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Hey Thoth, good to know. I used to be a massive fan of Starcraft back in the day, although I'd probably get sealclubbed very hard if I ever played again now.

Some of the old multiplayer-only "Use Map Settings" modules in Starcraft were pretty amazing in terms of what they used the game engine to do. There were some minigames like Zerg Soccer and Zergling Roundup that were meant to be played in multiplayer and you had to use the game units to do different and wacky things besides simply "destroy the enemy's base." I remember wanting to play those and never got to, maybe I will some other time.
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Not sure whose face that is, but just about anything would be better than Johnny Depp's pale, flaccid rubber mask. Why did they do that? {= (

~Neshomeh is so over Johnny Depp.

Not every god power in Age of Mythology is single use. Atlanteans who worship Gaia have multiple powers that are multiple use. I just finished a game last night and had 11 uses of four powers. Though to be fair I think Atlanteans are borderline overpowered anyways. I usually do not care to play them.

Credit to @JillPantozzi on Twitter.

I don't usually pay much attention to the Board, and your name didn't show up in search for some odd reason. Sorry for doubting you.

Also, I'm just reading the first page and find the disparity in description between her two outfits amusing.

I'm new, but I already introduced myself and went through the whole newbie routine in a different thread I started.

Also, I was kinda hoping for a more hardcore KND fan, but hey, go ahead and check it out.

Also, I didn't recognize your name. If you haven't introduced yourself, Welcome! Please introduce yourself.

But anyway, lemme react- oh wait there's a seductive villain dude. Oh boy. Lovely. Another villain for me to possibly hormone over (I predict this one will only be temporary, but nonetheless.) As if I don't hormone over villains nearly enough, even non-romantically. bg vhv (that was me doing a faceplant on the keyboard.)

-Twistey

I'll try to find it over my oh-so-convenient break starting this weekend!

-Twistey

As in "Codename: Kids Next Door"? I found a Mary Sue fic for it while browsing some accounts on fanfiction.net. And seeing as I know little about the show, I figured I'd let someone who knows the show judge how bad it is.

Here's the link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11978651/1/Am-I-Doomed-To-Be-Alone

The wink had more to do with the fact I'd like to see you post a new, successful, attempt of taking down Chronos without needing his Mom to send him to bed without dinner.

Simples indeed. Although I'm sure at least one modder would try at least jst that. but hey, impossible challenges always attract players.

I put my fixed defences too far from the pit, which meant they didn't really come into play; and I didn't stockpile enough food (I think the only renewable resource). I also probably wasted too much of the depletable resources, so couldn't build as many siege engines as possible.

What I don't know is whether it's possible to beat him before Gaia awakens. My feeling is still that it can't be done - he's too slow to get down to the flat terrain. But never say never...!

Taking out Angband before the Bragollach would be physically possible, in that the game isn't coded against it. On the current sketchmap, what that would do is simple: it would send Morgoth scurrying to the ruins of Utumno, which would be far enough from Angband that no faction could physically reach both of them before the Bragollach. Unless you modded the game to change your starting locations... in which case you'd end up with a Horde led by Morgoth, who can't be killed without Eonwe. So you'd need to trigger one of the summoning conditions. Simples!

hS

hS, that's pretty much offering a challenge to players to 'do the impossible' (and reminds me of a AoM player who was fairly close of defeating Chronos without Gaia ... ;) ).

(Except when tey spam/flood you thanks to unlimited money.)

Although I'll admit my respect for buffs/debuffs and the likes comes from... RPGs, especially the main Atlus lines, Persona and Shin Megami Tensei, be it from personal experience or through LPs I watched. Status effects and buffs/debuffs are pretty much indispensable, especially in higher difficulty, and you always feel the difference between use and misuse there.

RTS with this aspect and the microgestion can also be seen with Warcraft and Starcraft.

... my lackluster view of buffs is probably because the first place I encountered them and cared was Age of Mythology, where you get to use each God Power exactly once. Sure, it's lovely that you can turn your army's skin to bronze and be immune to damage - but when it only lasts for 30 seconds, you either have to hit something critical or bring overwhelming force anyway. Yeah, it's not something I've ever learnt to use effectively. (Plus, y'know, AI players don't really need high-level play to beat in big strategy-type games...)

hS

And Jude Law looks weirdly like Timothy Omundson in this picture. This is not in and of itself a bad thing, because Timothy Omundson is awesome, but it's a little confusing. ^_^;

~Neshomeh

Am I imagining this or was young Dumbledore supposed to be ginger? Or at least have auburn hair? As sibling to a ginger and mom to a kid with auburn hair, this is an important detail. Although Jude Law would look weird with red hair, rigt?

Hi hS! Thanks for the feedback. The majority of it is sensible - some revisions are definitely in order to make the fic more comprehensible.

As for why Thoth's acting the way he is... That is explicable, IMO. But I haven't made it very clear, so that's also worth fixing.

It might even be the best way to introduce the Mortal factions: they could be hordes that can ally with the factions they meet, either co-occupying their territories or becoming mercenaries (depending on game design). You could even code it so that when defeated factions horde up, they are able to merge with allied hordes - so the remnants of Doriath and Gondolin could become one people, and go take up residence in Cirdan's Havens of Sirion.

As for mercenaries - it depends on what you mean by that. In the sense of 'soldiers who'll fight for you if you pay the most', it's certainly viable, though it might work best if they come from one of the existing factions. So if you're friendly with the Dwarves, you can pay a Dwarven formation to act as mercenaries for you (probably appearing out of nowhere rather than stealing one of your 'friend's' armies). If, however, you mean guerilla fighters, like Beren was - units that can infiltrate enemy territory and damage it without resorting to open battle - ... then that's also viable. ^_^ In fact, it's a repeated theme in Middle-earth history. What you would probably have is Hero units who can act as guerillas - at the cost of taking them away from doing other stuff. Finrod is excellent at sneaking past anything short of Sauron, but using him to do so leaves Nargothrond without its king...

hS

Mostly due to tiredness; I haven't got the focus to give a proper opinion.

That said, I have read the prompts (and the bios, but the prompts take priority), and have a few comments:

-I actually got the first few paragraphs tangled up in my head, assuming the figure already in the RC was the Astartes (wait, is that the singular?). Might be worth glancing over to see if you could clear it up for when people don't already know that Thoth is a Space Marine.

-I feel like the sudden appearance of a Chaos Space Marine at your door would provoke a bit more of a reaction than a stare, a demand for his identity, and pulling a gun. Like... running and screaming? If he recognises a Thousand Son, he knows that they're all either powerful psykers or lethal automota (did I get that right?), and also that they're evil; that's not something you just point a gun at.

-Thoth's 'haha lol I can read your mind' sounds... not at all like a Space Marine, and especially not one that's served in the armies of literal demons for ten millennia. In fact, your whole description of him seems to come out as 'a Chaos Space Marine in name alone'. He's not evil, he just has to look to other people to realign his moral compass. He's trying to be good, which... doesn't sound like a CSM? Assuming that he has some reason to work for the PPC, why isn't he just unapologetically yoinking information out of people's heads when he needs it?

I'm sure you have an answer to this. But your stories - and your bios - don't even hint at it. Other than the single mindreading, Thoth could be a Roman Legionary with no changes apart from his appearance.

-It's always good to consider your audience. The only way someone can know from his introduction in the first prompt that Thoth is a Thousand Son is if they recognise his armour or the word 'Athanaean'. The only way they can even know he's a Space Marine is if they recognise the word 'Astartes', which most people won't. You mention the Changer of Ways, but don't say anything that's obviously evil.

Put another way: the term 'Chaos Space Marine' is a useful one for a reason. Skating around it is okay if you put something else there to convey the same impression, but non-Warhammer fans aren't going to pick up on any of what you want them to from that scene.

~

Like I say, abstaining. But I don't think Thoth sounds the least bit like a Chaos Space Marine, and I'd think twice before granting Permission based on him even if I was awake enough.

hS

PS: But maybe I'm wrong! Go ahead and show me how, I love being wrong. ^_^