The Syndicate

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:11 pm [VOTE: Mr. Burns] aubergine

Burns and all the Simpsons sans Grampa are most suspicious.

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:36 am

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:31 am

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:30 am probably didn't kill the squirrel

Bart Simpson
Otto Mann
Marge Simpson
Homer Simpson

[VOTE: Mr Burns ] aubergine

Talk to me about your read on Homer? Is it just because he had meta on Bart?

no urgency in posting to get heat off them, takes game at their own pace

dunno who the player is or if this applies but I'd say it's still a good look regardless of who they are

good enough for D1

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:47 pm Is it me or does it feel like Grumple fell down a flight of stairs in the middle of D1

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:24 pm

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:07 am
That's fair, i'm just responding to whatever i see interesting and leave it at that. Can't argue against it. And i can tell you in advance that i probably won't be stronger tommorow or the days after. I might analyse a little more when a wolf dies but i can't guarantee it.

You realise mac came around a few hours before EoD too, threw a few reads with little substance, started crying about town throwing and claimed his identity?
I don't see why you ''feel bad'' about pushing mac but shitting on Skinner is fair game. Isn't that the same thing?

The track is fine. Otto sits in the upper half/middle of the threadstate atleast from my POV. That's where the mafia kill will usually come from. Tinfoiling that he is mafia the moment he doesn't die N1 doesn't do us any favours so putting focus on it isn't a good look.

Don't think anyone even said anything about his play either, just the track itself. I agree that his play is not good anyway.

I felt bad about pushing Mac into claiming Mac. For one thing, at the time I was pretty sure that I had gotten a townie modkilled, which seems like a pretty reasonable feels bad man, and for another I think the blatant breaking of the sock puppet theme was unpleasant and disruptive.

As for Skinner, yeah I have shit on basically every aspect of his play...including the track.

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:10 am

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:17 am I'm 100% sure who Otto is

Is he town?

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:17 am I'm 100% sure who Otto is

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:15 am Mac did wolf read Lisa. So do I. The day one disappointment when I read the ISO still stings. I had thought she was involved and making committed statements on stuff, but reading back it was all hollow. There were posts. There were posts that looked like they were about a read, or about taking a position, but ultimately they were just meh and there weren't near as many as I had thought. Today she gets in a little back and forth with Allison and has little to nothing to say to or about anyone else in the thread. The...heat...makes her posts stand out and be remembered as more than they really were...again...and she faded...again. If she doesn't come back stronger tomorrow than she did day one I could vote there.

Among the things that she "took a stand on" that to me is just contrariness was the Otto track from Skinner. Hugh joined in on this one. This is a Syndi-cat sweetness cloud thing. "Oh it was a good track! You must be wolfy to say it was a bad play! Only wolves are mean here at the Synficate!" Bull. That was a terrible track, and Skinner has played a bad game overall. Day one was "I can just luff it and show up at two hours to EoD and claim." Day two has been, so far, now that I am lock town I can say I cleared my slot and they can't really ask for more from me." It is basically true, and looking around at the people who haven't really cleared their own slot, including me, it's hard to argue, but c'mon. Take some responsibility for getting the town a win, since you are confirmed town. And people who look at this and say "so mean, Burns must be wolfing"...get over it. If town players don't hold each other accountable who is gonna do it for them?

Hugh Jass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:43 pm

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:00 am CBG is looking just as scummy as he was at the end of last RD. 2 posts thus far, with a total of like 5, maybe 6 words? Feels like he's scum that's having a hard time engaging the thread after his early interactions.

This is a fair take.

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:48 pm

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:45 pm

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:42 pm Further to the angleshoot - when I was shaking the tree D1 grumble was pretty quick to engage/tunnel me on my read, yet seems to not care about CBG.

It's total wolf bro stuff.

CBG seems to be pushing for a "too wolfy to be a wolf" read here.

Did I get it?

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:10 am

Hugh Jass wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:59 am

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:35 am

The Grumple wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:23 am what do u guys think about mr. burns

I'm really stoned rn so I'm not sure I can explain it properly.
But if Burns is scum I think Allison probably is too.

Pre-flip association reads. Et tu, Otto? Nooo

Fair shot.
It's just Burns and I were having a conversation and Allison was like "shut the fuck up, you're both town." (Not those exact words)
Anyways, I was ok with it and still am.. it's just that I'm paranoid and a giant potato.

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:43 pm @Krusty the Clown
Thoughts on Grandpa -
I was null on him until the attempted derp clear. A couple others have made decent scum cases on him but I haven't spent any time on him yet, so I suppose I'm scum leaning him strictly due to his bunk entrance today.

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:59 pm

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:43 pm @Krusty the Clown
Thoughts on Grandpa -
I was null on him until the attempted derp clear. A couple others have made decent scum cases on him but I haven't spent any time on him yet, so I suppose I'm scum leaning him strictly due to his bunk entrance today.

That derp clear was so derp that I'm inclined to give him a pass, for now.


Homer & CBG are on my radar at the moment.


Thoughts on why the Maf ignored the tracker claim & left Skinner alone?

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:22 pm

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:35 pm I'm legit town.

This is uber-convincing.

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:35 pm I'm legit town.

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:58 am I said that I felt him coming in to post a salad of reads on players seemingly at random with no explanation was not a great entrance. Others have felt the opposite, and they have turned out to be right. But it went beyond just "he was slanking". I also wasn't voting Milhouse at EOD, I liked the Grampa exe more.

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:34 am

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:31 am

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:50 am You guys need to re-evaluate the way we are looking at the game. We spent D1 trying to exe slankers because we thought the mafia was coasting. We now have two green flips and one tracker claim with no counterclaim among their number. Flanders died telling us that it didn't make sense to exe slankers and that we should be looking out for the vultures preying on them. I don't buy your case on Hugh and your stubbornness in trying to push him rather than figure out anything else about the game is starting to make me doubt my townread of you.

Reading your ISO, this does not seem like a genuine thought and just jumping on this idea to pocket/protect Hugh. Wolfy. Also expecting to a slanker exe be more than rand.

I singled out a specific reason why I didn't like Milhouse more than just "no posting", and if you read my ISO you'd know that.

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:09 am

Principal Skinner wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:45 am

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:20 pm Deets on the track @Principal Skinner

you my good sir did not visit anyone

Bruh..

Worst.tracker.ever (sorryCBG)

And I don't believe you. The real tracker can do whatever they want, but.. yeah I just don't believe you're the tracker.

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:50 am You guys need to re-evaluate the way we are looking at the game. We spent D1 trying to exe slankers because we thought the mafia was coasting. We now have two green flips and one tracker claim with no counterclaim among their number. Flanders died telling us that it didn't make sense to exe slankers and that we should be looking out for the vultures preying on them. I don't buy your case on Hugh and your stubbornness in trying to push him rather than figure out anything else about the game is starting to make me doubt my townread of you.

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:10 pm

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:08 pm If you have a better idea I'll listen. If we have a bad posting slanker that has under ten posts, what do we do with them? How are you expecting them to get worked clear if they live?

let them get subbed

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:02 pm For the record, I do feel bad about pushing Mac into claiming.

And his one post reads are, as I said, in my experience a little better than rand.

He does also have a handful of people that he is genuinely NEVER right about. But without revealing real IDs that doesn't matter.

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:35 am I am 80% sure I know who Bart is and if I am correct then they are probably a villager.

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:51 am I kinda think I know who Bart is too and agree they’re probably town

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:58 am I have a guess who marge is too and I also think they’re town.

Somebody tell me it’s a bad idea to make reads like this or I will continue to do so.

Mr. Burns wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:19 pm Burn's reads

Spoiler: show

Smithers! Bring the big bowl!! We're making a salad!

People who seem active and worth keeping around:

Allison-plenty of pushy questions stirring up the town to see what falls out
Bart-fun gifs, but open called for activity...liked his direct interaction
ComicBook-kinda meh personally, but I'm not fighting Otto on this one
Grampa-feisty old man, but pushes seem to produce reactions so good for the town
Grumple-another meh, but again I haven't really looked because I'm not fighting Otto at this point
Krusty-making pushes, stirring pots
Lisa-not pushy, but weighing in...will probably be readable
Otto-most active and intentional mover and shaker in the thread so far

People who seem useless but not worth fighting with today:

Homer-has Marge in the "mind meld pocket"
Marge-married mindlessly to Homer

Maybe subbed so let them be:
Hugh Jass
Millhouse


Would chop:
Flanders-high certainty proclamation that I happen to know is dead wrong, no back up or reasoning, no other significant interactions
Skinner-"I'm done memeing now" and has done nothing since

Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:23 pm I don’t think I’ve played anti town. I’m just playing at my own pace. Deal with it.

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:11 am

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:44 am

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:21 am When will Syndicate learn that the scum on this site actually care about the game

Looks like i'm confirmed town then.

Catching up after my work is done.

you looked like you cared about the game

or at least wanted to look like you cared about it :P

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:21 am When will Syndicate learn that the scum on this site actually care about the game

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:10 pm Burns vs Otto feels like two townies squabbling with each other.

Grampa Simpson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:14 pm

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:11 pm Why were you kinda coasting by and fluffing but suddenly sit up straight and start generating content when someone naked votes you?

"generating content"

a one-liner doesn't really meet that descriptor

The Grumple wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:40 pm Player salad is a subconscious pitfall that mafia people who hate Christmas fall into. They list several names at once without actually listing reasons. It allows for deniability later and gives an illusion of action without actually acting. Allows people in the mafia to talk about their teammates early on without actually pushing meaningful momentum on them so later on when one of them bites the snowball they can point back and be like "aha! I knew buntain simpson was mafia, see? I even said it on day 1".

Posts that often like this:

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:17 pm Kinda getting the feeling pretty much all the posters so far are town. Maybe one or two maf between Allison, Grumple and Flanders with the bulk of the bad guys laying low hoping for town to destroy itself
Looking at Skinner, Burns, Milhouse and Hugh Jazz.
So yes, I've named half the fucking roster, need more players to post to start narrowing down from that pool.

Mr. Mann if you don't mind can you expand on what put Skinner, Burns, Milhouse, and Hugh Jazz on your radar?

Question number second: If one or two of Grumple, Allison, and Flanders are mafia, which one do you think is most likely.

Question number C: what is it about the current game state that leads you to believe that the mafia is laying low?

Grampa Simpson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:37 pm

Allison Taylor wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:30 pm I'm feeling good about Otto and slightly better about Krusty (and I was already a little better than null on him). I'm taking "coming into the thread purely to make Simpsons references" as a null behavior right now, because a lot of people have done that. I think I like Burns' excuse more than Skinner's - having account issues is something that is very rare for mafia members to lie about, especially in a game as chill and laidback as this one.

what kind of issues tho

surely the host tested the sockpuppets before doling them out

Otto Mann wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:07 pm Bart's posts strike me as posts for the sake of posting. It's all fluff and his tone isn't a great look but at least he's been somewhat active.
Null for now.

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:24 am

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:17 am

Comic Book Guy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:06 am

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:05 am

The Grumple wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:08 pm yellow seems a little sus

Explain how

Missing an obvious joke? That's scummy.

There was a joke? Yeah, that totally flew over my head. Oh, & calling scum on a person not getting a joke? THAT'S scummy.

OMGUS? Now that's scummy.

Krusty the Clown wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:14 am

Lisa Simpson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:39 am Can i go already? I am a real child, i don't own any guns and don't want to look at this poor animal.

I'd think that Lisa would want to solve this dastardly deed, rather than run & hide. Why so squeamish?

Marge Simpson wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:06 am

Grampa Simpson wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:17 pm alright, used up all my show lore in the first two posts, let's go

yell at the kids or something