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    Pahrak Model ZX

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    I downloaded it and have had a lot of fun. Had to delete it to make space for Fire Emblem but I'll probably download it again in the future.

     

    Yu-Gi-Oh was the other big thing in my childhood apart from Bionicle, but I only ever followed the original series with Yugi and Kaiba. Couldn't get into GX and didn't care to try with the others.

     

    So seeing all my old favorites again in this app was really a treat.

    Voltex

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    I swear, they stopped selling all my favorite soft drink brands down in the states but they're still available in Canada.

     

    :music:

     

    I think the store I bought this from imported it, since you can't normally find it here.

     

     

    I think you can also get it from those automatic drink machines they've got in certain fast food restaurants, along with just about any pop you can imagine.

     

    Yeah, but soda from the drink machine is never quite the same.

    Voltex

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    While I'm giving role preferences and some very minor concessions to survivors of Season 1, the players will all be starting off on as even footing as possible 

     

    I assume this means that those of us who forged masks last game won't be starting off with those masks? We'll have to waste an episode or two to make some new ones?

     

     

    There's a reason why the Mask of Control isn't mentioned in the first post - and why Pulse has locked up both the Mask of Creation and the Mask of Time...

     

     

     

    Though truth be told, I'm just hoping I'll be able to snag a turaga position... That seems like a nice, quiet, not in the spotlight position.

     

    Good luck with that :P

    Voltex

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    4-No, you do not - most Jungle Protectors would still wear green armor, though they could wear red if they so choose. Burnmad might have conquered the region, but if he tried to enforce every little detail on them he'd be facing an uprising that would almost certainly end with one of the two regions completely destroyed, and that would in turn set off another island-wide war.

     

    What if I legislate that Tekulo, specifically, has to wear featureless, monochrome red?

     

     

    - :burnmad:

     

     

     

    Then you're probably going to wake up one morning to a slit throat

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    Voltex

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    So, I can return to this game as my character from Season one, right? And goof off and do random acts of shenanigans instead of blah blah political game blah blah assassination of the Mask Maker blah blah crazed fire dictator thing?

     

    Would I still have the Mask of Control for the animals? Do I have to wear red armor because I'm fire nation now? Will there be drama, forbidden love and props?

     

    1-Yes, you can continue playing as your character from Season 1 - same as any players who survived the first game.

     

    2-Well, this is a game designed with politics, assassinations, and war in mind, so from the host's perspective, I'd rather the players participate in that?

     

    3-No to the Mask of Control. While I'm giving role preferences and some very minor concessions to survivors of Season 1, the players will all be starting off on as even footing as possible (which still won't be very even, but you'll all figure it out). For objects like the Mask of Control, I have my own plans.

     

    4-No, you do not - most Jungle Protectors would still wear green armor, though they could wear red if they so choose. Burnmad might have conquered the region, but if he tried to enforce every little detail on them he'd be facing an uprising that would almost certainly end with one of the two regions completely destroyed, and that would in turn set off another island-wide war.

     

     

    My question answers/builds on Tekulo's. I know we can assume that players who survived S1, such as Tekulo, will be guaranteed a position in the same region in the sequel. Some players, such as myself, Smoke, FF, presumably Nato-- will get to retain our jobs from last game, as well. However, what happens with players who died? Do they get preference as well, as L&H would seem to imply by mentioning TTL's progeny character? Or do they have to compete with incoming players? Additionally, what happens, considering the established lore, if someone doesn't want to/can't reprise their role from S1?

     

    1-Role preference is only given to players who survived Season 1, and players who won will also receive other minor concessions. You don't need to keep the same job, though; if you decide that Burnmad has retired to become a Turaga, you can do that.

     

    For players who died in Season 1, they'll have to start over with brand new characters. No preferences will be given to them - if TimeLord is not fast enough to claim one of the Jungle spots, then he'll be unable to play his Season 1 character's son (such is the dangers of trying to plan ahead so far).

     

    L&H is somewhat vague following the War for the Throne just in case any survivors don't want to (or can't) reprise their role from Season 1; while most are known to be alive at the current time of the L&H being "published", they could still die or disappear before the events of Season 2 (and a death could, in fact, cause some early Season 2 drama).

     

    If a survivor wants to play a brand new character, that's fine; I'll work out their old character's fate with them, though it could be as simple as their Season 1 character deliberately avoiding the politics of the island.

    Voltex

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    So my character is automatically aware of potential poisons, which ones could be in the drink, how to detect them, and most importantly knows all of this beforehand?

     

    Wow, that would have come in handy before. I guess if I get attacked, I also know perfect martial arts and can knock my opponent out in one blow.

     

     

    Not exactly. More like what Pulse described.

     

     

     

    So, in the case of poison in particular-- would you also have an endurance check to resist the poison? I don't think it would be that bad an idea if poisons just did varying degrees of damage and weakening and only killed outright if you had very low END or were very unlucky. The less completely remote killing, the better, I think.

     

    I will most likely be giving certain players knowledge regarding specific types of poison with varying degrees of effectiveness - mostly those involved with the black market in the Water Region or with producing antidotes in the Stone Region.

     

    One poison might be untraceable but very weak; another might be easily spotted but kill instantly; or maybe there's one that's almost untraceable and kills instantly (though the player using it would need to succeed in a lot of rolls for that one, and I would punish them with the amount of time it would take to acquire).

     

     

     

    Well, it was definitely a bit unfair on the Stone Region and Voxumo, that they got no chance to fight back against their deaths. Checks like these help against that, and also, Voxumo, I think you might have stood a better chance if you had used backdoor PMs more.

     

    Voxumo's limited use of Backdoor PMs definitely played a significant role in his downfall.

     

    Like it or not, the Backdoor PMs are a significant part of the game, and might honestly play a larger role than the Official PMs, especially with regards to planning with other players. To ignore them is to immediately handicap yourself.

    Voltex

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    Since the Jungle only has three players, with one being a back-up ruler, what would be the roles of the other two? I assume they have no Guardian, and that they would have a Diplomat (though mainly for internal Jungle-Fire region relations since they badly need that), and a Turaga, since I imagine Lord Burnmad Aodh doesn't want them to have their own General and there's a Guardian for each of the five currently existing elemental regions. 

     

    As for the Earth Region, since they have no Ruler (as Kulta takes that position), there's one slot left without a role. What of them?

     

    That's a nice map (and wow, the Fire Region is huge now). It's probably nothing, but it's interesting there's an island belonging to nobody below the territory of House Kindle. 

     

    1-For Jungle I haven't fully decided. Obviously one is a Ruler. I'm actually thinking the other two would be a General and a Turaga - as a part of the Fire Region they have no need for their own Diplomat, and likewise they would not contribute a Guardian to the Ancient City.

     

    Their total forces are also still large enough to warrant having their own General, I reckon.

     

    2-The Earth Region still has a Ruler; they just have to clear anything that they say or do with regards to running the region with Kulta first. Kulta is aware that certain places (such as the Ice Region) would not take kindly to its presence, and it is also aware others would be somewhat freaked out by its form, so the Earth Ruler often functions like a Diplomat, taking Kulta's place in any meetings outside of the Earth Region.

     

    3-That island would belong to House Kindle; I didn't intentionally leave it outside of the borders or anything. Any locations not a part of Okoto (say, a certain labyrinth settled to the southeast long ago by a certain Mask Maker) are not on the map.

     

    4-Nice name.

     

    For the most part I like the addition of the stats. The turaga is an interesting role... I still don't approve of backdoor pms, as showcased just how potent they can be in the first game where I basically lost from the start without even knowing those that were suppose to be my allies weren't anymore. But that's an incredibly minor thing. Will alliances be forced to be made through official pms? I think if such things are required it will cut down on the power of backdoor pms considerably.

     

    I don't want to put too many restrictions on the players. I think a part of what made Season 1 so special is how open it was; there are certain restrictions, and with the stats becoming involved Season 2 will be more structured, but I like the freedom that the players have.

     

    I could make alliances something mandatory to form in official PMs, but that fact of the matter is that those same players could go and forge unofficial alliances elsewhere - and if they're clever enough (and trust me, players like Nato and Burnmad, among others, are) they could cover up those unofficial alliances quite easily, so there's not really any point to forcing players to only ally in official PMs.

     

     

    Here's hoping I get killed instantly again

     

    :/

     

    yay

     

    I can't promise that a similar incident won't occur in this game, but I can promise that if it does, it'll be because of your own foolishness (and after careful planning by whichever player is trying to kill you).

     

    With the new stat system in place, for example, when I tell you that someone has poured you a drink, you could make a perception check for poisons; if it is poisoned and you succeed, obviously you would refuse the drink and therefore survive. But if you failed the perception check (or didn't make one at all), you would accept the drink and then die.

     

    Ah, at last. I've been waiting for this. 

     

    I have unfinished business with Kulta and co. 

     

    They're looking forward to meeting you, as well.

     

    Yes finally it's here!

     

    I mean, kind of. The game isn't really here yet. :P

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    Voltex

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    Well if I hadn't been bi before...

    saaaame

     

    Oops and here I am without any green rupees. Can anyone break an orange?

     

    But like seriously, daaaaaang.

    oh yeah

     

    This is disgusting.

     

    This sets an unrealistic standard for young male body image.

     

    I have struggled a long time with my personal body image and I will not abide you posting blogs that continue to lower my self-esteem.

     

     

     

     

    MY EARS JUST AREN'T THAT POINTY, OKAY!  LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME LIVE MY LIFE.

    it's ok

    not everybody can have such perfect, pointy ears

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