Alright, no dancing around this topic any more. And I mean it.
What are we going to do with the post limit? I have reasons why it should stay and why it should go. But first, let me tell you why it was implemented in the first place.
I implemented the post limit because back in the days of yore, everyone was posting too fast. And I mean very fast. So, I wanted to make it so that I wouldn't have to contend with a 4-page turn every day. So I brought it in.
The problem is that it is very inconsistent. There's no global count of posts; there are nullposts which people might incorrectly count; some people might not realize; and others just don't care. And I am very concerned about this.
The GOOD thing about the post limit is that when it does its job, it does it well.
The bad THINGS about it are:
It traps posters into a mentality that only a set number of posts are allowed, so they rush to try to fit their posts in (which completely defeats the entire point of the limit, traps the game in a specific mentality that was not intended, and is the single worst reason of the limit.)
It has created dozens of wasted posts and pages that are just taking up space.
It has proved to screw over players in other time zones.
etc. ad infinitum.
So as you can see, those are a few more reasons than just one. In fact, the first point is singlehandedly the worst reason because it makes the post limit hypocritical, redundant, and unwanted. It is creating the very thing it is supposed to stop.
HOWEVER
It is entirely possible that the reason posts are going so fast is because of the sheer fanbase this thread has acquired, and just because people don't listen to my countless pleas.
SO
I am going to put it to a vote: is the post limit in or out? I would like a reason in your next post.
If the vote says yes, I will remove the limit for one turn and see if and how that affects posting. This should also eliminate the need for placeholders and the extreme speed of posting in general because you can post whenever you want, without any consequences. However, if there is an INSANE amount of posts don't post. I would prefer to still stay at ~40 posts, so 35-45 is good. Don't post over that amount.
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( 39 / 40, C.Factory )
Deaths: About 100 or something
I got this. It should die...
( 12 / 40 )
Torso done!
Now what to do with all these spare waffles?
( 2 / 5 )
Hand of Pearl...
I use the leftover waffles to hold a massive party for everything.
...
Except I poisoned one random waffle. With a HIGHLY deadly poison.
(Eating a normal waffle: Restore 250 HP.)
(Eating the poisoned waffle: 3000 Damage + High Poison Damage)
TWIN! THE THE FELT MUST ALWAYS HAVE AGS TO ATTACK IN ORDER FOR THE POOL ROOM TO STAY IN EFFECT BECAUSE ALL PG ENTITIES WOULD LEAVE THE SECOND THE AGS IN THERE ARE DEAD!!! THE SECOND THEY RAN OUT OF TARGETS THE POOL ROOM WOULD BE GONE!!!
And the reason I attacked the pawns was because I had to do all my posts before you finished the battle because I got kicked off the computer before you finished. transfer the attacks to the Felt members if you aren't going to let me build the pool room which I designed so that it would work the way I wanted it to without it being broken.
Now that I am done with that...
Why the heck did you debuff the giga tank so much!? You passed it through, at least make it as powerful as if it had been a 40 post charge with two 40 post charge upgrades rather than a flat 40. You let crusher through with a 100 post charge, and I risked the whole thing being blown to bits with the combination sequence, it should get at least SOME of a power boost!
Stop blocking my gimmicks on the principle of blocking my gimmicks! Its annoying and I promised to stop, even Hank isn't going to be gimmicky, he's just going to be an altar of power summon.
+X to any players who claim it
I finish the arctic staff!
10/40 for the generic summons
3/5 for my mini attack
I take the arctic staff and freeze an egg pawn, then using the ice powers, pick it up into the air, then smash it into the ground repeatedly.
Hmm... I say try to deal without the post limit, I still might camp, but yeah, I'll actively try to keep myself from exploding the topic with my posts (like I've been guilty of a few times...) I think we might be having that problem. I all else fails, we'll need to implement a per player post limit because the flat-out post limit definitely isn't working.
+X to any players who claim it.
I do this: lapis lazuli, iron ingot, gold foil, OR arctic staff. The arctic staff should be getting a very nifty upgrade, and if not, hey, at least it'll be shiny. 1/?
11/40 for my generic charges
4/5 for my mini attack.
I shrug, since the creepy dummy apparently doesn't like me ordering it arou... Oh crap. There's something heading right for me isn't there?
I freeze Die for just a second with my arctic staff, rush over, and grab whichever doll is relavant, then pull my own pin, not enough to interfere with my stuff, but enough for me to NOT get hit by whatever it is that's about to kill me.
"Constructs! Increase your number and get after TwinBuilder! Don't finish him off, though-bring him to me! I'll have him publicly executed for bringing the Charge Factory to a critical level myself!"
I summon 5 more Constructs.
Sinnesloschen: 11/40 (Charge Factory's probably final gift)
Suddenly, I have an epic vision from Raidriar's spirit. It tells The_Serpent to heed his warning: "They'll be coming for you now..."
Raidriar Vision: 1/40 (Will not be a resummon)
I use the Contaminated Gear on Twinbuilder. I should deploy my Bioweapon soon, but for a greater cause...
My thoughts on the Post Limit:
Since it's getting everyone paranoid, and clogging up pages, I vote yes. However, if it still drives you insane, please bring it back. I want your sanity intact so that we can finish this game!
I vote yes, I hope that we are mature enough to limit our posting numbers and I believe that the posting limit is beginning to become a problem and should be removed.
+X to any players who claim it
2/? for my new staff
12/40 for my summons
5/5 I come back into reality for just long enough to a massive arctic snap freeze spell on Die.
I then teleport back into the alternate timeline where I won't get pounded.
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Tenshi [9/10] - Health [50/100]
Misaka [7/15] - Health [100/200] - Integrity [80/80] - Regenerates Integrity at same time and rate as health - "15% Integrity" deals 15 Integrity damage. Can still resurrect, but 20 charges after integrity fails. (3 integrity breaks turn Misaka into a 75-post damage...)
Jeweled Branch of Hourai [9/16]
Kaguya Houraisan [AG] - Health [10/20]
Fujiwara no Mokou [AG] - Health [10/20]
"Darwineon" - [2/5]
Kawadec Pesterlogs:
ScarletWeatherAvolition began pestering FujiyamaPhoenix
ScarletWeatherAvolition: The client's coming along well, but I'm ---- inter --- ference -- unstable connection
FujiyamaPhoenix: Well, time to make an impenentrable bunker...
ScarletWeatherAvolition: I'm on it - you are now invincible but -- can't do anything. - Kaguya - as well.
FujiyamaPhoenix: OK, I'm able to disable it, right?
ScarletWeatherAvolition: Yes, but once my conn - lag - spike ----
ScarletWeatherAvolition timed out (31337 ms)
ACertainTokidawaiStudent began pestering FujiyamaPhoenix
ACertainTokidawaiStudent: You know those placeholders? Someone needs to be more responsible with them...
FujiyamaPhoenix: Yes - the limit is causing all of these, but we need to keep people responsible.
ACertainTokidawaiStudent: OK, as long as you remember to use the limit responsibly because of time zones!
FujiyamaPhoenix: Sorry, got to - oh, forgot, I'm spectator-moded!
ACertainTokidawaiStudent left the chat.
I will be unable to participate for some time, so I'm temporarily spectator-moding all my characters. (can't be targeted or affected. Can still be charged.) When I go off standby, they will be un-spectator-moded and back in the game.
[nullpost]
Some say that evil lurks in the dark. Others say the night is sacred. Which of these groups is right, I know not, but that is irrelevant. All we need to know is one thing, one special fact of reality. And that fact is that Xandersol has entered the Battlefield.
I will now proceed to utterly fail at playing this game.
Allright, I think editting this post 4 times is enough. I'll stop doing that now. [/nullpost]
I will start by announcing my alignment as neutral, because chaos is fun.
I will then proceed to summon Suika Ibuki, the Tiny Pandemonium, equipped with her bottomless jar of sake.
As an oni, she is capable of super-human physical ability, but that seems to be par for the course here. She is capable of changing her own size, creating smaller (and highly explosive) duplicates of herself, and can eminate an aura that makes people gather. Oh, and if she offers you a drink, you simply cannot refuse. And I almost forgot to mention: yes, she is a Touhou.
Weaknesses include becoming extremely depressed when sober.
I charge Suika [1/40]
Also, I charge the sake gourd [1/40]
I know that all these NPCs don't pose a threat to me, but I got a little bit carried away at the sounds of pain. What I may never know is the place of the maze, where I would have erased some fricken fairies from space; I neglected to ask before I killed the last dairy farmer who knew. I wish I had waited for you; I wish I could invoke some better part of me! I know I'm supposed to be all, "The One," but I have too much fun killing everyone.
Alright, no dancing around this topic any more. And I mean it.
What are we going to do with the post limit? I have reasons why it should stay and why it should go. But first, let me tell you why it was implemented in the first place.
I implemented the post limit because back in the days of yore, everyone was posting too fast. And I mean very fast. So, I wanted to make it so that I wouldn't have to contend with a 4-page turn every day. So I brought it in.
The problem is that it is very inconsistent. There's no global count of posts; there are nullposts which people might incorrectly count; some people might not realize; and others just don't care. And I am very concerned about this.
The GOOD thing about the post limit is that when it does its job, it does it well.
The bad THINGS about it are:
- It traps posters into a mentality that only a set number of posts are allowed, so they rush to try to fit their posts in (which completely defeats the entire point of the limit, traps the game in a specific mentality that was not intended, and is the single worst reason of the limit.)
- It has created dozens of wasted posts and pages that are just taking up space.
- It has proved to screw over players in other time zones.
- etc. ad infinitum.
So as you can see, those are a few more reasons than just one. In fact, the first point is singlehandedly the worst reason because it makes the post limit hypocritical, redundant, and unwanted. It is creating the very thing it is supposed to stop.HOWEVER
It is entirely possible that the reason posts are going so fast is because of the sheer fanbase this thread has acquired, and just because people don't listen to my countless pleas.
SO
I am going to put it to a vote: is the post limit in or out? I would like a reason in your next post.
If the vote says yes, I will remove the limit for one turn and see if and how that affects posting. This should also eliminate the need for placeholders and the extreme speed of posting in general because you can post whenever you want, without any consequences. However, if there is an INSANE amount of posts don't post. I would prefer to still stay at ~40 posts, so 35-45 is good. Don't post over that amount.
The poll will be up shortly.
AS OF NOW, THE POST LIMIT IS STILL IN EFFECT.
~TwinBuilder
Sinnesloschen: 9/40
I tell the Godmodder that he is now manually breathing.
Northern Lights, there are reasons that gif won't work.
1) It's the wrong image macro.
2) Nullposts aren't supposed to be counted.
3) They'll turn back into non-nulls if they're placeholders.
An alternate timeline emerges.
However, we must first start from the beginning...
/null post
I'll be making my great escape now!
Deaths: About 100 or something
I got this. It should die...
( 12 / 40 )
Torso done!
Now what to do with all these spare waffles?
( 2 / 5 )
Hand of Pearl...
I use the leftover waffles to hold a massive party for everything.
...
Except I poisoned one random waffle. With a HIGHLY deadly poison.
(Eating a normal waffle: Restore 250 HP.)
(Eating the poisoned waffle: 3000 Damage + High Poison Damage)
The dream that you've never dreamed is suddenly about to FLOWER.
Chair-City? (Ind) (Tra)
And the reason I attacked the pawns was because I had to do all my posts before you finished the battle because I got kicked off the computer before you finished. transfer the attacks to the Felt members if you aren't going to let me build the pool room which I designed so that it would work the way I wanted it to without it being broken.
Now that I am done with that...
Why the heck did you debuff the giga tank so much!? You passed it through, at least make it as powerful as if it had been a 40 post charge with two 40 post charge upgrades rather than a flat 40. You let crusher through with a 100 post charge, and I risked the whole thing being blown to bits with the combination sequence, it should get at least SOME of a power boost!
Stop blocking my gimmicks on the principle of blocking my gimmicks! Its annoying and I promised to stop, even Hank isn't going to be gimmicky, he's just going to be an altar of power summon.
+X to any players who claim it
I finish the arctic staff!
10/40 for the generic summons
3/5 for my mini attack
I take the arctic staff and freeze an egg pawn, then using the ice powers, pick it up into the air, then smash it into the ground repeatedly.
DTG Co Labs
Nope, sorry guys, no Destroy the Godmodder relevant stuff here...
At least, not yet.
28/30
31/40, 32/40 CF
7/10
((So help me, if someone has placeholders ever again ever...))
+X to any players who claim it.
I do this: lapis lazuli, iron ingot, gold foil, OR arctic staff. The arctic staff should be getting a very nifty upgrade, and if not, hey, at least it'll be shiny. 1/?
11/40 for my generic charges
4/5 for my mini attack.
I shrug, since the creepy dummy apparently doesn't like me ordering it arou... Oh crap. There's something heading right for me isn't there?
I freeze Die for just a second with my arctic staff, rush over, and grab whichever doll is relavant, then pull my own pin, not enough to interfere with my stuff, but enough for me to NOT get hit by whatever it is that's about to kill me.
DTG Co Labs
Nope, sorry guys, no Destroy the Godmodder relevant stuff here...
At least, not yet.
"YOU LITTLE (OMITTED)!!"
"Constructs! Increase your number and get after TwinBuilder! Don't finish him off, though-bring him to me! I'll have him publicly executed for bringing the Charge Factory to a critical level myself!"
I summon 5 more Constructs.
Sinnesloschen: 11/40 (Charge Factory's probably final gift)
Suddenly, I have an epic vision from Raidriar's spirit. It tells The_Serpent to heed his warning: "They'll be coming for you now..."
Raidriar Vision: 1/40 (Will not be a resummon)
I use the Contaminated Gear on Twinbuilder. I should deploy my Bioweapon soon, but for a greater cause...
My thoughts on the Post Limit:
Since it's getting everyone paranoid, and clogging up pages, I vote yes. However, if it still drives you insane, please bring it back. I want your sanity intact so that we can finish this game!
An alternate timeline emerges.
However, we must first start from the beginning...
*bzzap!*
Tripod Repairment: 4/15.
I continue working on the platinum punch.
2/? for my new staff
12/40 for my summons
5/5 I come back into reality for just long enough to a massive arctic snap freeze spell on Die.
I then teleport back into the alternate timeline where I won't get pounded.
DTG Co Labs
Nope, sorry guys, no Destroy the Godmodder relevant stuff here...
At least, not yet.
29/40
I uproot the operator a bit with a tree remover thing.
I say yes, I suppose. Though, I still prefer my per person post limit idea.
I'd rather no one post, what's the point.
Stop talking in the same colour...
Changing colours takes effort.
Tenshi [9/10] - Health [50/100]
Misaka [7/15] - Health [100/200] - Integrity [80/80] - Regenerates Integrity at same time and rate as health - "15% Integrity" deals 15 Integrity damage. Can still resurrect, but 20 charges after integrity fails. (3 integrity breaks turn Misaka into a 75-post damage...)
Jeweled Branch of Hourai [9/16]
Kaguya Houraisan [AG] - Health [10/20]
Fujiwara no Mokou [AG] - Health [10/20]
"Darwineon" - [2/5]
Kawadec Pesterlogs:
ScarletWeatherAvolition began pestering FujiyamaPhoenix
ScarletWeatherAvolition: The client's coming along well, but I'm ---- inter --- ference -- unstable connection
FujiyamaPhoenix: Well, time to make an impenentrable bunker...
ScarletWeatherAvolition: I'm on it - you are now invincible but -- can't do anything. - Kaguya - as well.
FujiyamaPhoenix: OK, I'm able to disable it, right?
ScarletWeatherAvolition: Yes, but once my conn - lag - spike ----
ScarletWeatherAvolition timed out (31337 ms)
ACertainTokidawaiStudent began pestering FujiyamaPhoenix
ACertainTokidawaiStudent: You know those placeholders? Someone needs to be more responsible with them...
FujiyamaPhoenix: Yes - the limit is causing all of these, but we need to keep people responsible.
ACertainTokidawaiStudent: OK, as long as you remember to use the limit responsibly because of time zones!
FujiyamaPhoenix: Sorry, got to - oh, forgot, I'm spectator-moded!
ACertainTokidawaiStudent left the chat.
[nullpost]
Some say that evil lurks in the dark. Others say the night is sacred. Which of these groups is right, I know not, but that is irrelevant. All we need to know is one thing, one special fact of reality. And that fact is that Xandersol has entered the Battlefield.
I will now proceed to utterly fail at playing this game.
Allright, I think editting this post 4 times is enough. I'll stop doing that now.
[/nullpost]
I will start by announcing my alignment as neutral, because chaos is fun.
I will then proceed to summon Suika Ibuki, the Tiny Pandemonium, equipped with her bottomless jar of sake.
As an oni, she is capable of super-human physical ability, but that seems to be par for the course here. She is capable of changing her own size, creating smaller (and highly explosive) duplicates of herself, and can eminate an aura that makes people gather. Oh, and if she offers you a drink, you simply cannot refuse. And I almost forgot to mention: yes, she is a Touhou.
Weaknesses include becoming extremely depressed when sober.
I charge Suika [1/40]
Also, I charge the sake gourd [1/40]
What I may never know is the place of the maze, where I would have erased some fricken fairies from space; I neglected to ask before I killed the last dairy farmer who knew. I wish I had waited for you; I wish I could invoke some better part of me!
I know I'm supposed to be all, "The One," but I have too much fun killing everyone.
Sinnesloschen: 12/40
Raidriar's Warning: 2/40
An alternate timeline emerges.
However, we must first start from the beginning...
3/? for my staff
13/40 for my summons
1/5 for another attack
I stay safely hidden in another timeline.
DTG Co Labs
Nope, sorry guys, no Destroy the Godmodder relevant stuff here...
At least, not yet.
Sure thing.
Tripod Repairment: 5/15.
30/40
Would 40 posts be enough to kill green twin forever? Just asking. Nothing suspicious here.
I chat up the operator, and while its distracted I rip out some coding.
However, the Garden of Eden Creation Kit needs a peripheral to operate from. Hmm...
Oh! I know! A ZAX supercomputer will do!
ZAX Super-Computer: 2/40
The Questionable Armor goes into overdrive, firing Plasma bolts everywhere, but mostly targeted on Die.