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ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#26: Jan 1st 2011 at 3:52:21 PM

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.
RocketDude Since: May, 2009
#28: Jan 1st 2011 at 3:59:41 PM

@Shirow: That, or:

  • Walk in wasteland for a while.
  • Come across guy in cabin who gives you something to do.
  • Kill some mutant Scorpions.
  • Teleport back to his cabin and get reward.

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#29: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:11:44 PM

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.
Nicknacks Ding-ding! Going down... from Land Down Under Since: Oct, 2010
Ding-ding! Going down...
#30: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:23:06 PM

But that way leads to sudden and inevitable betrayal! There's always someone who seduced by the promises of the Big Bad. Always.

This post has been powered by avenging fury and a balanced diet.
Legionnaire The Leading Man from Australia Since: Oct, 2010
The Leading Man
#31: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:26:34 PM

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.
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#32: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:26:37 PM

^^ 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

Magus Since: Jan, 2001
#33: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:42:32 PM

Or make the party so large that an individual's betrayal won't really matter.

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#34: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:53:17 PM

A large group that could split into smaller ones could work as well.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#36: Jan 1st 2011 at 5:04:42 PM

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?
Dysfunctional from i dont even know anymore Since: Jun, 2010
#37: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:04:27 PM

if i had enough time to study everything for a little bit id survive for awhile...maybe

edited 1st Jan '11 6:04:50 PM by Dysfunctional

Miijhal Since: Jul, 2011
#38: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:11:50 PM

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

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#39: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:14:07 PM

[up] I play Fallout, your traps won't work on me.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#40: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:22:53 PM

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.

Roundy210 Since: Apr, 2009
#41: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:25:13 PM

I would become the Mystical Guru that knows everything that's going to happen. (iPhone + Wikipedia can really help out sometimes)

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#42: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:45:31 PM

[up] Most videogame worlds lack Internet.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#43: Jan 1st 2011 at 6:57:51 PM

I would learn how to do the BANG INSTALL and Beat the Big Bad by my Pure Awesomeness !

Watch Symphogear
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#44: Jan 1st 2011 at 7:10:03 PM

I 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!
dmboogie Phones from Snow Country, USA Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Phones
#45: Jan 1st 2011 at 7:48:38 PM

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."
Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#46: Jan 1st 2011 at 8:12:10 PM

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?
Polarity Nightmare Fetishist from Caracas, Venezuela Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: If the gov't can read my mind, they know I'm thinking of you
#47: Jan 1st 2011 at 8:21:20 PM

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. cool

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#48: Jan 1st 2011 at 8:28:53 PM

This would make a good Forum Game. But what game to choose... It would have to be one that's pretty long, easy to insert yourself and others into, and one that's familiar to many people.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#49: Jan 1st 2011 at 9:07:30 PM

I 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.

Beware the Mauve Shirt trope.

Chakotay Since: Dec, 1969
#50: Jan 1st 2011 at 9:14:51 PM

Beware the Mauve Shirt trope.
Thus turning this into survival of the tropiest. Was that the intention?


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