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So occasionally godmoding makes it better exactly how?
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Plot monkeying?
@ShadowGhost & @Ghostie
The Grav Mistress, Mistress of Gravity
If you have nothing useful to say, you have two choices: Say something useless or stay quiet.
i'm sorry i fail to see how it's godmodding.. you have to ASK the scotbot for stuff and then hope it gets it right.
it doesn't sound like god modding to me
Might I respectfully suggest that a discussion on whether or not a named player -- any named player -- is godmodding or powergaming is not appropriate for this forum?
(As my mama always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then GO TIDY YOUR ROOM THIS INSTANT OR I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT.)
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(As my mama always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then GO TIDY YOUR ROOM THIS INSTANT OR I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT.)
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heheh sounds familure.. that and "I carried you in my womb for 9 months.. how dare you be so rude! you gave me stitches!"
Yes Leif, you're right as usual. *looks at him sheepishly*
Shadowplay - Scrapper DM/DA SL 50
Doctor Storm- Brute SS/Elec SL 50
"speed boosts someone in the face" - Cognito
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(As my mama always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then GO TIDY YOUR ROOM THIS INSTANT OR I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT.)
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heheh sounds familure.. that and "I carried you in my womb for 9 months.. how dare you be so rude! you gave me stitches!"
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Which I often respond to with
"You have only yourself and dad to blame for that"
Usually with a cheeky grin 
followed by being tickled. 
@ShadowGhost & @Ghostie
The Grav Mistress, Mistress of Gravity
If you have nothing useful to say, you have two choices: Say something useless or stay quiet.
Clarification of the Position Held by the person known as Kelvinbridge, in order to prevent further misunderstanding, assumption to my motives and to attempt to clear the air:
I'd like to state that I did not say Ammon was bad at his job. I was not aware that he worked in marketing. My comment of "I seriously hope you don't work in public relations or marketing" was not meant as an insult, was meant with a slight amount of dryness, and probably in hindsight should have had a smiley attached.
I apologise for this being taken the wrong way, I've not PM'd this apology because from the looks of things, it needs to be in public to get closure. The reason I've taken this long is because on Thursday I was in a bad mood, and on Friday I had no time.
My position (with regard to my point on the reaction of the wider public) comes from the fact that my personal experience is from the opposite end of the 'perception manipulation' spectrum. I've worked in the media and now work for the civil service, both of which require looking at the bad side of publicity and being resigned to having bad press for any decision. that is why I had focused on that point, and it was a sense of exasperation I was feeling that this was being given lesser attention that I would have thought it required.
I had, as others state they have, made what seemed to me the perfectly reasonable assumption that the events in the forum thread, and in game were in someway going to be interlinked, and possibly nudged in a specific direction for plot purposes. It seems this was not so.
The tabloid article I wrote was not anti-petition (as in trying to stop people signing it), or attempting to wreck the petition, nor defaming the White Vampyr. It was a sensationalist piece which selectively edited the document for an entirely different purpose, and was, in a twisted way, supportive towards the overall sentiment of the petition (i.e. the city should support the non-supers more).
Next I'd like to comment on my departure from the game, if I may. People have made assumptions on my motives for leaving, some do know parts of the reasons. However my reasons are more complex than given.
Yes, the exasperation I was feeling on Thursday did push me over the edge. It has been a contributory factor, but it is not in isolation as the sole reason. There is a combination of factors in game, and factors in my life that have steered me towards the decision I made.
Firstly, as most people that know me know, I actually can't stand the process of playing this game. The "go to warehouse, beat up everything, click glowie, rinse & repeat" cycle is mind-numbingly dull for me.
Second, although I have a full set of 12 characters, I was feeling more and more that I was only able to RP as one or two of them. I know some people do only play one character, but for an altitis sufferer like me, it's hell!
Third, I am currently stressed out of my nut at work. DWP management is currently working on the principle of: If we give already overworked, demoralised staff more work, they'll be inspired to work harder and it will raise morale! Especially if we cut their numbers too! My doctor wants to sign me off work, but I won't let him as doing that will mean I'll never get out.
It is this high level of stress in my life that makes me snappy, and also means that I look to this game as an escape from it all.
The combination of these factors are what made me leave. Not the current situation alone.
And finally, the Scotbot.
The Scotbot entered this story before the circumstances above happened. The Scotbot's actions were not designed in an attempt to end this story, they were designed as an opportunity for character development (seeing as at the time I was under the impression that there was central authority to the story) in the petition's organisers. The obvious moral dilemma, you're wanting to achieve something, the means to do so fraudulently land in your lap, what do you do? You know it's wrong... But it's tempting. That was the reason why I brough in the Scotbot and not any of my other characters.
The Scotbot is (in the main) a comedy character, but occasionally plays plot monkey. Yes, in theory it can make whatever you want if you ask it. However in practice it generally gets something wrong. Kittens to milkshakes for example. And that wasn't a kitten-flavoured milkshake!
With the Infinite Improbability Drive nicked and modified from H2G2, the Scotbot may be classed as ridiculously overpowered, and could be a plot breaker, but I make sure I try to avoid that. For example when Drade asked for a number of exceedingly rare plants, the Scotbot explained that each successive plant would be more improbable to make, and that making a third plant was more improbable than the earth spontaneously exploding, so only two would be provided. The generation of the second plant resulted in a brief period of bobble-headedness around GG for a few minutes until Normality was restored, and yes, this was consensual, I asked all 5 other people at GG that night if they were willing to pretend to have bobble-head characters for a few minutes.
Other classic Scotbot ways of not making requested items are: gross mininterpretation, stubborness, irritation, taking a dislike, erratic logic, malfunction, critical malfuntion, being touched, and kittens.
The Scotbot's primary funtion is make food, drinks and classic impossibilities (a moon on a stick, a piece of turf that is always greener on the other side, a cake you can have but not eat).
I think I've addressed all the required points... Let's stop, and move on.
Edit: By stop, I mean stop bickering. I'm not ordering you to stop the story.
On my part, great kudos to you for the clarifications.
Your description of the Scotbot reminds me a lot of Djinn and other wish-granting entities from old AD&D games, etc. You may get what you asked for, but usually in such a twisted fashion that it is better not to ask at all.
A few examples might be to wish for great wealth, and find yourself loaded with valuables - such as the Crown Jewells, very very hard to fence, and making you the most wanted thief in th world; or to wish someone were dead and find oneself transported to the future, after the person has died of old age; etc.
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Yes! I too have noted such things! It helps to be very, very VERY specific 8D
So occasionally godmoding makes it better exactly how?
Shadowplay - Scrapper DM/DA SL 50
Doctor Storm- Brute SS/Elec SL 50
"speed boosts someone in the face" - Cognito