T5R1M7 JoJolity

Matt Murdock

Not too much I need to say as an overhead, but this jojolity in general I’m going to be looking from all angles for it.

BKPA:
So I’m going to say right off the bat this score is very conflicting for me to give, on one hand you do lean hard into the kayfab flavor and effects, but on the other hand your set up for your moments are lacking in some regard. You can’t really expect Effie to be around in convenient places in any given moment, even less so if you aren’t keeping track of where they are. I think this again stems from the generalized nature of parts of the strategy. Some better projectile presence could go a long way in case Effie was playing keepaway. Some more proactive engagement could also go a long way with the potential failure of the first maneuver scenario; the line of going to grapple them again if they come close feels a bit like a throwaway line rather than a contingency plan. The partial reliance on Effie approaching or being nearby makes some of the set ups fall flat. The charges, shouting, and rat effects help but I think there was more that could have been proactively done here. I am going to give this a 7, I am tempted to give higher, but I think the execution messes up your performances here slightly.

Effie:
There is not too much to say here really, the slingshot bolts that are meant to purposefully miss, hitting the scooter, the smoke, generally blockading against him, and the crows seemingly engaging him throughout the mid game make about enough sense. The final play of making what BK hate’s to be remembered for is fine, like mentally infuriating for BK, but I honestly don’t know how to score that properly.  I’m just going to give this a 7, you do about what you could generally do plus a bit more. I could see more active harassment here or maybe a bit more in general, but nothing specific comes to mind.


Saul Goodman

The results here seemed really obvious to me at a glance, and as I pried more deeply into these strats, I found that my first impressions were not incorrect, but not the whole picture either. In a JoJolity like this, presentation matters at least as much as execution, arguably moreso in my case. While Effie's character-writing is great, and even factors in the writeup well, I feel like this only majorly goes into the JoJolity-relevant territory when it comes to tormenting poor Penitentiary Album with the memories of his greatest creation, Ahoro-kun. There's also some pretty solid generalist stuff here like deliberately glancing blows off of BKPA's armor and taking out his scooter, and some decent crow harassment stuff, but I don't quite feel like it all comes together as well as it could.

Flashy, certainly, but it could have been interwoven better, and it feels at once not quite like Effie is faking the fight as hard as she could. I can't really find fault in what's there, but it just sort of comes short of being positively exceptional, so I'll have to give it a 7. It does, to its credit, prepare well for being engaged with, but he feels like he's treated all around more like an obstacle in the way of completing the partner in a faux-fight at times. I will say that I went into this delib expecting to give a six here, and was impressed enough, at least, to up it into the 'great job!' territory.

Not gonna waste time on announcing that BKPA gets an 8. I feel like he integrated the faux-fight elements of the match gracefully as hell here, though some pieces of the execution are weaker, the parts I personally considered significantly more in grading this objective are places where he surpasses Effie with flying colors, so I think it balances out to this. The kayfabe here is amazing, he plays aggressively without seeming to seriously risk harming her, and... It's really kind of hard to do this justice just talking about the strategy. So much of it is in the flavor here, the 'vibes,' even being willing to make some dubious risks to his actual efficacy just in the blatant pursuit of JoJ... It's a sight to behold, really, and it capped off in a way that had me in stitches to hear about it and knew it would be a point-getter for that aspect. It's one thing to fake a fight convincingly, but to play into the 'insurance fraud' themes of the match and straight-up fake your death for the kayfabe of it all and a sad sendoff? I absolutely love it.


Lionel Hutz

Suburban Regalia:

	Upfront I will say that I think the dialogue you guys use in this match to spice up your jojolity plays are excellent and really elevate this. However, there are a few things I would like you to keep in mind going into the future. First of all I would have liked to see more varied plays then to give a big speech and then charge at your opponent and grapple/fake the fight. Don't get me wrong it is entertaining, but more plays for when you are far away from Effie, or incapable of getting into grapple range would have been nice to see. I feel that a high 7/10 is generally fair in this case.

Graveyard Shift

	As far as jojolity goes I have some similar complaints to what I had for SR, which is to say that I was hoping to see more variety than you guys showed in your strat. What you did do was well integrated, showed a clear comprehension of what we were looking for, and was likely executed successfully. In the end I think a low 7/10 is probably fair all things considered. Higher scores could be achieved through some more focus on dialogue between the two through the battle, and putting more plays into the midgame of your strategy