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Westenev

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I'm still debating how thermo-based powers might be used - or the limits to this ability. As far as I'm aware, this is rarely a power on its own unless it's beefed up to extraordinary levels. The two main uses for this ability (that I know of) manipulate ice and fire - or the surrounding environment to create weather based abilities (usually involving shooting lightning everywhere due to some pseudoscience about heating/"exciting" air molecules).

Of course, if you could change entropy on that scale, why not just directly cook your opponent at over 200 degrees, or dump coolant everywhere freeze everything sub zero telepathically?
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30-Jul-2016 05:25:02 - Last edited on 30-Jul-2016 05:28:08 by Westenev

Inferi

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Fysyx said :
In a trend of discussion missing from my last few posts, I have some questions. Would we know any of the subjects who survived? I know I wouldn't know that, for instance, Kai and Allen survived, but would it be reasonable if we had all at least briefly met, or do we want to go a little bit more tabula rasa? I've been watching too many intellectual YouTube vids late at night, wow. Also, how long, especially concerning practice time, have we had our powers? Had they manifested before the big sleep, or do we wake up, crackling with powerful energies?

If you guys want to know each other, I have absolutely no issue with it. The facility isn't huge, so it's more than likely most people would, at the very least, be aware of each other.

As for powers, my original thought was that people already knew basic control of what they had. Some people seem to have thrown that out the window on me, but I'm ok with that if it's what they feel strongly about. Everyone gets their abilities almost instantly upon their arrival at the facility, so the receiving of powers is done pre-sleep. As for practice time, that's really up to what you feel fits best, although nobody is going to have anywhere near master-level control yet.

Westenev said :
Of course, if you could change entropy on that scale, why not just directly cook your opponent at over 200 degrees, or dump coolant everywhere freeze everything sub zero telepathically?

The only thing that's really stopping you right now is the energy exchange and your lack of mastery with the ability. Those were both options that I had in mind when I came up with the ability. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

30-Jul-2016 05:35:55

Fysyx

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Azi Demonica said :
I was thinking of an RP ... like an old-school horror film...

You can post whenever you want Fys. There's always calm waters here. Oh, and if anyone assumes I am angry or inflammatory, as the mod earlier seemed to have suggested (it also mentioned it should not have to remind us about what isn't welcome, but everything is welcome in my standards), I do not post criticisms with hatred, I post what I type as I would speak in real-life. I am very open, very direct, and very critical when I speak, as you all know. This is the most honest approach to all things.
I don't watch many horror movies, so I don't know the tropes and conventions, and so I personally wouldn't be all that interested in a thread of that nature. I'm personally drawn to your other threads, though this one seems like a good idea. However, I couldn't tell if the context was you wanting to make a thread like that, or you just imagining one, so I could have this entirely wrong.


My post was a little joking in nature, but that's probably impossible to determine because, concerning the post's short composition, comparatively of how much truth was in that post. I know that ultimately this is just a forum on a video game's website, and the worst that could possibly happen here is my account getting banned, but I dislike conflict, and so I want it to be resolved, but I have a historically bad record with resolving conflict well, so I avoid it all together. Another aspect was that I felt as if I had nothing especially interesting or insightful to add while it was transpiring, and a personal (unhealthy) obsession of mine is politeness, to the point where I have been known to write, rewrite, and fret over even the tiniest paragraphs to try and remove all semblance of impoliteness, whether it be through (my perceived) rudeness, greediness, clinginess, or what have you. This usually devolves into belittling myself instead of fixing problems. 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND

30-Jul-2016 06:25:45

Fysyx

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I do appreciate your very open opinions, (I feel as if what I'm reading is extremely close to what you're thinking, which is (in my experience) inherently difficult on the internet, and while I might not always agree with you, I appreciate that verisimilitude in your posts. That entire concept is wrapped in several layers of subjectivity, though, so take that for what it's worth.) and while I likely need a little more of that kind of outlook to become a better, more well-rounded thinker, reading through that ordeal as it was happening was excruciating for me. I (figuratively) died when I read your post, refreshed the page, and saw it had been removed. The last 9 or so pages were also not fun. It's kind of just been a relative emotional rollercoaster, and while it hasn't really affected me in real life, I definitely felt a need to write this post to let me think out my feelings. This doesn't even do it justice; I had many better thoughts and points to make while I was typing that disappeared when trying to write about different things. 404 SIGNATURE NOT FOUND

30-Jul-2016 06:26:22

Fysyx

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wakkace said :
Fysyx said :
In a trend of discussion missing from my last few posts, I have some questions. Would we know any of the subjects who survived? I know I wouldn't know that, for instance, Kai and Allen survived, but would it be reasonable if we had all at least briefly met, or do we want to go a little bit more [blankly]?

i was thinking would know my character personally but most likely not at all since she's an extremely late arrival (spoiler)

If you'd like, we could've seen each other at the cafeteria one time or something?


Also, as I was scrolling down, I totally thought you were going to troll me.

Inferi said :
Fysyx said :
In a trend of discussion missing from my last few posts, I have some questions...

If you guys want to know each other, I have absolutely no issue with it. The facility isn't huge, so it's more than likely most people would, at the very least, be aware of each other.

As for powers, my original thought was that people already knew basic control of what they had. Some people seem to have thrown that out the window on me, but I'm ok with that if it's what they feel strongly about. Everyone gets their abilities almost instantly upon their arrival at the facility, so the receiving of powers is done pre-sleep. As for practice time, that's really up to what you feel fits best, although nobody is going to have anywhere near master-level control yet.

Sounds cool, kind of what I expected.

I don't think that Max would know much more than what you wrote specifically about his power. While he is the practice type, he's not exactly the study type, and he hasn't truly needed to practice much. He was probably just getting attuned to his new life in the facility when the big sleep happened.

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30-Jul-2016 06:42:31

Azi Demonica

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Fys, I don't blame you on either my RP idea or your views on my posts. All your points are spot-on, and you are very kind to put so much effort into forming your posts to be positive and sincere. I used to be like that as well, spending lots of time to make sure everything I say was neat and nice, but I lost the patience for that. Maybe the past ten pages or so are painful, but for me, it is like real-life talking, and so, nothing special.

This is mostly due to real-life problems I've had with really bad people, and I soon realized that it's not worth "being nice" in a general sense. Sometimes, you have to be tough. Sometimes, you have to be a hard-ass. Sometimes, you have to be rude. Sometimes, you have to be critical in a negative manner, just for the sake of sending a very strong message across.

In my life, argument, insults and criticism directed against me I just don't view as threatening. I tend to be unemotional and critical over behavior, maybe even too much, but that's what I feel is the most honest thing to do. I dislike when people don't tell me things or keep their opinion back. For me, if someone has something to say, they should say it.

I think this is what happens when you read too much Greek philosophy: you become so accustomed to critical analyses, argument and philosophy, that you just end up fearlessly open to all challenges, and I am. But I also study Hagakure, Book of Five Rings, and medieval European combat treatises, so challenges are just things I go through daily; I incorporate a challenger's mentality to everything I do.

I learned that, when you live this kind of life, either two things will happen: you grow as an individual, or become, what I consider, a domesticated human. Domestication is weakness; adversity is strength.

Anyways, thank-you for your views, they are good.

30-Jul-2016 07:19:39 - Last edited on 30-Jul-2016 07:20:17 by Azi Demonica

Sir Duncan88

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BTW I was thinking about making a thread relating to the let's build one I made recently. It could have a collection of short stories relating to the world it's set in, which I'm thinking of calling Heredia or something like that.

This would be another way to post info about the world and develop it. The posts we've made on the RP thread, I honestly think are more like short stories, so we could put them on the short stories thread instead.

Anyone who wants to add their own story should be able to, obviously, as long as it logically fits into the setting; I'll include an intro with info about the world first.

The idea is that it's a kind of community owned world, if you want to write a story about it, you can, and if you want to make your own RP, you can. If you're unsure about your RP fitting in, the world can be expanded.

I had thought about asking players to post stories here first, but that's not really what the threads for, and following recent events, I'd rather play it safe.

30-Jul-2016 09:43:37

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