The Syndicate

hi

Hey Dom it's nice to finally play a game with you again. Any thoughts about what people should go first

not me

(also yes hi i have missed u friend)

Mediocrates peered close, furrowing his brow as he tried to locate the Air elements he had isolated pure samples of. One seemed to be holding together just fine, laughing, singing, and dancing in the breeze, as the breeze... but where was the other?

It seemed to the alchemist that the other elements had grown resentful of Air's free-spirited ways... and Mediocrates agreed! What was Air anyway - just some invisible thing that supposedly filled the spaces where other things were not? As a scientist, he was inclined to scoff at the notion. Invisible indeed. Those other elements were right to push Air out!

Then something caught his eye, a delightful chase... perhaps evidence of love between elements? One of the Fires was playfully dancing after a Water, while the Water giggled and chased after the other Fire. A slow smile spread across Mediocrates' face as the innocent romantic game played out before his eyes. Fire + Water.... Water + Fire. A slight frown clouded his expression for a moment, as he almost remembered something... something important?

As the three elements collided in a laughing steam, Mediocrates remembered - Fire and Water?! Oh no, nonono, I have to-- but it was too late. The steam cleared, and a tear came to the alchemist's eye as he watched Water peering around, left and right, looking for its lost playmates.

Do we know how much of each element is out there?

We bout to do it.

Well, shit.

Can we assume that every element has another certain element that will kill it?

That makes things complicated. I probably should not have revealed my element.

G's demise sucks! Pity about Sig and Dom but I was really looking forward to playing with G again

I retract my question, from context I can tell there were only two fire. Which makes me sad because I would have liked merging with fire.

Such an awful, tragic coincidence to have lost both Fires the first day.

Neat. They will be missed.

God of Hellfire, exit stage left.

how unfortunate

and fortunate!

I dont know if anyone asked but, is there a rule on picking the same player? no consecutive picking or no picking a player more than once?

Unexpected end result to day one.

Opens up interesting possibilities.

I will say "I am not aware of any combo that will automatically kill me" and see what others say to that.

(Sprityo, let's be friends with everyone but Quin, okay? So they don't lynch us.)

(I'm just joking, Quin. You're alright.)

G-Man and Dom, you're fired.

Rough way to go out so early. Sets a brutal tone for the game, though, to know that it's probable the kills were unintentional, and it seems like the same outcome happened in both target directions, and one of them brought on their own death by their choice of target, so that's even rougher.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 11:05 pm Well, shit.

Can we assume that every element has another certain element that will kill it?

That makes things complicated. I probably should not have revealed my element.

Water extinguishing Fire makes sense. You are Earth, right? What's the counterpart to Earth? Air? Maybe the other Air could target you next and see what happens.

Tranq wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:35 am

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 11:05 pm Well, shit.

Can we assume that every element has another certain element that will kill it?

That makes things complicated. I probably should not have revealed my element.

Water extinguishing Fire makes sense. You are Earth, right? What's the counterpart to Earth? Air? Maybe the other Air could target you next and see what happens.

Or, and this would be my preferred choice, they could not do that. That'd be, like, really cool.

What element are you, Tranq?

Wow, three deaths already. Iiiinteresting. Bye guys

Not Fire.

Tranq wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:40 amNot Fire.

Me either.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:21 am (Sprityo, let's be friends with everyone but Quin, okay? So they don't lynch us.)

(I'm just joking, Quin. You're alright.)

Just alright? You trying to make an enemy of me, huh?

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 12:45 pm

Tranq wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 3:11 am

nutella wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 12:49 am I'm pretty in favor of lynching somebody. Like I sort of understand the sentiment behind wanting to let everyone get through one phase and combine their element, but for the sake of my own interests, it's LMS so I just want to go ahead and start eliminating other players. No lynch just drags out the process. Delays the carnage if you will.

I agree with this. Voting No Lynch in a LMS game is like lynching a civ while playing as a civ - it doesn't help you at all. It's the opposite of what your role is trying to accomplish.

Such are the thoughts of a foolish man.

Allow me to enlighten you my dude:

The goal of the game isn't "murder everyone" It's "Don't get murdered"

Therefore, and without question, the soundest initial strategy is peace in our time. If no one is lynched, everyone has an opportunity to mesh with at least one element, and more importantly, get some information as to with whom they would or would not prefer to mesh elements, team up, etc.

Mindlessly lynching, on Day 1, places the individual at a disadvantage. For one, there is no guarantee that the person getting lynched won't be you. For another, you may find you lynched an element that would have been mission critical to your success.

This is a smart post.

Well that was crazy

Well, DH was right. Sig, as Air, is someone I would have liked to have met.

That's sad for G and Dom. Flame OFF.

Wow. That sucks for Dom and gman. Sorry to see you go so quick

Wow...I was not expecting that.

Speedchuck, how are you doing buddy?

I'm doing pretty good. Looks like tonight is going to be an info-gathering night.

Have you already gathered some information, speedchuck?

Looks like i won't learn anything useful tonight...

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:01 am I dont know if anyone asked but, is there a rule on picking the same player? no consecutive picking or no picking a player more than once?

No consecutive picking. No double-targeting. You may combine with the same player/element more than once.

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 9:13 am Have you already gathered some information, speedchuck?

Currently waiting for some role info, and I also somehow got a chatzy? No idea why.
I'll be keeping quiet on the role info unless it becomes advantageous for everyone if I out one of the people I have info on.

Of course, all of us are getting a little bit of info: The role we targeted.

Edit: Alright, I have all my info. Now I can chatzy when I get home.

sure just rub the fact that you got BTSC in everyone's face that'll end well.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 10:44 am sure just rub the fact that you got BTSC in everyone's face that'll end well.

Honestly, it kinda sucks. I can't Chatzy at work, only Quicktopic. As other people will agree, if they did survivor with me, I am like the worst candidate for BTSC.

If I had to guess how you got BTSC, is that you are psionic and picked the other psionic

I will probably vote for the last person to check in tonight.

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:20 pm If I had to guess how you got BTSC, is that you are psionic and picked the other psionic

I can confirm that this didn't happen.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:34 pm I will probably vote for the last person to check in tonight.

Everyone hasn't checked in?

speedchuck wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:43 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:34 pm I will probably vote for the last person to check in tonight.

Everyone hasn't checked in?

Tonight, maybe. I dunno.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:38 pm

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:20 pm If I had to guess how you got BTSC, is that you are psionic and picked the other psionic

I can confirm that this didn't happen.

then what would make sense to get BTSC?

@hosts, are all interactions specific to the initial user? So if Fire visits water, fire dies. But if water visits fire then fire dies?

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:53 pm @hosts, are all interactions specific to the initial user? So if Fire visits water, fire dies. But if water visits fire then fire dies?

To explain further, the user has a different message than the other. Water would be "Water + Fire = The other player dies" and Fire would be "Fire + Water = You die."

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:52 pm

speedchuck wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:38 pm

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:20 pm If I had to guess how you got BTSC, is that you are psionic and picked the other psionic

I can confirm that this didn't happen.

then what would make sense to get BTSC?

PSI and... spirit? IDK, and I don't want to narrow myself down just yet. It wasn't my action that gave me chat. I targeted earth.

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:57 pm

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:53 pm @hosts, are all interactions specific to the initial user? So if Fire visits water, fire dies. But if water visits fire then fire dies?

To explain further, the user has a different message than the other. Water would be "Water + Fire = The other player dies" and Fire would be "Fire + Water = You die."

There may be variances in how certain elements interact based on the acting element, and there may be instances where the order matters not. More experimentation is my solution. Only through experimentation can answers be truly discovered.

This is all so interesting. I wish i was supee awesome a spreadsheets and could try to figure everything out, but i think it would make my brain hurt so I think I'll just play and have fun with all the surprises I encounter.

INH what element did you mix with and did it go ok?

Bass_the_Clever wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 4:07 pm INH what element did you mix with and did it go ok?

I combined with Epignosis, who was the first to request to fuse with me. It worked out well.

I'm not gonna say publicly what his role is, as there seems to be certain fatal combinations of elements, and I don't necessarily want to screw him over.

Yet.