Keith Inc.

So, i'm at a level that my fights wear off after 50 minutes. It seems that people autorevive when all the fights against them have worn off. Is autorevive a function of their attacker's level?

A reader complained that i used member and manhood in my Noah's Ark story. Overused euphemisms. I suppose i could have copied one fic i read that used 'penis' four times in one paragraph (with two different spellings). Or invented an antediluvian version of 'Heat-seeking moisture-missile.' Lordly staff of divinely mandated repopulation? Or referred to his tent pole? Feh. I try to keep from too much repetition. Too much repetition seems to kill a story by repetition, at least is seems to me too much of the time. So somewhere between 'swagger stick' and 'mirthful mouthful' i'll probably use penis a time or two. Just to keep it from too much repetition, you konw?

I was curious about lost experience. If you go negative do you lose a level? I'm now able to say, if you JUST make level 43, and attack someone, and your opponent drops a grenade down your shorts with that vicious little smile i've come to know so well, (no names, but if you take their initials and a can of alphabet soup you can spell out "within terribly limited range") and you lose 9 EXP, and you only had 2, you do not drop back down to level 42. You're at Level 43 with -7 EXP.

That puts you in a tie for 6th place....

Ah.Answers that question.... The game doesn't notify you if you're made an Ally. Not any sort of protection, i just seem to be reviving you a lot, this makes healing more convenient.

Well, actually THAT was from a debate board i was hounded off of for describing Paradise Lost as fanfic...

Usually, the character steals the spotlight from the regulars, does everything and does it better than the canon characters. A woman that programs Spock's computers better than Spock can. A teen that finds clues Sherlock missed. A teenage mutant ninja tortoise that fights all four of the TMNT's to a standstill. Everyone loves her, everyone wishes they were Mary, or could be closer to Mary, everyone appreciates her insight and sacrifice and misses her when she's gone. I don't care that someone has daydreams where they have Jedi Powers in the Old West and end up saving SG-1 from yet another time travel episode by hijacking the Jupiter two... It's just not what i would want to read a Mission: Impossible fanfic for... Ultimately, well-written is well-written. Characterization is as characterization does. But too obvious self-insertions just grate.

I tend to think that the point of writing a story about a fandom is to play around with the characters that made the fandom what it is. I want to write, to read, to further live through Kirk, Spock and McCoy, not Kirk, Spock and Busty Anderson. Then again, i've read fanfic where the canon characters are rather clearly become a Mary or Marty Sue. I wouldn't assume that any original character was MS, just as a matter of principle. But i would tend to more closely scrutinize an OC against the various MS tests or my personal thumbrules.

Well, i'm not exactly MEANING to inform each target that they 'made the list.' I just wonder if the game tells them. You know, 'DarkInuLord is ignoring you,' 'Becca Star has listed you as a friend,' and 'Keith Inc. has declared you to be anathema and set the hounds upon your heels. Have a nice day.'

I'm experimenting with the list of targets. Does the targeted target get a missive indicating their new status as a bullseye decoration?

That's a setting, right? If the system will allow someone to attack 40 levels above, i'd think it should allow profit. I would suggest either limiting attacks to +10 over your level, or opening the profit for any legal attacks....?

Now, teeta, you've killed me twice in a row. Once because i missed, and you were free to retaliate, once because the grenade left you with 20 HP and you were free to reretaliate. I'd avoid you in the future, if there were any other appropriate targets in range... Never mind 500 channels and nothing on. I have eight attacks and no way to even approach the limit.... I think i may have to close the guild to new applications, soon, just so everyone has plenty of targets of opportunity.

So, i check out teeta...teeta's in good health. A worthy adversary, should net a decent haul of EXP. Between checking the stats and clicking to attack, teeta apparently attacks DarkInuLord. So when i get to the arena, there's only 6 points of strength against me. Way cool! But the grenade misses. Teeta's back at me with a bat. Five hit points of damage. I mean, i've got more than 220 healthy hit points remaining and i lose the fight because someone scuffed my shoes.... CRAP! On the other hand, teeta turned around and attacked me two minutes later and committed suicide. The universe has a funny, funny sense of humor. You hear me, universe?! Fuuuuuuuuuuu-neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

YES! I still have far more attacks than i have targets, but that was a VERY satisfying couple of rounds, there. Whee.

Just Oooooooooooooone more level. You can do it. C'mon...

Open a bank account and dump your funds in there. Or put money into the casino account. No one in the battle module can pull funds from either of those places.Or pull funds from the guildhouse treasury for whatever you need.

Her two legs slithered over each other, offering tantalizing hints of her body. Unfortunately, nothing was revealed that you couldn't see on a beach or a dance floor. Cheat. "Once in the checkout line Amy noticed an oddly appropriate caption on the cover of Cosmo. 'Ten tricks to move a widower's fixation from the grave to your bedroom.' Slowly, fearfully, her hand reached out to take up the issue. She glanced inside, found the article...and placed it immediately on the conveyor. --- Ten hours later, she padded naked across the floor from the bathroom to her bed, and to her new lover. The tip of the magazine poked out from the bed's skirt. She slid it back in with her toe before sliding into the sheets. John sleepily wrapped his arm around her and held her close. She sighed in contentment. "And that was only one through four," she said softly. The oven mitt was a disconcerting lump under her leg. She fished it out and tossed it to the floor, between the half-empty bowl of pasta and the remains of the pinata.

I think the guildies of Ascension are allowed to attack each other. Teeta and DarkInuLord keep showing up on each other's fight reports. Feel free to swap over, or to create your own guild. I'll even make you an 'ally' of TT, in case anyone feels like reviving you or healing you.

Well, right now, all i can do is revive you. But it seems that i can revive you LOTS.

If you're in range, you're going to be a lot harder to kill.Unless they open up the range, again, JUST long enough for me to blast you to smithereens....

No biggie. You have no fear of reprisals. Mostly because i can't reach that far down to attacks....

Feel all better now? 23 levels higher...?

Oh, really, now?

What? Never feel bad about strategy.If it feels you make any better, i tend to revive guildies with Elixir, and opponents with Down, esp. those that are at my level. Figure that there's a 50-50 chance you're online and will restore yourself, or if you're not there, being at five HP makes you a more attractive target than me. Then Becca throws herself on your sword....