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Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Captain America: The First Thing

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I feel as a whitness to this event I should confirm the above is exactly how it happened. In case anybody doubts it. Though I guess some of you will continue to doubt it. It is probably the funniest thing I have even seen. I wish I had it on tape I would win the show about funny home videos(if it was still on)

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones!

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones! I agree with the first paragraph whole heartly... The second as his player I say Vampires are inherently evil in his world. They are no Angels...or Spikes...it ispossible to get vampire like powers in his world(though magical ritural dumbly interrupted by a very young moster hunter...or even though Science!)...yes I play that character too...but playing a real vampire is out. Though clone in in his universe are not inherently evil. Demons are a trickier subject...but as Aliens there are treated as immigrants...and there are demons who have been redeemed(one of my character has one as a DNPC) But all that is besides the point...just agree to disagree guys...really what is the point here?

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones! @Hugh Neilson: I'll respond in order to the points you made. 1)In all your example of clone vs other genticaly alter supers...you are missing the point...maybe willduly. All of them are alters are ALTERATIONS...mostly randomly. A Clone is engineered to be exactly what you want. That seems to me to allow you greater control...than even a Captain America type super soldier alteration as you dealing with somebody who already as the effect of nutrining over genetics. 2) Missing the point again...I have to say probably willfully...you compared clone to twins...completely wrong. It is like saying in a super hero world that a natural earth quake and a man made one are one in the same. Sure a twin is 'forced' on people...just as that earthquake is 'forced ' on somebody. To me(and most importantly the leagle system) there is a major difference between nature and man made things. I guess you never had to deal with the Act of god clause in a insurence policy. 3) My character is not the exception to free willed clones. But since cloning in Balabentos game is illeagle mostly villians do it...and they don't really have high ideals to start with...my character was a accident( in that they left to much free will in...or made her too intelligent and she resisted the brainwashing/programing attempt). They are also people in Balabento's world who will using clone technology in dire emergencies for good reason...but it is still illeagle. 4) Where does Balabento say clones are killed on sight? Well he might have said that...but he did not mean it as a clone can prove his sentinence...which would be hard to do if they were deemed with a KOS order...also in his universe you can't tell a clone by looking at it...you have to do genetic testing...so it is hard for the whole KOS order to be effective. I agree he should not have used the word rape...as it has more personal implication to people. Though I would like to point out that rape can be defines as the plundering or sacking of a city...or any gross violation, assault, or abuse(which the context he was using I believe). Also I agree Babalento's sweeping message and and inability to use word likew 'In my campaign world...' or 'Well this what I do...' is very annoying as his habit as a poster...but I really think this issue needs to one of those agree to disagree issues. 3)

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones! A clone in my opinion...does not have to be a perfect copy by defination. Where does it say that? You can definitly geneticaly tweak it( heck other posters have said that it is a way to remove genetic diseases...is that still a clone?) So how is it a perfect copy? Which means you geneticaly tweak for super powers...say taking out the sentince gene if you will...it is still a perfect 'copy in all other ways. Also the thing about twins vs cloning...well not all identicle twins are DNA exactly alike(mostly...99.9%). And as the grow older...different genetic marker activate...that is why the two identicle twin I knew look slightly different and had completely different personailties. Also it would be a act of nature...cloning is not a act of Nature. That is what I meant by twins not being forced on anybody. Also I have to say yes a clone is definitly more vulnerable to brainwashing than any othert type of heroes. As being grown in a lab means the cloner has perfect control over the enviroment. And added to that for those clones that are grown rapidly...all those skills are usualy downloaded directly to their brain...as can other things...heck their personality...can be downloaded as well. With a allready grown super hero of any other type I would say it would be harder to do(even for those of weak will). As I said before I don't disagree with verything Balabento...heck we get into arguement sometimes...but I admit I do have the advantage of being in his game...and being able to affect change from the inside. But this back and forth does not fix anything...just agree to disagree at a certain point is the only rational thing to do...

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones!

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones! For one thing a twin was not forced on to somebody. If you take somebody's DNA and made clones with it without consent...that is that not a crime? Sure if the clone is sentinent being and not just a copy of the orginal...it can prove this and have full rights...but that is not always the case with evil clone plots 101. Now again in Balabento's game a clone can prove his/her personhood if you will...but they are required to do so by the law. Just like in his world...mutant sentinet animals....aliens...AIs robots etc...because it is easy to make a clone appear sentinent...but actualy not be.

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones!

Re: The Morality of Sending In The Clones! Being on of Balabanto's players(not the one you met at Gencon)...I think you people greatly overreacting to this. Just relax and accept people play differently than you. Second...if you are MC to do something...in Balabanto's gameworld you just use the Temp. Insanity defense. It already exists as a leagle precedent...why make thing soo complex? As to the Clones thing...playing a clone in Balabanto's game world...it make sense they draw alot of heat(is it fair...no...but life is not fair.) And the character is fun for having that dark secret. And lastly I don't agree with Balabanto on everything...there are a number of things we go back and forth on(usualy in a friendly manner)...but all of them (like this issue) is so nitpickly unimportant to the amount of fun I have in his games I ignore them. No one is perfect here...I am sure you all have players that hate some of things you do..

Re: Counter-stereotyping Rainbow Happy type powers: One of two...1) The Big Jock guy....or 2) Goth Chick/guy

Re: Character Apearence I would go with one of two ways. 1) Completely featureless. It is sometimes a standard for this type of character but it works. 2) The other way is to make him look normal...a 40 year old man slightly balding....beer gut...just your typical average Joe. Who till his wife was killed was trying to live a normal life....not wanting to be a super powered spy...or criminal...just wanted a normal life with the woman he loves.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Some background. I and my friend(who owns a gaming store) were hanging out in after he closed for the night with some other people. He was going on how he brought the store from the previous owners to give back to the community of gamers in the area...how he was not making money...insert more self-sacrficing comments...so I finally said. "Hey, Scott your hands are bleeding."

Re: The Adventures of Ultragirl I love this story...