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#150576 Crowfall Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:44:29 PM

@ed: Here you go.

He offers very reasonable rates.

#150577 crowlover Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:44:44 PM

@edvedd Link is provided. Arm yourself with knowledge.

EDIT:Ninja'd

edited 8th Apr '12 8:45:05 PM by crowlover

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#150578 edvedd Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:45:29 PM from Over there. Maybe?

I think I heard the Kingson Dededoo joke in passing, but I didn't know it was from there.

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#150579 Kyler Thatch Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:45:56 PM from the bottom of my heart

Is Sunny Sue an actual character, or did you just make it up to sound like Sun Tzu?

I made it up. As far as I know, there is no actual Sunny Sue anywhere.

I'm more interested in villains who know how to put on a good show.

Or hell, episode 1 Discord. There was an outstanding showman.

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#150580 gingerninja 666 Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:46:43 PM from Aboard The Damocles

@David I prefer for a villain to lose like Red Eye did in FE (in hindsight I realize that his defeat was awesome)

He wasn't outsmarted or lost beause the hero did something awesome... they just talked. And the time he spent talking distracted him long enough for another villian's contingency plan to activate. Littlepip didn't go in TRYING to distract him, she just talked to him...

edited 8th Apr '12 8:46:58 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#150581 crowlover Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:46:50 PM

I think it's Kingsonnn

edited 8th Apr '12 8:47:06 PM by crowlover

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#150582 CDRW Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:48:44 PM

Hey Ginger, have you gotten any farther in Project Horizons?

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#150583 storyyeller Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:50:02 PM from Appleloosa

What I don't get is why you won't read HP:Mo R. Mo R!Quirrelmort is probably the most competent villain I've ever seen.

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#150584 gingerninja 666 Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:50:35 PM from Aboard The Damocles

I haven't had access to the Kindle... i just pray the antagonists in this are up to snuff

edited 8th Apr '12 8:50:50 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#150585 Kyler Thatch Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:51:30 PM from the bottom of my heart

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#150586 Psi 001 Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:52:01 PM

@ginger: I tend to prefer the hero actually defeating them through impressive skill, albeit going through enough hardship and effort that you feel they earned it and the villain genuinely put them through the ropes until that point. I don't really like a hero who wins constantly by luck or another person's efforts or stupidity all the time, makes them feel like a Lucky Bastard.

Essentially I like a war between two equally fallible characters, even if they are Butt Monkeys, so long as it is both of them. I'm rarely that big on "Winner vs Loser" dynamics.

edited 8th Apr '12 9:00:05 PM by Psi001

#150587 CDRW Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:53:52 PM

@ Ginger: Darn. The villains are all awesome and up to snuff in their own special ways.

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#150588 Japanese Teeth Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:54:33 PM from Meinong's jungle

I tend to take it story by story on how the villains work. As long as it isn't a total blowout by the heroes I usually don't care how competent the villain is.

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#150589 gingerninja 666 Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:54:38 PM from Aboard The Damocles

in my ideal world, a hero wouldn't do a single awesome thing... oh they could be capable, but the story wouldn't dwell on how cool they are

That's just me though

I hope so

I hear there are no Chessmasters

edited 8th Apr '12 8:55:17 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#150590 crowlover Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:56:24 PM

Wait. They need to overcome the villain as their obstacle. Do you not qualify that as an awesome thing?

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#150591 Crowfall Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:56:45 PM

No offense, but that sounds like a really boring story.

edited 8th Apr '12 8:56:53 PM by Crowfall

#150592 Chadaman 99 Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:56:58 PM

Pshh. The only thing a good villain needs is strength to tear down his foes, and charisma to sway those to his cause.

#150593 CDRW Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:57:28 PM

There's a chessmaster. Whether or not he's manipulating the main characters, or even still alive is another question. It's entirely possible that they're just running into the leftover remnants of his plan. He is one hell of a devious chessmaster though.

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#150594 Psi 001 Sun, 8th Apr '12 8:58:01 PM

@ginger: The problem is often that can still make the villains look bad, since the heroes aren't the cause of their failure anymore. Something else, or themselves have to be the problem.

edited 8th Apr '12 8:58:33 PM by Psi001

#150595 gingerninja 666 Sun, 8th Apr '12 9:00:00 PM from Aboard The Damocles

@Crow Not really, War Of The Worlds was an interesting story.

the villain can be awesome, the side characters can be awesome, but not the main character himself. The protagonist should focus on being an interesting character, not cool and badass...

again, take Red Eye's defeat... did Littlepip defeat Red Eye in an amazingly cool way? Nope. Did her conversation with him make me love her all the more? HELL YES!!

@CDRW Yeah, I was interested in Goldenblood before I found out he was dead

edited 8th Apr '12 9:01:09 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#150596 stevebat Sun, 8th Apr '12 9:00:20 PM

Wow. I am REALLY tired now guys. Good Night. And please stop badgering poor ginger.

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#150597 Chadaman 99 Sun, 8th Apr '12 9:01:17 PM

We're honey badgers we don't care about anything.

#150598 crowlover Sun, 8th Apr '12 9:01:19 PM

Ah. That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification.

Goodnight, stevebat.

edited 8th Apr '12 9:01:47 PM by crowlover

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#150599 CDRW Sun, 8th Apr '12 9:01:33 PM

We don't know if he's dead. Unless I'm forgetting something important, which is entirely possible. Besides, a chessmaster good enough that his plans are still in operation two centuries after he died? How is that anything but three shades of awesome?

edited 8th Apr '12 9:03:11 PM by CDRW

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#150600 Crowfall Sun, 8th Apr '12 9:02:30 PM

@Ginger: We don't know that Goldenblood is dead. We don't know what the crap is up with him. There have been several occasions where the main character has accused someone of being Goldenblood or expected him to show up.