The Syndicate

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:54 pm**

Morning folks

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:58 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:53 pm Cue Epignosis adverb tell

What would people with poor grammar do here exactly?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:58 pm**

Hey nutella

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:59 pm**

Poison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:58 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:53 pm Cue Epignosis adverb tell
What would people with poor grammar do here exactly?

He’d probably give you a C.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:01 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:59 pm
Poison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:58 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:53 pm Cue Epignosis adverb tell
What would people with poor grammar do here exactly?
He’d probably give you a C.

He asked me to choose a different language, so I wrote in my mothertongue last game. He didn't reply after that. Sigh. I think it was 'F'

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:06 pm**

I'm going to bed. Good night.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:22 pm**

Good night!

I try not to use the word "honestly" at all in games, and when I do, I am keenly aware of its usage. Very wolfy word.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:24 pm**

Honestly it's just part of my routine speech pattern.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm**

People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:39 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.

I raise you: Enrique is a self-aligned third party bulletproof serial killer survivor.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.

I can see it. Pre-slank excuse, mech chatter, and bland greetings.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm**

I routinely lie and manipulate as town. It's just optimal play.

Poison has told me that she often feels very uncomfortable as mafia and gets found out very quickly, and that she's generally bad at playing mafia. But in this game she feels very comfortable and fluid. I understand that a game where she is mafia has just ended; what was she like in that game?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:41 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:39 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.
I raise you: Enrique is a self-aligned third party bulletproof serial killer survivor.

Yeah, his obsession with hammers is starting to get uncomfortable in just that way.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:41 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:39 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.
I raise you: Enrique is a self-aligned third party bulletproof serial killer survivor.

Well I mean, obviously that. I figured it was self-evident and didn't merit a mention at all.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:42 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm I routinely lie and manipulate as town. It's just optimal play.

Poison has told me that she often feels very uncomfortable as mafia and gets found out very quickly, and that she's generally bad at playing mafia. But in this game she feels very comfortable and fluid. I understand that a game where she is mafia has just ended; what was she like in that game?

Perfectly towny. She and her surviving teammate were lauded all game long for their locktowniness.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:42 pm**

[mention]nutella[/mention] you were one of the out-of-thread demi-gods in Assassin's Creed. What can you tell us about that experience?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:44 pm**

I just realized this is the first time I've played a game without a post cap in several months. I can breathe.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:44 pm**

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.
I can see it. Pre-slank excuse, mech chatter, and bland greetings.

I could see Vulgard being scum but mostly because their posting looks kinda carefully controlled to be as inoffensive and trigger people's scumdars as little as possible. I had a confused reaction to that mechanic as well so I don't blame them for the mech chatter, and I think pre-slank excuses are NAI. There are very few people (in general, but especially on the Syndicate) who roll scum and then go "alright! I'm going to go and give an excuse so I can coast through D1!" Not only is this just uncommon behavior, it's also suboptimal - you allow yourself to engage in some anti-town behavior, but in exchange you lose a lot of ability to gain trust and manipulate the town. Syndicate is not a site that is afraid to exe slankers and you will win a lot more games by powerwolfing than coasting.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:47 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:44 pm
Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.
I can see it. Pre-slank excuse, mech chatter, and bland greetings.
I could see Vulgard being scum but mostly because their posting looks kinda carefully controlled to be as inoffensive and trigger people's scumdars as little as possible. I had a confused reaction to that mechanic as well so I don't blame them for the mech chatter, and I think pre-slank excuses are NAI. There are very few people (in general, but especially on the Syndicate) who roll scum and then go "alright! I'm going to go and give an excuse so I can coast through D1!" Not only is this just uncommon behavior, it's also suboptimal - you allow yourself to engage in some anti-town behavior, but in exchange you lose a lot of ability to gain trust and manipulate the town. Syndicate is not a site that is afraid to exe slankers and you will win a lot more games by powerwolfing than coasting.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:50 pm**

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:42 pm
Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm I routinely lie and manipulate as town. It's just optimal play.

Poison has told me that she often feels very uncomfortable as mafia and gets found out very quickly, and that she's generally bad at playing mafia. But in this game she feels very comfortable and fluid. I understand that a game where she is mafia has just ended; what was she like in that game?
Perfectly towny. She and her surviving teammate were lauded all game long for their locktowniness.

Alright.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:50 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:44 pm
Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:40 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.
I can see it. Pre-slank excuse, mech chatter, and bland greetings.
I could see Vulgard being scum but mostly because their posting looks kinda carefully controlled to be as inoffensive and trigger people's scumdars as little as possible. I had a confused reaction to that mechanic as well so I don't blame them for the mech chatter, and I think pre-slank excuses are NAI. There are very few people (in general, but especially on the Syndicate) who roll scum and then go "alright! I'm going to go and give an excuse so I can coast through D1!" Not only is this just uncommon behavior, it's also suboptimal - you allow yourself to engage in some anti-town behavior, but in exchange you lose a lot of ability to gain trust and manipulate the town. Syndicate is not a site that is afraid to exe slankers and you will win a lot more games by powerwolfing than coasting.

But really, I like your angle on the pre-slank excuse. Vulgard is a Champs player if I'm not mistaken, and that would apply more to that type of player more than a casual player. I think mech chatter and bland greetings do fall under the "carefully controlled to be as inoffensive and trigger people's scumdars as little as possible" umbrella.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:50 pm**

I jumped into this game at the very last second so that I could play with Quin again and I just realized he's one of the people out of the thread.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:52 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:39 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:27 pm People have squinted at me for saying that I have "genuine" reads in the past, as if every read I share as town is supposed to be genuine.

So with that in mind, here's a read of unknown sincerity:

Vulgard is mafia.
I raise you: Enrique is a self-aligned third party bulletproof serial killer survivor.

yeah but that’s unrelated to this mafia game

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:52 pm**

Surely they'll be joining us at some point. My bet is after Day 1 we'll see some progress there.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:54 pm**

at least we've got a marmot scurrying about in here.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:55 pm**

I'm going to do a host read here and say they'll rejoin us after N1 at the very latest. Having people sign up for your game and then be unable to do anything is pretty lame.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:56 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:55 pm I'm going to do a host read here and say they'll rejoin us after N1 at the very latest. Having people sign up for your game and then be unable to do anything is pretty lame.

In Assassin's Creed the out-of-thread people were doing things. They just weren't in the thread. They joined us like... Day 2 or 3, maybe? But only for one phase, and then retreated back to their home on Mt. Olympus or whatever.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:58 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:55 pm I'm going to do a host read here and say they'll rejoin us after N1 at the very latest. Having people sign up for your game and then be unable to do anything is pretty lame.

Maybe they’re saying the same thing about us...

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:01 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:42 pm @nutella you were one of the out-of-thread demi-gods in Assassin's Creed. What can you tell us about that experience?

I don't remember a ton of detail but we had a discord, we could read the thread and discuss our thoughts, and we had daily choices on smaller or larger ways to influence the game (such as giving a certain player a power buff or something) and then a few phases in we entered the thread for a day and helped town solve the game and then left again

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:02 pm**

Trustworthy Liberal, Quin, Hyena, and Turnip Head are the four horsemen of the nanookpocalypse.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:04 pm**

This is actually the sequel to The Search For Quin.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:04 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:04 pm This is actually the sequel to The Search For Quin.

last time he was just on the beach. let's check there.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:06 pm**

Who has played with Vulgard before?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:07 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:06 pm Who has played with Vulgard before?

I think just the people he mentioned on the first page from G-Man's game -- Poison, TSP, and LC.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:08 pm**

Oh and a few of us were technically in the MU anniversary mash with him but that only sort of counts. He was 3P but I remember he looked pretty towny.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:10 pm**

That would include me, Mac, Hyena, Poison, and TL.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:19 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:07 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:06 pm Who has played with Vulgard before?
I think just the people he mentioned on the first page from G-Man's game -- Poison, TSP, and LC.

Interesting. LC was quick to jump on the idea of Vulgard being mafia.
[mention]TonyStarkPrime[/mention] [mention]Poison[/mention] what are your thoughts on this game's version of Vulgard compared to the version you saw in the previous game?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:24 pm**

Syn's description of themselves as "agitating" is bothering me and I can't put my finger on why. I just think it's a little weird for someone to describe themselves/their mafia play that way. I also can't explain why that's mafia indicative though. (My best theory is that it's setting up an excuse for awkwardness/discomfort by implying that his posts always rub people the wrong way? But I don't really believe that even as I write it and it feels like a rationalization of a gut read more than anything.)

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:26 pm**

hey hey hey

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:27 pm**

i'm bummed 'cause both mikey and thesunfan rejected me and didn't join this game so i'm alone and that eerily resembles my real life but like it's fine though

we shall WIN THE GAME

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:30 pm**

[mention]MacDougall[/mention] i am TOWN thanks just in case everyone votes for me like that one time where i was a townie pirate but all y'all killed me twice
thanks
ik you'll have my back

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:43 pm**

Funnygurl555 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:27 pm i'm bummed 'cause both mikey and thesunfan rejected me and didn't join this game so i'm alone and that eerily resembles my real life but like it's fine though

we shall WIN THE GAME

You’re not alone, we’ll solve this game together fgal!

What’s nutella’s alignment?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:45 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:24 pm Syn's description of themselves as "agitating" is bothering me and I can't put my finger on why. I just think it's a little weird for someone to describe themselves/their mafia play that way. I also can't explain why that's mafia indicative though. (My best theory is that it's setting up an excuse for awkwardness/discomfort by implying that his posts always rub people the wrong way? But I don't really believe that even as I write it and it feels like a rationalization of a gut read more than anything.)

I'm nothing if not self-aware.

This is my first off-site/other-community game, but on CFC I've gotten into pretty frequent conflicts due to my play. I tend to only get cleared because someone mechanically confirmed it, not because of personality.

I don't really have an opinion on awkwardness. I'm just cognizant of my play style and how it might conflict. In the one game I played with Nutella I only lived because she cop-cleared me.

I'm not especially aggro or anything like that. I just don't really play like expected, and my response when people tell me to do certain things is usually "no," and that gets wolf-read easily.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:55 pm**

I like this entrance from FG. The energy reminds me a lot of town tutuu.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:57 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:19 pm
nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:07 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:06 pm Who has played with Vulgard before?
I think just the people he mentioned on the first page from G-Man's game -- Poison, TSP, and LC.
Interesting. LC was quick to jump on the idea of Vulgard being mafia.
@TonyStarkPrime @Poison what are your thoughts on this game's version of Vulgard compared to the version you saw in the previous game?

Three courtesy posts aren't really much to go on when making that comparison. I locked Vulgard town on Night 1 in that game, so we'll see if that happens again.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:58 pm**

[VOTE: Syn] aubergine

I want to push here right now. His post bothered me and he responded to it with a beetlejuice.

Syn do you have any opinion at all on the way the game has opened/the stuff that has happened so far?

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:58 pm**

Alison wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:55 pm I like this entrance from FG. The energy reminds me a lot of town tutuu.

Describe the energy of wolf tutuu.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:00 pm**

lol. yeah I think FG and tutuu have some similarities!

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:00 pm**

I don't really feel like I have any read on Vulgard or Syn one way or the other.

Posted: **Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:03 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:00 pm I don't really feel like I have any read on Vulgard or Syn one way or the other.

Who do you have reads on?

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