tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post4689455562387724641..comments2024-01-26T06:20:22.847-08:00Comments on I Rolled A Zero: The SUE System: the Setting Underlying EverythingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-37935176956572105082024-01-26T05:07:51.140-08:002024-01-26T05:07:51.140-08:00It’s only a requirement for the “Authyr” to be omn...It’s only a requirement for the “Authyr” to be omnipotent in their setting. In other words, only unpublished/vanity published stories would provide unlimited power. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-87297040597697112162023-01-22T17:37:10.172-08:002023-01-22T17:37:10.172-08:00Wait, if 'Exclusivity' is a requirement......Wait, if 'Exclusivity' is a requirement... how are all the major published settings in there? Like, there was sure as heck more than one person writing Star Wars.BaseDeltaZerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442906657347777343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-39539552525988754772019-06-21T15:59:58.621-07:002019-06-21T15:59:58.621-07:00The almost-subtle implication that the person who ...The almost-subtle implication that the person who wrote that "My Immortal" fanfic has the creative power of a literal god, while Mary Shelley is just a nobody, confuses and annoys me - and I've only just started reading.InChainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569715556213825234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-1131378461913187512017-10-25T15:14:35.936-07:002017-10-25T15:14:35.936-07:00It's Mage.
It's flipping Mage, except wi...It's Mage.<br /><br /><br />It's flipping Mage, except with 7200 universes.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734109988001146414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-68784598553880321582017-01-01T06:12:51.669-08:002017-01-01T06:12:51.669-08:00This is, almost listerally, 'Number of the Bea...This is, almost listerally, 'Number of the Beast' by Heinlein. But stupider.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435131221091007163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-53040339413824916182015-07-07T18:54:10.607-07:002015-07-07T18:54:10.607-07:00"This seems rather badly executed though.&quo..."This seems rather badly executed though."<br /><br />And in other news, the Pacific Ocean can be described as 'damp'. Seriously, everything this guy touches which didn't suck from the outset ends up turning into a rolling dumpster fire in less time then it takes to say "Fuster-Cluck"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-69088153987250505052015-01-23T04:15:55.736-08:002015-01-23T04:15:55.736-08:00A bit of this stuff sounds like the setting for th...A bit of this stuff sounds like the setting for the Myst books... and games I suppose. Which I enjoyed. The idea that a race has the ability to make worlds through literature just seemed cool. <br /><br />This seems rather badly executed though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-90221992835372893962013-06-15T01:54:33.443-07:002013-06-15T01:54:33.443-07:00It's like the GURPS setting Infinite Worlds - ...It's like the GURPS setting Infinite Worlds - except really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY, REALLY badly done.<br /><br />Heck, Infinite Worlds handled all of these elements much better, in every way. (It even covered the potential for moral dissonance, mostly by careful world building.)333https://www.blogger.com/profile/04303058354806079658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-55914498661427298602013-04-23T09:53:10.859-07:002013-04-23T09:53:10.859-07:00You know, ironically this setting hasn't been ...You know, ironically this setting hasn't been <i>all</i> bad. Reading about it has set me off thinking along <i>kinda</i> similar lines for my own worldbuilding.<br /><br />Granted, the lion's share of the credit for inspiration goes to Michal Crichton's <i>Timeline</i>, but your tales <i>did</i> start me thinking...<br /><br /><br />Oh, and let's not forget the cautionary aspect of it. I realized a few characters were disturbingly close to sueishness... So I took precautionary measures. ;)Nnelg aka Geordnetnoreply@blogger.com