Archerous' R4M7 Delib

Quality

A pair of detectives and some park rangers walk into a silk farm… and completely revolutionize its work flow. Not what one would expect on face value, but we do have some incredibly hard workers putting in the hours at the Akshaya Silk Estate. In one corner we have Jon Kay Gor and Steric Lou Faerin from PINDROP, and in the other, you’ll find Dawn Hu and Konan Gau of IMPACT. Each team set out to make the best of this incredibly stressful workplace, and without going into too many spoilers (they killed it!) But, I’m getting ahead of myself. How did our teams fare?

For PINDROP, the name of the game is ‘numbers’. This is unsurprising, given the main function of Jon’s Stand, but the sheer amount of manpower the team is able to output is nothing to sneeze at, especially when they put said power to use. Jon and Steric have strict positions for their Alibis to fill throughout the match and are careful to not just throw large swathes of bodies at their work. Their work is not only faster, it boasts high quality results as well, given their focus on compounding knowledge early on and taking full advantage of Chandi’s lessons. Using these highly competent bodies, they are able to make light work of both the Cultivation phase and the Weaving phase. For all the reasons aforementioned, I’m giving this strategy an 8! Well done!

Moving on to the park rangers, Dawn and Konan have approached the task of silk farming with a quality I can really only describe with a single word: ‘thorough’. The team must’ve been paying extra attention to Chandi’s lessons, given the sheer amount of knowledge and understanding they present to the craft. What’s more, they expand upon this knowledge to reshape the very ecosystem of the farm, leading to higher quality silk at faster speeds.

What’s impressive is that this all stemmed from the work put in towards the beginning, starting from the introduction of the Bailout method that Dawn coined. This led to not only a more ethical means of silk farming, but also allowed for more moths to be available for breeding. With the foresight to ensure moths with poor qualities were weeded out of the farming system, IMPACT has ensured that they’ll be rearing healthier moths. These moths will rear healthy silkworms, and given the new Bailout cycle, those silkworms will turn into moths, creating a whole new cycle, leaving the very best of their silk as profit. They take on this level of reworking all throughout the match, innovating new ways to make the process more efficient, without sacrificing quality. From Konan developing a “de-gumming” solution to decrease the boiling time for cocoons to Dawn finding new ways to place the moths into trees to maximize protection and food consumption, IMPACT is certainly living up to its name. Thus, for the trouble and the incredible amount of care put into this strategy, I’m giving it a 10! Well done!

Jojolity

As for Jojolities, I’ll be brief. PINDROP had a clear mission throughout this strategy, and it just so happened to align with the Jojolity. At every turn, Jon and Steric made it a point to relieve as much strain on Chandi as possible. Be it from the simple act of introducing her to Paper Alibis, literally splitting her workload amongst many versions of herself, or even from subtler acts like Steric’s explicit attempts to make friends with the workers around the farm, fostering a more relaxed environment with everyone working together. They put in a lot of effort to make sure that Chandi knew she wasn’t alone. For the worthwhile effort, I’m giving this Jojolity a 9! Well done!

IMPACT took a more subtle approach to helping Chandi, which is evidenced by the weaving of little tokens of extra help throughout the entire strategy that ended up making her job not only more efficient, but more ethical and excellent, as well. Though it took some time, their work is bound to stay with Chandi for a long time. Thus, IMPACT’s Jojolity is also getting a 9! Well done!