The Syndicate

The problem with this line is that it’s meaningless until FG actually flips kek

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:55 pm

Wisp wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:53 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:50 pm

Wisp wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:50 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:48 pm That’s half of what I’m asking for!

if the second question is asking if my role has anything to do with my flavor? then the answer is no

So there’s no flavor description/tie between flavor and role even a tenuous one?

nothing at all for me

not even if you squint and tilt your head sideways? you cant see any relation from your character description to your role?

NO! Like I don't even need to look into it since I know my character well enough, and there is literally no relation at all in regards to my flavor and my role

Of course I have flavor?

tbh im not convinced this flavor thing with fg is a real thing because my rolecard doesnt explicitly tie my power in with my character. only the miller part is explicit. the justification for the other part is there if i infer it but its not explicit A to B

Jay is gonna be so disappointed when he reads this lmao

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:57 pm tbh im not convinced this flavor thing with fg is a real thing because my rolecard doesnt explicitly tie my power in with my character. only the miller part is explicit. the justification for the other part is there if i infer it but its not explicit A to B

and like, the justification im inferring for the first part could be unintentional

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:57 pm Jay is gonna be so disappointed when he reads this lmao

im ready for a fatherly scolding

Perhaps for me it's because I am very familiar with the character so I can see the connection but if it were someone else maybe I wouldn't. I guess maybe we cant put too much stock in it.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:57 pm Jay is gonna be so disappointed when he reads this lmao

I mean...yeah maybe haha

i wish everyone was here now

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:04 pm i wish everyone was here now

Why, you want more flavourclaims?

Here's the format my flavor is in.

"As [flavor], you may [do a thing]."

Just so there's no argument about how "implicit" this flavor is supposed to be

Ehhhhh let’s not get into format of role PMs, that’s uh

Probably pushing into modkill territory for most GMs.

Fair enough, I'll drop it. I figured it was fine since I excised, like, most of the bits of the quote that actually matters. I can see why it would be bad though so I'll drop it and pretend it never happened.

No more discussion of role pm wording. I will modkill you.

[mention]ColinIsCool[/mention]
[mention]Long Con[/mention]
[mention]TonyStarkPrime[/mention]
[mention]DrWilgy[/mention]
[mention]Spacedaisy[/mention]
[mention]Wisp[/mention]
[mention]KitsuShel[/mention]
[mention]sabie12[/mention]
[mention]Epignosis[/mention]
[mention]Alison[/mention]
[mention]NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME[/mention]
[mention]Funnygurl555[/mention]
[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention]
[mention]Hally[/mention]
[mention]Pawn Lelouch[/mention]

I mean I don’t care personally

I just don’t want anyone modkilled lol

Sorry, I didn't know that was over the line. I won't do it again.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:15 pm No more discussion of role pm wording. I will modkill you.

@ColinIsCool
@Long Con
@TonyStarkPrime
@DrWilgy
@Spacedaisy
@Wisp
@KitsuShel
@sabie12
@Epignosis
@Alison
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
@Funnygurl555
@JaggedJimmyJay
@Hally
@Pawn Lelouch

This is a very vague warning

Does this mean I can’t claim my role name? Or my role? Or what my flavor is? What’s the limit?

Not trying to be a pain just want to be clear

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:16 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:15 pm No more discussion of role pm wording. I will modkill you.

@ColinIsCool
@Long Con
@TonyStarkPrime
@DrWilgy
@Spacedaisy
@Wisp
@KitsuShel
@sabie12
@Epignosis
@Alison
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
@Funnygurl555
@JaggedJimmyJay
@Hally
@Pawn Lelouch

This is a very vague warning

Does this mean I can’t claim my role name? Or my role? Or what my flavor is? What’s the limit?

Not trying to be a pain just want to be clear

You can claim your flavor name. You can describe what your powers do mechanically. You can use standard words to describe your powers like "I am the cop" or "I am a miller."

You may not use formatting, word choice, etc to attempt to (or pretend to attempt to) determine if or prove that a role being claimed was written by me.

rip

ColinIsCool

Pawn Lelouch

Much appreciated when you get a chance, [mention]Jackofhearts2005[/mention]

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:20 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:16 pm

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:15 pm No more discussion of role pm wording. I will modkill you.

@ColinIsCool
@Long Con
@TonyStarkPrime
@DrWilgy
@Spacedaisy
@Wisp
@KitsuShel
@sabie12
@Epignosis
@Alison
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
@Funnygurl555
@JaggedJimmyJay
@Hally
@Pawn Lelouch

This is a very vague warning

Does this mean I can’t claim my role name? Or my role? Or what my flavor is? What’s the limit?

Not trying to be a pain just want to be clear

You can claim your flavor name. You can describe what your powers do mechanically. You can use standard words to describe your powers like "I am the cop" or "I am a miller."

You may not use formatting, word choice, etc to attempt to (or pretend to attempt to) determine if or prove that a role being claimed was written by me.

to be clear, is any discussion of flavor tying in with roles prohibited or just discussing the exact format?

I'd call Pawn's earliest foray into the game mafia-compatible. It doesn't necessarily look "bad", but nor does it improve the standing of sprityo's slot to this point eye em oh.

JJJ do you not have thoughts on anything that went on or are you still catching up

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:38 pm I'd call Pawn's earliest foray into the game mafia-compatible. It doesn't necessarily look "bad", but nor does it improve the standing of sprityo's slot to this point eye em oh.

remind me again what was your opinion on that slot before pawn replaced in? this insinuates that you scumread sprityo?

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:38 pm JJJ do you not have thoughts on anything that went on or are you still catching up

Much of that is taboo and I'd really prefer not to send the game back in that direction by talking about it.

FG can be mafia.

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:38 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:38 pm I'd call Pawn's earliest foray into the game mafia-compatible. It doesn't necessarily look "bad", but nor does it improve the standing of sprityo's slot to this point eye em oh.

remind me again what was your opinion on that slot before pawn replaced in? this insinuates that you scumread sprityo?

sprityo was in my POE pool and had Day 1 not ended prematurely I intended to vote for him (once given permission). There was some active suspicion too, primarily in his handling of the miller claims and Tony specifically.

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:36 pm If you would like to make the case that Jay is scum then by all means go ahead but I see townie behavior. While I am loath to simplify his game to a point, he’s a lot quieter as scum, at least in my experience.

Can you recall an example of a game that brings you to this perspective?

colin
wilgy
pawn
fg
lc

i think my poe is still basically this? idk not a lot has really changed ig

Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

She hates angleshooting and what we were doing was fairly close to it

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:49 pm

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:36 pm If you would like to make the case that Jay is scum then by all means go ahead but I see townie behavior. While I am loath to simplify his game to a point, he’s a lot quieter as scum, at least in my experience.

Can you recall an example of a game that brings you to this perspective?

I didn't think you were quieter as scum. Not saying I scum read you now but I didn't think your amount of posting had changed.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

She hates angleshooting and what we were doing was fairly close to it

why does that move her down?

ignore this if it will venture back into prohibited territory

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

She hates angleshooting and what we were doing was fairly close to it

1) I made an argument that what you were doing wasn't angleshooting

2) If I was mafia and I saw town angleshooting why would I be more likely to accept it when it gives you guys more information? Unless you think you were wrong in your conclusion and FG is town and I was letting you swing your way to your own demise?

sabie12 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:58 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:49 pm

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:36 pm If you would like to make the case that Jay is scum then by all means go ahead but I see townie behavior. While I am loath to simplify his game to a point, he’s a lot quieter as scum, at least in my experience.

Can you recall an example of a game that brings you to this perspective?

I didn't think you were quieter as scum. Not saying I scum read you now but I didn't think your amount of posting had changed.

I ask the question, because I can recall at least one game where "quieter mafia" Jay existed. Mountain Mafia was played during my graduate finals week and I had no time to play. Colin wasn't in that game though, so he'd have to derive the view elsewhere.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

She hates angleshooting and what we were doing was fairly close to it

And you believe that hate is inherently alignment based? Meaning she wouldn't do it as town but would as mafia or 3P?

[mention]Alison[/mention], one thing that I think might help me to get into your head a little better would be a dedicated reads list with a brief blurb (like a few words or a sentence) for each player. I realize that's a bit of a homework assignment; I don't want you to write a dissertation. But it'd help me get a clearer idea of your view of the game state in general rather than on certain smaller-scale reads.

I guess technically I was quieter mafia in Ziggy Stardust too.

Pawn Lelouch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:02 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

She hates angleshooting and what we were doing was fairly close to it

And you believe that hate is inherently alignment based? Meaning she wouldn't do it as town but would as mafia or 3P?

it's not my place to answer this question, anyways
Are you caught up with the thread? Thoughts? Why did you choose this post to respond to?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:30 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:29 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:27 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:39 pm I honestly don't care how many town losses I have to contribute to before I stop getting suspected for my normal playstyle.

This is not “I think Jay is mafia.”

This is “I want Jay dead. Because screw Jay.”

Don't be so egotistical. That post is all about me, not you.

You know that chopping me contributes to a town loss.

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:33 pm

Hally wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:15 pm @sprityo i still cant parse the reasoning for your wisp vote. could you clarify?

Wisp’s posts this game have been grating and could’ve accomplished any questions/information they wanted to acquire in a different manner.

The way they went about it made the environment feel more hostile and that takes away from the rational problem solving trying to be accomplished.

You could call it something similar to chaos-mongering. Basically they were inhibiting the town’s ability to function and I see that as a mafia mentality and way of playing

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

Hally wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:55 pm Alison has moved *slightly* down for me tbh

why?

She hates angleshooting and what we were doing was fairly close to it

Are... are you angleshooting angleshooting?

I'm sorry, those first two posts were hanging around in my quotes tally.

No that's just a straight meta read. Not everything is angleshooting.

Also for the record if I hate X behavior normally but it benefits my win condition as mafia I'll tolerate it because I don't see anything wrong with letting the town hang themselves. Like if FG was town here and y'all angleshot her as mafia and I was mafia and knew she wasn't, I would be content just sitting back and letting you guys go ahead. Which is why I think nanook suspected me, because of that lack of pushback against a behavior I hate. I don't see this as angleshooting at all though and explained why, so I wouldn't pushback against it either way.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:39 pm Get in bitches we’re going borderline angle shooting


Everyone should be claiming two things rn—do you have miller + another role (don’t claim what, just yes for two roles no for just one)

And if you have flavor justification or not, just a yes/no

Yes to both. Miller+ and flavor.

This is not a new read, but Wisp is a civilian. His last post reinforced my confidence.

I have firm confidence in the civilianhood of these players:

Spacedaisy
Wisp
KitsuShel
sabie12
Nanook
Hally

And that's still a decent game state considering our present state of heightened confusion. So let's try to get back to sound hunting as a group; the game doesn't have to become a toilet (not saying it has done that, but we're walking the toilet tightrope). One name I didn't include was Epignosis. I need to review him with fresh eyes.

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:25 am1. @JaggedJimmyJay Did you not notice the date on the video? I feel fairly certain the title means nothing, only the fact that it was Jack Sparrow and he escaped, as FG did. Also feel mildly weirded out by the fact you made so much of that title. If Jack had loaded that video for this game, I'd be down to believe it, but no.

The video is probably meaningless.

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:25 am5. I have asked a few times and I don't recall getting a good answer, but then we are 40 pages deep and maybe I just don't remember it, can someone who suspects TSP give me an explanation because I am seeing town all over him personally.

My perspective on Tony is a bit torn, in that he has made a wealth of posts and in objective terms seems to fit a town "archetype". I just haven't felt something from his posts. My town balls have not tingled. I need to secure my own read here, so thanks for the reminder.

[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention]

ColinIsCool - hasn't posted enough for me to get a good read on him. I didn't really see anything I'd call particularly townie or scummy in the posts I did see.

Long Con - scum for melodrama and the way a bunch of people in the thread coalesced off him for what I felt were sketchy reasons at EoD. Generally I'm very suspicious when someone does something that gets everyone to say they're suspicious but somehow they never quite get to majority during EoD.

TonyStarkPrime - really did not like the shift off LC EoD and none of their posts have impressed me so far. Scumlean.

DrWilgy - null to maybe a slight townlean because he gives off a "don't bother me, I'm doing things my own way at my own time" vibe.

sprityo/Pawn Lelouch - I looked again and again and I don't see any reason to read this slot as anything but null. I think sprityo would have done the "kill the miller claims" thing as town as well as scum and it's been esttablished that they do the "I'm not putting in effortt" thing as both alignments as well.

Spacedaisy - townlean, I get a sense of earnestness and some amount of genuine indecision off their posts. Earnestness and honesy is generally townie and I tend towards believing that this brand of indecision looked like the Spacedaisy trying to figure things out with limited information.

Wisp - they keep making posts I really disagree with but everyone says they do that all the time as town, so I'll put Wisp down as a null.

KitsuShel - strongest townread. The way they went about their claim was super townie, their entrance was great and they've been trying to contribute in their own way rather than coasting or slanking, even after a bunch of people gave them a town pass.

sabie12 - town. Don't intend to figure out how to best word my feelings on sabie this late at night. IMO just read her recent posts and if you can't see why they're town ask me again.

Epignosis - I guess thinking back on Epi he's not done that much and I'd expect a more aggressive Epi as town. Slight scumlean.

Alison - town

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME - town. attiude the game has been townie and focused on either trying to solve or trying to coordinate. generally pretty open about thoughts & beliefs. "angleshooting" attempts look like a townie trying to get an edge. If this is mafia faking it to look town, then I'm impressed by his acting. just gives off a trustworthy vibe tbh

Funnygurl555 - can be scum. I still maintain that her D1 behavior was scummy and her role claim has been called into question. There are some discrepancies that make me question this read ("why didn't FG just make up a flavor or steal one from the fake claim?" "why was FG playing so fast and loose with her unexecuable status D1?") but she's definitely in my POE at this stage

JaggedJimmyJay - if I take a step back and think about it, JJJ hasn't actually done that much solving and there's still the question about him and LC. I'm willing to take a step back on this read b/c I understand that his established solving style is more about coordinating a towncore than just hard reading scum on D1, plus it just makes sense to me to flip LC first and look at the interactions with JJJ after I'm sure of LC's alignment. so this read is sorta in limbo for now. would not put JJJ in my POE until LC flips, but also would not put him in my towncore.

Hally - still think the interactions were not a good look. however I believe strongly enough that scum hally would not fake that "angleshoot" read on FG in the context of that situation and the rest of her play has been townie. maybe if nanook was also scum and coaching her but a Hally/nanook wolf team is ludicrously unlikely to me so she's just town.

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:32 pmJJJ hasn't actually done that much solving