The Syndicate

indiglo wrote:I honestly don't care how long sign-ups take. My enthusiasm for this game will not wane. If it takes a week or 4 months. I'll still be all in.

My wife said something like that about our engagement.

Wait, no she didn't. That was me hosting D&D the summer of 2002.

yayyyy Nero, maybe we will get BTSC for the first time this game. :P

sig wrote:yayyyy Nero, maybe we will get BTSC for the first time this game. :P

I hope so!! Not like the short time we were together in Zodiac

Anyway, this game is guaranteed to be wicked Nice work Golden.

indiglo wrote:

indiglo wrote:I honestly don't care how long sign-ups take. My enthusiasm for this game will not wane. If it takes a week or 4 months. I'll still be all in.

QFT!

I will not be voting to lynch this person.

seconded. That's some fine words from one of the best Jar's I know.

Nerolunar wrote:Im in. This looks awesome, although I have not watched the show. Interesting setup though, Im sure it will be quite the ride

You have my best wishes for this game my friend

Glorfindel wrote:

Nerolunar wrote:Im in. This looks awesome, although I have not watched the show. Interesting setup though, Im sure it will be quite the ride

You have my best wishes for this game my friend

Thank you!! Will you be playing this?

13 more people - come on peeps! Lets fill this up!

why are votes not changeable?

ika wrote:why are votes not changeable?

Golden doesn't know what he's doing.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

ika wrote:why are votes not changeable?

Golden doesn't know what he's doing.

Non changeable votes are great no CFDs.

Nerolunar wrote:

Glorfindel wrote:

Nerolunar wrote:Im in. This looks awesome, although I have not watched the show. Interesting setup though, Im sure it will be quite the ride

You have my best wishes for this game my friend

Thank you!! Will you be playing this?

As great a theme as this looks Magnus, no, I shan't. I may watch though (for as long as you remain in it) just to cheer you on

ika wrote:why are votes not changeable?

As odd as it may be for some of our newbies, changeable votes were until recently not at all common around here.

Votes aren't changeable because I don't want them to be. The choice of exactly who to vote for and when is intentionally supposed to be hard in this game. Combining it with the admirals power, figuring out your votes in this game will hopefully feel like a very meaningful and important decision.

Golden wrote:

ika wrote:why are votes not changeable?

As odd as it may be for some of our newbies, changeable votes were until recently not at all common around here.

Votes aren't changeable because I don't want them to be. The choice of exactly who to vote for and when is intentionally supposed to be hard in this game. Combining it with the admirals power, figuring out your votes in this game will hopefully feel like a very meaningful and important decision.

I thought he meant in the sign-up thread, but I could be wrong.

But yeah, that is old school for *us*. It's why a lot of us old schoolers tend to hold our vote. We are getting better about strategy voting, but it is still hard at times. I still to this day tend to view immediate votes after the night ends as "possible info". RVS will always be foreign to me.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Golden wrote:

ika wrote:why are votes not changeable?

As odd as it may be for some of our newbies, changeable votes were until recently not at all common around here.

Votes aren't changeable because I don't want them to be. The choice of exactly who to vote for and when is intentionally supposed to be hard in this game. Combining it with the admirals power, figuring out your votes in this game will hopefully feel like a very meaningful and important decision.

I thought he meant in the sign-up thread, but I could be wrong.

I'm sure I don't know what you mean

S~V~S wrote:

But yeah, that is old school for *us*. It's why a lot of us old schoolers tend to hold our vote. We are getting better about strategy voting, but it is still hard at times. I still to this day tend to view immediate votes after the night ends as "possible info". RVS will always be foreign to me.

Well in that case, I've lost track of all the games where TH and I seem to have info on each other.

He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

Silverwolf wrote:He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

This would be the perfect game to try self-voting on Day 1.

Silverwolf wrote:He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

Do not assume such things. Unchangeable votes will still be a thing in some of my games, as will it be in others.

Epignosis wrote:

Silverwolf wrote:He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

Do not assume such things. Unchangeable votes will still be a thing in some of my games, as will it be in others.

I've never played a game like that before so that will be hard for me to get used to as moving my vote around to pressure people is one of the ways I scumhunt.

Silverwolf wrote:He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

well, between you and ika, you can collectively vote twice a day, so there is that.

Golden wrote:

Silverwolf wrote:He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

well, between you and ika, you can collectively vote twice a day, so there is that.

LOL

Silverwolf wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Silverwolf wrote:He was talking about the poll here in the sign up thread. I'm just gonna assume we can vote more than once a day in the game.

Do not assume such things. Unchangeable votes will still be a thing in some of my games, as will it be in others.

I've never played a game like that before so that will be hard for me to get used to as moving my vote around to pressure people is one of the ways I scumhunt.

Yeah it can be a hard thing to do, it takes a game or two to get used to it. It took me awhile, but now I'm okay with it.

S~V~S wrote:

But yeah, that is old school for *us*. It's why a lot of us old schoolers tend to hold our vote. We are getting better about strategy voting, but it is still hard at times. I still to this day tend to view immediate votes after the night ends as "possible info". RVS will always be foreign to me.

Preach!

Just the idea of going back to non-changeable votes has gotten me all a twitter. I have been trying hard to adapt since coming back, but oh this will be like putting on that old, comfy pair of sweats at the end of a long, hard day.

It's very likely my methods will be different in this game, so when I'm not acting like a generic fresh-from-the-supermarket JJJ I don't wanna hear about it. :P

Ooh, ooh, I wanna be the lynch save, give me the lynch save!

So say me

All the time

IN

You won't clarify game questions, but in clarification to one game mechanic, if a player can't act on the same player twice in a row, would that also including self-targeting?

Yay glad to play another game with you. Don't forgot to vote "in" on the poll.

Well, with no vote switches I think I'm gonna use FoS (finger of suspicion) a lot in this game.

Excellent, I hope more new people join!!

Inawordyes wrote:Ooh, ooh, I wanna be the lynch save, give me the lynch save!

So say me

All the time

IN

You won't clarify game questions, but in clarification to one game mechanic, if a player can't act on the same player twice in a row, would that also including self-targeting?

Yes. The 'no double-targetting' rule works universally, including with self-targetting and any factional abilities (such as a mafia kill) if there are any in the game.

this game starts soon?

so say we all?


of topically - golden - have you been listening to the west wing rewatch podcast? it's really good!

bea wrote:this game starts soon?

so say we all?


of topically - golden - have you been listening to the west wing rewatch podcast? it's really good!

My boss has recently pointed this out to me... perhaps I need to subscribe to it!

Ten more players - lets get them going. Tell everyone you know to play. Hopefully we get them within the next couple of days. (welcome polo! Nice ninja poll vote!)

Playing with unchangeable votes doesn't have to be all that different. Just vote in the thread and not in the poll.

VOTE IKA

Long Con wrote:Playing with unchangeable votes doesn't have to be all that different. Just vote in the thread and not in the poll.

VOTE IKA

I didn't know we could do this. I was thinking of doing a vote just not in the red color or using FoS, finger of suspicion and only putting my final vote in, end of day.

It's actually a cool idea. I was resistant to it until I thought about it more and now I'm looking forward to it.

Which is basically saying, during the course of the day, "I suspect so & so, and as of this point plan on voting for them" without actually voting for them. Which is how we used to say. I think making faux votes will be confusing.

Ebwop, and I am already confused enough

Yeah, that's what I meant. Tell the thread where your current vote stands (I guess that's the Finger of Suspicion), but your poll vote is your final vote.

OMG. This looks SO GOOD. SO. SO. GOOD.

I am a maybe. I have a Big Time Summer headed my way (WHOO!) which will not include Mafia for a good chunk of it.

I do not want to commit to something and then be a traitor to the cause.

Ricochet wrote:Just a few more days hnnng... :smallnoble:

I had to quote this to read it. My old eyeballs are struggling on this site. I will leave it unreadable in case it is a joke I am not getting it.

I will never stand in the way of comedy if I can help it.

Unless it is not funny.

i plan on voting sig in my first post jsut to make him annoyed at me :P

ika wrote:i plan on voting sig in my first post jsut to make him annoyed at me :P

As long as you don't CFD onto me we're cool. :P

sig wrote:

ika wrote:i plan on voting sig in my first post jsut to make him annoyed at me :P

As long as you don't CFD onto me we're cool. :P

That's entirely the plan

Illyria wrote:OMG. This looks SO GOOD. SO. SO. GOOD.

I am a maybe. I have a Big Time Summer headed my way (WHOO!) which will not include Mafia for a good chunk of it.

I do not want to commit to something and then be a traitor to the cause.

Yay!! Big Time Summer!!!

And also we need you. Specifically. Bea. Bea neeeeeds you. Illy.

Golden wrote:

bea wrote:this game starts soon?

so say we all?


of topically - golden - have you been listening to the west wing rewatch podcast? it's really good!

My boss has recently pointed this out to me... perhaps I need to subscribe to it!

Ten more players - lets get them going. Tell everyone you know to play. Hopefully we get them within the next couple of days. (welcome polo! Nice ninja poll vote!)

You totally should! The guy who played bill bailey is one of the hosts and they get peeps from the show on. I just listened to Dule Hill as a guest talking about Charlie. They are only about 5 episodes in and do 1 a week. You can rewatch then listen to them. It's quickly becoming one of the podcasts I most look forward to each week.

Even if I can't rewatch, it's still fun to listen to them hash out each episode.

I've read the introduction to this game and as I think I said before, I think it looks really good but I've felt until now that I shouldn't sign up as a consequence of the events of previous games that I've played here on this site. When I first started playing these games (on another site) I found that every game was more than anything else an opportunity to make at least one new friend - and things worked out that way. I started playing two years ago and to this day, some of my best friends are those whom I played Mafia with at some time or another. I was niave and silly enough to believe that Mafia worked like that everywhere but I see now that I was wrong - VERY wrong. It's just a game and in some cases that's simply ALL it is. I think now I understand that I can overcome my need to be polite, honest and genuine at least enough to play this game.

And with that, you may sign me up!

Glorfindel wrote:I've read the introduction to this game and as I think I said before, I think it looks really good but I've felt until now that I shouldn't sign up as a consequence of the events of previous games that I've played here on this site. When I first started playing these games (on another site) I found that every game was more than anything else an opportunity to make at least one new friend - and things worked out that way. I started playing two years ago and to this day, some of my best friends are those whom I played Mafia with at some time or another. I was niave and silly enough to believe that Mafia worked like that everywhere but I see now that I was wrong - VERY wrong. It's just a game and in some cases that's simply ALL it is. I think now I understand that I can overcome my need to be polite, honest and genuine at least enough to play this game.

And with that, you may sign me up!

Eyyyy what up old Glorf! Looking forward to playing again with ya, mate!

Ihave also made quite a few good friends playing Mafia over the years. We have people here who met & married over Mafia.

I am glad you are giving it another shot, Glorfindel.

Glorfindel wrote:I've read the introduction to this game and as I think I said before, I think it looks really good but I've felt until now that I shouldn't sign up as a consequence of the events of previous games that I've played here on this site. When I first started playing these games (on another site) I found that every game was more than anything else an opportunity to make at least one new friend - and things worked out that way. I started playing two years ago and to this day, some of my best friends are those whom I played Mafia with at some time or another. I was niave and silly enough to believe that Mafia worked like that everywhere but I see now that I was wrong - VERY wrong. It's just a game and in some cases that's simply ALL it is. I think now I understand that I can overcome my need to be polite, honest and genuine at least enough to play this game.

And with that, you may sign me up!

Assuming you're who the right Glorfindel as I think you are, hi Matty!

You don't have to be impolite, deceptive and fake to play Mafia. It is a game, but you can still be super nice, super honest (lying by omission unless directly challenged, for example) and genuine to yourself (if you try to change yourself for the sake of the game, people will notice, just like it is in real life). That's what I do, I just have fun! It's a game at the end of the day, so I don't play to win, and even if it doesn't work like that everywhere and not everybody shares that mindset, that doesn't mean that you have to give up that part of yourself to play the game.

Be the nicest person in the game if you want (though I'll give you a run for your money haha), but don't be afraid to play the game, because it is a game, but the beauty of Mafia on places like here and my own homesite of MafiaManiac (which if you're the right Glorfindel you'll already know considering you have an account there) is that everybody can be themselves and have fun. It's a game p, but it's nit about the game, if that makes any sense haha.

Anyways hi! Welcome aboard!

Inawordyes wrote:

Glorfindel wrote:I've read the introduction to this game and as I think I said before, I think it looks really good but I've felt until now that I shouldn't sign up as a consequence of the events of previous games that I've played here on this site. When I first started playing these games (on another site) I found that every game was more than anything else an opportunity to make at least one new friend - and things worked out that way. I started playing two years ago and to this day, some of my best friends are those whom I played Mafia with at some time or another. I was niave and silly enough to believe that Mafia worked like that everywhere but I see now that I was wrong - VERY wrong. It's just a game and in some cases that's simply ALL it is. I think now I understand that I can overcome my need to be polite, honest and genuine at least enough to play this game.

And with that, you may sign me up!

Assuming you're who the right Glorfindel as I think you are, hi Matty!

You don't have to be impolite, deceptive and fake to play Mafia. It is a game, but you can still be super nice, super honest (lying by omission unless directly challenged, for example) and genuine to yourself (if you try to change yourself for the sake of the game, people will notice, just like it is in real life). That's what I do, I just have fun! It's a game at the end of the day, so I don't play to win, and even if it doesn't work like that everywhere and not everybody shares that mindset, that doesn't mean that you have to give up that part of yourself to play the game.

Be the nicest person in the game if you want (though I'll give you a run for your money haha), but don't be afraid to play the game, because it is a game, but the beauty of Mafia on places like here and my own homesite of MafiaManiac (which if you're the right Glorfindel you'll already know considering you have an account there) is that everybody can be themselves and have fun. It's a game p, but it's nit about the game, if that makes any sense haha.

Anyways hi! Welcome aboard!

I'll confess, it was the fact that YOU had signed up for this game that made me change my mind about playing. Thank you for your kind and encouraging words my dear friend