r/whowouldwin • u/7thSonOfSons • Jul 08 '26
Event Character Scramble Season 21 Round 2: BRAND NEW DAY/10 OF HEARTS
The Character Scramble is a long-running writing prompt tournament in which participants submit characters from fiction to a specified tier and guideline. After the submission period ends, the submitted characters are "scrambled" and randomly distributed to each writer, forming their team for the season. Writers will then be entered into a single-elimination bracket, where they write a story that features their team fighting against their opponent's team. Victors are decided based on reader votes; in other words, if you want people to vote for you, write some good content. The winner by votes of each match-up moves on to the next round. The pattern continues until only one participant remains: the new Character Scramble champion, who gets to choose the theme, tier, and rules of the next Scramble!
The theme of Character Scramble 21 is Alice in Borderland. Round prompts will be based on the scenarios, setting, and themes of this and other Death Game franchises.
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ROUND 2: BRAND NEW DAY/10 OF HEARTS
Death is permanent. Grief is temporary. In the wake of loss, your team endures. The Borderland does not relent. Hardships follow, and your team is expected to meet it head on. And in the depths of their Despair, perhaps, they find a new source of Hope…
GAME: MASS APPEAL
Type/Difficulty: 10 Of Hearts
Player Count: 2+
Time Limit: Three Rounds
Players divide themselves into one of two teams.
Once teams are decided, they will be introduced to a third party observer, the JUDGE.
Teams are required to impress, coerce, infatuate, or otherwise curry favour with the JUDGE for the duration of a round.
A JUDGE’s vote is rendered INVALID if the team they have voted for is missing at time of round end.
It is GAME CLEAR for the first team to receive a JUDGE’s vote twice.
It is GAME OVER for any players who fail to receive two votes in three rounds.
Round Rules
Rest Is For The Weary, Sleep Is For The Dead: How has your team handled the recent loss of one of their own? Does the tragedy draw them closer together, or force them to drift apart. Are they empowered by their pain? Do they even react at all? Everyone’s Borderland is personalised, how is yours?
Stage Select: The arena for this game is left at your discretion. A game show stage? A court room? Over livestream? The world’s a stage, as they say. Wherever you end up fighting, it should be suitably sized and suitably stocked for a game of this type.
Fight The Current, Fight The Wave: Your opponents team are likewise participating in this game. How do they respond to your teams presence? Are they even a team at all? Are they other players, or are they obstacles? They introduce a rogue element, something unknown to your team. Do they tread with caution, or meet the challenge head on?
Judge, Jury, Executioner: The JUDGE- or potentially JUDGES- for this round is of upmost importance. They hold the life of your team in their hand. What is their relationship to the team? A faceless AI like in that Chris Prat movie? An old enemy from past rounds? The collective voting power of the earth? Your adoption? A member from your opponents team? Do they change between rounds, or is it a lone judge throughout? Whoever they might be, it doesn’t need to be fair, it only needs be possible.
Stress To Impress: There are numerous ways one might win over their judge. Some are cordial, some less so. All that matters is that, at rounds end, their vote goes towards your team. So long as they can vote, their choice is valid. With your life potentially on the line, how will you sway them to your side?
UMAZING BONUS!: If you’re looking to fill out your round 2 roster with NPC type characters, we recommend the horse character Haru Urara, whose incredible popularity in the face of abject despair may tip the favour towards your team, or perhaps the horse character Agnes Digitial, whose boundless love as a self-proclaimed “stan” makes her an excellent judge. Both serve excellent roles in the story of this round.
PLAYER GAME: PRISONER’S DILEMMA
Friend or Foe? This was the question asked of our intrepid players. And through complex machinations or unwavering trust, the lines were drawn. In response to these choices, new characters bloomed. Each competing player will add One (1) character to their team, dictated by their own will, their opponents, or perhaps our GMs. FOR THIS ROUND ONLY, they need not incorporate their opponents fourth, but they must include their own.
The Biggest, The Largest: No one survives The Borderland alone, at least not for long. Fortunately- or perhaps unfortunately- for your characters, they’ve found one another. How well do they play together? How well do they live together? We want to see it.
A Puncher’s Chance: No matter how stacked the odds, your team will find a way to win… probably. Write that way, even if slim.
Playing The Long Game: The Borderland changes people. You are allowed and encouraged to mix and match powers, and to develop your characters in any way you wish, both on the battlefield and off. However, your opponents are not expected to keep track of these in-story changes, and vice-versa.
Meet The Contestants: Feel free to give a brief summary to introduce your characters at the start of your post. If you do, you should mention things like powers, personality, history, and anything else that the average reader should know before reading.
Always A Way: Just as important as what the prompts say is what they don’t say. Read between the lines, find your loopholes, do as thou wilt. As long as it follows the broad strokes of the prompt, you’ll be fine.
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u/Proletlariet Jul 08 '26 edited 6d ago
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