Grrl Power #1133 – Powah overwhelming
Why would you not wear waterproof eyeliner? Honestly, I’m asking. Unless you’re about to film the kind of film that involves a lot of gagging, if you know what I mean. Maybe it’s easier to apply or something? But then it gets fucked up if you yawn too hard or have allergies – or wash your hands and then touch your face, I assume. I’ve obviously never worn the stuff.
Varia is an insufferable, well, variable. If you’re going to attack Arc-SWAT, she’s not insurmountable to plan for if you observe her gestalt interactions with the rest of the team. What you can’t plan for is what happens when she gets her hands on any of your henchmen. Got a thousand henchmen? She’s got a thousand powers. Granted, most of those powers will be stuff like “The proportional olfactory senses of a sparrow,” or the ability to change the color orange into the color black. Limited applications for that. But if she gets the power to change any color into any other color, well, you’re in for a headache at a minimum, and good luck hunting for her when she turns every single surface inside your base into the same digital camouflage pattern. Hair, skin, uniforms and the surfaces of every computer monitor screen included.
Yeah, you could put her into some sort of tear-proof… I dunno, like one of those titanium chainmail anti shark suits and weld the gloves on and include some sort of hood and make her drink through one of those tiny coffee stirring straws. That way she couldn’t touch anyone. Oh, or one of those onesie footie pajamas with an integrated beekeeper hat, only it’s all made out of kevlar or something.
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Huh, Earthbending by making it all BENDY. Don’t think anyone would’ve expected that.
The actual power is that she summons rubbery ninja, who are hidden in the ground. You should ALWAYS expect that.
I’m not sure what happened
I feel the same. Every time these crazy action sequences get started, I’m just trying to figure out what’s actually going on.
It seems like someone shot *water* at the team, and Harem teleported Varia to Mister Bendy, then used his power to turn the ground into supervillain-eating rubber.
Actually, they got next to Heatwave who gives Varia ice powers. Which are effective at locking the Hydrokinetic.
The water is from last page – Varia touched Heatwave and as she said before, she becomes “princess Elsa” when she touches Brook. She’s an icebender. So she froze the attacking waterer. Then she grabbed Mr. Amorphous, and apparently she gets to be an earthbender when she touches him. That’s a cool gestalt.
Panel 4: Heatwave is in trouble and getting soaked.
Panel 5: Varia vorps in with Harem (which is their gestalt) and touches Heatwave to trigger *their* gestalt.
Panel 6: Varia’s gestalt with Heatwave is kind of an opposite, so she gets cold/ice powers, rather than heat. She uses these to immobilise the Super Soaker.
Panel 7: Should be obvious, but: vorp to and touch Mr. Amorphous.
Panel 8: Varia’s gestalt with Mr. A. is apparently the same as his power – but applied to *other things*, instead of the user.
Sonuva…I miscounted panels in my reply (that may or may not have already showed up by the time this does):
I started explaining at “Panel 4”, which is obviously wrong – what I’m describing is panel 5. So just add a +1 to all panel numbering in that reply.
I heard that waterproof eyeliner is really hard to remove. Sometimes you remove your lashes with it.
I don´t have much experience with the stuff, but I knew some theater majors back in the day. I saw somebody wearing waterproof eyeliner for something they were filming. Apparently it looks decent on film and on stage, but if you actually get within conversational range, it looks much like clown makeup… and as I’m thinking about this, there’s probably a reason for that. I mean, clowns are probably much more likely to get soaked in the course of their day’s work than most people who wear makeup professionally.
A lot of stage makeup is like that — looks just right from the distance of the audience, but ridiculously overdone up close and personal.
The lighting plays a big part in that. Stage lights have a tendency to make things several shades lighter that they usually would.
Yeah, go under a stage light with rational makeup and you’ll look like a ghost. They would make donald trump look like he has a normal tan and not a face full of cheeto dust.
I’ll be honest, “proportional olfactory senses of a sparrow” would suck. Most birds can’t smell anywhere near human level.
This is what I hit the comments for.
Song birds, like most birds have a TERRIBLE sense of smell (though their sense of taste isn’t as bad as parrots).
It would be very helpful if you need to use the toilets after Sydney.
That’s why it’s “proportional olfactory senses”, like how Parker has the “proportional strength” of spider
And not all powahs are going to be world-shaking, but that doesn’t make them sucky
Until they meet the villainous super whose power is emitting a stench so horrible it can even drive Maxima back.
True, though somehow pigeons can sense a sandwich from half a mile away. They’ve got to be psychic or something, since they certainly can’t be relying on normal senses from that distance.
It’s thicker, more expensive, has a very distinctive odor, and I know a lot of people have had allergic reactions to the chemicals they use. Even people who don’t react in a normal way find their eyes water more from the off-gasing of the chemicals used. False eyelashes tend to be more reliable than waterproof mascara actually. Most people I know who care to use mascara that get introduced to how to properly attach falsies will 100% ditch waterproof mascara because of how chunky and awful it is.
Waterproof liner is indistinguishable from regular liner, and is more common these days. It’s also just about as easy to take off as anything else is with makeup remover.
The only drawback I know of is that you can’t underline with it. That’s when you draw under the eyelashes. Eyelids overhang the eye, and if you’re looking closely you can spot the pale pink skin that’s there. Underlining provides a more complete look, but the skin there is predictably wet. Waterproof eyeliner won’t adhere because it’s hydrophobic.
Harem probably used waterproof eyeliner above her lash line, and non below. Or maybe the particular eyeliner that she wanted for that look just wasn’t waterproof. It happens. The only thing more nonsensical than women’s clothing sizes is makeup.
Struggled a bit to follow what was going on in pannels 6 to 9. my best guess is that she gets vorped in , grabs heatwave and gets Iceman’s powers and flash freezes the water villain’s water …. then grabs Mr Amorphous and gains the ability to amorphosize the earth nearby and uses that as tentacles?
probably been asked before but does her power work the same way each time she grabs the same subject? does she know that grabbing heatwave gives her ice powers?
Yes and yes. Varia has cataloged all powers she gets from the ARC team.
Yes, her powers change from person to person but are always the same with each individual.
“Does her power work the same way each time” “Does she know that grabbing heatwave gives her ice powers”
Yes and yes, both answered on page #324.
Looking back at that page I notice she mentions Maxima’s skin might be interfering with it, which suddenly makes me wonder if Maxima has the same level of ‘armoring’ on the inside. Did they try sticking her finger inside Maxima’s mouth, for instance, to touch soft tissue there?
I doubt anyone was brave enough to suggest this, except for Math (who Maxima couldn’t properly discipline without worrying about accidentally killing him) and Achilles (who has the opposite defense.)
If Maxima stuck her tongue out, it might be wierd but still work, of the armoring isn’t on the inside as well. I am certain her powers work on the inside though. So I guess not too much to worry about?
Dabbler would have suggested other orifices to try… for science.
For SEXY science!!!
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What WOULD Sexy Science be called, anyway?
Sexology?
Yes. Touching a particular person gets the same power each time.
I’m not sure what would happen by touching multiple people simultaneously.
Maybe just the first person causes the effect and everyone else is locked out.
It’s been mentioned that Varia has tested with most, if not al,l of ARC-SWAT and the affiliated staff to see what powers she gets, and #593 shows Varia’s power interaction with Heatwave.
Yes, it’s a known fact. She mentioned it before as an example.
It’s also known that she keep a list of the people with useful powers in case she needs them.
Oh yeah. she had to go through and catalogue everyone in the building to learn what she could get from everyone. Sydney was mysteriously a blank, no powers, but I’m holding out hope that there was something they just never figured out, like “By touching Sydney she can use an Orb”.
The power she gains from Harem is “She can come along for the ride when Harem teleports”. So this is a strategy they worked out ahead of time. They take sight of the battle, identify places where she could grab a power and apply it for maximum effect, and then move on with Harem taking her to her next power source. She knows exactly what powers she will get from anyone at Archon, but it’s always a throw of the dice if she tries anyone else.
That interaction with Sydney is strongly foreshadowed by the halo of orbs extending out around her while she was holding Sydney’s hand.
And personally, I can’t wait for that foreshadowing to finally come about. True, Varia will only have one extra hand (since the other will need to stay in constant contact with Halo,) but even adding just a third orb to Halo’s two at the same time would radically increase her options.
One hand to grab Sidney, one hand for an orb, that would allow them to use three orbs at once. Maybe four if they link their arms/tie their forearms together.
back to back, they could touch each other, a four-armed defense.
I have a mental image of Sydney wearing Shorts and Varia wearing a strappy top. Sydney’s on Varia’s shoulders and all four arms are free for mayhem.
Maybe Varia has the fly orb? Makes things more mobile?
My big question is how that works for passives like the slowfall effect. If they’re falling and Varia grabs Sydney does she get the Slowfall effect too?
OMG that would be terrific and obvious! this being Sydney, it would go something like this:
“Who control Bartertown?”
*pew* *pew*
“Master Blaster control Bartertown!”
*pew* *pew* *pew*
I’d say backless tops and a harness to maintain contact they’d make one hell of a battle cruiser! I’d say fly, shield, PPO, and lighthook would make short work of anything that came along. I doubt the litebee would be much help there, we don’t know if Varia could use it with Sydney to teleport.
I mean, they might need to be shirtless to make it all work. …oh darn. :)
I have a problem with the Varia-Sydney interaction being solely about the orbs: The orbs aren’t something inherent to Sydney; they’re something that became attached to her relatively recently. So, there should be *something* that Varia would have gotten from Sydney before Sydney obtained the orbs, that Varia *still* gets from Sydney.
Of course, the orbs can also react to Varia’s power by letting Varia use one of them. Nothing against that.
Indeed, one of the largest Chekhov guns still hanging over the mantle. I suspect it has a lot to do with how the superion field works, and that Varia and Sydney’s power interactions will be one of the narrative keys to unraveling superion mechanics. Perhaps Varia’s power is channeled to the highest-potential path, and Sydney’s bond with the orbs is simply much more ‘conductive’ than her natural power. Which is presumably tactially-convenient awkwardness.
I still wanna know Varia + Chrona while watching Halo level up.
Is that Math in the far background? Some chump is going to learn that no power DOES NOT mean no threat.
Yup, that will hurt.
Yeah, that is a very solid Boot To The Head.
Math has something better than powers. He has the force.
Specifically, force equals mass times acceleration.
Sydney: Alexis did the math.
Math: *waggy eyebrows*
Sydney: Don’t push your luck.
Math: (pushes his luck)
Sydney: Alexia, display Mathias’ recent browser activity.
Maxima: Alexia belay that order.
Dabbler: Override that Override and send it directly to my private server.
Math: (Crawls out of the room using his eyebrows while standing on his head.)
That last line evokes some Looney Tunes mechanics, and now I want to see Chuck Jones versions of the cast.
I think the author is leaving out here in the comment, that whenever Varia gets her hands on a henchman, said henchman gets his/her hands on Varia. And that places her at risk the moment she puts her hands on someone better at close quarter combat than her.
But Varia also gets immunity and often a counter to said henchman’s powers, and is a pretty good fighter even without using powers. I suspect a lot of supers lean on their powers too much, whereas Varia’s knows her grabbag power will suck most of the time and focuses on the basics, in addition to having practice working with a huge variety of powers. Next to Dabbler, she’s probably the team’s best generalist.
> But Varia also gets immunity and often a counter to said henchman’s powers
It hasn’t been established that she gets immunity to the person’s powers – what has been established that the person she’s touching gains immunity to her gestalt power. Your example might not be representative. Consider Harem, where she gains the opposite of an immunity to her teleportation.
The fact that her target is immune to her gestalt power also makes countering them awkward. She often does get some sort of mirrored power, but that doesn’t equal a counter – between Heatwave and Ice powers, the stronger power should win.
Fair point, we don’t know for sure Varia can’t be affected by her donor’s power – but that seems to be the case so far. Either she gets a related/complimentary power which comes with self-immunity (and hence transitive immunity) as with the example above, or a counterpower that can negate the original, like getting ice powers from Heatwave (who can absorb heat but dislikes it). We do know the donor is not immune to her power, as my example shows she can drain the donor’s heat attack.
Calling Varia’s ability to use / tag along with Harem’s teleport “the opposite of immunity” seems like a semantic stretch either way though. Not quite sure what that’s supposed to mean actually, “opposite of immunity” would be… susceptibility? So able to be affected of the power, ergo use it, ergo as a super be immune to it? In Harem’s case Varia “gets to tag along”, I suppose “lack of immunity” would be if Varia couldn’t decide to stay behind – but we don’t have enough concrete statements / examples to know either way on that point.
It seems hard to believe that Varia gets super durability every time she touches someone with super strength.
Yes, it would be common for her to get something that protects her – but hardly guaranteed. We have “usually related, not always though”.
It seems like touch Mr. Amorphous wouldn’t protect her from getting beaten up by him.
So far it’s been universal that powers come with protection for the individual; super strength in particular though IIRC is Word-of-Dave always paired with the durability needed to use it. Varia is a weird edge case with insufficient* data; the closest parallel we have is Death Toll who’s immune to everything, albeit by countering sometimes and tanking others. And maye Achilles who can’t be hurt, but also can’t actually retaliate in any way beyond baseline human.
Where was I? Oh yes, powers and immunity are linked. Varia’s gestalt granting immunity to her donors is probably a side effect of networking their DNA, which would indicate the superion field has been very, very carefully designed to always pair ability with immunity. So while yes, she certainly wouldn’t be immune to Amorphous’ mundane physical attacks, she likely gets a portion of the flexibility that allowed his head to be punched inside out with no damage. Or perhaps not, maybe it’s just the earthbending – but him stretching can’t really directly harm her either, the way fire or lightning could, so there’s not really a power-induced hazard to be cancelled out.
Yes, protection from their powers, doesn’t mean they can’t get beaten if they are stronger or more skilful in fisticuffs
Which is why Vahriah practices in close-combat fighting for situations like that
* There are two types of people in the world: those who can interpolate from incomplete data.
The worst thing of Varia is that she can turn any new recruit/unpowered member/etc. into a giant problem.
You isolated her defending an orphanage on her own?
Oh, hey this orphan gives her the power to warp reality, travel through time, use portals on others, control minds, think 50000 times as fast, etc.
Also a few fun hyptotheticals:
What if Varia becomes pregnant?
Does she get powers of her child?
What if Varia touches a corpse?
A question: do we know the outcome of Sydney’s proposed experiment of carrying tissue samples.
Sydney’s powers are from a thing that seems to of bonded to her DNA so it may block what ever power Varia might of gotten from Sydney instead of (maybe) sharing her orbs.
As far as her getting a long term power from being pregnant goes, it would block her from getting any other plus not only do I expect she’s not ready to have a kid, it would also prevent her from entering into any kind of combat situation.
Sydney suggested she try using bits of hair, skin, or blood for someone to gain her gestalt from them but Dave never followed up on it. I suspect her power reacts to the energy of each person not their DNA so no on a corpse.
AS has been said by myself and others, Eye-portal guy seemed to tap into the superon energy that each super has, it seems to power his ability to open a portal, meaning he was an experiment that did actually work, to a degree. Clearly the “bad guys” have had some success with the experiments, but have no clue about the superon energy field or how to tape into unlike Deus has.
same bioaura, I’d say no to the pregnancy angle.
I’d have to agree, there’s a part of the “human aura” that requires a clear mind to work their power. Otherwise we’d have 3 year olds using telekinetics to reach the cookie jar or pick on the poor cat. Or worse yet, an angry 6 year old with pyrokinesis! Firestarter (original not the remake) is a good example.
Seriously though, how does she keep all the different powers sorted in her mind? I’d get them confused alot.
Secondary power? Or it’s just really important, so she devotes a lot of effort to it.
A lot of them have connections to the person she’s touching – it’s with random civilian #73 that she might struggle to remember what they give…
In the cross over, she’s at a Fan Convention and there’s a line of people trying their luck at shaking her hand. All results are entered into a database.
It’s a much bigger focus for you. For you, it’s a secondary characters interactions in a story you think about maybe a few times a week.
For her, it’s literally her job and her life. It’s one of her primary focuses and she actually spends time training with it.
Coolest memory palace ever!
In regards to the vote incentive. Mmm… Bnnuy. Little fluffy tail go wigglewiggle.
obviously her species of were-hare is the rare ‘Playboy’ subspecies.
M.V.P. More Varia Powers.
Massive Vahriety o’ Powers
Welp… I thought of ‘Most Variable Player’ on top of hat, but these are good,
Most Vexing Person.
MVP = Most Varia Potential and therefore goes to Harem for being able to get Varia in range of any power Gestalt she wants! ;)
now im wondering what would happen if vera let go of amorphous’s hand would the morphed ground solidify into that shape, would it crumble, or would it return to how it was?
So far all other element benders have left the material permanently deformed / displaced to wherever they release it. I’d assume if the soil wasn’t firm enough to maintain that shape it would crumble into a pile.
I’d say she’s just containing them until they are given the sleepy time shots, you can”t handcuff someone that can effect the cuffs etc… I have to agree unless Varia can condense the soil, it won’t hold it’s shape after she lets go. that’s the problem with “wet” targets, they aren’t very susceptible to magnetic powers.
As far as Varia goes power wise, I would classify her as a higher risk than even Sydney due to the depth of her power suite. Add in harems teleporting and damn thats a scary outcome as we see here.
Very much so. Sydney has a good selection of top-notch powers, but Varia can do pretty much anything given enough planning. We’re seeing that here — she knows what powers she has available from her teammates, and has obviously figured out some tricks… that combo of using Harem’s teleporting to jump between her gestalt targets creates a real chaos factor for anyone who doesn’t know what power she’ll manifest next.
Even if you did know her gestalt with the entire Archon lineup, teleportation combined with a rotating power slot is pretty hard to counter. Even without her discovering new powers mid-fight from your downed teammates, no way at all to plan around that. Other than “don’t let her beat you”, which neither unique or actionable as strategies go.
… What if Varia’s Sydney-gestalt is being able to act as a third hand?
We’re pretty sure it is.
3rd & 4th
Or restrain her in that suit from X-Com 2, what the commander was locked into between the first and second games.
Or just get a gimp suit from a BDSM store. Probably cheaper and easier to get than the shark-proff chain mail you were thinking of, !
speaking of the tissue sample hypothesis – what happens if varia gets a blood transfusion, or a bone marrow transplant?
The author is commenting about all these different outfits that would interfere with her powers but what about dousing her in some sort of fast-setting liquid? Like an enhanced concrete or paint? (I mean like thick outdoor paint) It would be dangerous if it got on your eyes or mouth (and imagine getting it out of your nose) but super villains wouldn’t care. It could be a good narrative device to remove her powers on an alien or experimental ship. Just have a pipe burst and bam.
I for one, would not complain about Varia in full body latex.
It would have to be pretty think and fast-setting, or she’d be able to wipe off enough a patch to make contact. We don’t know how much contact she needs, but not much – with Arianna it was just her thumb, at the club for girls’ night out it was the back of a knuckle. I expect intermittent contact over the area of a paint-smeared hand would still be enough.
You must construct additional pylons. (out of grass and dirt)
So she gets a geomancer’s power with Mr. Amorphous’s gestalt. Glad she’s memorized all her team member’s gestalts. I’d say she’s been on fire during this encounter. I do feel for Heatwaves makeup failure, however if someone is on duty, I’d recommend NOT wearing makeup to a combat op! We all know your hot heatwave, it’s not needed anyway.
it looks like she is rubber morphing the grass or the surface (this is a floor in a building and not an actual ground despite them gardening it, and its big all green structures), so yeah rubber morph and control over surfaces. Which is a weird power to see outside of a toon force user.
Based on the hair colors, I’d say Harem (not Heatwave) is the one complaining about water-soluble makeup.
Yeah true my bad, but you got to admit, it would be something she’d say (Heatwave is definitely a “girly girl”), and what I said still applies, even to punk Harem.
MVP = Many Varia Powers
In regards to the incentive picture…bunny is sexy as all get out…but Pixel is still the cutest imho.
Yes, notice her abs and boobs. Both are purrfect. Because she’s a were-jaguar.
Kinda figures that Heatwave would end up fighting a water-themed supervillain eventually.
…Albeit only for two pages, but still.
On the comments, on someone changing colors of stuff. Reminded me, I actually have a guy like that.
Palette Swap
https://www.deviantart.com/rhuen1/art/Super-Hero-Palette-Swap-710503274
he also made a cameo appearance in one actual story, he’s not the focus however.
(a reality tv show contest to become the next member of the charity super team *The Rejects*)
https://www.deviantart.com/rhuen1/art/Galactic-Guardians-07-Red-Squid-505160042
Back in the day, one of the rejects for the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC’s future heroes) had the power to make everything polka-dotted (or something seemingly useless)
Legion of Substitute Heroes, Color Kid could do that. However, his actually changed the properties of the underlying matter if the color shifted. For instance, he could color lethal green kryptonite to only lethal to plants White Kryptonite! Very reality-breaking with the right applications…
Sounds like he’d be a nightmare to the lantern corps
No, not MVP.
MPV. Most point Varia.
Wouldn’t it be M.V.V.?
Most Valuable Varia?
Or MVS – Most Valuable Super?
Most variable player.
Or
Most Variable Powerset
I do prefer waterproof eyeliner but it is a BITCH to remove. And sometimes it applies kind of like a film? like a plastic-y layer, so it’s not always comfortable to wear. And if you need contact lenses or have sensitive eyes, you need to find one that doesn’t cause irritation or flake off into your eyes. Mascara poses a similar issue.
So there’s lots of reasons, really.
MVP: Most Variable Powers.
Ah, so she basically gets Luffy’s upgrade. Cool, especially if this is a wink to One Piece.
Heh, kinda called it last page about using freeze-powers on Wet Wipe, just a different person turning her into a freezey-pop :)
And betting she’s regretting not wearing the trousers today :)
Not to mention… calling into work :P
Oh I’m sure all she’s thinking right now is “COLD! cold cold cold….” not to mention it’s all on her lower half since it seems it’s where her powers come from (She’s gone from a wet one to fridged…. sorry ;P)
One problem (for me) regarding the invotive: why does Kat have two sets of ears? o_O
Also, who invited that ‘guy’ from Sydney’s shop? The one who tried to hit on Maxi
She’s not fully transformed and as far as the guy from Sydney’s shop? He wasn’t invited just showed up I’m sure once one of them notices he’ll be in serious trouble!
the human set is the set that the veil causes humans to see, the bunny set and tail are only visible without interference from the veil
But that’s a ‘problem’ many artists make though
M.V.P.=Multiple Varia Plays
Because she’s getting the most out of her gestalt options.
Just wondering how Kat’s eyes went from pale blue to bright green.
Eyeliner: the chemicals needed to make the eyeliner both water & oil proof (eyelids can be naturally oilier) are often harsher than regular formulas. It’s too irritating for me. Itchy, sore & reddish is not the look.
Waterproof mascaras made my eyelashes dry out & break off if used regularly, and given that a tube is only supposed to last 6 months-ish, it’s not really a “keep for weepy times” item.
so your just gonna leave jiggawat lying there in the hallway next to a burning cafeteria(which probably uses natural gas appliances as this is rich guy central) in a bunker that is being DEMOLISHED as we speak, eh varia… teammate of the month right there.
Jiggs was starting to wake up last page (or the page before), so good chance she’s been placed somewhere safe, or she’s left on her own
Also there are 4 more Harems available to come help her or at least guide a teammate who can extract her safely. Maybe 3 actually since one should remained stationed outside for realtime comms and coordination.
the way jiggawatt was tossed around, she probably isn’t too mobile right now because you head injuries are fun that way. as for harem popping in and taking evacuating it could have happened off screen but “no pictures, didn’t happen” as they say.
Just remember: the only living material Harem can *VORP* with, is Vahriah
Just noticed that Varia’s eyeliner connects with her eyebrows. That is certainly an interesting fashion choice.
Hey, can Varia do multiple powers? Touch two people and use what she gets from both? Surely this has been tested off-screen?
Note that she’s shown letting go of Harem to grab Heatwave, so probably NOT.
It’s been tested on-screen, during the locker-room romp when Varia actives her ice power from Heatwave and touches Jiggawatt’s neck. Granted she doesn’t have to activate whatever powers she has, so it’s not conclusive.
My takeaway from that is that if she has an ongoing power, she has it until she lets go of the person, and thus can touch another person without losing the power.
If she could touch two people and gain both powers, there is no reason for her to let go of Harem when she grabs Brooks.
Dabbler (stuck in Africa):- “Porno sense tingling! Somewher, my teammates are involved with giant tenticles……WHY AM I NOT THERE!!!”
This is a huge turnaround.
Nonetheless, it is a common “error” among creative people.
The concept behind this video game was initially very simple: a core round rotates in the center of the screen. Gamers must throw various balls to spin a “core ball.”