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Sep 8, 2017 11:14 PM #1483619
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Oh.. but what about Vern's Serra? It says that she's a B rank gladiator.

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Honestly, that's probably something you should ask Vern himself about. Tbh I think we can use different ranks if we wanted to, I just chose to use what was in the Vague thread.

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Checked the thread, and the exact words used were "B-tier." I think I realized why I was surprised to hear you say that about a ranking system, because I interpreted "B-tier" as more to the effect of "B-list," which may or may not be synonymous. Think celebrities. Most popular celebrities and actors and stuff that you'll think of off the top of your head get called "A-list" or celebs, because they're names everybody has usually heard of before. Ones you might've heard of before, but don't hear about all the time are usually referred to as "B-list" or "C-list." People who are "famous" but nobody really knows about get called "D-list" celebs. Obviously I'm not Vern, so I can't confirm anything on his behalf, but I'm pretty sure that's what Vern was implying about Serra -- that she's a B-list gladiator/celebrity, meaning people generally know of her, and she probably doesn't lose a whole lot if ever, but she isn't like... the definitive gladiator.


Chrome is surprisingly accurate.

You're free to use what's in the Vague City thread. I myself never touched it or put any of my own stuff in it cause I think it's mostly spunk. Richard ranks his gladiators by sheer level of power, which is fine. It's one way of doing things, and just because you're from one power level doesn't mean you're barred from fighting people with other power levels. The way I approach it is different. The RHG corporation may have an internal adminstration ranking gladiators by power but "OP4" doesn't mean jack shit if you still lose every battle you're in. Someone who has mastered fighting with a knife will always win out against the dude who can destroy continents, but doesn't know how to. No, in my vision gladiators are ranked by one thing only: Popularity. Victories and obedience to the corporation of course help a whole lot, but are ultimately irrelevant if you steal the show every single time. They're a corporation, they're only concerned about making money and making sure that the people who make them the most bank are put centerstage.

There's effectively six tiers: The F tier, which is basically the joke tier. It's where all the gladiators with ridiculous powers go to, such as glue manipulation or the ability to turn into a tiny horse. It's basically just comedy. The rest of the tier lists works pretty much like Chrome described, D-tier is just wannabes and losers, C-tier is the unremarkable and mediocre, B-tier are the competent ones that don't quite cut it, and the A-tier are your actual celebrity-gladiators. Then there's the S-tier which is basically reserved for those handfuls that achieve 'immortality' because they're so iconic, if you need an example think FLLFFL.

Serra loses a lot. She also wins a lot. Basically she just fights a lot, but doesn't really stand out quite enough to be A-tier. The fact that she's so underwhelming is the whole point of her character.

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Well that would make sense. Just a question, but have we ever thought of having actual ranks or something? Like if you got a certain score in the hall, you would get a certain title, and would manage to keep said title even if your score goes down? Something like that?


As far as I know I myself and a handful of others have had quite a few ideas of implementing such a system but the issue is that there simply isn't enough activity to warrant such a thing. We couldn't implement a system more complex than the Hall simply because people either leave this place after a short while, or become incredibly inactive after a while (cue literally every single vet in the WL). I mean Lobotomizer hasn't written anything in ages and they're still on top of the leaderboard simply because nobody (barring Azure) has ever put in enough effort to rack up enough of a score to surpass them. An argument could be made for Crank, but he's instead put that effort into spars, which is laudable.

TL;DR - Good luck ever implementing a ranking system and getting enough traction to make it work.
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Sep 9, 2017 2:00 PM #1483630
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Okay, first, sorry. Second, i've shouted out "pizza chef" like a thousand times and still don't get it. I shouted izza chef at a bathroom and when I was shouting, I didn't realize my golf teacher, Gavin, opened the door and came in. And he was like 'what're ya doing ya' nut.'


First, no, it's okay, it's just me joking around. I made that thing when I came back, and looking at it, it's pretty weird and trashy. I will rewrite it later. I think I tried to be a comedian (which I kinda succeeded, it made it look like a clown), but ultimately failed. Second, XD .

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*Insert Vern's very long and very appreciated explanation here.*


Okay, good to clear that up I suppose. I think I will have my gladiators go by like Rank OP 1-A, kinda like a mixture of a rank of power & skill plus your popularity ranking. So I guess Percy would be Rank G-B.

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As far as I know I myself and a handful of others have had quite a few ideas of implementing such a system but the issue is that there simply isn't enough activity to warrant such a thing. We couldn't implement a system more complex than the Hall simply because people either leave this place after a short while, or become incredibly inactive after a while (cue literally every single vet in the WL). I mean Lobotomizer hasn't written anything in ages and they're still on top of the leaderboard simply because nobody (barring Azure) has ever put in enough effort to rack up enough of a score to surpass them. An argument could be made for Crank, but he's instead put that effort into spars, which is laudable.

TL;DR - Good luck ever implementing a ranking system and getting enough traction to make it work.


That makes a lot of sense, and while I've only just gotten active again like three months ago, I have noticed that inactivity issue, so I can see that being a huge hurdle. Well, who knows, maybe someone could think of something in the future, you never know.
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Sep 9, 2017 2:05 PM #1483631
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Jerome Silver

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Sep 9, 2017 2:16 PM #1483634
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Oh, Jerome is actually my plague doctor, and I made him like a hybrid of a medic and an assassin. Who knows, maybe the two will cross paths... I don't know, we will see, school is going to be busy this year, with me being in advanced classes, so I probably won't write again until the period around fall and winter break.
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Sep 9, 2017 2:22 PM #1483635
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Oh, Jerome is actually my plague doctor, and I made him like a hybrid of a medic and an assassin. Who knows, maybe the two will cross paths... I don't know, we will see, school is going to be busy this year, with me being in advanced classes, so I probably won't write again until the period around fall and winter break.


A hybrid of a medic and an assassin will be... very deadly. And BTW, it looks like you've been tied with the "chains of business". Just like me. :)
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Sep 9, 2017 2:36 PM #1483636
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Oh, Jerome is actually my plague doctor, and I made him like a hybrid of a medic and an assassin. Who knows, maybe the two will cross paths... I don't know, we will see, school is going to be busy this year, with me being in advanced classes, so I probably won't write again until the period around fall and winter break.


A hybrid of a medic and an assassin will be... very deadly. And BTW, it looks like you've been tied with the "chains of business". Just like me. :)


Yeah, definitely. Also, the doctor is more better at his craft in medical magic than in assassination. He has special spells, but that is about it as far as his murdering skills. Oh, and teleportation. His appearance is like a crossover between your average plague doctor and some implemented assassin gear. You will see when my testing room comes out...
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Sep 9, 2017 2:43 PM #1483637
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Yeah, definitely. Also, the doctor is more better at his craft medical magic than in assassination. He has a magic dagger and some special potions, but that is about it as far as his murdering skills. Oh, and teleportation. His appearance is like a crossover between your average plague doctor and some implemented assassin gear. You will see when my testing room comes out...


*Nods enthusiastically for five minutes before stopping, dizzy.
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Sep 9, 2017 3:52 PM #1483640
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Yeah, definitely. Also, the doctor is more better at his in craft medical magic than in assassination. He has a magic dagger and some special potions, but that is about it as far as his murdering skills. Oh, and teleportation. His appearance is like a crossover between your average plague doctor and some implemented assassin gear. You will see when my testing room comes out...


*Nods enthusiastically for five minutes before stopping, dizzy.


Haha Lol XD .

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*Long explanation*


Well, what I meant to do was start the combining of updates with that post I made yesterday. Didn't feel like combining it with the previous post and decided to leave all of the other update ones where they were, and if someone were to post something here that I didn't need to reply to, I'd make another update post where I would
make another post where I would again delete the older post and combine that content with the new stuff. Hope that clears up everything. Thanks though!

Edit: I know I double posted, forgive me for that, but I don't think all the stuff I planned out to put under the Decagon spoiler in my thread will fit there, so I had to resort to making a post here, and it just so happened that I've been the last guy to post here. Sorry about that :/ .

Oh, and also, updates (yay)! I've actually been meaning to do these in July, but I forgot lol. Anyways, here they are.

Updates:


-Fixed BB Code slip-ups, spacing errors, size problems, typos, & other small issues all around. Pretty much the whole lot.

-More descriptive all around, but more specific in certain areas.

-Put Gladiator Name in a spoiler.

-Moved Badge of Conquest to the bottom.

-Added some titles.

-More in-depth with Percy's skill with his martial arts.

-Named abilities, just for fun.

-More in-depth with Percy's powers.

-Soul bond ability, added the switch places portion. You should read that.

-Added Soul bond weakness.

-Added Eric Daas Dyson to Relations.

-Changed 22 feet restriction to 15 feet.

-Added the long awaited Erik E.

I don't care if this is enough to make this update important, but too bad :p .
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Sep 25, 2017 12:45 PM #1484145
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Forgive for the double-post, but I am now trying that thing that Chrome mentioned with the updates.


If you're referring to what I said on SriGraecus' thread;

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Oh hey y'know, one thing I used to do with Dante's profile when I'd add an update to it was delete whatever my last post was, then just make another post saying everything I wanted to say on it-- with the old updates from the last post, and the new updates there too. That way it still pushes your post to the top with the new updates, and you still have the old updates there for anyone who's behind on what's gone on since they last viewed the thread, but the replies section doesn't feel as cluttered because all of your posts are condensed at the bottom. It's your thread and your rules, but there's a little trick for you that not a lot of people know about.


Then what you seem to be doing is a little bit different from what I was referencing in that particular post, which I'll be referring to as something along the lines of a "bump-post" (as opposed to a double or triple post) or "collated bumping" from here on out.

Bumping is what we call it when you make a new post on a thread that isn't pinned or stickied, thus bumping to the top of the section. That's a pretty familiar concept on forums, so I won't go into it -- if you've got questions on this, read the forum rules / ask a mod. But collation isn't a term I've heard used in this context before, so I'll explain what I mean here and now.

Merriam-Webster defines the word "collate" in two applicable ways;
1b: to collect, compare carefully in order to verify, and often to integrate or arrange in order
ex: collated the data for publication

3b: to assemble in proper order; especially : to assemble in order for binding collate printed sheets
ex: collate printed sheets


So based off that, when I talk about the collation of posts, I'm referring to either the combining of new content with older content, or vice versa into a single post -- in a similar manner to how one collating file folders would combine the contents of each file into a singular folder. Editing the main post of your thread with an adjustment to your character's powers, story, name, or what have you -- would be an example of content collation, but it would not bump your character to the top of the registry, as "collation" and "bumping" are two separate actions. Another example of collation, but not bumping, would be if you edited every post you've ever made down to the phrase 'dickcheese,' which I would not necessarily advocate in all cases.

That said, let's take a look at some dickcheese, in the form of my Active wRHG's Profile Page. As you can see, He has been placed in the Trash Can where He belongs; our generation's True King. As you can see, his profile is merely a bunch of jibberish and scratched out links, last edited sometime back in May. So as you can see, that first post, from 2012, has been collated to what I'll attest to having been far more than once, and likely far more than 20. Scroll down past Luz's Skype link, some banned kiddo's love of emo music, and you'll see that- ah fuck, I didn't even do what I was talking about doing here -- I was thinking about the test page I opened up earlier this year, then deleted off the site. Disregard the dickcheese.

But if we're talking about bump-posting, what I did for the test page (that I deleted and can't link you to) was make an update post, wait for a reply, then when no reply came and I'd updated the timeline, I'd copy the contents of the update post onto a new post with more updates, then delete the old post with the old updates that were already copied onto the new post with the new updates. If you wanted to collate your post in the way that I was trying to tell Sri he could, and that I might again at some point in the future, what you'd want to do is get rid of all posts you've made about updates to the character, then collate all of the updates onto a singular update post that you delete and repost with updates to the character or story or whatever that you can delete and repost with more updates as they come.

I'm really not here to tell people how to update or post on their own character threads though, so hopefully that's not how you interpreted that. The way you do your updates now seems fine, the way you did them before seemed fine, and the way I did them both before and on the thread I don't even really remember why I deleted were both, I guess, fine. But if you were wanting pointers or anything I mean I'm here for that, I can help, but I don't want you thinking you were doing, or are doing, anything wrong or not like I was implying exactly because frankly I don't even know what my grandpa's middle name is or how i got here
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