No Game No Life - Episode 8 Discussion / Poll

[~Yami~]

after those badass scene when Sora and Shiro managed to corner Izuna-tan and her grandpa.... Sora just disappeared like that

wtf is happening?? don't make Shiro put that face anymore...

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by ~Yami~

after those badass scene when Sora and Shiro managed to corner Izuna-tan and her grandpa.... Sora just disappeared like that

wtf is happening?? don't make Shiro put that face anymore...

The latest episode aired today, you'll find out soon enough.

[Jan-Poo]

I need some clarifications here. How the protection that the rules provide actually work?

Reading these comments it seems that everyone assumes it's just some kind of psychological bind. In other words somehow exceeds are compelled to stay their hands not matter how angry they are.

But isn't it possible that there is also a magical protection that prevents exceed from being harmed at all unless they lose a game?

It may be that I have got it wrong, but that time when Shiro and Sora survived a fall from 10000 meters I thought that we had just witnessed that kind of protection at work. They couldn't die because that would have been technically a homicide from Tet's side.

Of course maybe it's just Tet that saved them at the last moment using magic, but is there anything that rules out the possibility that such magical universal protection exists?


I also have another question. We know that there's a rule that states that every disagreement must be solved with games, however it seems that people still can refuse to accept challenges.

But then what if there's a disagreement and one of the two parties refuses to play a game to solve the issue?

Example. Let's say that warbeasts decide to close their frontiers and that they do not want any foreigner to slip through their borders. However as they cannot harm in any way other exceeds they cannot physically prevent them from doing so.
At this point they are allowed to challenge the trespassers to a game to force them to go back, but what if they refuse to play? Would they be compelled to go back or would the warbeasts compelled to let them in?

Another example: Person A repeatedly verbally abuse person B (we know that it is allowed), until Person A decides that Person B should stop it and challenges him to a game. Person B however declines. Can he still continue to verbally abuse person A without him being able to do anything about it, or is forced to stop until the disagreement is resolved through a game?

[chadrew]

^ This is pure speculation on my part, but I imagine it's a bit like a "no PvP zone" in an MMO. You can't assault anyone physically, but you can abuse them verbally all you want. (And refuse any challenges to a "duel").

Warbeasts would have no way to block their borders except physically preventing the others from entering (e.g. building a huge wall). However, if an intruder managed to scale that wall, they couldn't physically push him out. They could, maybe, form a live chain in front of the intruder to prevent him from going any further

[AC-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Craxuan

@AC-Phoenix
I did not forget; I just mentioned what will happen if Excee Rank 1 forfeited their Race Piece.

I don't think races like Flugel care much of the ground they're standing on, if they take something like a Hypernova to kill, which is one of the reasons why Imanity 'owns' most of the world...

I think by now we've learned enough that almost no one plays a fair game. If the Races can be free of Tet by relinquishing their Race Pieces they would have done it a loooong time ago.


@quigonkenny Hmm, you're right. That being said, I wonder how Disboard differentiates which animal belongs to which. Suppose that we have a climatic animal (some birds) that moves between two differently owned territories when the season changes. How do you differentiate then?

It's far simpler to just assume that the defeated Race doesn't even count as property, and hence is free-food-for-all just like any other wild animals.

Its hard to not spoiler something if you talk about the race numbers, but belive me the number doesn't necessarily refer to their actual strength, otherwise Humans wouldn't have dominated the majority of the world before the God-Wars.

Its pretty much that all those rules favor the other races since they have some at least a minor way of cheating with magic or other race abilities.

[kukuru]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

I need some clarifications here. How the protection that the rules provide actually work?

It's not that hard. Remember Tet, aka god remade the world. The power is not magical, it's natural, aka law of nature.

If you wanted to keep someone out of your land, you simply tell them. The law intrinsically will make them "comply" pass a certain point.

This is somewhat explained in the novel and skipped in the anime. Anything that is "oh you're hurting me, you're stealing from me, you're infringing on me" will be prevent like a mind control. But can be allow if you mentally allow them to ( think S&M).

On public land or over reaching land is another matter as the thieves (skipped in the anime) in intro tried to force [ ] into a cheating game by doing "I won't let you pass unless you challenge us to a game"

So while in the case of Territory infringement. A standard warebeast may not be able to keep a random human out, but a public official can.

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by kukuru

On public land or over reaching land is another matter as the thieves (skipped in the anime) in intro tried to force [ ] into a cheating game by doing "I won't let you pass unless you challenge us to a game"

So while in the case of Territory infringement. A standard warebeast may not be able to keep a random human out, but a public official can.

This doesn't seem to be consistent, how could the "thieves" prevent anyone from passing if they are by definition lawless? They would have no authority that would cause the natural law to prevent those who refuse to play from proceeding.
For instance what would have they done if Sora and Shiro simply refused to play and went on?

[Ickarium]

Likely nothing. But you can be browbeat into things. Likely they get enough weak-willed people to win something once in a while.

[kukuru]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

This doesn't seem to be consistent, how could the "thieves" prevent anyone from passing if they are by definition lawless? They would have no authority that would cause the natural law to prevent those who refuse to play from proceeding.
For instance what would have they done if Sora and Shiro simply refused to play and went on?

Naive. There are plenty of ways. The laws seem to work on a "mental check" level. Aka the agreement of both parties.

What if there was a river, and I built a bridge for that river. The bridge is mine right? Anyone that comes across it is going through my property. Sure they can go around me, but how much effort is that to get across a river? Play a game with me or you can't past.

Sure I can't rob you of your soul, based on the equivalent oath, but I can get a good catch on it.

[Anh_Minh]

Or, you know, put a toll. Trade isn't forbidden.

I think the thieves were supposed to surround travelers and refuse to budge, which is a bit harder to get around than a bridge.