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And we think the Forge is bad . . .

Started by J Arcane, June 18, 2008, 10:38:07 PM

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Pierce Inverarity

I don't mean to summon anybody....

but I do wonder what Hybrid Guy's thoughts on 4E are.
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Dr Rotwang!

You mean the whole Hybrid RPG thing isn't a joke?
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KenHR

No, he was deadly serious.  I never had the perseverance to read an entire post of his, but I gathered he was convinced he had discovered a formula to model anything in reality or imagination.  It was all bound up with some super secret that Stan Lee & co were putting into their comics.

...

I never quite understood what he was going for, either.
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Pierce Inverarity

Not a joke, no--the guy is seriously mentally ill. Also, Hybrid is not *just* gibberish. People have argued that some kind of 80s-style crunchy superheroes RPG is embedded in the ramblings. IIRC he himself compared it (favorably) with Champions or Hero.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Blackleaf

Hybrid is awesome!

QuoteRule # 550: There are 5 parts to this rule. Based on my Rule # 3 & Rule # 6, this: {(0,0) END} is a human, usually a male human, at least in this rpg HYBRID, since women are too complicated to make in my rpg, since creating women in my rpg requires politically incorrect math, but to return to what I was saying before I digressed, is as follows: although I'm using the {(x,y) END} from Champions/Hero to illustrate a point that being {(0,0) END} ought to be for a human, usually a male human, at least in rpg HYBRID. The variable (y) which in Champions/Hero is/was meant to define LS in terms of "END" @ some fraction that of default LS, which its C# depends on the character, better to use C2, since it will give greater LS or Life Span, but less C2 PL or Power Level, if the original C# had been C1 in terms of C2 before using the ½ which will then @ C2 increase PL to 98 C2 which is NOT mutant power but what C2 value for IQ, which is NOT what IQ is @ 98, but IQ is 260 @ 98 C2, which is then reduced to get mutant power(s). If the original C# had been C1 rater than C2, #s for both being different of course, then LS @ C1 would be 10 rather than 20, if starting default LS or 0 END had been @ 20 C1, then PL would increase to 20x2 = 40 C1 rather than 49x2 = 98 C2, but LS or Life Span using C1 is ½ the C2, meaning manipulating points @ C1, gives a 10 C1 LS rather than a 49/2 = 24.5 C2, which is a 15 C1 by X^LOG10(X), where 20 C1 = 49 C2 and 15 C1 = 24 C2...

My good friend used to publish stuff like this in University.  AWESOME!

jeff37923

Quote from: Stuart;218378Hybrid is awesome!




All I had to do was read the quote, there isn't enough alcohol within this county to get me to read the whole set of rules if they're all like that.
"Meh."

KenHR

Quote from: Hybrid Guywomen are too complicated to make in my rpg

That remains the best quote out of the entire mess....
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Sacrificial Lamb

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Spike

I spent a few late nights (having nothing better to do at the time) working through the Hybrid website. Not just reading it, but actually attempting to translate it... in my head at least... into something remotely useable. Like assembling a jigsaw when you KNOW there are several peices missing.

Mostly, I assume its a process of editing what he actually writes into a  more coherent structure, then seeing what you've got.  Its like unprocessed thought, really.
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StormBringer

Quote from: Spike;219837I spent a few late nights (having nothing better to do at the time) working through the Hybrid website. Not just reading it, but actually attempting to translate it... in my head at least... into something remotely useable. Like assembling a jigsaw when you KNOW there are several peices missing.

Mostly, I assume its a process of editing what he actually writes into a  more coherent structure, then seeing what you've got.  Its like unprocessed thought, really.
With all the internal self-referencing to rules, it rather reads like a Choose Your Own Insanity book.
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

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jswa

Holy shit it's like House of Leaves but crazier.

KrakaJak

At least it's not as bad as the RPG whose name begins with Z. (I refuse to type it's full name, as the creator of the game regularly searches for it to defend it, PM me if you want to know)

Here's some text from it:
Quote from: ZHeal: Distribute B among T (# OF B X 4)M, and then roll B. Heal 1 damage per(# ABOVE 4) rolled on T

I can't copy and paste from the .pdf, so that's one of the simpler ability descriptions.
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GrimJesta

QuoteRule # 550: There are 5 parts to this rule. Based on my Rule # 3 & Rule # 6, this: {(0,0) END} is a human, usually a male human, at least in this rpg HYBRID, since women are too complicated to make in my rpg, since creating women in my rpg requires politically incorrect math, but to return to what I was saying before I digressed, is as follows: although I'm using the {(x,y) END} from Champions/Hero to illustrate a point that being {(0,0) END} ought to be for a human, usually a male human, at least in rpg HYBRID. The variable (y) which in Champions/Hero is/was meant to define LS in terms of "END" @ some fraction that of default LS, which its C# depends on the character, better to use C2, since it will give greater LS or Life Span, but less C2 PL or Power Level, if the original C# had been C1 in terms of C2 before using the ½ which will then @ C2 increase PL to 98 C2 which is NOT mutant power but what C2 value for IQ, which is NOT what IQ is @ 98, but IQ is 260 @ 98 C2, which is then reduced to get mutant power(s). If the original C# had been C1 rater than C2, #s for both being different of course, then LS @ C1 would be 10 rather than 20, if starting default LS or 0 END had been @ 20 C1, then PL would increase to 20x2 = 40 C1 rather than 49x2 = 98 C2, but LS or Life Span using C1 is ½ the C2, meaning manipulating points @ C1, gives a 10 C1 LS rather than a 49/2 = 24.5 C2, which is a 15 C1 by X^LOG10(X), where 20 C1 = 49 C2 and 15 C1 = 24 C2...

Nietzsche was right. God is dead.

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StormBringer

Quote from: KrakaJak;227686At least it's not as bad as the RPG whose name begins with Z. (I refuse to type it's full name, as the creator of the game regularly searches for it to defend it, PM me if you want to know)
Zyborg Commandoes?
Zpawn of Fashan?
Z.A.T.A.L.?
ZaHoWa?
Zardoz?
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

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GrimJesta

Inquiring minds want to know [but fear asking].

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Playing: Nothing.
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Planning: Nothing.