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maxhush posted:It can be argued that the tooth has been a staple point in the game since the first vote to cut Jalithas hair with it. The game thus far anyway, I meant. FWIW, I think it's more likely to be akin to voting to change the message to Narod. It might work if the rolls come out right, but it has serious potential for terrible things. I'd not argue the tooth as a staple either way though, I'm not even sure it's the same one we used on Jalitha's hair? It's there, but we have only kept it because we've put forth the idea of keeping it, and only used it because we've put forth the idea.
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Jun 14, 2013 01:40
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I am working on the update.
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Jun 14, 2013 01:42
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We should have fed our lizard friend when we had the chance. I look away for a few hours and we decide to hang tight and believe real hard in some gods, and try and shoot lightning.
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Jun 14, 2013 01:42
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Zybourne Clock posted:But Sushem did sustain wounds. The spears went straight through his body and Tudiya severed his head in a single clean blow. And why would magically removing someone's blood be essential to making that person immortal? I really don't see the connection you're trying to make there. Fact of the matter is that all of his blood got drained, and that Sushem worshiped a cannibalistic demon and was the leader of a tribe of people who worship teeth. I can't prove that Asherah did in fact squeeze Sushem dry like a juice box, but thematically speaking it's a much better explanation that 'must be related to the magic ritual for some unknown reason'. The head severing is the only wound we can really say he sustained; the spears went right through him, for all appearances doing no damage. Perhaps once everything was over they would have proven to be fatal, but then maybe not. All we know is that he didn't appear to bleed, not even that he had no blood, but that his wounds weren't bleeding, as though he wasn't taking real damage. If the wounds had been bleeding, it would have seemed much more like he was just being kept on his feet until Asherah was done with him, after which he would have collapsed from his wounds and blood loss. Essentially, I don't see it as him having no blood, just as his wounds not bleeding, as though they were entirely trivial, his blood, or life's essence, or what have you, was just being preserved while he was channeling his god. The problem I have with the view you propose is that, as I've said, it assumes Shushem's response to invaders is to immediately kill himself to protect the tribe, which seems like an enormous step to take when there may have been any number of alternatives. Shushem, as I see it, was confident in Asherah's power, and confident enough to channel it as a first and only resort, not as a great and final gesture, but as a proper and sensible course of action to take as high-priest. I don't see him as having seen Tuidya as so great a threat that the time had come to abandon his tribe and give his life to stop them; rather the lightning was just part of his standard hostilities response. He didn't really seem to be concerned about the invaders, he thought Asherah was going to wipe them away, I don't think he had any intention of dying there, before, or after the ritual. Hey, I could be wrong, but I got no impression from that scene that Shushem felt he was sacrificing himself, or doing anything out of the ordinary for a Fish-Priest of Asherah, and as far as I can tell, Fish-Priesting doesn't seem to involve dying at the slightest provocation.
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Jun 14, 2013 01:50
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I was under the impression it was the same one the whole way through - featuring in the two most major events of our life so far; The haircut and the killing of our Father. But you're right about the results being based on stuff out of our control. I'm just finding it annoying, the 'Asherah = instadeath, you retards' sentiment that seems to be coming across. I also think its slightly funny that the closest we've gotten, that we know about so far, to getting seriously hurt was from the decision to grab the spear from the donkey. e: vvvvv Yea I think that pretty much any of the options really have the same chance of working or not working at this stage too, but the lightning (to me anyway) was the only one where, if it worked, we ourselves could make a difference and get noticed as someone (maybe) different from your average kid. Yea for better or worse, but at least it'd make the game more interesting. But the votes are tallied - carry on game!! alpaca diseases fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 01:51
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maxhush posted:I was under the impression it was the same one the whole way through - featuring in the two most major events of our life so far; The haircut and the killing of our Father. I don't think many (any?) are saying it's instadeath, just that the chance of death is kind of high for no real benefit. There's been some people convinced that we have to lightning or we die, but I really, really doubt that. Think of it like this, when considering the danger we are in: Tudiyah killed a dragon. This dragon's skull is now the gate to his city. That is a massive dragon. These things? These things are nothing, he's not even using a weapon right now. His entourage members can each likely destroy one of these things if they try. Sure, they regen, that just means he has to kill them faster than they regenerate  What we do has little real impact on this, beyond whether we stand our ground or not, whether we pray or not, whether we believe in gods or not, etc. So I don't see this outcome as bad, but I do think it's one of the more dangerous choices. If it works, then great, but I feel the chances of that are lower than the chances of death or something else terrible.
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Jun 14, 2013 01:55
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SerSpook posted:Tudiyah killed a dragon. This dragon's skull is now the gate to his city. That is a massive dragon. These things? These things are nothing, he's not even using a weapon right now. His entourage members can each likely destroy one of these things if they try. Sure, they regen, that just means he has to kill them faster than they regenerate Tudiya confirmed for Julius Belmont.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:09
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You try to remember the words your father chanted when he shot lightning at Tudiya and the others, but you barely heard them at the time and can not recall them now as the other men fight and as the beasts charge at you. You take off the enormous tooth you wear around you neck in one hand and grip it tightly.  You cut your other palm and think as hard as you can LIGHTNING!!!! As the tooth makes contact with your blood, you feel your mind your mind FILLED with a booming emotion, it is not a voice, but a FEELING and an overwhelming one which nearly overrides your taste, smell, hearing, sight, touch, all of your senses.  Lot and Ishamal have rushed to the spot where you were standing and charged towards the monsters, in time to see you soar into the air. The other men are still fighting one of the monsters, it's severed limb has regrown in the span of a few seconds and three more creatures just as large are now visible and coming in the direction of Danal, Keza the servant woman and Jalitha, Lot and Ishamal are between the monsters and them. Less than thirty seconds have passed since Tudiya first stood up seeing the first monster. You are lifted off of your feet and begin to move very quickly in a southwest direction, you pass through the branches of a tree which scratch your body and face, you have moved a hundred feet in less than two full seconds and... QUESTION 1. Pick one. You... OPTION A: GRAB A TREE BRANCH AND HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE!!!! This will mean dropping the tooth. OPTION B: TRY AS HARD AS YOU CAN TO SHOOT LIGHTNING AT THE MONSTERS! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW! BUT TRY ANYWAY!!!! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHTNIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!! OPTION C: Scream! Optional to include with either of the above! OPTION D: Empty your bladder! Also optional to include with either above! QUESTION 2. You also... OPTION E: Say nothing! Besides screaming above, if you do. OPTION F: Say something to Tudiya! OPTION G: Say something to Danal! OPTION H: Say something to Ishamal! OPTION I: Say something to Jalitha! OPTION J: Say something to Barkof! OPTION K: Pray to El! OPTION L: Pray to Asherah! OPTION M: Pray to one of the Angels/Sky Giants! OPTION N: Pray to one of the Great Fish! OPTION O: Pray to Enkidu! OPTION P: Pray to Labaras! OPTION Q: Speak or pray to someone else! For question 2 you do not have to specify what you say, but it is encouraged to do so, not mandatory, feel free to point to something another player wrote up. For those who missed the mini info dumps since the last update, the following posts came up in response to player questions: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3550307&userid=129241&perpage=40&pagenumber=4#post416472591 quote:Asherah's name was only invoked if an offering to him was being made or his stories being told, which often involved offerings too. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3550307&userid=129241&perpage=40&pagenumber=4#post416472591 quote:To comment on the discussion, since it is based on things you do or don't know from your mother's stories, which are fair game to reference at any time, just like your "Father's" stories. Did X ever come up in their stories or have any relevance is always a fair game question. If you want to, feel free to join us on irc #madgod on synirc.net. The channel tends to always have some people in it and is especially active when updates go up. If you do not know what IRC is, here is a web based chat version which will not require you to register or download anything: http://chat.mibbit.com/ Diogines fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 02:23
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1. A, C, D. 2. K Also, can we try and drop the tooth? Mr Apollo fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 02:26
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  I second trying to drop the tooth. This is not going well for us. And pray to be delivered from demons and monsters. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 02:27
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Good job, guys. Spreadsheet. Oh, Eris, why?  and try and drop it like it's possessed by the spirit of a vengeful, ever-hungering god Canuck-Errant fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 02:27
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That is an evil monster tooth and it will make us eat all our friends. 1: A. And drop the tooth. 2: K. El, I'm sorry for dabbling in my fathers evil tooth magic. Please don't turn me into a monster!
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Jun 14, 2013 02:28
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SerSpook posted:
This!
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Jun 14, 2013 02:30
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Ha, well we've caught his eye, so as per the stories we'd best offer him something so we don't court disaster I suppose. 1. B (+C) 2. L Recycling my prayer from earlier, either spoken or in our heart; "Asherah!!; these ravenous beasts know not true hunger!!!, they are but pretenders cast from the deep....grant me to deliver them back to you as glorious sacrifice" alpaca diseases fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 02:33
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Flying! One way ticket home! Yay!
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Jun 14, 2013 02:34
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2. L Make sure to include something along the lines of "Eat the beasts instead of me, they will better sate your hunger" in the prayer. Changed vote in a later post. If we let go of the tooth and manage to break the flight, we're just going to slam into the ground with a high enough speed to die. Janac fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 02:34
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maxhush posted:Ha, well we've caught his eye, so as per the stories we'd best offer him something so we don't court disaster I suppose. This is my vote.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:36
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Come on, they said. Let Asherah win a vote, they said. What's the worst that could happen?
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Jun 14, 2013 02:37
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maxhush posted:Ha, well we've caught his eye, so as per the stories we'd best offer him something so we don't court disaster I suppose. Yep! Lets do this.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:38
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Are you making GBS threads me? You're voting to follow a deity who overrides your senses with Comic Sans?
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Jun 14, 2013 02:39
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Raserys posted:Come on, they said. Let Asherah win a vote, they said. What's the worst that could happen? We're not on the ground at the mercy of lizards. We're flying like adventuring heroes. It's choose your own adventure.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:39
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SerSpook posted:
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Jun 14, 2013 02:39
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Tsyni posted:We're not on the ground at the mercy of lizards. We're flying like adventuring heroes. It's choose your own [B]adventure[/B}. We're being possessed by a demon or about to be devoured by a cannibal fishgod as he flies us to him at unsafe speeds. We have no control over anything we're doing really.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:40
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Canuck-Errant posted:Are you making GBS threads me? I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. Maybe Asherah has a strange sense of humor?
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Jun 14, 2013 02:41
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GoneWithTheTornado posted:I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. Maybe Asherah has a strange sense of humor? I wonder if the comic-sans is Diog trying to send us a message about the wisdom of trusting the fishgod.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:42
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  We're pretty much along for the ride now.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:44
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SerSpook posted:
+1 You guys are idiots. I was for keeping the tooth, but clearly we can't have it around if dumb voices are going to do stuff like this. Toss it.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:46
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B & C
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Jun 14, 2013 02:46
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Flying! Yay! We need to find some better eats than us for Asherah, and quick. I gather he is neither patient nor subtle. I wonder if regenerating mini dragons would do it? We will need to wrestle Asherah now. But... Flying! Yay!
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Jun 14, 2013 02:46
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Raserys posted:Come on, they said. Let Asherah win a vote, they said. What's the worst that could happen? Something interesting happened! Something that doesn't involve watching some superman do a thing while we stand around with the women. We're being proactive! maxhush posted:Ha, well we've caught his eye, so as per the stories we'd best offer him something so we don't court disaster I suppose. Voting this way.
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Jun 14, 2013 02:47
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GoneWithTheTornado posted:I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. Maybe Asherah has a strange sense of humor? He's the eternally joyful god of infinite cannibalistic hunger. We're his prophet. We're going to look just like this!  Always smiling. Always hungry. Or we could try to pray to El and shoot lightning. Maybe it will work? B K
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Jun 14, 2013 02:50
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B C - "Aaaah! AAAAAHHHH! S-s-storm! Aaaaah!" L
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Jun 14, 2013 02:56
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[18:59] <Diog> Is Asherah going to have to eat you and end the game before people realize he is notgoing to help you?
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Jun 14, 2013 03:00
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 Option A has been edited due to multiple IRC questions and posts. OPTION A: GRAB A TREE BRANCH AND HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE!!!! This will mean dropping the tooth. You will need both hands to grab it.
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Jun 14, 2013 03:02
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Voting AK. Maybe we can still salvage this.
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Jun 14, 2013 03:03
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RandomPauI posted:[18:59] <Diog> Is Asherah going to have to eat you and end the game before people realize he is notgoing to help you? This is honestly a really clear decision and I'm surprised that anyone is still honestly convinced of Asherah's benevolence here. We are being possessed and will soon be eaten. Some of the clarity may come from IRC though.
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Jun 14, 2013 03:04
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RandomPauI posted:[18:59] <Diog> Is Asherah going to have to eat you and end the game before people realize he is notgoing to help you? Dear players, you are impotent and surrounded by heroes. Here's a magic weapon. Don't use it!
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Jun 14, 2013 03:05
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1. A. Hey, I love  as much as the next guy, but this poo poo ain't gunna end well. Time to drop the tooth, try to grab a branch, and hope for the best. 2. O. Enkindu is probably the person most likely to be sympathetic to our situation. El is probably a bit peeved we used the tooth, and Enkindu is not only out spiritual godfather, he also dealt with the whole 'being born into a different faith and running into El' thing. Something to the effect of, "Hey buddy! Help! We know you went through poo poo like this too...kinda...sorta...probably! Help a namesake out!" FoxTerrier fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Jun 14, 2013 03:06
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Bularin posted:Dear players, you are impotent and surrounded by heroes. Here's a magic weapon. Don't use it! He's not the one that gave us the weapon, we were after we took it from Shushem due to the victory of a write-in option. He's not the one bringing up using lightning, we were through an attempt a vote or two back to do this. At no point has Diogines even hinted that we could do this, and he made it very, very clear we really couldn't. We had a chance at being a very powerful being, but it was voted down in favor of mortality. Which is fine, but that means we need to work our way up and not be significantly powerful for very long.
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