The Syndicate

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Players:

birdwithteeth11 - Stanley Kubrick - Killed Night 1

Bullzeye

Epignosis - Jack Torrence - Lynched Day 1

Hedgeowl

Kate

Mongoose

Movingpictures07 - Delbert Grady - Lynched Day 4

Nevinera - Dick Hallorann - Lynched Day 3

Snow Dog

SVS

Vompatti - A Grady Girl - Lynched Day 5

Zany Dex - Stephen King - Lynched Day 2

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Welcome, visitors, to the scenic Overlook Hotel! Here you can forget about all your troubles and just relax in peace and quiet, surrounded by gorgeous mountain scenery. Please make yourselves at home and let me know if there's anything I can do for you. I think you'll find your stay a pleasant and engaging one. Now, if you'll all gather round, we're getting ready to start the tour.

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First!

So I do wonder what the Day 0 poll impacts. Any theories from anyone who is more familiar with the movie than myself?

Sometimes these polls can be logical based on knowledge of the theme; other times, it's pointless to analyze. Part of me is tempted to just click an option and be done with it, but I have some time, so I might as well see what others think first.

Personally, it seems to me like it would be a straightforward infoless poll that somehow impacts the game yet we unaware, but I don't know. I have an aversion to the horror genre in general, even though I can appreciate what a classic movie this is. As a result, I can't watch this movie typically for longer than a few minutes.

Wow, this filled up fast

And I LOVE that faux travel poster, so cool~!!

Linki~ I have no info on the poll, does anyone, illustrious Llama?

ebwop, my initial inclination would be to NOT hand over my coat to anyone in this place, or any of my other possessions, either, lol.

S~V~S wrote:Wow, this filled up fast

And I LOVE that faux travel poster, so cool~!!

Linki~ I have no info on the poll, does anyone, illustrious Llama?

It did indeed! I know others would have likely signed up had it not filled up so quickly. And agreed on the poster, it is incredibly cool. I love how llama appears to be matching his host color with it as well; it seems fitting for the general feel of the movie, if that makes sense.

I don't have any info on it either, hence my conclusions above. Curious to see the host's response.

Linki: That makes sense. What do you think might be the impact game-wise though?

I'm always cold (I've spent my entire life in FL), so I'm keeping my coat.

Also, I'm really impressed by this setup, llama. Good job.

It seems that getting in would advance the plot the quickest, so I'm voting yes.

people in the movie get stuck outside a lot and trapped in the creepy frozen maze. I'm inclined to keep my coat. Not to mention I'd like to have it in case a quick exit is needed...

Interesting. Alright, thanks llama!

Given that information, I am going to go ahead and snoop around the grounds. Because I certainly do not want to be entering this house of death any time soon... and I'm sure I will want to be wearing a coat because there is a snowstorm in the movie (and thus DO have a coat, I imagine not having one could be unfavorable).

Perhaps I'm overanalyzing, but that's my train of thought. So grounds it is.

Linki with Kate: Agreed with you there.

Game on!

So if this is the movie version of The Shining, there will be no topiary animals to investigate, right llama?

I want to commandeer that big snowcat.

Mongoose wrote:So if this is the movie version of The Shining, there will be no topiary animals to investigate, right llama?

That's right. We don't have the technology to create realistic moving topiary animals in 1980.

thellama73 wrote:No one has any info on this, or any other poll in this game.

Thank You

OK, voting no~ not sure i want to be outside, but I KNOW I am not giving my coat to anyone, and it's too creepy inside, anyhow.

Since no one had voted the third option i decided to go for it. I dont even know if I have a coat!

"Why yes, take my coat. Thank you."

Officious little prick.

Epignosis wrote:"Why yes, take my coat. Thank you."

Officious little prick.

Love it.

Mongoose wrote:

Epignosis wrote:"Why yes, take my coat. Thank you."

Officious little prick.

Love it.

Second King novel I ever read. I read It first.

thellama73 wrote:I forgot to mention, there is an easter egg in this game that I will highly surprised if anyone finds, but if you do find it, you will be very happy you did.

Will you tell us if someone has found it?

Kate wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I forgot to mention, there is an easter egg in this game that I will highly surprised if anyone finds, but if you do find it, you will be very happy you did.

Will you tell us if someone has found it?

Yeah, or how to go about searching for it? I still search hiding places for my Christmas presents so I am very anxious to find this.

Kate wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I forgot to mention, there is an easter egg in this game that I will highly surprised if anyone finds, but if you do find it, you will be very happy you did.

Will you tell us if someone has found it?

Yes.

Mongoose wrote: Yeah, or how to go about searching for it? I still search hiding places for my Christmas presents so I am very anxious to find this.

No. If it happens, it happens and it will be a nice little treat, but I rather doubt it will.

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Sweet game on!

The first rule of any horror movie is never say 'I will be right back'. Never ever

On that note there is no way in hell I'm sweeping the grounds.

I wanna be in the warmth regardless. Bring on the shining baby!

Epignosis wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

Epignosis wrote:"Why yes, take my coat. Thank you."

Officious little prick.

Love it.

Second King novel I ever read. I read It first.

Can't remember my first. Maybe Cujo. Never read The Shining.

I will enter the hotel and you may have my coat.

For some reason, the wording of the third option makes me think of Hank Scorpio:



I didn't even give you my coat!

I'm keeping my coat. Even if I didn't want to see the grounds I'm quite capable of holding my own belongings

I just realized that if I give my coat away I can no longer keep my hands in my pockets. :'(

I also want my coat because I want as many things between me and all the creepy yucky scary stuff in that place as possible.

I so love this movie, but just typing that sentence literally scared the shit out of me.

Kate wrote: I so love this movie, but just typing that sentence literally scared the shit out of me.

How messy.

Epignosis wrote:

Kate wrote: I so love this movie, but just typing that sentence literally scared the shit out of me.

How messy.

You have no idea. I'm at work.

We recently had guests from the U.K. I took to writing messages on their bathroom mirror like "The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Reopened" and "REDRUM."

I'm an excellent host.

EBWOP: Well hostess I guess.

Either

Sorry! I checked in briefly enough yesterday to look at my role, but completely forgot to post. Oh well.

I am going to go with keeping my coat on. Given what I remember about the movie, I know a lot of characters spent time in the maze, and I get the feeling llama might force all of us to at some point.

As for the easter egg, I can think of one from the book, but I highly doubt that's what he's referring to here. I get the feeling someone has to say a specific word or phrase in order to get it though. Or a certain, unlikely chain of events has to happen.

Maybe I need to dress up like a chipmunk and hang out with a guy that looks like George Bush?

"Danny isn't here, Mrs. Torrance."

Not only one of the creepiest lines in the movie, one of the creepiest lines ever.

Day 0:

Welcome to the Overlook. May I take your coat?

Poll runs till Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:47 pm

Yes, it’s warm in here.
4
Vompatti (3), Epignosis (8), Zany Dex (9), Snow Dog (10)
33%

No, I want to see the grounds
6
Mongoose (2), MovingPictures07 (4), Kate (5), S~V~S (6), Bullzeye (11), birdwithteeth11 (12)
50%

What are you talking about? I’m not wearing a coat!
1
Hedgeowl (7)
8%

Wait a minute, this isn’t Hawaii. That travel agent tricked me!(host/mod/dead)
1
thellama73 (1)
8%


Total votes : 12

The guests milled about the lobby, gazing up at the high ceilings and ornate decorations of this lavish hotel that seemed to be from another time. Many of the visitors chose to remain outdoors a little longer, drinking in the cool mountain air and the awe-inspiring vistas. Hedgeowl, apparently thinking this was Hawaii or something, shivered a little, being inappropriately dressed for winter in Colorado. Nevinera also appeared to be wearing no coat, but he stood mutely, ignoring his host and everyone else.

Presently, the tour guide gathered everyone together.

“Hi there folks! I’ll be showing you around just a little before I have to leave. There’s supposed to be a storm later and I want to get out of here before the road closes.

“This, as you can see, is our spacious lobby, designed to incorporate elements of Native American decor into a more traditional, luxurious framework. As some of you may have heard, the Overlook has quite history with the Native Americans. Some say it was even built on top of an Indian burial ground, and that the builders had to fight off waves of attacks while they were completing construction. Now-”

Just then, the radio attached to the tour guide’s belt crackled to life.

“Excuse me just a moment,” he said and stepped over into one of the empty offices to have a private conversation. Through the glass of the office windows, the guests could see his face growing increasingly anxious as he speaks. Finally, he reemerged.

“Folks, I’m sorry to report I have a bit of bad news for you. It seems that the police have been tracking an escaped killer, and that they have good reason to believe he came up Sidewinder with you lot.”

“So are the police coming here?” Kate asked, concernedly eyeing the others. The tour guide shook his head.

“No time. That storm’s moving in faster than we expected. In fact, I... um, have to go right now.”

Nervously, the tour guide half-walked, half-ran out of the hotel and a moment later a car can be heard peeling out of the parking lot, the sound of its engine slowly receding into the distance. The guests all stood there for a moment in silence, looking at one another with fear and suspicion. With the host gone, the hotel seemed to have lost all sense of warmth and friendliness, and there is an oppressive atmosphere sinking over the room that makes gives a feeling of paranoid claustrophobia.

“Well,” said Movingpictures07 at last. “If one of us is a killer, I guess we had better find out who.”

Others nodded in approval at this suggestion, a slight gleam of bloodthirstiness visible in their eyes, while a few more merely looked uncomfortable with the direction of the conversation. In any other place, randomly lynching one member of a tour group because of a vague suspicion of an escaped maniac would be seen as rather a rash course of action, but the Overlook is not like any other place.

Outside, it began to snow.

You have 24 hours to lynch someone.

As a writer, I must say that the most disturbing element is not a murderer in our midst, but rather shifting tenses.

Kate wrote:Maybe I need to dress up like a chipmunk and hang out with a guy that looks like George Bush?

I figured I better post this for anyone who hasn't seen the movie (or seen it 9000 times and doesn't remember every scene) and thinks I just say weird things like that for fun...

Epignosis wrote:As a writer, I must say that the most disturbing element is not a murderer in our midst, but rather shifting tenses.

As a literary theorist I interpret them as intentional variations in focalization.

Kate wrote:

Kate wrote:Maybe I need to dress up like a chipmunk and hang out with a guy that looks like George Bush?

I figured I better post this for anyone who hasn't seen the movie (or seen it 9000 times and doesn't remember every scene) and thinks I just say weird things like that for fun...

The image didn't come through for me - did it work for everyone else?

Epignosis wrote:As a writer, I must say that the most disturbing element is not a murderer in our midst, but rather shifting tenses.

Happy now, Mr. Critic?