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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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I'm...hm. I don't think now is the worst time to do week-long updates, as we are currently in more of a lull phase*. If a plan appears that seems to cover things we want to do with sufficient detail to, well, succeed, I don't see the issue.

*Lull phase stated on the assumption that we aren't going to regain control days after we've left for a Scroll hunt.
 
Oneiros said:
How strongly and why?
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Default is strongly opposed. Might weaken if I think is good plan.
Main reasons.
1. So we can snatch up the low-hanging fruit (quick and important things) first before time skipping. ex: 5SB leaf roofs in case of aerial bombardment, forbidden lore, giving oro jiraiya's package, studying the basement loot (either through copies we made or asking noburi about it), etc.
2. So that we have more time until the next Kaiju. We've seen this happen already. The Collapse, keiko leaving, orochimaru coming.
 
Oneiros said:
Is there any one who would seriously object to going to week long plans till the end of the contest instead of the day long ones we have been using?
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My finger's off the pulse of how many irons we want to put in the fire, so I can't really vote 'yes' or 'no', but I can give a guiding statement:

If we feel like there is no major opportunity cost in terms of our putting-irons-in-the-fire intentions, I would enjoy speeding things up.

(I'll also note that only some of the irons we want to put in the fire incur significant penalties by delaying putting them in the fire. A given idea might be only tenable in the aftermath of the political chaos and Leaf's vulnerability, but another given idea might be exactly the same if we come to it a year from now, and I'm only concerned about getting the first ones done asap)
 
Velorien said:
Very OP, I'm afraid. Boosted affinity is the main culprit, since you don't care so much about reduced potential for certain kinds of technique when your overall choices are greatly increased. Reduced natural lifespan is also trivial in a setting where few ninja survive to forty anyway.
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So because ninjutsu is so heavily boosted, they have too many tools at their disposal, which makes the negatives --while notable --ultimately irrelevant. Damn. I didn't think about it like that and I thought that the drawbacks would curtail what OP-ness there might be. Well, it's a learning experience. Submitted bloodlines should advance one specific thing by a notable factor, rather than handing the key to the toolbox. Thanks for the help! ^.^

Oh, and thanks for the compliment about the background info. I never really expect it to be used, but it's a fun exercise to look at the bloodline and go "what'll happen because of this?" It helps me relax and have fun, de-stressing from class.

Cariyaga said:
Unless I'm misreading them (possible!), they mean "ninjutsu affinity" as in "ability with ninjutsu" not "elemental affinity".
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I did, but that's still giving a lot of tools to the ninja. I probably shouldn't have used the broad "ninjutsu" boost and made it something more specific and less... Well, something that has less potential to be game-breaking. I think that the Starheart Bloodline is, accidentally, on the level of the average Sharingan. And while that could be fun, it'd break the game.

Oneiros said:
Is there any one who would seriously object to going to week long plans till the end of the contest instead of the day long ones we have been using?
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Are the writers okay with it?
 
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Oneiros said:
Is there any one who would seriously object to going to week long plans till the end of the contest instead of the day long ones we have been using?
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I want to do the following two things first:
  • Explain SC FOOM to Mari and Noburi, look into spreading VD disinformation to make others miss it.
  • Have one (1) Forbidden Lore meeting.
After that, sure.
 
eaglejarl said:
Actually, you know what? I'll just unilaterally change it to "morning and evening". Easier that way, and it's a fluff-only change.
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Interesting.

Originally I was going to say that the resultant implication is that it costs 10CP for each mediation, and each mediation must occur to get the benefit.

Then I decided it would be rude to do that to the QMs, so I considered more QM-positive solutions:

It is a two step process, the night meditation primes the brain/chakra/whatever and overnight that process improves Resolve, as long as there is a capstone meditation in the morning, which involves the expenditure of the 20CP, in order to cement the Resolve XP benefit.

Relatedly, how quickly does CP replenish?
 
There's something I want to get a broad pulse on before I type up a thousand+ word plan based on a book on developmental economics before we become God and nothing matters, or failing Him at least Uriel before we begin planning in earnest for the next year and a half:

On a scale from -5 to 10, how much do you all want to mess with changing/modernizing the world economy and governing structure?

-5 being "I will actively campaign against anything related to actively messing with the economics/politics/governing structures of the world", 0 being "I'm indifferent and could be swayed by a deal", 5 being "I will choose to vote for such plans, optimize such plans, and campaign for such plans", and 10 being "I'll literally submit a plan every cycle to do something."

For that matter, on a very important note, where are our QMs on that question @eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail ?
 
huhYeahGoodPoint said:
There's something I want to get a broad pulse on before I type up a thousand+ word plan based on a book on developmental economics before we become God and nothing matters, or failing Him at least Uriel before we begin planning in earnest for the next year and a half:

On a scale from -5 to 10, how much do you all want to mess with changing/modernizing the world economy and governing structure?

-5 being "I will actively campaign against anything related to actively messing with the economics/politics/governing structures of the world", 0 being "I'm indifferent and could be swayed by a deal", 5 being "I will choose to vote for such plans, optimize such plans, and campaign for such plans", and 10 being "I'll literally submit a plan every cycle to do something."

For that matter, on a very important note, where are our QMs on that question @eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail ?
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2. I think econ/gov is good. But that improving politics/social equilibrium of death world is more important. But if you made a good argument that econ/gov improvement would help that I might go up.
 
2, maybe 3. It would be 3-4, but I don't know how much I'll be on and able to vote. I like politics/gov structure type stuff, but don't have as much time to read plans as I would like so I often might not vote due to not wanting to cause another threatening the Hokage situation.
 
huhYeahGoodPoint said:
There's something I want to get a broad pulse on before I type up a thousand+ word plan based on a book on developmental economics before we become God and nothing matters, or failing Him at least Uriel before we begin planning in earnest for the next year and a half:

On a scale from -5 to 10, how much do you all want to mess with changing/modernizing the world economy and governing structure?

-5 being "I will actively campaign against anything related to actively messing with the economics/politics/governing structures of the world", 0 being "I'm indifferent and could be swayed by a deal", 5 being "I will choose to vote for such plans, optimize such plans, and campaign for such plans", and 10 being "I'll literally submit a plan every cycle to do something."

For that matter, on a very important note, where are our QMs on that question @eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail ?
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3-4 as with Cariyaga. One of my biggest ambitions in this quest is to find some way to reverse the trendline of humanity moving towards extinction, and that's going to be done by reshaping the political and/or economic landscapes something fierce. The reason it's not higher is because change has to be slow (or at least measured) and I want to be sure that for a given change we implement it at the right time.
 
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