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11 yrs ago
Now I want a trophy.
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Shy said
I miss getting to do these kind of analysis posts.


Now you can play the other side, and troll anyone who tries to do them. I completely expect I've been lead astray by your story post, suspecting people I shouldn't suspect and giving the actual suspicious people a pass. But hey, that's the game!
natsumehack said
How about yourself?


Go ahead.
Vox has an excellent article today on what this new era of the Internet looks like in regards to Net Neutrality: http://www.vox.com/2014/5/2/5665890/beyond-net-neutrality-the-new-battle-for-the-future-of-the-internet
Obligatory and relevant:


https://xkcd.com/386/
Okay, usually someone does an analysis of the post. I've never done one before, and I don't have RD roles memorized, so I can't speculate on who is what besides the killer. But here's a whodunit analysis based on the first post, which as you all know reveals nothing at all:

Seravee, first of all, seems far too rich to do anything as low as murder. Especially considering she has hired an assistant, Shy, to do menial tasks for her. I'm very suspicious why such a rich individual would be at such a contest anyway, $1,000,000 is probably pocket change for her, so the killing could be an ulterior motivation. Or, it could just be the fame and glory she strives for.

Similar suspicion for Vordak, why would a man who dresses in Armani suits need a $1,000,000 prize?

Svenn seems to be fairly enterprising, and intelligent. He approaches Shy in an attempt to ally, and asks fairly poignant questions about the contest. This could mean that he's very quick in understanding, although the Master of the House lumped him in with those 'average' citizens, so he's obviously not the most cunning. It could, however, be a way to cover up or deflect suspicion from his role as the killer, attempting to recruit allies to win the prize the old fashioned way, as well as faking ignorance about the game rules, would likely have a disarming effect on those who might suspect him.

K-97 seemed to be the most opposed to the idea of murder and executions, starting to rise when the Master explained the real rules of the game. This knee-jerk reaction seems to exonerate the ex-soldier as a killer, he may have been one for his country, but it's certainly not his guilty pleasure hobby.

Alpha is quiet and intelligent, and doesn't speak at all. To me, he sort of comes off as autistic, but it could very well simply be shyness or extreme introversion. However, the Master recognizes him as intellictual, so he must be very intelligent. Probably intelligent enough to reason out the puzzles (let's hope you can live up to this, Alpha!) or even the killer. Best pray that immunity kicks in right away, kid, for I have a feeling you're going to be an early wolf target.

Mbl is poor and doesn't seem to think before he speaks, I do believe the Assistant to the Master was a bit offended by Mbl's question. There's not much else to go on here.

Knightshade, hmm, he's nearsighted? That's the best I can come up with, I couldn't really figure anything else out about him. Besides the fact that he's average, middle-class.

Nat seems to be a bit polite, which is a nice quality in a boyfriend. You picked a keeper, Jorick! (And hopefully he doesn't turn out to be the wolf.) The only other thing we know is that he and Jorick are gay and in a relationship.

We learned nothing of significance about Squee, Drakel or Jorick. Does this mean they're innocent or killer, you decide.
I have a quandary for you all.

So I've been re-reading the Animorphs books the past few days (what better thing to do when you're laid up sick?!) and something struck me. Yeerk names seem to reflect their rank, with Temrash 114 mentioning he had just moved into the 100s. This seems to imply that Yeerks change their name as they move up, and thus when one member moves up, everyone now below moves down.

Then I got to thinking. Visser Three is named Esplin 9466. We learn this in the Hork-Bajir Chronicles, written quite a time after The Capture, in which Temrash mentions his promotion. Even after his promotion to Sub-Visser Twelve, Esplin 9466 still refers to his name as separate.

This is the question, how do Yeerks rank themselves? Do you think they retain their final names and numbers once they reach the Sub-Visser/Visser ranks? Or is Visser Three just a sentimentalist and Yeerk names are synonymous with their ranks?
Just looking back a few pages, here's the running games in Advanced that seem to be Superhero-related. I didn't dig very far, but at least one of these should still be active.

Super Hero RP
Universal Comics: DC - Shadows Among Us
All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes
Ultimate One Universe: Marvel/DC RPG
Independent Comics Universe RPG

I found one related int chk as well:
New DC Comics RPG
Dervish said
But yeah, I think JJ Abrams pretty much was making Star Wars movies with a Star Trek coat of paint. If he did something similar with the new trilogy and was respectful to the original material, I think it'll be something I'll enjoy a lot.


THIS!
Most of the books from the late 80's and early 90's are pretty weird, to be honest. The Thrawn trilogy was good, but it seemed like EU writers couldn't help but repeat the same material over and over again.

I certainly hope there's a few nods to the EU-verse in the new movies, but I'm expecting them to break pretty cleanly with EU canon. It's heartbreaking, especially now that there will be new media that centers around the new Star Wars movies conflicting with books still set in the old EU-verse, but it was going to happen. You're not going to force JJ Abrams to write around a bunch of already-established canon, not if you expect him to work his magic properly.
In A Thing 12 yrs ago Forum: Spam Forum
ImANargleHunter said
Did you break your sarcasm sensor?


My sarcasm sensor doesn't work for spam. Too much bullshit going around, it goes all haywire.
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