JJOCT7 R3M10 Jojolity

Judge Jet the Hawk (Logic)

My primary issue with LSM’s Jojolity is that I don’t really see a thesis of LSM’s definition of “artistic” in their path to victory beyond the use of paint and particular imagery in the match. I’ve said “the difference between a 7 and an 8 Jojolity is ‘surprising creativity,’ the difference between a 6 and a 7 is ‘robustness,’” and for the relatively low integration largely relying on Papaka, I think another [6] is reasonable.

Judge Wave the Swallow (Flame)

Lotus Street Manifold were tasked with “Be artistic on your path to victory!” — this was largely approached with a solid handful of standout pieces without much connection between them beyond the paint being used to blind their opponents being the same paint used for the main piece of anti-Middleman graffiti. The statues made in the tunnels and streets I believe could have been utilized more to aid in the Jojolity, especially given the focus on them in the epilogue. That said, I do think all it needs is some polish, flavor and a theme to bind it all together: what there is makes for a decent **6**.

Judge Storm the Albatross (Extra)

I'm going to give this a **6.** The CaraPaint is a really fun and extremely artistic piece of tech, but the Jojolity here
suffers from an issue of clarity in my opinion. You have two strong focal points to revolve the narrative around - Grace's paint and Vasil's "Chisel" - but neither one of them makes a real claim as to what artistry means in the context of the strategy, and the two points are in a total disjoint from each other, with the narrative and mechanics feeling more like two separate threads than two braids of a stronger rope. What's here is the foundation of something really interesting, and the dynamic between Vasil and Grace in the narrative sections is compelling, but that disconnect makes it difficult to justify a higher score.