Darthgoober's Amalgam Tourney discussion thread

Started by Blair Wind172 pages
Originally posted by Scoobless
Is the Eidelon stuff really independant though? I thought they were controlled by the armour.

independent. I have almost all his stuff 😖hifty:

Originally posted by Blair Wind
independent. I have almost all his stuff 😖hifty:

What defines "independent" though? I originally thought it meant any construct/tech/weapon/whatever that was physically separate from the main character.

Now hold on... They ARE controled by his armor... He manipulates them consciously.

So if we want to take them as independent, you'll have to prove it.

Originally posted by Scoobless
What defines "independent" though? I originally thought it meant any construct/tech/weapon/whatever that was physically separate from the main character.

I always took independent to mean something that could function without the main bodies involvement.

Originally posted by King Kandy
I always took independent to mean something that could function without the main bodies involvement.

Maybe ... but it came up during GL matches and those things can't stay around without a GL controlling them to some degree.

Ok, how much does each character get told about their opponent?

I would think they'd only get the amalgams name, which means nobody actually knows the powers of the person they will be facing.

We'll need to make a "poll thread" in a few days again so I can merge them.

Originally posted by Scoobless
Ok, how much does each character get told about their opponent?

I would think they'd only get the amalgams name, which means nobody actually knows the powers of the person they will be facing.

yeah, i'd tend to agree.

and i don't think the drones can act independently either -- they need direct input regarding their tasks. but i guess it's up to bw to prove it AND more importantly -- if they are NOT independent, does that mean he can use as many as he wants? 😕

its a GL type of independantly. Like say I a captain gives his soldiers an order to do some recon work. They can act independently withing the parameters of those orders 😬

Or more to the point, he once told a drone to find hawkeye, and it went across Cali to do that, even when Rhodes himself did not know where they were.

Anyways, Im getting my post written slowly but surely as I do run from this and work. Probably have it done tonight since I have to edit it a bunch

I'm not so sure about that. By that logic you would only be able use two smart bombs or missiles per match. I think the independent constructs are more so for summoning/creating additional independantly acting combatants with their own sentience that do not require any direction whatsoever. Programming a probe for recon or firing a smart missile to me doesn't fall into that realm, however, if, for instance, Newjak were to bring Black Knight's Horses into the battle to mule kick someone upside the head they would be "independent constructs".

Just my interpretation of the rule.

Originally posted by illadelph12
Newjak were to bring Black Knight's Horses into the battle to mule kick someone upside the head they would be "independent constructs".

Just my interpretation of the rule.

Fear the Mule Kick 😈

Originally posted by Newjak
Feat the Mule Kick 😈

Feat? 😐

Fear the spelling Nazi 😈

Originally posted by CasanoVa
Feat? 😐

Fear the spelling Nazi 😈

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Fear the Mule Kick 😈

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Edit button won't save you NJ.

Originally posted by CasanoVa
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Last edited by Newjak on Today at 06:12 PM

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Edit button won't save you NJ.

Yet it always does. It's like Superman 😎

Originally posted by illadelph12
I'm not so sure about that. By that logic you would only be able use two smart bombs or missiles per match. I think the independent constructs are more so for summoning/creating additional independantly acting combatants with their own sentience that do not require any direction whatsoever. Programming a probe for recon or firing a smart missile to me doesn't fall into that realm, however, if, for instance, Newjak were to bring Black Knight's Horses into the battle to mule kick someone upside the head they would be "independent constructs".

Just my interpretation of the rule.

a very good analogy. i agree -- the drones are very much like your proposed smart bombs.

but i guess goob gets the final say. your interpretation ill, is the same one i had though.

Originally posted by Scoobless
Ok, how much does each character get told about their opponent?

I would think they'd only get the amalgams name, which means nobody actually knows the powers of the person they will be facing.

Umm, are you sure? Because Blair's opening post doesn't seem to say so. And neither did some of the other opening posts. I thought we got basic knowledge of our opponent's amalgams. 😕

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
Umm, are you sure? Because Blair's opening post doesn't seem to say so. And neither did some of the other opening posts.

Which is why we need it cleared up.

well everyones been acting like we get the names of the individual names of the amalgam (both of the first two fights). It'd be unfair to change it now 😬

i think it is generally accepted that it's basic knowledge -- anything more than a rudimentary understanding would need to be proven i think. 😬