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** Weaver's big motive speech for The Legacy reveals that they want to turn [=R9E=] into "another poker. Another [[MagicTheGathering Magic]]."
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** Weaver's big motive speech for The Legacy reveals that they want to turn [=R9E=] into "another poker. Another [[MagicTheGathering [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Magic]]."
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* DelusionOfGrandeur: In his HannibalLecture Louis tries to really, really impress Cass. Cass, [[JerkAss being who he is]], doesn't even blink and almost instantly leaves the room after bluntly shutting down Legacy's leader with few rude cuts into his monologue.
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* DelusionOfGrandeur: [[AGodAmI Delusion Of Grandeur]]: In his HannibalLecture Louis tries to really, really impress Cass. Cass, [[JerkAss being who he is]], doesn't even blink and almost instantly leaves the room after bluntly shutting down Legacy's leader with few rude cuts into his monologue.
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* MissingStepsPlan: [[spoiler: The Legacy's master plan has signs of this. They want to drive away story-players from the game, so the publisher will be forced to change the target and the way of running the entire business, starting sponsored tournaments and making the game much more competitive, with cash prizes for winners. They apparently missed entirely the fact there is absolutely no guarantee publisher will do that. In fact, story-players are the vast majority of the player base, so once they are gone, the lack of revenue might just as easily kill the publisher and force to declare bankrupcy or to simply discontinue the game rather than re-focus]].
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* MissingStepsPlan: [[spoiler: The Legacy's master plan has signs of this. They want to drive away story-players from the game, so the publisher will be forced to change the target and the way of running the entire business, starting sponsored tournaments and making the game much more competitive, with cash prizes for winners. They apparently missed entirely the fact there is absolutely no guarantee publisher will do that. In fact, story-players are the vast majority of the player base, so once they are gone, the lack of revenue might just as easily kill the publisher and force to declare bankrupcy or to simply discontinue the game rather than re-focus]].re-focus. There's also the issue that they rely almost entirely on their style of play being unusual in the meta; if the focus does shift, they'll have an influx of other highly competitive players (including professional Magic players) to deal with]].
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart JustForFun/XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart JustForFun/XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[DragonBall [[Franchise/DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.
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* GenreShift: In the Extended Cut there is a "scene" read from the book by Leo about him [[spoiler: finding a dead body]] under one of the convention booths, in style of hard-boiled detective story.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Jason, who is rallying all the other story-players together in unified effort against The Legacy.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Jason, Jase, who is rallying all the other story-players together in unified effort against The Legacy.Legacy.
* HeroicSacrifice: Simm Buxtehude pulled one with a [[NuclearOption city-destroying bomb]].
* HiddenDepths: Leo, who is ''Dorkness Rising'' was just a pathetic munchkin, is revealed as [[spoiler: one of the co-creators of [=R9E=] and an avid story-player from the old days]], to the point of having one of the characters created in respect for his victories and later steadily elevated until becoming a legendary champion.
* HeroicSacrifice: Simm Buxtehude pulled one with a [[NuclearOption city-destroying bomb]].
* HiddenDepths: Leo, who is ''Dorkness Rising'' was just a pathetic munchkin, is revealed as [[spoiler: one of the co-creators of [=R9E=] and an avid story-player from the old days]], to the point of having one of the characters created in respect for his victories and later steadily elevated until becoming a legendary champion.
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* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: The Meach trained Louis and now even he can't oppose the starvation deck Louis is using to completely kill off any story-telling from the game. And story is the main reason why The Meach is playing in the first place]].
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* ScrewDestiny: The main theme of the in-game story is Myriad's realisation she isn't just a CosmicPlaything and growing a spaine to act on her own. [[spoiler: When Cass is playing against The Meach in the finals, he literally can't find her card in his deck, while she has a quest on her own]].
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* ThisMeansWarpaint:
** Natalie wears one for the finals. She even playfully smears some of it on Cass' forehead.
** Players who cosplay and take part in LARP as the Displaced wear combination of tribal warpaint and military ranks, which is apparently based on game's lore and card art.
** Natalie wears one for the finals. She even playfully smears some of it on Cass' forehead.
** Players who cosplay and take part in LARP as the Displaced wear combination of tribal warpaint and military ranks, which is apparently based on game's lore and card art.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The Displaced used their only a-bomb to stop the God-King. The power released during the detonation was their only known chance to get back home.
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* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler: In the on-going conflict between hardcore story-players and The Legacy group trying to make the game more competitive, the ultimate victory goes to Cass, who only started playing to win a bet and thus get laid, never really caring much about the game itself]].
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** Story-players' alliance combines Powergamer obsessed with winning, tough GamerChick, [[spoiler: InsufferableGenius]] and what can best be described as [[GenkiGirl Genki Boy]]. They made a suprisingly effective team supporting each other, even if some level of teeth-clenching is initialy involved.
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** Story-players' alliance combines a Powergamer obsessed with winning, a tough GamerChick, [[spoiler: an InsufferableGenius]] and what can best be described as a [[GenkiGirl Genki Boy]]. They made a suprisingly effective team supporting each other, even if some level of teeth-clenching is initialy involved.
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* [[RecruitingTheCriminal Recruiting The Power Gamer]]: Leo equips and trains Cass to win the nationals and save the game from The Legacy, who view the game more like he does than the rest of the player base.
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* [[RecruitingTheCriminal Recruiting The Power Gamer]]: Leo equips and trains Cass to win the nationals and save the game from The Legacy, who view the game more like he Cass does than the rest of the player base.
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* SuddenlySignificantRule: During the final duel, [[spoiler:Louis]] seems to forget the small rule that a player may give away the reward for a quest they just completed to their opponent, who has no way of refusing it.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Discussed. Cass's questing deck is vulnerable to other top-tier decks but is specifically good against the starvation deck that's been dominating. The Meach concedes a game he has in the bag specifically for this reason; he knows he can't get a victory in the final match but he can negotiate for his preferred story choice if Cass does.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Discussed. Cass's questing deck is vulnerable to other top-tier decks but is specifically good against the starvation deck that's been dominating. The Meach concedes a game he has in the bag specifically for this reason; he knows he can't get a victory in the final match but he can negotiate for his preferred story choice if Cass does.
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** The LARP for the alliance has one representative from Ixhasa, who talks about how the Undead are totally going to kill them all
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** The LARP for the alliance has one representative from Ixhasa, who talks about how the Undead are totally going to kill them allall.
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* MissingStepsPlan: [[spoiler: The Legacy's master plan has signs of this. They want to drive away story-players from the game, so the publisher will be forced to change the target and the way of running the entire business, starting sponsored tournaments and making the game much more competitive, with cash prizes for winners. They apparently missed entirely the fact there is absolutely no guarantee publisher will do that. In fact, story-players are the vast majority of the player base, so once they are gone, the lack of revenue might just as easily kill the publisher and force to declare bankrupcy rather than re-focus]].
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* MissingStepsPlan: [[spoiler: The Legacy's master plan has signs of this. They want to drive away story-players from the game, so the publisher will be forced to change the target and the way of running the entire business, starting sponsored tournaments and making the game much more competitive, with cash prizes for winners. They apparently missed entirely the fact there is absolutely no guarantee publisher will do that. In fact, story-players are the vast majority of the player base, so once they are gone, the lack of revenue might just as easily kill the publisher and force to declare bankrupcy or to simply discontinue the game rather than re-focus]].
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* LargeHamTitle: '''The'' Meach.
* Leitmotif: The Displaced got one - an upbeat military drum assisted by flute. Whenever a reference to them is made or Jase, their player, is doing something special in real life, it's played in the background.
* Leitmotif: The Displaced got one - an upbeat military drum assisted by flute. Whenever a reference to them is made or Jase, their player, is doing something special in real life, it's played in the background.
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* LargeHamTitle: '''The'' '''The''' Meach.
*Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: The Displaced got one - an upbeat military drum assisted by flute. Whenever a reference to them is made or Jase, their player, is doing something special in real life, it's played in the background.
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* hekhovsLecture: Leo explains to Cass the mechanics behind [[spoiler: giving items to enemy for renome and possibly buying a turn in the process]].
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* hekhovsLecture: ChekhovsLecture: Leo explains to Cass the mechanics behind [[spoiler: giving items to enemy for renome and possibly buying a turn in the process]].
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** During the LARP session the characters form an alliance of all possible factions from [=R9E=] universe to oppose the undead expansion, while [[WeAreStruggelingTogether struggeling together]].
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** During the LARP session the characters form an alliance of all possible factions from [=R9E=] universe to oppose the undead expansion, while [[WeAreStruggelingTogether struggeling [[WeAREStrugglingTogether struggling together]].
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* TheAlliance
** Cass, Natalie, Jase [[spoiler: and The Meach]] form an unofficial one to beat The Legacy. Consists mostly of not trying to knock each other out of game before reaching finals.
** The {{LARP}} session is a meeting of representatives from all the empires to form an alliance in the last attempt to stop The Dead Army of Ixhasa.
** In-universe, the Kingdom of Holden and the Protectorate of Malchior forge one against the undead, later cemented with an ArrangedMarriage.
** Cass, Natalie, Jase [[spoiler: and The Meach]] form an unofficial one to beat The Legacy. Consists mostly of not trying to knock each other out of game before reaching finals.
** The {{LARP}} session is a meeting of representatives from all the empires to form an alliance in the last attempt to stop The Dead Army of Ixhasa.
** In-universe, the Kingdom of Holden and the Protectorate of Malchior forge one against the undead, later cemented with an ArrangedMarriage.
* ArrangedMarriage: The one between Myriad and the Malchior's prince. They are both perfectly aware it's political, nobody is trying to pretend otherwise, the prince is having sort-of an affair and he basically tells Myriad to go search for the next Apple of Life to resurrect [[OneTrueLove Dundareel]] and find her happyness.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: PlayedForLaughs and perfectly justifable, since Dundareel has no clue about firearms, so he's putting a barrel of a machine pistol to his armpit while playing with the trigger.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: To complete astonishment of everyone present during the final round, [[spoiler: Cass ends up ''starving the starvation deck''. Louis is so confused it takes him a while to understand what happend]].
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: PlayedForLaughs and perfectly justifable, since Dundareel has no clue about firearms, so he's putting a barrel of a machine pistol to his armpit while playing with the trigger.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: To complete astonishment of everyone present during the final round, [[spoiler: Cass ends up ''starving the starvation deck''. Louis is so confused it takes him a while to understand what happend]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The Apple of Life and Largest Turnip quests. [[spoiler: Both are critical to Myriad and Cass winning their respective fights]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Remember how in ''Dorkness Rising'' Cass was this massive {{Jerkass}} obsessed with power-gaming and with no redeeming qualities? He gets better. Boy, he gets better. Ultimately, he even manages to outgrow his compulsion to just win everything for the sake of winning.
* ChekhovsGun: The Apple of Life and Largest Turnip quests. [[spoiler: Both are critical to Myriad and Cass winning their respectivefights]]fights]].
* ChekhovsGun: The Apple of Life and Largest Turnip quests. [[spoiler: Both are critical to Myriad and Cass winning their respective
* hekhovsLecture: Leo explains to Cass the mechanics behind [[spoiler: giving items to enemy for renome and possibly buying a turn in the process]].
* ChromosomeCasting: The Legacy is male-only, as part of their deliberate hate-inspiring image of sexist pigs.
* ChromosomeCasting: The Legacy is male-only, as part of their deliberate hate-inspiring image of sexist pigs.
* CoolOldGuy: The Meach is considerably older than most of the players - he was their age when the game started.
* DelusionOfGrandeur: In his HannibalLecture Louis tries to really, really impress Cass. Cass, [[JerkAss being who he is]], doesn't even blink and almost instantly leaves the room after bluntly shutting down Legacy's leader with few rude cuts into his monologue.
* FlatCharacter: There is very little time for Natalie, The Meach and Jase, not to mention The Legacy, especially in the regular cut. A common complain is how there is a tremendous amount of time wasted on the Chibi-chan subplot (and in the Extended Cut on Joanna and Lodge) that would be better spent on those characters.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: You can win the game about empires at war by farming a giant turnip. Cass instantly points out how ridiculous it sounds. [[spoiler: And it's exactly how he wins the final match]].
* GangOfHats: All The Legacy players wear black shirts of a bowling team and have atrocious sideburns.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Meach is revealed as one of the most hardcore story-players, who put roleplay on meta-level. He lets Cass win their match not only to beat The Legacy in the big scheme, but also because that would fit his faction's lore]].
* GracefulLoser
** When Cass beats Jason in the qualifier, [[DefeatMeansFriendship they instantly become friends]] with no hard feelings whatsoever and congratulations for Cass.
** [[spoiler: Louis, who congratulates Cass for beating him and even admits it was one of the best games he had in years]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Jason, who is rallying all the other story-players together in unified effort against The Legacy.
* HumiliationConga: For The Legacy. Cass managed to win his way against their seemingly unstoppable starvation tactic by questing, the openly mocked part of the mechanics. [[spoiler: In the final game he starved Louis' army to death... and won with the lousiest, easiest and least rewarding move possible]].
-->'''Louis:''' [[VillainousBreakdown No... Not like this...]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: The Meach said to Cass ''twice'' that questing won't get him through the finals. [[spoiler: The only reason why Cass was able to reach the final was because The Meach concedes after striking a deal with him. Otherwise Cass would be simply crushed in just nine cards - which is ''4 turns''. Louis is also intentionally screwing every quest Cass is trying to do, denying almost all his strategies]].
* GangOfHats: All The Legacy players wear black shirts of a bowling team and have atrocious sideburns.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Meach is revealed as one of the most hardcore story-players, who put roleplay on meta-level. He lets Cass win their match not only to beat The Legacy in the big scheme, but also because that would fit his faction's lore]].
* GracefulLoser
** When Cass beats Jason in the qualifier, [[DefeatMeansFriendship they instantly become friends]] with no hard feelings whatsoever and congratulations for Cass.
** [[spoiler: Louis, who congratulates Cass for beating him and even admits it was one of the best games he had in years]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Jason, who is rallying all the other story-players together in unified effort against The Legacy.
* HumiliationConga: For The Legacy. Cass managed to win his way against their seemingly unstoppable starvation tactic by questing, the openly mocked part of the mechanics. [[spoiler: In the final game he starved Louis' army to death... and won with the lousiest, easiest and least rewarding move possible]].
-->'''Louis:''' [[VillainousBreakdown No... Not like this...]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: The Meach said to Cass ''twice'' that questing won't get him through the finals. [[spoiler: The only reason why Cass was able to reach the final was because The Meach concedes after striking a deal with him. Otherwise Cass would be simply crushed in just nine cards - which is ''4 turns''. Louis is also intentionally screwing every quest Cass is trying to do, denying almost all his strategies]].
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* {{LARP}}: Which Cass insists he's too cool for. This does not endear him to Natalie, who says it's one of the highlights of her year. Also features an in-universe BigLippedAlligatorMoment when a couple of impeccably dressed Ord cosplayers (or real Ord?) run in briefly and speak nothing but their native language.
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** [[spoiler: Should Cass report what was done with his deck, The Legacy would end up kicked permanently from tournaments, solving the issue without even having to face Louis]].
* {{LARP}}: Which Cass insists he's too cool for. This does not endear him to Natalie, who says it's one of the highlights of her year. Sizable chunk of [=R9E=] players treat it as a SeriousBusiness, since it's one of the ways to push the official lore and story further - even the head writer is present on the session, taking notes from players' actions and decisions. Also features an in-universe BigLippedAlligatorMoment when a couple of impeccably dressed Ord cosplayers (or real Ord?) run in briefly and speak nothing but their nativelanguage.language.
* LargeHam:
** The Meach's avatar in-game, as opposed to [[TheStoic the real guy]].
** Displaced American troops are apparently large enough to be imitated as such by other inhabitants of the game's world.
* LargeHamTitle: '''The'' Meach.
* Leitmotif: The Displaced got one - an upbeat military drum assisted by flute. Whenever a reference to them is made or Jase, their player, is doing something special in real life, it's played in the background.
* ManChild: It tells something when Cass comes out as more mature than entire bunch of The Legacy players. Even if they intentionally play up such image, their grand plan and motivation is still extremely childish and the execution makes it even worse.
* {{LARP}}: Which Cass insists he's too cool for. This does not endear him to Natalie, who says it's one of the highlights of her year. Sizable chunk of [=R9E=] players treat it as a SeriousBusiness, since it's one of the ways to push the official lore and story further - even the head writer is present on the session, taking notes from players' actions and decisions. Also features an in-universe BigLippedAlligatorMoment when a couple of impeccably dressed Ord cosplayers (or real Ord?) run in briefly and speak nothing but their native
* LargeHam:
** The Meach's avatar in-game, as opposed to [[TheStoic the real guy]].
** Displaced American troops are apparently large enough to be imitated as such by other inhabitants of the game's world.
* LargeHamTitle: '''The'' Meach.
* Leitmotif: The Displaced got one - an upbeat military drum assisted by flute. Whenever a reference to them is made or Jase, their player, is doing something special in real life, it's played in the background.
* ManChild: It tells something when Cass comes out as more mature than entire bunch of The Legacy players. Even if they intentionally play up such image, their grand plan and motivation is still extremely childish and the execution makes it even worse.
* MissingStepsPlan: [[spoiler: The Legacy's master plan has signs of this. They want to drive away story-players from the game, so the publisher will be forced to change the target and the way of running the entire business, starting sponsored tournaments and making the game much more competitive, with cash prizes for winners. They apparently missed entirely the fact there is absolutely no guarantee publisher will do that. In fact, story-players are the vast majority of the player base, so once they are gone, the lack of revenue might just as easily kill the publisher and force to declare bankrupcy rather than re-focus]].
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught:
** Listing the entire deck Cass is using by The Legacy players is pretty much an equivalent of card counting. Nobody does anything about it.
** What The Legacy later did with [[spoiler: Cass' deck]] is incredibly unsportsmanlike and would probably get them banned for good without even having to play against them.
** Jason basically steals Cass' deck list and assembles required cards from gathered story-players. This means Cass is not even playing his deck.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Cass just wants to win the tournament. He doesn't care much about either of the agendas. Which means he's more frustrated about mechanical loses when one of his hero cards is permamently removed from the game, but is also completely unimpressed with perspective of being paid for playing, since that's his first and last time. [[spoiler: He still ends up as the story-players' champion]].
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught:
** Listing the entire deck Cass is using by The Legacy players is pretty much an equivalent of card counting. Nobody does anything about it.
** What The Legacy later did with [[spoiler: Cass' deck]] is incredibly unsportsmanlike and would probably get them banned for good without even having to play against them.
** Jason basically steals Cass' deck list and assembles required cards from gathered story-players. This means Cass is not even playing his deck.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Cass just wants to win the tournament. He doesn't care much about either of the agendas. Which means he's more frustrated about mechanical loses when one of his hero cards is permamently removed from the game, but is also completely unimpressed with perspective of being paid for playing, since that's his first and last time. [[spoiler: He still ends up as the story-players' champion]].
* PimpedOutDress: Which doesn't suit [[TomboyPrincess Myriad]] at all.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: All the alliances featured can qualify
** Story-players' alliance combines Powergamer obsessed with winning, tough GamerChick, [[spoiler: InsufferableGenius]] and what can best be described as [[GenkiGirl Genki Boy]]. They made a suprisingly effective team supporting each other, even if some level of teeth-clenching is initialy involved.
** During the LARP session the characters form an alliance of all possible factions from [=R9E=] universe to oppose the undead expansion, while [[WeAreStruggelingTogether struggeling together]].
** The Kingdom of Holden, the faction Cass and Natalie are playing as, was created by refugees from other empires.
** Story-players' alliance combines Powergamer obsessed with winning, tough GamerChick, [[spoiler: InsufferableGenius]] and what can best be described as [[GenkiGirl Genki Boy]]. They made a suprisingly effective team supporting each other, even if some level of teeth-clenching is initialy involved.
** During the LARP session the characters form an alliance of all possible factions from [=R9E=] universe to oppose the undead expansion, while [[WeAreStruggelingTogether struggeling together]].
** The Kingdom of Holden, the faction Cass and Natalie are playing as, was created by refugees from other empires.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler: The Meach is a hardcore story-player]].
** [[spoiler: Louis is [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil a former trainee]] of The Meach]].
** [[spoiler: In-universe, Malchior leader wants to forge a secret alliance with the Kingdom of Holden, not raze it to the ground]].
** [[spoiler: The Meach is a hardcore story-player]].
** [[spoiler: Louis is [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil a former trainee]] of The Meach]].
** [[spoiler: In-universe, Malchior leader wants to forge a secret alliance with the Kingdom of Holden, not raze it to the ground]].
* ShutUpHannibal: Cass couldn't care less about The Legacy's agenda and shuts them down almost instantly with few rude, but to-the-point lines, making sure they realise how pathetic their schemes are.
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* TakeThat: Weaver's big motive speech for The Legacy reveals that they want to turn [=R9E=] into "another poker. Another [[MagicTheGathering Magic]]."
** It's very likely that "The Legacy" are based on a group of Legend of the Five Rings named "Team Dynasty." [=R9E=] was based on [=L5R=], and just like The Legacy, Team Dynasty advocated for cash tournaments and had developed a reputation as being more interested in competitive playing over the story.
** It's very likely that "The Legacy" are based on a group of Legend of the Five Rings named "Team Dynasty." [=R9E=] was based on [=L5R=], and just like The Legacy, Team Dynasty advocated for cash tournaments and had developed a reputation as being more interested in competitive playing over the story.
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* TakeThat: TalkToTheFist:
** When The Legacy players swarm over Cass, last thing they were expecting was him putting actual, physical resistance instead of just following them after a verbal threat and some bullying. They are visibly shocked and completely taken by surprise after he casually throws a single, well-aimed punch mid-sentence, unphased by their threats. What makes it even better is that we've got bunch of overweight gamers against a guy who boasted early in the film about his physical prowress.
-->'''Cass:''' (deadpan) [[BadassBoast Are we not fighting? I though we were fighting.]]
** When in-game [[spoiler: Undead!Dundareel]] is having a HannibalLecture with Princess Myriad, she just knocks him down with a punch.
* TakeThat:
** Weaver's big motive speech for The Legacy reveals that they want to turn [=R9E=] into "another poker. Another [[MagicTheGathering Magic]]."
** *** It's very likely that "The Legacy" are based on a group of Legend of the Five Rings named "Team Dynasty." [=R9E=] was based on [=L5R=], and just like The Legacy, Team Dynasty advocated for cash tournaments and had developed a reputation as being more interested in competitive playing over the story.story.
** In-game bit, when Myriad and Dundareel manage to win against group of the Displaced.
-->'''Dundareel:''' Hey, who am I? ''(in thick American accent)'' [[{{Eagleland}} Baseball! Democracy! Apple pie!]]
* ThisCannotBe: Louis' reaction after realising [[spoiler: The Biggest Turnip]] card was used to beat his seemingly unstoppable deck.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch
-->'''Ixhasa's emissary''': ([[spoiler: Upon suddenly being given [[ReviveKillsZombie the Apple of Life]]]]) Oh you clever bitch...
** When The Legacy players swarm over Cass, last thing they were expecting was him putting actual, physical resistance instead of just following them after a verbal threat and some bullying. They are visibly shocked and completely taken by surprise after he casually throws a single, well-aimed punch mid-sentence, unphased by their threats. What makes it even better is that we've got bunch of overweight gamers against a guy who boasted early in the film about his physical prowress.
-->'''Cass:''' (deadpan) [[BadassBoast Are we not fighting? I though we were fighting.]]
** When in-game [[spoiler: Undead!Dundareel]] is having a HannibalLecture with Princess Myriad, she just knocks him down with a punch.
* TakeThat:
** Weaver's big motive speech for The Legacy reveals that they want to turn [=R9E=] into "another poker. Another [[MagicTheGathering Magic]]."
** In-game bit, when Myriad and Dundareel manage to win against group of the Displaced.
-->'''Dundareel:''' Hey, who am I? ''(in thick American accent)'' [[{{Eagleland}} Baseball! Democracy! Apple pie!]]
* ThisCannotBe: Louis' reaction after realising [[spoiler: The Biggest Turnip]] card was used to beat his seemingly unstoppable deck.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch
-->'''Ixhasa's emissary''': ([[spoiler: Upon suddenly being given [[ReviveKillsZombie the Apple of Life]]]]) Oh you clever bitch...
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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The Displaced Military faction seems to be American soldiers from WW II. The few references we get to their origin mentions nuking a god in the process.
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* TooAwesomeToUse: The Apple of Life card is even lampshaded as such by Leo. It has to be physically torn apart to activate and there were only 500 of them ever printed. It's power doesn't even seem worth sacrificing the card, even outside the context of limited supply, thus making it a glorified collectible item [[spoiler: and of course a ChekhovsGun]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The DisplacedMilitary faction seems to be American soldiers from WW II.[=WW2=]. The few references we get to their origin mentions nuking a god in the process.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The Displaced
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* UnderdogsNeverLose:
** Subverted during the finals - from all the players, ''none'' is consideren to be an underdog.
** [[spoiler: Played straight in-game, where the Kingdom of Holden is the weakest of all empires, yet it's the faction that ultimately wins]].
** Subverted during the finals - from all the players, ''none'' is consideren to be an underdog.
** [[spoiler: Played straight in-game, where the Kingdom of Holden is the weakest of all empires, yet it's the faction that ultimately wins]].
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* JustEatGilligan: The head writer for ''Romance of the Nine Empires'' sadly says that even the most hardcore players are leaving the game because The Legacy is using overpowered decks and winning story prizes in order to eliminate the popular Questing mechanic. Apparently it's [[IdiotBall completely lost on her]] that her job ''as someone who works on the game'' allows her to do any one of the following things:
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* JustEatGilligan: The head writer for ''Romance of the Nine Empires'' sadly says that even the most hardcore players are leaving the game because The Legacy is using overpowered decks and winning trying to win story prizes in order to that will eliminate the popular Questing mechanic. Apparently it's [[IdiotBall completely lost on her]] that her job ''as someone who works on the game'' allows her to do any one of the following things:
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** Just don't even allow tournament winners to choose a story prize that completely wrecks the setting and gameplay!
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** Just don't even allow tournament winners to choose offer a story prize that completely wrecks the setting and gameplay!
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* JustEatGilligan: The head writer for ''Romance of the Nine Empires'' sadly says that even the most hardcore players are leaving the game because The Legacy is using overpowered decks and winning story prizes in order to eliminate the popular Questing mechanic. Apparently it's completely lost on her that her job ''as someone who works on the game'' allows her to do any one of the following things:
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* JustEatGilligan: The head writer for ''Romance of the Nine Empires'' sadly says that even the most hardcore players are leaving the game because The Legacy is using overpowered decks and winning story prizes in order to eliminate the popular Questing mechanic. Apparently it's [[IdiotBall completely lost on her her]] that her job ''as someone who works on the game'' allows her to do any one of the following things:
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* JustEatGilligan: The head writer for ''Romance of the Nine Empires'' sadly says that even the most hardcore players are leaving the game because The Legacy is using overpowered decks and winning story prizes in order to eliminate the popular Questing mechanic. Apparently it's completely lost on her that her job ''as someone who works on the game'' allows her to do any one of the following things:
** Write some new story development that tilts the balance of power in favor of the other factions (e.g. some sort of newfound anti-zombie magic)
** Report to the game designers that players are quitting the game and recommend nerfing The Legacy's overpowered cards (or alternatively make Questing and other underpowered tactics more viable)
** Just don't even allow tournament winners to choose a story prize that completely wrecks the setting and gameplay!
** Write some new story development that tilts the balance of power in favor of the other factions (e.g. some sort of newfound anti-zombie magic)
** Report to the game designers that players are quitting the game and recommend nerfing The Legacy's overpowered cards (or alternatively make Questing and other underpowered tactics more viable)
** Just don't even allow tournament winners to choose a story prize that completely wrecks the setting and gameplay!
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** Joanna asks Kevin what she needs to do to deserve him, after he made a deal about need to do something to deserve her.
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Badass Princess is being cleaned up.
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The plot focuses on Cass, who begins playing the story-based CCG ''Romance of The Nine Empires'' in an effort to impress GamerChick Natalie. At the same time, across time and space in the mystical land of Countermay, BadassPrincess Myriad is troubled by visions of her own death and the destruction of her kingdom - visions that seem more like long-forgotten memories than simple nightmares...
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The plot focuses on Cass, who begins playing the story-based CCG ''Romance of The Nine Empires'' in an effort to impress GamerChick Natalie. At the same time, across time and space in the mystical land of Countermay, BadassPrincess Princess Myriad is troubled by visions of her own death and the destruction of her kingdom - visions that seem more like long-forgotten memories than simple nightmares...
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart XMeetsY JustForFun/XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.
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Everyone, except Louis knew that rule. Natalie and Jase even discuss this when Cass pulls it. So it was less of the favourable judge (especially since the head writer is NOT one) and more about Louis forgetting That One Rule
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* ReviveKillsZombie: Sort of. Cass wins against [[spoiler:Louis' undead army by raising them all from the dead with a rare artifact. It doesn't actually kill them, but the now ''alive'' army immediately starves to death because they never had any food. It's heavily implied he only got away with it because the head writer was acting as game judge and ruled in his favor since she thought it was awesome; Louis appears genuinely confused. Of course, they would come back again as undead in the next round, but one free round was all Cass needed to win]].
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* ReviveKillsZombie: Sort of. Cass wins against [[spoiler:Louis' undead army by raising them all from the dead with a rare artifact. It doesn't actually kill them, but the now ''alive'' army immediately starves to death because they never had any food. It's heavily implied he only got away with it because the head writer was acting as game judge and ruled in his favor since she thought it was awesome; Louis appears genuinely confused. Of course, they would come back again as undead in the next round, but one free round was all Cass needed to win]].
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* ReviveKillsZombie: Sort of. Cass wins against [[spoiler:Louis' undead army by raising them all from the dead with a rare artifact. It doesn't actually kill them, but the now ''alive'' army immediately starves to death because they never had any food. It's heavily implied he only got away with it becsuse the head writer was acting as game judge and ruled in his favor because she thought it was awesome; Louis appears genuinely confused. Of course, they would come back again as undead in the next round, but one free round was all Cass needed to win]].
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* ReviveKillsZombie: Sort of. Cass wins against [[spoiler:Louis' undead army by raising them all from the dead with a rare artifact. It doesn't actually kill them, but the now ''alive'' army immediately starves to death because they never had any food. It's heavily implied he only got away with it becsuse because the head writer was acting as game judge and ruled in his favor because since she thought it was awesome; Louis appears genuinely confused. Of course, they would come back again as undead in the next round, but one free round was all Cass needed to win]].
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* ReviveKillsZombie: Sort of. Cass wins against [[spoiler:Louis' undead army by raising them all from the dead with a rare artifact. It doesn't actually kill them, but the now ''alive'' army immediately starves to death because they never had any food. Of course, they would come back again as undead in the next round, but one free round was all Cass needed to win]].
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* ReviveKillsZombie: Sort of. Cass wins against [[spoiler:Louis' undead army by raising them all from the dead with a rare artifact. It doesn't actually kill them, but the now ''alive'' army immediately starves to death because they never had any food. It's heavily implied he only got away with it becsuse the head writer was acting as game judge and ruled in his favor because she thought it was awesome; Louis appears genuinely confused. Of course, they would come back again as undead in the next round, but one free round was all Cass needed to win]].
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* BreakThemByTalking: The Legacy tries this on Cass, with a heavy dose of NotSoDifferent and WeCanRuleTogether. See the SmugSnake entry below for the results...
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* BreakThemByTalking: The Legacy tries this on Cass, with a heavy dose of NotSoDifferent and WeCanRuleTogether. See the SmugSnake entry below Characters tab for the results...details and result...
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-->''Cass'': Are we not fighting? I thought we were fighting.
-->''Bleeding Guy'': I'm a hemophiliac, you asshole!
-->''Cass'': It was ''clear'' to me we were fighting...
-->''Bleeding Guy'': I'm a hemophiliac, you asshole!
-->''Cass'': It was ''clear'' to me we were fighting...
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* PoorCommunicationKills: When the Legacy members come to invite Cass to speak to their leader, they play up the "evil minions" bit so much that he thinks he's being legitimately attacked and tries to defend himself. They react in shock and horror to what, from their perspective, was him randomly punching a guy in the face.
-->''Cass'': Are we not fighting? I thought we were fighting.
-->''Bleeding Guy'': I'm a hemophiliac, you asshole!
-->''Cass'': It was ''clear'' to me we were fighting...
-->''Cass'': Are we not fighting? I thought we were fighting.
-->''Bleeding Guy'': I'm a hemophiliac, you asshole!
-->''Cass'': It was ''clear'' to me we were fighting...
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvVez38SOXc&index=23&list=PLC94D9A19FF391865 This]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvVez38SOXc&index=23&list=PLC94D9A19FF391865 This]]. The first entry in Matt Forbeck's ''Dangerous Games'' series takes place during the same GenCon as this story, and Leo is involved in both plots. It's why he remarks a few times on having a hectic day off-screen.
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* DemotedToExtra: Lodge and Joanna barely appear and have few lines. They have their own side plot in the longer cut, but it doesn't have any effect on the main story.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ninja Dragon Riders'', a FictionalCounterpart XMeetsY of... quite a few shows. The protanogists look a lot like PowerRangers and are [[{{Jem}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} secretly rock stars]]. The dragons are also ninjas who [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wear masks, and the red one uses sais.]] Hikaru is searching for [[DragonBall the seven Dragon Crystals]]. Oh, and it's [[Series/{{Firefly}} a canceled cult classic.]] The last aspect is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Gary, during his final goodbye to the show, ends with a line from Firefly's theme song.
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* AscendedFanon: A big part of the game. Negotiations between players make it into the plot, and the head writer is seen hanging around the player LARP with a notebook.
* {{Anvilicious}}: "Women are not prizes to be won."
* {{Anvilicious}}: "Women are not prizes to be won."
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* {{Anvilicious}}: "Women are not prizes to be won."
