by EKDS5k » Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:08 pm
Wow, someone sure got really annoyed by that. Had a bad day, Doug?
As far as the "arctic" goes, why wouldn't there be one? As long as the planet follows basic physics, the further north you go, the colder it gets. At some point it's going to be more winter than anything else, and there's probably wolves or something.
And you seem to have a problem with said wolves, too. You see nothing wrong with half slimes, dragons, deities that walk among the populace yet don't ever demand tribute, and so on and so on, but you can't suspend your disbelief long enough to let someone get raised by wolves? Maybe they were of above average intelligence. Or maybe this character has some kind of magical animal affinity. Hell, this whole board is based on something that isn't real anyway, what's one more implausible thing?
Also, remember that necessity if the mother of invention. When you've been naked for six years in the arctic, you learn to tailor pants and shoes real quick. Though is more likely would have been a cloak, or possibly a bloody tarp.
Anyway, now that Doug has gone back to masturbating to GGX. That was a joke. For all I know, Doug could be further defining his ego by how much the people of this board praise Valth. Where was I? Oh yes, the character, which nobody seems to want to actually critique. And frankly I'm disappointed. You all seem to correctly realise that this guy is mildly retarded, but nobody wants to help? For shame.
Now, I don't actually know anything about Philsys, so I'll skip most of that. It's stupid anyway. But let's go down the list, shall we?
There's a good reason not many people live in the arctic. It has to do with freezing to death, which infants are especially prone to do. Unless these wolves both a) found him immediately after he was abandoned, and b) knew how to make fire, the infant would have died in less than an hour from the cold alone. Hell, most adults would have.
So maybe he's descended from a race of humans (or near-humans) who have a natural resistance to cold. But still, one doesn't so much "forge" a rock as one "finds" them on the ground. And wouldn't like a club have been way more effective? Better reach and all? So where did he get the knife to skin the enemy wolf and make pants from it? And if he had a knife, why didn't he use that instead of the rock?
On with the show. Recognising a blade wound isn't so tough. It's not a huge leap of the imagination to picture something pointy that's bigger than teeth or claws. But how would he know how to use one, being raised by wolves and all? Same goes for axes, hammers, and....summoning magic? And while I'm on skills, the same goes for foreign languages. You need to get rid of all the skills, and replace them with these three:
Rock fighting
Growling
Scratching self with teeth
The last two are about the entire skillset of your average wolf, even the baby raising kind.
As for the techs, they all suck, and one has a Japanese-sounding name for no reason. Do you have any idea how ineffective spinning around in a circle with your sword held out actually is? (The answer is "very.") And how is throwing an axe in the air, and then having someone hit it and throw their axe after it more advantageous than both guys just throwing their axes? And "The secret rifle" doesn't make any sense. Where did he learn how to make guns, let alone conceal them in hammers? A hammer, by the way, is one of the worst places to conceal a rifle. Rifles, being sensitive equipment, would likely jam if you tried to fire them after hammering lots of things.
Not to mention that if you actually tried to use that tech, then Namagomi will get mad, and possibly IM you in all caps saying how only the Valthians have firearms technology and how they never ever share it, and also they have a completely perfect system for keeping it inside the city. Which apparently isn't quite so perfect, because I think several characters have pistols anyway.
This will likely also cause Doug to come up with another idea for Valth, only to have it shot down by probably Brian. Then he'll whine about it for an hour like a five-year old, get pissed off, and probably leave the chat, causing everyone else to ask "What's his problem, anyway?" and then everyone will say how much they dislike him. Then he'll come back and whine some more, but nobody will listen, and eventually he'll take solace in the fact that he can beat everyone at GGX, or possibly GGXX (both games are shitty anyway).
Kinda went off on a tangent there, sorry. Do you see the trouble you'll cause with that tech? I suggest removing it.
My last point is why would he be agnostic? Gods clearly exist, and often can be found walking among the populace. Not believing in, or being unsure of the existance of Gaeran gods is like saying you're not sure if cars exist.
In conclusion, this character, and by extension you, is stupid. Also, Pervy's not funny, Shini's dumb, Brian sucks, FD's right about the typo, Kelne rocks for having a Shaun of the Dead quote, The Great Nevareh is properly abbreviated as TGN you MORONS, Molokidan is cool, and Brandon is so very very ugly (I mean geez). I already dealt with Doug.
I'm done.