This just occurred to me, and I think it's important to raise the issue well in advance.

Cindy the Cheer-Orc's "Top of the Pyramid" ability grants a DPS bonus to every crusader in the formation, based on their distance from Cindy, calculated by the number of adjacent slots you must pass through to reach the target.

In the event formation for Nate's Candy Conundrum, there is one slot that is not adjacent to *any* other slots, making such path-tracing impossible.

How is Cindy's "Top of the Pyramid" bonus calculated if she is in that slot?

If I had to guess, it would probably be calculated as if it were adjacent since Cindy's ability is based on distance, not directly based on "number of adjacent slots". The latter description is just a way to phrase it to better understand how the ability works.

HOWEVER, I can also see the logic of the slot being truly detached if the purpose is to keep that slot entirely separate.

She would not affect any Crusaders, because that spot is wholly isolated.

There's no slots adjacent to her to start counting from, so there's no slots to count out distance.

I believe Pete's Bad Joke ability only buffed himself last year, if he was in that spot.