Post by Tarresque on Feb 17, 2005 13:51:44 GMT -5
You all may have noticed several rules going up over the past several weeks (or hours, depending) limiting the kinds of Kaiju players are allowed to create. This is because several trends seem to have popped up and they are impacting the game in a rather unbalancing, or annoying, way.
First off, I shall cover why Godzillasaurus are no longer allowed to be used when creating a character. Simply put, a Godzillasaur always mutates into a Godzilla, and not anything else. It got to the point where everyone and their grandma was mutated from a Godzillasaur. It was interesting when Daemon did it; after all, it was something new he had done, and so it was cool. Then everyone started doing, and the result was: BAM! Can't do it no mo'.
Next up, evolving your Kaiju. I hate to admit this, but I was the one who started this trend. But I did so only out of neccessity, and that shall be elaborated upon further down. I suppose it started when I posted the idea for Tarresque's evolved form. I created it specifically to combat unholy, demonic enemies, such as Sirrush Tyrant and later Asmodeus. However, once again it caught on as a horrible "thing" that everyone started doing. People! You just can't start copying every little thing that comes along. Because then it gets prohibited. The reason this got leashed, though, is because these "evolved" Kaiju tend to be either highly specialized (and thus useless for most situations), or exceptionally powerfull (and unbalancing).
Dragons. Are not. Kaiju. Period. You probably never thought about it, but no they really aren't. A dragon is a dragon. They got prohibited because everyone was making them as well, and plus because dragons are forces in their own right. They posses intellects vastly superior to anything a human, or Kaiju, could muster; they have amazing arsenals of natural and supernatural weapons; they're practically indestructable. They're also practically extinct. That's why in the beggining it was okay to have maybe three dragons in total running around the site. But then, the dragons started outnumbering the "normal" Kaiju, and so we had to chain up the players... again. Guys, this is KAIJU Wars! You want dragons, check out Rift's site.
Big topic number one: Demons. Boy, they sure seem to be a popular choice for evil Kaiju this season. The thing is, demons ARE NOT Kaiju, either! A demon, or devil, is an extraplanar entity that originates in an infernal, or abyssal, realm. Sure, they may look like a Kaiju would, such as a giant spider or some other monstrosity, but the thing is a demon is far more powerfull than it's looks lead you to believe. They have many resistances to the energies normal Kaiju employ and are practically immortal unless slain outright. Once again, everyone wanted a demon. And the administration got tired of it. How the hell is a normal Kaiju like Godzilla or Daemon or even something like Daegre and Tarresque supposed to comepete with the likes of Asmodues, Chaos, and the dreaded Mephistopheles? Simply put, in a one-on-one fight between any of them (or even two-on-one), the demons would win. The only attacks that can pass through a demon's unholy resistance is holy and light power.
Big Topic number two: Deities. For the love of Pete, I don't know how this came up, but it did. Ye don't trifle with the poweres that be... ye fools! Nobody but an admin or a mod should have any buisness messing with making a deific creature, simply because if they're in the position to be an admin or a mod in the first place, they're canny and trusted enough to responsibly use the power of a god. How do deities play directly into Kaiju combat? For one, unless fighting another deity, their attacks pass right through any mortal defenses. The attack of a divine creature can never be stopped or negated; if Zeus wants to strike you with his thunderbolts, by Hera, you're gonna get struck. But, very powerfull magics or supernatural forces can lessen the outcome of a diety's attack. They also tend to resist attacks coming from mortal sources. Dieties are also pretenaturally aware of their surroundings, which manifests itself as combat cognizance. Loosely put, they have a sixth sense that tells 'em when to duck and when to right-hook. Dieties can also never be influenced or otherwise manipulated with mental, or even other divine powers. However, dieties pay a steep price for being able to manifest on the material realm: they are always physically weak, because their bodies are usually only quasi-solid. Unless the dieties' specialty is hand-to-hand combat (and it almost never is; they prefer divine lightning and such), a diety never hits as hard as you'd think it would. In short, though, they are the end-all and be-all creature, other than dragons. To conclude, you need expressed permission before a normal player can create a deific creature. To the mods: you should know when it's right to introduce one of these powerfull creatures, so use discretion.
Guys, the administration doesn't want to come off as a kill-joy, stealing everyone's thunder on cool Kaiju and whatnot, but we just got tired of the same old chestnut popping up every week or so in the Pending Kaiju section. Draconic-this and Demonic-that, and his mother's second cousin twice removed was a Godzillasaurus. Big whoop. But, there are tons of interesting ideas for Kaiju inspiration out there. And still plenty of old movie Kaiju who we'd love to see running around and duking it out with the custom jobs. Also, we have so many lizards and bugs, but where are the mammals? You all seem to have forgotten that, while rare, mammeliod Kaiju *do* exist, and we sure wouldn't mind seeing a Kaiju called Ursa Major mauling his hapless foes to death.
Remember to just be creative and be yourself, and the coolest Kaiju yet could grace the Wars any day now... and it just might be yours.
First off, I shall cover why Godzillasaurus are no longer allowed to be used when creating a character. Simply put, a Godzillasaur always mutates into a Godzilla, and not anything else. It got to the point where everyone and their grandma was mutated from a Godzillasaur. It was interesting when Daemon did it; after all, it was something new he had done, and so it was cool. Then everyone started doing, and the result was: BAM! Can't do it no mo'.
Next up, evolving your Kaiju. I hate to admit this, but I was the one who started this trend. But I did so only out of neccessity, and that shall be elaborated upon further down. I suppose it started when I posted the idea for Tarresque's evolved form. I created it specifically to combat unholy, demonic enemies, such as Sirrush Tyrant and later Asmodeus. However, once again it caught on as a horrible "thing" that everyone started doing. People! You just can't start copying every little thing that comes along. Because then it gets prohibited. The reason this got leashed, though, is because these "evolved" Kaiju tend to be either highly specialized (and thus useless for most situations), or exceptionally powerfull (and unbalancing).
Dragons. Are not. Kaiju. Period. You probably never thought about it, but no they really aren't. A dragon is a dragon. They got prohibited because everyone was making them as well, and plus because dragons are forces in their own right. They posses intellects vastly superior to anything a human, or Kaiju, could muster; they have amazing arsenals of natural and supernatural weapons; they're practically indestructable. They're also practically extinct. That's why in the beggining it was okay to have maybe three dragons in total running around the site. But then, the dragons started outnumbering the "normal" Kaiju, and so we had to chain up the players... again. Guys, this is KAIJU Wars! You want dragons, check out Rift's site.
Big topic number one: Demons. Boy, they sure seem to be a popular choice for evil Kaiju this season. The thing is, demons ARE NOT Kaiju, either! A demon, or devil, is an extraplanar entity that originates in an infernal, or abyssal, realm. Sure, they may look like a Kaiju would, such as a giant spider or some other monstrosity, but the thing is a demon is far more powerfull than it's looks lead you to believe. They have many resistances to the energies normal Kaiju employ and are practically immortal unless slain outright. Once again, everyone wanted a demon. And the administration got tired of it. How the hell is a normal Kaiju like Godzilla or Daemon or even something like Daegre and Tarresque supposed to comepete with the likes of Asmodues, Chaos, and the dreaded Mephistopheles? Simply put, in a one-on-one fight between any of them (or even two-on-one), the demons would win. The only attacks that can pass through a demon's unholy resistance is holy and light power.
Big Topic number two: Deities. For the love of Pete, I don't know how this came up, but it did. Ye don't trifle with the poweres that be... ye fools! Nobody but an admin or a mod should have any buisness messing with making a deific creature, simply because if they're in the position to be an admin or a mod in the first place, they're canny and trusted enough to responsibly use the power of a god. How do deities play directly into Kaiju combat? For one, unless fighting another deity, their attacks pass right through any mortal defenses. The attack of a divine creature can never be stopped or negated; if Zeus wants to strike you with his thunderbolts, by Hera, you're gonna get struck. But, very powerfull magics or supernatural forces can lessen the outcome of a diety's attack. They also tend to resist attacks coming from mortal sources. Dieties are also pretenaturally aware of their surroundings, which manifests itself as combat cognizance. Loosely put, they have a sixth sense that tells 'em when to duck and when to right-hook. Dieties can also never be influenced or otherwise manipulated with mental, or even other divine powers. However, dieties pay a steep price for being able to manifest on the material realm: they are always physically weak, because their bodies are usually only quasi-solid. Unless the dieties' specialty is hand-to-hand combat (and it almost never is; they prefer divine lightning and such), a diety never hits as hard as you'd think it would. In short, though, they are the end-all and be-all creature, other than dragons. To conclude, you need expressed permission before a normal player can create a deific creature. To the mods: you should know when it's right to introduce one of these powerfull creatures, so use discretion.
Guys, the administration doesn't want to come off as a kill-joy, stealing everyone's thunder on cool Kaiju and whatnot, but we just got tired of the same old chestnut popping up every week or so in the Pending Kaiju section. Draconic-this and Demonic-that, and his mother's second cousin twice removed was a Godzillasaurus. Big whoop. But, there are tons of interesting ideas for Kaiju inspiration out there. And still plenty of old movie Kaiju who we'd love to see running around and duking it out with the custom jobs. Also, we have so many lizards and bugs, but where are the mammals? You all seem to have forgotten that, while rare, mammeliod Kaiju *do* exist, and we sure wouldn't mind seeing a Kaiju called Ursa Major mauling his hapless foes to death.
Remember to just be creative and be yourself, and the coolest Kaiju yet could grace the Wars any day now... and it just might be yours.