The Syndicate

I’m not tooootally sure what’s going on in this game.

It sounds like golden has this wrapped up?? I didn’t touch enough people if I’m still human? And that is is golden is still human like he claims.

Uhhhh now what

Linki: uhhhhhh

You get more garnets if you touch me.

Touch me scotty

Best guess is as follows:

Dead red = zombie
Sarcasm orange = non-permanent zombie
OT green = successful cure

Speedchuck
EdJou
Nutella
DisgruntledPorcupine
M Plus 7
Scotty
Spacedaisy
Golden
DharmaHelper
Long Con

2 zombies

TOUCH #1 - GOLDEN/SPACEDAISY
TOUCH #2 - SPEEDCHUCK/LONG CON
TOUCH #3 - DISGRUNTLEDPORCUPINE/M PLUS 7
DH: "I'll drink my cure now."
TOUCH #4 - SPACEDAISY/DHARMAHELPER
Spacedaisy: "I'd like to drink my cure please."
TOUCH #5 - NUTELLA/SCOTTY
TOUCH #6 - GOLDEN/EDJOU
Then Ed drank a cure.
TOUCH #7 EDJOU/M PLUS 7

END OF ROUND ONE - 4 Zombinis - MP, DH, DP, Ed

TOUCH #8 DHARMAHELPER/NUTELLA
TOUCH #9 GOLDEN/SCOTTY
TOUCH #10 - DHARMAHELPER/SPEEDCHUCK
TOUCH #11 - SPEEDCHUCK/SPACEDAISY
TOUCH #12 - M PLUS 7/SPACEDAISY
Speed uses cure

END OF ROUND 2 - 7 Zombinis - MP, DH, DP, Ed, Nut, Daisy, LC (didn't get a touch)

TOUCH #13 - DHARMAHELPER/GOLDEN
Golden uses cure.
TOUCH #14 - SPEEDCHUCK/GOLDEN

Scotty, Speedchuck, and Golden are still humans. Speed has 2 points, Golden has 4, Scotty has 2.
Golden wins, but you can get an extra Garnet with one more touch Scotty. Or, you know, you can not touch me, become a zombie, and get no garnets.

I'll touch [mention]Scotty[/mention]

Golden already figured all of this out, so I don't feel bad putting it out there. Zombies had zero chance of taking Golden down today.

By my calculations, if I don’t turn, speed and I both become elim candidates

Nah I don’t want that please

Whats this shit about "more garnets" fam? You reading something I missed?

I’m sorry chuck

I touch Daisy

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:36 pm Actually, by my calculations, Scotty is still clean too.

@Scotty Wanna touch? This is an official invite. Stay human with me and Golden.

So, this is the equivalent of you saying "I touch Scotty"?

Just want to be clear in order to avoid another MP/SD situation.

Alternatively daisy could refuse to touch you and we have our elimination candidates.

TOUCH #14 - SPEEDCHUCK/GOLDEN

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:49 pm

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:36 pm Actually, by my calculations, Scotty is still clean too.

@Scotty Wanna touch? This is an official invite. Stay human with me and Golden.

So, this is the equivalent of you saying "I touch Scotty"?

Just want to be clear in order to avoid another MP/SD situation.

I'd rather it not be.

Scotty why did you do this?

Oh, I see.

Okay. Looks like I'm bound for another elimination match.

TOUCH #15 - SPACEDAISY/SCOTTY

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:46 pm I'll touch @Scotty

Oh. I missed this. Anyway, RIP Chuck. Pls don't pick me for the elimination match fam.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:54 pm

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:46 pm I'll touch Scotty

Oh. I missed this. Anyway, RIP Chuck. Pls don't pick me for the elimination match fam.

I won't.

I'm done for the round. Nothing more from me.

Note: In the event that there are surviving humans who are tied for least points, the player or players with the most points will decide which one will become the Elimination Candidate.

Apologies for not including this in the original post, it was a possible permutation I forgot to mention.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:56 pm Note: In the event that there are surviving humans who are tied for least points, the player or players with the most points will decide which one will become the Elimination Candidate.

Apologies for not including this in the original post, it was a possible permutation I forgot to mention.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:56 pm Note: In the event that there are surviving humans who are tied for least points, the player or players with the most points will decide which one will become the Elimination Candidate.

Apologies for not including this in the original post, it was a possible permutation I forgot to mention.

Oh. Huh.

Well that would have been interesting to note.

Instead of leaving it up to Golden to pick between us, I’m leaving it up to speed to pick between everyone.

Speed, I hope you can see why I did what I did. I’m sorry you’re in this position again. Please don’t pick me.

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 10:58 pm Speed, I hope you can see why I did what I did. I’m sorry you’re in this position again. Please don’t pick me.

I won't.

Valiant effort.

or [mention]speedchuck[/mention] and I can touch and the real fun can begin.

Hell it looks like I won't be going to the Death Match either way so yall can sort the rest of this shit out without me and I'll just be over here prepping for the next round I guess.

i feel so dumb lol wut is goin on

I'd rather be unceasingly pestered with questions about game mechanics than have confused, self-sabotaging players.

I touch [mention]Spacedaisy[/mention]

Sure, why not? I will touch nutella.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 12:28 am I'd rather be unceasingly pestered with questions about game mechanics than have confused, self-sabotaging players.

I do have to say that to some extent I feel like I took advantage of the fact, this game, that others seemed to miss that the elimination candidate would be a human. To this end, becoming a zombie was less risky provided that you could assure there was someone who would remain town. Once some people realised this they were willing to turn zombie.

In hindsight I realise there might have been a 'joint win' path here where many fewer people were at risk, so I apologise for missing that - but I think my ability to succeed at that was pretty much over the moment I took a touch from EdJou and was at two points after one round.

Golden wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 9:26 pm OK, LC - Ed... one of you touch with me, and I promise you will not be the elimination candidate if you do. Reach out first though.

What's this? But I'm a zombie, why?

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue May 15, 2018 1:46 am

Golden wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 9:26 pm OK, LC - Ed... one of you touch with me, and I promise you will not be the elimination candidate if you do. Reach out first though.

What's this? But I'm a zombie, why?

DH did it, never mind. I had to touch someone to make sure I didn't turn, and I drank my cure as soon as I had done it.

Oh, cool, I would have done it for you, I was just out.

EdJou wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 11:32 pm or @speedchuck and I can touch and the real fun can begin.

Whyyyy would I do that?

[mention]Scotty[/mention]

If you really want to, you could drink your cure and then we could touch. You and I would be tied, you would get your garnets, and then Golden picks the Elim candidate.
I don't really care either way.

TOUCH #16 NUTELLA/SPACEDAISY

I will also touch [mention]nutella[/mention] if she will return the favor because why not?

I will also touch [mention]Scotty[/mention] because life is a wonderous journey.

[mention]Scotty[/mention]

It isn't all that concerning to me, but you are giving up like 4 free garnets.

The Round 3 results might be 90 or so minutes late.

The suspense is palpable

The initial two zombies were M Plus 7 and DharmaHelper. By the end of Round 1, they had infected DisgruntledPorcupine and EdJou, turning them into zombies. Round 2 was an utter bloodbath of complacency, with DH infecting Nutella and Speed. Speed then touched Daisy before taking his cure. Meanwhile, in what was either a costly blunder or a cunning bit of strategy, Long Con didn't achieve a successful touch, causing him to become a Zombie. This left Scotty, Golden, and Speedchuck as the only humans left in Round 3. Golden managed to deftly gain points and seek out zombies, leading to an insurmountable lead. Scotty saw the way that the wind was blowing, and quickly became a zombie out of self-preservation, leaving Speedchuck as the other remaining human, holding the proverbial bag.


Here are the full results of Zombie Game:

The winner of the Zombie Game, with 4 points, is [mention]Golden[/mention]. He receives 4 Garnets and 2 Tokens of Life. One for him, and one for a player of his choice. Whoever possesses a Token of Life cannot be chosen by the Elimination Candidate to go to the Death Match.

Golden, please post in the thread who you wish to give a Token of Life to. After he does this, [mention]speedchuck[/mention], you may pick one of the remaining 7 players to be your opponent in Round Four's Death Match.

[mention]Golden[/mention] - SEVEN GARNETS

[mention]EdJou[/mention] - FIVE GARNETS

[mention]Nutella[/mention] - FIVE GARNETS

[mention]DisgruntledPorcupine[/mention] - FOUR GARNETS

[mention]M Plus 7[/mention] - FOUR GARNETS

[mention]Scotty[/mention] - FOUR GARNETS

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention] - FOUR GARNETS

[mention]Spacedaisy[/mention] - THREE GARNETS

[mention]Speedchuck[/mention] - THREE GARNETS

[mention]Long Con[/mention] - TWO GARNETS

Well, that was fun.

I played this game as somewhat of a solo game. I figured out which world we were in early (DH and one of DP/MP were the original zombies), and went full steam ahead on that basis. Some people I've worked with in the past were willing to be quite open with me and I held my cards close to my chest with them, forcing them to trust me rather than to say why. I feel a bit guilty about this, and while I genuinely had those peoples backs, I just hope people were understanding. I know that I forced you to put faith in me in ways that probably left you uncomfortable.

After round one, I was certain I had two points, and noone else had more than one. At that point it was very likely that all I had to do was stay safe in round two and I would win, and that creating some kind of joint win would be a challenge. My focus was on making sure those people became zombies because otherwise they could end up being the elimination candidate, but I didn't feel as though being up front about that would be productive. So apologies for any feelings that were hurt.

Anyway, for these reasons I'm giving the token of life to someone who I've worked well with in past rounds, but left in the dark this round, as an apology. Sorry that I can't do the same for all of those that I left in the dark.

I'm giving it to [mention]EdJou[/mention], who put in a whole lot of effort to solve the game himself.

Gg Golden. I was behind this whole game and didn’t really realize until round 3 of the implications of the humans becoming elim candidates so I’m glad someone else did the work there.

[mention]speedchuck[/mention], please choose either Nutella, DisgruntledPorcupine, M Plus 7, Scotty, DharmaHelper, Spacedaisy, or Long Con to face off against in the Death Match.

"Surviving human winners gain a Garnet for each point they earned."

fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff I misread this and thought that any humans who got through would get the garnets. I thought I was going to an elimination match, sure, but I wanted to go in rich. This is stupid.

I'm choosing DP for the elimination match.

But seriously. The win conditions for this were odd. If I'd had even an inkling that I wouldn't get those garnets, I'd have committed zombie seppuku.