Young Bard

What would you do if one of their Epic powers was being able to locate anything. So... Voidus is 500km that way. Then all your plans would be worth basically zilch. What would I do? Assuming they don't have the above mentioned power, I'd probably go to the Airport. They've tightened security there ever since Islamic State has supposedly become a threat. Depending on how much money I had, I might then board another flight and move as far away as possible.

You know, if you don't want to get found out, then I think you should avoid us. It wouldn't be wise for us to dig too deep.

Good. It gives Kobold something to aspire for.

Peter should really find my name amusing. I really hopes he sees it. (If you get it, then good on you. You are officially a *cough* lifeless.)

I really hope Peter sees mine. I think he would find it hilarious. (It's an in-joke that Brandon mentioned in the annotations. If you get it, then congratulations! You officially have no life.)

Yeah, I was going to do something like this as a joke. (I had it as part of my grand villainous plan after I unseated Kobold as the person with the most reputation.) But you seem to have beaten me to the punch. Good job!

Dayblood, you can take a bit more than that, if you want to. Mistrunner, who was next to your 2 islands, pulled out, and I forgot to take her off the map. Please reply to confirm you are happy with your spot.

I am offend! Although, thinking seriously, it physically wouldn't be possible, as Epics (regular ones, that is) only appeared a year after Calamity.

Yeahhh... Good luck with that. There are 11,000 accounts on the Shard. Even though most of them are abandoned at any given time, that leaves... about 1,000 people in a pure estimate that remain a 'regular' part of the Shard (i.e. They will log on again in future.) I call for clarification from Rubix. Do you mean other than the account that is publicly known to be Brandon's? It's also sort of pointless. Using a David-level metaphor, it's like playing a whack-a-mole game if a new mole was created any time an old one was destroyed, except there were 1000 moles you aren't supposed to hit, for every one you should. And you're wearing a blindfold. It's a work in progress.

MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR FACE THE RAVEN!!!

You get an annoyed Scadrian Chef *inserts bomb*

10^10^10^10^10...=Stick 16^16^16^16^16...=Mistborn Llama

I have to ask - will 'Seventeen legged lizard crab thing' fit into a reputation box? Because this should really be a rank.

Is there a summary of what has gone on / major theories.

Don't be silly. Only Hitler would do that. I'm agreeing with Blaze here. I'll even take it further. Using Seonid's explanation, then you seem to be saying that just because something was considered to be moral/ immoral at the time, that does not necessarily make it moral/ immoral. In which case, one could argue that the same is true of present day 'morals', which might not accurately reflect so called 'true' morals. This would mean that any explanation / definition of morality that could possibly be given is automatically invalid, because it is only based on the current social interpretation, and not the 'actual' morality. In which case, how is one expected to have any discussion about 'morality' at all? (If I've completely misunderstood your argument, please clarify.)

666,666 = Torturer of the Torturer of Heralds 123,456,789 = h4x0r And, when the mighty fall: -666 = Spambot

You get a hemalurgically-spiked pony! *Insert Adonalsium*

Okay. For those of you who haven't been philosoph-ied out by that round, I'd like to add my piece. Silverblade seems to have been sick of it going in the Random Stuff Thread though, so I've put it in the Philosophy thread.

Okay. Morzathoth seems to have had a very one sided battle with just about everybody else in Random Stuff, and I think I actually agree with what he says, I'd just like to phrase it differently, because I don't think they completely understood his argument the way he put it. Here's the way I see it. There are things that are. These are things that physically must exist in the universe. The laws of physics fall into this category. They can not be changed, they can not be altered, they can not be broken. They are there, they always have been there, and they always will be there. Then there are things that can be created and changed. This is what morality is. To say morality does not exist would be wrong. It clearly does. To say morality exists as an absolute, however, is incorrect. It is a human construct. There is no definitive answer to it, and it is subject to change. A recent example on this is homosexual rights. 30 years ago, homosexuals were considered horrible people, and many people were frankly disgusted by the thought of homosexuality as a concept. However, most people nowadays are now okay with it. Why? Morality changes. The same is true even of extremes. Murder in cold blood. Of course, such a thing is indefensible, and no one claims otherwise. But, it is morally wrong because humans have made it morally wrong. So, therefore, before humans existed, before life existed, how could there have been laws and regulations on what is 'right' and 'wrong' about that life? Now we get into the less clear cut stuff. Wants and needs. If someone wants something, should they then get it, whatever the cost. At risk of turning philosophy into mathematics, I'll say this. If the need is greater than the pain/damage caused, then it is acceptable (by my standards). So really, it comes down to this. What is (insert need) worth, and what is (death/pain/suffering/damage/etc) worth? That's the catch. Capitalists like to think that money is a lot more valuable than I do. Am I (and other non-capitalists) right? Or is it them? This is where we start getting to the point where it's really impossible for anybody to say truthfully. Because, no matter how hard people try, they can't actually gauge those needs accurately without incorporating personal bias. So, any questions? Want to shoot down anything I've said? Feel free! I'll be more than happy to see what people say.

Thinking of possible new points for new ranks. At a guess, I would say the new ranks start at 50,000. High enough that Kobold won't reach it for a while, but low enough that he just has an outside chance of getting there before next time.

Straff alsomeans 'tight' in German. Let the jokes commence. Rambling for no good reason:

When you are so disappointed with yourself for not remembering one line in Firefight, that you insist on doing a reread of the Reckoners Series (though, to be fair, I was going to before Calamity anyway.)

To the Napalm Wholesale, I find it extraordinary that you could not both understand the literal meaning of my words and follow them through without getting hurt. While I told you to 'drop' the napalm, there are many ways to drop napalm without being caught in the blast. For reference, I would recommend you airdrop your napalm in future to prevent such accidents occurring. I have not paid for the extra expenses that this unfortunate incident caused. I hope your workers have good healthcare. I, will, of course, obey any command that a napalm manufacturing company such as yourself is willing to give. To good health, your humble client.

Really? I think it's time for a re-read. I don't remember that at all.