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Sept 19, 2011 2:04:40 GMT -5
Post by Ushima911 on Sept 19, 2011 2:04:40 GMT -5
looks good! How'd you enjoy playing him?
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Sept 19, 2011 9:23:09 GMT -5
Post by Dionon on Sept 19, 2011 9:23:09 GMT -5
He was pretty fun. His mastery is versitile and fun to deal with, but is specific enough to leave you room to think with. His Alchemy is basically Mastery of Magic without Force Blast and Force Field, cause I don't remember him ever doing them in the series. I'll admit though, I was only going on partial knowledge of the series and a Wiki page, so I don't know if I got him exactly right.
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Sept 19, 2011 17:56:55 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 17:56:55 GMT -5
In the show Edward used his instant transmutation to create a barrier in between himself, and attacks. The barrier came from the ground, and was probably rock related though. That could possibly be considered a force field but with a different description. He would also hit the ground causing spikes to come out of the ground. I'm not completely sure I ever notice him using a "projectile" though. I would probably leave the ground attack he liked to use as a force blast with the description that it comes out of the ground if I were making an Edward CAD though.
Edward's power would probably allow him to use a force blast similar to Armstrongs though if he really wanted too. I've seen Alphonse create a dome around him out of earth, and I'm sure Edward could do the same thing.
Alchemy seems to be more about preference than ability, but that may just be my opinion.
******* Spoilers *******
After Brotherhood he couldn't use Alchemy anymore though.
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Sept 19, 2011 20:07:39 GMT -5
Post by malice on Sept 19, 2011 20:07:39 GMT -5
For creating things out of the surroundings I always attach "collateral damage" and "weaker away from source." Without appropriate materials nearby the power can't work or is weakened as appropriate (Freshly-raked leaves tend to be less potent offensively than shards of granite). It's easiest on powers that create an object, like force field, psi-weapons, force blast, etc. It's a bit harder to work on invisible force powers like telepathy.
It makes for a neat effect that's easy to imagine and enjoy.
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Sept 19, 2011 20:20:03 GMT -5
Post by Silentking Alpha on Sept 19, 2011 20:20:03 GMT -5
Isn't that how one of the State Alchemists (The one who lost his leg in the Ishvalian war) died? He was fighting Scar and then he got forced into the water and got killed off because there was nothing for him to transmutate? (The man wore gloves that made it easy to transmutate earth. He couldn't transmutate the water making him easy prey for Scar, who is my favorite character. Yes, a serial killer is my favorite character. I just like the guy, okay.)
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Sept 19, 2011 20:27:10 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 20:27:10 GMT -5
Aside from Ed Al and Winry most of the characters are killers. Mustang and Armstrong killed in the Isvallin war. Most of the characters were soldiers, and had probably killed more people than scar. Scar just wanted revenge.
The basic's of Alchemy are the same, but some characters used tools, like Mustang's gloves, or the character who could transmute ice used some kind of glove or armor to do that. I've still seen Mustang use Transmutation circles though. I beleive the character could have transmuted the water, but didn't have the time to do it. After all, he couldn't really draw a good circle before Scar killed him.
Scar's one tough sob, he even killed King Bradly, and Bradly was just a bad ass.
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Sept 19, 2011 20:33:19 GMT -5
Post by malice on Sept 19, 2011 20:33:19 GMT -5
Yes, a serial killer is my favorite character. I just like the guy, okay. Villains are very frequently more engaging than heroes because writers do more of their imagining in evil. Most people aren't evil, so evil is interesting and new for them. They create a hero from existing parts, and then create villains out of nowhere. My favorite character in Othello? Iago ...in DBZ? Vegeta ...in Buffy? Spike ...in Burn Notice? Larry (Bad guy) ...in Cowboy Bebop? Vicious ...Final Fantasy? None of them, I hate all those bastards and the games in which they appear. I just wanted to conclude the lame listing thing. Villains also have the freedom to indulge those parts of you that you aren't typically allowed to explore. It's FUN shooting people and hurting things, but most heroes aren't written as enjoying it. The villains do though. And the heroes that do are frequently among my favorites. Even if you don't take pleasure in the violence, you can have a sense of humor about it.
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Sept 20, 2011 1:17:11 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2011 1:17:11 GMT -5
Hmm, Scar wasn't "evil" he was more or less out for revenge. I loved the character though, because he portrayed the fact that good or evil is most often dependent on your point of view.
On Buffy, Spike was a great character. I kind of hated the love thing with Buffy, but I did like when he was just a bad ass causing problems. I do kind of miss that show sometimes.
I hate DBZ, never too interest in Cowboy Bebop, but I might check out Cowboy Bebop sometime in the future when it is convenient for me. So, I'll skip those two for now.
In Burn Notice my favorite character is always going to be Sam Axe. I like the actor though. I've fallowed him through Xena, Hercules, and Jack of all Trades.
In White collar my favorite character is Moz. He's not an antagonist, but he's a fun character to watch.
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Sept 20, 2011 6:38:46 GMT -5
Post by malice on Sept 20, 2011 6:38:46 GMT -5
I couldn't stand DBZ now, but I did once. Once.
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Sept 20, 2011 9:58:08 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2011 9:58:08 GMT -5
My biggest problem with DBZ is how long they take to charge any attack. If they would cut that kind of crap out it might be okay. I have more things to do than watch animated characters strain themselves like they are constipated before 1 minute of action. Then the other is allot of talking. The rest of the time is pretty much the commercial breaks.
I personally don't like DBZ "humor," but I do realize that it was originally a comic strip, and they at least had to keep that apsect of the series. If they make a new Dragon Ball series without the 15 minute straining 1 minute of fighting, 6 minutes of talking it might be a fun show. That's 22 minutes of programming with only about 7 minutes being the only thing you really need to see. In fact, I do hate how long they talk in battles, pause to talk, etc. At least while most other cartoons fight and talk they do so pretty much at the same time.
If Goku can't fight and talk at the same time he probably can't walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. Why would he ever stop to explain what he's doing. If he had a realistic personality he might say "I'm wupp'n your ass," but nobody ever takes the time to explain how a boxing jab, or haymaker actually works in a real fight. Most of the crap he's redundant in explaining his moves, because whomever taught the moves to him has already explained them to Goku, and the viewing audience. Goku's kind of a dumbass, so I know he really doesn't understand half of the crap he says.
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Sept 20, 2011 13:55:20 GMT -5
Post by Ushima911 on Sept 20, 2011 13:55:20 GMT -5
If they make a new Dragon Ball series without the 15 minute straining 1 minute of fighting, 6 minutes of talking it might be a fun show. They did, dbz kai. A remake of the show. If you still don't like that, you can watch teamfourstar's abridged version of dbz. Its amazing
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Sept 20, 2011 15:20:11 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2011 15:20:11 GMT -5
I've seen Kai, and I can't really see a noticeable difference. I'll check out the team fourstar one sometime though. I've seen most of the DBZ episodes anyway, so a few edits to the old shows isn't enough to put this on the top of my to do list .It would be nice if they could make a new series rather than edit DBZ over and over. I've never seen GT though, but I heard it was horrible.
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Sept 20, 2011 18:39:22 GMT -5
Post by mrmackadocious on Sept 20, 2011 18:39:22 GMT -5
It was
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Sept 20, 2011 18:54:52 GMT -5
Post by kito on Sept 20, 2011 18:54:52 GMT -5
ya gt was Enterly TV made the maker of DBZ had nuting to do with it aside form leting them use the name. the "Real" DBZ ended after the Buu Sauga
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Sept 21, 2011 3:37:33 GMT -5
Post by Ushima911 on Sept 21, 2011 3:37:33 GMT -5
yeah GT sucked, though, i DID love the super sayian 4s..and the SSJ4 fusion, that was cool for me. Plus, GT vegeta was my second fav. Vegeta in the whole series, right behind Majin Vegeta. But overall, yeah GT's story sucked.
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