Silent Star 4: Yin and Yang

[clidd]

VOTE: Robert M Hunter

[clidd]

Actually,

UNVOTE: Robert M Hunter

[Ircher]

id quickhammer him if you want to go now

I approve of this.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

ok lemme know when u make up your mind

[clidd]

[clidd]

VOTE: Robert M Hunter

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

i can hammer now?

[clidd]

Wait a few minutes.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

that seems needlessly risky clidd

[clidd]

Ok, just go for it.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

VOTE: Robert M Hunter

[clidd]

[Ircher]

What if the team is Pooky / clidd?

Also, the bomb placer is probably third party since no one has claimed it yet.

[clidd]

Yep, I agree. Team of towns ^

[clidd]

The bomb could be a 3p thing or a scum mech.

[Yang]

Did you do something to Robert!?!?!?!

[Yang]

Robert was a sweet precious cat.

[Yin]

When you turn to look behind you, the- hold on.

The man blinks. He pulls down his monocle to watch the assembled crowd better.

"Wait its over? What, since when? That seems kinda fast don't you think...."

Sunrise approaches faster then planned. Faster then the man planned anyway. This might be going exactly to plan for someone else.

The sunlight burns bright.

Yin

, are you targetting someone?

I'm only here to entertain!

@Yin

How many bullets do the town have that one person controls.

I don't like guns.

yin

, is there a criminal between Flea, Ydrasse, and Ircher?

No criminals here.

[Yang]

When super smash brothers brawl came out, I was thrilled and excited to try out all the characters. In the previous game, I had been best with Yoshi and Dr. Mario. But in the new game, I was enamored with Zelda, a character I had found fun in the previous game but never had success with. In the new game, her moves had more damage and range. More importantly, she had a visual rework, and looked stunning.

I gave due diligence trying each character in the game, but settled on playing Zelda. She had a powerful fireball, a magic palm spell, and big kicks. I was able to beat my friends who had not played much every time and beat my friends who played plenty about half the time.

Zelda was special in the game in that she could transform into a different character in the middle of the match. Her other form was Sheik, a ninja, an element of the plot of Ocarina of Time in which she had a more masculine presentation as a ninja (or something like it) that disguised her and kept her safe from Ganondorf.

I liked the idea of being able to swap to a different character in the middle of the game. I definitely wanted to play Zelda most of the time. She had the magic, and a defensive strategy that I felt suited me. I learned to use the Sheik form well enough to beat specific characters that lined up more poorly against a nimble character, or used the Sheik form at the beginning of matches. Sheik's moveset had properties that made them deal the most damage earlier in the match.

Over time, I couldn't help but notice that the list of characters Sheik "lined up better against" was growing as I mastered both the Zelda and Sheik form. I couldn't help but notice that the time when it was "late enough in the match to swap to Zelda form" was pushed later and later, as the number of characters Sheik could finish off with tiny hits more reliably than Zelda's slow magical thwacks (prone to dodging) grew to include more and more of the cast.

I was increasingly dismayed by this. Sheik was only an accessory to a character whose aesthetic appealed to me. I spent eons deciding which of Zelda's dresses I most preferred and couldn't even remember what Sheik wore. Friends were forced to point out to me that I was just throwing games into losses by turning back into Zelda, consistently dealing less damage once I did so. At an incredibly rudimentary mastery of each character, Zelda could perform as well, but once I became adept at each character it became clear that Sheik's edge was a Swiss army knife, not a special purpose blade.

The point of the game is to win, presumably. As the foolishness of donning Zelda's dress became more and more evident, I played the form less and less. I reached a point where the only character I could list as a reason to play her was the Ice Climbers.

Someone discovered a new dashing strike ability for Sheik at around this point, months in. It required very specific timing. I spent about an hour trying to learn it, and couldn't. I decided since I couldn't use one of the characters special ability, I'd rather play a different character. But there was also an element of sour grapes, it felt like an offramp from playing a character who had seemed exciting and had gradually shifted into a begrudging necessity.

Years later, I played a different game, and learned of a similarly hard ability, and spent -6- hours practicing hers until I got it. It was a matter of will. There was a difference in my patience for something I truly wanted to enjoy.

I will always miss Zelda.

[pj harvey dent]

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Votecount 2.5

(FINAL)

[6] Robert M Hunter:

Ydrasse, Tanner, Robert M Hunter, Ircher, clidd, PookyTheMagicalBear

HAMMER

[1] Satoru Nakata:

Morning Tweet

[1] Flea The Magician:

Chara

[1] Tanner:

Flea The Magician

[2] Not Voting:

Amy Dunne, Satoru Nakata

With 11 alive, it took 6 to sentence.

The deadline was (expired on 2021-07-17 20:00:50).

Joint moderator ISO.

[pj harvey dent]

The denizens of the pit, having made a decision, anxiously await the sunset and the return of the top-hatted man.



But the sun seems to have stopped high in the sky. And the mayor disappoints the audience with his absence.

Oddly, Robert M Hunter appears to be absent as well.

He was...

Spoiler:

a Vanilla Townie.

[pj harvey dent]

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Votecount 3.0

[10] Not Voting:

Amy Dunne, Ydrasse, Flea The Magician, PookyTheMagicalBear, Ircher, clidd, Morning Tweet, Tanner, Satoru Nakata, Chara

With 10 alive, it takes 6 to sentence. If there is no majority by the deadline, plurality will decide.

The deadline is in (expired on 2021-07-21 00:49:41).

Joint moderator ISO.

[Morning Tweet]

To the surprise of hopefully no one by that point

But anywayyy

VOTE: Nakata

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

Yang my favorite SSB character was Pikachu and I would basically teleport around and avoid fights because he's too cute to fight.

Also I've never won.

also I want to see Tanner reset now that we've finally flipped his arch-nemesis.

[Morning Tweet]

With no assumptions on Infinity and Norwe..

Robert was not a criminal.
Zero or one of Infy/Norwe are a criminal.

Tanner and Chara are a

criminal

.
Amy, Ircher, Flea, and Ydrasse are

not criminals

.

One or two of Morning/clidd/Pooky/Nakata are a

criminal

.
Zero or two, but not one, of Morning/clidd/Pooky are a

criminal

.

---///---

Assuming Infinity was a criminal and Norwe was not..

Infinity was a

criminal

.

Norwe and Robert were

not criminals

.

Tanner, Chara, and Nakata are

criminals

.
Amy, Flea, Ircher, Ydrasse, Morning, clidd, and Pooky are

not criminals

.