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This, tbh.
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
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- naruto rationalist romance armageddon is looking better and better damn you kishimoto explosions everywhere explosives solve everyone if in doubt surrender to the mercy of zabuza it seemed like a good idea at the time looks like a really bad case of being a jōnin my god. where does the lore end? precommitting is the winning plan screaming in kagome screw the rules i have explosives something bad might still happen sometimes you gotta sociopath stabby zabby subsection c of paragraph 9 should include we can weaponize this so hard open voting
[X] 3 months
Our theory is that Earthshaping will be like Calligraphy but we'll be making 3D seals right? If so, ES 50, gets us a calligraphy skill in the 50s so not as urgent a need to get pen/paper Calligraphy up there immediately.
I expect we'll still have a need to make paper seals sometimes even after we have 3D seals. But more important IMO to understand the possibilities and limits of our new calligraphy stat (which unfortunately requires investing up to level 50) so we can make a more informed decision about how much to invest in the existing one.
Our theory is that Earthshaping will be like Calligraphy but we'll be making 3D seals right? If so, ES 50, gets us a calligraphy skill in the 50s so not as urgent a need to get pen/paper Calligraphy up there immediately.
I expect we'll still have a need to make paper seals sometimes even after we have 3D seals. But more important IMO to understand the possibilities and limits of our new calligraphy stat (which unfortunately requires investing up to level 50) so we can make a more informed decision about how much to invest in the existing one.
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- The Soviet Republic of Canuckistan
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- He/Him
Timeskips!
I think there are three concerns with timeskips.
I'm a little worried about the second point but I also trust the QMs to make that call and not have Hazo miserably fumble things when it could have been handed over to the hivemind to catastrophically fumble like the Sage intended.
I am worried about the third point. Let's take the example of Hidan. He came out of nowhere because we were sleeping on the promise we made him. It's conceivable that over that period of time, we could have remembered and done something about it. When we timeskip, we dramatically reduce the amount of time we have available to realize things like that.
If a timeskip is clearly telegraphed (e.g., the QMs say 'hey prepare for a timeskip of X duration in the next few updates') then I have very few concerns in that area - we can dedicate some brainpower to going over everything we have on the boil and setting up contingencies, either in the timeskip plan (I think we should eat the 10 XP brevity penalty and go with 400 words) or in the runup.
If timeskips could happen at any time, then I get a little more nervous because we might well miss that tidying-up period.
I'm comfortable, given my level of faith etc. in the QMs (high! due to their incredible fairness, diligence, and good-naturedness) with a one month timeskip. That gives us enough time to reassess between updates and (generally) make sure we're not letting anything fall to the wayside. Given the level of telegraphing/warning that I'm talking about, that goes up to three months. (I'm not voting because I think that closed.)
I think there are three concerns with timeskips.
- We'll miss something cool.
- Pilot will fumble a situation we would have handled better.
- A situation will escalate in the background and when the timeskip stops we'll be faced with a terrible problem.
I'm a little worried about the second point but I also trust the QMs to make that call and not have Hazo miserably fumble things when it could have been handed over to the hivemind to catastrophically fumble like the Sage intended.
I am worried about the third point. Let's take the example of Hidan. He came out of nowhere because we were sleeping on the promise we made him. It's conceivable that over that period of time, we could have remembered and done something about it. When we timeskip, we dramatically reduce the amount of time we have available to realize things like that.
If a timeskip is clearly telegraphed (e.g., the QMs say 'hey prepare for a timeskip of X duration in the next few updates') then I have very few concerns in that area - we can dedicate some brainpower to going over everything we have on the boil and setting up contingencies, either in the timeskip plan (I think we should eat the 10 XP brevity penalty and go with 400 words) or in the runup.
If timeskips could happen at any time, then I get a little more nervous because we might well miss that tidying-up period.
I'm comfortable, given my level of faith etc. in the QMs (high! due to their incredible fairness, diligence, and good-naturedness) with a one month timeskip. That gives us enough time to reassess between updates and (generally) make sure we're not letting anything fall to the wayside. Given the level of telegraphing/warning that I'm talking about, that goes up to three months. (I'm not voting because I think that closed.)
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Does anyone think this sounds a lot like getting the runaround on a list of Tower seals?
I'd like to talk to Mari or Kei and check that they're actually having problems with a printing press or paper or whatever. My 'I need to wash my hair this weekend' alarms are going off.
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Voting for length of time is still open, as of EJ's last, recent-ish post asking folks to still vote.
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- Book Fort
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[x] Action Plan: Student, Brother, and Sealing
Word count: <210
Word count: <210
- Mari Sanity Check and Optimization
- Goketsu
- Tone: open/non-judgmental
- Is anyone against genin teams? Is anyone for it?
- If anyone unsure, why?
- Does anyone want us to just decide for them?
- Harumitsu
- Normal lessons/training
- Ask about the heating seal he was making —be encouraging, positive.
- Subtly inquire about life in the Hagoromo
- Does he have friends? Hobbies?
- (Internally) Is he well looked after?
- Try to make introductions to other Goketsu - Akane, Noburi, Mari, Kagome's sealing students, etc
- Noburi's sisters (with Mari's and Noburi's approval)
- Honoka (with Mari and Kagome's approval)
- Goal: we're not trying to pawn him off on other people, but to help him build positive social connections with Goketsu at large
- Misc
- Ask Kei/Mari if we're being blown off (physical adoption ticket production issues).
- Finish Chakdar 2.0, then continue researching Minato's Seals.
- Get permission for Noburi to leave the village/clarify when he could leave, if he didn't take a genin team.
- Not saying he won't take a team, just gathering information.
- Have Noburi ask the Toads about the previous Polemarch/their downfall.
- If given permission from Asuma, have Noburi start escorting a Toad to Dog. Offer whatever support makes sense.
- Follow up on Kangaroos.
- Visit Mareo.
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This should no longer be an issue if Noburi takes the teaching gig
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[x] Action Plan: Student, Brother, and Sealing
I may also make a plan to get Noburi outta Leaf soon, but this works for me for now, I'd like to see Velorien's take on Harumitsu. @RandomOTP Can you add a clause like "If Noburi is authorized to leave, have him begin escorting Toad Ambassador to Dog."
I may also make a plan to get Noburi outta Leaf soon, but this works for me for now, I'd like to see Velorien's take on Harumitsu. @RandomOTP Can you add a clause like "If Noburi is authorized to leave, have him begin escorting Toad Ambassador to Dog."
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We could try enlisting Tsunade for help when it comes to contacting Jiraiya. I'd be willing to bet that out of anybody - besides Orochimaru, she knows how to induce clinical death. I figure we can use this for a stronger, stable ritual to contact J. Plus there might be a general boost we get from having a Sanin overseeing this. Bonus points if she can rope Orochimaru somehow. And if not Tsunade, maybe Kabuto or Noburi and Akane.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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Voting has not closed.
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[X] 1 month
[x] Action Plan: Student, Brother, and Sealing
De-voting based on the face that Paper says the Asuma scene would be dull.
De-voting based on the face that Paper says the Asuma scene would be dull.
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Please don't read into it this hard, I was just liking anyone that seriously engaged with the timeskip duration question.
It sounds like you wouldn't be comfortable with 3 but would be comfortable with 2. You should vote your preferences so that we account for you in the final tally, rather than having your voice lost in the thread.
I'll discard this as a joke vote unless you can somehow justify the idea that essentially no update ever should be longer than 8 hours (thus necessitating that around 1 in every 3 updates is dedicated to Hazou sleeping...)
You should vote your preferences so that they are not discarded.
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[x] Hazō sleep update
Suggested edits included, I think we should be invoking somewhat aggressively to finish seals faster. Hazou regenerates FP for just living and Leaf is pretty safe. So spending them on research is a pretty good deal.
Suggested edits included, reasoning is the same.
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@eaglejarl, @Velorien, @Paperclipped
As per Hazou's promise to Ino, we've made it a general rule to have every Goketsu ninja to learn the Yamanaka Stability Jutsu... if the hivemind wants newest batch of adopted Goketsu ninja to learn YSJ, do we have to continuously/manually direct fresh adoptees to do it, or can we safely assume that they are given that direction upon being adopted into the clan?
As per Hazou's promise to Ino, we've made it a general rule to have every Goketsu ninja to learn the Yamanaka Stability Jutsu... if the hivemind wants newest batch of adopted Goketsu ninja to learn YSJ, do we have to continuously/manually direct fresh adoptees to do it, or can we safely assume that they are given that direction upon being adopted into the clan?
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Some suggestions here. No tab key on my phone's keyboard, apparently...
Edits in the quote.
Edits in the quote.
Forgot that Hazou sleeps.
[x] 16 hours
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also i was using ~90-95 percentile. as opposed to virtually minimum bound
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Is that seriously the longest update you're comfortable with?
We've benefited hugely from three-day and longer plans. Do you want to have to spend three updates (minimum) with SSA-induced headaches every time we complete a sealing research attempt? 15 updates (ten in-game days, 15 updates, two updates a week, seven IRL weeks at absolute minimum?) for every research cycle? We research seals much more than 5-10% of the time.
Were you uncomfortable with our return from Honey?
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This doesn't seem to be considered on a rational basis.