Keibler
Posada
Vickers
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Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance.
Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone.
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Topic | ~ Babes Contest: World Cup FINALS feat. Keibler, Posada, Vickers |
SoliPants 07/08/12 3:19:00 PM #8 |
Keibler
Posada Vickers -- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Do you like this character? Day 547: Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) |
SoliPants 07/07/12 4:26:00 PM #52 |
yes.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Name Your Price: Leave your current nation of residence forever. |
SoliPants 07/06/12 7:08:00 PM #62 |
I like the US just fine, but for 10 million I probably wouldn't have any problems moving to Canada and staying there.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc - THE LIST |
SoliPants 07/06/12 3:39:00 PM #134 |
Yeah maybe you shouldn't let us see the spreadsheet until after it's over, if at all. You study it hard enough and you can see who's going to win before you tell us. Good contest though, think I would have rather seen DFO win it if not VVVVVV, but both did pretty decent so I'm happy I suppose.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Rate the Game: VVVVVV |
SoliPants 07/05/12 9:04:00 PM #12 |
8.5
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Brace for INDIE BUNDLES on Steam Summer Sales (sales spoilers lol) |
SoliPants 07/05/12 8:33:00 PM #7 |
I already own 37 of the 55. Could have miss counted but it's well over half. There are a few I want though, I guess it all depends on how much they ask for them.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Billyyyyyy~ |
SoliPants 07/05/12 8:14:00 PM #9 |
The Hawaiian Popsicle over here is getting hot though...
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | aw yea bought shadow hearts 1 for ten bucks |
SoliPants 07/04/12 6:00:00 PM #22 |
2>3>1 in my opinion. All are good though.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Double Dragon Neon this month |
SoliPants 07/02/12 10:15:00 PM #13 | ... The last minute or so of this demo, I don't know what to think. It does look like a lot of fun though. -- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Spelunky review zone [XBLA][July 4th] |
SoliPants 07/02/12 9:29:00 PM #7 |
Looks great, I have no 360 though. I enjoyed the original back in the day. Maybe they will put this new version on PC in the future? Give me a reason to play it again, I never was all that good, but I remember having fun trying.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | $10,000 but you have to go to church every Sunday for the rest of your life |
SoliPants 07/02/12 4:00:00 PM #10 |
From: ninkendo | #009
no way -- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | ITT Board 8 takes the aspie test |
SoliPants 07/01/12 4:27:00 PM #49 |
Your Aspie score: 55 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 145 of 200 You are very likely neurotypical -- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | McBones plays Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne: a CYOA !! |
SoliPants 07/01/12 3:53:00 PM #7 |
True Demon for sure
Naoki Kashima Physical Hard Mode (since you've played the game before, may as well make it more challenging this time around) -- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | Thomas Was Alone is a fantastic game so far. |
SoliPants 07/01/12 1:22:00 PM #13 |
Just beat it now. I'm sticking with it's kind of on the easy side, never gets really difficult. Not a long game either, but great nonetheless. Also fixed the problem I was having hearing it simply by wearing a pair of headphones.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Thomas Was Alone. |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc - THE LIST |
SoliPants 06/30/12 10:25:00 PM #22 |
tag.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, Thomas Was Alone, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Treasure Adventure Game. |
Topic | Thomas Was Alone is a fantastic game so far. |
SoliPants 06/30/12 6:17:00 PM #8 |
Really is a great game. A tad on the easy side, I'm only on chapter 4 though. Narration is truly great though, my biggest complaint is that I'm having trouble hearing it, the narration that is, could be just my comp though.
-- Currently Playing: Bioshock, Portal 2, Thomas Was Alone, The Real Texas, Resonance. Last Game Beat: Treasure Adventure Game. |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/25/12 2:30:00 PM #237 |
+5 Super Smash Bros. Brawl - King Dedede's Theme
+4 LoZ: Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley Really tough choice between these two, Dedede gets it by a small margin though. +3 Ace Combat 6 - The Liberation of Gracemeria This song wasn't bad at all, it just started off real slow. Was pretty decent once it got going. +2 Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge - Track 3 Nothing remarkable, not awful either. +1 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone Never was a fan of the Sonic OST, never understood the praise. Just don't really like the way they sound. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/25/12 8:06:00 AM #231 |
I'll do another set.
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Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/23/12 2:08:00 PM #102 |
+5 Sol Survivor - Running Out of Time
+4 DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label - Xanadu Kind of a tough choice between the two above. Picked Sol Survivor because well, Xanadu was just to jumpy, I like a calmer song. +3 Deadly Towers - Prologue Theme Wouldn't think I'd be giving this one third. You know what though? It's not that bad really. +2 R.C. Pro Am - Title Meh, not bad. Way too short though. +1 LoZ: Link's Awakening - The Frog's Song of Soul What? Haha. Game was great but this song is not. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/23/12 10:02:00 AM #98 |
I want some more, but I won't be able to get to them until later tonight.
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Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/22/12 7:45:00 PM #53 |
+5 Legend of Heroes VI - Silver Will
Top choice was pretty obvious here. +4 Tyrian - Space Journey 2 +3 Jazz Jackrabbit - Sluggion These two were pretty tough to pick, give Tyrian the slight edge +2 Conker's Bad Fur Day - Sloprano The lyrics are just silly and I don't care for the singing. +1 Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II - Stage Theme 2 This game... I hear this song and I'm reminded of the game, which was just awful. I try not to associate the song with the game, but it's just impossible for me here, I hear this song and I cringe a little. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/22/12 7:18:00 PM #35 |
From: azuarc | #033
SoliPants - don't know you, but join on in! Remember that little 16 seed Frozen Synapse in last years(?) VG OST thing you did? Ended up 4th or so? Well I nommed that. Also voted in a good chunk of the matches, just under my previous username. So there's that I suppose. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | You rank 100 songs, as submitted by azuarc |
SoliPants 06/22/12 7:08:00 PM #30 |
I'll give it a shot.
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Topic | Jim Carrey leaves Dumb and Dumber 2. |
SoliPants 06/20/12 7:05:00 PM #8 |
I was actually looking forward to it myself, too bad it isn't going to happen.
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Topic | I need good games to buy off Steam. |
SoliPants 06/20/12 4:33:00 PM #37 |
Wazzup pretty much got all the ones I was going to recommend with the exception of a few:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Portal 2 The Dream Machine Machinarium Atom Zombie Smasher SpaceChem Limbo a few others perhaps, but I'll stop there for now. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | So I graduated 10 years ago |
SoliPants 06/20/12 4:23:00 PM #29 |
Hm, it's been 10 years for me too.
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Topic | Whats your favorite nostalgic tv show theme? |
SoliPants 06/15/12 12:59:00 PM #24 | Let's get dangerous! -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | Give me 100 songs to rank [original ideas] [suck it vincent/menji] |
SoliPants 06/14/12 9:32:00 AM #62 |
GlassJaw - All good junkies go to Heaven
Intronaut - Nostalgic Echo Fair to Midland - Amarillo Sleeps on my Pillow -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | Post and I will tag you with your favorite music artist |
SoliPants 06/13/12 11:54:00 AM #29 |
Glassjaw.
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Topic | In this topic, we name food that we hate but that everyone seems to love |
SoliPants 06/09/12 9:36:00 PM #64 |
Most types of sausage.
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Topic | Braid, Super Meat Boy and Lone Survivor added to Humble Bundle V. |
SoliPants 06/07/12 11:33:00 AM #10 |
This bundle is amazing, really. Too bad I've already got all of them, and I've beaten all but 2, those 2 being Super Meat Boy and Lone Survivor.
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Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:21:00 PM #197 |
Dragon, we'll do this just like we've been
- If you'd like to leave a comment or message you may, I'll be happy to post it. Let me know if you want it to remain anonymous. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:17:00 PM #195 |
Correct tyder21.
- Please vote for who you want to win B8 Survivor. It's a little different this time, it being the final vote and all. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:12:00 PM #192 |
- Well that's all of it. Jury members, I ask that you please read all of it before making your decision, I know it's a lot, but I think you guys can handle it.
- I'll give you guys until Sunday, June 3 11pm est if you need it, to get your final votes in, we will then know who the winner of B8 Survivor Season II is. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:09:00 PM #191 |
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From cody11533: If Mik had been voted out, what was your backup plan? How would it have changed at different points in the game (basically from the final 9 until the end)? Answer: Interesting question. I never really thought about it till the end. I think by the time final 9 hit, the only way for Mik to get voted out was for me to fail to get back to you during the Justin vote. In which case, Edwards goes to tiebreaker with Justin and if he loses, Mik was next to go on their list from what you told Mik. Then it was would be Justin, you, me, Dragon, Tyder, Jeffrey, and ffman. At that point, Id probably have tried to strike a deal with Justin. Have me, you, Dragon, and Justin go to the Final 4 voting out the rest of Red along the way. I think Justin would have gone along with it since sticking with someone from his original tribe would be way better than sticking with three Reds. But yeah, that would probably be my best bet for survival and only way to keep from being voted out. Only other feasible time I saw him getting voted out is at Final 5 where you, Edwards, and Dragon vote him (since I had immunity). Or Final 4 in a tiebreaker to Edwards, too. Both of which I thought could end up happening. But the backup plan would still be the same in that case, win immunity the rest of the way and have you guys choose the Final 3. Closing Remarks: And thats it for the questions. I certainly have some of my own that Id like to know about but thatll have to wait till the reunion it seems. I guess all I have left to say is its been a fun journey and I hope that no matter who you vote for, you vote for the person you think deserves it. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:08:00 PM #190 |
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From JeffreyRaze: I'd also like to ask Stan how he got cody to join him instead of working with me and my comrades. Answer: Well, like I said in response to Justins question, I didnt really talk to cody that much but it wasnt hard. I dont know the details but I think you all remember those times that Blue were PMing us, cody especially? I think it was around then that him and Mik started talking and working together and struck up some kind of relationship (and no, I dont believe this was the leak everyone on Red seemed convinced existed). Basically, he saw that Blue was slowly going down and was looking to get in with someone from Red. Mik capitalized on the opportunity and brought him in on our alliance. Though he wasnt aware of the other people in our alliance (me, Edwards, Dragon) until later. I believe Mik told him he could get cody to the Final 3 but from my PMs it looks like that was after Justin and you were voted out. Honestly, I think the reason he sided with us rather than you, the rest of red, and Justin was due to him talking with Mik first. Though then again, I dunno if you guys even tried talking to him. Like, did you guys talk to Justin and he just told cody to vote for Edwards? Cause if that was the case then when I told him to vote for Justin, he was under the impression that we were all voting Justin and then there was nothing we had to do to convince him since he had been voting with Red for awhile. So uh I guess the answer depends on what you guys did to try and convince him? From eaedwards6400: Had I gotten to the Final 3 would have taken me to the finals or was that just a way of buttering me up? Be honest now. Answer: That was not a lie (I only lied twice during the game, once when I took the vote I sent in on Paul after my Valentine vote and tried to pass it off as my original vote to the rest of Red and once to Cody at the Final 5). If you had beaten Mik in a tiebreaker and I went on to win the Final challenge, I would have taken you to the Finals with me for two reasons. The first is that I would have felt that you had earned it by beating Mik who, more often than not, did better than you in the challenges. The other reason is that I believe you were, overall, stronger than Dragon. Mik told me once you liked to come up with plans and stuff so I got the impression you were trying your best while Dragon was just kinda along for the ride, I guess. So yeah, I would have taken you to the finals. Continued next post... -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:04:00 PM #189 |
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From ff6man: Why did you choose the game you did to turn on Valentine and the rest of red team? She had lost challenges previously and I know I, for example, didn't even start trying in challenges until I felt I needed to. I felt Valentine could have easily been knocked out when the time came, do you feel it was entirely necessary to get rid of her when we had a strong alliance, backed by her to thank for round after round of immunity? Answer: Honestly, because it was the perfect time and if we pulled it off it essentially guaranteed Mik and I final 2. The numbers were just right for it. 3 Blue left, us 4, 3 Red with Valentines vote out. I knew that voting Valentine out would cause tension among Red and that if they found out we voted her out, they would want us out first (which is why I was against voting her out when Caelus lost). But you, Tyder, and Jeffrey couldnt turn on us until you had gotten rid of 1 more blue otherwise youd go into the final 6 tied with Blue. Which, btw, was the same reason we didnt want it to go to 8 Red left as our alliance would be tied if it came to that and who knows what would have happened. And if we had had Cody vote with us at 9 to vote out one of the other Red, well, that would have been a can of worms. Problem for you ended up being voting out Paul instead of Cody since Cody had been voting with Mik (and consequently, our alliance and Red) for awhile now. From there, everything went according to plan. Justin got voted out next and you guys followed then it was cody. The only hitch to the plan was if Dragon sided with Edwards at Final 4 and Edwards managed to beat Mik/me (depending on who won immunity) in a tiebreaker. Ultimately, though Dragon did side with Edwards, even that fell into place and here we are, Final 2 just like we planned since let me check my PMs April 11th. So was it a dick move? Yeah, definitely. Do I regret it? Yes and no. I do regret that Valentine couldnt make the council (probably the one thing I regret this season) but at the same time it was the best move we could make for our alliance and is the reason Mik and I are here right now. From Dragon66116: What do you think you excelled the most at during this entire competition? Answer: Oh, easily the challenges. If I wasnt busy with school or personal things, I was always giving my all in the challenges. I dont care too much for the political game. Im much too lazy to bother going to people and strategizing and making alliances and stuff like that (at least early game, late game might be a different story). When I play these types of games on board 8, Im mostly really just in it for the fun of it. If I see an opportunity to win the whole thing though, Ill take it. Thats why I think Mik and I worked so well together. He liked the strategy part and I was content with the challenge part and when he gave me an opportunity to go to the end, I took it. Toward the end, I tried especially hard during the challenges because I didnt want to leave anything up to chance (you can see that most clearly in my Pel score >_>) and wanted to earn my spot in the Finals through challenge victories. Continued next post... -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 4:00:00 PM #188 |
----------------------------- MysteriousStan -----------------------------
From JeffreyRaze: For both of them I'd like to ask them what their views are on the balance of challenges and political maneuvering in this game Answer: Hmm. Lets see, I think there was a good mix of old games and new games. A couple sequel games made it appear that there were more old games than there actually were but thats fine. I think most of the challenges themselves were skill orientated though a few did have an element of luck involved yeah. Of course, there were a few questionable ones that relied on how fast your computer ran (5 Minutes to Kill Yourself and probably Carrot Track) or had an exploitable aspect to them (Captain Commander and Space is Key) that simply made the game unpleasant to play. Unsurprisingly, those would rank lower on my list of favorite games played here (except one). But overall, Id say that the balance of games was pretty good, especially having Soul Brother as last which was basically a competition to see who could collect everything in the shortest amount of time with as few deaths as possible. I think the political maneuvering this season was rather lacking. Most of it came from the Blue team as they started to fall behind. I dunno if any of us figured out what was going on with that team but it was obvious something was up. Us Reds just kinda sat back and were waiting for Blue to die out. I think the only real maneuvering done on Reds part was before anyone even started thinking about what we would do at Final 8 with all Red, Mik and I forming an alliance and brought in Edwards and Dragon (and our actions that came of that which included voting out Valentine and you guys before Cody) and you guys when you tried to vote out Edwards. Once that failed, you guys just sort of accepted it and went down one by one without really trying to make any deals to save yourself. So yeah, I dont think the political game was that hot this season, I believe it was much more a game of numbers and having the necessary votes to get what you wanted done. From Justin_Crossing: What steps did you take to coerce cody? Answer: Me personally? None. When cody and the other Blues were busying PMing all the rest of Red I was like the only one to never get a PM (what gives guys?). I talked to him twice in the game. The first time was the night you got voted out and he didnt know who the rest of Red was voting for so I told him it was going to be you. Good thing I was able to get that PM to him though because if Edwards gets voted out there this game goes a lot differently. The second time was at the final 5 where he again wanted to know who we were voting out and I told him Edwards. And thats about it. Continued next post... -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 3:56:00 PM #187 |
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From Justin_Crossing (back up): What was your alliance's logic in keeping Valentine alive when Caelus dethroned her? Answer: The reason we kept Valentine after she lost to Caelus was to avoid potential backlash. At that point in the game there were still 13 people left, and where Cody hadn't been fully pulled over from the blue team, we only had an alliance of 4. At this point in the game, the red tribe still believed we were all unified. Breaking this unity so soon into the merge could have easily caused a couple of red members to flip over to the blue tribe, and we would lose our numbers advantage. I would have to scramble to get everything back in order, so it just wasn't worth the risk. Valentine losing proved that she was mortal, so ultimately we waited until I secured Cody, and the numbers were low enough to safely blindside Valentine. Closing Remarks: I hope that everyone can see that I played this game to win from Day 1. Pre merge my goal was to help the Red Tribe get to the merge with a numbers advantage, which I accomplished. Post merge my goal was to secure a tight alliance and lead them to victory, which I also accomplished. I orchestrated the blindside of Valentine, and was in control of a majority alliance up until the final 5. People would come to be, and listen to what I asked them to do. I think my management of Cody deserves to be recognized, as I believe that building a relationship with him was the key to our alliances success. While I had always planned on taking Stan to the end with me, I think him picking me over an easy win shows that I too formed a tight relationship with him over the course of the game. So I am asking the jury to put aside any personal feelings, and vote for the person who was directly responsible for voting out each of you, the person who managed to outwit, outplay, and outlast everyone. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 3:53:00 PM #186 |
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From Dragon66116: What do you think you excelled the most at during this entire competition? Answer: Politics. I was responsible for the elimination of each member on the jury due to my political game. I was the one who initiated the alliance of myself, Stan, Edwards, Dragon, and eventually Cody. Since the merge I've been calling the shots to make sure we would be the final 5, and it worked. As I mentioned earlier in Jeffrey's question, I didn't need to do well in challenges since I knew my political game was that good. There were only two instances where things could have gone wrong for me. The first was when Cody chose to pretend to flip to the other alliance in order to get info without running things by me first. I had to talk him out of actually voting with the others, because that would have put us at a disadvantage in the numbers. The second was at final 4, I knew a tie was very possible. Which is why I brought Dragon and Edwards as far as I did, since I knew that Stan and I were capable of beating either in a tie breaker. I've always been very open with Stan, so I knew he'd stick with me. From eaedwards6400: Why was it that you voted me out? Answer: You were more of a threat than Dragon, both in challenges and in strategizing. As the game progressed it became clear that it would be better to face Dragon in the final 3 than you or Cody, as he would ultimately be the easiest to beat in the final immunity challenge. I also feel like you would have put in more of an effort than Dragon to sway Stan or I to take you to the final 2. From cody11533: As honestly and thoroughly as possible, describe the situation surrounding voting me out. Was I always destined for 5th once I sided with you, or were there factors that changed things? My challenge performances? What I did (or didn't) say? Because I was a blue? etc. Answer: The original plan was to vote you out in 8th place, so the rest of us four would have an advantage over the remaining red members. However after red unity was clearly no more I moved you up to definitely final 5, potentially final 3 depending on how the last few immunity challenges went. Where Dragon was the weakest in challenges in the jury stage though, I could no longer see you doing better than 4th place. When Stan won the F5 immunity, I would have been open to voting out Edwards first had Dragon and Stan wanted it, but in the end we agreed to keep the originally planned Final 4. Could I have pulled some strings? Probably, but I didn't want to risk breaking my strategic bonds with the others. With you doing scheming in the past (Trying to pull other blues into the alliance, and nearly voting against us), I couldn't let you closer to the finals, because you could have easily schemed to get me out and take Dragon or Stan to the finals instead. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 3:50:00 PM #184 |
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From JeffreyRaze: For both of them I'd like to ask them what their views are on the balance of challenges and political maneuvering in this game Answer: To me, Survivor is 70% political, 30% physical. Pre merge, it is important to perform above average in challenges, but not well enough to be the best on your team. As long as you're in the loop, and contributing in challenges, you can sail to the merge. It's when you hit the merge that the social game really kicks in, and politics become essential. By doing well enough in challenges pre merge, I was able to avoid becoming the primary threat to the blue team, while still gaining enough respect from contributing to the red tribe to be able to start an alliance. From then up until the final 4 or so I laid low in challenges, as I didn't have to do well, I knew my politics would take me to the end. Challenges only became important again in the final 4 when I had to ensure that Stan or I won immunity. From Justin_Crossing: What steps did you take to coerce cody? Answer: Persuading Cody to join us was quite easy, all I had to do is do what no other Red member was willing to do, give him a chance. I knew that if we simply got rid all of the blues, we'd come down to 8 red members, likely resulting in a 4v4 tie. Rather than risk going down in numbers from a tie breaker, I decided to win Cody's trust. Without revealing who else was in my alliance (Which could have put them at risk), I would tell Cody who to vote for, and when he proved that he had done so, I'd reveal a bit more information to him to keep him happy. To ensure that Cody was still around to be the swing vote at the final 9, I was sure to keep his name out of deliberations. I told Cody to lay low, so it was easy to convince everyone to vote for the other blue members instead. From ff6man: Why did you choose the game you did to turn on Valentine and the rest of red team? She had lost challenges previously and I know I, for example, didn't even start trying in challenges until I felt I needed to. I felt Valentine could have easily been knocked out when the time came, do you feel it was entirely necessary to get rid of her when we had a strong alliance, backed by her to thank for round after round of immunity? Answer: Valentine had to go eventually, only due to her performances in challenges. If we let her reach the jury stage, she could easily blow everyone else out of the water all the way to the finals. We couldn't vote her out when she lost to Caelus (Will elaborate in Justin's 2nd question), but when she lost again, the numbers were right. Upon voting out Valentine, all that remained was my alliance of 5, 3 other red members, and 2 other blue members. Worst case scenario would be that in the next vote there would be a 5-5 tie. This would only happen if information of who was in our alliance leaked (I hadn't told Cody any names yet, so it couldn't have been through him), and the red members on the outside joined with the other blue members. In the end, the plan worked, and we got Valentine out without risking our spots in the final 5. Continued next post... -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 06/01/12 3:45:00 PM #183 |
Oh jeez I'm sorry Stan, I didn't realize that. I thought the only problem was that you could only type so many words per pm. Again, sorry for the trouble, I see you got it all in now though, so thanks for that. Perhaps next season we'll do emails instead.
As I said above, everything is in!! I will be posting it all shortly. Mik_Pick will go first beings he got everything in first, I don't think it matters at all, just letting you know why. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | All Ultima and Wing Commander games for < $30 |
SoliPants 06/01/12 8:25:00 AM #1 |
http://www.gog.com/promo/ultima_wing_commander
I've personally never played an Ultima or Wing Commander game, but I've heard nothing but good things. I'm pretty sure this deal is worth getting, I just like hearing others opinions is all. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 05/31/12 6:36:00 PM #181 |
and a bump.
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Topic | Humble Bundle V [Psychonauts] [Bastion] [Limbo] |
SoliPants 05/31/12 10:43:00 AM #8 |
I own all of them already. I usually like to support these things but I can't justify it, unless maybe there's a bonus game later I don't already own that's worth the few bucks.
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Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 05/30/12 8:01:00 PM #179 |
Here are the questions, 4 for the both of you and 3 each individual.
------------------- For Both MysteriousStan and Mik_Pick ------------------- From JeffreyRaze: For both of them I'd like to ask them what their views are on the balance of challenges and political maneuvering in this game From Justin_Crossing: What steps did you take to coerce cody? From ff6man: Why did you choose the game you did to turn on Valentine and the rest of red team? She had lost challenges previously and I know I, for example, didn't even start trying in challenges until I felt I needed to. I felt Valentine could have easily been knocked out when the time came, do you feel it was entirely necessary to get rid of her when we had a strong alliance, backed by her to thank for round after round of immunity? From Dragon66116: What do you think you excelled the most at during this entire competition? ----------------------------- For MysteriousStan only ----------------------------- From JeffreyRaze: I'd also like to ask Stan how he got cody to join him instead of working with me and my comrades. From eaedwards6400: Had I gotten to the Final 3 would have taken me to the finals or was that just a way of buttering me up? Be honest now. From cody11533: If Mik had been voted out, what was your backup plan? How would it have changed at different points in the game (basically from the final 9 until the end)? ---------------------------------- For Mik_Pick only ---------------------------------- From eaedwards6400: Why was it that you voted me out? From cody11533: As honestly and thoroughly as possible, describe the situation surrounding voting me out. Was I always destined for 5th once I sided with you, or were there factors that changed things? My challenge performances? What I did (or didn't) say? Because I was a blue? etc. From Justin_Crossing (back up): What was your alliance's logic in keeping Valentine alive when Caelus dethroned her? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - MysteriousStan and Mik_Pick, you both have until Saturday, June 2, 11pm est to answer these questions, as well as add any comments you'd like. - I would prefer you send the answers via pm, although I know it will probably take more than one pm. This way I can post all of it at once when everything is in. - Get everything answered early and I will post them early as possible. I am not trying to rush either of you, just saying is all. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 05/30/12 4:58:00 PM #178 |
3 hours left. One person still needs to get some questions in. If they don't well, we should still be fine.
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Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 05/29/12 9:14:00 PM #177 |
5 of the 7 jurors got their questions in, waiting on two members. Take as much time as you need, you have until tomorrow night, 11pm est.
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Topic | Finally got around to playing the original Bioshock today |
SoliPants 05/28/12 8:29:00 PM #12 |
ninkendo posted...
abuse R1 and L1 that freezes the action while you change weapons and plasmids. At this point I have very few electric shotgun shells. No grenade launcher. I'd use the electric plasmid but, I can only equip 2 plasmids, I have incinerate and telekinesis, and I don't think I can unequip either to re-equip electric, so that kind of sucks. Thanks for the tips though, I'll remember that for future Big Daddies if I get that far, heh. I came real close a few times, had to take a break for a bit though. -- Formally Ikon. Indie Gaming Board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/293-indie-gaming |
Topic | B8 Survivor: S2 - Topic III |
SoliPants 05/28/12 8:19:00 PM #173 |
Okay I sent pms to all the jury members of the above post. Hopefully I got all the names right and you all got them.
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