Originally posted by marvelprince
Really? What's so terrible about his life that he's even thinking about taking his life?
Things were fine for a while, he got a new girlfriend, someone he really likes, he was so happy for a while.
But then he started having dreams of her trying to kill him. Now he believes she really wants him dead.
He's also bi-polar and the meds make him more prone to depression, and i think i heard he just got new meds.
He told me the entire dream, and honestly, I think it's because he's always been a loner, and i think he likes her so much it scares him.
I dunno, I tend to over analyze. I'm just trying to help him, and the problem is, I think he really needs help i can't give him, but his parents are divorced and don't give a shit about him it seems.
Originally posted by Martian_mind
I feel sorry for Artemis,i mean i'd be considering suicide if i had to spend a day off school talkin a mate outta suicide.
Don't feel sorry for me, I'm honestly glad I was there to talk him out of it as his girlfriend couldn't even.
I was just worried for a while and scared after I promised her I would make sure he was okay.
Originally posted by Artemis1860
There's not much I can tell you honestly, because I dont' know a lot, he's an atheist, he's pessimistic, he hates life, believes everyone is out to get him, he's a conspiracy-theorist.Things were fine for a while, he got a new girlfriend, someone he really likes, he was so happy for a while.
But then he started having dreams of her trying to kill him. Now he believes she really wants him dead.
He's also bi-polar and the meds make him more prone to depression, and i think i heard he just got new meds.
He told me the entire dream, and honestly, I think it's because he's always been a loner, and i think he likes her so much it scares him.
I dunno, I tend to over analyze. I'm just trying to help him, and the problem is, I think he really needs help i can't give him, but his parents are divorced and don't give a shit about him it seems.
Don't feel sorry for me, I'm honestly glad I was there to talk him out of it as his girlfriend couldn't even.
I was just worried for a while and scared after I promised her I would make sure he was okay.
Hey Artemis, I hope your friend is feeling better.
So, anyother Illuminati on today?
I think I got my new character ready if anyone wants to hear it.
Originally posted by Entity
Hey Artemis, I hope your friend is feeling better.So, anyother Illuminati on today?
I think I got my new character ready if anyone wants to hear it.
Anyway, so who's your character?
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Originally posted by darthgoober
Anyway, so who's your character?
Captain Thor,
Billy Blake was never on good terms with his parents. He was 17 and as most teenagers always at odds with them. So it was no surprise when he had quit speaking to them for weeks when they told him that they were going to be traveling the Netherlands as part of a historical research on viking culture. He was furious due to his having to leave his home and friends for 2 years to travel the cold arctic. The last thing he said to his parents before he had quit talking to them was that he hated the arctic and he hoped they all died there.
Ironically, only 3 weeks into there travel the Blake's were killed by unknown forces shortly after discovering what appeared to be an ancient viking tomb of some kind. This left only Billy in the arctic he was alone when he discovered his dead parents and was certain that he should die with them. He felt as thou it was his fault for having claimed to wish their death before. He was within the last stages of hypothermia when he came across a one hammer.
When the touched the hammer an old figure appeared to him. He claimed the was the Norse god Thor and he had chosen him to help humanity as his apprentice. The champion of the Asgardians. He told him the hammer he touched was his great weapon Mjolnir and it would come to him whenever he called it with it would come power of the Norse gods.
The power of Odin, the courage of Tyr, the justice of Forseti, and the strength and speed of Thor himself. With these gifts he could make amends for his past and bring the justice to the world it deserves. The old god told Billy all he need to was call Mjolnir's name and the hammer would come to him where ever he was and with it the power to make him Captain Thor.
As Captain Thor the 17 year old Billy must find the reason for his parents death and try to make amends with himself for what he said. As well as try to use his new second life to help make the world a better place. At the same time dealing with the facts of being a hormonal 17 year old teenager and knowing that gods and magic really exist and discovering the price that comes with wielding that much power.
Now that I see it in writing it looks like of lame doesn't it?
Originally posted by SpunkySmurph
Hey, Goober, when you're around, I *finally* replied on The Arena.Which the rest of you should join! 🙂
Originally posted by SpunkySmurph
DG's site, made to host comic-debates.I'd post the link, but I don't have it on this computer. If DG doesn't by the time I get to my regular comp., I'll post it then.
Originally posted by EntityCaptain Thor,
Billy Blake was never on good terms with his parents. He was 17 and as most teenagers always at odds with them. So it was no surprise when he had quit speaking to them for weeks when they told him that they were going to be traveling the Netherlands as part of a historical research on viking culture. He was furious due to his having to leave his home and friends for 2 years to travel the cold arctic. The last thing he said to his parents before he had quit talking to them was that he hated the arctic and he hoped they all died there.
Ironically, only 3 weeks into there travel the Blake's were killed by unknown forces shortly after discovering what appeared to be an ancient viking tomb of some kind. This left only Billy in the arctic he was alone when he discovered his dead parents and was certain that he should die with them. He felt as thou it was his fault for having claimed to wish their death before. He was within the last stages of hypothermia when he came across a one hammer.
When the touched the hammer an old figure appeared to him. He claimed the was the Norse god Thor and he had chosen him to help humanity as his apprentice. The champion of the Asgardians. He told him the hammer he touched was his great weapon Mjolnir and it would come to him whenever he called it with it would come power of the Norse gods.
The power of Odin, the courage of Tyr, the justice of Forseti, and the strength and speed of Thor himself. With these gifts he could make amends for his past and bring the justice to the world it deserves. The old god told Billy all he need to was call Mjolnir's name and the hammer would come to him where ever he was and with it the power to make him Captain Thor.
As Captain Thor the 17 year old Billy must find the reason for his parents death and try to make amends with himself for what he said. As well as try to use his new second life to help make the world a better place. At the same time dealing with the facts of being a hormonal 17 year old teenager and knowing that gods and magic really exist and discovering the price that comes with wielding that much power.
Now that I see it in writing it looks like of lame doesn't it?
I wouldn't say it was lame exactly, it just has kind of a "classic" comics feel to it. But that's not even really a bad thing, since you based it off of two characters that have been around since the golden age themselves. The only thing I can really see that you might consider working on(and this is totally up to you, it's all a matter of how hung up on it you want to get), is this...
Originally posted by Entity
The power of Odin, the courage of Tyr, the justice of Forseti, and the strength and speed of Thor himself. With these gifts he could make amends for his past and bring the justice to the world it deserves. The old god told Billy all he need to was call Mjolnir's name and the hammer would come to him where ever he was and with it the power to make him Captain Thor.
Now there's nothing really wrong with that power description, but the Gods that are the basis of Captain Marvel's powers initials spell out Shazam(which is what he says to transform). So you might consider tracking down Norse Gods who's names do the same. Other than that I think it's cool.
Originally posted by Martian_mind
Sup goober you seem to be doing well in your match.
Originally posted by darthgoober
God I hope so. I've been working on all of this for over a month now(almost non stop in fact). So it would really suck to lose in the first round after devoting all that time to it. Truth be told, I've got a bunch of even more powerful strategies in mind, but I'm trying to save most of them for the later rounds.
Sweet...souja and i are just biding our time in this match....calm before the storm baby...calm before the storm.
Originally posted by darthgoober
Now there's nothing really wrong with that power description, but the Gods that are the basis of Captain Marvel's powers initials spell out Shazam(which is what he says to transform). So you might consider tracking down Norse Gods who's names do the same. Other than that I think it's cool.
Alternative to that, Entity, perhaps you could, if you want to, make an acronym yourself based on the names of Norse Gods?
Originally posted by SpunkySmurph
Alternative to that, Entity, perhaps you could, if you want to, make an acronym yourself based on the names of Norse Gods?
Well, I wanted to try and make an acronym with the Norse gods that spelled out Mjolnir but, I don't really know more than just the basic well known Norse mythicology and I really don't think the Norse gods were as specified to certain areas as others such as the Greek and Romans. Like I said thou, I don't know much indeepth about the Norse gods so, I could be wrong.
If anyone did and could come up with a Norse type acronym that spelled Mjolnir that would be awesome. IMO
Originally posted by darthgoober
Cool. Any special rules/stipulations you want to have, or do you just want to go be the default rules?Here you go...
http://thearena.createforum.net/index.php
Well, could you outline for me how we would set up an amalgam match?
Originally posted by SpunkySmurph
Well, could you outline for me how we would set up an amalgam match?
Sure, here's a breakdown....
Participants each select three characters. Each of these characters holds a special place in the makeup of the Amalgam. These places are MIND, BODY,POWERS.
BODY-This character is the basic physical form of the Amalgam. The “Body” character determines the Amalgam’s base Strength, Durability, Stamina, Agility. These attributes may be increased through the use of the Amalgam’s powers, but the individual component characters abilities do not stack. So if you pick Superman and the Hulk, and you select Superman as you “Body”, you would have Superman’s base level of strength, but you would get stronger as your character became angry. You would not however, add the base strength level’s of Superman and the Hulk, to determine the base strength level of your Amalgam.
MIND-This character serves as the mental template for your Amalgam. It determines your characters Intelligence, Willpower, and Experience/Skills. Your ”Mind” character also determines which of your characters powers he can use effectively. (I’ll explain more about power usage in a moment)
POWERS-This character is basically just an added bonus. All this character represents for the Amalgam in question, is another power set that the character can draw his resources from.
On power usage….
The created Amalgam has access to ALL of his components powers…at least theoretically. The Amalgams “Mind” actually determines which of his powers he can use effectively. So the Amalgam is automatically proficient with ALL of his “Mind” characters, and is also proficient with any of his other components powers that his “Mind” could figure out fairly easily(it is up to person controlling the Amalgam to convince the judges whether or not the Amalgam in question could figure out how use his other powers). This is why it is generally better to have the component with the most complicated power set designated as you “Mind”. Things like Super Strength, and involuntary regeneration require no real thought, and are therefore automatically successful. Things like creating/sustaining constructs, altering the molecular structure of matter, and manipulating the electromagnetic spectrum, may or may not be successful, depending on how much of a stretch it is that the “Mind” character could figure it out fairly easily. Thus powers that are similar to the “Mind” characters, hold the greatest chance of being used successfully
As for character selection, I think we should hold a mini draft between the two of us. We'd pretty much just take turns picking our three component characters(you can select first if you want).