[07 | Accidental Video/Action | Wreck-It Ducks]

[coolblueiceman]

[At this moment, one might find Chrono sitting on a bench in Game Central Station, looking over statistics from the last day's play on Gears of Destiny Arcade - a 3D magical fighter - on S2U; it's a shockingly complete list of all the relevant telemetry from players. The pages flip slowly, Chrono's eyes scanning for anything useful, and his scowl growing a little more pronounced as he goes. Character matchup tables, credits played, player win-loss records, final boss success rate... it's a dizzying array of numbers, and he's just scanning through, looking like he's swallowed a lemon.]

247 paid plays in the last 24 hours. 140 Full Drives, 48 of those ending in Bursts. 72 versus challenges; for story challenges, the existing player won 65% of the time. Someone actually 1CCed the game; I'd better send Nanoha to cheer Yuri up...

[Chrono sighs, putting S2U down as he reaches the end of the data he'd been sorting through.]

And yet I still don't have better than a 5-5 matchup against anyone on the whole cast since they turned us on. Hell, I'm a 1-9 against Yuuno. 2-8 on Nanoha and Stern, I can understand, and 3-7 with Einhart makes sense, but... the ferret beating me up nine times out of ten? Maybe I'll have to talk to Nanoha, see if she has any tips I can use to tip the scales.

[He looks down at S2U to check the time and finally realizes he's being recorded.]

Of course it is. Sorry, I'm whining. But really, it'd be nice to not completely suck. I'm no Nanoha, but I'm a ranking officer in the Bureau. I'd like to actually be decent, and I'm certain I'm not the only one who feels that way.

[Standing, Chrono sighs again.]

If anyone needs be, I'll be at Tapper's for a bit; they asked me to stand by as security at the Bad-Anon meeting later, so if you need me, that's where I'll be. Although I'm wondering if someone showed them that pilot, and they asked me as a joke... Oh, well. Enjoy your day, everyone. [He nods in farewell, and the feed shuts off.]

Comments

[coolblueiceman]

Just because you're flying doesn't mean you're not using your legs, Hayate. But anyway, maybe you'd benefit from some flight training under Nanoha and Fate, to help you get a little faster, more agile. As for your spellcraft, I have no idea, but I'm sure you can come up with something.

[lil_tanuki]

Yeah I know, but I wasn't designed with speed in mind at all. I'm more of a point me towards something and blow em up person.

[coolblueiceman]

I guess that's true... which means, in turn, that you really only need one good shot to turn things around. I know it's a tall order, but that's really what you need to keep in mind. It'll keep your spirits up.

[lil_tanuki]

Well I'll need some of my bigger speed spells to charge up later on. It's pretty decent for that.

[coolblueiceman]

Mm. Versatility is important to a mage - in something like this, or in Bureau work - so it's vital to practice varying how you do things. Not that you need me to tell you that. You've got four perfectly good instructors, at least in a knowledge-sharing capacity, at your side.

[lil_tanuki]

You do realize we'll probably get nerfed with 3.1 right? Who knows if we should do anything about it.

[coolblueiceman]

More nerfs? They already increased the activation window on my Struggle Bind so far it may as well not be there... If they mess with it any more, Nanoha'll be able to get in a full-charge Divine Buster and still get out of the way.

...Then again, you're popular. You might be all right this round. If they nerf anyone, it'll be the damned Silver Cross team. And probably me. And maybe Yuuno, but that might just be wishful thinking.

[lil_tanuki]

Sometimes it happens I suppose. But yeah, hopefully we'll see something positive for once.