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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: vadar_1 on September 30, 2002, 05:01:57 pm
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What would it be?
negate obstacles that would come with these abilities such as, running really fast would make you tired fast, or unable to breath in solid rock, that kinda thing.
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Control: you could do alot of the other stuff with it.
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you might want to add super strength
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Definitely Control: The abillity to keep threads on-topic. :D
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Definitely Control: The abillity to keep threads on-topic. :D
you mean HLPers are inanimate matters? :lol:
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Originally posted by venom2506
you mean HLPers are inanimate matters? :lol:
The threads, Venom - the threads!
Actually, as far as I'm concerned, yes, you are inanimate matter. I look into the database and see a bunch of ones and zeroes awaiting manipulation. :D
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Anyone who doesn't choose control is retarded, as it'd give you most of the other powers anyway, if not all of them.
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ya know what... carl.. could you edit the poll then... change control to strength
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Also, note that phase would give you a substantial amount of other powers too.
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Originally posted by vadar_1
ya know what... carl.. could you edit the poll then... change control to strength
How 'bout: Strength: Data, stand aside! :D
No? Bah...
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And omnipotent knowledge would, with a little effort, give you all the other ones too.
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Originally posted by an0n
And omnipotent knowledge would, with a little effort, give you all the other ones too.
:rolleyes: Are you having fun?
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omnipotent knowledge :yes:
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Originally posted by Sandwich
:rolleyes: Are you having fun?
Yes, vast quantities of it infact.
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Originally posted by an0n
Yes, vast quantities of it infact.
Ok, just checking. :D
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Knowledge i suppose, although i am dissapointed that there is no "Vadar®" power ;)
(as in Omnipotent ruler of the universe)
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And Teleport would effectively give you speed, phase, fly, invisability and (if you could teleport to some vast Encylopedia Universalis in some distant galaxy) omni-potent knowledge.
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super strength should in theory also give you super speed.
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Erm.... omnipotent isn't the word you were looking for. Omnipotent is "Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful." I think you were looking for omniscient: "Having total knowledge; knowing everything". :D
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Originally posted by Carl
super strength should in theory also give you super speed.
And fly, sort of, and phase (you could go through walls) and probably control too.
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gah... no... no control... delete!... how are there 11 options?
Originally posted by Knight Templar
although i am dissapointed that there is no "Vadar®" power ;)
Thats more of a reserved skill... such as the ability to pit the planets against each other in an evil death match ... of doom!
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Hehehe - Marvel Comics, stand aside! :D
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Great thread, after some thought:
Omnipotential Knowledge, knowledge is power
For my first act I would fix the bug thats stopping me loading pcx's in the DX8 branch.
EDIT: Oh.. sorry, how did that happen?
Fix0r3d - cause I felt like it. // Sandwich
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Whoops, I change my vote from fly to Control, because with that, you could take a big piece of metal, sit on it, then levitate the metal :D
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Thats more of a reserved skill... such as the ability to pit the planets against each other in an evil death match ... of doom!
Fine but i reserve Supreme Ruler of the Underworld ®
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Originally posted by Unkown Target
Whoops, I change my vote from fly to Control, because with that, you could take a big piece of metal, sit on it, then levitate the metal :D
you don't even need to bother with that. just levitate the air underneath of you.
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The knowledge of course, since everything else would follow from that. More importantly though, you would know why the riemann hypothesis is/is not true, which is alone worth it. ;7
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I want the ability to perform photosynthesis
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Invisibilty--so I can spy on that girl...
:D
:nervous:
:blah:
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5 bucks says she hasn't the faintest clue as to who you are, i wouldn't worry about having to be stealthy :p
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Oh, she knows :D
And she knows I ... admire her :p
She's just 'too cool' for me :sigh:
:shaking:
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omniscience all the way!
theoretically you'd be able to do anything since you know how to do everything :p (that is, if everything can be done...)
and of course you'd have photographic memory of "that girl"... hehe.... :rolleyes: ;7
Above: whadya mean by "too cool"?..... /me has problems too... no-one would possibly think about liking me, I'm too "bizzare" (*coughs*) :blah: - schools girls are lame (most)
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strange, the following post i swear i posted half an hour ago.
Oh, she's one of those girls, is she a cheerleader? Most of them are cheerleaders... fine broads too ;7
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There's a roleplaying game called "Aberrant" by White Wolf Studios. In this game, you can create superhero or supervillan characters with alot of these same powers. And you're not limited to having only one power, either...
The character I designed had both invisibility and flight. If he gets into trouble on a spying mission, he can just fly away as he's invisible...
But as for the poll here, I chose invisibility. That way, I can spy on the omniscient guy and learn everything he knows.... ;7 ;7 ;7
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isn't there a game called "America's Super Heroes" or something? lemme find it..
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City of Heroes (http://www.rpgplanet.com/cityofheroes/)
That's the one :)
( lousy lamespy and their infernal pop-ups )
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Hmm, guess I'm a simple man
Time Warp
I really wouldn't trust myself with so much knowledge, I'd probably go insane......more. Least to control time, I can take my time and alter events. You could rob a bank slowly over time, freeze time, take 100 bucks, walk out. Do it everyday, every hour if you wanted to. Go to work, freeze time, do all your work, then goof off the rest of the day. Sleep for 3 days and only have it actually be an instant. Course, you'd have to wonder how you'd age at that point. Everything else requires entirely too much work, plus it's a ***** if you get caught. You can't be caught if you change time, you just freeze it and walk away.
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but with invisibility (nice speelling vads ;)) you could be undetecable :D
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Originally posted by Blue Lion
Hmm, guess I'm a simple man
Time Warp
I really wouldn't trust myself with so much knowledge, I'd probably go insane......more. Least to control time, I can take my time and alter events. You could rob a bank slowly over time, freeze time, take 100 bucks, walk out. Do it everyday, every hour if you wanted to. Go to work, freeze time, do all your work, then goof off the rest of the day. Sleep for 3 days and only have it actually be an instant. Course, you'd have to wonder how you'd age at that point. Everything else requires entirely too much work, plus it's a ***** if you get caught. You can't be caught if you change time, you just freeze it and walk away.
you'd screw up the space-time continuum, and if you were to freeze time and move, you would generate infinite friction between you and the air around you, which would generate infinite heat which would blow up the universe.
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Omnicience is to much for mortals to handle, leave it to God.
Invisibility would be OK except a motion detector would pick you up.
Super Strength would allow you to dupilcate many of the powers listed but do you get the durability to go with it?
The only power that is super speed, I assume we're talking about Flash(Barry Allen/Wally West) level speed. I
t would allow you to phase through objects at will.
If you do it like the Flashes do it(by channeling extra-dimensional energy) getting tired would not be a problem if you in reasonable shape.
And let's not forget, no matter how strong someone is if they get punched by a fist traveling at relatavistic velocities he's going to feel it.
Control/Domination only comes into effect if the Controller/Dominator has time to put his power into effect.
Warping time is a small matter to someone capable of accelerating thing to superluminal velocities.
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Sex appeal.
I mean let's face it, I'm already God's gift to flying, now if only I could get the woman thing nailed (pardon the expression)
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If it had to be one on the list, it'd be flight. I'd love to fly around, especially indoors somewhere.
Otherwise, I'd choose to have the power of being able to bestow stupid powers on people :D
"I dub thee 'Diabetic Gerald Ford Girl!' Now go to destroy evil with your powers of falling down and needing insulin!"
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teleport. For all reasons an0n listed, plus the fact that I hate public transportation.
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Teleport or dominiation... voted for teleport. ;7
I'd rather have all though. :D
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Sex appeal.
I mean let's face it, I'm already God's gift to flying, now if only I could get the woman thing nailed (pardon the expression)
:lol:
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Speed would be a useful superpower. Not so much being able to run fast, more being able to teleport. Imagine all the time you would save if you didnt have to travel to work for instance. A holiday would be much more practical, just teleport there and you could relax before you go home again to bed.
Be very practicle.
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Omnipotent knowlege, because using it you could aquire or develop almost all the other powers in some form.
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but just because you know how to do something doesn't mean you can.
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who cares, you get to know all the math in existence. :D
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Originally posted by Carl
but just because you know how to do something doesn't mean you can.
In this case it does, since by definition alone the power is that you know everything then anything possible is available to you, since you know how to achieve it or how to go about finding others or other ways of achieving it in some form. Thus if it's possible, it can be done.
If the knowlege was limited then your arguement would be true, but it's not - so n'yer ;)
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Originally posted by CP5670
who cares, you get to know all the math in existence. :D
Oh, you mean like my mate Big Gay Mike (aka 'Maths Boy')
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I still like the idea of being able to replace people's useful powers with stupid, pointless ones.
Mwahahaah omniscience is useless compared to my forcing one to become The Human Bong!
Look at it this way, at least stoner chicks will love em forever... :D
i know, i know, that was dirty
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Originally posted by Mad Bomber
Yadda Yada Yada The Human Bong! blah blah blah
Suddenly my meaning in life was revealed to me. :drevil:
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time- i've always wanted to change history using a machine gun, failing that hindsight
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Invisibility - You'd have to walk around stark naked.
Fly - I hope you'd be able to control it.
Phase - Wouldn't you fall through the floor until you got to the center of the Earth?
Teleport - And how would you know where you were going?
Dominate - "Being John Malkovich."
Mind Trick - If this really worked, wouldn't all the politicians have it? What if they do?
Speed - You'd get tired pretty quickly.
Time Warp - Screwing up the space-time continuum is bad, mmkay?
Omnipotential Knowledge - Geez, think of all the petty little favors everyone will be asking you for! A neverending crowd asking you for the cures to diseases, genetic alteration, the secret to world peace... you'd never be left alone.
Stength - Imagine the calorie intake.
For the record, if I could have one wish it would be the power to create anything. Think about it.
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I could probably go for being able to transform at will, so long as there were no size limitations. Hell, you'd take over the world in no time.:D
But personally, I'd be more than happy if just some of my inventions worked a good deal of the time. Any more "super" than that, and I can't imagine but that you'd end up miserable (and the more powerful, the more so. Imagine being all-knowing or all-powerful- you'd go out of your mind from boredom within a month!). That, and is any real percentage of the stuff I made functioned reliably, I'd not only be a billionaire, but I'd be several MDWs ahead of the US. Think of it- what good is a nuke when opposed to a hypervelocity railgun capable of launching a couple tons of granite for much the same effect?:D
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Imagine being all-knowing or all-powerful- you'd go out of your mind from boredom within a month!).
IIRC Q of Star Trek suffered badly from that problem, personally I'd rather be a powerful figure in any given setting than god-like. That is to say I'd rather have the position of Gandalf in LOTR, One of the Eva pilots in Evangelion - that type of thing. Something interesting but without complete power, where you could make a difference to others and had a purpose in life.
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On second thought, I think I'd like to be all-knowing for about a couple of months. That way, I'd be smart enough to finish my campaign with little trouble in that time. And once it wore off after two months, I could play my campaign like it was brand new, because I wouldn't be able to remember how I designed it in the first place!
Would that be cool or what? ;7 :D
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That reminds me, the superpower of my choice would be forgetfulness. I'd be able to play my favourite games as many times as I wanted, without having the story spoiled! What's better than that?!
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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
Invisibility - You'd have to walk around stark naked.
Fly - I hope you'd be able to control it.
Phase - Wouldn't you fall through the floor until you got to the center of the Earth?
Teleport - And how would you know where you were going?
Dominate - "Being John Malkovich."
Mind Trick - If this really worked, wouldn't all the politicians have it? What if they do?
Speed - You'd get tired pretty quickly.
Time Warp - Screwing up the space-time continuum is bad, mmkay?
Omnipotential Knowledge - Geez, think of all the petty little favors everyone will be asking you for! A neverending crowd asking you for the cures to diseases, genetic alteration, the secret to world peace... you'd never be left alone.
Stength - Imagine the calorie intake.
For the record, if I could have one wish it would be the power to create anything. Think about it.
Jeez... what did I say about restrictions... Youd have the will to use the powers, just because you have the power to punch someone, dosn't mean your arm constantly spazums punching people. You wouldn't phase through the earth, youd phase through whatever you thought about phasing through. As for speed, read my first post. Same deal with all your other little complains.
Oya, and there was one dealing with matter... but it wasn't ... working out too well.
Keep in mind with the mass knoledge you get, you'll also have knoldge of peoples fears, hates, etc. Sure youd then have the knoledge to control your fears, hates, etc, but that assumes that more people have the ability to suppress a fear vs people having that fear.
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Darn, I was hoping this thread would be like:
1 - Rome
2 - Union of Soviets of Republican Socialists of Socialist Union Soviet Republics of Communists Wearing Cheap Suits
3 - USA
4 - My house
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waa? i do not understand?
(do you want ANOTHER political thread you say??)
:rolleyes: :D :p
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Wanted superpower --> Rejuvinate the dead, so I can bring the 58th back to life... :(
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Wanted superpower --> Rejuvinate the dead, so I can bring the 58th back to life... :(
You mean the 58th Wild Cards? Yeah, I miss "Space: Above and Beyond" as well...
That show died way too young.
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I just watched (again) the final episode, '... Tell Our Mom's We Done Our Best'.
So sad :(:(:(
I must not derial threads
I must not derial threads
I must not derial threads
I must not derial threads
I must not derial threads... repeat until funny
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Invisibility, assuming that it also makes you and undetectable by heat scanning and/or radar/sonar (as in, completely undetectable). Throw in silent walking, and I'm all set.
Oh, and count making your clothes invisible in there, too.
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Originally posted by JC Denton
Invisibility, assuming that it also makes you and undetectable by heat scanning and/or radar/sonar (as in, completely undetectable). Throw in silent walking, and I'm all set.
*reads post*
*see's poster's name*
*taps side of nose in knowing fashion*
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I want the ability to make REALLY GOOD hamburgers. I mean, not the type that are charcoal, or the type that are good, but come with half an hour of some quasi-vegetarian health-nut ***** going on and on about how raw meat gives you hookworm, the Ebola virus, AIDS, and nearsightedness.
Oh, and as for the other sort, I want my own small island nation, half of which is taken up by my underground lair (hash farm aboveground, for camouflage), and the other half of which is covered by approximately 50 million fully armed and operational nuclear silos.