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"Often we speak of duty unto death, of defiance to the point of extinction. But what does this mean? What works of ours can change the galaxy if it ends along with our lives? Works of true devotion, acts of true duty last far beyond our own lifetimes."
Daenyathos - "War Incarnate", Warhammer 40,000

You must listen to this story
Pay attention to this tale
For you to bathe in glory
You must be doomed to fail
— "Cause for Alarm", The Heavy

"Your devastating special moves cost health to use, but you get the health back if you can land the next few hits without getting hit yourself, meaning that you become more effective the more confidence you have in your skills. And I doubt that this is the arena for a breakthrough where several years of therapy and alcohol abuse have fallen short."

"Hey, how'd that happen?! Well, Don started to make a move, hit the third Daily Double at the very end of the round, wagered practically everything, and got it right. Suddenly it was a real game — and more of a challenge than I'd faced since the first round of game one, when I was a mere challenger. I think my timbers must have started to shiver a little bit. One Final Jeopardy clue later, and I'd been dethroned."
Karl Coryat, Jeopardy! contestant

In most games, Zigzagoon tends to either win the battle for its team with a successful sweep or fail to contribute anything at all.
— A Smogon analysis for Zigzagoon

"And also, I think something that's like, a small tweak that's kind of interesting is that if you land that hit, you're going to negate all the fall damage you would have gotten. So it's sort of this risk/reward kind of weapon, that if you hit it, you're going to do tons of damage, blow everyone away, and save yourself from taking that damage. But if you miss, you're going to smash yourself into the ground, basically."
Nir Vaknin, talking about the mace weapon from Minecraft

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