Thread:VedranTheII/@comment-26226441-20171114174806/@comment-26397825-20171116113720

I've always known syndicates as being a financial thing, in that they earn money. Crime syndicate, finance syndicate; they're all businesses (both shady and not) who's main goal is earning money for the syndicate. It's also far more organised than what both Salem and Ozpin have; Salem has a Dictatorship over her minions, and they do what she says. Ozpin has a Politician's leadership over his group. A syndicate on the other hand has checks and balances for those in charge to adhere to, which both Ozpin and Salem are lacking.

I remember there being a conversation ages ago with SYUTK about precise definitions and making sure we use ones that have proper definitions instead of fitting by the loosest terms, because for people who English is not their native language it can get confusing if they go looking up a word and it means something other than what they thought it meant.

It is for this reason that the majority of staff who weighed in feel like syndicate is not the right word to use; once you get into the proper meaning of the word, none of the groups actually fit it. So, I have taken the usage of syndaicate out of the page on behalf of staff.