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StarTopic Nintendo General Discussion |ST29 Feb. 2024| Two Handhelds, Both Alike In Dignity

What Is Your Burning Desire? — Read the ST First

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chocolate_supra said:
*is just content to pet the PUPPY for now*
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Secret Gambit Viable!
Check: Empathy

+4 LOVE Base Empathy

Threshold: 10 Toes, Front Paws

Let’s Roll…
D1 3 + D2 3

SUCCESS (10/10)

Wow! You pet the puppy! They love your scritches! Shit!

Good thing the dice were in your favor! We wouldn't want anything bad to happen to that puppy, now would we?

You are filled with joy. But you tread carefully...

You never know what might trigger a SECRET GAMBIT.
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s
 
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meatbag said:
Is it bad that I thought about kidnapping the PUPPY
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Petting the puppy was a successful GAMBIT – that everyone accidentally stumbled into – and cannot be reused.

...but kidnapping is a whole different GAMBIT, should you choose it.
 
shoptroll said:
Team LOVE will go all John Wick on you if you dare

MANIFEST: Sledgehammer just in case
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Only the real world can MANIFEST. Players are welcome to suggest an event that happened as a MANIFESTATION, but no player can MANIFEST on their own.

-1 Imaginary Sledgehammer
 
Wait can I attack the puppy

If it's technically part of house LOVE then I'm hitting it everytime we strike that house
 
I've got just the thing:

GAMBIT: GO TO PET STORE

We look for a furry/feathery/scaly friend to call our own. Maybe a cat? A crocodile? A sparrow? Maybe even a unicorn? Whatcha got?
 
Okay this feels kinda weird to just keep referring to the puppy as PUPPY

Let's see..

GAMBIT: I try to name the PUPPY! I ask the lil pup what it thinks of the name "Bingle."
 
Suswave said:
Gambit Viable!
Check: Empathy

+4 LOVE Base Empathy

Threshold: 12 is ALL the Dice Can Roll

Let’s Roll…
D1 1 + D2 4

FAILURE (9/12)

It turns out that LOVE is not ALL you need.

You need air. Water. Food. A dash of sunlight. A bathroom, like @Derachi said.

But you try, really really hard, to prove us wrong!

You go as long as you can without breathing, drinking, eating, etcetera. You try this in waves and waves. You do this for a week!

But ALL eludes you. It cannot be governed. It cannot be held onto.

You have to let it go.

But don't be too sad – we got you a puppy instead!
  • LOVE loses Gambit Yeah!s x 2
  • ALL stays Liminal
  • New Dog Smell
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Reverse GAMBIT to bring the liminal faction ALL into house TWO:

John Lennon wrote “All You Need is Love.” Lennon’s SECOND (TWO!) album after the Beatles announced they were breaking up was “Imagine.” “Imagine” brings us to a world with no hunger, possessions, countries…so therefore all you need is love. House TWO steals LOVE’s own gambit due to LOVE’s inability to be in a place to recruit the liminal faction. Only House TWO could try this gambit based on further developments in what is actually needed.
 
meatbag said:
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GAMBIT: POT OF GREED

The Montatwos have unearthed a curious artifact in the dusty attic of their ancestral home. A grotesque pot with the smile of a snake oil salesman. An inscription in the old tongue is seen on its rim, saying "Draw 2 cards from your deck."

... What the fuck does that mean?
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Gambit Viable!
Check: Chaos

+2 TWO Base Chaos

Threshold: 1996

Let’s Roll…
D1 1 + D2 6

SUCCESS (9/6)

Well, what are you waiting for? Draw two cards from your deck!

Brought to you by @Suswave 's abandoned card game...

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Here's the draw...
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Hmm... you get a DRAW 4 and a HOT POTATO.

You can now use the DRAW 4 card against other FACTIONS – to do so, say "I PLAY (card name) against (FACTION)"

The HOT POTATO is now on a post timer.

1 hot 2 potato 3 pass it 4 on
5 pass it 6 on, 7 pass it 8 on
9 hot 10 potato 11 pass it 12 on
13 my 14 fair 15 fami 16 o

Whoever has the HOT POTATO at the end loses 30 DIGNITY.

Anyone can PASS the HOT POTATO by saying "I PASS the HOT POTATO to (FACTION)"

No GAMBIT is required. PASS will work for this card without scrutiny.

Bon appétit.
  • TWO gains Gambit Yeah!s x 2
  • These CARDS are now in play
 
Me: The plot is thickening and we may all be in danger! I have to do something!

The rest of the general discussion thread:

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Suswave said:
Only the real world can MANIFEST. Players are welcome to suggest an event that happened as a MANIFESTATION, but no player can MANIFEST on their own.

-1 Imaginary Sledgehammer
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We have minus one imaginary hammers?

Gambit: SQUARE House Love's Inventory to get (-i)^2 = 1 Sledgehammer with which @shoptroll can "go John Wick"
 
BozPaggs said:
GAMBIT - The ABYSS uses its infinite resources to sway the puppy with treats and toys
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Gambit Viable!
Check: Chaos

+4 ABYSS Base Chaos
+3 CHORUS Faction

Threshold: $13 CAD for Decent Treats at PetSmart

Let’s Roll…
D1 2 + D2 5

SUCCESS (14/13)

Damn, ABYSS. That's cold. You're gonna steal LOVE's PUPPY?

I mean, the treats are a nice touch. Much better than a Pokéball or trying to hurt the PUPPY...

Oh? What's this?

Uh... the PUPPY is... um... shedding?

...like a cicada?!

The hairy, split-back shell of the PUPPY runs towards you, freakishly agile for what seems to be a carapace.

But it's alive! And it's incredibly fluffy. And now – it's yours!
  • ABYSS gains Gambit Yeah!s x 4
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s x 2
  • LOVE gets to keep the PUPPY!
  • ABYSS gets to keep the HUSK!
 
Suswave said:
Gambit Viable!
Check: Chaos

+4 ABYSS Base Chaos
+3 CHORUS Faction

Threshold: $13 CAD for Decent Treats at PetSmart

Let’s Roll…
D1 2 + D2 5

SUCCESS (14/13)

Damn, ABYSS. That's cold. You're gonna steal LOVE's PUPPY?

I mean, the treats are a nice touch. Much better than a Pokéball or trying to hurt the PUPPY...

Oh? What's this?

Uh... the PUPPY is... um... shedding?

...like a cicada?!

The hairy, split-back shell of the PUPPY runs towards you, freakishly agile for what seems to be a carapace.

But it's alive! And it's incredibly fluffy. And now – it's yours!
  • ABYSS gains Gambit Yeah!s x 4
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s x 2
  • LOVE gets to keep the PUPPY!
  • ABYSS gets to keep the HUSK!
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Oh snap. Now both LOVE and ABYSS have something fluffy to pet!
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Suswave said:
Gambit Viable!
Check: Chaos

+4 ABYSS Base Chaos
+3 CHORUS Faction

Threshold: $13 CAD for Decent Treats at PetSmart

Let’s Roll…
D1 2 + D2 5

SUCCESS (14/13)

Damn, ABYSS. That's cold. You're gonna steal LOVE's PUPPY?

I mean, the treats are a nice touch. Much better than a Pokéball or trying to hurt the PUPPY...

Oh? What's this?

Uh... the PUPPY is... um... shedding?

...like a cicada?!

The hairy, split-back shell of the PUPPY runs towards you, freakishly agile for what seems to be a carapace.

But it's alive! And it's incredibly fluffy. And now – it's yours!
  • ABYSS gains Gambit Yeah!s x 4
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s x 2
  • LOVE gets to keep the PUPPY!
  • ABYSS gets to keep the HUSK!
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The fiendish husk is a most welcome addition to our void. I shall name them Chitin.
 
meatbag said:
I've got just the thing:

GAMBIT: GO TO PET STORE

We look for a furry/feathery/scaly friend to call our own. Maybe a cat? A crocodile? A sparrow? Maybe even a unicorn? Whatcha got?
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Gambit Viable!
Check: Empathy

+1 TWO Base Empathy

Threshold: It's a Dog 8 Dog World

Let’s Roll…
D1 2 + D2 4

FAILURE (7/8)

LOVE has a pet. ABYSS has a pet. TWO doesn't want to be left out!

You go to the store with the best intentions. But it's bright, and blaring, and horrible.

Too many sounds. Too many smells. Too hard to concentrate in the retail onslaught...

YOU ARE DETERMINED. YOU WILL NOT BE STOPPED.

And despite the horrors... you burst out of the doors with TWO's new pet in a box!

As soon as you get home, you and the gang open it.

CONGRATULATIONS on your brand new pet INFESTATION OF FEED CRICKETS!
  • TWO loses Gambit Yeah!s
  • TWO gains a pet INFESTATION!
  • Please give them the same love you would any other pet
  • If you don't, I'll be sad
  • TWO will lose 1 DIGNITY per page – they keep eating your crops
 
chocolate_supra said:
Okay this feels kinda weird to just keep referring to the puppy as PUPPY

Let's see..

GAMBIT: I try to name the PUPPY! I ask the lil pup what it thinks of the name "Bingle."
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Gambit Viable!
Check: Empathy

+4 LOVE Base Empathy

Threshold: 6-Letter Name

Let’s Roll…
D1 4 + D2 6

SUCCESS (14/6)

You lean down to the wagging waft of fur and dog smell.

"Bingle!" you say. "Hey buddy!"

They... LOVE it! They run around in circles, darting through your feet with joyous yawps.

Nailed it! On the first try! Congratulations on a perfect name!
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s
  • A bowl appears! for feeding and such
  • A sideways mirror appears next to the bowl
  • Bingle, the Puppy of House Love, is now happily named
 
It didn't occur to me until I looked at the Persona 3 Reload ST that Persona 3 released about half a lifetime ago for me....




Boy has that put me in a mood.

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chocolate_supra said:
I am not particularly jazzed about where this is going anymore LOL
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I wasn't too bothered until....

BozPaggs said:
The fiendish husk is a most welcome addition to our void. I shall name them Chitin.
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Yeah. Yeah...
 
BozPaggs said:
The fiendish husk is a most welcome addition to our void. I shall name them Chitin.
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MINI-GAMBIT – SUCCESS!

You've named the pet HUSK of the ABYSS Chitin. They love their new name!
 
shoptroll said:
FamiBOARDS? More like FamiMUD amirite?

GAMBIT: shoptroll casts scan on @Suswave


Sympathy yeah! from someone who woke up yesterday 30 minutes before their alarm due to stomach pains


What era of U2 are we talking here?


Some of us remember when there was a period where the third wheel of consoles either didn’t exist or was so far behind the rest that they didn’t really register. We don’t necessarily need someone else to jump in.


They tried once with Steam Machines and the effort was seemingly abandoned about a year or so later. Fortunately a lot of the work was repurposed for Steam Deck so it was still a win.


I’ll take a new Seaman if Sega also gives Yoot Saito a budget for a new The Tower game 🙏


And people will still say Nintendo is doomed


Loaded symbolism and you’ll get beat over the head by it? Nahhhh never.

Honestly Levine heading back to System Shock is the most boring thing ever. I’ll wait for reviews after Infinite burned us all.
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It feels like I’m finally over this stomach nonsense and can eat decent without it going through me.

Stomach bugs straight up suck
 
Barely Able said:
Reverse GAMBIT to bring the liminal faction ALL into house TWO:

John Lennon wrote “All You Need is Love.” Lennon’s SECOND (TWO!) album after the Beatles announced they were breaking up was “Imagine.” “Imagine” brings us to a world with no hunger, possessions, countries…so therefore all you need is love. House TWO steals LOVE’s own gambit due to LOVE’s inability to be in a place to recruit the liminal faction. Only House TWO could try this gambit based on further developments in what is actually needed.
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Normally, you can't use a GAMBIT again. If LOVE can't take in ALL, no one can.

But... you presented some compelling logical gymnastics! You can proceed, but on very thin ice.

Dire Gambit Viable!
Check: Knowledge

+2 TWO Base Knowledge

Threshold: 12 Studio Albums by the Beatles

Let’s Roll…
D1 1 + D2 4

FAILURE (7/12)

Reaching out to snag ALL, you make history...

By failing the first DIRE GAMBIT.

It's a bloodbath. Every Beatles song plays at the same time, all at once, directly in the minds of every TWO.

And not just songs by the Beatles. Songs by every Beatle.

It's a nightmare. It's a NIGHTMARE. It doesn't STOP for DAYS. WHY DID YOU DO THIS?!
  • TWO loses Gambit Yeah!s x 8
  • ALL is permanently LIMINAL
  • Someone spray paints "JOHN LENNON WAS A PRICK AND A WIFE BEATER" on every wall in your home
 
Suswave said:
Normally, you can't use a GAMBIT again. If LOVE can't take in ALL, no one can.

But... you presented some compelling logical gymnastics! You can proceed, but on very thin ice.

Dire Gambit Viable!
Check: Knowledge

+2 TWO Base Knowledge

Threshold: 12 Studio Albums by the Beatles

Let’s Roll…
D1 1 + D2 4

FAILURE (7/12)

Reaching out to snag ALL, you make history...

By failing the first DIRE GAMBIT.

It's a bloodbath. Every Beatles song plays at the same time, all at once, directly in the minds of every TWO.

And not just songs by the Beatles. Songs by every Beatle.

It's a nightmare. It's a NIGHTMARE. It doesn't STOP for DAYS. WHY DID YOU DO THIS?!
  • TWO loses Gambit Yeah!s x 8
  • ALL is permanently LIMINAL
  • Someone spray paints "JOHN LENNON WAS A PRICK AND A WIFE BEATER" on every wall in your home
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VegiHam said:
We have minus one imaginary hammers?

Gambit: SQUARE House Love's Inventory to get (-i)^2 = 1 Sledgehammer with which @shoptroll can "go John Wick"
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Gambit Viable!
Check: Knowledge

+1 LOVE Base Knowledge

Threshold: 12 (2^2^2 – 2^2)

Let’s Roll…
D1 1 + D2 3

FAILURE (5/12)

There's a bug in your code somewhere... your proposed math goes completely sideways.

Your inventory is filled up by an exponentially increasing number of literal squares.

So many squares.

oh god.
  • LOVE loses Gambit Yeah!s ^ 2
  • Loss capped at (2^2 + 2^2) ^ 2 = 64
  • Inventory full of squares
 
y'all are absolutely wild, love it

if I missed your GAMBIT, please let me know!

I may drag behind on GAMBITS for the next few pages – UPDATE #3 is coming after page 20, so I'll have some tallying to do.
 
shoptroll said:
Well these squares aren't going to clean themselves up

GAMBIT: Play Tetris with inventory
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You sure you don't want to save those for later? You might need them...

Alright... Here we go.

Gambit Viable!
Check: Willpower

+2 LOVE Base Willpower

Threshold: 5 Free Tetrominos

Let’s Roll…
D1 3 + D2 3

SUCCESS (8/5)

Your whole inventory is completely clogged... but when you switch to Tetris mode, every single row of squares disappears.

You did it! ...but why? Do you even know why?

I mean, look at Famiboards. By the looks of things, we're all squares here. Squares and a mountain of associated shitposts...

Would you really destroy all of that data? Without even pausing to think?

Good thing it's not up to you...
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s
  • LOVE loses every single square
 
Suswave said:
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Whoever has the HOT POTATO at the end loses 30 DIGNITY.
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bad news, @meatbag.

We went 16 posts without PASSING the HOT POTATO... so it looks like that's -30 for TWO.

If the HOT POTATO comes back, I might shift the rules so that the 16th post from the introduction of the HOT POTATO takes the hit.

But this time, sad to say, it died how it lived.
 
VegiHam said:
Playdate with the other pets sometime?

Gambit: would BOOKS like to come too? They haven't got a pet atm but they might like to join in!
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I feel like BOOKS would have a cat hanging around somewhere whether they know it or not
 


This one is wild to me. Looks like there will be a unified sports streaming network, which probably is good if this is what you watch. Just missing Comcast and paramount stuff. The price will likely be astronomical though.
 
shoptroll said:
Did they learn nothing from Hulu?
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I suppose this was Disney’s idea to prevent offloading ESPN and to ease the transition to DTC. WBD was already planning on offering sport streaming on max, so I assume this will have better subscriber base than an add on. Not saying it’s good but if you watch sports it’s better than having 3 or more subscriptions or subscription tiers
 
VegiHam said:
Playdate with the other pets sometime?

Gambit: would BOOKS like to come too? They haven't got a pet atm but they might like to join in!
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Gambit Viable!
Check: Empathy

+4 LOVE Base Empathy

Threshold: 10 (4 Factions + 3 Pets + 2 Many Gambits for + 1? @Suswave)

Let’s Roll…
D1 6 + D2 3

SUCCESS (13/10)

You have a pet party! Nobody eats anyone else! No pets are stolen! It's a miracle!

The BOOKS gang is very happy to get attend, though fairly concerned about what y'all are calling pets.

See, they've read BOOKS. So they know what pets are. They don't know what uh... (widely gestures) all this is.

Regardless, everyone has fun!
  • BOOKS gains Gambit Yeah!s x 4
  • LOVE gains Gambit Yeah!s x 2
  • TWO gains Gambit Yeah!s
  • ABYSS gains Gambit Yeah!s
 
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