Keep friend close enemies even closer!
as Ood Sigma said....We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. This song is ending. But the story never ends.
Avoid self-righteous monolgouing... even if you are SURE you are about to win. Strike that, ESPECIALLY if you are sure you are about to win.
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109 is my favorite. "I will see to it that plucky young lads/lasses in strange clothes and with the accent of an outlander shall REGULARLY climb some monument in the main square of my capital and denounce me, claim to know the secret of my power, rally the masses to rebellion, etc. That way, the citizens will be jaded in case the real thing ever comes along."
"You must never imagine, that just because something is funny, it is not also dangerous." - Neil Gaiman
"You know what I love? People who respond with aggression and belligerence thinking it replaces logic." - Blue Mourning
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That really takes the fun out of it.
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Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Avoid self-righteous monolgouing... even if you are SURE you are about to win. Strike that, ESPECIALLY if you are sure you are about to win.
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You want to know the secret of the world? It's this: Save it, and it'll repay you, every second of every day.
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Mayhap, but it would save your bacon over and over.
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Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
That really takes the fun out of it.
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Just go the Ozymandias route. Don't begin the monologue until a good hour or so after you've already won.|
Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
That really takes the fun out of it.
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And not "Set the plans in motion that will accomplish victory." No. Wait until at least a set period of time after your goal has been accomplished.
Remember: If dying during the monologue -Yes, I know it's impossible/inconcievable/incomprehensible that you could die. Just pretend for the sake of argument that you're vincible.- If dying during the monologue means you would lose, it's too early to monologue.
Ice/Ice Blaster. Dedication to concept is an ugly thing.
Claws/WP Brute. Sex without the angst.
Every CoX character lies somewhere on this spectrum.
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This cannot be! I am invincible!|
Originally Posted by Tramontane
Remember: If dying during the monologue -Yes, I know it's impossible/inconcievable/incomprehensible that you could die. Just pretend for the sake of argument that you're vincible.- If dying during the monologue means you would lose, it's too early to monologue.
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(of course now defeat is inevitable :P )
You want to know the secret of the world? It's this: Save it, and it'll repay you, every second of every day.
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Crow Call - Gods of the Golden Age
Ensure that you are up to date on villain fashion and pick the proper evil clothing and accessories.
Do NOT wear capes...they are too goody goody plus they allow you to be easily grabbed by your nemesis and flung across the city.
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"when a stalker goes blue side, assassination strike should be renamed "bunny hugs", and a rainbow should fly out" -Harbinger-
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Originally Posted by Viseur
This is a game, sort of.
Assume you're the lead super-villain in a large criminal organization, what steps do you take, or avoid, in order to be as perfectly, efficiently evil as possible? |
Go legit. Sell your super-tech on the market. Make a fortune from your amazing power sources, new medicines, and other inventions, and charge an arm and a leg for them (especially your cancer cure). Nobody breaks into your house anymore, and you screw over far more people than you would being a conventional villain, and now you have an army of lawyers and accountants to make sure that anybody who messes with you doesn't have a cent to their name.
If you've got super-scientists, legit is way more profitable and has less hospital bills.
But that's boring.
You want to know the secret of the world? It's this: Save it, and it'll repay you, every second of every day.
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Crow Call - Gods of the Golden Age
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Defeat is always inevitable. If no one else does, the Reaper gets you in the end.
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This cannot be! I am invincible!
(of course now defeat is inevitable :P ) |
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Originally Posted by Makai_No_Falco
TV Tropes' Evil Overlord List Part 1
Part 2 Part 3 109 is my favorite. "I will see to it that plucky young lads/lasses in strange clothes and with the accent of an outlander shall REGULARLY climb some monument in the main square of my capital and denounce me, claim to know the secret of my power, rally the masses to rebellion, etc. That way, the citizens will be jaded in case the real thing ever comes along." |
Oh right: Don't confide in anyone, even your most trusted servant. Who do you think the heroes will go after when they want info on you?
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Along the lines of this concept...change your look/identity and announce the coming of a new hero. Put on a theatrical event trouncing your henchmen and once you have gained the trust of those stupid heroes/accepted as one of their own...destroy them from within.
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Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
If you want to get the most money with the least fuss?
Go legit. Sell your super-tech on the market. Make a fortune from your amazing power sources, new medicines, and other inventions, and charge an arm and a leg for them (especially your cancer cure). Nobody breaks into your house anymore, and you screw over far more people than you would being a conventional villain, and now you have an army of lawyers and accountants to make sure that anybody who messes with you doesn't have a cent to their name. If you've got super-scientists, legit is way more profitable and has less hospital bills. But that's boring. |
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"when a stalker goes blue side, assassination strike should be renamed "bunny hugs", and a rainbow should fly out" -Harbinger-
Stolen directly from Doctor Crom's playbook:
Complicated plans are best assisted by many, many simple contingency plans.
Being one step ahead of the competition is NEVER enough. You need to be waving from the finish line before the starter's pistol sounds.
Hope builds fools. Conviction builds destinies.
If someone crosses you, retaliate with a vengeance that will be global in scope and Biblical in ferocity.
Don't be afraid of firing a warning shot. Through the skull. As a warning to the rest.
Saving individuals is a waste of your time. You should save be civilizations by bringing them under your rule.
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Now, more than ever, Paragon City needs heroes. Do your part to save it.
1.) Make sure to read the instructions for all outsourced technology (legitimately acquired or otherwise). The differences between Swiss-Cheese Powered Swiss-Army Robot and a Swiss-Army Powered Swiss-Cheese Robot are vast and numerous and can greatly effect the outcome on your bid to take over the world. *weeps*
2.) Make sure the Swiss contractors know what you want them to build before blowing your latest bank heist on an army of robots.
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Kill the hero outright when you capture them.
Don't explain your plans when they try to goad it from you.
Have a army guard them, not 2 moronic guards.
No sharks with laser vision, no man eating tigers, no dumb stuff. A good bullet works...or w/e the heroes weakness is.
One can never have enough deathrays or cheese.
One must be cautious not to combine deathrays and cheese lest half of their faceless army of minions be lost in a quesopocalypse during Nacho Tuesday festivities.
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See? Cheesey death traps are a bigger problem fro us villains than you heroes might think.
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One can never have enough deathrays or cheese.
One must be cautious not to combine deathrays and cheese lest half of their faceless army of minions be lost in a quesopocalypse during Nacho Tuesday festivities. |
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Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Avoid self-righteous monolgouing... even if you are SURE you are about to win. Strike that, ESPECIALLY if you are sure you are about to win.
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Also, head shots. I don't care how many times you just shot that guy, shoot him in the head.
They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!
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Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
If you want to get the most money with the least fuss?
Go legit. Sell your super-tech on the market. Make a fortune from your amazing power sources, new medicines, and other inventions, and charge an arm and a leg for them (especially your cancer cure). Nobody breaks into your house anymore, and you screw over far more people than you would being a conventional villain, and now you have an army of lawyers and accountants to make sure that anybody who messes with you doesn't have a cent to their name. If you've got super-scientists, legit is way more profitable and has less hospital bills. But that's boring. |
"You must never imagine, that just because something is funny, it is not also dangerous." - Neil Gaiman
"You know what I love? People who respond with aggression and belligerence thinking it replaces logic." - Blue Mourning
1.) I will not link others to TVTropes.org. I am evil, I have standards.
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Fixed that for ya.|
Originally Posted by Mistah_H
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*Flees*
Ice/Ice Blaster. Dedication to concept is an ugly thing.
Claws/WP Brute. Sex without the angst.
Every CoX character lies somewhere on this spectrum.
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Wow... and I thought there was only two possible links I was missing.
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Originally Posted by Tramontane
Fixed that for ya.
*Flees* |
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You seem to be mistaken before you even had anything to be mistaken about. I'm in charge of a large, well-funded organization, but I do not do "evil." I'm not an 80's cartoon villain; I don't perform acts of willful malice "just because," because "just because" isn't a reason. There's countless other things that a person could do and I do them because I'm a human being with human motivations, as compared to people who do things "just because," which makes them little more than walking plot devices.
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Originally Posted by Viseur
This is a game, sort of.
Assume you're the lead super-villain in a large criminal organization, what steps do you take, or avoid, in order to be as perfectly, efficiently evil as possible? |
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If you don't use your organization for evil then this thread must not be aimed toward your group! Only the blatantly insidious need heed the advice that may come up here.|
Originally Posted by OHakubi
You seem to be mistaken before you even had anything to be mistaken about. I'm in charge of a large, well-funded organization, but I do not do "evil." I'm not an 80's cartoon villain; I don't perform acts of willful malice "just because," because "just because" isn't a reason. There's countless other things that a person could do and I do them because I'm a human being with human motivations, as compared to people who do things "just because," which makes them little more than walking plot devices.
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On that note: A penniless hero is a weakened hero, or at least an annoyed one. Draining all of their bank accounts may be enough to purchase a new ivory back-scratcher, too. However, you shouldn't gloat! You don't want to give them more incentive to come after you, however well prepared you may be.
This is a game, sort of.
Assume you're the lead super-villain in a large criminal organization, what steps do you take, or avoid, in order to be as perfectly, efficiently evil as possible?
Here's one to start: Do not test procedures on your best henchmen. Test it on your really expendable ones first. If it works, then use it on your best henchmen. Competence is not that easy to replace!