Topic: One thing (Read 32227 times)

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #50 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 21:58 »

Probably keep the knowledge of the fact that I once had a younger brother and sister, who died.

calenlass · « **Reply #51 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 22:01 »

Quote from: KvP on 21 Mar 2011, 21:04

You guys shitted up this thread right quick.

Man, what? I would rather have some actual discussion than another fucking list thread, or another blog thread, which is like the same thing but with longer posts no one reads.

Ben, I don't understand how that is different. If you are not even genetically you AND you have lived a different life, but somehow you still have memories from your old one, and also maybe the same great butt, you would still no longer be you. I always thought that people were a sum of their genetics, circumstances, and choices, and if you have changed all three of those, they can't possibly be the same person anymore.

Anyway, I am not really sure how to outwit the wizard. I am not particularly witty, I guess. I lose and get cursed.

I go back to Start and re-roll a new character.

tania · « **Reply #52 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 22:09 »

serious answer (NOT A BUTT ANSWER) would probably be my university degree, i know there are situations where it wouldn't mean shit but even in the context of developing countries it's got the most universal utility of anything else i've managed to think of

Lunchbox · « **Reply #53 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 22:10 »

Still glad I have my cat.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #54 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 22:11 »

Quote from: JD on 21 Mar 2011, 20:59

I played a computer game like this once. I'll see if I can find it again.

That game was probably Real Lives, an educational simulator that used reusable registration codes, so that when one code finally made it to the internet, everyone was able to unlock the full simulation. I remember playing as a Japanese business man who fell off a ladder one day and ended up with a permanent limp. I used this as his excuse to fall into drug addiction.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #55 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 23:47 »

Quote from: est on 21 Mar 2011, 21:19

Nodaisho, I didn't mean it the way you've taken it. If I meant for us to think about anything in this thread it would be more how best to outwit the wizard who is trying to put a curse on us. The post to TSK was meant to highlight how badly it could go if you don't care about the answer or treat it as "what is your favourite thing in the world?" instead.

I was aware of how bad it could be. I did consider my favourite things but reasoned that either they could end up meaning nothing to me (tastes and possessions), being fundamantally useless (possessions and skills) or require such bizarre wrangles of scenario that the cost to either myself ot others would be unbearable. All of the things that I briefly considered bringing with me would have rendered pointless or hurtful so favourite thing or not, so what would have been the point in taking them with me? You already said upthread that there's nothing that you could take with you would prevent you from being fucked over completely so I feel that the response that you provided me with justifies my decision.

To a certain degree I think I've outwitted the wizard by not trying at all.

Johnny C · « **Reply #56 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 00:21 »

can i keep the way that i play guitar

imagist42 · « **Reply #57 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 00:22 »

you won't have a guitar, though

est · « **Reply #58 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 00:46 »

Ok Johnny, you can play guitar the same way you currently do.

You are in a cave.

There is no guitar here.

It is very dark.

Eris · « **Reply #59 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 00:59 »

Quote from: est on 22 Mar 2011, 00:46

It is very dark.

Look out for the grues!

Johnny C · « **Reply #60 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 01:10 »

Quote from: est on 22 Mar 2011, 00:46

Ok Johnny, you can play guitar the same way you currently do.

You are in a cave.

There is no guitar here.

It is very dark.

this is bullshit because in this scenario i don't have a guitar and that would make it impossible for me to play the guitar the way i currently do

imagist42 · « **Reply #61 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 01:18 »

you just suffered a freak accident and your guitar burned up while you were on stage!
and then you caught on fire too and blacked out and next thing you knew you woke up in a cave on an island with nothing but a shitty volleyball to keep you busy

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #62 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 01:55 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 22 Mar 2011, 01:10

Quote from: est on 22 Mar 2011, 00:46
Ok Johnny, you can play guitar the same way you currently do.

You are in a cave.

There is no guitar here.

It is very dark.

this is bullshit because in this scenario i don't have a guitar and that would make it impossible for me to play the guitar the way i currently do

Or you are now Batman and you're in the Bat Cave and just haven't turned the lights on. If you go upstairs to the Wayne Mansion you will find your massive collection of guitars.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #63 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 02:03 »

I would like to still have completed the second year of a Fine Art BA at the Arts University College at Bournemouth.

Spluff · « **Reply #64 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 02:07 »

hopefully khar ends up in a randomized world where a bachelor of fine art will get him a job

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #65 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 06:14 »

There's a girl at my uni who has the most incredible arse. It's kind of ridiculous how nice it is.

jwhouk · « **Reply #66 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 06:47 »

...

My faith in God.

allison · « **Reply #67 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 06:52 »

I would like to keep my ability to make friends and build positive relationships.

LTK · « **Reply #68 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 07:12 »

I'd like to keep that ability as well, but since I don't have it in the first place, a scientific education is what I'd probably pick.

Jimor · « **Reply #69 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 07:24 »

I'm going to say the production of the first episode of my music access TV show. Because from whatever random stuff the wizard throws in there, I'd still eventually intercept with the core group of people that have become very important to me in the past couple of years, and with at least a decent chance of expanding out to much of the circles surrounding it.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #70 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 07:27 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 22 Mar 2011, 06:47

...

My faith in God.

Isn't that just risking est dumping you in a place where it is impossible to avoid incontrovertible evidence that there is no god, leaving you in the unenviable position of having to believe in god and knowing that there isn't one.

Remember, est is always going to try to use what you would choose against you.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #71 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 07:31 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 22 Mar 2011, 07:28

I knew Ben was the Wizard all along.

You gain 5xp

JD · « **Reply #72 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 08:22 »

Quote from: Thomas Edison on 21 Mar 2011, 22:11

Quote from: JD on 21 Mar 2011, 20:59
I played a computer game like this once. I'll see if I can find it again.

That game was probably Real Lives, an educational simulator that used reusable registration codes, so that when one code finally made it to the internet, everyone was able to unlock the full simulation. I remember playing as a Japanese business man who fell off a ladder one day and ended up with a permanent limp. I used this as his excuse to fall into drug addiction.

Yeah that's it.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #73 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 08:47 »

I guess I would choose my creative ability.

Hopefully other me could put it to better use.

Caleb · « **Reply #74 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 08:51 »

Hmm. How to outwit this wizard?

I mean it would be easy enough to just keep some personal history the same because that would be the only way to keep your life somewhat similar. Trying for a better life in this scenario isn't really a possibility. Keeping a personal attribute or skill wouldn't work since the wizard just kept Johnny's guitar playing ability and threw him in a cave.

Hmm.

I would try to bluff my way out of this situation and say that I want to keep my innate ability to turn any wizard's curse upon the one who cast it!

In this scenario I am assuming that the wizard cannot read minds or detect that I actually don't have that ability.

Since magic is real he might hesitate long enough for me to escape.

nufan · « **Reply #75 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 09:29 »

nufan · « **Reply #76 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 09:31 »

~~I thought the idea was that it was something you already posses? In which case, unless you already have the knowledge to outsmart any wizard you come across, you're a bit stuck.~~

Edit: Never mind, you already thought of that

David_Dovey · « **Reply #77 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 13:41 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 22 Mar 2011, 07:30

Not to stoke my own fire or whatever but there's a reason I chose Tania in this scenario and it's not for her winning personality.

LOL@ implication that tommydski has a choice of women who are able to tolerate him for extended periods of time

valley_parade · « **Reply #78 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 13:53 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 22 Mar 2011, 07:26

Johnny Guitar.

Look to the north a quick mile yonder
Look to our Yggdrasilbury
Look to the Saxon chasing Viking
Look to the Norman chasing Saxon
Look to the German chasing German
German German German German
Here in the bloodlust deeper scar
For here be the wall of Johnny Guitar

squawk · « **Reply #79 on:** 23 Mar 2011, 13:14 »

Quote from: tania on 21 Mar 2011, 22:09

serious answer (NOT A BUTT ANSWER)

DID NO ONE NOTICE HOW PERFECT THIS WAS

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #80 on:** 23 Mar 2011, 20:50 »

I guess I'd choose to keep my class status as a middle class (albeit lower middle class) white male. Pretty much whatever happens within that bracket cannot be too terrible, barring some sort of disability. Of course given that this wizard doesn't seem to be choosing at random but rather is going for worst possible case scenarios. I mean I could choose to keep something else and wind up being Warren Worthington III but somehow it's more likely to be something horrible.

WriterofAllWrongs · « **Reply #81 on:** 23 Mar 2011, 21:30 »

I think I would really like to have my current thirst for and knowledge of history. It's the one thing I am fairly good with, and provides literally endless amounts of thought-provoking entertainment if you focus on how everything that has already happened fits together in the scheme of things.

Liz · « **Reply #82 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 04:38 »

Fucking wizard.

Inlander · « **Reply #83 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 06:34 »

You know what? I reckon it'd be pretty fucking awesome. Especially if it was a killer whale.

tania · « **Reply #84 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 06:38 »

and is there really anything more beautiful than the sight of a shining, majestic orca whale with a perfect ass

Inlander · « **Reply #85 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 06:46 »

Imagine the muscle tone you'd get on that arse from a lifetime of swinging that huge tail.

imagist42 · « **Reply #86 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 08:20 »

Quote from: tania on 24 Mar 2011, 06:38

is there really anything more beautiful than the sight of a shining, majestic orca whale with a perfect ass

oh my godddd

David_Dovey · « **Reply #87 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 08:41 »

That whale looks happy! He's smiling! Sign me up.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #88 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 09:49 »

He only looks like he's smiling, like dolphins.

calenlass · « **Reply #89 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 10:38 »

He really wants to drown baby blue whales and play with baby seals before he eats them.

Liz · « **Reply #90 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 12:40 »

What have I done.

WriterofAllWrongs · « **Reply #91 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 12:59 »

Yeah, thanks Liz. Now people are just whaling about that damn picture.

KvP · « **Reply #92 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 13:12 »

Stupid sexy whale

Ozymandias · « **Reply #93 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 14:35 »

I choose to keep my privileged position as a member of the majority, ruling ethnicity and gender of my community.

Fuckos.

Johnny C · « **Reply #94 on:** 30 Mar 2011, 16:06 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 24 Mar 2011, 14:35

I choose to keep my privileged position as a member of the majority, ruling ethnicity and gender of my community.

Fuckos.

ben has abandoned this thread so let me step in: you're a male hutu in southern rwanda, in april, 1994! congratulations

Johnny C · « **Reply #95 on:** 30 Mar 2011, 16:08 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 24 Mar 2011, 13:20

I've decided that ultimately the thing which is most useful in basically any situation is the ability to read, which we more or less take for granted.

That's my final choice. Do your worst, Wizard.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #96 on:** 30 Mar 2011, 21:27 »

Quote from: Thomas Edison on 21 Mar 2011, 22:11

That game was probably Real Lives, an educational simulator that used reusable registration codes, so that when one code finally made it to the internet, everyone was able to unlock the full simulation. I remember playing as a Japanese business man who fell off a ladder one day and ended up with a permanent limp. I used this as his excuse to fall into drug addiction.

So this sounded interesting and I looked it up, but it just seems to be horribly broken for me. I've downloaded it from multiple sources (including the official website), and while the game runs just fine, all the text is just colored squares, with no way for me to understand at all what is going on. Any suggestions?

est · « **Reply #97 on:** 31 Mar 2011, 05:07 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Mar 2011, 16:06

ben has abandoned this thread so let me step in: you're a male hutu in southern rwanda, in april, 1994! congratulations

I didn't abandon it, it was never meant to be that sort of thread. I only gave an answer previously to make a point.

Inlander · « **Reply #98 on:** 31 Mar 2011, 06:42 »

I choose to keep my innate resistance to wizard curses.

I mean I've never been cursed by a wizard in my life at all even once, so I assume it's something I possess.

Slick · « **Reply #99 on:** 01 Apr 2011, 09:01 »

At first I thought I wanted to keep all I know about pastry, but actually I think I would prefer to still know how to make and mend bicycles. That is what I would like!

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