The Syndicate

ture. but i was pretty sure that wasnt going to happen again.

Thats why I voted for BWT so quickly -- I blocked him and then no kill.

I missed last vote, but would have voted for BWT (nearly process of elimination at this point) and also to save Vomps.

Imma go ahead and vote because this game I can't trust myself to wait around close to time. Feel free to follow my example. I feel better about this vote than say, voting for MM, and I feel way better about this vote than voting anyone else I've not yet named in this post.

I hardly ever do this, but I encourage you to follow my lead.

Vompatti wrote:

S~V~S wrote:

Vompatti wrote:I would generally interpret that card as some kind of a profound transformation or purification, but in the context of this game I must point out that in the tree of life Death is on the path between Netzah and Tifaret, which speaks strongly for the theory that if I survive the next lynch and/or night kill attempt, I will gloriously lead us into victory!

This sounds like someone who is getting more and more powerful via surviving

That makes me wonder what the *secrets* of the Abramelin role are. Could it be a recruit/absorption type thing?

If so, I'm really pi$$ed I've not been recruited. What does Abramelin have against furry ferret-type beasts?

I reread MM during my catchup and analysis portion of the program and I'm not inclined to really concentrate there today.

I think ending early sounds wonderful.

Vompatti wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote:Why the eye, Dom?

I'm still leaning towards MM being civ, so I'm not sure I want to look there. Vomps is one I would consider though. Given the way the lynch went down, I could possibly be wrong about him. Not to mention that once he was un-insanified, he didn't bother explaining his vote for INH. Or any of his other posts for that matter.

Yes, but as we saw with epig, just because Vomps failed to explain his vote doesn't make him necessarily bad.

Good point. But if he's not going to explain it, then what do you make of his vote? Because I think it's either 1) nonsensical, 2) has a hidden agenda, 3) is info-related. Those are the only possibilities I see here.

@Vomps: Are you still reading the thread or not?

Most definitely not.

Will you come back and play with us please, sug?

Don't worry, I;m far from convinced to vote for Vomperdoodle.

Hedgeowl wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

S~V~S wrote:That makes me want to ote MM again tomorrow, tbh. We have another lynch survivor, so i would like to revisit the MM discussion.

I think this is for the best. I'm not leaning toward Vomps at all (although he'd make a natural independent).

Who survived? I am not Adverse to discussing MM, but am inclined to think he's most likely civ.

The reason i think vomps was faking was the first time we have seen true insanification this game.

That's a good point. You can communicate pretty clearly through haikus, horoscopes, and weather reports. That does seem a bit like "One of these things is not like the others."

S~V~S wrote:That makes me want to ote MM again tomorrow, tbh. We have another lynch survivor, so i would like to revisit the MM discussion.

I think this is for the best. I'm not leaning toward Vomps at all (although he'd make a natural independent).

No nevermind, that's a night action - I'm all over the place.

Or Dion Fortune had a hand in this.

If SVS is right about the indie not being able to kill until the baddies were both dead (or maybe the baddie killer was dead), this would give this indie a serious motivation to become the world's best baddie hunter (and thus look like Mayor Civ).

That's a good idea, I'll do that.

I legit cannot picture Logan at a baseball game. I call Hijinks.

anyway, according to host post, we have until Sat at 6pm EST to vote.

MovingPictures07 wrote:First off, sorry to mongoose I was clearly wrong there! And I see we caught both baddies!

OMG you don't have to apologize to me!

Man I am so glad I don't have to post in haiku form anymore. I bet you all are too.

So vets -- how have you caught indies before?

thellama73 wrote:I have received all the PMs I expect to. Does anyone object if I end the night a little early? I will be at a baseball game tomorrow night, so the day period will last 48 hours.

This sounds fake.

I have no idea how to pick out an indie per yesterday's vote spread. Nothing.

Okay I am as shocked as anyone that my Day 1 "nonsense" pings amounted to something. But super pleased!

(If anyone was curious, I am very sick of counting to 5 and to 7, okay).

I drummed up a case
on a chocolatey fair fiend
on Day 1 vote poll.

Stickin' with that, y'all
Because could be somethin' there.
Voting Nutella

S~V~S wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:RIP Boogs!

So Chronozon is a demon summoned by baddie, but is a role from past mafia games? Would llama have played these games?

No, these were s few years back.

Dom wrote:SVS, you have suspected Hedgeowl all game... and then you voted for MP?

With the theory about an uninvolved baddie, plus her vote for him the day before and the way she worded it when she voted for him, I thought Mongoose had reason to believe MP was bad, yes.

I truly done did
No one was as shocked as me.
I was dead wrong, 'k.

nutella wrote:I don't think she's pretending to be cursed. Anyway, it's not like posting in haikus is a curse that completely impedes communication. It's not the kind of curse that would completely dissuade me from looking at and possibly voting for her. I am confident in her capability to respond and contribute in haiku form. So Mongoose, do you have more to say in response to MP's case? Because you're the closest I have to a suspect right now.

You are shrewd to see
That I can still speak easy
And helpful is me:

I had reasons for him.
But I was as wrong; that's that.
Sockrates done died.

Thought he wanted kills
But wasn't making the hits
But they kept coming

R.I.P., M.P.
You were both sock, hoss and friend
Til the bitter end.

So who makes the kills?
Another explanation?
Someone else sneaky.

But not a mongoose
Who continually gaffes
But has shiny hair.

Vompatti wrote:

Elohcin wrote:Could Mongoose be pretending to be cursed with her haiku talk so we will look at other players? If I were in her position (after the MP lynch) I would do the same thing. Thoughts?

That's a pretty bold accusation. Have you any evidence to back that up?

Thank you for your help!
You've always been my lil whelp.
Date for chips and kelp?

insertnamehere wrote:I agree with SVS, I'm not sold on the case against Mongoose. Feel free to look at my response to MP's case.

You answered him well
Without saying "Go to hell!"
You rang the big bell

I am not faking
I wish that you were baking
Cakes and pies for me

nijuukyugou wrote:RIP Boogs

(My English teacher heart enjoys your haiku-speak, Mongoose, even if it is a curse)

Thank you muchly, nij!
My favorite dinosaur?
Oh...triceratops!

Hedgeowl wrote:RIP Boogs!

So Chronozon is a demon summoned by baddie, but is a role from past mafia games? Would llama have played these games?

Are we sure, Hedgie?
A cameo baddie wut.
A hidden role? Hmm.

I do beseech you
Don't lynch a mistaken mongoose
Spaghetti sauces

Dom wrote:I'm sorry guys. I told you all I was very ill, and I'm now being treated-- but the medicine makes me very drowsy. I fell asleep at my laptop when I got home from work and woke up at 3 AM
I would have likely voted MP :/ Sorry buddy.

Thank you for admitting that. You didn't have to, but you did, and that shows a lot about your character.

S~V~S wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Oh boy.

This is going to be a tight one to wriggle out of. Hell, I'd vote me if I was in your shoes. I didn't have info, but I had reasons to suspect him.

Sorry mate.

Mongooses Stars, Day 4:

With Pluto (Jeanne Dixon rocks it old school, once a planet, always a planet) in your house of Violence, there may be danger ahead for you, but there does not have to be. If your adversaries have Venus in their house of Suspicion, they might see that a lone baddie Mongoose would not be likely to make bold statements. The upcoming influence of the Weasel constellation might also lead them to see how you may have jumped to the conclusion that you did.

That is very true. All will be revealed eventually. I'd be way lower on the radar if I was the remaining baddie on a team. Just don't jump to a Mongoose vote too easily, because you will be sad again and two wrongs don't make a right and other trite adages.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Good luck getting yourself out of a lynch tomorrow.

You ain't kidding, buster. Hope you are enjoying your trip and this doesn't taint it!!

Oh boy.

This is going to be a tight one to wriggle out of. Hell, I'd vote me if I was in your shoes. I didn't have info, but I had reasons to suspect him.

Sorry mate.

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Late host is late.

I am not late. Look at the poll ending time. I said I would close the poll at 6 IF all the votes came in by then. It would not be fair to cut it off when I previously told people they had 24 hours.

I'm just poking ya. But it's after 640?

Check your daylight savings time settings.

Awww poop on a parakeet.

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Late host is late.

I am not late. Look at the poll ending time. I said I would close the poll at 6 IF all the votes came in by then. It would not be fair to cut it off when I previously told people they had 24 hours.

I'm just poking ya. But it's after 640?

Late host is late.

Good lord Johnnie Cochran got all up in there. Thanks, man.

BTW, sorry I didn't explain this, I don't realize how many British idioms I use sometimes (I think the Australians use this one as well). It just basically means:

Used other than as an idiom: see lose,‎ plot.  [quotations ▼]
(idiomatic) To cease to behave in a consistent and/or rational manner.  [quotations ▼]
(idiomatic) To lose sight of an important objective or principle; to act contrarily to one's own interests through concentrating on relatively unimportant matters

And I don't think it's derogatory in nature or obviously I wouldn't have used it.

insertnamehere wrote:

Mongoose wrote:I' do not relish having to respond to all of that (oh man), but I will. (Just not right this second because work).

I will, and right now at that.

Oooh. Don't tease us!

I love how well SVS has taken to her challenge, despite the... Curse? I'm glad you agree about Socky because I've been second guessing myself a bit after his mega-post.

I'm actually surprised he hasn't showed up to vote yet.

I' do not relish having to respond to all of that (oh man), but I will. (Just not right this second because work).

MovingPictures07 wrote: Seriously, I will eat a hat if Mongoose is a civvie this game. I am THAT confident.

Well, at least that will gear you up nicely for my Felt game.

You ain't right, though.

insertnamehere wrote:I'm voting for MP.

Exhibit A: He was the second person to vote for Epig, a civvie.

Exhibit B: He voted for Boogs, and not for AP.

Exhibit C: His absence from the website matches up to Night 2. He wouldn't have a chance to send in an NK.

I would be able to look past one of these things on it's own. But, the combination of all three have convinced me to vote for him.

I can't imagine I won't vote for him as well. I woulda last vote if I hadn't been so inept about what day of the week it was. He's not been around as much, so it's hard to analyze behavior as much as I'd like, but I think he's been a bit strange this game.

Boogs wrote:Yay no death again!!
2 nights in a row with no kills strikes me as odd though.

Does anyone else agree the mafia may be someone not as active and missing PMs for kills?

Insertnamehere, glad you're back. I hated not having my iPad for a week so I understand how you must have felt

Indeed. But coulda been cursed one night and then blocked another?

Chk-Chk-Chk

Haa-haa-haa


(Michael Myers is the baddie, perhaps)

OMG I love your submission, Vomps. It's evocative of pizza.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:This magic circle I constructed this morning. From within this realm, I study the secrets of this world.

I can't see your magic circle, sug.

This is my magic circle. The user can stand in the middle of the large circle, or use any of the golden centers to "recharge". There is an extra layer of cushioning protection orbs all around the outside of the main circle. The green arms are used to maneuver the circle around, and can also be used to deflect an enemy's attack back at him/her. The green arms can also absorb an enemy's attack, and then transfer that latent energy back into the golden charging centers.

The color of the main circle and the outlying protecting orb wall are both colors of blue because spirits are confused by blue. In the French Quarter, many people paint their front doors "Haint Blue" in order to confuse the denizens of the dark. Spirits think see the doors and do not enter, because they process the blue color as water.

birdwithteeth11 wrote:

nutella wrote:Birdie, what would make you think I'm specifically that role?
I haven't intentionally said things "just to see where they go" like you said, I just post what I'm thinking. Honestly I've only remembered to check the thread about twice a day, and when I come in I see if anything sticks out to me, and reply to anything that does. I'm having a hard time nailing down suspicions because it is a small game and still early, not much has happened.

Well I guess it's possible that I'm interpreting you having a hard time nailing down suspicions as trying to steer the direction of the thread. And I think you're an intelligent enough player to be able to do so. But I could possibly be wrong.

We'll see though. You're still currently my main suspect, but we're still well off a Day 3 vote. So I have time to make up my mind one way or another.

That would be hilarious if my Day 1 vote c*rapshoot vote was totally accurate. Leave it to me to bumble onto a baddie.

MM, in rE: Vomps -- he is a special player, but he definitely seems more on point this game. Maybe he is in it to win it.

Sorta OTQuick drive by post to say I'm packing and doing a million errands today, but I'll be back later tonight to vote in the lynch post. Probably Sock, but I gotta catch up on the thread first.

S~V~S wrote:It would explain so much if you could elaborate on why you think that as well.

I promise I'm not being intentionally obtuse, but I gotta hold back a bit. Generally, I analyzed how Night 1 went down (no deaths) and filled in the blanks from there. There are other explanations for it, of course, so I could be very well wrong. I'm not at all "Super Sure" but am in the category of "Definitely Suspect" though.

Even without my annoyingly cryptic explanations, I think his actually thread behavior is odd. That in of itself isn't maybe ammunition for suspicion, but it's definitely eye-catching.

I agree wholeheartedly about Hedgie. I've never seen her as driveby voter.

I need to be very careful with my words, so that's why I didn't post more last night (also my boss was hanging around foreevvvver), but I'm home now and I have a bit more time before my work is throwing me a going away party tonight!

Let's see how cogent I can be about this - I am definitely examining Boog as much as anyone else (who is such a lovely human being/cat by the way), but I was hesitant to take Sock's word for it. I found his post drumming up support for a Boogs vote to be fun and funny, but weird: http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com/viewto ... 434#p72368

I'm examining why things went down the way they did last night, but I think it could very well be Sock. I would hate to push him out so early (he died so early in last game, but at least he really was bad), but it explains a lot if he is Aleister Crowley. And yeah, specifically Crowley, not just a bad hoss in general.