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''Slammed!'' is an [[InteractiveFiction interactive novel]] written by Paolo Chikiamco and published under the Creator/ChoiceOfGames label in 2013.
In this "pro-wrestling [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]", you play as a wrestler (or promoter), hoping to become the biggest star in pro wrestling. Your relationships, wrestling style, matches, and interactions with the front office affect the ending.
A demo can be played on the Choice of Games website [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/slammed/ here]].
In this "pro-wrestling [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]", you play as a wrestler (or promoter), hoping to become the biggest star in pro wrestling. Your relationships, wrestling style, matches, and interactions with the front office affect the ending.
A demo can be played on the Choice of Games website [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/slammed/ here]].
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''Slammed!'' isan a text-based [[InteractiveFiction interactive novel]] written by Paolo Chikiamco and published under the Creator/ChoiceOfGames label in 2013.
In this "pro-wrestling [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]", you play as a wrestler (or promoter), hoping to become the biggest star inpro professional wrestling. Your relationships, wrestling style, matches, and interactions with the front office affect the ending.
A demoending. There's even a "{{kayfabe}}" stat.
The first part of the game can be played for free on the Choice of Games website [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/slammed/ here]].
''Slammed!'' is
In this "pro-wrestling [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]", you play as a wrestler (or promoter), hoping to become the biggest star in
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The first part of the game can be played for free on the Choice of Games website [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/slammed/ here]].
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''Slammed!'' is an [[InteractiveFiction interactive novel]] written by Paolo Chikiamco and published under the Creator/ChoiceOfGames label in 2013.
In this "pro-wrestling [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]", you play as a wrestler (or promoter), hoping to become the biggest star in pro wrestling. Your relationships, wrestling style, matches, and interactions with the front office affect the ending.
A demo can be played on the Choice of Games website [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/slammed/ here]].
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!!Provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: If the PC is one, then loads of them will pop up. Even if she isn't, there will still be some of these.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The PC can consider themselves as having always been stuck in [[TheAce JJ's]] shadow.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:JJ eventually reveals that the reason they betrayed you was because they ''wanted'' you to get angry, so the two of you could finally have an all-out, guilt-free match.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: JJ and Griss/Giana, who pose as your friends and then stab you in the back]]. Though [[spoiler:the former is just trying to act out a BatmanGambit, and the other is just being dragged along for the ride]].
* CareerEndingInjury: Usually what triggers the game overs.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: [[spoiler:After you're (genuinely) fired, you rejoin the GWA under a mask.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: If a female PC romances Ecstasy, She'll mention to Sam later that he's "The Jealous type." The female version shows signs of this as well.
* ConsummateProfessional: One way to play the PC is as a wrestler who doesn't care for attention or looking good, just doing their job and getting the money.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:This is what Super Horns thinks he/she's doing by betraying Solitary and pushing him off the scaffold before he can grab the title belt; Super Horns is convinced that Solitary has "spinal stenosis", a disease caused by damage to the spine that can lead to paralysis if left untreated, but Solitary refuses to let a doctor examine him for the disease, so Super Horns thinks if Solitary no longer has a title to defend, Solitary would have no choice but to get examined.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: The PC and JJ, which usually leads to SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being ''massively'' unsuited to wrestling, Ecstasy won't give up trying [[spoiler:and can even place in the final two of the RealityShow if you help them]], which is noted to be their greatest asset. When you ask them about it, they'll say they're doing it as a sort of homage to their birth dad.
* DrowningMySorrows: It's telling how bad the PC's HeroicBSOD is that they can drop their "no drinking" policy to do this.
* EtTuBrute: This happens twice:
** First, [[spoiler:JJ betrays you by getting you fired from the GWA by having Griss/Giana plant an illegal drug in your bag, and sabotaging a mandatory drug test to motivate the promoters to search your bag.]]
** Second, [[spoiler:in the Ladders and Scaffolds match with you, JJ, Solitary, and Super Horns vs. Paul Prototype and his Lawgivers, just as Solitary is about to grab the belt, Super Horns betrays him by pushing him off the scaffold.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: During [[spoiler:your comeback]], you can pull one of this as part of your {{Kayfabe}}.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: JJ frames you for illegal drug use, resulting in your firing and subsequent HeroicBSOD.]]
* GambitPileup: It's a mess, and not just under {{kayfabe}} either.
* GuileHero: A possible way to win the final challenge on the RealityShow portion is to [[spoiler: get Ecstasy to sing instructions, which drown out the instructions given by the opposing team's manager]].
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: After [[spoiler: your return to the GWA and subsequent unmasking]], Alex Dobbs doesn't even try to script your storyline, though she'll interfere if you don't create any hot angles for her to work with. All she cares about is that you play your part with complete commitment. [[invoked]]
* HeroicBSOD: A ''six-month long one'' occurs [[spoiler:after the PC gets betrayed and ruined by their supposed best friend]].
* ItsAllMyFault: The PC never really talks about it, but it's clear they blame themselves heavily for the car accident that seriously wounded JJ.
* {{Kayfabe}}: Exists, and with the integration of shootfighting into the GWA, ''all'' the lines between reality and kayfabe are getting tangled. How strictly you keep kayfabe is up to you.
* LetsWaitAwhile: Non-sexual example; Ecstasy will ask you this the first time you pursue them, because they aren't ready for a relationship. [[WillTheyOrWontThey Later, the PC can do the same to]] ''[[WillTheyOrWontThey them]]'' for the same reason.
* LoveInterest: Three of them--JJ, Ecstasy, and Madeline Rio. The former is always the same gender as you and thus a GayOption, Ecstasy is always the gender you're interested in, and Madeline Rio is always female.
* LoveTriangle: Can be booked at one point under {{Kayfabe}}. You're expected to play along; how real it gets is up to you.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: If the PC is female and Ecstasy male, this trope comes into play, with her being the athletic wrestler and him being the charming singer.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Alex Dobbs was kicked in the head as a child as part of a storyline, and no one outside of the upper-echelons of the GWA know for certain that it's an act]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Paul Prototype is a misogynistic asshole and the only unambiguous (non-kayfabe) villain in the game.
* ProfessionalWrestling: You play as a wrestler on their rise to fame, but it's a journey fraught with hardship and betrayal, both in and out of the ring.
* PurelyAestheticGender: Averted. Most of the wrestling world doesn't care about your sex, but Paul Prototype is a StrawMisogynist, and this becomes a plot point at one point.
* {{Revenge}}: This is [[spoiler:seemingly]] why [[spoiler:JJ betrays the PC]]... after which the PC can choose to get some revenge of their own.
* ShoutOut: So, '''so''' many [[ShownTheirWork to the world of wrestling storylines]].
** A possible line during your unmasking is "It was me, [[spoiler: JJ]]! It was me all along!"[[note]]This was the line used during the AssPull of [=McMahon=] revealing he was behind the Ministry of Darkness angle in the '90s[[/note]]
** One of the long-runners has [[Wrestling/TripleH three H's in his name]], but is also said [[Wrestling/HulkHogan to be pushing retirement age]].
** The achievement for sustaining a CareerEndingInjury by [[spoiler: getting thrown off a scaffold]] is "[[Wrestling/JimRoss Bah Gawd!]]"
** The achievement "[[TheatricsOfPain Sell Like It's 2005]]" is a reference to the infamous match between [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn Michaels]] and [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulk Hogan]] at Summerslam 2005, which currently provides the page quote for WrestlingPsychology.
** Other achievements that double as shout outs include [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Lie, Cheat, Steal]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena PlayerWinsLOL]], [[Wrestling/BretHart Excellence of Execution]], [[Wrestling/CMPunk Pipe Bomber, Best in the World]], [[Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Dirty Deeds]], [[Wrestling/RandyOrton Legend Killer]], [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Gravity Forgot]], [[Wrestling/KennyOmega The Cleaner]], [[Wrestling/TheYoungBucks Super Kick Party]], [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Break the Wall Down, 1,005 Holds]], [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Code of Honor]], [[Wrestling/VickieGuerrero Ex-cuuuuse Me]], [[Wrestling/MarkHenry World's Strongest]], [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Heartbroken Kid]], and [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar The Beast]].
** One of the choices given for your last name is [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Blood]][[note]]Ricky Steamboat's real name is [[AwesomeMcCoolName Richard Blood]], he just didn't use it because it didn't really work for a face.[[/note]]
** At one point, a hotel chain is mentioned, and it's said to be known for having ridiculously high prices. The name of the chain? Hotel [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Di Biase]]
** The Samoan Atua WrestlingFamily is a reference to the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoa%CA%BBi_family AnoaŹ»i]] WrestlingFamily[[note]]Of which Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, Wrestling/{{Umaga}}, Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, Wrestling/TheUsos, and Wrestling/RomanReigns are members of, and the Maivia family are considered an extension of, which [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] is part of[[/note]], who are also Samoan.
* ShownTheirWork: The game is filled with industry terms and, as evidenced above, shout-outs to famous wrestling storylines.
* StepfordSmiler: Ecstasy tends to cover up their insecurities and sadness with a big smile. [[spoiler:They'll even try to do so if you gently turn their advances down.]]
* StraightGay: Solitary is gay, but there aren't any hints of it in his behavior, fitting this trope. It's only mentioned briefly during an overview of his career, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it line if you successfully earn a title match with Solitary by grabbing the belt during the Ladders and Scaffolds match, as a blog post will report that Paul Prototype will accuse Solitary and Alex Dobbs (who is a woman) of being in bed with each other "literally, despite Solitary's known orientation".
* SupportingProtagonist: You to Solitary. It's downplayed as you and JJ still have an important story that creates a great deal of drama and tension. But you are mostly a pawn for other characters as they try to end Solitary's winning streak.
* TheTeetotaler: The PC has a strict "no drinking" policy, after their drinking and driving resulted in an accident that mangled one of their friends' legs and emotionally scarred another.
* TrainingFromHell: Part of an off-screen bit where the PC trains with Sagramore in preparation for [[spoiler: their return to the GWA as a CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Having a high Strength and low Technique. Inversely, it's also possible to be WeakButSkilled.
* UnusualEuphemism: Promoter Vinnie Gaider's most prominent idiosyncrasy is his use of wrestling terms in place of curses.
--> "What for clothesline's sake are you still doing here?!"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Griss/Giana vanishes from the story after they help betray you.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Part of Ecstasy's romance line is how you're both interested in a relationship but never have the right time for one, leading to this.
* WrestlingFamily: The Atuas, a real (InUniverse) family of wrestlers (though Griss/Giana isn't a wrestler, but remains important to the plot).
* WorkedShoot: The GWA has begun including shootfighting in their lineup to mix things up, but except for the championship (''always'' a shootfight), whether a fight is a work or a shoot is kept under the tightest secrecy. One fight is both at once: a fight that starts as a work, then goes shoot, and switches back to a work.
* WouldHitAGirl: If you choose to play as a female PC, most of your opponents will be gender-swapped to female as well. However, if you choose to [[spoiler:refuse Paul Prototype's deal and go for the championship instead of settling things with your rival, the final fight will be against either the reigning champion Solitary or Prototype himself, both of whom are always male, and they will not hold back on account of the PC's gender.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Alex Dobbs' response to Paul's coup d'etat is to run with it, since it's not her ass on the line. If Paul wins, then she gets rid of Solitary; if he loses, she loses nothing, and she has another champion lined up to challenge Solitary's reign. She even points that you and JJ are also not at risk, but in this case she's incorrect.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: In a world where only half the storylines are planned out, Alex' greatest strength is her ability to simply roll with events and take advantage of opportunities.
* YouFightLikeACow: Your "promo" skill is (among other things) your ability to taunt opponents.
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In this "pro-wrestling [[RolePlayingGame RPG]]", you play as a wrestler (or promoter), hoping to become the biggest star in pro wrestling. Your relationships, wrestling style, matches, and interactions with the front office affect the ending.
A demo can be played on the Choice of Games website [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/slammed/ here]].
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!!Provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: If the PC is one, then loads of them will pop up. Even if she isn't, there will still be some of these.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The PC can consider themselves as having always been stuck in [[TheAce JJ's]] shadow.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:JJ eventually reveals that the reason they betrayed you was because they ''wanted'' you to get angry, so the two of you could finally have an all-out, guilt-free match.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: JJ and Griss/Giana, who pose as your friends and then stab you in the back]]. Though [[spoiler:the former is just trying to act out a BatmanGambit, and the other is just being dragged along for the ride]].
* CareerEndingInjury: Usually what triggers the game overs.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: [[spoiler:After you're (genuinely) fired, you rejoin the GWA under a mask.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: If a female PC romances Ecstasy, She'll mention to Sam later that he's "The Jealous type." The female version shows signs of this as well.
* ConsummateProfessional: One way to play the PC is as a wrestler who doesn't care for attention or looking good, just doing their job and getting the money.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:This is what Super Horns thinks he/she's doing by betraying Solitary and pushing him off the scaffold before he can grab the title belt; Super Horns is convinced that Solitary has "spinal stenosis", a disease caused by damage to the spine that can lead to paralysis if left untreated, but Solitary refuses to let a doctor examine him for the disease, so Super Horns thinks if Solitary no longer has a title to defend, Solitary would have no choice but to get examined.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: The PC and JJ, which usually leads to SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being ''massively'' unsuited to wrestling, Ecstasy won't give up trying [[spoiler:and can even place in the final two of the RealityShow if you help them]], which is noted to be their greatest asset. When you ask them about it, they'll say they're doing it as a sort of homage to their birth dad.
* DrowningMySorrows: It's telling how bad the PC's HeroicBSOD is that they can drop their "no drinking" policy to do this.
* EtTuBrute: This happens twice:
** First, [[spoiler:JJ betrays you by getting you fired from the GWA by having Griss/Giana plant an illegal drug in your bag, and sabotaging a mandatory drug test to motivate the promoters to search your bag.]]
** Second, [[spoiler:in the Ladders and Scaffolds match with you, JJ, Solitary, and Super Horns vs. Paul Prototype and his Lawgivers, just as Solitary is about to grab the belt, Super Horns betrays him by pushing him off the scaffold.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: During [[spoiler:your comeback]], you can pull one of this as part of your {{Kayfabe}}.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: JJ frames you for illegal drug use, resulting in your firing and subsequent HeroicBSOD.]]
* GambitPileup: It's a mess, and not just under {{kayfabe}} either.
* GuileHero: A possible way to win the final challenge on the RealityShow portion is to [[spoiler: get Ecstasy to sing instructions, which drown out the instructions given by the opposing team's manager]].
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: After [[spoiler: your return to the GWA and subsequent unmasking]], Alex Dobbs doesn't even try to script your storyline, though she'll interfere if you don't create any hot angles for her to work with. All she cares about is that you play your part with complete commitment. [[invoked]]
* HeroicBSOD: A ''six-month long one'' occurs [[spoiler:after the PC gets betrayed and ruined by their supposed best friend]].
* ItsAllMyFault: The PC never really talks about it, but it's clear they blame themselves heavily for the car accident that seriously wounded JJ.
* {{Kayfabe}}: Exists, and with the integration of shootfighting into the GWA, ''all'' the lines between reality and kayfabe are getting tangled. How strictly you keep kayfabe is up to you.
* LetsWaitAwhile: Non-sexual example; Ecstasy will ask you this the first time you pursue them, because they aren't ready for a relationship. [[WillTheyOrWontThey Later, the PC can do the same to]] ''[[WillTheyOrWontThey them]]'' for the same reason.
* LoveInterest: Three of them--JJ, Ecstasy, and Madeline Rio. The former is always the same gender as you and thus a GayOption, Ecstasy is always the gender you're interested in, and Madeline Rio is always female.
* LoveTriangle: Can be booked at one point under {{Kayfabe}}. You're expected to play along; how real it gets is up to you.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: If the PC is female and Ecstasy male, this trope comes into play, with her being the athletic wrestler and him being the charming singer.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Alex Dobbs was kicked in the head as a child as part of a storyline, and no one outside of the upper-echelons of the GWA know for certain that it's an act]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Paul Prototype is a misogynistic asshole and the only unambiguous (non-kayfabe) villain in the game.
* ProfessionalWrestling: You play as a wrestler on their rise to fame, but it's a journey fraught with hardship and betrayal, both in and out of the ring.
* PurelyAestheticGender: Averted. Most of the wrestling world doesn't care about your sex, but Paul Prototype is a StrawMisogynist, and this becomes a plot point at one point.
* {{Revenge}}: This is [[spoiler:seemingly]] why [[spoiler:JJ betrays the PC]]... after which the PC can choose to get some revenge of their own.
* ShoutOut: So, '''so''' many [[ShownTheirWork to the world of wrestling storylines]].
** A possible line during your unmasking is "It was me, [[spoiler: JJ]]! It was me all along!"[[note]]This was the line used during the AssPull of [=McMahon=] revealing he was behind the Ministry of Darkness angle in the '90s[[/note]]
** One of the long-runners has [[Wrestling/TripleH three H's in his name]], but is also said [[Wrestling/HulkHogan to be pushing retirement age]].
** The achievement for sustaining a CareerEndingInjury by [[spoiler: getting thrown off a scaffold]] is "[[Wrestling/JimRoss Bah Gawd!]]"
** The achievement "[[TheatricsOfPain Sell Like It's 2005]]" is a reference to the infamous match between [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn Michaels]] and [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulk Hogan]] at Summerslam 2005, which currently provides the page quote for WrestlingPsychology.
** Other achievements that double as shout outs include [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Lie, Cheat, Steal]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena PlayerWinsLOL]], [[Wrestling/BretHart Excellence of Execution]], [[Wrestling/CMPunk Pipe Bomber, Best in the World]], [[Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Dirty Deeds]], [[Wrestling/RandyOrton Legend Killer]], [[Wrestling/AdrianNeville Gravity Forgot]], [[Wrestling/KennyOmega The Cleaner]], [[Wrestling/TheYoungBucks Super Kick Party]], [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Break the Wall Down, 1,005 Holds]], [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Code of Honor]], [[Wrestling/VickieGuerrero Ex-cuuuuse Me]], [[Wrestling/MarkHenry World's Strongest]], [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Heartbroken Kid]], and [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar The Beast]].
** One of the choices given for your last name is [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Blood]][[note]]Ricky Steamboat's real name is [[AwesomeMcCoolName Richard Blood]], he just didn't use it because it didn't really work for a face.[[/note]]
** At one point, a hotel chain is mentioned, and it's said to be known for having ridiculously high prices. The name of the chain? Hotel [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Di Biase]]
** The Samoan Atua WrestlingFamily is a reference to the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoa%CA%BBi_family AnoaŹ»i]] WrestlingFamily[[note]]Of which Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, Wrestling/{{Umaga}}, Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, Wrestling/TheUsos, and Wrestling/RomanReigns are members of, and the Maivia family are considered an extension of, which [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] is part of[[/note]], who are also Samoan.
* ShownTheirWork: The game is filled with industry terms and, as evidenced above, shout-outs to famous wrestling storylines.
* StepfordSmiler: Ecstasy tends to cover up their insecurities and sadness with a big smile. [[spoiler:They'll even try to do so if you gently turn their advances down.]]
* StraightGay: Solitary is gay, but there aren't any hints of it in his behavior, fitting this trope. It's only mentioned briefly during an overview of his career, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it line if you successfully earn a title match with Solitary by grabbing the belt during the Ladders and Scaffolds match, as a blog post will report that Paul Prototype will accuse Solitary and Alex Dobbs (who is a woman) of being in bed with each other "literally, despite Solitary's known orientation".
* SupportingProtagonist: You to Solitary. It's downplayed as you and JJ still have an important story that creates a great deal of drama and tension. But you are mostly a pawn for other characters as they try to end Solitary's winning streak.
* TheTeetotaler: The PC has a strict "no drinking" policy, after their drinking and driving resulted in an accident that mangled one of their friends' legs and emotionally scarred another.
* TrainingFromHell: Part of an off-screen bit where the PC trains with Sagramore in preparation for [[spoiler: their return to the GWA as a CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Having a high Strength and low Technique. Inversely, it's also possible to be WeakButSkilled.
* UnusualEuphemism: Promoter Vinnie Gaider's most prominent idiosyncrasy is his use of wrestling terms in place of curses.
--> "What for clothesline's sake are you still doing here?!"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Griss/Giana vanishes from the story after they help betray you.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Part of Ecstasy's romance line is how you're both interested in a relationship but never have the right time for one, leading to this.
* WrestlingFamily: The Atuas, a real (InUniverse) family of wrestlers (though Griss/Giana isn't a wrestler, but remains important to the plot).
* WorkedShoot: The GWA has begun including shootfighting in their lineup to mix things up, but except for the championship (''always'' a shootfight), whether a fight is a work or a shoot is kept under the tightest secrecy. One fight is both at once: a fight that starts as a work, then goes shoot, and switches back to a work.
* WouldHitAGirl: If you choose to play as a female PC, most of your opponents will be gender-swapped to female as well. However, if you choose to [[spoiler:refuse Paul Prototype's deal and go for the championship instead of settling things with your rival, the final fight will be against either the reigning champion Solitary or Prototype himself, both of whom are always male, and they will not hold back on account of the PC's gender.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Alex Dobbs' response to Paul's coup d'etat is to run with it, since it's not her ass on the line. If Paul wins, then she gets rid of Solitary; if he loses, she loses nothing, and she has another champion lined up to challenge Solitary's reign. She even points that you and JJ are also not at risk, but in this case she's incorrect.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: In a world where only half the storylines are planned out, Alex' greatest strength is her ability to simply roll with events and take advantage of opportunities.
* YouFightLikeACow: Your "promo" skill is (among other things) your ability to taunt opponents.
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