The Syndicate

The Inmates
May receive contraband.



Andy Dufrense
“Since I am innocent of this crime, sir, I find it decidedly inconvenient that the gun was never found.”
As a smart and persuasive banker, Andy’s vote is worth three.



Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding
“I’m the guy who can get it for you.”
Gets a shipment and chooses each Night who gets what item. He may keep one item for himself.



Floyd
“That's ‘Cristo’ you dumb shit.”
Has BTSC with Heywood.



Heywood
“By Alexandre…Dumbass. Dumbass.”
Has BTSC with Floyd.



Brooks Hatlen
“The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.”
Brooks runs the library and knows a lot- whomever he voted for, he role checks that Night.



Skeet
A con.



Jigger
A con.



Snooze
A con.



Ernie
A con.



Fat Ass
“You don't understand, I'm not supposed to be here!”
A new fish, he cries out for his mama; if Hadley votes for him, he dies.



Tommy Williams
“Hey, c'mon, old boys! You're movin' like molasses! Makin' me look bad!”
Young punk. Mr. Rock and Roll. *Secret*


Shawshank
Have BTSC
May not receive contraband.



Warden Samuel Norton
“Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me.”
Searches for contraband. If he finds it, he confiscates all of it and sends the possessor to the hole- one phase for each item confiscated. Someone in the hole is silenced, may not vote, and is blocked.



Captain Byron Hadley
“If I hear so much as a mouse fart in here the rest of the night I swear by God and sonny Jesus you will all visit the infirmary. Every last motherfucker in here.”
Kills on odd Nights.



Head Bull Haig
“I’ll thump your skull for ya!”
Role blocks.


The Sisters
Have BTSC
May receive contraband.



Bogs Diamond
“Hey, we all need friends in here. I could be a friend to you.”
Kills on even Nights.



Rooster
A con.



Pete
A con.


The District Attorney
May not receive contraband.



The District Attorney
“And that, too, is very convenient.”
*Secret*


The Serial Killer
May receive contraband.



Elmo Blatch
“So I pick out this guy, go in one night and do his place. He wakes up and gives me shit. So I killed him. Him and this tasty bitch he was with!”
*Secret*

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The Inmates must eliminate Shawshank personnel, The Sisters, and Elmo Blatch.
Shawshank personnel must eliminate the Inmates, The Sisters, and Elmo Blatch.
The Sisters must eliminate the Inmates, Shawshank personnel, and Elmo Blatch.

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Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Rule number one: No blasphemy. I’ll not have the Lord’s name taken in vain in my thread. As for the other rules…why, they’re right here:

1. No BTSC (behind the scenes conversation) with anyone unless you have explicit permission from the Host.
2. No editing or deleting of posts.
3. No role outing of yourself or anyone else.
4. No double-targeting (targeting the same individual with a Night power twice in a row).
5. Be respectful to other participants. If you have an issue, please contact the Mod, spacedaisy.
6. Dead players should not post on-topic and should be in dead red. There is a "dead" button when posting for this function.
7. Off-topic posts should be in off-topic green. There is an "OT" button when posting for this function.
8. Posts from non-players should be in non-player blue. There is a "np" button when posting for this function.
9. The Host color is Shawshank gray. Please refrain from using this color.
10. No revealing the contents of private messages from the Host into the thread.

Move out of the cage. Pick up your clothes and Bible.

Prologue
Prologue's End - thellama73 cries out.
Day 1 - No one is lynched.
Night 1
Night 1 - No one is killed.
Day 2 - Mister Rearranger is lynched.
Night 2
Night 2 - Nevinera is killed by Bogs Diamond.
Day 3 - MrThomas is lynched.
Night 3
Night 3 - Dom is killed by Hadley.
Day 4 - thellama73 is lynched.
Night 4
Night 4 - Vompatti is killed by Bogs Diamond.
Day 5 - No one is lynched.
Night 5
Night 5 - Elohcin is killed by Hadley.
Day 6 - boo is lynched.
Night 6
Night 6 - No one is killed.
Day 7 - No one is lynched.
Night 7
Night 7 - FZ. is killed by Hadley.
Day 8 - Mongoose is lynched.
Night 8
Night 8 - Sorsha is killed by Bogs Diamond.
Day 9 - johns2jj is lynched.
Night 9
Night 9 - Russtifinko is killed by Elmo Blatch.
Day 10 - Lizzy is lynched.
Night 10
Night 10 - A Person is killed by Bogs Diamond.

A Person - Killed by Bogs Diamond Night 10.
birdwithteeth11
boo - Lynched Day 6. Warden Samuel Norton.
Bullzeye
Dom - Killed by Hadley Night 3. Brought back Day 7.
Elohcin - Killed by Hadley Night 5.
FZ. - Killed by Hadley Night 7.
johns2jj - Lynched Day 9. Pete.
Lizzy - Lynched Day 10. Snooze.
Mister Rearranger - Lynched Day 2. Jigger.
Mister Rearranger 2.0 - Replaced MovingPictures07 Day 7.
Mongoose - Lynched Day 8. Captain Byron Hadley.
MovingPictures07
MrThomas - Lynched Day 3. Floyd.
Nevinera - Killed on Night 2.
reywaS
Russtifikno - Killed on Night 9.
Sorsha - Replaced reywaS Day 5. Kill on Night 8.
S~V~S
thellama73 - Lynched Day 4. The District Attorney.
Vompatti - Killed by Bogs Night 4.

I’m guilty. I don’t joke about that like most of the others do.

On the outside world I was Biggs. Tallest one in my crew.

In here, I’m Chauncey Blackmon. When you wear a number, it’s good to hear the name your mama gave you. Besides, I’m too old for bullshit nicknames. And I ain’t the biggest one around anymore, no sir.

I came to Shawshank in aught nine. If I feel like it, I’ll tell you why, but right now, I’ve got other stuff to say.

You see, we got some new fish. Whole busload of them. Nineteen I counted. And immediately I said to my pal Stems that this don’t smell right. No sir, not at all. Some of the faces look a little too familiar. Some are genuinely new- scared as shit and rightfully so. But maybe I’m no judge of character.

Regardless, we still like to go fishing. We like to bet on who will cry out first. I’m told the winners get some smokes this time around. So who’s it gonna be?

It is now the Prologue. You have 48 hours to vote.

Sup, jail people!

Yay game!

I'm going to vote for Mister Rearranger, since he posted first, which I interpret as crying out.

Hello darlings!

Jeez dude, let MR catch his breath before you jump on his back for piggyback time.

Mongoose wrote: Jeez dude, let MR catch his breath before you jump on his back for piggyback time.

No!

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote: Jeez dude, let MR catch his breath before you jump on his back for piggyback time.

No!

Can you please change your win banners into a more aesthetically appealing 3x3 block?

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote: Jeez dude, let MR catch his breath before you jump on his back for piggyback time.

No!

Can you please change your win banners into a more aesthetically appealing 3x3 block?

No.

Yay game!!!!!

Yay game!

And that's probably all you'll hear from me until tomorrow. :P

birdwithteeth11 wrote:Yay game!

And that's probably all you'll hear from me until tomorrow. :P

THAT IS SUPER SUSPICIOUS OMG.

thellama73 wrote:I'm going to vote for Mister Rearranger, since he posted first, which I interpret as crying out.

Same reason everyone thought I should see a therapist when I was young. But look at me now!

Mister Rearranger wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I'm going to vote for Mister Rearranger, since he posted first, which I interpret as crying out.

Same reason everyone thought I should see a therapist when I was young. But look at me now!

Now I realize this is likely the case, but if I'm the only one who read the poll question with his mind immediately thinking of Bioshock

("Looks like this little fish just had his cherry popped!!")

then I will be sad.

FYI: You can change your vote in this poll, so don't be afraid to commit early and often.

thellama73 wrote:FYI: You can change your vote in this poll, so don't be afraid to commit early and often.

Really??

I voted you to check it out and you are right. Interesting!

thellama73 wrote:FYI: You can change your vote in this poll, so don't be afraid to commit early and often.

Hmm (autocorrect made this, "Biorhythm" at first, wtf?), maybe I should start at the top and work my way down then.

Votes AP for now

I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

Drinking? Profusely?

I'm home early because of reasons but I'm probably gonna leave my vote til morning. I see a bunch of names of people I love and it'd be too hard to choose between any of them so I'll let it be Sober Tom's problem.

Hey all! I'm stoked for this game. It is based on one of my favorite games and hosted by my favorite host

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I don't know what all they might be up to, but I have to say I am happy to be at home having a restful evening. My week has been crazy busy with a four-tiered wedding cake, a grooms cake, and a two-tiered Christmas cake (which caused trips to Walmart three nights in a row) on top of all my normal duties of teaching, cleaning, laundry, and caring for three wild youngins. Whew! I'm spent!

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I am looking at sites that aren't this one.

Elohcin wrote:Hey all! I'm stoked for this game. It is based on one of my favorite games and hosted by my favorite host

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I don't know what all they might be up to, but I have to say I am happy to be at home having a restful evening. My week has been crazy busy with a four-tiered wedding cake, a grooms cake, and a two-tiered Christmas cake (which caused trips to Walmart three nights in a row) on top of all my normal duties of teaching, cleaning, laundry, and caring for three wild youngins. Whew! I'm spent!

I mean based on one of my favorite movies. I'm so tired.

OK, looking at this list, the two people i see most likely to be a whiny bitch & cry out are Dom or...um...me, lol. So not voting for me, I will vote for Dom. Yay for being able to change votes

Great to have you here, SVS.

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I was out doing things with my friends. Pei Wei Asian Diner, Raw Vegan Cheesecake, and then a walk around the lake. But it was really good to be home by 9. Now I am making cranberry chutney in my breadmaker. I hope I wasn't supposed to cook the cranberries first?!? eep.

And now I am going to be pestering you in gchat in 5..4..3..2..

Mongoose wrote: I was out doing things with my friends.

Brag some more, Braggy Braggerstein. You think you're better than me?

So what does the contraband do? Is it currency, or just a liability for those with it, or something else?

S~V~S wrote:OK, looking at this list, the two people i see most likely to be a whiny bitch & cry out are Dom or...um...me, lol. So not voting for me, I will vote for Dom. Yay for being able to change votes

votes S~V~S

MovingPictures07 wrote:

birdwithteeth11 wrote:Yay game!

And that's probably all you'll hear from me until tomorrow. :P

THAT IS SUPER SUSPICIOUS OMG.

MP

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I was out doing things with my friends. Pei Wei Asian Diner, Raw Vegan Cheesecake, and then a walk around the lake. But it was really good to be home by 9. Now I am making cranberry chutney in my breadmaker. I hope I wasn't supposed to cook the cranberries first?!? eep.

And now I am going to be pestering you in gchat in 5..4..3..2..

BTSC? I smell some baddies!

Also, I'm confused. Is this a lynch poll?

I'm flying to Sweden tomorrow, so voting myself now. Just in case it's not a lynch poll. Anyone who bandwagons me gets the eye.

And Epi, you spelled my name wrong! It should be RusstifikYES

So, I think we're probably voting for who we think is going to get killed first? I'll come back to it later.

/yaygameetcetc

A Person wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I am looking at sites that aren't this one.

Like a Chat site, maybe???

Is the 'winner' of this poll really getting smokes? ... because I wouldn't mind some k

*drops soap*

bang on time

Vompatti wrote:*drops soap*

What out for the sisters :O

boo wrote:So, I think we're probably voting for who we think is going to get killed first? I'll come back to it later.

/yaygameetcetc

Ooooh, I took it as who is going to bitch about taking votes, lol

What happens if we maintain the tie we have going now?

Also~

thellama73 wrote:Great to have you here, SVS.

Thank You!

Mister Rearranger wrote:

A Person wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I'm having a hard time understanding how all the players in this game are doing anything other than posting in this thread on a Friday night. What else could they possibly be doing?

I am looking at sites that aren't this one.

Like a Chat site, maybe???

Nice catch, MR!

S~V~S wrote:

boo wrote:So, I think we're probably voting for who we think is going to get killed first? I'll come back to it later.

/yaygameetcetc

Ooooh, I took it as who is going to bitch about taking votes, lol

What happens if we maintain the tie we have going now?

Could be. My thinking is that Fat Ass gets beaten to death as a result of his crying, so while the question is who will cry (and that's what the bet is about when they come into the prison) as an actual way of handing out prizes in a game, going with the person who is killed first seems like the easiest way to make it a tie in.

Alternatively, it could just be who posted first, so I may vote MR since if that logic is wrong he could still wind up being the player we lynch first and I might as well hedge, but I don't really think it will turn out to be that. Voting for a no-show who I could also see voting for in the first lynch (and can we not have this argument, that would be great) is what I'm leaning towards if we near the end of the cycle and anyone hasn't shown up.

So ya... probably MR unless there's a no show.

Also: @Epig: is the lack of posted win conditions intentional? I assume The Inmates = civs, Shawshank = baddie team 1, Sisters = baddie team 2, and they do all actually need the rest dead to win. But since that isn't stated, I could see the possibility of different combinations winning together. Won't even bother asking about what appear to be indies, since that seems like it would be a convoluted mess depending on the answer to the rest.

It doesn't say so, but do powers pass down? Specifically Red's (seems like the civs would become pretty weak without him, since I'm assuming he'll essentially be handing out night powers like protects, RBs, etc) and NKs (I expect they do, but it seems to me it's been a trend to state how the pass down works in roles lately, and that isn't included).

Can BTSC players have teammates send in PMs for them, and if so, how does the RB work? Player A has the kill, Player B wants to send in the PM, is that allowed, and if Player B is allowed to send it in, does a RB prevent the kill if used on Player A or Player B?

Think that's all I've got.

S~V~S wrote:

boo wrote:So, I think we're probably voting for who we think is going to get killed first? I'll come back to it later.

/yaygameetcetc

Ooooh, I took it as who is going to bitch about taking votes, lol

What happens if we maintain the tie we have going now?

I don't know exactly what "crying out" means in the context of this game, but my bet is that no one "wins" the poll by taking the most votes. Rather, whoever votes for the person who "cries out" will be rewarded, so a tie doesn't matter at all. A more spread out vote just increases the chances that someone will win.

thellama73 wrote:

S~V~S wrote:

boo wrote:So, I think we're probably voting for who we think is going to get killed first? I'll come back to it later.

/yaygameetcetc

Ooooh, I took it as who is going to bitch about taking votes, lol

What happens if we maintain the tie we have going now?

I don't know exactly what "crying out" means in the context of this game, but my bet is that no one "wins" the poll by taking the most votes. Rather, whoever votes for the person who "cries out" will be rewarded, so a tie doesn't matter at all. A more spread out vote just increases the chances that someone will win.

Ya, exactly. It's a bet... although that makes me wonder if a second vote (and all after) on someone who already has a vote would get everyone after the first voter a prize if the person who took the votes is the person who cries out first. Either that or it would be divided by however many voters there were and got it right (in terms of keeping the bet idea going at least, could just be a small prize for everyone who winds up voting right, regardless of how many votes).

I would have responded sooner, but I was moving a refrigerator. I should have learned to play the guitar. I should've learned to play them drums...

boo wrote:Also: @Epig: is the lack of posted win conditions intentional? I assume The Inmates = civs, Shawshank = baddie team 1, Sisters = baddie team 2, and they do all actually need the rest dead to win. But since that isn't stated, I could see the possibility of different combinations winning together. Won't even bother asking about what appear to be indies, since that seems like it would be a convoluted mess depending on the answer to the rest.

Certain objectives have been added beneath the list of roles.

boo wrote:It doesn't say so, but do powers pass down? Specifically Red's (seems like the civs would become pretty weak without him, since I'm assuming he'll essentially be handing out night powers like protects, RBs, etc) and NKs (I expect they do, but it seems to me it's been a trend to state how the pass down works in roles lately, and that isn't included).

Red's ability is not transferred.

boo wrote:Can BTSC players have teammates send in PMs for them, and if so, how does the RB work? Player A has the kill, Player B wants to send in the PM, is that allowed, and if Player B is allowed to send it in, does a RB prevent the kill if used on Player A or Player B?

I accept (and prefer) group PMs. Blocks affect the person performing the action, not the person who sent in the PM.