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Prodigy: (ooc) Player Discussion: Revamp


töff (Töff)

 
I should mention that there is a slight delay between submission and appearance in the rotation. I wish it could be an automatic process, but it can't, if for no other reason than security & content control. Submissions accumulate in my email box until I process & post them.


'From the void she's coming back' (Pax)

 
I'd figured that, and, anyway, it makes sense.

For my part I'd hate to accidently click one of my vast library of troll images and submit that, only to see it in automatic rotation.


The King of Organized Crime (Mastermind)

 

quote:

That depends entirely on the artwork submitted.




Originally, the only characters shown were those created by you (Toff) and Wayne. And, they all had the same flavor.

Now, with the addition of artwork that is submitted (bravo Pax!) as well as the beginnings of some diversity I have seen in Wayne’s work, I agree with you that we are getting a good chunk of diversity that is representative of Prodigy; it looks great!

And, I noticed the new city image. That looks very interesting. What do you think about stretching it up to the title?

The bigger you can make it without overcoming all the new stuff the better it would be. Thank you for working on it and doing what you can! I love the yellow lighting and haze.


töff (Töff)

 

quote:

the only characters shown were those created by you (Toff) and Wayne. And, they all had the same flavor. Now, with the addition of artwork that is submitted (bravo Pax!)


Bravo Pax? ... but töff's and Wayne's were all the same?

quote:

as well as the beginnings of some diversity I have seen in Wayne’s work


Ahhh, I see. Wayne's work is also OK. Only töff's is no good.

You know, I welcome constructive criticism, and I am not thin-skinned enough to be offended by a few negative remarks. But I must say I am getting quite frustrated with the continual assertion that the only thing in my head is Superman's red cape and plastic boots. I can't imagine how this "misunderstanding" (your word, Dennis) continues to be clung to.

Red capes are an indispensible part of a superhero game. If you want us to create a new superhero genre without red capes, that's different. But that is not what we have here and I don't think anybody wants it. I don't want it and it won't happen. So we will have red capes. But I have NEVER ANYWHERE said that we should exclude other character types; not in the blog, not in my splash art, not in my posts. The superhero genre acommodates everything from heatray vision and invisibility to fantasy magic and scifi aliens and blackjacket cyberpunks. I understand this concept very well.

May I ask please, PLEASE, that the spurious complaints of my "non-diversity" be dropped? All humility aside, I think I am displaying both extreme liberalism in maintaining character diversity, and also using a bit of imagination in creating some wide-ranging character artwork for our splash page. I feel that the concept of my being completely obsessed with spandex heroes is utterly unfounded.

Hero Math


Dark of skin and white of eye (Athanasia)

 
...I'm glad that's coal. I'd assumed he'd come from Plight's solid-waste-disposal unit and was a science based relative to Dogma's Golgothan.


töff (Töff)

 
I do notice the females are 67% nasty (my only paladiness is Squall). Where are the female players, to gripe about what a misogynist I am?


töff (Töff)

 

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the new city image ... stretching it up to the title? The bigger you can make it without overcoming all the new stuff the better


The width now is pretty much at 800 pixels, which is a maximum of content for general browser design considerations. Those who run their windows non-maximized at a monitor setting of 600x800 or whose monitors are lower than 800px wide (eg640x480) are already going to invoke a horizontal scrollbar, which nobody likes. The city is about as large as it can be without removing or reducing some other existing element such as the mouseover-text, the PRODIGY logo, the menubar, or the 2 guys for the OOC links. Here is an 800-pixel screenshot (reduced) showing that the horizontal space at the top of the site design is pretty much all used up.

horizontalspace


VDP Financial President (Gabriel)

 
Toff, pat yourself on the back. Just because.


The King of Organized Crime (Mastermind)

 

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Ahhh, I see. Wayne's work is also OK. Only töff's is no good.




If you read my previous posts (blogs), you will see that I can actually say…I never said that. :-)

And, I have to say that I don’t think your characters offer the diversity that I am talking about. Your characters, although very different from one another, still only represent one kind of character that is in Prodigy: the super, out-of-this-world kind of character. There is nothing wrong with that. However, the other kinds of characters, also presumably organized into one collection by your blog, known as “ordinaries”, are never represented in your characters. (Most of those so-called ordinaries in Prodigy are far from ordinary, as well)

There is nothing wrong with the characters you’ve created; they fit perfectly into Prodigy! However, they were the only kind of characters seen when the pic rotations started. Wayne and Pax managed to add some portions of the “ordinaries” to the rotation. Again, there is nothing wrong with what you created because it fits perfectly into Prodigy, but many of Wayne and Pax’s characters do offer more diversity.

Considering the discussion we recently had in the other thread, I felt the need to mention it to them. And, there is nothing wrong with that.

Thank you for adding villians, I must also say. That's good. I want you to know that I have never seen your characters until now, (remember, they rotate) otherwise I would have at least commented about that to you.

Thank you for doing your best with the city image. It’s important to have that well in sight, since many of our characters live and/or die for that city. It can be very inspirational.

(Excellent post, by the way. The graphics were great!)


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
After running across this a few times again:

Guideline suggestion: Whoever STARTS a situation, makes the first post in a series of posts, does something for the first time in a new area decides upon the time his post takes place in, and should STATE the approximate time in the post. So when you make a new post in a new area, say something like: Nighttime, 10-12pm, and then make your post. Now while it should be obvious that the thread/situation starter gets to pick the time, sometimes it's far from obvious just from the post. Just writing the time down will make that a whole lot easier to understad. It will also make it easier to backtrack should lots of people post in certain situation.

It would also be wise to state the time every time you move to a new area.
Now while I certainly won't lose sleep over time inconsistencies, and won't mind to lose or gain a few hours here or there, it does take away a bit of atmosphere when people mix up day and night, etc.


Private Detective, Drake (Williams)

 
Another way to deal with it would be to avoid references of time all together.

I have seen that practice in action and, although it takes away from some of the description of the scene, it has also helped to avoid any complications of time.

In other words, each player (character) can imagine the time he or she wants too in his or her own head, without having to make an adjustment. When they exit the SL and go back to their own path, they can go back to mentioning the time and it would have never had to change.

I guess it all depends on the circumstances.


Pride (Paradigm)

 
Prodigy time has been messed up since the first month. I remember having Gabriel going through a month, while August Adler was contemplating how crazy her first week was going. Somebody else was still on the first night.


Administration (Admin)

 
What do you guys think of this so far? (Under construction, as is everything else in the universe.)

http://prodigy.mysteryandmagic.com/Application


Beware the wail of the (Banshee)

 
Looks swell! And the colors make it easier for me to read too. Well done!


Sword Saint (Kensei)

 
Wayne, Töff, great work on the app sheet.
However, I do see a problem: Superman used to be an example of a very unbalanced superhero. If you put him as an example for the field entries, then people will think balancing along those lines is about right. Even initially stating that he is unbalanced will not change that first impression.
And then you'll have to turn down lots of applicants who design that kind of character (and I also see quite a few slipping through).


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
I love the look. Really good i mean it. I agree with kensei, superman was one of the worse balanced charachters. Not to mention a very cheezy one. Try spiderman, he like the second most popular and.... his powers are so weak that he doesn't have weaknesses other than the villains. Hmm whats another fairly popular superhero that has weaknesses. I'll get back to you with that


newage demon (Hellcat)

 
BATMAN!!! W00t....he didn't even have super powers he was just cool XD Which is probably his weakness...no powers....just smarts

Or you could have Green Lantern. Whoes weakness was his powers only lasted so long and he had to recharge etc...Rogue from X-men....couldn't touch anyone without fear of killing....etc etc there are a ton.

And super man is a good one. With kryptonite he could be effectively made weak as a baby. Also he did have powerful rivals...Luther being the coolest. What else. Oh yeah....Louis XD I mean come on if she wasn't a weakness for him...damn. That woman was always in trouble? He also didn't like killing people which is effectively a moral weakness...because bad guys don't have that issue *coughherosarepussiescough* and we will get revenge if we can *shifty eyes* Granted SM is probably not the best example we have, but he is more well known


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
Why don't we make up a well balanced example super hero? We can make it a villain. Or a super hero. Or a villain!

Bla Bla Bla bills pay me Bla Bla Not guaranteed Bla Bla

Fine Print is for losers!!!!


Administration (Admin)

 
Sample characters are great, and I will be happy to make a page. Anybody want to contribute? Credit by name! (Worlde Arcane has a few).

Superman is not ideal, because his Balance is questionable, and also because he has no obvious Gear or Sidekicks. But I chose Supes because he is the most well-known character. He is not intended to be a perfect example of a freeform superhero; he is intended to show what the Application sections mean. Maybe this paragraph could enhance the disclaimer.

Neither Batman nor Spiderman are any better for this use. In fact, Spiderman is a mess due to all the weird stuff they did with him over time (like that alien costume thing, giving him six arms, etc.).


newage demon (Hellcat)

 
well heck I'd be up for it

*whispers* I still think Batman is the bomb


Administration (Admin)

 
Batman da bomb but has no innate superpowers. He's a gear-only super.

"Where does he get all those wonderful toys!"


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
I'll help, I can think of some unique super power.


quote:

Where does he get all those wonderful toys!




Santa Clause daa

Note: The box might not contain anything you bought. We are not responsible for that in any way.

Ditch the fine print!!!


Out of Fire and Heat comes... (Blaze)

 
Yay, i like the new profile stuff, *whispers to Hellcat* I think batman is the bomb too. And with Goldie, lose the fine print!


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
Note: We have the right to take all your money. No this is not a scam.

Fine print is for losers!!

its my new saying my ooc saying. You'll probly see at the bottom of most of my posts in the ooc area.


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
Login name: Grace
Password: grac3rul3s
verify password: grac3rul3s
Real Email addres: fineprintstinks@IP.com (lol jk) Grace_E.@mysteyrandmagic.com
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Supername: Guardian
Full name: Our Saviour
Secret Identity: Grace Edwars
Birthplace & Birthdate/Age: Megatropolis, November 18 1967.
Occupation: A lawyer for Happy Hobs and partners
Race and Gender: Male and Human
Moral Standing: Hero at times, but when the Heros get too powerful, she need to balance it out.
Appearance: Looks older then she is. Glasses and Blonde hair. Always has Pinkish lip stick on. Dark Blue eyes, and has wrinkles.

In costume she has medevil armour on. She doesn't look female at all. She has a full helmet, with a T shape. The armour is often a ocean blue and green mix. She holds a huge staff with two orbs on it. One of them is red the other is white. On here plate armour she has a symbol that looks liek it was from the gothic people.
Super Powers: Flying- She can Fly. No beam no nothing. She just hovers up.

Staff of Justice- She holds a over large staff. It throws Black and white balls of heat. It can also do Black and White beams of heat. Also, this needs to charge up, She can summon a vortex that sucks life from anything she targets, leaving the target unconcious

Super Vulnerabilities: Flying only comes when she is in good health. If she was ever to smoke, or not get a good night's sleep, she would lose the ability to fly. This excludes small cuts and bruises.

The Staff of Justice often needs to recharge power. Specially the vortex. Often takes 5 hours ot recharge the vortex. She could keep throwing balls of heat for 7 minutes straight, and then it will need recharging. The balls of heat recharge in 25 minutes.

She is not immune to any diseases, colds, she can become immune like a normal person would.

Well how do you like it? i'll finish it tommorow tell me how you like it.

Tell us your Social Security numbers. Call 1-800-555-SCAM

ditch the fine print!!


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
Personal Strengths: Grace is a really good lawyer. She knows how to prosecute and defend. She oftne bends people's words. She went to harvard and got a bachelor's degree in Law and in Economics. She is loyal to anyone, never breaks her word.

Personal Flaws: She can sometime be a pain in a butt. She won't drop it, until its done. She isn't very good at making freinds. She is often not home and doing work, wich would make her a bad mother.

Attitude/Mentality: Grace is a democrat. She beleives in anything democratic. She is also againt any type of villain. She thinks they should be in jail. She also beleives in the christian beleifs. She is a hero when she needs to be. She beleives that global peace is necessary.

Origin & History: Grace grew up in one of the wealthy families. She loved superheroes when she was a girl. She tried to get comic books and watch movies but here parents said no. She had to study and think about her future. She never was able to enjoy her childhood. At 17 she was accepted into Harvard, because of her advanced knowledge. She had earned more then a normal amount of College Credits by age 16. Grace got her Bachelor's degree at age 21, making her one of the youngest graduates. She moved back to megatropolis hoping to meet the superheros and help them out. On the way to megatropolis there was a horrible train accident. It colided with a what seemed to be "Peice of an old church". She was rushed to the hospital not breathing. It was a miracle, she came back to life. When coming home, in crutches, she slipped again. She was so scared she didn't know how, she just turned into the huge armoured knight. While the knight she could walk normally. She recovered in 10 weeks, and by then mastering how to become the knight again. She finnally figured out how to fly being full healed. By age 22 she got a lawyering job at Happy Hobs and partners. By 24 she was the best lawyer in megatropolis. She started using here powers for good, slaying the villains. When she was 30, the heros were too strong. They started acting like villain thinking they were above the law. She knew she had to stop this. She slayed heros for one year until the balance was restored.

Catchphrase: 'Crime is unacceptable' and 'Fear the Law!!'
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Gear: Her armour is made of holy love. Her staff is pure gold. Out of costume, she has a ipod to listen to those "Classic Memories". she has a Honda Civic.

Opponets: The opponets of grace are all the villains and crime doers. She does have some rivals

Gex:A large lizard, with razor shar claws. He can walk on walls and spit acid. He always shows up when Grace is busy.

John Catuin: A rival lawyer. The one person who is capable of beating Grace in a court case. Has grey hair and glases. looks about 50.
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Writing Sample: (I really don't want to now)

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Player's Name: George W. Bush
Player's Instant messagers: TexasRocks@yahoo.com
Player's Location: Guess

We can substitute the player's name and messengers and location with some random person

How do you like?

If you drop the device,we will not pay you back

Stupid fine print


I'm a shock to yo system (Jptakle)

 
That's...different. Anyway I like the new thingymabober.


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
i wrote this whole super hero, and no compliments??!? not even a reply from toff


töff (Töff)

 
Sorry, had my attention elsewhere. She's very cool! May I reserve the right to ask for a couple minor revisions? And why does "Gender" say male?


Goldie (Goldm2)

 
oops mistake. The gender is female


Administration (Admin)

 
The Application is now pretty much online. Sorry you were not all crazy for Superman as the sample but some of you agree he is the best-known hero, and I added a few more notes through the app to help explain why we are using him as the example.

I think this is a great improvement over anything we had before. What do you guys think?

http://prodigy.mysteryandmagic.com/Application

We will get onto a Sample Characters page some day. Goldm2 has already contributed the first one! Thank you Goldm2! Remember they all need DETAIL and BALANCE.


Rens Simons (Remote)

 
Hehe, I like how it was changed. It's definitely for the better. Almost makes me regret signing up yesterday through the old application form!


töff (Töff)

 
That is a really cool pic, Rens.


Tiara Man (Goldm2)

 
i agree awsome design

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