Nameberry Court (NB Game)

[name_u]Welcome[/name_u] to Nameberry [name_m]Court[/name_m]! Apologies for any court case inaccuracies, this is not meant to be taken seriously. In fact all the crimes here are actually very dastardly lighthearted in spirit of names!

First, create your judge using new Nameberry names. They can be any gender. [name_f]Do[/name_f] the same for the defendant using Future trending names. Again, any gender will do. Now what crime did the defendant allegedly commit? [name_m]Roll[/name_m] a 1-6 dice for that.

NAMEBERRY CRIMES

1: Tried to claim their name was one of their favourite namenerd names when it wasn’t.
2: Stole a name for their child that they knew someone else was considering using.
3: Named their kid something very cringey.
4: Named their two children names that are way too similar to one another.
5: Had a public freakout when the name they liked was becoming too popular.
6: Posted so much on Nameberry that the server made those 429 draft errors.

Before the trial begins, it’s time to create your jury. We will start with 20 potentials and narrow it down to 12.

POTENTIAL JURORS
  1. Something that gives cozy and warm vibes.
  2. Literary names.
  3. Names that aren’t on any literary characters you know of, but should be.
  4. [name_m]Real[/name_m] names of celebrities who use stage names.
  5. [name_m]Real[/name_m] names of alter egos of superheroes or supervillains.
  6. Names you see on any brand of car or food.
  7. Cities.
  8. Place names that aren’t cities or countries.
  9. [name_f]Disney[/name_f] names.
  10. Names of animated characters who aren’t [name_f]Disney[/name_f].
  11. Writers, poets, or playwrights.
  12. Names you’d love more if they didn’t have a negative connotation in some way.
  13. Names you’d love more if they didn’t have a strong (but not negative) connotation.
  14. Names you see on a pet, but could work for humans.
  15. Names you see more on humans but would definitely use for a pet.
  16. Names associated with the current month you’re playing this game in.
  17. Names associated with months that are NOT the current month you’re playing in.
  18. Names you feel are successful.
  19. Names you feel would make it harder for someone to find a job.
  20. Whatever you want!

Now take this 1-20 Dice and eliminate 6 jurors, skipping over if you happen to roll the same number twice. Then when you’re done, roll the 1-8 Dice as to why they’re ineligible for jury duty.

Why ineligible?
  1. They’re too much of a namenerd and this would be extreme bias.
  2. They don’t like the defendant’s name and can’t look past it.
  3. They know someone involved (could be the judge, defendant, a witness, lawyer, etc.) far too well and this could cause bias.
  4. They have an important scheduling conflict that coincides with the court case.
  5. They are a parent (specifically one who has really awesome names for their children) so they’d be personally biased.
  6. They have been in a similar situation as the defendant’s “crime”.
  7. They don’t have what it takes to be a juror in a normal court case, let alone this court case.
  8. They already knew about the court case via some untrustworthy news outlets so they wouldn’t have an accurate read on what really happened.

Then when you’re done, the first and last person in alphabetical order remaining on your list become “alternate jurors”. The other 12 are official jurors.

Now the judge will start the court case and so it begins! There will be three witnesses the judge will call up, use any Nameberry blog to name them. In addition, there’s a lawyer for the defendant who will try to counter-argue the claims witnesses make. [name_m]Roll[/name_m] a 1-6 dice twice for each witness and how the defence lawyer reacts.

Claims
  1. Witness shows photos annd explains how they are evidence.
  2. Witness shows evidence of defendant discussing on Nameberry about the crime that they committed.
  3. Witness points out that the defendant stated something untrue and why it is false.
  4. Witness opens up on a personal story about the defendant’s habits that would explain why this crime was committed.
  5. Witness shows a video of the defendant before the crime occurred.
  6. Witness shows information people have given them in terms of how they were affected.
Counter-Arguments
  1. [name_m]Lawyer[/name_m] argues that the evidence is too open-ended and can’t accurately convey the message it represents.
  2. OBJECTION! [name_m]Lawyer[/name_m] makes an objection that the witness is speculating.
  3. [name_m]Lawyer[/name_m] insists that the defendant was not the one actually involved.
  4. OBJECTION! [name_m]Lawyer[/name_m] makes an objection that the defendant is going off-topic with their evidence and it’s therefore irrelevant.
  5. [name_m]Lawyer[/name_m] states that the evidence is too biased and doesn’t support enough factually.
  6. [name_m]Lawyer[/name_m] believes everything the defendant did and said was justified and isn’t guilty.

After the case concludes, closing statements are announced and the judge will send the jury out to deliberate. Then the jurors discuss what they believe. 1-6 dice for what they said.

Juror Discussion
  1. One juror (you choose) has a long amount of notes, much longer than the others, while another juror (you choose) blushes that they have hardly any.
  2. One juror (you choose) successfully convinces two jurors (you choose) to change their minds about the verdict.
  3. One juror (you choose) can’t quite figure out if they’re making the right decision and worries about the Nameberry community throwing berries at the jurors if justice isn’t served.
  4. The jurors are mostly unanimous, except one (you choose) who is so moved by the case that it’s going to be hard to change their mind.
  5. One juror (you choose) is so shocked by the effects of what happened that they hope never to serve a jury again.
  6. Two jurors (you choose) both thought they weren’t capable of being good jurors but are glad they served this case.

Now for the ultimate verdict…roll the dice again, if it’s odd, the defendant is GUILTY. If even, they’re INNOCENT. If they’re innocent, hooray! Walking free! If they’re guilty, roll 1-6 for their sentencing.

SENTENCING
  1. Life in the [name_u]Berry[/name_u] prison!!
  2. 40 years with possibility of parole.
  3. 40 years with no possibility of parole.
  4. 15 years with possibility of parole.
  5. 5 years.
  6. No time behind bars, but 5 years probation and a permanently deleted Nameberry account.

Aha and there’s that! Nerdy game, I know. [name_m]Just[/name_m] to be a little devious, before I wrap this game up, roll the dice again for a little funsies. If it’s even, it means that justice was served and the jury’s ruling was correct but if it’s odd…they just make a huge mistake in carrying out this case, oh noes!

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] you enjoyed this crazy case and thanks for playing!

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