The Syndicate

GAME OF CHAMPIONS 2015 INVITATIONAL GAME

This is the sign up thread for our annual GOC Invitational game. If you were the winner of either a Job (Full Game) or a Side Mission (Speed Game) during 2015, you are eligible to participate in our 2015 Game of Champions! You can expect an invitation in your Inbox within the next 48 hours. We have a BIG list of winners, so we are sending them out in small batches. THERE IS NO POLL~ PM a reply to your PM, and we will add you to the list, which will be posted here.

Hello Winners

This game will be a closed set up, and the signups will be closed as well. We plan to start sometime around New Years Day. We are flexible and will work around schedules if need be.

Please PM us back whether you will be PLAYING, NOT PLAYING or would prefer to be a REPLACEMENT, and then we will update the thread. There will be no dead replacement in this game, so Champion Replacements are definitely needed. So if you think you cannot play, but there is even a slight chance of replacing in later in the game, please sign up as a replacement. There WILL be a Spectator Chat where deadies will be welcome.

*****PLEASE COPY BOTH TURNIP HEAD & MYSELF ON ALL GAME RELATED PMs INCLUDING SIGN UPS*****

We will continue to Welcome new Champions until New Years Day.

Congratulations for having a great Mafia year, and thanks for all you do to help make this a fun place to play

Once we open up the thread, feel free to chat.

PLAYERS

a2thezebra
bcornett24
Bass_the_Clever
Black Rock
Boomslang
dfaraday
DharmaHelper
Dom
Dr. Wilgy
Draconus
Elohcin
Epignosis
Golden
Hamburger Boy
JaggedJimmyJay
Juliets
Long Con
LoRab
MacDougall
Matt
Metalmarsh
nijuukyugou
RadicalFuzz
Ricochet
sig
Sorsha
Spacedaisy
thellama73
Timmer
Tranq


REPLACEMENTS

Canucklehead
FZ.
motel room
MovingPictures07
Russtifinko


PEOPLE WHO SAID NO (BEG LIST)

aapje
Dragon D. Luffy
Roxy
Simon
Tink

We will be sending out invites 10 at a time over the next 2 days. We will announce when all have gone out.

I'm feeling surprisingly ambivalent towards the closed setup format (compared to witnessing the entire potpourri that was conceived) proposed for this one. I have no doubt the melange will be all in there and it'll be hella awesome, but it'll be way harder during the game to figure out what you're dealing with (except, partially, if one is in a mafia team).

We are revealing as we go along. Full role cards as well as affiliation. We know there are people who want to solve the game.

S~V~S wrote:We know there are people who want to solve the game.

Closed setup sounds really exciting! It'll be a breath of fresh air, for sure.

My goal this year is to not get lynched Day 1.

Have I been in every GoC? Maybe I'll win this one.

My goal this year is to lynch Marmot on day 1.

S~V~S wrote:We know there are people who want to solve the game.

Such people are myths and legends and do not actually exist.

Golden wrote:My goal this year is to lynch Marmot on day 1.

Go for it. You know I'm just going to draw an unnightkillable, unlynchable role.

DharmaHelper wrote:Have I been in every GoC? Maybe I'll win this one.

You have!

Who all has been/will be in every one? That's a good question.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:My goal this year is to not get lynched Day 1.

Golden wrote:My goal this year is to lynch Marmot on day 1.

Yes, let's take our eyes off Dharma for a second GoC in a row...

Ricochet wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:My goal this year is to not get lynched Day 1.

Golden wrote:My goal this year is to lynch Marmot on day 1.

Yes, let's take our eyes off Dharma for a second GoC in a row...

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Golden wrote:My goal this year is to lynch Marmot on day 1.

Go for it. You know I'm just going to draw an unnightkillable, unlynchable role.

No, but you might draw a role that is only lynchable on day one

Please make me a rogue demo man. I want to be a rogue demo man.

Demolition Man?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Demolition Man?

Yeah it's an SK that plants bombs and then sets them off later rather than just killing every night. Love that role.

I made a variation of it called a Pokemon Trainer where each night the rogue captured a player and then got to release one player back into the game every day and use their abilities as their own. Cool role.

NOT PLAYING for now. Will probably not have time. Though I'll let you know if I change my mind.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:NOT PLAYING for now. Will probably not have time. Though I'll let you know if I change my mind.

REPLACEMENTS
JaggedJimmyJay

Ricochet wrote:REPLACEMENTS
JaggedJimmyJay

I'm sure it'll be a fun time, and I do hate to be removed from a competitive roster of players like this is sure to be. It just comes at a bad time for me, unfortunately. Besides my continuing post-Talking Heads burnout, I am really busy this whole month. Plus I'm going on a trip to Austria the last week of December, and we all saw how I behaved in a Mafia game when I was in Sweden.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

Ricochet wrote:REPLACEMENTS
JaggedJimmyJay

I'm sure it'll be a fun time, and I do hate to be removed from a competitive roster of players like this is sure to be. It just comes at a bad time for me, unfortunately. Besides my continuing post-Talking Heads burnout, I am really busy this whole month. Plus I'm going on a trip to Austria the last week of December, and we all saw how I behaved in a Mafia game when I was in Sweden.

Remember in Talking Heads when you said you'd be busy most of the game?

Well we definitely aren't starting until the first week of January at the earliest, and we're willing to work around busy holiday schedules. That gives you plenty of time to refresh your mafia soul, should you choose to do so

Turnip Head wrote:Well we definitely aren't starting until the first week of January at the earliest, and we're willing to work around busy holiday schedules. That gives you plenty of time to refresh your mafia soul, should you choose to do so

In that case my prospects would look brighter. I'll see what's going on with me as we get nearer to the new year and make the call.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Remember in Talking Heads when you said you'd be busy most of the game?

Yeah, and the worst thing is... it was the truth. I was busy.

I haven't decided what I'm doing yet; I could end up playing, replacing, or not playing at all. I'd really love to, but I don't want to interfere with time while my parents are down here. If the game starts later into January, the more likely it is that I will play. I'll also have a pretty busy semester though, and was contemplating taking all of Spring 2016 away from playing mafia. I need to mull over it as well.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

Ricochet wrote:REPLACEMENTS
JaggedJimmyJay

I'm sure it'll be a fun time, and I do hate to be removed from a competitive roster of players like this is sure to be. It just comes at a bad time for me, unfortunately. Besides my continuing post-Talking Heads burnout, I am really busy this whole month. Plus I'm going on a trip to Austria the last week of December, and we all saw how I behaved in a Mafia game when I was in Sweden.

Austria is boring. You can perfectly Mafia on the phone whilst skiing or attending a concert.

Zeebs is faking being a replacement, correct? I assume she'll be playing, yes?

Just a reminder, we need PMs

Just posting an answer in the thread will mean I will keep PMing you until the game starts, and maybe even after. You won't like that, neither will I

S~V~S wrote:We are revealing as we go along. Full role cards as well as affiliation. We know there are people who want to solve the game.

Ah, so Turnip imported Sidoh in the design despite not playing himself.

Matt wrote:Zeebs is faking being a replacement, correct? I assume she'll be playing, yes?

Assuming a replacement is needed, yes.

Muahahahahahahahahahhhaahahaha

The hosts need people who are willing to be replacements. It's noble for some people to be willing to do that.

I'm far too selfish.

Golden wrote:The hosts need people who are willing to be replacements. It's noble for some people to be willing to do that.

I'm far too selfish.

So let's convince Zeebs to be more selfish then?

I'm selfish enough irl

We will not be replacing in deadies, and you always need replacements. I would rather people say "I'll be a Replacement" than, "I need a Replacement".

S~V~S wrote:
PLAYERS

bcornett24
DharmaHelper
Dom
Elohcin
Epignosis
Golden
Long Con
LoRab
MacDougall
Matt
Metalmarsh
nijuukyugou
RadicalFuzz
Ricochet

That's 13, let's roll it.

If any of these fellas are given baddie cards, abandon hope, all ye sign up.

Ah crap, I fail at basic counting yet again.

Ricochet wrote:

S~V~S wrote:
PLAYERS

bcornett24
DharmaHelper
Dom
Elohcin
Epignosis
Golden
Long Con
LoRab
MacDougall
Matt
Metalmarsh
nijuukyugou
RadicalFuzz
Ricochet

That's 13, let's roll it.

If any of these fellas are given baddie cards, abandon hope, all ye sign up.

Fixed that for you.

Since I helped Golden the Coward with one of his wins, I feel like he is also representing me in this game. If he wins the Championship game, I will stop calling him Golden the Coward. At least until he comes to deserve the moniker again.

Hey I have a nickname for him too. Traitorous Swine.

You two can bond over it

@G-Man, I'll try to do you proud. Have you not had an actual win? It's kind of slightly criminal that you don't get a share of the win in Biblical you were a big part of that win.

Golden wrote:Have you not had an actual win? It's kind of slightly criminal that you don't get a share of the win in Biblical you were a big part of that win.

I imagined G-Man would have declined the invitation, but...I think you're right

JJJ was also a coin-toss away from not being eligible.

Ricochet wrote:

Golden wrote:Have you not had an actual win? It's kind of slightly criminal that you don't get a share of the win in Biblical you were a big part of that win.

I imagined G-Man would have declined the invitation, but...I think you're right

As someone from the Old Guard, I'm fine not getting a share of the Biblical win. We old geezers believe you have to be alive at the end of a game to get the win.

And yes, I almost certainly would have declined this game. Baby = busy.

It's still a damn shame you didn't win a single game this year, given that you always play like a champ. I don't recall it being the case, but if I screwed up a possible win for you at any time, I'm retroactively sorry.

S~V~S wrote: PEOPLE WHO SAID NO (BEG LIST)

Roxy

The Hacks are officially 2 out of 4 enrolled. Fortunately, we have TH holding the remote controls to help his two buddies out.

come back Roxy

Ricochet wrote:It's still a damn shame you didn't win a single game this year, given that you always play like a champ. I don't recall it being the case, but if I screwed up a possible win for you at any time, I'm retroactively sorry.

I'm not surprised I didn't win any of the games I played. I'll always maintain that I'm better at hosting than playing. But if you still feel like there is a wrong that needs righting, you can always vote for me as your favorite new member and favorite player when the Sockey awards come around.

I've yet to play in a game hosted by you, though, so I stick for now to my appreciation of your playing.

Regarding the '16 Sockies, I'm not sure if I'll still qualify for New Player since I started playing in 2015 (Film Directors might have started late December, though, don't recall) or I won't qualify anymore since I joined in 2014 (in which case, Bass took that prize and I probably didn't receive a vote from anyone, who knows and I can only hope Belshazzar will win this year ), but technically I wouldn't mind receiving that award myself.

As for favourite player, you didn't play Syndicate Mafia (I roleplayed you, though, so it counts), but you should kinda looky here, particularly at the Mafia Idols section.