The Syndicate

how are you cleared town nanook

I mean I suppose if they're that bored then all three could just do that. But I am the worst possible player to figure that out

I'd like to fight harder now to kill mafia ellie, but I also want to flip Michelle so I can bury Nutella if I am correct about them

Michelle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:41 pm The moment when Nutella mocked me and said i can start lolcatting is forgotten but i just answered at what she said and now @nutella says I was lolcatting like it was my desire to do so.

This way of presenting the reality is for town like fooling themselves and for scum a very good play. I am not considering this a good play though.
I know Nutella as a good player, and I doubt very much she would play like this as villager.
For me she is mafia because she doesn't re-evaluate and she is rigid in reads.
She should notice that Long Con is villager but she didn't.
Because her wincon didn't let her.

I can be wrong on LC and still be town. I don't think I'm wrong on you. I'm sorry, I reevaluate when necessary but everything I see points to you being mafia. If I'm wrong I will be shocked. My confidence is real.

Okay, let’s try this actually. I think it might work

[VOTE: Michelle[/vote{] aubergine

Alison wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:42 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:38 pm I currently have Grogu as more town than Koba.

I sort of think that Koba would be more active/pushy about reads if they were a wolf, just because they'd be buried the deepest out of all the wolves and have to do something to help their team. Either they use their clout to try to crack the towncore by raising tinfoil, or they bury a teammate and go deep. They haven't really done either. They've just been content gliding along and doing their own thing, which points to no agenda to me. So Koba is still just town for me.

Sure, that makes sense and I still have them as town. Grogu is just a slightly stronger townread at the moment.

L-1

Esooa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:53 pm how are you cleared town nanook

Science and a wee sprinkle of baking soda

I think we're more likely to win if we use our time. I'm not going to yell about it though. I am tired.

Is there are world where it’s esooa x Michelle?

i took my vote off michelle

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:44 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:42 pm

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:14 pm My issue with Nutella is the certainty they have shown this game, meanwhile no mafia has died yet.

The strength and confidence they are showing in these reads don't feel genuine when you look at the reasoning for the read. If I shared that logic, my level of confidence would be fairly low.

That's just how I am with certain reads. I get that people don't vibe with me saying Michelle "literally outed" but that's legitimately the feeling I got from many of her posts last night. She did actually claim scum a couple times and post jokey cat pictures and those posts all boosted my confidence that she is just mafia. Think what you want but it's the impression I got.

If you are town, then you should probably rethink how you play this aspect of the game. All this fraudulent confidence does is make you look scummy and make you biased toward a read when it's not as good as you think

It's not false confidence. I have seen Michelle play a lot and I am extremely sure this is her scum game. In general I am usually open to reevaluation of reads over the course of the game but in this specific situation I am not rescinding and I can point you to previous town games where I had similar confidence on someone being obvscum and was right.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:56 pm I think we're more likely to win if we use our time. I'm not going to yell about it though. I am tired.

Valid, I’ll move back to esooa for now, and move back l8r

Don’t tease me like that

i unvoted because i'd like to have some time to catch up w/the thread and get my thoughts in order

Michelle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:44 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:34 pm I don't suspect nutella any extra for her confidence. That's a part of her repertoire and has been for years. I'm concerned instead with authenticity, and I don't struggle to believe that she believes in what she says.

She don't because she is not looking in my eyes.

*Looks directly into your eyes*

You have a mafia role card


That help?

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:56 pm It's not false confidence. I have seen Michelle play a lot and I am extremely sure this is her scum game. In general I am usually open to reevaluation of reads over the course of the game but in this specific situation I am not rescinding and I can point you to previous town games where I had similar confidence on someone being obvscum and was right.

Do you know off-hand of a highly-active mafia Michelle game? One probably exists out there.

Made wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:53 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:51 pm The wifom that spoke louder to me was Michelle saying like seven times on Day 0/1 that she was Made's mafia teammate

Oh wow, that was this game

LOL

Esooa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:53 pm dooms read on nutella is very not good rn

Nah it's p common for players unfamiliar with me to scumread my style and I understand her perspective. P sure she's town, just hope she can be openminded about me

General query:

Who disagrees that all four of these names belong in a POE of six? Made, Michelle, Ellie, Grogu

If you do agree, then what two others do you include to fill out the available space for six names?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:56 pm I think we're more likely to win if we use our time. I'm not going to yell about it though. I am tired.

My lizard brain really wants the hammer to drop so Michelle can't instill more doubt in people but my tactical brain wants the day to play out on schedule so that the game is in night phase for day 1 of the mash on mu on monday

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:02 pm General query:

Who disagrees that all four of these names belong in a POE of six? Made, Michelle, Ellie, Grogu

If you do agree, then what two others do you include to fill out the available space for six names?

Grogu is town.

My six would currently be Michelle, Ellie, Made, Nanook, Jay, SPF

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:48 pm

Michelle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:44 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:34 pm I don't suspect nutella any extra for her confidence. That's a part of her repertoire and has been for years. I'm concerned instead with authenticity, and I don't struggle to believe that she believes in what she says.

She don't because she is not looking in my eyes.

What do you think is different about nutella's suspicion of you than someone else who views you as a suspect that you don't disbelieve, like myself?

Nutella really pocketed me as wolf in the hydra mash, in a very open and shameless way.
I suspect she would not do this in a position she scum vs me town again, but adopt a different stance. If you look at her read progression on me you will see is not natural. At least this is my feeling.
She know how to read me well, however she distorted my meta and stretched it at whim.
SPF went to bed with my wagon at 7 people. She knows better.
In all my wagon the other player who feels like scum is Esooa and this is my Poe.

I don't really care about your read because you were wrong about me before.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:02 pm General query:

Who disagrees that all four of these names belong in a POE of six? Made, Michelle, Ellie, Grogu

If you do agree, then what two others do you include to fill out the available space for six names?

I do

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:57 pm

Michelle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:44 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:34 pm I don't suspect nutella any extra for her confidence. That's a part of her repertoire and has been for years. I'm concerned instead with authenticity, and I don't struggle to believe that she believes in what she says.

She don't because she is not looking in my eyes.

*Looks directly into your eyes*

You have a mafia role card


That help?

Nah

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:57 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:56 pm It's not false confidence. I have seen Michelle play a lot and I am extremely sure this is her scum game. In general I am usually open to reevaluation of reads over the course of the game but in this specific situation I am not rescinding and I can point you to previous town games where I had similar confidence on someone being obvscum and was right.

Do you know off-hand of a highly-active mafia Michelle game? One probably exists out there.

I linked them, SPF pretended she read and found out i am mafia here.
Lame if you ask me.

Reads spam:

Alison - lockstep on almost everything, town
Omega - seems authentic, lean town
DkKoba - perhaps cleared by thread climate on Day 0, never seemed particularly suspicious, lean town
EllieDelight - POE by analysis and general vibes
Esooa - seems authentic, hard to find a coherent mafia team, town
Grogu - POE by analysis, doesn't seem "bad"
Made - POE by analysis and general vibes
Michelle - POE by analysis and general vibes for some of the game
Nanook - seems authentic, lean town
nutella - seems authentic, limited team fits, town
SPF - seems authentic, lean town
tutuu - seems authentic, hard to find a coherent mafia team, town

POE - Ellie, Grogu, Made, Michelle, [Omega, Nanook, SPF, DkKoba]

I am most inclined to drop SPF and DK from that end pile to form my POE of six. The fact that I have to do that isn't super encouraging, but that's where I am at.

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:56 pm

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:44 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:42 pm

DaughterOfOmega wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:14 pm My issue with Nutella is the certainty they have shown this game, meanwhile no mafia has died yet.

The strength and confidence they are showing in these reads don't feel genuine when you look at the reasoning for the read. If I shared that logic, my level of confidence would be fairly low.

That's just how I am with certain reads. I get that people don't vibe with me saying Michelle "literally outed" but that's legitimately the feeling I got from many of her posts last night. She did actually claim scum a couple times and post jokey cat pictures and those posts all boosted my confidence that she is just mafia. Think what you want but it's the impression I got.

If you are town, then you should probably rethink how you play this aspect of the game. All this fraudulent confidence does is make you look scummy and make you biased toward a read when it's not as good as you think

It's not false confidence. I have seen Michelle play a lot and I am extremely sure this is her scum game. In general I am usually open to reevaluation of reads over the course of the game but in this specific situation I am not rescinding and I can point you to previous town games where I had similar confidence on someone being obvscum and was right.

Like you werr right on Long Con isn't it?

Best thing for Nanook is that he's a poor fit with much of the other POE names, the Michelle wifom notwithstanding.

@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME what's your read on Michelle, Ellie, and Made?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:51 pm The wifom that spoke louder to me was Michelle saying like seven times on Day 0/1 that she was Made's mafia teammate

I put myself in team with Long Con too.
Wait. That spews Made town if i am mafia
I cannot be so insensitive with my mates. Or can i

Getting Mafia headache. Be back later.

[VOTE: Michelle ] aubergineThat wagon were bigger smh, i could escape this game sooner, i said all i wanted to say

Be my guests mafia and sheeping mafia townies

I see Michelle as more scummy than LC was, it makes me try and think about why LC was killed in the end. Was it just the Ellie thing everyone got caught up in?

I need to look over EOD again and get a sense of who wanted what to happen

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:10 pm Reads spam:

Alison - lockstep on almost everything, town
Omega - seems authentic, lean town
DkKoba - perhaps cleared by thread climate on Day 0, never seemed particularly suspicious, lean town
EllieDelight - POE by analysis and general vibes
Esooa - seems authentic, hard to find a coherent mafia team, town
Grogu - POE by analysis, doesn't seem "bad"
Made - POE by analysis and general vibes
Michelle - POE by analysis and general vibes for some of the game
Nanook - seems authentic, lean town
nutella - seems authentic, limited team fits, town
SPF - seems authentic, lean town
tutuu - seems authentic, hard to find a coherent mafia team, town

POE - Ellie, Grogu, Made, Michelle, [Omega, Nanook, SPF, DkKoba]

I am most inclined to drop SPF and DK from that end pile to form my POE of six. The fact that I have to do that isn't super encouraging, but that's where I am at.

I can get behind this as a way forward.
if you swap nanook and dkkoba with Nutella and esooa, i could even sponsor it. I’m struggling to find a coherent team with Nutella and Esooa as well, but they still seem worse than nanook or dkkoba by far

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:13 pm @NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME what's your read on Michelle, Ellie, and Made?

I think made is >rand mafia, in my heart of hearts I don’t think Michelle or Ellie are

I also am totally unwilling to fight for my reads in any meaningful way today

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:21 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:13 pm @NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME what's your read on Michelle, Ellie, and Made?

I think made is >rand mafia, in my heart of hearts I don’t think Michelle or Ellie are

I also am totally unwilling to fight for my reads in any meaningful way today

does it bother you that you've had the same reads since Day 0

im changing my vote to made, i think the likelihood of him being scum is higher than Mich

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:22 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:21 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:13 pm @NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME what's your read on Michelle, Ellie, and Made?

I think made is >rand mafia, in my heart of hearts I don’t think Michelle or Ellie are

I also am totally unwilling to fight for my reads in any meaningful way today

does it bother you that you've had the same reads since Day 0

Not particularly

a couple of assorted thoughts from my catch-up:

-i said as much last night, but i feel pretty good about esooa being town. i feel that her town equity has increased significantly today for a number of reasons

-the biggest issue i take with michelle is that her reads feel "static" in a way that strikes me as very inauthentic. there have been a couple of moments throughout the last few pages where she says "maybe im wrong" or "i could be misreading", but she always circles back to confidently scumreading the exact team of me/esooa/nutella. it's very hard for me to believe that michelle would genuinely have that thought process as town, and that it would be a thought process that remains so stagnant and so stubborn as the day goes on

that said, one thing that makes me worried about michelle is the level of ATE she's put into this game. i don't have a good frame of reference for how much michelle utilizes ATE as scum, but the attacks she's gone on here have felt so wildly personal. a couple of pages ago, she outright said that nutella wasn't her friend because she wasn't seriously reconsidering her (which, upon second thought, is not the type of appeal that is internally consistent with someone who believes that nutella is definitely mafia pushing on her in bad faith. that type of ATE assumes that nutella is town - which contradicts with the attitude michelle has otherwise taken toward nutella). i don't know, her emotional appeals seem extreme to me, and there are a couple of posts that make me doubt myself, but holistically, her reads just do not feel like they're coming from the mindset of someone who genuinely wants to solve and figure out the game

-a number of made's posts today have felt explicitly like they are made for the sake of WIFOM. i'll have to dig up specific examples of this, but there are quite a few posts where i feel as though made's primary intent is to play mind games/spew certain players as certain alignment. i've had trouble getting in lockstep with made's thought process throughout this entire game, and i feel that to an even more extreme extent today

-grogu is still in my POE, but his town equity increased slightly. perhaps i should have trusted in the baby yoda all along.

-i feel "messy" this game, and i don't like it. my reads as town are usually well-organized & well-sorted, but my reads in this game feel like a thousand monkeys in my brain frantically begging for my attention. it's easy for me to shift from one world to another in my gamesolving because i don't feel as though i have a concrete "foundation" for my game like i usually do. i don't know if i'm just having a bad game or if there's something specific about the gamestate that's making it more difficult for me to trust in myself. regardless, i want to rectify this if i'm still alive tomorrow and figure out what's been causing this mental block.

my strongest townreads are nutella, tutuu, and esooa. the tier slightly below that is jagged, nanook, and alison. my POE broadly aligns with the consensus, but i am considering a world where a deepwolf may exist

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:37 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:22 pm

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:21 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:13 pm @NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME what's your read on Michelle, Ellie, and Made?

I think made is >rand mafia, in my heart of hearts I don’t think Michelle or Ellie are

I also am totally unwilling to fight for my reads in any meaningful way today

does it bother you that you've had the same reads since Day 0

Not particularly

Possibly in part because I don’t actually feel super strongly about most of my reads

I’m pretty much just taking a backseat and seeing if the current leaders push us to scum, if they don’t then I’ll try to course correct when it’s needed. Idk if that’s the correct way to play this game but it’s how I’m playing it anyways

EllieDelight wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:25 pm im changing my vote to made, i think the likelihood of him being scum is higher than Mich

Explain this in good detail.

You and Michelle could easily be teammates, and if Ellie can't genuinely give an explanation we just kill them both.

whats up fuckers

pouring myself a drink its time to catch up

SPF did you ever answer my question about what kind of towntells you're looking for from Michelle?

why is there a wagon on michelle

DkKoba wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:44 pm why is there a wagon on michelle

You might wanna pour two

can some1 link me the post where the flip is im too lazy

also sorry if im dead but i didnt get any message from mod so i assume im alive

http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com/viewto ... 01#p706601

you can use the host ISO on the first page in the future

Alison wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:43 pm SPF did you ever answer my question about what kind of towntells you're looking for from Michelle?

@staypositivefriend