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
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- Texas
[X] Action Plan: Journey to the West
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- United States
[X] Action Plan: Not Getting Out Of My Chair
Can you add this line from the other plan please?
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- United States
Yes, I object. I'd like to stay an additional cycle.
The duration of time we spend at the grotto did not decrease. Your objection is noted and dismissed.
X was not ever removed. Therefore the objection is invalid.
Before the change, we stay for at least 6 and at most 8 subjective days and leave, then research more.
After the change, we stay for at least 6 and at most 8 subjective days and leave.
The change you're objecting to didn't happen. Therefore your objection is invalid.
We went from "oneish research cycle + leave to go West + more research" to "oneish research cycle + leave to go West"
I don't understand what is confusing about this
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From my perspective, you solicited objections to a potential change in your plan from your voters. Then, when I stated that I had an objection, I was hit with what felt like a harsh message dismissing my input.
That was what it initially appeared like to me.
Okay, well from my perspective, it looked like you were asking for giant changes to an action plan <8 hours before voting closes with zero justification.
So while I apologize for the tone, I do not think the request was at all reasonable and a complete dismissal was warranted.
Vote closed
Pinging also @Velorien @Paperclipped
@Cariyaga brought to my attention that there's still some confusing language in my plan.
After EJ's cryptic hint that it might be worth sticking around the grotto for another update I removed the part where we actually leave the grotto but I still wanted to prepare to leave, if that makes sense.
This is just intended to sync up Hazou and Kagome's cycles to avoid wasting time, not to leave the grotto quite yet.
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Sorry, I'm already pushing the limits on interfering with player agency. If it becomes relevant, yes.
Strawpoll here,
Do you think the QMs would enjoy Hidan and Deidara catching and killing Uplift.
Like for "Yes"
Hugs for "No"
Informative for "It's someone else"
Insightful for "Yes, it's Hidan and Deidara but they won't catch and kill us"
Funny for "Ami is back and she's spreading chaos"
Do you think the QMs would enjoy Hidan and Deidara catching and killing Uplift.
Like for "Yes"
Hugs for "No"
Informative for "It's someone else"
Insightful for "Yes, it's Hidan and Deidara but they won't catch and kill us"
Funny for "Ami is back and she's spreading chaos"
I think that all except the second option are plausible.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
Undoubtedly. That would be a dramatic, exciting, and compellingly tragic scene.
That said, I don't think EJ would skirt the limits of QM/player interference in order to trick us into getting ourselves killed, rather than for a mutually beneficial outcome. On the other hand, using reverse psychology in an attempt to trick us into escaping the Akatsuki closing in on us seems like something that's too nice for the QMs to permit themselves to do. So if something is going to happen, I'd expect it to be positive- or neutral-utility for us (taking the current amount of utility as the baseline).
So I say we should wait.
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- The Maple Syrup Mountains
He also specifically said it as "it would be worth", which is not the phrasing QMs tend to use for their ominous memes. Saying something would be fantastic, or that they'd really enjoy writing that update, those are more common phrasings that hit more cleanly upon the notion of "this would be interesting and exciting even if the players wouldn't want it to happen".
But "worth"? Worth it to who? If it's "worth it to just the QMs and not the players", which is the only way this is a trap, then that's a very weird way to phrase it when the more conventional options are right there. Indeed, the lack of specificity instead gestures in the direction of it being generally worthwhile, of some benefit to QM and player alike. Maybe not to a large magnitude, maybe it's just that the opportunity for a compelling social scene will arise, but not something we'd regret.
After this post by Paper on Discord, I think Uncle Oro might be coming to visit.
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I wonder how Sasori is managing chakra requirements for infusion. The Akatsuki don't have access to the Wakahisa. If Orochimaru (likely the best biosealer alive) is chakra-constrained without Noburi, maybe Sasori's research velocity actually sucks.
He doesn't have runes. Chakra requirements for Sealing are nothing special. Biosealing is probably the same, although we don't know for sure.