PENGUIN
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Post by PENGUIN on Nov 14, 2014 14:23:48 GMT 10
Welcome Arkillo!
We hope you will enjoy your time in the game!
Tell us about how you plan to approach this game. Will your character play a big role in your gameplan and if so, how familiar are you with the role you've been given and the roles of the other players.
If you have any technical questions please ask a host and we'll try to help.
Ever prepared, the Penguin is back! And how sweet it is.
Good luck!
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 15, 2014 13:48:46 GMT 10
HAW HAW HAW, well met, Penguin, and you other hosts, most of which I know! Excited to join the battle. Is this my first Aussie game? I THINK IT IS! It's about time. Thanks for making this non-live. I love the format in general - any time I can get voted out and still have a chance to save myself is a good format in my book. Also anonymous pursuit of immunity clues. As happens kind of frequently with themes I'm not familiar with, my character choice was based on what character looked the coolest. LOOKS LIKE I PICKED WELL, AMIRITE? What a fantastic avatar. As a result, I don't really know a whole lot about the character, so I'm not doing anything shtick-heavy. He's the leader of the Sinestro corps, except when he loses fights and gets his tongue torn out, he's super strong and badass and murders people. I don't want to be an evil merciless killer, so I'm going to settle for more of a condescending personal-trainer type guy. Wants his team to do well or he might crush their heads. And I have decided his evil laugh will be HAW HAW HAW. That's what I know, it's good enough to go with a general personality. I may carry it so far as to lobby for the position of team leader, but we'll see how that goes. Apologies to any fans of the comic if I don't do it quite right. I'm afraid I don't know much about the other characters either. Only comics I read are Sunday comics and Sonic comics. But YES, I am excited to try my hand at an ORG again, it's been a while, and I am pumped for this character. I have the only glowing avatar in the banner at the top of the page.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 15, 2014 14:15:58 GMT 10
If you're talking about CHEST MUSCLES, they're PECS. It's short for PECTORALS. A "peck" is a unit of measurement, or a kiss, or NOT A CHEST MUSCLE. Can we not clutter up the boards with this rubbish please.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 15, 2014 14:16:56 GMT 10
I am now considering cluttering up the boards with that rubbish. Because I think Arkillo wins at pecs.
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Post by DOCTOR FATE on Nov 15, 2014 15:21:39 GMT 10
Nice to see a member of any Lantern Corps being represented in this game
Do you have any opening thoughts of your team mates?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 15, 2014 15:57:32 GMT 10
I can only PM people in my own tribe, right?
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Post by WONDER WOMAN on Nov 15, 2014 16:02:54 GMT 10
That's right. Once people are in the arena, you can talk to them too.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 15, 2014 18:05:29 GMT 10
Nice to see a member of any Lantern Corps being represented in this game Do you have any opening thoughts of your team mates? Harley Quinn (HQ): The first person from my team on this board. Called me "lizard breath". -_- Chatty and reasonable. Hopefully we can bond over being the first people to this board. Superwoman: Sent me two PMs in a row, the second was "why didn't you respond to my first PM" and something about finger-banging. So I guess they really care about being fast with the PMs. I read the rules and it said something about no ID guessing, so I'm going to try really hard not to. Poison Ivy - Here's somebody who's going places, i.e. is dangerous. Quick PMs, she's not going to let anyone have the last word, seems cheerful enough. I can try to keep pace with her on PMs but I have to hope they're actually good enough to make her want to talk to me, otherwise I'll just come off as pesky. The Joker - Eh, he doesn't seem like he wants to talk much, it'll be easy to ring up a PM debt on this guy, I think I need to keep it short so he's motivated to respond. Glad that it looks like we might have fodder for the arena, I have to keep the PMs going strong, though, so I don't fall to the bottom.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 16, 2014 3:36:29 GMT 10
I love the messaging system on this board. It consolidates everything, and lets me know who responded last, and how long it's been. I do not know how much longer I can stand this background. It is tolerable on my phone, but now that I'm at a computer...
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 16, 2014 4:12:32 GMT 10
Only having 7 people to PM is such a wonderful thing.
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Post by WONDER WOMAN on Nov 16, 2014 9:23:24 GMT 10
I love the messaging system on this board. It consolidates everything, and lets me know who responded last, and how long it's been. I do not know how much longer I can stand this background. It is tolerable on my phone, but now that I'm at a computer... I cringe at the thought of using the old style messaging systems. I have been so spoiled with proboards. Sorry, I froze the kitties now - it's safe to come back. Tell me, are any alliances forming yet over here?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 16, 2014 9:26:37 GMT 10
Why does the heart emote keep changing to Joker's face?
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 16, 2014 9:35:37 GMT 10
I love the messaging system on this board. It consolidates everything, and lets me know who responded last, and how long it's been. I do not know how much longer I can stand this background. It is tolerable on my phone, but now that I'm at a computer... I cringe at the thought of using the old style messaging systems. I have been so spoiled with proboards. Sorry, I froze the kitties now - it's safe to come back. Tell me, are any alliances forming yet over here? Oh excellent, thanks! My eyes.... Alliances? Jeepers, I hope not, it's much to early for that kind of business. Right now I'm just trying to qualify for the "people who are good at PMs" alliance, which seems to always be an unofficial thing. Superwoman said something about me, her, and Harley Quinn (HQ), "having each other's backs" which is the classic way to make an alliance without actually forming one. I told her I had her back AND her front, HAW HAW HAW. HQ and Poision Ivy are my favorites so far, they seem super dangerous socially, so anything I can do to get in good with them is a plus. Haven't heard from HQ in a while, though. Joker and Two-Face are not impressive with PMs but it's important that I stay in touch. I'm feeling uncomfortable about my lack of board presence - if I want friends at the merge (or if I get tribe swapped) I have to build connections that way. But usually I just end up embarrassing myself in those kind of situations, so I'm wondering if it's worth it? I think I'll probably give it a shot, though. I can measure my success by the number of "likes" I get. Another joy of this board.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 17, 2014 14:26:39 GMT 10
Oof, well, Deathstroke is here. Kind of saw that one coming, prepare for the worst and hope for the best, right? It's potentially a good opportunity for me to get on his good side if nobody else is going to bother. Talk to him instead of ignoring him, tell him I voted before he showed up, and hope that if he survives, regardless of what team he's on, he prefers TALKING to me instead of VOTING for me. You never know who's going to stick around to ruin your day if you don't cover your bases.
Speaking of, Superwoman wants a majority of 4. Don't we all. She says she wants me, HQ, and some 4th. I need to figure out how tight Joker/HQ's relationship is, because that might make Joker our 4th. I'm wary of HQ, I feel like she probably is in good with everyone at this point, so how stable of an ally will she be, really?
Also I am going to try NOT to make the mistake of committing too early and risking having word get out that person X and Y are the next to go, cuz they could just pick up Deathstroke and vote for me. I'm hoping everyone is locked in at this point.
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Post by ARKILLO on Nov 17, 2014 14:57:40 GMT 10
I was... not aware that I could change my votes up until the deadline. My bad for not reading more carefully. Now I made myself look kind of stupid, cuz I told Deathstroke there was nothing I could do, but apparently there is, and he's telling me other people are "willing to talk about it"
I'm not backing down, I'm telling him "ok fine, I'll talk to people but don't expect me to do anything because you're coming to me with 6 hours left, also I'll let you know if I stick to my vote because I'm your pal"
That's paraphrasing of course.
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