The Syndicate

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:21 am

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:20 am

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:15 am

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:12 am Can you imagine star playing a game here kek

I’d laugh so hard

it's pretty fun listening to him talk about his adventures on other sites.

you should invite him!

Maybe I’ll get him to play my avatar game kek

Watching him and people new to him is almost as watching people discover elli for the first time tbh

we certainly are a group of characters, aren't we?? :laugh track:

I’m sure it’s a good sign that people usually find a good number of us somewhere between bewildering and frustrating

Right?

....right?

Totally

112 is a good info yeet. TH is less good info yeet (i think theyre both town)

This games townsided af dude. 4 misyeets before lylo holy moly

turnip head v, i think

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:24 am 112 is a good info yeet. TH is less good info yeet (i think theyre both town)

This games townsided af dude. 4 misyeets before lylo holy moly

i think one one twelve is mafia

these posts are very easy. mac might be onto something

is priding yourself on your difficulty in getting people to work with you or communicate cohesively with you really something you should be doing in a game about using teamwork to find the truth

like I definitely don't always mesh well with people's playstyles but I try my best to adapt/accomodate/be flexible even when I don't agree and I feel frustrated when there is genuine unresolvable conflict between my playstyle and someone else's; being difficult to work with really isn't something to be proud of

MacD idk if u played with urist but the dude has a naturally scummy tone imo

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:24 am 112 is a good info yeet. TH is less good info yeet (i think theyre both town)

This games townsided af dude. 4 misyeets before lylo holy moly

pretty sure town has a winrate of like 20% here

but alas, i like the sound of my own voice too much

i'm sure something will bait me into writing a wall sooner or later

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:24 am 112 is a good info yeet. TH is less good info yeet (i think theyre both town)

This games townsided af dude. 4 misyeets before lylo holy moly

have you just lost all conviction in your reads or something?

you were like doing nothing but pushing me and nutella earlier and now you just saunter into the thread and start talking casually about exeing people you think are probably town for info?

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:30 pm

protocultures wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:24 pm I am tracking some behaviour/style tells on Nanook.

He is currently quite different from Lion King but probably need a few more posts and dramayic flips to occur first to confirm.

Nanook was mafia in Lion King for reference.

This does not mean I townread Nanook currently, but prob lean them town if I had to pick one. Which I am not doing, because I dont need to.

Also okay voting turnip today over Mac since Mac isnt getting any traction afaik.

I was town in lion king

I meant Philo game

actually fun fact i hate the sound of my voice!

replace that with "look of my own typing"

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:27 am

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:24 am 112 is a good info yeet. TH is less good info yeet (i think theyre both town)

This games townsided af dude. 4 misyeets before lylo holy moly

have you just lost all conviction in your reads or something?

you were like doing nothing but pushing me and nutella earlier and now you just saunter into the thread and start talking casually about exeing people you think are probably town for info?

i remarked that 112 yeet would give good info and i implied i dont wanna yeet her cuz i townread her but the good info is there regardless

Amy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:28 am actually fun fact i hate the sound of my voice!

replace that with "look of my own typing"

yeah I also hate the sound of my voice

would kill to get my vocal cords replaced by a text-to-speech chip tbh

sign me up for the "hate your own voice" club

i unironically hate everyone who is on a solo wagon or not voting rn

just kidding but not really

just fuckin coalesce already ya bastards

If ur talking about listening to urselves on a recording then everyone hates tgeir voice cuz u hear it different and ur not used to it

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:26 am is priding yourself on your difficulty in getting people to work with you or communicate cohesively with you really something you should be doing in a game about using teamwork to find the truth

like I definitely don't always mesh well with people's playstyles but I try my best to adapt/accomodate/be flexible even when I don't agree and I feel frustrated when there is genuine unresolvable conflict between my playstyle and someone else's; being difficult to work with really isn't something to be proud of

I don’t think I’m particularly difficult to work with for people willing to meet me halfway tbh. I do usually make an effort to meet people halfway, and I’ve generally not had any issues with people willing to take an open minded approach

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:30 am sign me up for the "hate your own voice" club

But it’s so sultry

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:33 am

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:30 am sign me up for the "hate your own voice" club

But it’s so sultry

aww ty <3

i meant to do other things tonight and now it's 12:34 ha haaa

i just woke up its 7:35.

Actually i dreamt about alison ngl. Like about this game

Like, i kinda forgot now but i think somehow the game transformed into a diff game with roles and mechanics and the game hosts on anonymous discord accounts dm'd me that ive acquired green and blue mana and told me i can cast a spell and alison also casted a spell with blue and green mana itt and thats all i remember i think

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:26 am is priding yourself on your difficulty in getting people to work with you or communicate cohesively with you really something you should be doing in a game about using teamwork to find the truth

like I definitely don't always mesh well with people's playstyles but I try my best to adapt/accomodate/be flexible even when I don't agree and I feel frustrated when there is genuine unresolvable conflict between my playstyle and someone else's; being difficult to work with really isn't something to be proud of

I would argue you're the one not trying to work with me.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:32 am

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:26 am is priding yourself on your difficulty in getting people to work with you or communicate cohesively with you really something you should be doing in a game about using teamwork to find the truth

like I definitely don't always mesh well with people's playstyles but I try my best to adapt/accomodate/be flexible even when I don't agree and I feel frustrated when there is genuine unresolvable conflict between my playstyle and someone else's; being difficult to work with really isn't something to be proud of

I don’t think I’m particularly difficult to work with for people willing to meet me halfway tbh. I do usually make an effort to meet people halfway, and I’ve generally not had any issues with people willing to take an open minded approach

I was not referring to your playstyle. I think your playstyle is fine (in small doses, I would not be interested in playing with 12 clones of you). I was referring to posts like this:

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:30 pm Wow it’s almost as fun watching people react to Urist’s quiet sarcasm as it watching them throw themselves at the wall of elli “Im not going to explain my read but it’s correct” bereth

Where you seem to be actively happy/gloating about watching people struggle to get along with people from 451. Like I understand this post is not meant to be taken 100% seriously but I also think it's clear that there's some element of pride and enjoyment in your community bucking certain mafia norms and therefore being harder to integrate into for outsiders

anyway that was a non game related aside, I didn't really want to make it into a big criticism or say that 451 is bad or whatever, the attitude just bothered me a little bit

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:37 am

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:26 am is priding yourself on your difficulty in getting people to work with you or communicate cohesively with you really something you should be doing in a game about using teamwork to find the truth

like I definitely don't always mesh well with people's playstyles but I try my best to adapt/accomodate/be flexible even when I don't agree and I feel frustrated when there is genuine unresolvable conflict between my playstyle and someone else's; being difficult to work with really isn't something to be proud of

I would argue you're the one not trying to work with me.

I mean I actually think you're scum so yeah. With people like Urist and Nanook I think there's a good chance they're not scum and want to try to sort them, with you I already have an idea of what your alignment is for other reasons so the need to figure out how to sort you is less pressing.

I've given you plenty of chances to try to communicate your ideas to me though, like I asked you about your vote on Amy, and I told you to give me an interpretation of your behavior that justifies your actions, and you just haven't done so because you prefer to post GIFs and use AtE to try to get people off your back rather than offer any kind of coherent defense or explanations for your actions. Like I've given you plenty of chances to show me you're town if you are and you just haven't

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:37 am i just woke up its 7:35.

Actually i dreamt about alison ngl. Like about this game

Like, i kinda forgot now but i think somehow the game transformed into a diff game with roles and mechanics and the game hosts on anonymous discord accounts dm'd me that ive acquired green and blue mana and told me i can cast a spell and alison also casted a spell with blue and green mana itt and thats all i remember i think

oh damn, mafia dreams are awesome. you just reminded me how much i miss those. i used to have clairvoyant reads in my dreams, sometimes they were even correct, it was great

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:37 am i just woke up its 7:35.

Actually i dreamt about alison ngl. Like about this game

Like, i kinda forgot now but i think somehow the game transformed into a diff game with roles and mechanics and the game hosts on anonymous discord accounts dm'd me that ive acquired green and blue mana and told me i can cast a spell and alison also casted a spell with blue and green mana itt and thats all i remember i think

I don't think I have mafia dreams very often, my dreams are usually fairly absurd and often nightmares

this does sound fun though since I like MTG

No I mean

It’s just funny watching people encounter players like elli, chess, Urist, Star, etc., who play different than the “norm” or “standard” way of playing

It’s not, like, a gatekeeping thing or whatever, and I think we’re pretty decent on the whole about trying to help newcomers figure out what’s going on

It’s just entertaining. In the same way seeing someone play with rabbit or tutu or joe is, for example, cause they don’t play the “standard, normal” way either

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:40 am

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:37 am i just woke up its 7:35.

Actually i dreamt about alison ngl. Like about this game

Like, i kinda forgot now but i think somehow the game transformed into a diff game with roles and mechanics and the game hosts on anonymous discord accounts dm'd me that ive acquired green and blue mana and told me i can cast a spell and alison also casted a spell with blue and green mana itt and thats all i remember i think

oh damn, mafia dreams are awesome. you just reminded me how much i miss those. i used to have clairvoyant reads in my dreams, sometimes they were even correct, it was great

Damn. Have u rly gotten a clairvoyant mafia dream? Thats highkey epic dude

Dreams goat. Lucid dreams goat

Dream reads goat

Where’s dunya at to solve the game with dreams when you need her

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:42 am No I mean

It’s just funny watching people encounter players like elli, chess, Urist, Star, etc., who play different than the “norm” or “standard” way of playing

It’s not, like, a gatekeeping thing or whatever, and I think we’re pretty decent on the whole about trying to help newcomers figure out what’s going on

It’s just entertaining. In the same way seeing someone play with rabbit or tutu or joe is, for example, cause they don’t play the “standard, normal” way either

sure, maybe I read too much into the tone of your post.

I often feel like I end up being so aggressively orthodox a player that I end up being unorthodox because lots of people agree with my ideas about how to play mafia in principle but are hesitant about implementing them as seriously as I do in practice (eg. most people would agree if you said you should pretend to play the way you play as town when you are mafia, but I think I take this idea a lot further than the vast majority of mafia players do)

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:42 am

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:37 am i just woke up its 7:35.

Actually i dreamt about alison ngl. Like about this game

Like, i kinda forgot now but i think somehow the game transformed into a diff game with roles and mechanics and the game hosts on anonymous discord accounts dm'd me that ive acquired green and blue mana and told me i can cast a spell and alison also casted a spell with blue and green mana itt and thats all i remember i think

I don't think I have mafia dreams very often, my dreams are usually fairly absurd and often nightmares

this does sound fun though since I like MTG

Same I have nighmares super often

Have u thought about a connection between consistsnt nightmares and lucid dreams? At least for me theyre very closely intertwined. I think every lucid dreams starts with a sleep paralysis / nightmare and the absurdity comes from u not realizing ur in control, while "normal" dreams its like ur just riding the train on tracks u dont interact. These are all just theories tho i havent read books about this

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:39 am

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:37 am

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:26 am is priding yourself on your difficulty in getting people to work with you or communicate cohesively with you really something you should be doing in a game about using teamwork to find the truth

like I definitely don't always mesh well with people's playstyles but I try my best to adapt/accomodate/be flexible even when I don't agree and I feel frustrated when there is genuine unresolvable conflict between my playstyle and someone else's; being difficult to work with really isn't something to be proud of

I would argue you're the one not trying to work with me.

I mean I actually think you're scum so yeah. With people like Urist and Nanook I think there's a good chance they're not scum and want to try to sort them, with you I already have an idea of what your alignment is for other reasons so the need to figure out how to sort you is less pressing.

I've given you plenty of chances to try to communicate your ideas to me though, like I asked you about your vote on Amy, and I told you to give me an interpretation of your behavior that justifies your actions, and you just haven't done so because you prefer to post GIFs and use AtE to try to get people off your back rather than offer any kind of coherent defense or explanations for your actions. Like I've given you plenty of chances to show me you're town if you are and you just haven't

I would love nothing more than to prove my towniness to you, I'd just appreciate if you got off my back a little and allowed me to spread my wings

Alison wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:18 pm Carotte suspects proto and TH suspects Amy, both for reasons I find unclear

Carot can sus me.

I need to find the thread link from Sabie re ted in space invaders when I'm on the pc after I sleep. Might make them more comfortable with me.

I don't have lucid dreams my dreams just all tend to be absurd but also frightening. Like the last dream I had that I remember (I don't remember most of my dreams) was of a weird toxic streamer guy (xqc) driving a car I was in while I was in Japan and the place was being flooded by a tsunami, then I got out and onto dry land but the sicillian mafia were having a shootout with the monks at the temples and I was caught in the crossfire

just stuff like that, a mishmash of extremely intense, vivid and often scary elements that combine together in an absurd way when viewed after you wake up. I also dream about some scarier/more triggering stuff but luckily that's stopped happening as of late

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:44 am I often feel like I end up being so aggressively orthodox a player that I end up being unorthodox because lots of people agree with my ideas about how to play mafia in principle but are hesitant about implementing them as seriously as I do in practice (eg. most people would agree if you said you should pretend to play the way you play as town when you are mafia, but I think I take this idea a lot further than the vast majority of mafia players do)

it's funny bc i went on a like 5 year break from mafia, and when i started again i played pretty similarly to you
i burned out after i think 4 games? it's just too hard to keep up when i rarely have a solid few hours to dedicate to mafia.
and when i do have time (like now) i do end up reverting a little and being more cooperative. so i'm not a total degenerate.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:46 am I would love nothing more than to prove my towniness to you, I'd just appreciate if you got off my back a little and allowed me to spread my wings

is alison your mom or something, wtf even is this post

LOL THAT DREAM sounds amazing

Sounds like the plot of a tarantino movie

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:49 am

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:46 am I would love nothing more than to prove my towniness to you, I'd just appreciate if you got off my back a little and allowed me to spread my wings

is alison your mom or something, wtf even is this post

No no no no

Some ppl are emotional and sensitive and thats fine

Pls dont pick on Penguin-chan

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:50 am

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:49 am

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:46 am I would love nothing more than to prove my towniness to you, I'd just appreciate if you got off my back a little and allowed me to spread my wings

is alison your mom or something, wtf even is this post

No no no no

Some ppl are emotional and sensitive and thats fine

Pls dont pick on Penguin-chan

i mean fine, but do you really not think it's a little melodramatic for someone who has already squandered over half the day?

Urist wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:48 am

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:44 am I often feel like I end up being so aggressively orthodox a player that I end up being unorthodox because lots of people agree with my ideas about how to play mafia in principle but are hesitant about implementing them as seriously as I do in practice (eg. most people would agree if you said you should pretend to play the way you play as town when you are mafia, but I think I take this idea a lot further than the vast majority of mafia players do)

it's funny bc i went on a like 5 year break from mafia, and when i started again i played pretty similarly to you
i burned out after i think 4 games? it's just too hard to keep up when i rarely have a solid few hours to dedicate to mafia.
and when i do have time (like now) i do end up reverting a little and being more cooperative. so i'm not a total degenerate.

I like this playstyle, it's more or less a combination of what I find works over the years I've been playing mafia. I think tutuu earlier said something like "being called boring is as personal attack so why aren't you mad about that" but the truth is that being called boring in any game I've played or know more than the faintest bit about is secretly codeword for being called good. You will never see bad, ill-thought-out strategies being described as boring. Boring is always used to describe strategies that are mechanically efficient and present no challenge or risk while winning extremely consistently. Once I thought about that I realized that in general boring is used to describe things that I don't really mind doing because I don't see what's bad about them. Boring people are people that don't take risks, are productive and efficient in whatever they do, are predictable and other traits I find to be good and virtuous. This isn't to say that I intentionally try to make myself a boring person I just think that the word boring despite having a negative connotation is very often associated with traits like efficiency, consistency and predictability that I consider virtues and try to cultivate in my personality and playstyle

so this general philosophy makes me feel broadly better about nutella describing me as such and also about the general "unorthodox orthodoxy" of my play

It is not melodtamatic dude wtf

Ur free to scumread them but why r u insulting their emotions?

I dont think any emotion is invalid

If u feel an emotion - ur body is feeling it - everything ur body tells u is the absolute truth

TH's post seems broadly NAI? Like it's obviously AtE (because they're not providing actual reasons for me to believe they're town, just begging for mercy in a way) but that's something both alignments would use when they feel like they're being suppressed.

tutuu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:55 am It is not melodtamatic dude wtf

Ur free to scumread them but why r u insulting their emotions?

I dont think any emotion is invalid

If u feel an emotion - ur body is feeling it - everything ur body tells u is the absolute truth

i encourage TH to go forth and spread their wings and do whatever else penguins do, i'm just saying that it's not as if TH has been posting anyway so the AtE of "i'd do stuff if you weren't breathing down my neck" does not seem genuine and does not evoke much sympathy from me

I haven't been swayed by a piece of AtE in 10 years and I don't intend to start now

Alison wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:57 am TH's post seems broadly NAI? Like it's obviously AtE (because they're not providing actual reasons for me to believe they're town, just begging for mercy in a way) but that's something both alignments would use when they feel like they're being suppressed.

idk it doesn't seem genuine to me

aaaaaaaaaa i have to sleep k bye