Well my fellow tropers, there's only one path that will lead to the highest survival rate. We will band together.
edited 1st Jan '11 4:12:05 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Not if we're Genre Savvy to know we can't beat the Big Bad straight out and respond by filling him with holes.
Against all tyrants.^^ That or it just turns out he was mind controlled. Frequently.
Best way is to keep the party small and resist plots that cycle Sixth Rangers in and out.
edited 1st Jan '11 4:27:36 PM by Pykrete
A large group that could split into smaller ones could work as well.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.The appropriate response depends in large part on the genre, and how resistant the game world is to real-world intervention.
Faced with a plot-heavy RPG scenario, probably best to make a coordinated effort to sow our own Chekhovs Guns and such; turning the endgame into a Thirty Xanatos Pileup could work in our favor, so long as we realize our own plans will be derailed with everything else.
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?See, I'd try to BECOME the Big Bad.
But not obviously. Instead of being some mustache twirler who pesters the heroes at every turn, I'd just place deadly traps in drawers in random houses which would kill them when they tried to loot the place.
edited 1st Jan '11 6:12:02 PM by Miijhal
If we were in Suikoden II, then the majority of us would be, well, victims of Luca Blight. Unless one of us pulled a Face–Heel Turn. But then that would be a Moral Event Horizon in and of itself. Because you'd be joining the psycho's ranks.
I would learn how to do the BANG INSTALL and Beat the Big Bad by my Pure Awesomeness !
Watch SymphogearI would try to settle in as an NPC, for my safety. If that's not possible, I glue myself to the hero so I can get in on his/her Plot Armor.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!I would probably end up heading to the nearest library (If in an RPG or at least a game with a hub) to read up on the world's monsters. I would then use my knowledge to exploit the weak point of monsters, until I have enough money to hire a band of mercenaries.
If I were in an RTS, I would avoid getting drafted or whatever and become Mission Control.
If I were in an FPS... it depends. If I was in a war-type thing, I would probably be a Red Shirt and thus die horribly. If I was in some sort of thing like Half Life, I would find someone better at combat than me and have them help me past the Waist Height Fences.
If I were in a fighting game... I am an unathletic thirteen-year-old. Unless I end up in a mech combat thing or something.
"The world ends with you. If you want to enjoy life, expand your world. You gotta push your horizons out as far as they'll go."In a Half Life type game, you'd want to be an NPC. Alyx can get past the fences just fine.
And if the Tropers ended up in a Pokémon game... for starters, I'd just climb past the Cut trees.
And probably a good deal of the regular trees.
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?Really guys? As the creator of this thread, I have some ideas that would helps us such a thing occur.
First step, Identifying the genre, as it has been said:
1) If the world is full of pits and strange enemies, is is a platform game. "Great. I knew I should have exercised more."
2) If a strange girl seems interested in me in an unusual way, it is most likely an RPG."Okay, time to get some Shipping, then buy weapons, then find the guy that seems like the hero.
3) If there are lots of weapons and places for cover, it is an FPS. "Ok! So, where do I find misssion control? Anybody need new personel?"
...And so on. Now, my original point was, not in the survival sense, but in the STORYLINE sense. Would Genre savvyness save us? Would we be able to KILL a mook, or a person? Example:
Random Ally: The Big Bad is collecting the 7 ancient tablets to resurrect a creature known as—
Me: Great, another Sealed Evil in a Can. Tropers, gather here. Squads "A" to "G" head to the those locations and secure the frkin whatstheirnames. Me and Squad "H" are heading to the evil lair to kick his ass. In the case the Demon escapes, just send the Omega Squad with that Sword of Light or whatever it's called that we got from the last time something like this happened.
Or something like that.
Beware the Mauve Shirt trope.

We'd be so screwed in a bethesda game.
- Takes a step.
- "Your skill in atheletics has increased. You should rest and contemplate on what you've learned."
- Gets sleepy. Goes to bed.
- Level up!
- Suddenly, minotaurs. Thousands of them.
You are not alone.