Award Allocation Audit — Case File: DPA-BBP-012-AF (Applause Fund)
Case File: DPA-BBP-012-AF (Applause Fund)
Filed by: Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair (DPA)
Doctrine: Don’t bark — bill.
Addendum: Applause is just paperwork that makes noise.
I. Context Overview
Subject: Controlled award disbursement within the Baldi’s Basics Plus discussion thread
Budget: 3 000 Steam Points
Objective: Strategic recognition deployment to prolong cognitive ripples after publication of the DPA Field Report.
Observation Window: ~17 hours active + passive monitor phase.
Thread link (archived for audit): 👉 Baldi’s Basics Plus — The Game That Graduated But Never Left Detention
II. Award Breakdown
Primary Target — JooJDumwell
- Award(s): Slow Clap 👏 + Whoa 🧠
- Rationale: Displayed the “half-analyst” archetype — understood enough to engage, not enough to escape.
The Slow Clap rewarded participation in the satire’s theater; the Whoa marked the flicker of comprehension.
Dual impact: recognition + disorientation.
- Outcome: Cognitive discomfort disguised as commentary.
- Status: Logged, stable, pondering its own tone.
Secondary Target — Alabilalau
- Award(s): Slow Clap 👏 + Wholesome 🌸
- Rationale: Exhibited the “earnest performer” pattern — overexplained humor while trying to be kind.
- The Slow Clap acknowledged their theatrical timing; the Wholesome balanced the ledger with grace.
Result: satire and sincerity reconciled in a single gesture.
- Outcome: Momentary bewilderment followed by softened acceptance.
- Status: Emotionally stabilized; possibly reflective.
III. Short-Term Ripple Report
Immediate Effects:
- Four visible replies within cycle.
- Average reaction delay: 3–6 hours post-award.
- Two cases of self-analysis observed (“Why me?” phenomenon).
Economic Summary:
- Points expended: 3 000.
- Thread integrity: intact.
- Moderator response: none.
- Ambient confusion index: satisfactory.
IV. Observational Addendum
A few moments later …
“Well I spent four. For 3k. And done.”
Internal record of execution completion.
Objective #9 (Turn point expenditure into narrative performance) — achieved.
V. Reflection & Future Watch
Psychological Effect: The thread has entered cultural preservation mode — treated as performance art rather than argument. The DPA identity has been accepted as a fictional bureau operating within Steam itself.
Next Phase Monitoring:
- Quotations or references in other threads
- Developers responding with humor or acknowledgment
- Imitators attempting DPA-style posts
If detected, activate Follow-Up Protocol α-Clapback (one line, three claws, zero apology).
VI. Final Notes
Operation Detention Saga enters its observation phase. All funds allocated. All targets responded. All hallways quiet again — for now.
Filed and stamped by: Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair, Dept. of Petty Affairs
Doctrine: Don’t bark — bill.
Motto: I don’t flex — I calculate. 🦝✨
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