start.

Spoiler: show

Nascent
Ardent
Pioneer
Snide
Reside
Resin
Scion
Sire
Tenor
Done
Redo
Redone
Don't
Kid
Kids
Net
Nets
Sneak
His
Her
Hers
Nice
Rook
Rooks
Crook
Crooks
Race
Racer
Racers
Tropics
Topics
Cadet
Dent
Dents
Cents
Rents
Rent
Cent
Rend
Rends
Render
Trend
Trends
Trend
Opine
Serpent
Asp
Ask
Asks
Asked
Cask
Casket
Cake
Cakes
Caked
Rake
Rakes
Racket
Rackets
Nape
Naps
Nap
Pan
Pans
Paint
Paints
Painter
Painters
Painted
Pain
Train
Trains
Trainer
Trained
Drain
Drains
Drainer
Cane
Caned
Caner
Dane
Danes
Had
Has
Hands
Pane
Scrape
Scraped
Certain
Inspected
Inspector
Detain
Detainer
Coins
Coiner
Coin
Coined
Nicer
Raise
Praise
Raised
Praise
Poise
Poison
Poisoner
Poisoned
Poisons
Ions
Ion
Iron
Irons
Ironed
Card
Cards
Carder
Hard
Harder
Hardest
Carded
Hairier
Cadet
Cadets
Deter
Deters
Entropic
Entropies
Center
Centers
Centered

I wonder how many points that would be worth

juliets wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:Can anyone guess the 9-letter Survivor-themed word yet?
Quin did.

No, but I have a few good words I don't think many will have found. For fun we should try and come up with our own lists here. I'll start.

Spoiler: show

Nascent
Ardent
Pioneer
Snide
Reside
Resin
Scion
Sire
Tenor
Done
Redo
Redone
Don't
Kid
Kids
Net
Nets
Sneak
His
Her
Hers
Nice
Rook
Rooks
Crook
Crooks
Race
Racer
Racers
Tropics
Topics
Cadet
Dent
Dents
Cents
Rents
Rent
Cent
Rend
Rends
Render
Trend
Trends
Trend
Opine
Serpent
Asp
Ask
Asks
Asked
Cask
Casket
Cake
Cakes
Caked
Rake
Rakes
Racket
Rackets
Nape
Naps
Nap
Pan
Pans
Paint
Paints
Painter
Painters
Painted
Pain
Train
Trains
Trainer
Trained
Drain
Drains
Drainer
Cane
Caned
Caner
Dane
Danes
Had
Has
Hands
Pane
Scrape
Scraped
Certain
Inspected
Inspector
Detain
Detainer
Coins
Coiner
Coin
Coined
Nicer
Raise
Praise
Raised
Praise
Poise
Poison
Poisoner
Poisoned
Poisons
Ions
Ion
Iron
Irons
Ironed
Card
Cards
Carder
Hard
Harder
Hardest
Carded
Hairier
Cadet
Cadets
Deter
Deters
Entropic
Entropies
Center
Centers
Centered

I wonder how many points that would be worth

If I understand his directions correctly, the letters have to adjoin in the proper sequence so for example p is not next to i even diagonally so you cant get "pioneer", s is not next to c so you cant get "scion" etc.

DharmaHelper wrote:

juliets wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:Can anyone guess the 9-letter Survivor-themed word yet?
Quin did.

No, but I have a few good words I don't think many will have found. For fun we should try and come up with our own lists here. I'll start.

Spoiler: show

Nascent
Ardent
Pioneer
Snide
Reside
Resin
Scion
Sire
Tenor
Done
Redo
Redone
Don't
Kid
Kids
Net
Nets
Sneak
His
Her
Hers
Nice
Rook
Rooks
Crook
Crooks
Race
Racer
Racers
Tropics
Topics
Cadet
Dent
Dents
Cents
Rents
Rent
Cent
Rend
Rends
Render
Trend
Trends
Trend
Opine
Serpent
Asp
Ask
Asks
Asked
Cask
Casket
Cake
Cakes
Caked
Rake
Rakes
Racket
Rackets
Nape
Naps
Nap
Pan
Pans
Paint
Paints
Painter
Painters
Painted
Pain
Train
Trains
Trainer
Trained
Drain
Drains
Drainer
Cane
Caned
Caner
Dane
Danes
Had
Has
Hands
Pane
Scrape
Scraped
Certain
Inspected
Inspector
Detain
Detainer
Coins
Coiner
Coin
Coined
Nicer
Raise
Praise
Raised
Praise
Poise
Poison
Poisoner
Poisoned
Poisons
Ions
Ion
Iron
Irons
Ironed
Card
Cards
Carder
Hard
Harder
Hardest
Carded
Hairier
Cadet
Cadets
Deter
Deters
Entropic
Entropies
Center
Centers
Centered

I wonder how many points that would be worth

If I understand his directions correctly, the letters have to adjoin in the proper sequence so for example p is not next to i even diagonally so you cant get "pioneer", s is not next to c so you cant get "scion" etc.

Well then I'm dumb

But those are all the illegal words I could make after not reading Scotty's instructions yet again.

DharmaHelper wrote:Also Scotty, this game has given me an idea for a game I might make but might not. So thanks :P

Scotty wrote:Can anyone guess the 9-letter Survivor-themed word yet?
Quin did.

juliets wrote:I didn't see one comment on Epi's death. The jury is going to have a hard time finding behavior to rate, it's all in bts.

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:I didn't see one comment on Epi's death. The jury is going to have a hard time finding behavior to rate, it's all in bts.

Yep, and even then, after looking at that vote spread, it's slightly unorganized in BTSC. There were 5 different people getting votes last night- Quin voted Elo, but his vote was forced to Epi.

Once people that have been engaging in BTSC chats enter Ponderosa, they'll hear more from behind the scenes and how people have been scheming.

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:I didn't see one comment on Epi's death. The jury is going to have a hard time finding behavior to rate, it's all in bts.

Yep, and even then, after looking at that vote spread, it's slightly unorganized in BTSC. There were 5 different people getting votes last night- Quin voted Elo, but his vote was forced to Epi.

Once people that have been engaging in BTSC chats enter Ponderosa, they'll hear more from behind the scenes and how people have been scheming.

That's why I showboated so publicly. Gotta make this show interesting to watch as much as it is interesting to play.

Edit: As JC said, it's going to be very difficult for anyone to make a legit case on why they should win based on BTSC backroom dealings.

Had I made it all the way to the promised land, no one could refute my play because it was out in the open for anyone to see. People are going to have too hard a time selling themselves on backroom stuff unless we see a big shake up and a public display of power.

juliets wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:I didn't see one comment on Epi's death. The jury is going to have a hard time finding behavior to rate, it's all in bts.

Yep, and even then, after looking at that vote spread, it's slightly unorganized in BTSC. There were 5 different people getting votes last night- Quin voted Elo, but his vote was forced to Epi.

Once people that have been engaging in BTSC chats enter Ponderosa, they'll hear more from behind the scenes and how people have been scheming.

That's why I showboated so publicly. Gotta make this show interesting to watch as much as it is interesting to play.

Edit: As JC said, it's going to be very difficult for anyone to make a legit case on why they should win based on BTSC backroom dealings.

Had I made it all the way to the promised land, no one could refute my play because it was out in the open for anyone to see. People are going to have too hard a time selling themselves on backroom stuff unless we see a big shake up and a public display of power.

They must be thinking that their backroom play is influencing people who will be on the jury so there is no need for public play.

DharmaHelper wrote:

juliets wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:

Scotty wrote:

juliets wrote:I didn't see one comment on Epi's death. The jury is going to have a hard time finding behavior to rate, it's all in bts.

Yep, and even then, after looking at that vote spread, it's slightly unorganized in BTSC. There were 5 different people getting votes last night- Quin voted Elo, but his vote was forced to Epi.

Once people that have been engaging in BTSC chats enter Ponderosa, they'll hear more from behind the scenes and how people have been scheming.

That's why I showboated so publicly. Gotta make this show interesting to watch as much as it is interesting to play.

Edit: As JC said, it's going to be very difficult for anyone to make a legit case on why they should win based on BTSC backroom dealings.

Had I made it all the way to the promised land, no one could refute my play because it was out in the open for anyone to see. People are going to have too hard a time selling themselves on backroom stuff unless we see a big shake up and a public display of power.

They must be thinking that their backroom play is influencing people who will be on the jury so there is no need for public play.

Which would be a mistake. I don't see anyone successfully making their case based on backroom dealings, because it's too easy to take credit for things you didn't do, or for someone on the Jury to say "You thought you were this puppet master, but check this out."

The winner's gotta have something concrete they can point to that everyone has seen.

Scotty wrote:The common dilemma with this challenge is: which words do you submit? Got some long words from multiple people, but they all cancel out. It's gonna be the person that submits all the smaller words worth fewer points that will win this challenge.

juliets wrote:

Scotty wrote:The common dilemma with this challenge is: which words do you submit? Got some long words from multiple people, but they all cancel out. It's gonna be the person that submits all the smaller words worth fewer points that will win this challenge.

Is there more than 1 8 letter word? I found one, and maybe another (its in the dictionary but I've never heard of it).

DharmaHelper wrote:My strategy would have been to submit all the easy words and shoot for a game winning tough one.

juliets wrote:I wonder how carefully people thought through their strategy. They probably thought others wouldn't get the hard words.

Scotty wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:My strategy would have been to submit all the easy words and shoot for a game winning tough one.

You would have won, no doubt.

DharmaHelper wrote:Ew Epi is in the jury


Now it's Ponder-gross-a

juliets wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:Ew Epi is in the jury


Now it's Ponder-gross-a

I don't understand - what makes you say this?

Spoiler: show

Elo is being mum with her role, but her main ability is a negative ability. She's never used it or hinted that she has it. I dunno if she is the type to ever use it.