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Nov 20, 2012 20:49:40 GMT -5
Post by wanderingDreamer on Nov 20, 2012 20:49:40 GMT -5
Oh. Well drat. There went my insane idea of breaking something ridiculously cheap and then re-selling the shards.
Heh, luckily for me, I already have an Array fetch modus. I also have a Pictionary and... Uh... Scrabble, I think, fetch modus lying around somewhere. Mom found 'em while yard saleing. I think I threw my Pictionary fetch modus into my closet after drawing my Nth Johnny Five ghost image while trying to pack up an action figure. And I think I somehow Captchalogued my Scrabble fetch modus inside itself. I did a lot of weird things as a kid. Still don't know how I managed that. After that, I complained, and my folks went out and bought me an Array fetch modus. I've gotten teased for using it, but... Meh. More convenient, and less liable of throwing some school books at my face at God-Knows-How-Many MPH. Saw it happen to a guy once. Some schmuck with a Stack modus. Tried picking up his bookbag, Captchalogued it, and got a face full of go-cart. Wasn't pretty.
So... I am capable of using several types of weapons at any one time, that's good to know.
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Nov 20, 2012 21:18:04 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 20, 2012 21:18:04 GMT -5
You have pictionary? Oh man that thing is so sicknasty for alchemists it's amazing. That modus is the dream of every alchemist.
Except for some reason half of everything I draw is a ghost image of Charles Dutton. What the hell?
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Nov 20, 2012 22:12:02 GMT -5
Post by cannonOverload on Nov 20, 2012 22:12:02 GMT -5
I've gotten teased for using it, but... Meh. More convenient, and less liable of throwing some school books at my face at God-Knows-How-Many MPH. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BASIS FOR SOME PLAYERS FIGHTING STYLE. BY LAUNCHING DISHWASHERS AND HEAVY APPLIANCES AT ENEMIES. LIKE A RAIL GUN. IT'S TERRIFYING. YOU CAN CARRY UP TO 4 SPECIBI IN-BETWEEN SESSIONS. FOR ALCHEMIZATION POTENTIAL, ANIME IS ON PAR WITH, IF NOT BETTER THAN, VIDEO GAMES. WITH YOUR STOCKPILE OF VIDEO GAMES, YOU WILL BE A PRIME SOURCE FOR EQUIPMENT UPGRADES.
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Nov 20, 2012 23:30:22 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 20, 2012 23:30:22 GMT -5
Eh, dishwashers and washing machines work, I guess, but where it's AT is vehicles.
Toss a few steamrollers at the black king and you can usually wipe the smug grin from his stupid face.
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Nov 20, 2012 23:57:11 GMT -5
Post by cannonOverload on Nov 20, 2012 23:57:11 GMT -5
WHILE VEHICLES WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE, I DON'T THINK MANY PLAYERS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ANY AT THE START, APPLIANCES ARE JUST MORE READILY AVAILABLE.
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Nov 21, 2012 1:10:45 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 21, 2012 1:10:45 GMT -5
You're kidding, right? Just grab your guardian's car. I mean, it's not as good as a steamroller, but I will admit those do require some serious shenanigans to get.
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Nov 21, 2012 15:05:58 GMT -5
Post by wanderingDreamer on Nov 21, 2012 15:05:58 GMT -5
Don't have much in the way of anime, sadly. I have a couple of the earlier Naruto: Shippuden box sets, but that's about it. I have a ton of video games. Well, I think I do. Derek has more of the newer games. I have older ones. Major franchises I can list off my head are Jak and Daxter(1, 2, and 3), Final Fantasy(All barring III, VII: Dirge of Cerberus, VII: Crisis Core, Tactics A2, and both Dissidia games), Kingdom Hearts(Barring the latest one and Chain of Memories. I have Re:CoM, though), Tony Hawk Pro Skater/Underground, Sims, aaand... Chrono Trigger/Cross. Oh, and Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition. And Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
Pictionary? Good? For alchemists, maybe. My friend SWEARS by it. Me? Not so much. I kept wasting Captchalogue cards. Are you aware of how hard it is to draw a backpack? Very hard, apparently! I kept getting ghost images of slings, parachutes, one time a suit of Iron Man armor... It was stupid.
I... Ah... Don't think my dad would be happy about me using his car as a projectile. Can I, like, alchemize duplicates or something? While we're on the topic of heavy objects, if I had a lead weight and I were to combine it with something, would that make a Lead [Object]? [Object]-shaped Lead Weight? Or would it vary depending on the order?
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Nov 21, 2012 23:00:06 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 21, 2012 23:00:06 GMT -5
By the time launching his car at things is an option, he'll have bigger concerns, such as "Where is my house?" If he wasn't home when you start playing, and "Where is the world?" If he is.
Besides... uh... is your Dad the primary person who takes care of you?
Most first-time players have a primary "Guardian" who looks after and raises them. For human players it's usually a parent, grandparent, uncle or aunt, or older sibling.
In many sessions, the actions of your guardians have a strong impact on the development, creation, or even events of Sburb when it begins.
Of course, universally, things end in.......
I don't want to talk about it.
On topic: You can duplicate anything if you have it's Captcha code, even the car, so find your pictionary and start drawing everything you want more of, because the ghost image has the captcha. Even if it ends in a few Johnny 5s.
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Nov 21, 2012 23:28:01 GMT -5
Post by cannonOverload on Nov 21, 2012 23:28:01 GMT -5
I... Ah... Don't think my dad would be happy about me using his car as a projectile. Can I, like, alchemize duplicates or something. YES, YOU CAN ALCHEMIZE DUPLICATES. ...YOUR FATHER WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM, SADLY. ANY NON-PLAYERS BROUGHT IN TO THE GAME ARE TIMELINE DOOMED. THE REST OF YOUR RACE, WHO YOU WILL LEAVE BEHIND? TOTAL EXTINCTION. YOUR HOMEWORLD, WHERE YOU GREW UP? GLOBAL STERILIZATION. EVEN WHEN ALL PLAYERS ENTER THE MEDIUM, THE GAME WILL NOT STOP THE DOOMSDAY EVENT. IT WILL CONTINUE, AND ESCALATE, UNTIL YOUR ENTIRE RACE IS DEAD. WELCOME TO SBURB. I'M SORRY.*HAND ON CHEST, OPTICS OFF* MAY [The Grid] INSPIRE US, MAY [The Nu l] OBSCURE US, MAY [The Haze] MULTIPLY US, MAY [The Pulse] DEFEND US, MAY [The Breeze] CLEAR OUR WAY, MAY [The Soul] COMFORT US, MAY [The Groove] DRIVE US, MAY [The Shade] CALM US, MAY [The Wave] GIVE US STRENGTH, MAY [The Break] SHATTER OUR OPPOSITION, MAY [The Blight] CONDEMN OUR ENEMIES, MAY [The Wrath] INTIMIDATE OUR ENEMIES, MAY [The Growth] RESTORE US, MAY [The Voices] FREE US, MAY [The Shine] FAVOR US, MAY [The Word] RESTRICT OUR ENEMIES, MAY [The Path] INFORM US, MAY [The Faith] GUIDE US, MAY [The Beat] AGE OUR ENEMIES, MAY [The World] ENCIRCLE US, MAY [The Drift] DRAW US TOGETHER, AND MAY [The Strife] REJECT OUR FINAL END.
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Nov 21, 2012 23:35:22 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 21, 2012 23:35:22 GMT -5
Don't say things like that!
Nobody who isn't a breath player with <Eye of The Storm> needs THAT burdening their mind when they're trying to prepare for Sburb.
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Nov 22, 2012 0:10:47 GMT -5
Post by cannonOverload on Nov 22, 2012 0:10:47 GMT -5
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS...
WHEN YOU WARN SOMEONE OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN...
SO THEY CAN PREPARE FOR IT, AND SAY THEIR GOODBYES...
AND THEY JUST...
JUST...
IGNORE YOU?! BRUSH YOU AWAY?!
THEY GO "PSHAW, BULLSHIT.", OR "STOP BEING PESSIMISTIC."
I TELL THEM THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
BUT. THEY. NEVER. FUCKING. LISTEN!
AND WHEN IT FINALLY HAPPENS.
THEY COME BACK.
SCREAMING; "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!"
I BRING UP MY PREVIOUS POINT. AND THEY JUST SIT THERE. STARING.
"I TOLD YOU SO", I SAY.
AND THEN. AND ONLY THEN. DO THEY FINALLY START LISTENING.
JUST...
FUCK.
WHY?
WHY...
*FIST BANGING ON TABLE, HEAD DOWN, SOBBING NOISES*
WHY KIDS?
WHY DOES THIS GAME TORTURE CHILDREN LIKE THIS?
NO ONE DESERVES THIS HORRID FATE...
NO ONE...
*SOBBING*
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Nov 22, 2012 0:40:23 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 22, 2012 0:40:23 GMT -5
It's....
cO.
At least among humans from pre-scratch cultures, especially in what was America in my session, we're taught we're special. Unique. That the rules don't quite apply to us.
And you know, in a way it's true, because normal people don't get to play Sburb. Or at least they don't even live to where they enter the medium bar some really rare glitches that occur particularly often around fedoras.
So when there's so much evidence that we're destined heroes - because we are - and that we can accomplish damn near anything - because we can - is it really that much of a surprise that people forget their place?
When the rules don't apply to you, when you can play a game that drops meteors on the rest of your world, when you can literally become a god it's real easy to forget that there are things you can't circumvent.
Since the cat's out of the bag, I'll lay it out in the coldest, plainest way possible for you, wD.
Everyone in the entire world who isn't playing Sburb is going to die.
Can they survive through a glitch? A scientist would see the probability and say "No".
I can tell you that it's more likely that if a drunken god were to look into our universe and randomly fire a pool ball that magically couldn't lose momentum...
You've got a better chance of that ball hitting Sol than you do of saving anyone.
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Nov 22, 2012 2:34:47 GMT -5
Post by wanderingDreamer on Nov 22, 2012 2:34:47 GMT -5
He knows. That panic attack he had? Wasn't from realizing he was going to play Sburb. It was from realizing everyone and everything he loved was going to die. Even if, by some miracle, they survived the meteor barrage, they would be doomed to die in some post-apocalyptic wasteland. His grandma he visited? Dead. He was practically begging for some advice from her from beyond the grave.
Humanity, it may be stubborn, but even the most stubborn weed can be snuffed out under the proper conditions. It was doomed to die, anyway. It just would have taken six billion years for the sun to go supernova.
The thing you guys have to know about James, he can pick apart a plan from minor details that pop up, little snags the most people skim over. He's been reading the fora. He knows what could happen, and what WILL happen to Earth.
The cat may be out of the bag, but he scratched it's ears a couple of pages ago.
His plan to send his sister out is twofold, to give her some slim chance to survive, and so he doesn't have to see her die. To be honest, the only thing keeping his emotions in check at this point is the fact he's planning. Planning to keep everyone he can alive, so that he can keep their deaths off his conscience. He's shoving all else, panic and depression included, onto a side-burner so he can focus on this.
I know, as a Witch, I have my own agenda. As a Witch of Time, I have agenda-based Time Shenanigans to do. I also just got the ever-loving shit beaten out of me by a berserking James because I kept undermining his authority as our unanimously elected leader and botching his plans to high heaven. He was apparently five seconds away from doing a point-blank Atomic Bonsai on me when our Heir of Breath choked him out. Took our Page of Heart and Seer of Mind working in tandem to explain. I just ducked out of the resulting feelings jam(or whatever the heck you call a mass-therapy session) to wrap up some shenanigans. Wound up in James's tower, saw he forgot to log out, and decided to post. (In his defense... No one comes up here. Either out of respect, fear[Either of him in general or his shirtless disco skills], or because there's something like eleven bajillion stairs you have to take to get up here. I'm up here because I nabbed a pair of repulsor greaves.)
This particular post is basically invisible to James until he enters the Medium, but the little snot will probably notice something, like the post count skipping from #56 to #58, or one of you will quote or respond to this thing. Doesn't particularly matter, it'll only be four days.
And yes, I have complicated things horrendously. Horribly, horribly so. Because I didn't listen.
I've learned my lesson, I will never be as blunt with my disobedience ever again. I will be more subtle in my personal timeline's future. And try to avoid screwing up James's plans. For a kid four years younger than me, he has a mean right hook.
Going to go ahead and mention that, while he has an 'entire' family consisting of a brother, sister, a mom and a dad, his sister goes to a nearby college full-time, his mother vanishes during most of the day to God knows where, his dad works most of the week at a laboratory for some big-name company, so his brother practically raised him. Still had influences from his parents, such as the planning ahead schtick, but he's practically a clone of his brother.
This has been the Witch of Time, signing off before I give out too many details.
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Nov 22, 2012 3:19:17 GMT -5
Post by unfathomableArchitect on Nov 22, 2012 3:19:17 GMT -5
<BLOCKED CONTENT FROM wanderingDreamer UNTIL PREVIOUS POST IS UNBLOCKED: ...And in posting here and providing me with a single piece of information, you have assuredly completed another time loop. Great. More time shenanigans.
Anyways, don't beat yourself up. Every witch complicates things.>
Hey kid.
You're the Guide of Time, and the party starts in four days. Don't bother asking who my information source is, since I won't tell you.
Also, this isn't from my source, but...
If you bring your sister in with you, you might be able to aim the hand of that drunken god I mentioned earlier. I can't tell you why, I just want to ask you to have hope and Faith.
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Nov 22, 2012 19:09:03 GMT -5
Post by wanderingDreamer on Nov 22, 2012 19:09:03 GMT -5
...Guide of... Time? What? You mean Guide of Space, right?
Sorry for the delay, had to stay up late to contact Derek. He gave me the names of the people he was sending the extra copies of Sburb to.
Besides him(Derek Long, Age 19), we have Jack Bowie, age 16. John Jameson(Me), Age 15. Jake Daniels, age 17 Jane Allen, age 19 and Danielle Brown, Age 18.
...Uh... Odd... I thought the group was supposed to be balanced with a 3:3 Boy:Girl ratio. Glitch?
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