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For Itchy and Scratchy, how do we revitalize the brand? I was thinking some kind of cartoony sitcom type of show, with some new characters. Maybe give Poochy another shot at stardom.
A Hellfish flys again! ( a Simpsons X DVV CK2 Quest)
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On the off chance that meme idea we had of hiring Betty Boop as the spokesperson of the Mason Deirer actually happens, additionally cast her as the Only Sane Woman/Straight (Wo)man to Itchy, Scratchy and Poochy's antics. XD
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Not sure I'm explaining myself well. I will try another time.
You guys ARE already employing itchy and Scratchy the moment you guys bought the show, only way not to have them working for Abe is to fire them literally.
The option here is what to do mechanically with them, as hero units (which uses a slot), as a trait(which means you sit. Get fully access to them as hero units ) or bench them until later(which just means the do the same stuff they did in their lives in the background and Abe doesn't get to order or ask .
Whatevee of the 3 choices you pick, the toons are still working for you and Doom will have eyes on them, the brand is currently in decay, and while Doom won't do anything right now, if you guys were to make the toons as famous as Krusty did this turn, expect him to respond in kind.
He doesn't want the show to become famous again or to be looked In a positive light.
If you guys didn't want to be even on the radar of doom, you shouldn't have bought the show in the first place.
Am I explaining myself correctly?
You guys could let the brand die and have the toons do something else and Doom wouldn't pay attention to them that way, but trying to make the show famous sure to make that you guys butt heads with him sooner or later.
Edit; I might have not explained me correctly.
Buying itchy and scratchy won't mean you guys are gonna en a target I mediate my for Doom and he is gonna take actions against you, he has another priorities to deal with.
What will make him focus eventually on you guys is you trying and Succeding on making the brand of itchy and scratchy famous again.
Another 2 nat 100s on the toons show like just happened this turn would certainly bump you guys on his priority list for example.
Is actually 4 tech trees.
Also it isn't supposed to be easy, you guys have to work to unlock those slots.
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Also off subject but anyone else think we should try to reach out to Powell soon?
I mean one of main plot so far was Abe trying to mend things with his family. But as far as I know he's never thought about Powell or finally meeting this estranged son face to face at least I don't think he's ever met him in person despite being aware of his existence.
I mean one of main plot so far was Abe trying to mend things with his family. But as far as I know he's never thought about Powell or finally meeting this estranged son face to face at least I don't think he's ever met him in person despite being aware of his existence.
My idea about itchy and scratchy
-Make sfw shots of the duo.
-Launch a youtube channel and put some funny clips or videos of them.
-Launch a 24/7 stream of those videos
-Market affordable with good quality toys and merchandising of them when we have some public.
-offer exclusive rights and shows to doof tv with the duo
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-If nothing else works launch an open signal to space to get alien public. Then launch a 'soon cancelation campaign of the show' we should probably get angry aliens wanting more itchy and scratchy.
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I say we bench them till, we find something interesting to do with them.
And well because we gave homer there is a chance max powell will aproach homer, which could be cool for us.
-Make sfw shots of the duo.
-Launch a youtube channel and put some funny clips or videos of them.
-Launch a 24/7 stream of those videos
-Market affordable with good quality toys and merchandising of them when we have some public.
-offer exclusive rights and shows to doof tv with the duo
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-If nothing else works launch an open signal to space to get alien public. Then launch a 'soon cancelation campaign of the show' we should probably get angry aliens wanting more itchy and scratchy.
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I say we bench them till, we find something interesting to do with them.
And well because we gave homer there is a chance max powell will aproach homer, which could be cool for us.
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Yeah, They've been going since 1919* we have enough footage it'd take forever to watch them all.
*1928 as a duo.
Yeah, you are right. But if we use that content i think we might have to launch it outside the usa. Doom will Doom
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*Opens on an establishing shot of Scratchy's apartment*
Itchy: Scratchy, I'm homeeee!
*Stock sitcom cheering*
Scratchy: Hmmph.
Itchy: Aw c'mon Scratch, you can't keep me in the doghouse forever!
*Smash cuts to Itchy trying to sleep in Poochy's literal dog house as The dog plays loud music and a sitcom laugh track plays*
Betty: Yeah it's, cruel and unusual punishment... For Poochy. *more sitcom laugh track*
And then Itchy hit's Scratchy with a hammer.
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Yeah, let's do that next turn. As a way to celebrate beating Burns! Should bring in some more cash!
Alright, I think I know what I want to vote on once it opens:
[] Arch-Wizard: Professor Crumbs
[] (Confidential Action) Promote Taverns in the U.S.A DC: 40/60/80 (1 income)
-[] (Reward) Help Spying on another King (Next infiltration Action you do gets a +20 bonus!)
[] (What to do about Krusty):
-[] Hire him as a Hero Unit. (Currently 15/20 Hero slots occupied)
[] (What to do about Itchy and Scratchy):
-[] Bench them (Itchy and Scratchy will still work on their show but Abe won't be able to give them any orders or assign them to any assignments, on the other hand, can be hired as a hero unit later by Abe personal action)
If we're getting into entertainment like it seems we're going to, then Krusty is a must have thanks to that Most Famous Clown trait. Unhealthy Lifestyle is less optimal, but at least it triggers at the start of the turn rather than right before the action so we can work around it if needed.
As for Itchy and Scratchy, I'll acknowledge that they have some solid stats so I don't necessarily want them gone forever. Let's keep them in our back pocket for another time shall we?
[] Arch-Wizard: Professor Crumbs
[] (Confidential Action) Promote Taverns in the U.S.A DC: 40/60/80 (1 income)
-[] (Reward) Help Spying on another King (Next infiltration Action you do gets a +20 bonus!)
[] (What to do about Krusty):
-[] Hire him as a Hero Unit. (Currently 15/20 Hero slots occupied)
[] (What to do about Itchy and Scratchy):
-[] Bench them (Itchy and Scratchy will still work on their show but Abe won't be able to give them any orders or assign them to any assignments, on the other hand, can be hired as a hero unit later by Abe personal action)
If we're getting into entertainment like it seems we're going to, then Krusty is a must have thanks to that Most Famous Clown trait. Unhealthy Lifestyle is less optimal, but at least it triggers at the start of the turn rather than right before the action so we can work around it if needed.
As for Itchy and Scratchy, I'll acknowledge that they have some solid stats so I don't necessarily want them gone forever. Let's keep them in our back pocket for another time shall we?
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Are you guys insane? I&S are good Hero Units. 25 Martial, 22 Diplomacy, and 19 Intrigue are very good stats, plus they are Toons.
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Personally I wouldn't mind recruiting all three as hero units just worried since that will only leave two spots open for units.
We need to fill our remaining spots carefully and ask ourselves what kinda units in or out of Springfield we want to recruit.
Personally in I wouldn't mind seeing if we could make Webby or her granny hero units same with Greens.
But out and honestly this is probably a big desire on my part but I think it'd be cool to recruit some supes specifically super villains on the payroll.
And I think destrucsis and fist puncher would be good recruits they're packing a lot of raw power after all.
We need to fill our remaining spots carefully and ask ourselves what kinda units in or out of Springfield we want to recruit.
Personally in I wouldn't mind seeing if we could make Webby or her granny hero units same with Greens.
But out and honestly this is probably a big desire on my part but I think it'd be cool to recruit some supes specifically super villains on the payroll.
And I think destrucsis and fist puncher would be good recruits they're packing a lot of raw power after all.
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Itchy and Scratchy count as one hero unit themselves, recruiting them and Krusty would put you at 17/20. You would have 3 slots open to recruit other hero units.
Not sure where did we said that Itchy and Scratchy count as 2? We did give 1 sheet for both of them.
It's in the update just after we buy the show.
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...I think you got the latter two options mixed up, pal...
View: https://youtu.be/Adl-e-pz1b4?si=Ivgl80nxuV9OTbcU
All too fitting rn, guys^^
But yeah, with us landing a solid one-two punch of both sabotaging Burns' defences as well as just attacking him outright (not to mention us feeding him Santas magical "Guilt-Tripping Coal" for good measure), I expect him to be either done and dusted for good or to have to flee the wider Springfield Area and get under the umbrella of one of the more horrible Kings like Doom - unless the Dice decide to be assholes during that Battle and save his sorry ass after all...
But until then?
*-whistles-"Senor-Burns"-happily-and-skips-away-*
Nice - now we got some time to deal with the apparently-cursed cemetery (more on that later) in *some* fashion.
Me likey...
...now I wonder, *whose* Mustache we shouldn´t mess with - Ned´s or the Senator´s
Aside from synta issues, ver good since I really want us to come to some understanding with the FEds in the end - menems aside I just don´t want them to die before the Endgame if I can help it, you know?
Personally, I am favoring "Promote Taverns in the USA" to increase over cross-country reach efficiently early on as NA - as for the reward, still undecided although leaning towards Infiltration bonus since I want to put feelers out in Zootopia sometimes in the near-ish future.
So yeah, not bad
...*what the everfucking fuck just happened?*
Not only did we score TWO Nat100s in one turn, we even scored them on actions that *synergize with each other* - we truly are "lucky fuckers", as Ranger said before.
And because of that, not only did we not actually pay any money to buy the Krusty Show because Moe pretty much *drugged him into compliance* (something that in RL would IMMEDIATELY VOID the contract, but I am not complaining about the money save here^^), but Krusty turned out so fucking popular that Doof doesn´t know what to do with all the dosh/rep we raked in for him and decided to fork over some extra cash and is now a very happy business partner of ours - NICE
Compared to that, I & S might not be much to write home about, but it´s still one extra Income in our coffers - if that bonanza continues like that, we might even be able to Coat our Streets in Gold outta our own pockets after all, eh @Unoriginal ?^^
As for the votes, I´d say
- Hire Krusty
- Bench I &S
We did originally want to buy his show to get him as a strong second Diplo Hero next to Flanders and while I & S could fill that slot as well with their Diplo score (to say nothing of Itchy being the closest we´re gonna get to a non-evil ND/Doom in terms of morality/mentality) , I´d rather table them until A) we restructured things to get more Hero slots and B) have a way to weather Dooms wrath in case we do decide to revive their cartoons - and I am all for it since eventually, Doof TV needs some additional material from us to continue riding that insane amount of momentum we created for him
Hmmm, might wanna turn Doofs eyes towards his underworld in case the fights there end up going hot and putting him in a tight spot - if we wanna use him as a mudshield against the other players´ more direct attacks, we need him in perfect shape to retaliate, after all.
Other than that, the situations in Sokyo, Middleton and NYC are par for the course, while us becoming aware of Mr. Bigs presence in Zootopia is a windfall since it possibly gives us a backdoor into prodding BW *a bit* if we so choose - and I at least would be up for it *eventually*
Getting even more cash to spend is always nice, but that´s not the main benefit.
No, that´s *us unlocking the option to move into FRIGGIN FUSION already*
As I said before, if we do have to continue relying on Nuclear Power as the backbone of our economy, I want us to switch to Fusion (which ist safer, cleaner and more productive than Fission all around) as soon as possible - but I expect the DC for such a lowkey-revolutionary tech to be in the mid-to-high 100s, meaning we could use some additional Learning muscle before we can reliably tackle it.
Luckily, we just so happen to have entered an already profitable business agreement with noted "Learning King" Dr. Doofenshmirtz, whom I am sure would be all aboard with bankrolling such a big scientific breakthrough (and even if HE remains sceptical, I´d say that Mirage could sway him rather easily)
You get what I am saying, guys?^^
-groans-
...and we almost bricked the insanely important Necromancy Research outta all the possible NAs to brick - figures^^
But we did clutch it after all and now we have to decide, how to proceed from there.
The Reach-out is probably a *diplo action* and honestly? I don´t think we should lob *Flanders* at it for once - pretty sure that the deceased rising from the grave en masse thanks to a curse of some kind will upset hist Christian sensibilities (honestly kinda liking the idea of lobbing *the Kaiser* at it instead for probable synergies).
...fuck, with him dating Camilla rn I really hope that MAUDE doesn´t end up getting revived as well before we can deal with the issue permanently-ish - that would mess up *so much*...
Anyway, outta all the "permanent" Occults I am favoring "Creating Free-Willed Zombies" the most since it feels like the most moral and weirdly "wholesome" approach, what with our family being able to reconnect with Snowball II. and all - that and Enslaving them would probably piss off Wilhelm, and Relocating is just "kicking the can down the road" and stuff like that always comes back to haunt you later.
...now I wish we had put that reroll on Necromancy instead, but how could we have known that Lena would be up to continuing our lucky streak with Slot Unlocking actions?
As for the Court Wizard position, Crumb´s an easy pick for both his solid, generalized bonus as well as the option to teach our other Occultists.
Yep, definitely Crumb for me...
WOO-HOO!
Finally we patched up things with Homer - now, onwards to doing the same with Mona^^
As I said during Kamp Krusty (where we temporarily got access to his stats sheet already), Homer´s a really beefy allrounder, but *damn* if his two negative Traits don´t hamper his overall effectiveness a lot (without "Box of Donuts", I could see him easily nailing the "Organize a Concert" Stewardship NA, for example)
Let´s just hope that his PAs allow us to at least *mitigate* his drawbacks a bit...
Neato - really want her to feel at home in Springfield, if nothing else.
But the Loyalty definitely helps for her performance with NAs as well and right now, I kinda want her on whichever "Cemetery Containment action" we end up picking, while either Crumb or Rotwood might like prodding at that Amulett that´s been collecting dust in our storage since...was it Turn 1 or 2 when we got it?
Anyway, you get what I am talking aobut
Always nice to see that Ned x Camilla is progressing nicely - really hope she and Lena can disabuse Flanders of his "Suffer not the Witch to live" mania in the end
It might be barely an Occult score right now, but it exists and therefore renders Frink eligible to be tutored by Crumb later on - so a definite net positive.
NEATO - that way, Louie can essentially compensate for FT "misspeaking" because of his trait, if nothing else...I´ll take it
-nods-
Our ex-wife feeling good is always nice even aside from the mechanical benefits of it
...not bad, Willie^^
Not bad at all - now our turf actually feels somewhat defensible all around^^
And friggin Moe being on a roll continues - "Rare Moe W", as the QMs said^^
It´s even Maya like in the show and this time, Moe *didn´t* put his foot in his mouth about her stature.
Proud of you, you old barhop^^
And those two are slowly on the mend again - that makes me a very happy quester^^
...*Wilhelm II. of Hohenzollern is getting actually competent at diplomacy*?
Really not complaining about it, even if it does come several decades too late to spare the world the horrors and geopolitical upheaval of WWI and indirectly its "sequel" as well...
Oh well - "besser spät als nie, Euer Majestät"^^
...someone mind filling me in what Wizball even is, guys?
Pretty sure us rolling that high will be really beneficial for us, but I am simply lacking context rn
...Lots of mediocre PAs and even some bad ones (with the "Beautiful House" one just narrowly avoiding being an outright Cri Fail! Damn, that debuff might hurt us, depending on what we end up doing next...)
Honestly feels like that´s the counterbalance for some of the frankly *insanely lucky* rolls we got (*looking at the entire Doof Collab situation there, guys*) - but that´s not how these kinds of rolls work on account of not having a "memory" and all...oh well
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Which is an good reason to keep them for easy recruitment later, but for now i think its best to leave them alone.
For next turn i have this thus far
[] (Confidential Action)Renovate the Taverns of The Confidential's members. DC 50/70/90 (1 income)
-[] (Reward) Help Spying on another King (Next infiltration Action you do gets a +20 bonus!)
[] (What to do about Krusty):
-[] Hire him as a Hero Unit
[] (What to do about Itchy and Scratchy):
-[] Bench them (Recruit at later date)
[]Plan: Lemons, Legs, and unLife.
––[]National Actions
–[]Martial: Upgrade your security force (DC:50) (Wille)
–[]Diplomacy: Reach out to military figures (DC:70) (Flanders)
–[]Diplomacy?: Reach out to the zombies (DC:???) (Kaiser)
–[]Stewardship: Renovate the Taverns of The Confidential's members (1 Income) (DC:50/70/90) (Confidential Action) (Moe) + Gil
–[]Stewardship: Just what did burns own? (DC: variable) (Apu)
–[]Stewardship: Build Lemon farms (DC:20) (Jasper Action) (Jasper)
–[]Stewardship: Renovate the Springfield Retirement Castle. DC 20 (Quimby Action) (Fat Tony)
–[] Intrigue: Look further into the mysterious group (DC:65/75/100) (Final)
–[] Intrigue: ??? (Mona)
–[] Learning: ??? (Nuclear Fusion Action) (Frink)
–[] Occult: Magically Ward the Cemetery (DC:???) (Lena/Hunter?)
–[] Occult: Look for Magic Tomes (1 Income) (DC:60) / Study that Strange Amulet (DC: 60) (Crumbs/Rotwood)
––[]Personal Actions
–[] Abe
—[] Hit them books (1/3 times)
—[] Go look for a fashion designer.
—[] A Test Of Your Own Medicine 2
—[] Unsure
–[] Flanders
—[] Unsure
–[] Jasper
—[] Hang out with the Old Jewish Guy
–[] Frink
—[] Study That Weird Magic Book
–[] Fat Tony
—[] Find Legs
–[] Kaiser
—[] Get up to date in war tactics
–[] Apu
—[] Spend time with your octuplets and wife
–[] Finale
—[] look on Your own for more clues about the insignia.
–[] Mona
—[] Unsure
–[] Willie
—[] Start an Irn-Bru Smuggling Operation
–[] Moe
—[] Unsure
–[] Lena
—[]Make New Friends
–[] Professor Hans Rotwood
—[]Study with an Occult Unit: Moe Szyslak
–[]Hunter
—[] Hang Out with the Hexsquad
–Professor Crumbs
—[] Speak with your people
Unsure/Not Enough Information
Moe, Mona, Flanders (Unsure) Krusty, Homer (Not Enough Information)
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Frabjky Homer could be a good choice in this action since he once operate a privite security group well enough in one episode.
I think it would be better to put Rotwood in studying the Strange Amulet, this is a magical artifact in our possession and could be a nice training wheel to introduce true occult knowdlge without being a super important action that can backfire.
While putting Crumbs to ward off the cemetery.
Homers "Box of Donuts" trait makes him very unreliable, i dont think we will be using him on even moderately DCs like this one
Do remember Crumbs gets debuffs on casting, his occult is halfed on this action (since i assume it involves casting spells) which makes him have less occult then either lena or hunter has.
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Still it would be interesting to put Rotwood in studying the amulet since it could give him a taste to study a true magical artifact and I tjink his +15 bonus is applied here.
I forgot to add but Hiilbillys Army can only be assigned to offensive actions in or near Springfield, Upgrade your Security Force is not a offensive acrion ergo they can be deploy on this.
I think assogned the Kaiser here could be a good idea since he's already a zombie and can reseanoble take on another zombie, he does have a 23 Diplomacy status so it's not like he's that bad and his debuff can't be applied here since he's not going to speak with the living.
Studying atomic power should be this action since it finqlly unlock a tech tree so we can advance our agenda in unlocking a second Learning Action.
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The idea that Springfield is about to become a place of necromantic radiation tech is beyond amusing.
Though, question is, how to do it in a way that doesn't get us jumped by the rest of the Kings.
Doof is actually the easiest to deal with, Shego being a close second.
Honestly, anything that pisses off Judge Doom is something that I'm completely ok with, but... it might be best to build ourselves up a bit more before we poke that particular bear.
We'll have to see what Homer has for Personal Actions. Maybe there's a path to get rid of that Box of Donuts trait. Or maybe that will be relegated to Adventures instead.
Though, question is, how to do it in a way that doesn't get us jumped by the rest of the Kings.
Doof is actually the easiest to deal with, Shego being a close second.
Honestly, anything that pisses off Judge Doom is something that I'm completely ok with, but... it might be best to build ourselves up a bit more before we poke that particular bear.
We'll have to see what Homer has for Personal Actions. Maybe there's a path to get rid of that Box of Donuts trait. Or maybe that will be relegated to Adventures instead.
Fair on rotwood, same on kaiser, i dunno about the atomic power, it really depends a lot on what other actions are available, but i will put it in.
I think we can put the kings in an lil list for how easy they are to deal with, both to answer this and for future usage
Workable
The President (once relations with the goverment has cooled), Drossol (translated) Doof, Shego, Xantos
Not Workable
The President (as is) Glomgold (Burns but bigger) Bellwether (Collar Incident + Racist) Kane (Facist anti-car lunatic) Master Control (Tyrannical AI) Drossol (Untranslated) A.U.T.O (NO)
Genocidal Tier
Syndrome, Huntsclan/The Magical Racist Squad, DOR-15, Bill, Negaduck, Judge Doom, Phobos, Toffee, Core+Andrias (all want to conquer our planet, technically not genocidal but... well...)
Varies Drastically
Drossol (if we can translate Drossol, put her between the President and Doof (Second best pick), if not put her Next to A.U.T.O)
Yokai + Zabatsu (Trevour is workable, if an fraud, Liv is not workable, Yokai is probably workable but varies based on his mood)
The President (once relations with the goverment has cooled, put them at the top of workable, as is they are in the top of not workable)
Ohm (Not sentient, leave the toxic forest alone and they are an non-issue, if we decide to expand that way move them into Genocidal Tier.)
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Let's hope that Peter hasn't gone the way of the "rescue Rangers" movie...
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No confirmation on what Peter is doing here (especially since as stated, In-universe Disney's last movie was Alice in Wonderland, so his movie never got made here) but If he has, can confirm he will be reworked to be rightfully angry but not literally impossible to reason with, because that shit was cringe af
#JusticeForBobbyDriscoll