The Syndicate

Rules:
Post Editing is allowed.
No quoting from your role PMs.
24/24 day/night cycle
Be nice.
[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] is our moderator.

Players:
ColinIsCool - Lynched D1, Vanilla town
Long Con - town vanilla
Lunalee - Lynched D2, town roleblocker
MacDougall - vanilla scum
Mongoose - town cop
nutella - vanilla scum
novaselinenever - Killed N1, Vanilla town

. . . good luck you guys.

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Keep all post editing in this game, as JJJ requested, please. I don't want to break every other active game.

Alright, everyone has checked in! Day 1 starts tonight at 7 EST and will last 24 hours.

Here it is, my one and only post. Y'all better appreciate it.

E1: Guess I'm alone.

E2: Yeah this is hard lol

E3: Hi Colin. Still in the early stages of easy catch-up when I can see that a new player has posted. I better treasure that while I can.

E4: hi LC!! I see you'd like to go with the color strategy. I might do some of that in the future but it could be annoying on mobile.

E5: oh I just realized Mac has deleted and replaced stuff instead of concatenating edits lol. such chaos

Hii nutella!
E1:
E2: Hi nova, do you always use that many emojis, or is that a scum tell of yours? (Also totally on board with the purple username)
E3: [mention]novaselinenever[/mention] I am most definitely not always a baddie. You are wrong.

Edit 1 -

Nutella: "Guess I'm alone"

Alone making evil plans?

Edit 2 -

I could get used to this username color, it's nice

Edit 3 -

I usually do when I'm just messing around

Do you expect me to say it's a scum tell, if it were one?

Edit 4 -

[mention]Mongoose[/mention] The same happened to me, ended up quoting instead of editing lol

Edit 5 -

I'm working on some formatting

Mongoose: I've had the same problem. Almost missed Luna's question

Mac: Luna is always a baddie, so you're wrong. We could lynch her, and test the theory

Behold the might and terror of ... Professor Chaos!

oh my god you suck nova

Hello, it's one-take here and reporting for the scene.

E1: I've not played with some of you before, and I look forward to getting to you know better.

E2: Well, I already messed up when I tried to edit this post by replying to this post instead of editing it, like some super noob. Sorry host/mod.

E3: Thanks for the commiseration, Nova! Anyway, I keep forgetting to check this thread since it still reflects that I was the last person to post. Anyone else having this issue?

E4: I'm ready to hear from LongCon. I haven't talked to that dude in ages.

E5: Heeeey Colin. Yeah, the organization style seemed to work, so I was happy to follow the lead on that one.

E6: Just saying hi on the first day of legislative Session for my state. Also Mercury is in retrograde so hold on to your pants.

E7: that was surprisingly straightforward!

Sup. Is everybody really going to track their edits that easily? Where's the fun in that?

EDIT: Turns out I just go with the crowd

EDIT: I am deffo gonna forget to check this thread man.

EDIT: It appears Mac is posting in my suggested chaotic mode. Chaos I say!

It's Day One now!

Day Zero Poll: Day ends in just over 24 hours, at ten PM EST on March 6th. Vote away!

... and you can make a single new post now, but can still edit old ones if you want.

NOTE: HOST/MOD OPTION ADDED TO THE POLL AFTER VOTES WERE MADE
ONE-POSTERS SHOULD REVOTE

Wait, so one post... per day? That's not too bad. Hi Mongoose, your number of edits on Day Zero makes me think maybe you are overcompensating as a contributor because of the proverbial 'guilty conscience'. My vote starts with you today.

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:36 pm I like LC.

[VOTE: Professor Chaos] aubergine

What is this, buddying me?

And yeah, I totally did not read the rules. I don't even know the day/night timing.

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:01 am Post number 2

I refuse to put forth an effort

What is this? This is not the game to be lazy, there are very few players and very little to read! Dude!

Maybe Mac and Luna are the baddies. Two baddies? One?

Mongoose has been silent since I said she was overcompensating. Laying low while the Colin train gains steam?

Not nutella. I guess I'll go for Colin. I said Mac and Luna because they both jumped on Colin easily. Hmm... maybe I'll try a Luna for a fun switch!

[mention]Mongoose[/mention] Gotcha!

I like LC.

[VOTE: Professor Chaos] aubergine

E1:

I got a notification from LC quoting my post in his edit. That's going to make this game much easier

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:33 pm What is this, buddying me?

It is whatever you want it to be.

E2:

Thank you for the kind words Mac. I do try my best.

E3:

Lunalee wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:12 am Also I feel bad about Mongoose getting lynched in Gossip Girl, so I won't be voting her today. That would just feel cruel.

Last time I lynched someone D1 in the span of a 2 days, they flipped bad in one of the games. The math is never wrong

E4:

Luna, LC and Mac are Town. I'm Town.

There're 7 of us, so probably 2 baddies. They're between Mongoose, Nutella and Colin

E5:

It's a placeholder, Luna. Didn't want to leave my vote on supatown professor Chaos.

E6:

Colin - "I really do think you're bad Luna"



E7:

Lunalee wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:12 am @Long Con @nutella @MacDougall @ColinIsCool @Mongoose @novaselinenever There's less than 30 min until EOD and the poll is so scattered. Let's fix this. I'm thinking Colin or nutella. Thoughts?

I'm thinking Mongoose or Colin. Nutella is in the top 3 but I feel worst about the other two.

E8:

[VOTE: Colin] aubergine

E9:

Nutella is a baddie

Oh I didn't realize the host had decided on one post per phase instead of one post total. Eeeeeenteresting.

Long Con wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:33 pm Wait, so one post... per day? That's not too bad. Hi Mongoose, your number of edits on Day Zero makes me think maybe you are overcompensating as a contributor because of the proverbial 'guilty conscience'. My vote starts with you today.

Perhaps. She's just a talkative person though.

Damn I'm quoting things now as we get into actual gameplay this is nuts yall

People saying I missed something in the rules but what? I don't get what you're referring to. [mention]Lunalee[/mention]

Ahh ok yes I do remember it was mentioned in the signup thread but I didn't realize it was actually the final decision until it happened, that's all.

Luna who should I be going after haha nobody has said anything of substance until you just now

[mention]Long Con[/mention] why do you say Mac and Luna could be bad?

Damn I almost forgot it was almost EOD. Luckily I still have 15 minutes. Alright so I think Mongoose may have forgotten to check back in, and I tend to think scum are less likely to forget about games than town so that's a town tick for mongoose. Luna especially and LC to some extent are trying a bit harder than others, and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Mac looks roughly his normal self. Colin is low-effort but up front about it which makes me think town. I'm gonna throw a vote on [VOTE: luna] aubergine cause it kinda feels like she's forcing content/pushing to look like a helpful thread leader and that's a facade I can easily see a scum luna going for.

Oh I forgot about nova. Hm he's roughly on the level of LC imo, could be mafia trying to put forth just enough content to appear productive.

Hey me either. That's cool. Professor Chaos likes that.

When does one ever read the rules?

Colin Maf

Mongoose maf

I think LC/Mongoose are the maf

Looks like Mac, nutella, and Long Con didn't read the rules very closely. :P
Also I feel bad about Mongoose getting lynched in Gossip Girl, so I won't be voting her today. That would just feel cruel.

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:36 pm Last time I lynched someone D1 in the span of a 2 days, they flipped bad in one of the games. The math is never wrong

Thant's not how statistics work, nova.

Lovein' this huge amount of effort by Colin

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:01 am Post number 2

[mention]nutella[/mention] just the fact that you, Mac, and Long Con didn't realize that we could make one post per day phase. Except that actually wasn't in the rules post. Maybe it was in the sign-up thread? Or I'm just imagining things?

let's talk [mention]ColinIsCool[/mention]. Do you have GTH reads at all? I'm not set on lynching you, you're just the one who seems to be putting forth the least effort. I don't like the look of it, but I can get past that if you want to give me something to go off of here.

I think Mac is town. Why else would he say "Colin is maf"?
I'm suspicious of nutella, because she's not after anyone yet.
Sort of suspicious of colin for not doing much, but no one has really done a lot.
I like Long Con. His poking at Mongoose looks town.
Not sure about Nova. Also what's with the self-vote? Make up your mind on someone dude.
Mongoose has yet to check in today, and all her day 0 stuff was all fluff. So I have nothing to go off of there.

[mention]Long Con[/mention] [mention]nutella[/mention] [mention]MacDougall[/mention] [mention]ColinIsCool[/mention] [mention]Mongoose[/mention] [mention]novaselinenever[/mention] There's less than 30 min until EOD and the poll is so scattered. Let's fix this. I'm thinking Colin or nutella. Thoughts?

This is a bit close. Incase something happens and I die, I'm going to call that nutella, colin, and mongoose are the scumteam.

Post number 2

I refuse to put forth an effort

I’m voting for [VOTE: LUNA] aubergine right now. She was mean to me and it feels forced!

I really do think you’re bad Luna. I don’t think your view of me is legitimate — the “effort” point is a response to my joke above and it is rather silly. I also don’t understand why you’d give Mac credit for saying I’m scum — like, what? Gonna stay parked on you and I invite others to join me.

Avenge me! Lynch Luna maybe!

Today is the second day of legislative session, so I've been a bit busy! I kept checking this all day long yesterday, and so like every 4th visit, I thought I'd add a comment. Then today I just didn't check in for whatever reason (but I've been home about an hour).

And yes, I tend to be chatty - that's nothing new!

e2: Now that I marinate on this - Being chatty is somehow more suspicious than just wiping all your comments? And speaking of fluff posts, I don't know if you guys think you were writing these grand treatises on your mafia hunting on Day 0, but I didn't see it (but maybe it got edited out )

e3: Why no effort, Colin?

e4: Hey @LongCon I saw all of your posts all in one go - tag me!

e5: Oh hells bells, I don't know. [VOTE: Scotty] aubergine

please hold

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NIGHT 1!

"AGH!!!!! THE LIGHT THEME!!!!" ColinisCool screams, looking over Speedchuck's shoulder. "Truly this is the worst 'one post!'"

ColinIsCool was then smote upon his ruin, the cheeky little snot. you know I love you colin

ColinIsCool has died, and was Vanilla town!

It is now Night one. You are allowed a new post. Night ends in 24 hours, get those actions in!

Sorry Colin

That's a bummer. Get well soon!

Ugh, poop on a stick.

E1: well I thought I had just posted this but I guess the gremlins ate my response. I’m also baffled by calling him Scotty, I guess I had him on the brain while i was doing a billion other things.

E2: Same x2, Luna

E3: Sorry to hear that, host!

Laaaame. Should've been Luna.

Also wtf @ mongoose calling colin scotty? lmao

Well fiddlesticks

Long Con. No.

I dunno how to play this game. It's too hard. I give up.

That was indeed stupid. Mental note made to not lynch Colin based on lack of effort.

DAY 2

Novaselinever was ganked by the mafia! He was Vanilla town.

It is now LYLO! Day lasts until 10 EST on Saturday Night, to make up for the late change.

Good luck my fellows.

It doesn't feel like it should already be lylo. Small games are the worst.

soo who wants to lynch mogoose now?

Mongoose wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:20 pm That's exactly what mafia would say. Feeling pretty good about LongCon, not sure about anyone else though.

lol, okay. But feeling good about one person isn't very helpful.

[mention]MacDougall[/mention] what did I do for you to trust I'm town? This feels super weird.

Long Con's probably scum. You can't hide behind your colorful posts Long Con!

I have a town night role and it would be cool to use it at least one last time and not get lynched today! [mention]Mongoose[/mention] [mention]Long Con[/mention]

[mention]MacDougall[/mention] why do you keep following my vote? First with mongoose, then with Long Con. Do you have other suspicions?

Maybe we should lynch nutella

Long Con wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:22 am I didn't really like Nutella's response. I don't like Lunas suspicion of me, and I don't like anything I've seen from Mac. So it's pretty tough. I am damn well Civ though and I believe Mongoose is as well, so 3rd Civ, make this a win for us somehow please.

[VOTE: nutella] aubergine you're with me, right MacDougall?

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:21 pm It doesn't feel like it should already be lylo. Small games are the worst.

Yeah, damn that was fast RIP nova.

Mongoose and LC, why should I believe your mutual vouch? I can totally see Luna and Mac being the mafia but I'm not sold.

Oh hey the deadline is in ten minutes lol i'm here hi. guess i'll [VOTE: luna] aubergine and hope we're right.

Nooooooooooooova

Mongoose maf?

I only trust Luna.

Civ fire duh

That's exactly what mafia would say. Feeling pretty good about LongCon, not sure about anyone else though.

Also, Nova is was nice playing with you! sorry to see you go, sug.

LongCon, I need you to trust me if you're out there. We are so quickly going to be outnumbered by mafiosi. I'm sending out the beacon. Send it back to me. I give you my Animal Sanctuary Squad promise I am not mafia. We are going to die in a ditch if you don't trust me.

Addendum 1: I am not entirely clear on how many mafia there might be or if there is an SK but I reckon the numbers wouldn't work if there wasn't one more civ. Maybe nutella? Not Luna I don't think (although I appreciated the one-day amnesty she bestowed me after past games went awry).

Addendum 2: [mention]nutella[/mention] I am not sure how to articulate it but I am very sold that LongCon is an innocent party. He has nothing but posited this ab initio and I would not doubt him.

Addendum 3: [mention]Long Con[/mention] I'm going to vote for Luna and call it a day. If something arises (or if you have a better idea), please mention me and I'll race back.

[VOTE: Luna] aubergine

Ok, Mongoose, you and I are not Mafia. I like Mac and Luna, but could be nutella as well. Which of Mac and Luna are most likely?

Also, sorry for forgetting about this game briefly. Good thing it's 48/24!

I didn't really like Nutella's response. I don't like Lunas suspicion of me, and I don't like anything I've seen from Mac. So it's pretty tough. I am damn well Civ though and I believe Mongoose is as well, so 3rd Civ, make this a win for us somehow please.

Okay, I guess I'll vote for Luna too, either the game will be over or it won't.

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:30 pmMongoose and LC, why should I believe your mutual vouch? I can totally see Luna and Mac being the mafia but I'm not sold.

... I don't know why you should believe . I believe Mongoose, and I am town.

That's a pretty clear unfavorite, isn't it? No ifs ands and especially, no butts.

Luna was lynched. She was the town roleblocker.

Other town:
Mongoose - Town Cop
Long Con - Vanilla Town

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Postgame comments:
Excellent job to Mac and nutella for staying incognito, and latching on to their (probably) best target on the last day. Going after LC or Mongoose probably would not have gone well.
I think the game was balanced. Scum had very few options in the end, and town was one small bit away from blocking the kill or copping scum, both of which could have given it away.

Good game to all, and thanks for playing this silly one-page mess. You can post normally now. Ciao!

And sign up for my Vault Hunt game, for reals. It's going to be way more normal than this one. :P

LongCon - I'm sorry I picked the fake grail! Thank you for believing me! Luna, sorry for doubting you!

Oh, and for the record:

Night 1 - Macdougall kills Nova, Luna roleblocks nutella, Mongoose cop checks Long Con

Argh, so I role blocked nutella last night, but apparently Mac sent in the kill. Also noting that when Mac acts like my puppy dog and follows all my votes and thinks I'm town for no good reason, he's probably scum.

I checked LongCon on Night 1 so knew he was a legit, which I figure you all surmised.

I shouldn't have trusted Professor Chaos

Good game baddies, well played.

Thanks for the game, Speed. Enjoyed it and it was fun figuring out how to play it and how to optimize lol. Hope you feeling better.

Also guys check the name of our group. Little surprise

I dunno

At the start i was phoning it in because i was too busy and then it seemed like my lazy ass posting was working so I just kept saying nothing and offering nothing and um yeah.

Well technically it was balanced but the unique format rather encouraged a lazy environment-- of course not the host's fault but more the players' lol. Interesting concept to try but I probably wouldn't do it again Basically no effort -> mafia win

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:10 pm Argh, so I role blocked nutella last night, but apparently Mac sent in the kill. Also noting that when Mac acts like my puppy dog and follows all my votes and thinks I'm town for no good reason, he's probably scum.

Lol I dunno if that will hold up in a normal game but we shall see. Probably more likely to misread civ be being right about you.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:10 pm Oh, and for the record:

Night 1 - Macdougall kills Nova, Luna roleblocks nutella, Mongoose cop checks Long Con

Oh man and it was only a fluke that mac carried out the kill bc I missed that we were supposed to specify when I decided the kill and he volunteered before I came back haha. Could have gone differently then.

nutella wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 12:03 am Well technically it was balanced but the unique format rather encouraged a lazy environment-- of course not the host's fault but more the players' lol. Interesting concept to try but I probably wouldn't do it again Basically no effort -> mafia win

Our btsc was a robust hive of plotting and scheming ay.

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:10 pm Argh, so I role blocked nutella last night, but apparently Mac sent in the kill. Also noting that when Mac acts like my puppy dog and follows all my votes and thinks I'm town for no good reason, he's probably scum.

Yeaaah I don't think town!Mac tends to follow anyone like a puppy dog, lmao. He likes to take the alpha role.

nutella wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 12:05 am

Lunalee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:10 pm Argh, so I role blocked nutella last night, but apparently Mac sent in the kill. Also noting that when Mac acts like my puppy dog and follows all my votes and thinks I'm town for no good reason, he's probably scum.

Yeaaah I don't think town!Mac tends to follow anyone like a puppy dog, lmao. He likes to take the alpha role.

Lol I disagree wholeheartedly and will show you in due time.

This game is updated in the Hall of Fame.

Thanks for the game, I thought it was cool and I enjoyed it!

Mongoose wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:11 pm I checked LongCon on Night 1 so knew he was a legit, which I figure you all surmised.

yeah, I didn't know to clear anyone. This game could have ended differently if you had claimed. It would have effectively narrowed it down to Mac and Nutella (if we both trusted each other).