Topic: Safe Words 16 - Next-Gen Edition

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I'm going to go for Bugsnax because it's such a stupid name that nobody is going to pick it.

I mean, stupid names are abound in Next-Gen. Godfall? Yakuza Like A Dragon? And who knows what the Square-Enix naming department is cooking up this time... I'm starting to think game publishers are just naming things after LiveJournal blog entries.

Luckily Bugsnax, the Best Named Game Ever, stays safely on course to become Game of the Year, Pokepal moves up another round!

Next up: BeautifulShy, here are your options:
-   Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
-   Destruction AllStars
-   Dirt 5
-   Gears Tactics
-   Sackboy: A Big Adventure
-   Tetris Effect: Connected

[BeautifulShy]

I hope things fall into place nicely.  Hopefully I get a Tetris in Tetris Effect: Connected!!!!

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Whether it's the NBA or the CTWC, everything's coming up BShy! She effortlessly chains some T-spins and starts stacking for the next round, Tetris Effect Connected was a safe choice!

It's been a hot minute since we heard from Mr. Bungle... He's next!
-   Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
-   Destruction AllStars
-   Dirt 5
-   Gears Tactics
-   Sackboy: A Big Adventure

[nickmitch]

I don't know if I should retract my fist shake at Nickmitch or accept the result as proof that it worked.

And how am I still not selecting a bomb word already! The host seems determined to let everyone else but me get a shot at it...

Curse you! I also picked something else but was stuck on Yakuza for some reason. Grr...

At least you lost right after me. 

[M.K.Ultra]

My one memory of LittleBigPlanet3 is having a game breaking bug half-way through. With no way to clear the save I had to start over using another user profile  . Remember to install those day 1 updates before beginning your next gen games kiddos. Surely Sumo Digital learned their lesson with LittleBigPlanet4...wait they are calling it what? I guess I am buying Sackboy: A Big Adventure

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Mr. Bungle files a few pre-emptive Bu(n)g reports to Sumo Digital, just to be safe. The developer of the notoriously stable and entire bug-free Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed get to work on a patch post-haste, to make sure Sackboy's Big Adventure continues next round.

Stratos is the next adventurer!
-   Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
-   Destruction AllStars
-   Dirt 5
-   Gears Tactics

[Stratos]

Lets get muddy with Dirt 5

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Stratos is not afraid to get down & dirty and is rewarded by safely qualifying for the next round! At a blistering 120 frames per second, Stratos outpaces their own TV.

Next up: Tophatant123 has 3 blockbusters left to choose from:
-   Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
-   Destruction AllStars
-   Gears Tactics

[BeautifulShy]

TOPHATANT123, MASB and Insanolord left. Insanolord picked the bomb word. Going to be funny if Tophatant and MASBare safe and Insanolord has to die from their own bomb word.

[Mop it up]

And worst of all, it was Insanolord's bomb word I lost to. Oh, the shame. If anyone needs me, I'll be sleeping in my car having sold my house to make up for some... less than stellar.. purchasing decisions.

I would say this is far more embarrassing than what happened to me.

[Khushrenada]

Uhhhhh, I'm gonna say no.

This only happened because the host took away my right to choose a bomb word. That was the start of this domino chain leading to my ouster in a clearly orchestrated and elaborate conspiracy to stop me after I brilliantly dodged the first bomb word to gain control of the game. If I had been able to select the next round's bomb word then I'd have eliminated everyone else as I would have perfectly targeted them with my selections.

You chose the bomb word in the first round before the host meddled in my affairs so you've got no excuse unlike the one I have perfectly crafted.

And just wait until you see how the JFK assassination and Bermuda Triangle factor into the blatant fix this game has been to create a scenario where I could somehow lose to Insanolord. I mean, it's obvious such a thing could never happen without corrupt tampering and "coincidental" rule changing.

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This just in, another rule change has been unanimously agreed upon by the Federation of Current Hosts (population: 1). To preserve continuity between Safe Words seasons, we'll be extending the F-Zero GX scoring system, with one exception: Khushrenada's points were tragically lost in the mail and we have no way of backing up his scores. As such, an estimate has been made to approximate Khush's previous points -- the FCH resets his score to minus one million bajillion points.

[Khushrenada]

This just in, another rule change has been unanimously agreed upon by the Federation of Current Hosts (population: 1). To preserve continuity between Safe Words seasons, we'll be extending the F-Zero GX scoring system, with one exception: Khushrenada's points were tragically lost in the mail and we have no way of backing up his scores. As such, an estimate has been made to approximate Khush's previous points -- the FCH resets his score to minus one million bajillion points.

[TOPHATANT123]

Well then, take me to Valhalla. Assassin's Creed Valhalla that is. I'm going to go to England, pull the axe from the stone and become a viking of the round table

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By applying a thick smokey eye look, Tophatant safely blends in with the vikings of Orkney and Shetland. Climbing another branch of YggdrasĂ­l, and coming ever closer to reaching Valhalla...

It's PlayStation versus Xbox in our decisive choice to end this round, how prophetic. The right choice sends Insanolord to Helheim, the wrong choice ends MASB's stay on Midgard. What'll it be, MASB?
-   Destruction AllStars
-   Gears Tactics

[MASB]

I consider myself a tactical man. Just hope things don't grind to a halt as I select Gears Tactics. That Day One patch may be a killer.

[Khushrenada]

Oh boy. I was thinking Destruction Allstars might be the safe word. But then, I lost so what do I know? Wonder how this will play out....

[BeautifulShy]

and now we wait.....

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Tick, tock, tick, tock...



Steadily the Locust hordes advanced upon MASB's position. Outnumbered and outgunned he watches while inevitability appears to ensnare him... WHEN SUDDENLY a revving sound is heard. Hell yeah finally some dang use for these heckin' chainsaws we've been carrying since the dawn of time!

With a certain Texas flair, MASB carves a path to safety in the nick of time!

Speaking of time... Tick, tock, tick, tock...



Oh no! Insanolord's deviously set trap backfires in the most embarrassing of ways! Insanolord trips over their own Bomb, becoming the AllStar of Self-Destruction!

MASB will select the next Bomb Word!

[BeautifulShy]

Called it.

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The new Bomb Word has been set, the next round starts now!

Pokepal148 has the first choice!
-   Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
-   Bugsnax
-   Dirt 5
-   Gears Tactics
-   Sackboy: A Big Adventure
-   Tetris Effect: Connected

[MASB]

Clearly, insanolord is a fan of Zerowing.

[BeautifulShy]

I have my choice picked out since I am after pokepal.  Odds are it is a safe word percentage wise.

[pokepal148]

Let's go with Assasin's Creed Valhalla.

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As Ubisoft strategically times the lapse of embargoes to bury incriminating stories about them in the media, new impressions on the 12th mainline Assassin's Creed game roll in, and Pokepal begins believing the hype. Luckily for him the hype train departs the station safely, next stop: Round Eight!

BeautifulShy had her pick ready to go, so let's hear it!
-   Bugsnax
-   Dirt 5
-   Gears Tactics
-   Sackboy: A Big Adventure
-   Tetris Effect: Connected