Pokemon Umbral Discussion 38: Shenanigans At Dawn, Sir! - Page 6

Geminex · 08-23-2010, 11:57 PM

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I mean seriously, who gets their jollies from softcore pokeporn and five losers bickering pointlessly about Pokemon who has the biggest penis? (I do.)

Well, Krylo apparently. And Steel Shadow.

Y'know, we could always put on a show for them.

Ooh, Drac. You're so impudent. My anger with you knows no bounds.
With Bard standing alongside me, your resistance is futile. It would be a far better choice to...
yield.

And then I threw up.

Ok, but seriously, I propose that we rename the threads from "Pokemon Umbral Disucission #xx" to "Umbral Theatre #xx". Just because.

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because goddamnit that asshole snuck past my defenses because I thought he was going to zig and he zagged, and fucked up two of my liberated cities and destroyed my carefully cultivated rep in one turn and arrrrgh!

Totally wouldn't have happened to me.

Dracorion · 08-24-2010, 12:01 AM

It appears we've become...
*puts on sunglasses*
... the butt of all the jokes.

*slow motion walk away, EXPLOSIONS*

I don't know why I did that.

Anyway, the last thing I want is to have to fail utterly at everything, Gem! Sometimes, I want to actually get something done by annoying someone into doing it for me!

Krylo · 08-23-2010, 11:59 PM

=[

/wrists

Menarker · 08-24-2010, 12:02 AM

Wasn't Fifthfiend also one of the audience way back in discussion 12 or so? Pretended to ask to join and claimed he had "concept arts" and all that ready for us?

Hehe, quite a while ago.

Makes you wonder who else read our stuff.

Dracorion · 08-24-2010, 12:03 AM

To be fair, that could just have been Fifthfiend being Fifthfiend.

Geminex · 08-24-2010, 12:04 AM

Yah. I really wasn't sure if he was just trolling of if he was just trolling HARDER.
I think it was both.

Anyway, this intermission's over, let's get back to business.
And by business, I mean pokemon.

Menarker, what say you?

Dracorion · 08-24-2010, 12:05 AM

SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M TAKING MY TOYS AND GOING HOME.

Menarker · 08-24-2010, 12:08 AM

>_> What the heck do you mean "what say me"? I said that it's really up to AB if he would allow such a system in the first place before I say yay or nay. It was then you got up in my grill about competiveness and then all Krylo broke the fourth wall and everything trolled down to hell!

We're still waiting for AB to respond to multiple questions, least of all being the question asked twice regarding Psy-Renny's Phantom Blessing Protection thing so we can proceed with the RP itself.

Menarker · 08-24-2010, 02:08 AM

Ah, kinda like Xenosaga a bit, the proposed AP system.

Anyhow, I'll check it out in more detail in a bit. Late here.

Geminex · 08-24-2010, 02:42 AM

That... huh.
It's interesting. But see, I think there's one fairly large flaw.

That sort of AP-based system works fairly well, from experience. It's versatile, and emphasizes quick, tactical actions, which get progressively more frequent more than heavy, powerful strategic stuff. It has good potential for fun, I might even prefer it to our current system!

But see...
What we're playing right now, hinges on pokemon. It's getting progressively further removed from it, but it still hinges on it. And pokemon wasn't designed to work with this system.
It'd be possible, of course!
But it'd involve so much rethinking, so much rearranging, so much balancing. We'd have to more or less rewrite and rebalance the entire rulebook, it seems. Assigning an AP cost to every possible action, balancing those, rooting out all the pokemon attacks that'd break the system, balancing those...

I dunno, maybe I'm being pessimistic. But I feel it might not be such a good idea, here and now.

Though mind you, if we do decide to go through with it, I'd recommend that we really go for broke and add a Tactical Combat System. I've been thinking that we could totally treat this like a tabletop combat RPG, and include terrain and ranges in our battles.

08-24-2010, 12:01 AM	#2
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	It appears we've become... puts on sunglasses ... the butt of all the jokes. slow motion walk away, EXPLOSIONS I don't know why I did that. Anyway, the last thing I want is to have to fail utterly at everything, Gem! Sometimes, I want to actually get something done by annoying someone into doing it for me! __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away.

08-23-2010, 11:59 PM	#3
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	=[ /wrists __________________ I am very tired.

08-24-2010, 12:02 AM	#4
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	Wasn't Fifthfiend also one of the audience way back in discussion 12 or so? Pretended to ask to join and claimed he had "concept arts" and all that ready for us? Hehe, quite a while ago. Makes you wonder who else read our stuff. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL!

08-24-2010, 12:03 AM	#5
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	To be fair, that could just have been Fifthfiend being Fifthfiend. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away.

08-24-2010, 12:05 AM	#7
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M TAKING MY TOYS AND GOING HOME. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away.

08-24-2010, 12:04 AM	#6
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Yah. I really wasn't sure if he was just trolling of if he was just trolling HARDER. I think it was both. Anyway, this intermission's over, let's get back to business. And by business, I mean pokemon. Menarker, what say you?

08-24-2010, 12:08 AM	#8
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	>_> What the heck do you mean "what say me"? I said that it's really up to AB if he would allow such a system in the first place before I say yay or nay. It was then you got up in my grill about competiveness and then all Krylo broke the fourth wall and everything trolled down to hell! We're still waiting for AB to respond to multiple questions, least of all being the question asked twice regarding Psy-Renny's Phantom Blessing Protection thing so we can proceed with the RP itself. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL! Last edited by Menarker; 08-24-2010 at 12:11 AM.

08-24-2010, 02:08 AM	#9
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	Ah, kinda like Xenosaga a bit, the proposed AP system. Anyhow, I'll check it out in more detail in a bit. Late here. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL!

08-24-2010, 02:42 AM	#10
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	That... huh. It's interesting. But see, I think there's one fairly large flaw. That sort of AP-based system works fairly well, from experience. It's versatile, and emphasizes quick, tactical actions, which get progressively more frequent more than heavy, powerful strategic stuff. It has good potential for fun, I might even prefer it to our current system! But see... What we're playing right now, hinges on pokemon. It's getting progressively further removed from it, but it still hinges on it. And pokemon wasn't designed to work with this system. It'd be possible, of course! But it'd involve so much rethinking, so much rearranging, so much balancing. We'd have to more or less rewrite and rebalance the entire rulebook, it seems. Assigning an AP cost to every possible action, balancing those, rooting out all the pokemon attacks that'd break the system, balancing those... I dunno, maybe I'm being pessimistic. But I feel it might not be such a good idea, here and now. Though mind you, if we do decide to go through with it, I'd recommend that we really go for broke and add a Tactical Combat System. I've been thinking that we could totally treat this like a tabletop combat RPG, and include terrain and ranges in our battles.