I admit it, I'm currently running on sugar, 3 hours of sleep in 48 hours, and an electronic lie detector game strapped to my chest and giving me electric shocks every minute or so. Therefore, me and my poor addled system give you a question!
The scenario: A pirate, a ninja, a robot (you decide what kind), a dinosaur (again, you decide), and a leprechaun, all having a showdown (Think the movie leprechaun not a happy little chappy with his lucky charms and whatnot). Maybe throw in a zombie, just to throw things about a bit. They all want you to join their side in this fight.
The question: Who do you choose, and why? If you don't choose a side, the winning party will hunt you down and do horrible things to your body and soul with a turnip. A real, honest, live, turnip. And maybe a dodo.
This question brought to you by sleep deprivation Inc. - cos when you snooze, we lose!
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Dang, this questions hard...
It should be like, on the SA-freakin'-T's!
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That's easy. The question is "Whom do you choose, and why?" ^_^
My turn!
Question: Why am I correct, and why am I correct so frequently?
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist anf The Prat in the Hat
Oh, that ones easy...
Its because you have a pickle brain. :)
Maybe...
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The dinosaur. The pirate would be my second choice.
That one was easy.
I concur with Alaric, it's an easy decision.
The Leprechaun, all the way. Ya know, magic powers, & all that pretty much pwns the rest.
Unles his magic is pretty lame & weak. Then it's the robot, cuz I'd pick the T2000. Pirate, ninja, zombie....instant cold cuts. The dino would take a little while longer, but it would fall in the end.
Dragon. He's alot bigger then any of the others (unless we're talking transformer robots), so if nothing else he can step on them. He's immune to any magic the Leprechaun can dish out, his hide's tough enough swords, or any simple metal weapons wouldn't be a problem. Plus, whether he dies or not, you'd be able to shield yourself with his nigh-impenitrable hide until the others kill each other.
The only problem would be the robot, if it's really advanced. You can hope the Leprechaun takes it out, but if not, you've got a problem.
I know, I'm overthinking this. but that's just because I've got a big head.
I'll go with the Ninja just to make a different argument here. Assuming the ninja was someone of the fighting level as Batman . . . LOL!
If not then the robot.
Quote from: Tomato on May 17, 2007, 08:52:00 AM
Dragon. He's alot bigger then any of the others (unless we're talking transformer robots), so if nothing else he can step on them. He's immune to any magic the Leprechaun can dish out,
Outside of RPGs, whoever said dragons were immune to magic? It's not really one of their traditional traits... any more than regenerating is one of a troll's traditional traits...
Ah, the influence RPGs have had on the way legendary creatures are viewed...
Quote from: Alaric on May 17, 2007, 09:56:58 AMOutside of RPGs, whoever said dragons were immune to magic? It's not really one of their traditional traits... any more than regenerating is one of a troll's traditional traits...
Ah, the influence RPGs have had on the way legendary creatures are viewed...
Wait, is there an official book of dragon powers now? I'm sorry, I must not have been paying attention.[/sarcasm]
Seriously, it's a mythilogical creature. I could say it's made of adamantium, has super speed, and can take out the souls of the living with a glance and it wouldn't make a difference. Now lighten up before I have it sit on you.
Quote from: Tomato on May 17, 2007, 10:32:06 AM
Quote from: Alaric on May 17, 2007, 09:56:58 AMOutside of RPGs, whoever said dragons were immune to magic? It's not really one of their traditional traits... any more than regenerating is one of a troll's traditional traits...
Ah, the influence RPGs have had on the way legendary creatures are viewed...
Wait, is there an official book of dragon powers now? I'm sorry, I must not have been paying attention.[/sarcasm]
Seriously, it's a mythilogical creature. I could say it's made of adamantium, has super speed, and can take out the souls of the living with a glance and it wouldn't make a difference. Now lighten up before I have it sit on you.
That was actually more-or-less my point.
Quote from: Alaric on May 17, 2007, 09:56:58 AM
Ah, the influence RPGs have had on the way legendary creatures are viewed...
Aye, Al. We were both at Esgaroth during the "incident." The truth is out there.
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat
I'd throw in with the Viking. Because while the others are killing each other, the viking is taking their stuff.
Quote from: Tomato on May 17, 2007, 10:32:06 AM
Quote from: Alaric on May 17, 2007, 09:56:58 AMOutside of RPGs, whoever said dragons were immune to magic? It's not really one of their traditional traits... any more than regenerating is one of a troll's traditional traits...
Ah, the influence RPGs have had on the way legendary creatures are viewed...
Wait, is there an official book of dragon powers now? I'm sorry, I must not have been paying attention.[/sarcasm]
Seriously, it's a mythilogical creature. I could say it's made of adamantium, has super speed, and can take out the souls of the living with a glance and it wouldn't make a difference. Now lighten up before I have it sit on you.
well we could end this arguement by stating that dragon wasnt on the list >_>
unless your saying a dragon is a kind of dinosaur... in which case... I would laugh.
no...
seriously...
I would....
lots
I'd pick the ninja, because he/she has REAL Ultimate Power.
A very über robot'd be my second choice
By the way, dragon? I thought the choices were a pirate, a ninja, a robot, a dinosaur or a leprechaun; no dragon. Unless dragons are dinosaurs... Are they?
Oh sweet moogly what did I do? :blink:
Um. I apologise vastly?
Oh, and dragon = not a dinosaur. Last time I checked, anyway, although there might have been dragons of a type around that time. Who knows?
I'll side with the leprechaun. Even though I don't believe in them, seeing one in a fight would make me totally reevaluate my whole opinion of magic and stuff, so I'd bounce over to him. I mean, magic just kind of trumps everything, don't it?
"Gun? *magic boom* Congrats, you're now the owner of a flower!"
Quote from: Sevenforce on May 17, 2007, 06:42:46 PM
Oh sweet moogly what did I do? :blink:
Um. I apologise vastly?
Oh, and dragon = not a dinosaur. Last time I checked, anyway, although there might have been dragons of a type around that time. Who knows?
I'll side with the leprechaun. Even though I don't believe in them, seeing one in a fight would make me totally reevaluate my whole opinion of magic and stuff, so I'd bounce over to him. I mean, magic just kind of trumps everything, don't it?
"Gun? *magic boom* Congrats, you're now the owner of a flower!"
But... but... dinosaurs have, uh, dino-magic!
Quote from: Alaric on May 17, 2007, 06:48:32 PM
But... but... dinosaurs have, uh, dino-magic!
*resists the temptation to do a grotesque Jimmie Walker impression, replete with phonemically relevant catchphrase*
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat
... *hides his embarrasment by cutting out Syn's liver*
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*Hehehehe... Cheeeeeesemuffins.*
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I'd go with Optimus Prime, but since that seems a little cheap...
I'd probably pick the dino. The only real threat that the dino would have would be the freaking robot, so I'd take the bot out if i could, and then the rest would be gone like that.
The pirate would win, on the basis that he's secretly Guybrush Threepwood and would find some improbable, complicated way to defeat everyone else.
Quote from: SouperIan on May 20, 2007, 02:01:38 PM
The pirate would win, on the basis that he's secretly Guybrush Threepwood and would find some improbable, complicated way to defeat everyone else.
Well, yeah, but the question wasn't "who would win". The question was 'which side would you be on".
Quote from: Alaric on May 20, 2007, 04:59:58 PM
Quote from: SouperIan on May 20, 2007, 02:01:38 PM
The pirate would win, on the basis that he's secretly Guybrush Threepwood and would find some improbable, complicated way to defeat everyone else.
Well, yeah, but the question wasn't "who would win". The question was 'which side would you be on".
Yeah, but still, you have to admit it...
The pirate would win. He would just pwnz them all, like Johnny Depp. Especially if he were to be on some rolly-wheely thingy...
Hmmmm.... Tuuuuuuna Breeeeeeaaaad...
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Quote from: Spam on May 20, 2007, 09:47:18 PM
Quote from: Alaric on May 20, 2007, 04:59:58 PM
Quote from: SouperIan on May 20, 2007, 02:01:38 PM
The pirate would win, on the basis that he's secretly Guybrush Threepwood and would find some improbable, complicated way to defeat everyone else.
Well, yeah, but the question wasn't "who would win". The question was 'which side would you be on".
Yeah, but still, you have to admit it...
The pirate would win. He would just pwnz them all, like Johnny Depp. Especially if he were to be on some rolly-wheely thingy...
Hmmmm.... Tuuuuuuna Breeeeeeaaaad...
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And remember, "Spam" spelled backwards is "Maps".
Given that unless you're on the winning side you get turniped to death, I assumed that most people would choose to side with whoever was going to win anyway.
Quote from: SouperIan on May 21, 2007, 07:21:28 AM
Given that unless you're on the winning side you get turniped to death, I assumed that most people would choose to side with whoever was going to win anyway.
Is that really how you'd choose sides in a fight? Always go with the obvious winner? I thought we were supposed to be
heroes here!
Quote from: Alaric on May 21, 2007, 08:08:35 AM
Quote from: SouperIan on May 21, 2007, 07:21:28 AM
Given that unless you're on the winning side you get turniped to death, I assumed that most people would choose to side with whoever was going to win anyway.
Is that really how you'd choose sides in a fight? Always go with the obvious winner? I thought we were supposed to be heroes here!
Shhh, Randy will hear you.
Quote from: Alaric on May 21, 2007, 08:08:35 AM
Quote from: SouperIan on May 21, 2007, 07:21:28 AM
Given that unless you're on the winning side you get turniped to death, I assumed that most people would choose to side with whoever was going to win anyway.
Is that really how you'd choose sides in a fight? Always go with the obvious winner? I thought we were supposed to be heroes here!
Oh, c'mon......you should know that there *are* no heroes in this particular forum. Just losers and survivors.
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on May 21, 2007, 12:34:08 PM
Quote from: Alaric on May 21, 2007, 08:08:35 AM
Quote from: SouperIan on May 21, 2007, 07:21:28 AM
Given that unless you're on the winning side you get turniped to death, I assumed that most people would choose to side with whoever was going to win anyway.
Is that really how you'd choose sides in a fight? Always go with the obvious winner? I thought we were supposed to be heroes here!
Oh, c'mon......you should know that there *are* no heroes in this particular forum. Just losers and survivors.
Just peanut-butters and jellies...
Hmmmmmm...... Toooofffuuuuuu saaaammmich.
FORIAMSPAM!
Quote from: Spam on May 21, 2007, 12:49:41 PM
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on May 21, 2007, 12:34:08 PM
Oh, c'mon......you should know that there *are* no heroes in this particular forum. Just losers and survivors.
Just peanut-butters and jellies...
Hmmmmmm...... Toooofffuuuuuu saaaammmich.
FORIAMSPAM!
oops, almost forgot one.....the insane. They kind of belong to both categories, though. Thanks for the reminder, Spamboy.
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on May 21, 2007, 12:34:08 PM
Quote from: Alaric on May 21, 2007, 08:08:35 AM
Quote from: SouperIan on May 21, 2007, 07:21:28 AM
Given that unless you're on the winning side you get turniped to death, I assumed that most people would choose to side with whoever was going to win anyway.
Is that really how you'd choose sides in a fight? Always go with the obvious winner? I thought we were supposed to be heroes here!
Oh, c'mon......you should know that there *are* no heroes in this particular forum. Just losers and survivors.
*Sigh* You guys are probably the kind of people who choose your sports teams according to which ones win all the time, too...
*Mutters about how there's no loyalty anymore...*
Anyway, if you pick a side you think is going to lose, and then help them win, wouldn't they be a lot more greatful than if you pick a side that's going to win anyway? I mena, don't magical creatures like pirates and ninjas reward people who help them out with special gift certificates or something?
There's loyalty, and then there's survival. Since it was stated that the end result was you either win or get hunted down, that changes things quite a bit. At no point was it ever stated that any of the choices was "evil" (although, zombies are just inherently creepy), so it's not much of a morals call. Ninjas can be honorable, pirates can have a sense of fairness, leprechauns can be mischevious (but not necessarily evil), and dinosaurs are just plain animals, and robots can have benevolent programming. Since it's your life on the line, and you're not exactly being asked to team up with Terrax, Lex Luthor, or Ted Bundy, I don't think it's going to be a choice that anyone should lose any sleep over if they hedge their bets a bit.
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on May 22, 2007, 02:34:37 AM
There's loyalty, and then there's survival. Since it was stated that the end result was you either win or get hunted down, that changes things quite a bit. At no point was it ever stated that any of the choices was "evil" (although, zombies are just inherently creepy), so it's not much of a morals call. Ninjas can be honorable, pirates can have a sense of fairness, leprechauns can be mischevious (but not necessarily evil), and dinosaurs are just plain animals, and robots can have benevolent programming. Since it's your life on the line, and you're not exactly being asked to team up with Terrax, Lex Luthor, or Ted Bundy, I don't think it's going to be a choice that anyone should lose any sleep over if they hedge their bets a bit.
Hey, you choose sides your way, I'll choose them my way, and then sit back and feel morally superior about it. And you can't stop me! :P
Give me the zombie!! *a small floating head coems over and whispers in DJ's ear* What?!?!?! I'm already classified as a zombie and I can't pick that?!?!?! Who the 'ell said that?!?!?! *with this DJ proceeds to beat the living 'ell out of the floating head*
Quote from: Deaths Jester on May 22, 2007, 09:31:25 AM
Give me the zombie!! *a small floating head coems over and whispers in DJ's ear* What?!?!?! I'm already classified as a zombie and I can't pick that?!?!?! Who the 'ell said that?!?!?! *with this DJ proceeds to beat the living 'ell out of the floating head*
*slo-motion NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
Why SouperIan, DJ!? WWWWHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!???
*snifflespit*
He had so much headiness to live for... *snapthpat*
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Quote from: Spam on May 22, 2007, 10:36:20 AM
Quote from: Deaths Jester on May 22, 2007, 09:31:25 AM
Give me the zombie!! *a small floating head coems over and whispers in DJ's ear* What?!?!?! I'm already classified as a zombie and I can't pick that?!?!?! Who the 'ell said that?!?!?! *with this DJ proceeds to beat the living 'ell out of the floating head*
*slo-motion NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
Why SouperIan, DJ!? WWWWHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!???
*snifflespit*
He had so much headiness to live for... *snapthpat*
FORIAMSPAM!
Don't worry, I'll be back next episode as if nothing's ever happened.
Wait...this isn't a TV show, is it? Well, blast, I guess I'm dead, then.
Hey, it might come back zombiefied. At least zombie-soup (hehehe) won't ever be hungry :P
Quote from: Sevenforce on May 22, 2007, 02:42:51 PM
Hey, it might come back zombiefied. At least zombie-soup (hehehe) won't ever be hungry :P
Mmm... Zombie soup...
Quote from: Sevenforce on May 22, 2007, 02:42:51 PM
Hey, it might come back zombiefied. At least zombie-soup (hehehe) won't ever be hungry :P
I dannae know about that...I mean, there aren't that many brains floating around 'ere after all. Course I could share Spammy with him...I mean, processed meat product...mmmmm...*proceeds to take a large bite out of Spammy*