Time Magazine: Shaper of the Year
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Shaper
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 15:49
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Who do you think has contributed the most to the art of shaping within the span of the Geneforge games? Please be prepared to support your decision, and be aware that the game can be full of propaganga, we are looking for actual achievements here. I did not include Danette because she is the undisputed master of her own field (self-shaping). No one has ever really improved on Danettes works since, so that puts her in her own catagory. Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 34 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=ifEABXEEWUQM"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=ifEABXEEWUQM"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 16:07
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Tuldaric's should read "Magical Capacity for Serviles and Humans." Or didn't you augment yourself in G2, ET? (Edit: And it's spelled Tuldaric.) I'm a little confused at your continued use of the term "self-shaping". Isn't the distinction really between (1) creating new life forms (traditional shaping) (2) modifying existing creations (3) modifying humans Also, did Litalia actually invent the Warped Creators? [ Saturday, March 17, 2007 16:08: Message edited by: 227 Chitrachballons ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
Shaper
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 16:22
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I was actually modified by the Barzites. What I meant by self-shaping was modifying humans. This pretty much only removes Danette from the picture, anyone else is fair game. I did this because it is difficult to decide which is more significant: modifying people or making better creations. I want this poll to be limited to new and/or improved creations. Edit: Oh, and I'm not certain Litalia invented the creator, but she is the only person in the game to make them, so I thought it was a fair assumption. It was either her, Akhari-Blaze, or Ghaldring, so feel free to replace her name with whomever you think may have invented them when you vote. [ Saturday, March 17, 2007 16:25: Message edited by: Emperor Tullegolar ] -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
Guardian
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 16:25
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Shaper Monarch. The Titan was way too powerful. -------------------- May the fires of Undeath burn in your soul, and consume it. Posts: 1636 | Registered: Wednesday, January 5 2005 08:00 |
Warrior
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 18:26
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The drakons...in the end of the game the unbound destroy everything! hahahah! Thank you Eass! but what is a clockwork drakon? i agree the titan was very powerful...but the unbound are so...hmm,hard to explain it. -------------------- R.R Posts: 179 | Registered: Friday, February 23 2007 08:00 |
Apprentice
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 19:53
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The drakons are not really very creative. They seem to think that the solution to everything is better drakons. Personally my vote would go to "whoever invented wingbolts", but since we don't know who that was, I'll go with Tuldaric. :P Posts: 9 | Registered: Saturday, March 17 2007 07:00 |
Infiltrator
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 20:09
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The Drakon who managed to modify serviles in such a way so that they could cast powerful magic spells (I think it was Easss...) -------------------- VIVE LA TAKERS! VIVE LA REBELLION! VIVE LA GHALDRING! Posts: 522 | Registered: Friday, November 15 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 22:58
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Actually that wasn't a drakon, it was Tuldaric: Edit: Tully, well done for finally coming up with a poll that Barzahl will win... [ Saturday, March 17, 2007 23:01: Message edited by: Micawber ] -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 23:13
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Mica, I know that Tulduric discovered how to alter serviles. But I also thought that the Drakons made a similiar discovery independent of Tulduric and the Awakened (eg. Eass has the ability to Shape you without any required machinery). Or was that only after you stole the Awakaned Research for the Takers? I'm not sure. -------------------- VIVE LA TAKERS! VIVE LA REBELLION! VIVE LA GHALDRING! Posts: 522 | Registered: Friday, November 15 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 23:14
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Also, the poll neglects to mention the Shaper who created Drayks. Drayks are by far the 'best' creation in the game, when considering strength vs. cost. -------------------- VIVE LA TAKERS! VIVE LA REBELLION! VIVE LA GHALDRING! Posts: 522 | Registered: Friday, November 15 2002 08:00 |
Electric Sheep One
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written Saturday, March 17 2007 23:42
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This is the best poll idea I've seen in a long time. I had to go with Barzahl, somewhat to my surprise. Actually generating new types of intelligent and mobile creations seems like the biggest step to me, more or less on grounds of coolness, and Barzahl gave us several powerful creations, apparently single-handedly. I sort of wish, now, that G2 could have had more scripting and plotting, like G4. Maybe then Barzahl himself wouldn't be stuck in my memory as this idiot who just stood there glowing while you gradually destroyed his empire, and finally him. Thinking back now, it seems he deserved better. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
Warrior
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 02:16
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Isn't Jeff an option?He DID make the game after all! -------------------- I have a karma of 2!Yay! Posts: 60 | Registered: Monday, December 11 2006 08:00 |
Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 05:05
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quote:This point is unclear. However, everyone in the valley beyond Freegate -- the Takers, Barzites and Awakened -- originally worked together. It was only when Barzahl became megalomanaical that the Takers and Awakened left. We know that the designs for Drakons/Gazers/Rots all came from that collaborative period, with Barzahl's mind behind them. The simplest explanation for Tuldaric's augmentation would seem to be the parallel one. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 08:23
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Barzahl, honorable mention to that mad shaper Monarch, the Titan is an impressive thing. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 11:00
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The Shaper of the Year is: You! Sorry, it had to be said. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
Shaper
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 16:30
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quote:If I can convince more people of this, all the time I've wasted here will have been worth it. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 16:49
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I still can't get over how much "Barzahl" sounds like "Garzahd". -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, March 18 2007 16:55
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Emp: quote:You don't need to convince me. I always thought that Barzhal was a pretty impressive character, and that he should have been fleshed out more. It would have been awesome to see him go one-on-one with one of the Taker Triad. Although in a sense, it isn't wise for the leader of a faction to run headlong into danger. As they say, if the head of the snake is sliced off, the snake will die... Better to stay safe in your hall softly glowing, while your minions do the dirty work. -------------------- VIVE LA TAKERS! VIVE LA REBELLION! VIVE LA GHALDRING! Posts: 522 | Registered: Friday, November 15 2002 08:00 |