future is now

[idolpro]

When the game starts, you find something grabbing onto your ankle and dragging you under the ballpit until you find yourself sitting on a disco floor platform with your team. It is only being held up by eleven balloons.

You make decisions on a cool arcade machine where you can SELECT A TEAM'S BALLOON. If a character is blind or has no hands or smth, you can assume things can be read to you and you can automatically pick through your speech. Thanks, Alexa.

If you look over the platform, you can see a lot of sparkling rainbow spikes below.

Comments

Re: Discussion

[arealeyeopener]

How do you want to play this you guys?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

We avoid hitting ☆ZRAEL and BARiTONES.

I say we play the first round conservatively - one or two -- and adjust as needed.

[arealeyeopener]

Who are we going to aim for first? Someone who won't get a lot of hits?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. I imagine that the nicer units will all start with minimal damage and avoid hitting each other.

So we should target one of those we think has the greatest chance of surviving measured against if anyone has any particular feelings about a certain unit.

[arealeyeopener]

I'm fine targeting anyone. So that will make things a little easier for you.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Does it?

I would like your opinion on the politics of things.

[arealeyeopener]

Zrael and Baritones are going to get targetted a lot, right? Maybe sensitiv and Wild City.

I guess LiliS or HSS would be safer? Pep Pep or Alcheme?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[Erika makes a show of considering, but]

...That seems fine with me. It will be good to see how everyone else is playing... if everyone takes a conservative strategy, all we need to do is make sure we don't have the least. And the likelihood of us being knocked down in the first round is extremely low.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. The only reason we would have to worry is if 6 units targeted us specifically because they didn't know who else to vote for. Since we don't have grudge matches that I'm aware of.

But it's not an impossibility.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

It's also not an impossibility that seven units target us and we couldn't save ourselves even if we didn't play three. We'll have to take a chance.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then as long as you are okay with rolling the dice.

Any unit that's on or off the table for you?

[asonoficeandfire]

What units would logically be less of a target?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Anyone who didn't die in the protection game and who also have a strong social presence.

I know you'd object to AlcheME! but there pep!pep is similar. We could go for a team like LiLiS who doesn't have rivalries that I know of, but that increases the risk of many units hitting that same unit.

[asonoficeandfire]

[he shakes his head]

It's better not to pick a unit most people would assume the same of. So not LiLiS, just for that risk. At least not until we know more... and I would object to AlcheME! but I also don't think they'd appreciate that. Besides, people will die regardless. It's better to play in a way to try and minimize the amount of units dying.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then I would say AlcheME! or pep!pep! since I doubt many will be voting for those units.

[resonantblue]

There is no right way. If anyone has preferences, they must step forward.

[arealeyeopener]

I rather not send anyone plummeting to their death but uh we won't have much control over that.

[resonantblue]

Likewise.

[ssssighs]

These are not choices Silence is comfortable making...

[arealeyeopener]

[pats her head]

Let's get through this fast.

[resonantblue]

...we need to protect ourselves though. The other units had no issue letting Future is Now meet demise in that bomb game, in spite of the presence of Intensity and Angel.

Re: Discussion

[asonoficeandfire]

I'm guessing if we don't play, we'll fall to our death as punishment.

Re: Discussion

[arealeyeopener]

Probably.

Re: Discussion

[asonoficeandfire]

So we need to decide on who to pick for the first round.

Re: Discussion

[arealeyeopener]

Who do you think we should target?

Re: Discussion

[asonoficeandfire]

Teams that wouldn't be targeted simply because people think they wouldn't be attacked. I'm not comfortable targeting anyone, least of all my friends, but we don't have a choice in that matter regardless.