What is the silencer effect?

Question

THey had something about it in teh anime R.O.D. the TV.

it was demonstrated by having cards placed up right straight perpundicular from the ground. two collumns with equal number of cards and equal spacing.

this made it so that the space between the two collumns would not receive sound from outside

how does this work?

to check out what i mean http://youtube.com/watch?v=GGUKjY9jmhU

Answer 1

Silencer Effects

Exactly what does the Silencer's power prevent? In most cases, the power is clear, but there are plenty of times when it isn't. Any attempt at a deal is an automatic failure. Normal play of cards that need no explanation is allowed. Any card or other game part with an ambiguity, such as one that needs the player to specify a target of player of effect (like the Plague Edict) are prohibited by the Silencer because they need some form of communication to identify which player is affected.

The Silencer DOES stop these powers:

Anomaly (partially)
Aura
Berserker (challenges)
Calculator
Chronos
Crytal
Delegator
Demon
Dictator
Diplomat
Doppelganger
Extortionist
Force
Gnome
Grudge (if choice)
Healer
Hurtz
Judge
Lloyd
Loser
Magnet
Mesmer
Mind
Mirror
Mutant (from other players)
Negator
Obverse
Pavlov
Phantom
Philanthropist
Pirate
Plant
Prolong
Prophet
Queue (timing)
Seeker
Serpent
Silencer
Siren
Skeptic
Sniveler
Sting
Trader
Visionary
Will (if base has more than one color)
Witch
Wrack

The Silencer does NOT stop these powers:

Amoeba
Anomaly (partially)
Anti-Matter
Aristocrat
Assassin
Berserker (card value)
Boomerand
Bully
Busybody
Butler
Cavalry
Changeling
Chosen
Clone
Connoisseur
Deuce
Disease
Dragon
Empath
Entrepeneur
Ethic
Filch
Filth
Fungus
Gambler
Ghost
Gorgon
Grief
Grudge (if only one)
Industrialist
Insect (depends on power being copied)
Laser
Machine
Macron
Miser
Mutant (from deck)
Oracle
Pacifist
Parasite
Pentaform
Queue (turn order)
Reincarnator
Reserve
Schizoid
Sorcerer
Spiff
Subversive
Symbiote
Terrorist
Vacuum
Vampire
Virus
Void
Vulch
Warpish
Warrior
Will (if target base has only one color)
Worm
Wraith
Zombie

Answer 2

The Silencer Effect in most tech games refers to various powers a player does and doesn't have. Here is a site you can check: http://www.redamedia.com/warp/silencer.php3

In normal everyday terms it is a device to cut down on noise. In the olden days when musicians practiced in their basements or garages, noise was cut by using egg carton trays on the walls and ceiling. Sound travels in waves and bounces off hard shiny surfaces, it's called reverberation. The egg carton trays absorb the sound and keeps it from bouncing or reverbing.

If you notice in the anime, the floor, walls, and ceiling were hard and shiny, sound bounced everywhere and focused on the soft tissue of the humans. By putting the cards at right angles to the floor, it is assumed the originating sound came from the front or back of the room. I expect it was for effect. The sound bounced off the cards, back and forth until it was dissipated and could cause no harm. That is the theory.

This is also how the silencers on guns work also. It cuts the noise by absorbing the sound waves.

Hope this helps.