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Hguoh
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It’s entirely insidious, and doesn’t require them to be very powerful at all.
I dunno, that arm hurt pretty bad
But really, how conscious is it? Is it aware of individuals the same way we are? Is it akin to Darth Nihilus in KotOR II and just senses life energy and swims towards it to feed? Is thinking of when it first appeared in terms of universal revisions even valid? To my last question, I don't think it is - we saw those stars. They were not our stars. It's not from within a black nothingness that Xau-Tak has reached into our realm, which is I think where a lot of people's thoughts have been (mine included, until that moment) - that it was just sitting out in empty space, waiting for something to Eat.
Where did Guthix talking about trying to whack Xau-Tak out of that planet come up? I want to reread that.
But yes. I've been of a like mind as you and Wahisietel. Discussing it as a 'god' rather than something like a force of (un)nature is pretty much a waste of time. And boring! It's so dull to try to force something never-before-seen into the unfortunate categories that Jagex provided.
I've posted a paraphrase of the paragraph above in this thread before, sheesh. It's a lot, at this point, to expect people new to this fascinating beastie to read all 92 pages, but still. Continual disappointment is the spice of life.
It’s entirely insidious, and doesn’t require them to be very powerful at all.
I dunno, that arm hurt pretty bad
But really, how conscious is it? Is it aware of individuals the same way we are? Is it akin to Darth Nihilus in KotOR II and just senses life energy and swims towards it to feed? Is thinking of when it first appeared in terms of universal revisions even valid? To my last question, I don't think it is - we saw those stars. They were not our stars. It's not from within a black nothingness that Xau-Tak has reached into our realm, which is I think where a lot of people's thoughts have been (mine included, until that moment) - that it was just sitting out in empty space, waiting for something to Eat.
Where did Guthix talking about trying to whack Xau-Tak out of that planet come up? I want to reread that.
But yes. I've been of a like mind as you and Wahisietel. Discussing it as a 'god' rather than something like a force of (un)nature is pretty much a waste of time. And boring! It's so dull to try to force something never-before-seen into the unfortunate categories that Jagex provided.
I've posted a paraphrase of the paragraph above in this thread before, sheesh. It's a lot, at this point, to expect people new to this fascinating beastie to read all 92 pages, but still. Continual disappointment is the spice of life.
23-Mar-2018 04:26:42
Handkerchief
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Hguoh said :
It’s entirely insidious, and doesn’t require them to be very powerful at all.
I dunno, that arm hurt pretty bad
But was it even real? The ones in the fight disappear mid-strike if you recover your sanity enough (at least they did for me). Rabid Jack himself says that the glimpse of the arm was meant to drive us utterly gibbering mad, and hallucinations popped up everywhere in the fight.
Hguoh said :
It’s entirely insidious, and doesn’t require them to be very powerful at all.
I dunno, that arm hurt pretty bad
But was it even real? The ones in the fight disappear mid-strike if you recover your sanity enough (at least they did for me). Rabid Jack himself says that the glimpse of the arm was meant to drive us utterly gibbering mad, and hallucinations popped up everywhere in the fight.
23-Mar-2018 12:02:10
Hguoh
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Handkerchief said :
Hguoh said :
It’s entirely insidious, and doesn’t require them to be very powerful at all.
I dunno, that arm hurt pretty bad
But was it even real? The ones in the fight disappear mid-strike if you recover your sanity enough (at least they did for me). Rabid Jack himself says that the glimpse of the arm was meant to drive us utterly gibbering mad, and hallucinations popped up everywhere in the fight.
Oooh, nice. Sentient beings can only perceive it as 'something' trying to get us and our weak CNS goes with arms. But... if it's the sight of the arms that's making us nuts, maybe that's more 'real' than anything else? They're the only recurring description and visualization we get - I think it's a lot to expect that everything from Player to Dragonkin has an identical hallucination.
How insane did you let yourself get? I let it get to 5 stacks where the camera totally flips - does it go beyond that? Continual disappointment is the spice of life.
Handkerchief said :
Hguoh said :
It’s entirely insidious, and doesn’t require them to be very powerful at all.
I dunno, that arm hurt pretty bad
But was it even real? The ones in the fight disappear mid-strike if you recover your sanity enough (at least they did for me). Rabid Jack himself says that the glimpse of the arm was meant to drive us utterly gibbering mad, and hallucinations popped up everywhere in the fight.
Oooh, nice. Sentient beings can only perceive it as 'something' trying to get us and our weak CNS goes with arms. But... if it's the sight of the arms that's making us nuts, maybe that's more 'real' than anything else? They're the only recurring description and visualization we get - I think it's a lot to expect that everything from Player to Dragonkin has an identical hallucination.
How insane did you let yourself get? I let it get to 5 stacks where the camera totally flips - does it go beyond that? Continual disappointment is the spice of life.
23-Mar-2018 12:14:42
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