The Last Homely House
Middle-Earth => Chamber of Mazarbul => Topic started by: FM on June 04, 2008, 10:30:57 AM
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Ok, I TOLD you guys I'd be returning with some crazy idea. However, it's nothing HUGE like last time, nor something I'll take on solo, so it's possible to keep it going even if I get busy.
Ok, so one thing a lot of us have either done or seen it done is DCs of Forum members. What I'm thinking of, is a DC SET, picturing the "eras" of good ol' CC, as a last tribute. We'd make one about the old age of CC, one about the downfall and one about TLHH's creation, and the members who survived the transition! Now, of course, only characters won't do, so we'll need different kinds of cards, and since I don't want to be selfish, and "tell" CCs history on my own, I'm calling all you DC'ers to help, in the form of a DC Contest! This way, we'll get the best possible DC Set about CC!
First, we'd decide on keywords we might use, as well as cultures. Then, a list of characters and a card-type breakdown.
After that, the contest begins! I'll ask for the first card, all contestants will make their version, and we select the winner. Winner gets a gp from each other member, and calls out on the next card to be made! This way, round winners get an "edge", since they'll select the card they want the most to make, although that doesn't necessarily means the winner will KEEP winning! ;)
So, who wants to try their hand? The more, the better!
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we need to have other eras...pre-SoP,post-pipsqueak,the flaming wars,the arrival of the brits...and a dwarf ;) and incognito./..
I want to do it.
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Well, the "old age" would cover pipsqueak, EL's gf banter, tOO, the creation of the groups, tOO's banishing, etc. The downfall would cover the arrival of the brits (nothing personal, just for timeline purposes), NBarden's battle for spammer, Incognito, the Flame Wars with the Forum Groups, etc. The last one would cover the demise of CC, creation of TLHH, our struggle to bring in the new members, the first banning on the Forum's history, etc.
Anyway, gp for our first contester!
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just to let you know I will be gone for a week...then BtO will be back too.
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There simply must be an Elder Days era... those dark times before CC came into being. I myself would be one of the Eldar, as would a few others that are still around (AC, Bib).
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Does "Dark Times" mean the old D forums? I joined those back during pre-reflections. Not that I was a particularly constructive member for a while there.... :-[
I'm in!
And we simply MUST have an Incog culture.
Don't mean to sound arrogant, but may I suggest including my Incog keyword from my old "Welcome to My World" DCs?
NOLINKIncognito. (This minion is played face-down and remains so until assigned or revealed in play by an action.)
For example:
[3] •CG, NOLINKAl the Killer (B)
Minion – CC
Strength 7
Vitality 3
Site 2
NOLINKIncognito. (This minion is played face-down and remains so until assigned or revealed in play by an action.) Lurker.
Assignment: Reveal this minion in play to discard a card at random from the Free Peoples player’s hand.
“‘You’ve got the wrong guy. I’m not CarpeGuitarrem. They call me Al. Al the Killer.’”
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Man, y'all may hate me, but I kinda am glad that everyone loves my assassin game. :mrgreen:
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Youre assassin game was a stroke of genius NB :up:
Im in for this. As a matter of interest who was the first recognised "brit" in the "arrival of the brits" what sparked it off? I wasnt aware of this so im intrigued.
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There simply must be an Elder Days era... those dark times before CC came into being. I myself would be one of the Eldar, as would a few others that are still around (AC, Bib).
Don't forget about me, my friend! "Dáin's DC Duos" were all the rage back then! ;)
Oh, count me in, obviously. :up:
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I liked the Incognito keyword a lot! Of course, it wouldn't appear in the first part, since Incog came during the era near the end of CC, but I was planning on ALSO "contesting" for cultures, characters, keywords and such anyway, so stay sharp to when we get to that! ;)
Let's see, how many are we so far? Around 4-5?
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Ok, seems like there's not been enough liking to the idea...
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apparently...PM people...
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I think it just drifted down the page and got skipped over.
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Unfortunately I'm going away tomorrow! Otherwise, I'd probably do it.
Thranduil
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Hum... I think we can pull it off nicely enough with around 5 people, so I'll make a recount, invite some people personally, and see where it gets.
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I'll do it. And the arrival of the Brits was really more of the emergance of the Brits as most of us such as myself had actually been members of CC for a long time but only became properly active in the latter days. Heck I could even be in Dark times mentioned above as I used to run DC contests on the D forums back in their glory days.
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Yeah, I think their "arrival' should actually be an "emergence", from what I remember. I'm still figuring some stuff out, but I think we can make one cool piece of work here.
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Ok, so from what I've gathered, we have sop, Dain, Thranduil (when he returns), AD and lem0n, and I think we could probably call in bto as well, at least, and perhaps NBarden. m64 will probably to busy to help for now, due to his busy schedule, but if he decides to pop in, well, the more the merrier. But I think we can do fine as it is for now.
I'll lauch a few ideas 'round here tomorrow so we can kick things off, after I take my wretched Tributary Law test, and hopefully pass it. Until then, well, start brainstorming, it'll be an important part of this. ;)
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well I have actually thought of different stats...you would have resistance to spamming, posts per day (strength) and...GP (vitality) and what would make it interesting is that there would be tons of cards to make you use different ones to resolve skirmishes...
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That might work, although I think it'd distance itself so greatly from LotR TCG then some people mighit drop out on it.
But of course, a lot of those ideas can be incorporated in keywords, titles, etc. For instance, Posts Per Day could be a strength pump for Spammer characters, and such.
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I agree...those would work better as keywords or abilities than replacing current stats. I think strength and vitality should remain as they are, though resistance we might be able to play around with to some degree. Instead of resistance to the Ring, resistance to SOMETHING else could certainly be done. It's just a matter of what they something else could be that I'm not sure of yet. Spamming...nah. Not a bad idea, but not something I think would make sense outside a few select characters. I DO think spamming should be in there, but more on the keyword/ability side of things.
Resistance to...uh...jeez, I need to think this through some more. :P
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Resistance COULD refer to resistance to flaming, or to hacking. When a character starts flame wars too often, he might get a ban. Same with hacking, tOO got "corrupted" and became greedy to have a hoard of gp (which, btw, he himself suggested to have added to the community), so he "soft-hacked" the system and got banned for it.
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Yeah, I suppose that could work. Might want to replace the Ring with something else then, however.
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the ring could be...cobracards.
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Is this starting? Im back and raring to go!
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It is, I have a few ideas to throw out there. However, I'll be preparing my graduation paper's presentation this week, and I'll be presenting it next week, so I can't really spare time for now. But hey, as soon as that's over, we'll kick things off!
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I think we need a different thread to figure out the mechanics and all.
I like my idea :D
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count me in!
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for the record i like the Spammer and post count idea...post count should count towards something...not sure how though. Maybe it could be sorta like resistance in that weaker characters might have great post count (IE hobbit have high resistance but low strength vs. say gil-galad or something) just posting out loud hear.
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I'm thinking Post Count could be represented by some new mechanic that connects conditions w/ culture tokens to specific companions. That way, you can potentially increase post count via reinforcement, et cetera.
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I can definitely see a Post counter being posted at a post count-caring condition or so...
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now I am totally confused...
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Instead of changing regular cards, post-count could be a new feature, like threats, or a slightly different feature, in that some cards would add post counters instead of culture counters, and certain conditions, companions, minions, etc, would care for your post-count. Clearer?
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Basically, post counters would work like tokens. Is that what I'm understanding?
So for example:
[3]•sickofpalantirs, Useful Spammer (S)
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 5
Spammer.
When you play sickofpalantirs, you may reinforce a (S) post-counter.
Each time you reinforce a (S) post-counter, you may exert sickofpalantirs to reinforce that post-counter again.
“‘Watch me gain 2042 posts over the summer. ;) ’”
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Pretty much, however, it could also work like threats. So:
[3]•sickofpalantirs, Useful Spammer (S)
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 5
Spammer.
When you play sickofpalantirs, you may add a post.
Each time you add a post, you may exert sickofpalantirs to add another post.
“Watch me gain 2042 posts over the summer. ”
Something along these lines. And of course, post-count would work for either player, not being a "bonus" feature for the FP.
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wouldn't it be add an aditional post?
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Yeah, pretty much. Sorry, I think I misworded the non-existing ability... ;)
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Yeah, pretty much. Sorry, I think I misworded the non-existing ability... ;)
Thou art absolved. Go ye in peace.
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Don't forget me either! I want to be in on this.
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Ok, and now I think we have a nice crew to work with. So, where should we start? Game mechanics, keywords or cultures?
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I vote we start with cultures. Once we have cultures defined, we'll have a better idea what sort of things we'll want as keywords.
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I second the motion.
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I third the motion, then. ;) Anyone against it?
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Ok, just realized we need to rewind a bit. So, what're we talking about? A single large set, or a regular block? I, for one, was thinking of a Block, comprising as the large set the old days at CC, and then as smaller sets the downfall and the move to TLHH, since one was a quick period, and the other one we're just starting. Some people suggested including the old days at the D boards, but that would kinda be a stretch, so I think we should start with something like this, and if we like what we're doing, we could always do an add-on (or spin-off) promo set later.
What are your thoughts fellas?
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Block sounds more organized, but on the other hand, I'm not sure we would get through the whole thing... and by the time we did, TLHH might have been around long enough to deserve a large set.
Maybe a block with smaller sets than normal, but still a block. The old D boards could be a sort of Reflections set if we decide we want to do that.
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So what card breakdown are we talking about?
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Hum... given this a few days to simmer, and I think interest in the project is simply lost to quickly, perhaps I should kill off the idea of a contest and run it as a solo idea, just getting feedback from our usual reviewers?
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That works.
Unfortunately, CC DC sets seems to be an idea that dies quickly....
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OK works for me.
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Hum... given this a few days to simmer, and I think interest in the project is simply lost to quickly, perhaps I should kill off the idea of a contest and run it as a solo idea, just getting feedback from our usual reviewers?
I think you need to have a clearer idea how this is going to turn out rather than trying to get ideas from an unenthused mass! ;) Don't give us the choice of where we start, just tell us! :hey:
Thranduil
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I think I'll brainstorm on this a little and get back with an introduction rather than possibilities, then.
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Definately agree with Thran, you know most of us are a lazy bunch and i dont wanna have to think about the contest, im not running it after all ,but if you tell me how it works and when to do what ill certainly participate!
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I think I'll scrape the "contest" thing idea and simply go with a DC set, getting reviews instead of submissions. Kinda works the same way, sans the gold.
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works for me.
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I'll be here to review.
I'm sure I'm going to be the target of a few jokes before this is over.
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I'm sure I'm going to be the target of a few jokes before this is over.
Never! Surely not! Whatever could be amusing about you? :D
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Define "a few"... ;)
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a few...as in dozen? score? hundred?...google?