Originally posted by Scoobless
And die lonely and bored, without challenges, life is meaningless.Maybe go with shapeshifting
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Techno-organic shapeshifting, to be specific. You can simulate pretty much all other superpowers with the proper know how and creative use of your powers, as well as regenerate your cells or just shift into a substance that doesn't decay or corrode for makeshift immortality/life extension.
Originally posted by Stoic
I could deal with that small draw back.Being super smart doesn't mean that you would be super rich. There are a lot of very smart, very poor people out there. While many stupid people are rich, Take former President Bush as a prime example. Imagine being super smart, while suffering from being too lazy to make your ideas a reality? Bummer.
Originally posted by pym-ftw
He is also a recovering alcoholic
Originally posted by MF DELPHGet off Apocalypse's nuts.
👆Techno-organic shapeshifting, to be specific. You can simulate pretty much all other superpowers with the proper know how and creative use of your powers, as well as regenerate your cells or just shift into a substance that doesn't decay or corrode for makeshift immortality/life extension.
Originally posted by MF DELPH
👆Techno-organic shapeshifting, to be specific. You can simulate pretty much all other superpowers with the proper know how and creative use of your powers, as well as regenerate your cells or just shift into a substance that doesn't decay or corrode for makeshift immortality/life extension.
If you had a wish, you'd wish for three more wishes wouldn't you.
Originally posted by DarkSaint85If we are talking about intelligence on Reed/Doom level than you don't even need drive to become rich.
Super strength = never having sex again. No thanks.Having super intelligence without the opportunity/drive is pretty much useless. You think every poor person is dumb/lazy? Nah. There must be a ton of intelligent, driven poor people out there - but that does not necessarily make them rich.
Just make the stock market your ***** or easily invent the new ipod and sell it.
Seeing parallel future (like on the movie next but not limited) is good and has good potential. But IMO not the best.
High end Telepathy (reading, controlling, and sensing what multiple minds are thinking) is probably the best. It grants intelligence (can read the brightest minds), wealth, sex from anyone, power over the world. The only power that trumps this is something involving gaining immortality.
Time control-can lead to death or something terrible if you mess up. Future seeing is better.
Teleportation is almost useless since if government finds out then you can be caught snoozing and shot
Super Intelligence is iffy and is only as good depending on what is possible in the real universe. Time travel to past, or gaining extra powers, etc. may not be possible. So someone must take a chance on this one. Potentially it can be better than telepathy though.
Technopathy (can give yourself good credit, wealth, etc.). You can just use TP to do these things. So TP is better, unless you want to live longer.
TK is useless (still can be shot when caught snoozing)
Flight is useless (can be shot down)
Speed is useless (you can be still caught snoozing by a sniper with a silencer)
Being invisible would be fun but TP is better. That way you can make people think you are invisible. Not that you would really need too.
Adaptability (Darwin's power) is also iffy. The only plus is gaining immortality.
So in the real world I choose high end TP over immortality. What good is being immortal if you will be eventually lonely and can't explore space because you have no flight powers.
But in the comic world I choose high end intelligence (I can gain other powers, including TP).
Anything I'm missing?
Originally posted by vince_slice
You don't think having Reed or Tony level super intelligence will help you get rich in the real world? Bush isn't a good example because he was born into riches, just like Paris Hilton. But you don't think someone who's built their fortune from the ground up is smart?Hmmm, he's also a billionaire playboy with an iron man suit. I think its worth the trade off.
Intelligence does not equate being rich. Most inventor's become rich off of low tech ideas, because let's face it, who the hell can afford a Holodeck to play their video games in a normal home setting. 😄.
Also not all brilliant people are the get up and goers that we read about in comics, I mean when was the last time you read several technical 900 page text books in under a month?
If you go back to the days of slavery, there were many brilliant slaves, but they lacked resources. Try inventing something and pay attention to the most successful inventions to see the day of light. Like I said it's usually things like letter openers and bagged milk openers, or clothes hangers that make the bucks. How much do you think an invention for cars run on kinetic energy would cost?
It's your choice though.
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Super strength = never having sex again. No thanks.Having super intelligence without the opportunity/drive is pretty much useless. You think every poor person is dumb/lazy? Nah. There must be a ton of intelligent, driven poor people out there - but that does not necessarily make them rich.
No my super strength will be controllable so I can go from human level to Hercules with a thought. That's one super power, with all of the perks and none of the fuss. 😛 Yeah so take that. Want another?
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Originally posted by h1a8
[b]Seeing parallel future (like on the movie next but not limited) is good and has good potential. But IMO not the best.High end Telepathy (reading, controlling, and sensing what multiple minds are thinking) is probably the best. It grants intelligence (can read the brightest minds), wealth, sex from anyone, power over the world. The only power that trumps this is something involving gaining immortality.
Time control-can lead to death or something terrible if you mess up. Future seeing is better.
Teleportation is almost useless since if government finds out then you can be caught snoozing and shot
Super Intelligence is iffy and is only as good depending on what is possible in the real universe. Time travel to past, or gaining extra powers, etc. may not be possible. So someone must take a chance on this one. Potentially it can be better than telepathy though.
Technopathy (can give yourself good credit, wealth, etc.). You can just use TP to do these things. So TP is better, unless you want to live longer.
TK is useless (still can be shot when caught snoozing)
Flight is useless (can be shot down)
Speed is useless (you can be still caught snoozing by a sniper with a silencer)
Being invisible would be fun but TP is better. That way you can make people think you are invisible. Not that you would really need too.Adaptability (Darwin's power) is also iffy. The only plus is gaining immortality.
So in the real world I choose high end TP over immortality. What good is being immortal if you will be eventually lonely and can't explore space because you have no flight powers.
But in the comic world I choose high end intelligence (I can gain other powers, including TP).
Anything I'm missing? [/B]
Yeah Super Strength
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
I can. But its all about control.You may think damn, I'm gonna hear everyone's thoughts 24/7!!! OMG!
But the truth is, you hear things 24/7 with your ears. We are constantly surrounded by noise. We're still alive.
Hearing and feeling are two different things. Shit people commit suicide just dealing with their problems let alone everyone within their neighborhood. If you had TP you would realize very fast why Jesus wept so much.