The Syndicate

timmer wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:I agree. I don't know anything about most of them, but the Wilmington fight club is the original. That could prove interesting, but I don't know that it will be any different than here. I am torn, it would be cool to see other fight clubs but it would always be interesting to see who comes here.

I wonder, if we have the opportunity to check out other fight clubs, if the various parties in this game will use this strategically. As I understand it, we've got got Project Mayhem people, and policemen around. Would they use this poll for positioning? Something else? Definitely, the numbers could get all messed up, if we assume that they all started off roughly equal in numbers. Imagine one fight club with 3 people, and another with 14, lol?

Indeed, how would it work if everyone left for another city and there was only one person in a thread. That would leave them no one to fight anyway. Perhaps we pose the question to the host...

MP, are we going to be able to move to the city of our choice in this poll?

Timmer, what if the result of the poll that gets the most votes is the thread that the loser of their fight will die? In which case, I definitely don't want to risk choosing this city, lol.

Unfurl, they were all mentioned in one specific scene in the movie. When they were smashing car headlights and discussing new fight clubs popping up.

As for checking out other fight clubs, how are you spreadsheet people going to handle this, lol? Someone needs to keep track of who is where and when, and who moves and stays. Not me, mind you, I've never managed to keep notes on a mafia game for more than a day without getting a headache, but I know some of you are adept at it!

Spacedaisy wrote:
Indeed, how would it work if everyone left for another city and there was only one person in a thread. That would leave them no one to fight anyway. Perhaps we pose the question to the host...

MP, are we going to be able to move to the city of our choice in this poll?

Timmer, what if the result of the poll that gets the most votes is the thread that the loser of their fight will die? In which case, I definitely don't want to risk choosing this city, lol.

Unfurl, they were all mentioned in one specific scene in the movie. When they were smashing car headlights and discussing new fight clubs popping up.

I'm eager to see what MP says about the question to him above. "check out" could mean we get to see the other club's fight and see who wins or something. Or, it could mean we actually transfer. I'm inclined to think we won't all be moving around, that would be painful for Alex...

SD, you make a good point, lol! I will vote for whichever option you do to ensure we don't somehow kill ourselves!

Thanks daysi, I recall that scene now, not the conversation exactly

timmer
I tend to make spread sheets,
But I have not made a spread sheet for this game, and will most like not as there are too many players and I dont want to loose my mind
As long MP keeps posting the poll, we will able to keep track at least who is been in this place

Spacedaisy wrote:
MP, are we going to be able to move to the city of our choice in this poll?

Good question.

Though considering the poll answers, it would seem that way, wouldn't it?

I'm no spreadsheeter, and not likely to start doing it in a game with nearly forty people in it. How would you be able to collate information on the other threads when you are not in it? You would be relying on information from other people I would think, even if we do get to move around.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:
MP, are we going to be able to move to the city of our choice in this poll?

Good question.

Though considering the poll answers, it would seem that way, wouldn't it?

This could get very messy, lol. But if this is the case, we get to interact with different people, which would be helpful. It seems to me the fastest way for a civ victory would be to eliminate Tyler Durden ASAP.

Finding Tyler Durden, feels like finding a needle in the hay at this moment,
but I think you are right daysi, the interaction with other people will help down the road

Yes it is like finding a needle in a haystack. But honestly, civs are all like Indy roles right now. They don't care which side wins as long as they are still alive. Unless I am looking at the win conditions wrong. So there is not much to lose by looking for him I guess.

Yes, I see the civvie condition very indy like too

I will vote tomorrow morning,
Im willing to go visit another place,
but if you want few people to stay here daisy, Im cool staying too

I'm fine with everyone doing whatever they want to do personally. I will likely vote for somewhere other than here on the off chance that the vote chooses which of the fight losers dies, lol. Since we have no idea how this works yet, better safe than sorry until we see it in action at least once.

I will probably do a spreadsheet at some point. I'm on my ipad right now though, so I will wait until I get on my pc.

Seems like it would be very difficult to keep a ss in a game where you have no idea what is going on in other threads. Good luck with that. I'm thinking I will vote for New Castle, just because I don't want risk voting for here on the off chance that it will lynch the loser of our fight...

Spacedaisy wrote:Seems like it would be very difficult to keep a ss in a game where you have no idea what is going on in other threads. Good luck with that. I'm thinking I will vote for New Castle, just because I don't want risk voting for here on the off chance that it will lynch the loser of our fight...

I love excel and I love making spreadsheets. We'll see if it helps, but I'll try anyway.

I ransomed because I don't know what to do

I picked New Castle and will anxiously await the results of the fight. We'll have more of a clue of how to govern ourselves once we've seen one full cycle.

Blendy post is blendy.

I voted for one of the options, I'm with SD about protecting ourselves, jic. So I'm curious about how to handle the narrator role. I understand the logic of hoping to get rid of Tyler Durden. But, considering that in the film, the narrator *is* Tyler Durden in a sense, would killing Durden turn the narrator into something different? Any guesses/theories?

@MP, and maybe Epignosis, I'm not sure if this is important, but I have the option to edit my posts, which isn't normally there. I'm not sure if there is a problem with the settings for the thread or maybe you guys didn't care about it. I felt you should know, though, in case you want to tweak the settings.

Also, some of the roles interest me in their vague-ity. For instance, what does it mean in the policemen descrip about "unrecruited policemen?" Are some roles not yet policemen but will be later on? Also, the roles seem to describe Project Mayhem as something that doesn't exist at the start of the game, with mention of "when project mayhem begins" etc. Does that mean that, assuming Tyler Durden starts it, that if he were to die first thing that the whole game would be over? This just adds to the point that finding him would be great!

timmer wrote:@MP, and maybe Epignosis, I'm not sure if this is important, but I have the option to edit my posts, which isn't normally there. I'm not sure if there is a problem with the settings for the thread or maybe you guys didn't care about it. I felt you should know, though, in case you want to tweak the settings.

Bah! I could have sworn I double checked this for all the threads. I hate permissions.

It's fixed now though. Thanks timmer.

Voted for Delaware, cause it did not had votes
that way, we can all go visit somewhere else, and then if we go back here, maybe we can talk about what we saw

timmer wrote:I voted for one of the options, I'm with SD about protecting ourselves, jic. So I'm curious about how to handle the narrator role. I understand the logic of hoping to get rid of Tyler Durden. But, considering that in the film, the narrator *is* Tyler Durden in a sense, would killing Durden turn the narrator into something different? Any guesses/theories?

I used the narrator and tyler for a role in a game that I hosted, and it was the same player, just they had different abilities and winning condition every even or odd period, but in this game it looks like there are two players

No idea how is gonna work, but the narrator does end up sort of getting rid of tyler at the end of the movie, so Im guessing the narrrator needs to get rid of tyler here too

it says in the first page

Narrator – Wins when Tyler Durden is dead. (Secrets)

but they also said

Tyler Durden Has anonymous BTSC with Narrator for a specified period of time.

so if they have btsc but in the winning condition it says narrator needs tyler dead, makes not much sense imo, unless there is to make some sort of deal?

timmer wrote:Also, some of the roles interest me in their vague-ity. For instance, what does it mean in the policemen descrip about "unrecruited policemen?" Are some roles not yet policemen but will be later on? Also, the roles seem to describe Project Mayhem as something that doesn't exist at the start of the game, with mention of "when project mayhem begins" etc. Does that mean that, assuming Tyler Durden starts it, that if he were to die first thing that the whole game would be over? This just adds to the point that finding him would be great!

Im guessind tyler is gonna be a very powerfull role, not very easy to find and kill, I understood he is gonna be recruiting people to project mayhem, and very likely will start soon, probably already has started, I dont think the host will not give him an early advantage start from a game mechanics point of view
So Im guessing if tyler dies, his recruit will take over him

No idea about what the "unrecruited policemen?" means

Hmm Metalmarsh voted for stay here. Any reason Mm? What if it kills one of me or SD?

I hadn't thought of that Timmer. Would make sense to kill Tyler we old have to kill Narrator. Bt right now we don't even know if we have any kind of standard lynch...

It is interesting that MM chose to stay. Did you say why you chose Wilmington Timmer? I'm a little worried by a three way tie.

Sd, I just randomly picked one. I just don't want us to stay here for the reasons you said. Mm voting to stay has me unsettled, lol. Best of luck, by the way!

Yeah, you as well! I can't see Alex lynching four players a day, so it is much more likely this does not in and of itself decide a lynch. If there even is one. Hard to say when it comes to Alex.

Also, I forget to mention that the way I read that in recruited policemen thing was that any police not recruited by Tyler. Meaning they would not be immune to be recruited. It is an interesting dynamic to bring into a BTSC group and it also would line up with the storyline.

What will you do?

Poll ended at Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:19:47 pm


Check out the fight club in Wilmington, DE
2
Dom (3), timmer (5) 25%

Check out the fight club in Delaware City, DE
1
unfurl (7) 13%

Check out the fight club in New Castle, DE
2
Spacedaisy (2), Mongoose (4) 25%

Stay here!
2
Vompatti (6), Metalmarsh89 (8) 25%

Nothing! (host, deadies)
1
MovingPictures07 (1) 13%
Total votes : 8

The fight concluded. A winner has been declared.


The back door opens and Tyler brings the store's clerk out at gunpoint, forces him to his knees. Narrator follows, freaked. Tyler points the gun at the Clerk.

NARRATOR: "On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."

CLERK: "Please... don't..."

TYLER: "Give me your wallet."

The Clerk fumbles his wallet out of his pocket and Tyler snatches it. Tyler pulls out his driver's license.

TYLER: "Raymond K. Hessel. 1320 SE Benning, apartment A. A small, cramped basement apartment."

RAYMOND: "How'd you know?"

TYLER: "They give basement apartments letters instead of numbers. Raymond, you're going to die."

Tyler rummages through the wallet.

TYLER: "Is this a picture of Mom and Dad?"

RAYMOND: "Yesssss..." Raymond shutters out of fear.

TYLER: "Your mom and dad will have to call kindly doctor so-and-so to dig up your dental records, because there won't be much left of your face."

RAYMOND: "Please, God, no..."

Raymond begins to weep, shoulders heaving.

NARRATOR: "Tyler..."

TYLER: "An expired community college student ID card. What did you used to study, Raymond K. Hessel?"

RAYMOND: "S-S-Stuff."

TYLER: "'Stuff.' Were the mid-terms hard?"

Tyler rams the gun barrel against Raymond's temple.

TYLER: "I asked you what you studied."

NARRATOR: "Tell him!"

RAYMOND: "Biology, mostly."

TYLER: "Why?"

RAYMOND: "I... I don't know..."

TYLER: "What did you want to be, Raymond K. Hessel?"

Raymond weeps and says nothing. Tyler cocks the gun. Raymond gasps.

TYLER: "The question, Raymond, was 'what did you want to be?'"

NARRATOR: "Answer him!"

RAYMOND: "A veterinarian!"

TYLER: "Animals."

RAYMOND: "Yeah ... animals and s-s-s ---"

TYLER: "Stuff. That means you have to get more schooling."

RAYMOND: "Too much school."

Tyler shoves Raymond's wallet back into Raymond's pocket.

TYLER: "Would you rather be dead?"

RAYMOND: "No, please, no, God, no!"

Tyler moves the gun right between Raymond's eyes.

RAYMOND: "NOOOOO!"

Tyler uncocks the gun, lowers it.

TYLER: "I'm keeping your license. I know where you live. I'm going to check on you. If you aren't back in school and on your way to being a veterinarian in six weeks, you will be dead. Get the hell out of here."

Raymond staggers to his feet, heads down an alleyway. Narrator and Tyler watch Raymond flee, then Tyler looks at Narrator.

NARRATOR: "I feel sick."

TYLER: "Imagine how he feels."

Tyler brings the gun to his own head, pulls the trigger -- CLICK. Empty.

NARRATOR: "I don't care, that was horrible."

Tyler walks away.

TYLER: "Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessell's life."

Narrator watches Tyler go.

TYLER: "His breakfast will taste better than any meal he has ever eaten.

Narrator turns to look the direction Raymond ran. He finally turns back, following after Tyler.



Spacedaisy has won the fight. timmer has not been seriously injured.

Players have exited and entered the fight club.

Project Mayhem has begun.

It is now Day 2. You have 48 hours to decide who will fight.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I really want to see a fight with spaghetti everywhere.

This is a lot to keep up with. I mean, there were a few pages of posts in my last thread. There are two pages of posts in this thread and I have just joined it, obviously. If I try to read back in every thread I join, I think my head may explode by Day 4. I think I will just go with the flow for now. I believe I am the only one in here that came from my last thread. We ended up only voting one person to fight Day 1. Are we supposed to vote for two?

@Elo I still think that overall there won't be much to read. If there were 38 players in one thread, we probably would have had 10+ pages on Day 1.

But yes, there will be more to read at a time.

Vompatti wrote:I don't know about the rest of you, but I really want to see a fight with spaghetti everywhere.

This is awesome.

I have to work all day today so I need to go ahead and vote. Hmm....I will randomize. Speghetti is it!

EBWOP: Spaghetti it is!

I don't really feel like fighting right now. I voted FH since she's not been saying much.

So quiet! It would be nice to get some info from the hosts about the fights. What are we supposed to be talking about anyway?

Who should fight?

Poll ended at Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:42:22 pm


Elohcin
0
No votes

Flyin' High
1
Metalmarsh89 (4) 25%

JJLehto
0
No votes

Metalmarsh89
0
No votes

>SpaghettiEverywhere
2
Vompatti (2), Elohcin (3) 50%

Vompatti
0
No votes

Everyone!! (host)
1
MovingPictures07 (1) 25%
Total votes : 4

I think I will stay here and hope we get some more active players.

Good luck in the fight Spaghetti and FH.

Elohcin wrote:So quiet! It would be nice to get some info from the hosts about the fights. What are we supposed to be talking about anyway?

I know a few things we're NOT supposed to talk about if you know what I mean.

I'm going to stay here for the rest of the game if possible.

Vompatti wrote:I'm going to stay here for the rest of the game if possible.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I think I will stay here and hope we get some more active players.

That was going to be my strategy Maybe I ought to go somewhere else then. I think it would be awesome if we all stayed here and everyone else voted to come here too hehe

What will you do?

Poll ended at Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:03:33 pm


Check out the fight club in Delaware City, DE
0
No votes

Check out the fight club in New Castle, DE
0
No votes

Check out the fight club in Wilmington, DE
0
No votes

Stay here!
3
Metalmarsh89 (2), Vompatti (3), Elohcin (4) 75%

Nothing! (host, injured)
1
MovingPictures07 (1) 25%
Total votes : 4

Hi guys! What did I miss? I'm a super fighting kitty machine, and would like to try to gain street cred by fighting today!