The Syndicate

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 11:28 am**

Vivax wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:29 am Hi, I am in this game. I only know a few players very slightly.
Mr. Hyde is currently unavailable.

Taking suggestions on how to vote in the poll.

I tend not to put much thought into Day 0 polls. Sometimes it means something. Sometimes it is just a period to give everyone a chance to realise the game has started.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 11:50 am**

good luck everyone, have fun!

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:05 pm**

I was missing the Duchie contingent of the baddie teammates in the poll. Went with strong players i figured would ballance out the fact that I'm not great at playing baddie.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:35 pm**

G-Man wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:16 pm Verily, I say unto thee, my brothers and sister- this game looks awesome. Let's have some fun!

PS- Could the hosts include the player list in the OP or somewhere? I'd like to start setting up my spreadsheet... old-school style!

Narrowly I say unto thee,

H
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Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:38 pm**

Ika/Silverwolf 2022

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:40 pm**

Vanishing off to Disney on Ice soon, so I’m checking in while my family eats lunch (haha, suckers).

Quin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:07 am [quote=G-Man post_id=965798 time=<a href="tel:1666496882">1666496882</a> user_id=383]
Very good to see the Oceania contingent checking in.

@Quin- Your post about Sloonei reminded me of your epic performance in Mad Max all those years ago. For a second I misremembered that you and Sloonei dueled it out in grand fashion, but then I recalled that it was you and Dom (why isn't he in this game?) that went toe-to-toe. Sloonei just edged you out by virtue of a lucky protection (provided by LoRab no less, who I haven't seen around here much since that game).

@Golden the Coward- There is a third path for you to take. Just sneak the game in during those few fleeting moments of private time. Your wife and kids will never suspect that you're playing mafia. Mine haven't caught on yet, and I've been doing it for my second kid's entire life.

Everyone seems to think Mad Max is my apex scum performance. In my opinion, my apex was every other game where I played so horribly I may as well have been.

Why are you reminded of it?
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I remember that Mad Max came down to you vs Sloonei, but my brain short-circuited for a minute and led me to believe that the epic back-and-forth near endgame was you two but then I remembered it was you vs Dom.

fingersplints wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:03 am [quote=Golden post_id=965792 time=<a href="tel:1666494571">1666494571</a> user_id=382]
Hi all. In my head I’m gonna do a vomps and post once a day. In reality I’m gonna get super invested and ignore my kids and job.

This is surreal.

I plan to get only mildly invested but still ignore my kids.
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This is the way.

nutella wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:31 am No aapje game is scuffed

The validity of this post is nullified by the fact that she should be here playing this game with us instead of those new-fangled people.

My votes in D0 poll are:
-Diamond Dog: if you knew him, you’d know why
-SVS: because she’s still probably my favorite baddie teammate of all time.
-Canucklehead: fierce and smart
-Long Con: levity

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:41 pm**

Verdammten broken tags!

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:59 pm**

Yay game!

It's so nice to see everyone again, and I'm very happy to see Ika and Silverwolf mentioned already! I actually just reread INH's epic take down (which I have saved in a google drive for posterity) so it's funny that they are already part of the conversation.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:01 pm**

I'm voting Bullseye and Snow Dog because I've had some really fun games with them in the past, Long Con, because he is a genuinely devious and capable baddie, and Ika and Silverwolf, because I worship chaos.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:06 pm**

bea wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:05 pm I was missing the Duchie contingent of the baddie teammates in the poll. Went with strong players i figured would ballance out the fact that I'm not great at playing baddie.

You know who else is missing from the poll?

rabbit!

Do you remember the hedville days when I would make my avatar on theme but with his face photoshopped into the image

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:12 pm**

fingersplints wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:06 pm
bea wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:05 pm I was missing the Duchie contingent of the baddie teammates in the poll. Went with strong players i figured would ballance out the fact that I'm not great at playing baddie.
You know who else is missing from the poll?

rabbit! Do you remember the hedville days when I would make my avatar on theme but with his face photoshopped into the image

Omg yes!!!! My bunbun!!!! I was just thinking about him like last week! I miss that jerk! Poor diggz and bunbun. The frenimies of all frenimies.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:19 pm**

GOLDEN!!! My buddy, I want to jump through the internet and give you a big hugzzzzzz

Golden wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:06 pm
Kate wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:44 pm I am so excited!!! Thank you guys for making this happen!!

Great opening post...good luck all
I just can’t believe this post exists AND I’m replying to it.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:26 pm**

You know Diggz is well and truly retired from mafia when he can’t be tempted to play a Spacedaisy game.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:28 pm**

He does send his love Daisy. He misses the people. The game...egh not as much. Fantasy football is abput as stressful as he games these days.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:10 pm**

thellama73 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:01 pm I'm voting Bullseye and Snow Dog because I've had some really fun games with them in the past, Long Con, because he is a genuinely devious and capable baddie, and Ika and Silverwolf, because I worship chaos.

Picture this 2016 the Mafia Champion Scrimmage game myself, Ike, Tang, and someone else (can’t recall who) were on a team. Ike tricked silver into reading him as a Civ THEN we had Ike send the kill in on Silver and god the level of Anx in the thread and in BTSC was ridiculously funny. We had to walk him off the ledge so many times and I seem to recall a massive post game freak out.

@Tangrowth you remember this?

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:01 pm**

fingersplints wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:03 am
Golden wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:09 pm Hi all. In my head I’m gonna do a vomps and post once a day. In reality I’m gonna get super invested and ignore my kids and job.

This is surreal.
I plan to get only mildly invested but still ignore my kids.

Objectively the best strategy.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:05 pm**

sig wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:10 pm
thellama73 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:01 pm I'm voting Bullseye and Snow Dog because I've had some really fun games with them in the past, Long Con, because he is a genuinely devious and capable baddie, and Ika and Silverwolf, because I worship chaos.
Picture this 2016 the Mafia Champion Scrimmage game myself, Ike, Tang, and someone else (can’t recall who) were on a team. Ike tricked silver into reading him as a Civ THEN we had Ike send the kill in on Silver and god the level of Anx in the thread and in BTSC was ridiculously funny. We had to walk him off the ledge so many times and I seem to recall a massive post game freak out.

@Tangrowth you remember this?

I was reading back a bit of BSG mafia and Ila got targeted by literally every single negative ability on night 1… kill, block, insanifier, silence…

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:47 pm**

G-man is two games away from the letter X.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:08 pm**

How does Tokyo Rose have no other votes? I know she was no longer around when most of you came to this community, but I know some of you overlapped.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:19 pm**

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:30 pm**

LoRab wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:08 pm How does Tokyo Rose have no other votes? I know she was no longer around when most of you came to this community, but I know some of you overlapped.

I actually don’t even know her that well!
I do remember hosting her once though. It was a Christmas themed mafia and I was cohosting with Shinny lol
And each post was song parodies, and my biggest memory of that game was trying to write one for the Island of misfit toys with every players name and fit Tokyo rose into it.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:20 pm**

LoRab wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:08 pm How does Tokyo Rose have no other votes? I know she was no longer around when most of you came to this community, but I know some of you overlapped.

Tbh I went back and forth between her and illy - i just played more with illy than rose. HV mafia man....

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:25 pm**

LoRab wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:08 pm How does Tokyo Rose have no other votes? I know she was no longer around when most of you came to this community, but I know some of you overlapped.

Because I have no memory of her at all.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:50 pm**

Everyone loves Long Con.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:00 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:50 pm Everyone loves Long Con.

Love is a strong word. But I would rather have Elsie with me than against me. Also I have never forgotten sword of truth when he was both with me and double crossed me. So, yea.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:24 pm**

I don't think I could NOT pick the LC option

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:52 pm**

Hi all, just got here and haven't caught up yet. I'm going with SVS, Dom, FH, and LC as I have history with all of them and they are all extremely capable baddies.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 7:09 pm**

Alright, I'm here! It may take me a bit to get back into the groove of things, not that I ever had a really good groove with mafia. But, looking forward to some old-time fun!

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:00 pm**

Spoiler: show

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:01 pm**

In this new world, The Syndicate, were dozens of cryogenically frozen pods, ancient but preserved warriors of long ago. Some specialized in craftiness. Some were known for their perseverance. Some could move mountains with the laughter they induced.

And two of them shared one of the pods.

Eighteen of the pods hissed and prepared to open. In time, the inhabitants of these pods emerged, examined their surroundings, and regarded one another with an uncertain sense of familiarity.

A voice startled them, echoing over an unseen archaic-sounding speaker system.

“This is Andrew Ryan. A man chooses. A slave obeys. Look around you. All of these were elements of your past. Touch those of them would have made the greatest teammates today, would you kindly?”

After a moment of hesitation, the eighteen breathing specimens began touching the remaining closed pods, which recorded each touch with a resonating sound.

As more stepped forward to do as they were asked, one of the pods began flashing red.

A mechanical voice cried, “UNSTABLE. UNSTABLE.”*

Andrew Ryan’s voice returned. “Never mind that, would you kindly? Choose whatever you like.”

When the exercise was complete, Ryan spoke again:

“It is a pity no one chose Nevinera. Have you forgotten? A 60% win record? Formidable as good, evil, or in between? What a shame. What a shame indeed.”

The voice sighed.

“Nevertheless, I have a gift for you.”

A light shone in the corner. It highlighted a set of golf clubs. Some drivers. Some irons. Some wedges.

“Some among your number are honest, hard-working people who would let no government or church steal from them. And then some among your number are PARASITES, who intend to bleed the rest of you dry.”

Everyone looked around.

“So pick up a club, would you kindly? And KILL.”

*We will leave it to you, dear reader, to decide which pod this was.

It is now Day 1. You have 48 hours to lynch someone.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:22 pm**

Put a Finger Down - Mafia Edition

Put a finger down if you already have a suspect

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:23 pm**

I have a confession to make

[spoiler] peepeepoopoo [/spoiler]

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:37 pm**

Right, so Sig is obviously mafia, right?

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:42 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:37 pm Right, so Sig is obviously mafia, right?

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:44 pm**

My day 1 policy is to tunnel on anyone that says I’m mafia soooooooo [VOTE: sloonie] aubergine.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:45 pm**

Also good news you can change your votes

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:09 pm**

History would dictate that I should vote a no-poster here, but history also says you shouldn’t march on Russia in the winter. I think that’s crock, see? You just have to wear thicker outer layers and bring more rations. I have it all figured out! While other poindexters might put their head down and wait until summer to make an offensive push on the oppressive czar of the day, I confidently proclaim “naw,” get on my bike and ride forth, baby. Instead of following the narrative “learn from the past’s mistakes,” I choose to “make mistakes in the future.” I choose to never make new beginnings by always postponing the endings.

Life is a haiku made up of an infinite spew of lines.

Anyway, [VOTE: Bea] aubergine

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:19 pm**

In all seriousness, this Day 1 is going to be bizarre because I’m going to feel dirty eliminating a player that has made a triumphant return after a lengthy break only to be yeeted early.

I suppose I can take solace in the fact that rezz’s are in the game. But for day 1? It just feelsbadman.jpg

I guess we could always all just vote for dog lol

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:20 pm**

DOG = SIG HAHA
my autocorrect STILL DOES it

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:21 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:37 pm Right, so Sig is obviously mafia, right?

I would say it is something to consider.

I'm not a fan of changing votes. I like to take the day to interact and observe without being hasty.

Sig says votes are changeable. I don't see how he could have known this before voting. I can only find him sus right away as his hasty vote would most likely land on a civ.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:23 pm**

Scotty wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:19 pm In all seriousness, this Day 1 is going to be bizarre because I’m going to feel dirty eliminating a player that has made a triumphant return after a lengthy break only to be yeeted early.

I suppose I can take solace in the fact that rezz’s are in the game. But for day 1? It just feelsbadman.jpg

I guess we could always all just vote for dog lol

"yeet" and "yeeted" are not allowed in old school mafia games. Silly Scotty, yeets are for kids.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:26 pm**

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:21 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:37 pm Right, so Sig is obviously mafia, right?
I would say it is something to consider.

I'm not a fan of changing votes. I like to take the day to interact and observe without being hasty.

Sig says votes are changeable. I don't see how he could have known this before voting. I can only find him sus right away as his hasty vote would most likely land on a civ.

I read the rules/roles

But, see it was a joke since back in the olden days we couldn’t. Now that we can I see no reason not to vote early and often.

(But don’t vote for me anyway)

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:26 pm**

Scotty wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:19 pm In all seriousness, this Day 1 is going to be bizarre because I’m going to feel dirty eliminating a player that has made a triumphant return after a lengthy break only to be yeeted early.

I suppose I can take solace in the fact that rezz’s are in the game. But for day 1? It just feelsbadman.jpg

I guess we could always all just vote for dog lol

I think your phone is just hazing me at this point tbh.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:27 pm**

That being said, I actually think sig coming out and throwing caution to the wind with regards to his spelling and grammar is townie, if not reckless. Could be WIFOM, but that role is incredibly restrictive to my *vibe* which comes with autocorrect errors and incomplete sentences. So I get it.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:28 pm**

I have an idea of who the mafia is, but it's not who I'm voting at the moment. Though, the person I'm voting may also be mafia, who knows.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:30 pm**

I do have more thoughts on my name being tossed around but imma wait it out a bit before commenting and just keep being my amazingly chaotic not super serious self for awhile

Especially given we’ve got a handful of people who haven’t checked in yet I believe?

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:30 pm**

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:23 pm
Scotty wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:19 pm In all seriousness, this Day 1 is going to be bizarre because I’m going to feel dirty eliminating a player that has made a triumphant return after a lengthy break only to be yeeted early.

I suppose I can take solace in the fact that rezz’s are in the game. But for day 1? It just feelsbadman.jpg

I guess we could always all just vote for dog lol
"yeet" and "yeeted" are not allowed in old school mafia games. Silly Scotty, yeets are for kids.

I mean…yes and no. “Lynch” was the proper vernacular for old school. Frosted tips used to be pretty trendy too…

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:39 pm**

I voted bea because
A) she is extremely cheery
B) she is the first in the poll
C) I don’t know if it’s pronounced “bay” or “bee” or “bah-ee”
But mainly e) her first post was quoting another post, which is suspicious.

Boom! Roasted.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:39 pm**

Scotty wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:39 pm I voted bea because
A) she is extremely cheery
B) she is the first in the poll
C) I don’t know if it’s pronounced “bay” or “bee” or “bah-ee”
But mainly e) her first post was quoting another post, which is suspicious.

Boom! Roasted.

I voted Bea.

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:40 pm**

I'm voting Scotty. Justice for dog.

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