If you (The one at the keyboard) entered Praetoria, how would you behave?
By
Dechs Kaison,
Posted on: 2010-07-12 11:12 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I'd join the Resistance in an instant - but not as an evil anarchist - I'd be a genuine freedom fighter.
@Golden Girl
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I would be a loyalist get an apartment, a job and try to move my family there. I would love to live in a place with no poverty or crime!
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I think you'll find there's just as much crime there as on Primal Earth |
Originally Posted by painfullvirus
I would be a loyalist get an apartment, a job and try to move my family there. I would love to live in a place with no poverty or crime!
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@Golden Girl
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With no super powers? I'm the Emperor's newest, bestest buddy. Joining the Resistance would get me killed and I dont want to live in a sewer for the last day of my life.
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Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Okay, so here's the situation: You, yes you, the one at the keyboard, accidentally fall into a rip in realities and land in Praetoria. The anti-rippy-fixer-thing won't be fixed for a year. You're stuck in Praetoria. For a year.
Because of your outside perspective, expertise in (Fill in the blank here), and charisma granted you from being an outsider, you find yourself with the ability to get people to listen to you. So here we have the Loyalists, the Resistence, or a myriad of other options. With your unique position, skill set, and a year to affect the world, what would you do?
ANSWER NOW! Yes yes yes, we'd all use our celebrity to get some hottie's phone number. This is about after that. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
You can fight against the dictatorship even if you don't have superpowers.
@Golden Girl
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You don't have super powers, but I've altered scenarios slightly: Everyone has skills. Keep in mind that, in The Dark Knight, the second most dangerous person was Lau. He wasn't a terrorist, nor did he have powers. He was just a really good accountant. And he was the heart of the criminal underworld.|
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
With no super powers? I'm the Emperor's newest, bestest buddy. Joining the Resistance would get me killed and I dont want to live in a sewer for the last day of my life.
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In my altered scenario, your Primal earth skill set holds such influence. You can scratch the paint on the car, even if you can't dent or explode it.
If that's not enough power to change your answer, so be it. I just wanted to make sure I had been lucid in my speech.
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Neuron's clockwork would hit on you.
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Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
i would try to hit on bobcat.
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@Golden Girl
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I'm still hanging with the Emperor. No sewer sauce in my food, please. |
Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
You don't have super powers, but I've altered scenarios slightly: Everyone has skills. Keep in mind that, in The Dark Knight, the second most dangerous person was Lau. He wasn't a terrorist, nor did he have powers. He was just a really good accountant. And he was the heart of the criminal underworld.
In my altered scenario, your Primal earth skill set holds such influence. You can scratch the paint on the car, even if you can't dent or explode it. If that's not enough power to change your answer, so be it. I just wanted to make sure I had been lucid in my speech. |
Maybe the Emperor would like to have a state run MMO.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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You don't have to live in the sewers to oppose Tyrant |
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
I'm still hanging with the Emperor. No sewer sauce in my food, please.
Maybe the Emperor would like to have a state run MMO. |
@Golden Girl
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I'm going loyalist. Paid better, fed better, live in the air conditioning. I'll take perfect but a little less free over living in hiding, scrounging for food, in fear for my life with the resistance.
Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
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I think you might find it's more than "a little less free" |
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I'm going loyalist. Paid better, fed better, live in the air conditioning. I'll take perfect but a little less free over living in hiding, scrounging for food, in fear for my life with the resistance.
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@Golden Girl
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How much freedom do you really need?|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think you might find it's more than "a little less free"
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You let me read my Bible, eat food I like, log on to City of Heroes... I'll be fine.
Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
I'll be trying to learn to school my thoughts while keeping as low a profile as possible.
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And what about your fellow citizens?
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
How much freedom do you really need?
You let me read my Bible, eat food I like, log on to City of Heroes... I'll be fine. |
@Golden Girl
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I bet the Emperor would love chili dogs and chili cheese fries and Coke. I know I would.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
How much freedom do you really need?
You let me read my Bible, eat food I like, log on to City of Heroes... I'll be fine. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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What about 'em?|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And what about your fellow citizens?
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Seriously, what are you implying here. I'm missing it entirely.
Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
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Come on, Dechs. You know old one liner winkie thinks you should die or at least suffer because she has decided what is good and evil with no shades of gray. Too bad Issue 18 was titled that.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
What about 'em?
Seriously, what are you implying here. I'm missing it entirely. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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What, you don't speak winky? *eyeroll*|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
What about 'em?
Seriously, what are you implying here. I'm missing it entirely. |
I'd join the Loyalists. It's the right thing to do.
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
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You seem to be saying that as long as you personally had the small things you think of as freedom, you'd be happy to ignore society as a whole.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
What about 'em?
Seriously, what are you implying here. I'm missing it entirely. |
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Yup.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
You seem to be saying that as long as you personally had the small things you think of as freedom, you'd be happy to ignore society as a whole.
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Call it selfish if you like. I'm here to survive.
If your idea of freedom is being able to steal from your neighbors, I'm happy the "tyrant" has stomped your freedoms to smithereens.
Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
Can we choose what influential skill set we'd have or do we have to rely on our own actual skill sets? 'Cause I doubt an expertise in veterinary medicine and zoology would help anyone (except for Praetorian animals).
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It's the only logical choice.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
What, you don't speak winky? *eyeroll*
I'd join the Loyalists. It's the right thing to do. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
I'd keep my head down and stay out of it.
Considering both sides seem dubious as best, I'd rather just not take sides and just wait for the thingy to be fixed in a year.
In the meantime I'd stay in Tyrant's good books. Not do anything for him, but just, y'know, follow the rules and not cause any problems.
Okay, so here's the situation: You, yes you, the one at the keyboard, accidentally fall into a rip in realities and land in Praetoria. The anti-rippy-fixer-thing won't be fixed for a year. You're stuck in Praetoria. For a year.
Because of your outside perspective, expertise in (Fill in the blank here), and charisma granted you from being an outsider, you find yourself with the ability to get people to listen to you. So here we have the Loyalists, the Resistence, or a myriad of other options.
With your unique position, skill set, and a year to affect the world, what would you do?
ANSWER NOW!
Yes yes yes, we'd all use our celebrity to get some hottie's phone number. This is about after that.