#scott number

[ats-cosmo]

i may not have a bacon number

i may not have an erdős number

but at least i have a scott number of 5

[ohnonotthehorrors]

Can I... talk about the theory that winners help craft the next game?

Because, and I really can not say this enough, it puts So Much into perspective.

Everything starts out Normal. Three lives, simple, cut and dry, there hasn't been a winner yet. No one to help craft the game. (And there's something to be said about how simple it really was. Not even a real expectation of the world becoming pvp or combative. No idea of the war to come)

Then Grian wins. The green killer, the man who vowed his first life to the one whose life he took. The next game the boogie man is born. A mechanic that allows and, in fact, demands, a green kill. People can trade lives back and forth, currency and debt wrapped up in one. (can we still be friends? Said the red partner. A life time later and reds are hostile, alone. Maybe it's an answer: No. Not anymore)

Scott wins this time. He refuses to play the game. He will not kill his team, he will love and he will do so fiercely and with all of himself. The next game people are attached through to their very souls. Every bit of damage to one soul is done to its twin. There is no boogeyman. (There is no way for a widow to be left without their love)

Pearl wins and she wins a blood bath. Spent the game draped in red, only wolves for company. Sitting in her tower, shivering in ice, maybe she wanted it to end. To see where it would. Limited life rewards you for killing, limited life has a clock tick tick ticking down, you always no how long you have. A curse yes, but a blessing too.

Now It's Martyn's turn.

And what a turn it is.

Keep your secrets, says the disloyal man, keep them well. Everything hurts, everything Matters, says the man fracturing with every loss. (What if we could love each other without hurting? Says The Hand, who never wanted to be coated in blood)

More importantly, Martyn has always seen the watchers below the surface. Now, they're right here in front of him. Something that could almost... be rebelled against, no? Something that someone else could finally point to and say: hey, hey isn't that familiar?

[ravenclairee]

It isn't until that moment that he pushes her through the door and is looking at her and realizing he has no feelings for this person. And then Helly calls his name. And then it's like, "Oh my God, if we just stay here, maybe we can be together another ten minutes?" Who knows? I don't think they're thinking more than ten seconds into the future. But it was going into the unknown and never existing again, or going with Helly. — Adam Scott, Severance Inside the Episode 2.10 "Cold Harbor"

[cptnchristopherpike]

Brand new cast portraits for Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!

[kaffkanya]

[tomscottnumber]

jan Misali has a Tom Scott number of 2.

[gelarshiesprofruitboarder]

remembered i could do this

[hotch-girl]

EVA GREEN as SIBYLLA

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2006)

[dearest-love2410]

No cuz if my best friend had been acting weird and lying and had a history of possessed murders, had stabbed me while possessed, and was angry all the time recently, refusing to tell me what’s wrong.

And I was going through the horrors and then someone told me * very convincingly* that my best friend had murdered someone and then upon confronting my best friend he didn’t deny or explain it and then angrily approached me with the alleged murder weapon in his hand…

Ya I would flinch too.

Scott McCall they can never make me hate you.

[scottsbarringer]

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as Scott Barringer

Higher Ground 1.07 — Worlds Apart

[hbmmaster]

one of my favorite things about @tomscottnumber (aside from it being based on an idea I had) is how the thing that inspired that post about a "bacon number for youtubers" in the first place was the spirestream for trans rights, and now that someone's actually putting the work in I can see my suspicions confirmed that yes, a lot of youtubers' Tom Scott Numbers have been lowered by the existence of the spirestream for trans rights. the super smash bros ultimate of youtube collabs

[kitskiis]

The most kills each person has gotten on another individual player

I made one of these a few months ago but obviously some numbers changed with Wild Life so here I am again. Like last time I did not include Real Life numbers and I'm also not including any deaths or kills of/caused by the zombie players. Sorry mumbo you got robbed (also, if I got anything on this list wrong um . whoops)

Scott: Joel & Impulse - 8

Joel: Cleo - 7

Grian: Scar & Jimmy - 6

Etho: Scar - 6

Scar: Etho - 6

Martyn: Tango - 5

Pearl: Cleo - 4

Impulse: Pearl - 3

Jimmy: Lizzie - 3

Ren: Cleo - 3

Tango: Joel - 3

Bdubs: Impulse, Grian & Skizz - 2

Skizz: Bdubs, Tango & Lizzie - 2

Cleo: Bigb & Scott - 2

Gem: Pearl & Scott - 2 (Etho can also be included if counting Lim Life kills)

Bigb: Scott - 2

Mumbo: Scott - 2

Lizzie: Pearl, Jimmy, Joel, Bigb & Martyn - 1 (Grian can also be included if counting Lim Life kills)

[dredgesnails]

gem and joel as a notorious criminal duo who are on the run after a robbery-turned-kidnapping goes awry. they take refuge in a small town in the middle of nowhere, so tiny it's not on any map (they only found it because etho, who helps them out sometimes, gave them the coordinates and promised to keep them hidden, and they trusted him enough to take the gamble) and it becomes increasingly clear that this small town is definitely, absolutely a front for something.

it's got everything one would expect a small town to have: a tiny bed & breakfast, a cafe-grocer hybrid that only stocks about three total items, a little old-fashioned sweets shop connected to a visitor center that's seen better days, even a small tattoo parlour that might be skirting health and safety regulations and probably should've gone bankrupt years ago. but there are almost no people. this town isn't even on a road that many cars pass through, so they're not making money from anyone stopping by on their way to somewhere better. gem's pretty sure she could count the number of residents on her fingers. joel's convinced everyone's acting shifty all the time (and he knows shifty. he's proficient in shifty.) the town is thriving, somehow (as much as a small town can thrive), but it's definitely not because of the income it generates.

so, the town is hiding something. they don't know what it is. they don't really care, either, as long as it does what etho promised and keeps them safe and away from prying eyes. far be it for them to judge, anyway. they've done much shadier things to get away from the feds.

besides, they've got bigger things to worry about right now, like what to do with the man currently tied up in the back of their car...

[cptnchristopherpike]

Brand new character posters for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 3! (Note the zombie hand in the letter O for the Scotty/Pelia poster; nice touch!)

[huggywuggysuppy]

Has Pearl Really Betrayed Gem?

Inspired by (this) recent transcript of Pearl talking about siding with Scar in SL and not believing she betrayed Gem at all.

It's interesting how Pearl always saw Murder Camel as a fun but temporary thing -- it was never a real alliance to her -- while EVERYONE ELSE clearly thought it meant something more. We're talking the Mounders discussing moving in with Gem & the Scotts level serious. Gem /definitely/ thought it was something more. Even in WL Scott was like "and you were like three steps away from betraying us and being your own thing with Pearl" (also him stressing that "no matter your other alliances, THIS is the top one" in SL). There's definitely something unequal here. And why is that?

Gem murdered Pearl. Like, twice. The second time while Pearl was actively BEGGING her to stop. For that red task to hit until she blocked with a shield.

So of course Pearl didn't see it as a real alliance. Both times she joined Gem were after Gem killed her! And to the other players who are veterans and used to self-sacrifice and murder, it's not that big a deal. But Pearl very rarely sacrifices herself -- off the top of my head she's only given lives to BigB back in Limited, which was much lower-stakes -- and definitely not by force. Pearl never really chose to ally with her. Working with Gem in the final session was almost entirely tactical: it was just a bonus that they got along.

And Gem? Gem doesn't notice. As far as she knows, sacrifice is not only normal but expected of a strong alliance. Thanks to Scott's immense self-sacrifice issues and Impulse's "yes and" tactical mind, she's literally responsible for two deaths apiece on her allies. Why wouldn't she lump Pearl in with that, who she's also taken two lives from? (Whew, does Gem murder a lot of people. love her). When she'd turned Pearl red, Pearl was angry and hurt, but Gem apologized. "I can't believe you still wanna be friends with me after this." Gem had said, and Pearl replied, "I can't believe it either. But I guess here we are."

That's why it's such a betrayal at the end. Gem thought they were okay. Scar's been public enemy #1 for so long, Pearl literally chose him as her target when she turned zombie. Meanwhile, Gem and Pearl have been working together for the past 2-3 sessions (plus or minus a couple times Gem murdered her). Pearl should've turned on Scar.

And that leads us to now. Gem, who was betrayed because she thought she was safe and Pearl was cool with it and was her ally. When the server thought they were so close they would team up together. When really, Pearl had never thought the same, because why should she? Gem had only ever hurt her and her allies. No, Pearl's only crime was not communicating clearly enough and denouncing Gem entirely. But against the whole server, the fandom's gaze too, all insisting Gem and her were in Life, for Life?

5 AM Pearl has a lot to work with.

Thank you so much for reading! I, too, fell into the trap and accused them both of betrayal. But I was blinded by wanting Shinyduo to stay together! I should never doubt you, Pearlescentmoon. Never let us sway you from your path.

[tomscottnumber]

Masahiro Sakurai? He's got a youtube channel.

Masahiro Sakurai from Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games has a Tom Scott number of 3.