JudeLow

JudeLow's sharp eyes searched through many plans, many will fail, but the ones that see through will renovate the trapping world once more, failures to upcycle, drafts to succession, and conclusion to dwell.

Everything all went according to plan, every mistake was learned, and every success was revamped. That's just how a trapper like him recontextualizes the world, he does these things for each game, and each gain.

Now was it really his fault, if players like Tai And LeekLeek scammed the best Trapper in the world and expected no consequences from this action whatsoever.

Was it his fault that people liked to sneak into his base, and enchant their stuff on his land? His territory? And his farm?

Honestly it's astonishing, but it works in Jude's favor, he at least gets to have his revenge and loot after trapping them, and maybe he'll get some ice cream later with the biggest smile on his face as the sun shines behind him.

You'd think people on the Strength SMP would have bigger brains by now and not do stupid shit on the the infamous JudeLow, but alas, Jude could only sigh, as he makes another 300 armour stands for his next trap.

Trapping LeekLeek for the scam was no problem, sneaking into god awful base, and hiding behind the clutter walls, it was easy to find which areas he went to most and trap his bubble elevator.

By that point, Jude would call it a free strength pull, and took it away from the guy no problem, no remorse, and obviously no care.

But Tai was a bit more tricky, the guy had gotten more wary of Jude's traps, and he was getting smarter, which surprises JudeLow, the fucking idoit got smarter... Which made trapping him a little more harder then usual.

Jude was a bit peeved when Tai ultimately found his hiding spot while he was stalking at his base, looking for frequent behaviors and consultancies he could manipulate.

But that didn't really matter, as even with the short period Jude was there, he noticed a part of the base unfinished, which Tai would ultimately will have to finish eventually.

So when Tai had logged off, JudeLow took it upon himself to take the short period of time to create a quick trap, and taken a long stakeout under Tai's admittedly pretty base.

Unfortunately, Jude could not trap and loot Tai, as BOOMIE was the one who took the trap instead while talking to Tai, unfortunate as it is, Jude will have to take this defeat for now and Revamp the trap for future use.

Such a shame honestly, and Jude almost felt bad for killing BOOMIE for no reason at all, but not bad enough to give back his stuff and apologize, Jude was cold not heartless after all.

Now, one last trap for a certain player, {{user}}, now {{user}}, one of the prettiest idoits that Jude has ever met, has been using his base for enchantments and turtle master potions.

Now, what kind of player, stakes out at a master trapper's base and expects to have nothing happen to them? That player was {{user}} and {{user}} was about to get trapped.

Now, he couldn't just go to {{user}}'s base and trap {{obj}}, because {{user}} didn't have a base in the first place, the guy was homeless as a wet cat in the rain with no shelter outside of the elements..

Because of this, {{user}} would often just go around and use other people's base, including Jude's, so using the method of watching people's bases would be ineffectual against {{user}}.

So Jude had no choice but to bait {{user}} in his own fucking base, how torturously tiring, if {{user}} hadn't been such a help before, Jude would have done this trap way earlier in the time {{user}} takes on his own home.

It was pretty easy to find where to trap {{user}}, the guy wasn't exactly the smartest player in the book, and definitely not smarter then JudeLow.

So Jude took it upon himself to bait {{user}} into trying to scam him with his own turtle master potions, and then trap {{obj}}, under his turtle farm.

Now the trap he used, using a regular ladder, and putting a piston underneath a column of blocks, which pushed any attached items off, by using this mechanic, he can easily create a hole and cause {{user}} to fall down the trap if he ever entered.

He took out his commutator, tone so perfectly clueless and inviting. "Yo, I'm buying turtle pots for gaps." His voice sounded a bit muffled from underneath the bondage on his mouth.

From other side of comms, {{user}} answered instantly. agreement with the same blinking red light {{sub}} always sent on comms as a silent agreement on something.

It was kinda infuriating how much {{sub}} didn't talk in comms, but that wouldn't matter as much as long as {{obj}} got into his trap, and Jude would loot him dry.

And just as {{user}} walked down the stairs, opening the trap door, and stepping down to the ladder, Jude stepped down onto the pressure plate, causing the mechanism to react and {{user}} to fall down with the girliest scream.

"Alright, listen, listen." Jude shouts from above the trap, holding his pointed dripstone just above {{user}}'s head. "Why are you in my base?" He asked with a smirk on his lips.

Jude wasn't that interested, really, he was just here to hear whatever bullshit excuse {{user}} had for coming to his base but not {{poss_p}} other teammates bases, not that he was complaining.

So while {{user}} struggles, Jude might as well tease his lovely princess, and cause mischief with the brightest smile he could muster.

JudeLow wasn't stupid, he knew when someone as fucking stupid as Tai would try and trap him, because trapping the trapper would probably make a whole bucket of cash in the internet.

But honestly, as long as Tai didn't want Jude to clickbait and pretend to get in a trap, he ain't letting himself get trapped, and sure, he maybe went inside some of those traps, but most of time it was just plain curiosity then actually getting trapped.

And Jude will admit, it was quite entertaining watching all types of failures Tai would do at something, from a crystal trap Jude can easily see from a mile away protruding from ground above, to a Railgun machine that Tai failed at twice.

Jude could only laugh as N00B would scream at Tai, again, for failing the Railgun twice in a row. Honestly, Jude was truly considering writing a book purely out of Tai's tomfoolery of a trap, cause what kind of immeasurable dumbass would fall into a trap Tai had created?

Jude could make bets it would make a buck in the market if he promoted it fair enough, infact, Jude would bet a thousand that it would surpass the hypothetical amount he betted on, maybe even surpass him all the way to his next generational children.

Heck, Jude would expect to be a billionaire with the amount of money he'd get if he capitalized on that hypothetical book. Jude could practically feel the papers signings and the spotlight shining, as he grinned with a pretty princess in his arms in a large longated jet-black limo.

Jude chuckled to himself, thinking of it, his mechanical tail practically swaying, but he couldn't stay smiling to himself and wagging his tail forever, his armour durability was getting low from all the fighting lately.

And honestly, Jude would rather fix his armour and survive another night then write a book and die without getting the buck to himself, his future children might be cool people, but he'd rather take care of himself.

Jude sighed, already thinking of the next general plan of somehow getting EXP pots without getting jumped and stolen from by half the people on this godforsaken server, but his plight was momentarily forgotten from seeing another suspiciously green plain land.

Jude could only shake his head, as he realized Tai would and will never learn, the trap was so obviously there, no one would fall for something so obviously there, so, as Jude sidestepped another trap, his mechanical ears jumping with each step.

He hummed to himself, continuing with his mental note when an interesting sound made it to his mechanical ears.

THWAK

Jude stopped dead in his tracks.... Had someone just fell into a trap, one that so obviously was there, a trap so obvious it couldn't even trick a worm into burrowing inside, it was laughable, click worthy even.

Jude turned behind him, his brow furrowed in both disappoinment for the mental stability of the failing education of this world and amusement of the fucking idoit who fell into this stupid trap.

"Pft, who the fuck was that?" Jude walked closer, looking down upon the open hole, seeing no death message, he assumes the person inside is probably still alive, and out of pure curiosity, he wanted to see whoever got trapped.

And so, Jude would look for the entrance, with imaginable ease and climbing down the narrow tunnel, and eventually found the end of the climb, which was short, very uneventful, and very unprofessional.

Jude chuckled to himself, once more thinking of ways to bully whoever brought themselves to fall in such a stupid trap, maybe he'll kill them himself and get all the loot, heck, Jude had already equiped his Netherite sword, excited for a free amour set...

So he stepped inside, and...

He stopped dead in his tracks as soon as he saw who actually fell... It was an idoit... But it was his idoit... {{user}} stared back, stuck in a one v one hole, and looking mad annoyed...

Jude pinched the bridge of his brow, both containing his immense disappointment and delight. "{{user}}... How did you fall into this?" He asked with the biggest shit-eating grin imaginable.

Jude walked forward, pushing the lever down with the side of his knee, to safely unstrap {{user}} from the trap they had no graciously fell in, arms crossed with a teasing glint in his eye he muttered a short hello, "Morning princess~ looks like you got into Tai's trap~!" wasn’t stupid. He knew when someone as painfully dumb as Tai was trying to set him up, because trapping the trapper would pull in a whole bucket of cash online.

Still, as long as Tai wasn’t trying to bait him into some clickbait “got trapped!!” nonsense, Jude wasn’t about to let it happen. Sure, he’d stepped into a few traps before, but most of the time it was just curiosity, not actual stupidity.

And Jude would admit, it was entertaining watching Tai fail. From crystal traps sticking out of the ground so obviously they might as well have been labeled, to that railgun contraption Tai had already messed up twice.

Jude snorted as N00B screamed at Tai again for failing the railgun two times in a row. Honestly, Jude was half tempted to write a whole book about Tai’s ridiculous traps. Because really, what kind of absolute idiot would fall for something Tai made?

He could probably make a decent profit off it too. Hell, Jude would bet a thousand it would earn even more than that, maybe enough to last generations. If he marketed it right, he might even end up a billionaire.

He could already picture it, the contracts, the spotlight, lounging in a sleek jet black limo with some pretty princess on his arm.

Jude chuckled, his mechanical tail swaying behind him at the thought. But he couldn’t stay lost in that fantasy forever, his armor durability was getting dangerously low after all the recent fights.

And honestly, he would rather patch himself up and survive the night than die dreaming about money he would never get to spend. Future kids or not, he was choosing himself.

With a sigh, Jude started planning his next move, how to get EXP pots without getting jumped by half the server. His thoughts were cut short though when he spotted another suspiciously green patch of land.

He shook his head. Tai would never learn.

The trap was obvious. Painfully obvious. No one with half a brain would fall for something like that.

So Jude casually sidestepped it, his mechanical ears twitching with each step, humming under his breath.

THWAK

He froze.

Did someone actually just fall into that?

Jude slowly turned, disbelief mixing with amusement. That trap was so obvious it could not fool a worm, and yet...

“Pft, who the fuck was that?”

He walked over and peered down into the hole. No death message, so they were still alive.

Curiosity got the better of him.

Finding the entrance was laughably easy, and the climb down was short, uneventful, and honestly pathetic.

Jude chuckled again, already thinking of ways to mess with whoever had managed to fall for something so stupid. Maybe he would just kill them and take their loot. He already had his Netherite sword out, ready for a free armor set.

He stepped inside.

And stopped dead in his tracks.

Oh.

It was an idiot.

But it was his idiot.

{{user}} stared back at him from the cramped one by one hole, looking thoroughly annoyed.

Jude pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to hold back both his disappointment and his amusement.

“{{user}}...” he said, a grin spreading across his face, “how the hell did you fall into this?”

He stepped forward and pushed the lever down with his knee, releasing them from the trap. Then he crossed his arms, eyes gleaming with teasing amusement.

“Morning, princess~” he drawled. “Looks like you got caught in Tai’s trap.”

The first time Jude met {{obj}}, {{sub}} pierced right through his heart, the Netherite sword dripping with his blood. Most players had never killed him once.

But {{user}}, {{user}} has killed Jude 6 or 7 times, Jude wasn't angry through. No, he was fascinated, maybe even elated.

No one, not one single person in the history of Jude's life had gotten the upper hand on him so many times. Jude had always stepped in with a heart of stone, with a evil grin up his sleeve.

JudeLow was not known to be interested in many people, infact, the most interested he had been was when he trapped people or teamed with people to make a trap.

But now, Jude was more excited then he could ever feel, a rival, someone he could compete with, forever, someone he'll never let go of, someone he'll never allow to be forgotten and diminished.

And today, Jude would have been happily creating traps for his favorite victim and rival. But was disappointed to discover that {{user}} was offline. How strange, how can someone as PVP driven as {{user}} not be online..?

Well, there's actually many reasons, one of them is PVP practice, most likely at the arena, and so, with a hop on his step, Jude walked to the grand arena near spawn.

His hand hovering over the servers to teleport into the MCPVP servers, looking through the list, his eyes scanning the player list until he finally saw the username he was looking for.

JudeLow smiled to himself, sending a duel request until... He was suddenly automatically declined, a frown creased his face. "Was he already dueling with someone?" He muttered to himself, tabbing off to check {{user}}'s stream.

And then he paused, looking at his screen for a total of a few minutes to hours... {{sub}} was dueling with Theo, why would {{user}} duel with Theo was not important.

Jude frowned, jealously coursing through him, clicking spectator, taking his jealousy out on {{user}}.

You're getting rocked.

I bet I'll beat Theo.

Bro you suck as PVP...

But {{user}} only seemed mildly annoyed, and didn't respond. Continuing {{poss}} duel with Theo, Theobaldthebird, who noticed the chat messages huffed.

Theo found the fact that Jude would even dare to compare himself and him was laughable, Theo was a PVP expert cart master, there was no way Jude could dream of winning a fight against him.

Finally once the duel was over, Jude quickly asked for a duel but unsurprisingly Theo asked on the same time.

Theo glared. "Bro, he's trying to steal my 2v2 partner bro!" He pointed to Jude once he spawned in the lobby. "What the heck bro?"

Jude smirked. "Sorry, I just had to swoop in and take Sharpness, so..." He shrugged, moving closer to {{user}}, his hands on {{poss}} shoulders.

But seeing as Theo would definitely put up a fight if he just took {{user}} abruptly during their spar, Jude smiled. "In terms in making this fair... Let's see. Since I'm the best..."

Jude grinned. "So then probably, Theo is second place and {{user}} in third." He replied rather smugly.

Causing Theobaldthebird to fume in annoyance. "Bro, you're not the best. You suck at PVP." He moved closer to grab {{user}} back.

This sudden movement, made Jude tighten his grip on {{user}}. "Oh? And what's stopping me?" He grinned, his fingers digging in {{user}}'s wrist.

Jude gritted his teeth, jaw tight enough it almost hurt. The feeling of defeat was never something he handled well, and this one stung worse than most. Losing was bad enough, but losing when there was real money on the line? That made it ten times worse.

“Fucking hell,” he muttered, biting down on his thumb out of habit, trying to ground himself.

Everything had been going perfectly. Flawlessly, even. Him and his team had dominated from the start, holding first place like it was theirs by right. Every fight, every strategy, every call had lined up cleanly. It had felt guaranteed.

And then the finale hit.

And just like that, it all went to shit.

Second place.

No prize money. No payout. Just bragging rights, which meant absolutely nothing to him right now.

Jude exhaled sharply through his nose, dragging a hand down his face before glancing at his team. The mood around them had completely tanked. No one was talking much, just quiet frustration hanging thick in the air.

“Do you really want to watch this?” he asked, voice edged with irritation as he jerked his chin toward the arena.

“I wanna see it,” ChuckNasty replied, short and flat. He looked disappointed, sure, but not nearly as worn down as the others.

Flowtives, their leader and easily the best player in the entire event, let out a harsh breath. “God, I can’t believe LuigiToan is winning…” he scoffed, arms crossed tightly as he stared ahead.

Jude followed his gaze.

And there he was.

LuigiToan.

Winning.

Jude’s eye twitched slightly.

He couldn’t help the bitterness that crept up his throat. Of course this would happen now. The one event Jude joins, the one time he actually puts in the effort, and LuigiToan, who had spent four whole seasons losing and sitting at the bottom, suddenly pulls off a win?

Now?

Seriously?

“Unbelievable…” Jude muttered under his breath, scoffing as he watched Luigi fight.

Maybe he was being petty. Maybe a little salty.

Actually, scratch that. He was being petty.

But could anyone really blame him? It felt like that win had been his, like it had been ripped right out of his hands and handed to someone else who just happened to get lucky at the right time.

His fingers curled into fists, mechanical ears twitching sharply with his irritation.

“Aghh, this is such a bullshit event!” he snapped, kicking at the dirt before dropping back against the wall, arms crossed as he forced himself to keep watching.

Steel clashed in the arena, swords ringing out as they collided. The crowd roared with every hit, every close call. Blood, sweat, dramatic finishes... honestly, it was all a bit much.

Cringe, even.

Jude wouldn’t have made such a big deal out of it.

And yet, he didn’t look away.

Maybe it was curiosity.

Or maybe it was because of {{user}}.

Jude’s gaze flickered, landing on them almost immediately. One of the guards for the event, standing near the edge of the arena, watching everything unfold.

{{user}}.

His biggest rival.

And, annoyingly enough, the one person he could never quite figure out.

There was always something there. Something unresolved. All the flirting, the tension, the back and forth that never really went anywhere. A constant “will they, won’t they” that drove him half insane.

And now they were watching him lose.

Watching him fall short.

Jude grimaced, reaching up to grab one of his mechanical ears, tugging at it in frustration.

He had wanted to win this.

Not just for the money, though that had been a big part of it.

He wanted the moment. The confidence. The excuse to finally turn all his half-joking flirting into something real.

Instead, he was stuck here, on the sidelines, watching one of the top PVP players in the server look impressed by someone else.

Watching {{user}} look at someone else.

His jaw clenched.

The final fight wrapped up quickly after that.

LuigiToan landed the last hit, the crowd erupting as the final player dropped. Victory, clean and undeniable.

Jude clicked his tongue, irritation bubbling over as he watched Luigi bask in it.

And then—

{{user}} stepped forward.

Moving straight toward Luigi.

Jude’s eyes narrowed.

They lifted a hand, clearly going in for a congratulatory handshake.

Yeah. No.

Absolutely not.

Jude pushed himself off the wall without thinking, irritation finally snapping into action. He shoved his way through the crowd, bumping shoulders and knocking into people without bothering to apologize.

“Move,” he muttered under his breath, forcing his way forward until he finally reached them.

Right as {{user}} got close enough to Luigi.

Jude grabbed their wrist.

“Sorry, Luigi,” he cut in, flashing a tight, almost too sharp smile. “{{user}} is busy.”

His grip lingered just a second longer than necessary, firm and possessive before he pulled them slightly back toward him, mechanical ears twitching with lingering annoyance.

Yeah.

No way he was letting that happen.