Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181229081856/@comment-4141313-20190111074748

Jyzuru wrote: BlizzardDragon wrote: Right. If he knew about Pyrrha's Semblance, then he's an idiot for not forcefully inputting a code into the "randomizer" that prevented the two from fighting a code like that wouldn't really matter in the style of the tournament, the only way they wouldn't fight is if one of them lost or didn't take part. Actually, there is a way to input a code like that. The tournament matches were decided via a randomizer, as demonstrated by the candidates spinning on a roulette wheel, only Cinder was fixing the matches by pre-selecting who would fight who, only giving the illusion it was randomized.

By inputting an algorithm into the coding of the randomizer, commands could be put in place to prevent a specific outcome from occuring, in this case, preventing the inputted data for Pyrrha and Penny from being entered into the same selection.

I'm no programmer, but something like this seems relatively simple from what I've heard from others with experience in the field. Just input a command into the program, such as exclude variable x + y, and it should follow it.

So, were Pyrrha and Penny to actually fight while the code was in place, it would raise alarms.

In addition, it wasn't just the fact Emerald's semblance was used, it was Pyrrha's semblance in general. Semblance's have been shown to be highly tied to emotions in a lot of cases, and Pyrrha's was no different, such as her propelling Jaune into a column when she was emotionally fragile on accident. So were anything to cause Pyrrha to panic, she could end up overclocking her semblance.

What Emerald did simply made sure it happened. She took an existing factor, and made sure it happened. Remove Emerald from the equation though, it still runs the risk of Pyrrha overclocking her semblance.

You'd think rather than run that risk at all, Ironwood would just avoid it outright and not let potential variables become malefactors.