Steeldancer

You're competing with a shard game len *shrug*

I will take a spec doc

As I said, i was making it up on the spot to indicate that they are investiture particles. Investon is a way better name. Investit just sounds like a stupid game.

My thought is that it is the mind that increases power, which is why I think Autonomy creates aspects in the first place- more minds, more power.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THATS ACTUALLY HILARIOUS. This site is totally educational.

OK, I just added a fourth edit. It got a little murky halfway through. It's kind of hard to explain the ideas I'm having, but I hope you sort of get what I'm trying to explain

*blinks, trying to bring back the self taught stuff of quantum mechanics* This actually makes a lot of sense. I had a similar idea, which actually I'm going to go make a post on in a few minutes here. Essentially that each spin matches up to an ideal part of Adonalsiums personality? so much to think about

Yeah realmatically our games are approximations lol. And plot wise.

This fits in PERFECTLY with my theory! I've been saying things like this all along! I feel quite vindicated. But the spin thing adds a whole new dimension to my understanding of this. Expect an update to my Spirit Realm essay

I will be signing up as Eobard Thawne and Steeldancer. I have a story to tell. I will probably be more focused on RP this game. ------ Hundreds of years had passed since he had been slain by metal cans. With his limited speed force abilities, Eobard had discovered the quirks of this universe. He had also discovered he could not interact with the magic systems of this universe- apparently he didn't have enough "connection". Furthermore, the Barry Allen of this universe was not a speedster. Nobody was really a speedster. And with no speedsters, the speed force did not dwell in this universe properly. But Eobard had been doing research, and he had an idea. All he needed was somebody fast... ---- Steeldancer zipped across Scadrial, his spren by his side. Today, he was going back to Roshar, and he was excited. Like Fleet of the stories, he could race the storms again. He had been busy cleaning up the streets of Elendel and it's surrounding cities, and hadn't had the opportunity to worldhop back to the world that had changed him from fast to the fastest. Abrasion and Steel, unstoppable speed. Furthermore, back on Roshar, he could spend time with other edgedancers- steelrunners were pretty rare here on Scadrial. Furthermore, it would perk up Phyl. No matter how much stormlight he gave her using his medallion, spren tended to wilt away from the highstorms of Roshar. Stopping at Harmony's perpendicularity, he looked at Phyl. "You ready?" "Absolutely," she said, her crystals seeming to be more plentiful than usual. Seems the little cultivationspren was just as excited as he was. "Well, in we go!" Steeldancer and spren jumped into the pool, and entered the cognitive realm.

So I was thinking about my super awesome Spirit Web topic (seriously, go read it. It's in my signature. Some of my best theory work). In particular, I wanted to address the issues some people were bringing up with my idea of Adonalsiums origin. So, today I developed a proof of why it seems logical. Given: The Universe of the Cosmere started similar to our own, and dumped out matter, energy, and investiture into existence The Spirit Realm encompasses all perfect ideals Matter, Energy, and Investiture began to clump in the early universe, just like ours No intervention from a God Beyond Investiture, as it clumps, naturally creates sentience there was no other life at the beginning Therefore, Adonalsium would have formed as all the investiture clumped together- since there was nothing else to form spirit webs for. Furthermore, as the mind inhabiting the ultimate soul (A mind a soul, anyone?), Adonalsium would be the ultimate ideal being- God, for all intents and purposes, naturally created by the processes of the universe. His mind would arbitrarily form in the location of the Cosmere, explaining the localization of so much life. And as the ideal God, Adonalsium created things. More conditions, becoming more speculative: Adonalsium comprises essentially the entire Spirit Realm, with a truly infinite mind to control all investiture Life has a greater personal spirit web- that would no longer be a part of Adonalsium's web. Adonalsium's ideal nature forces it to create life Therefore, over time, Adonalsium would become smaller, and no longer comprise all investiture- becoming less idyllic, and maybe losing the infinite mind thing. An issue with this is that it is unclear how much life Adonalsium would have to have created to make a noticeable difference in it's personality. It is possible that while I am pretty sure this mechanic would occur under the assumptions I described, that the actual effect is trivial. However, it does bring to mind another thing- as it loses investiture, Adonalsium may have begun taking its drive to create life to an extreme degree, or even altered it in another way. However Adonalsium ended up in the spot that it did, it got to the point where it got shattered. Given that I think it was an infinite mind, it could see the future. It could see its own death. All it would have had to do was not create life. Or even not create those people who shattered it. Given that it didn't, its own perfect nature must have driven it to create life, no matter the consequences. This feels EXTREMELY likely to me in terms of the Cosmere. First off, it matches with the theme that Ideals aren't always perfect. It matches with the idea of Gods not being able to control their will. And also, the idea of a God that naturally forms- and dies- as a result of the laws of the universe seems extremely cool. It feels like the kind of narrative that would fit into the Cosmere. Finally, it would put to rest any idea of anyone reforming Adonalsium. According to this, Adonalsium formed from all investiture, and naturally had an infinite mind, making it able to control all investiture. A human mind is limited. That is why Shards are limited in power, their minds can only handle so much, even when amplified by investiture (even though making aspects might be a cheat around this, at the cost of having one mind). Therefore, Hoid cannot recreate Adonalsium. Investiture has interwoven itself into the Cosmere. Between the Shards, invested planets, and all the investiture going on, Investiture isn't going to clump into an Adonalsium again unless you kill all life. And I don't think that is Hoid's goal. I hope my logic makes sense, and that at least some of my speculation seems plausable.

I've been accepted to BYU. Its official now! DRAGONSTEEL HERE I COME

Oh, did I not explain the deal my parents made with me? I have unlimited internet now. As long as I don't use it on Sundays, and I don't use it until after my homework is done, I'm set.

Oh my goodness congratulations! The girl I plan to ask to prom said yes to a date, where I plan to ask her. And we got a snow day.

Congrats to everyone, and Hael Hydra. May the memes born this game never die.

You know Alvron, there's this RP discord server that needs some life breathed into it...

You've got to be kidding me, Seonid. Here I was, planning to take a break from SE for a bit, and you have to run the shard game? Which I'm obliged to play because I already have RP set up for it? Gaahh

Gaaahhh I forgot that Shanerocks signed up as Elbereth. tricksty gms, tricksty

Why don't we have Wizards Chess already? Also an entire Abakening wing would be required. "Animal spikes! Try a platypus spike today!"

Elbereth.. Lynching Joe is stupid, but the co-GM? Seems suspicious to me.

Well, i got exactly what I wanted. An entertaining death of a stick.

I'll vote on Stick . No offense to Stick, but I miss reading write-ups where stick gets lynched. It's so hilarious.

Well said maxal, but I'm not quoting that monster of a post. I haven't really been paying attention to the controversy- I've been sucked into this nonsense PC game that I'm addicted to now. However, i feel like the mods have always been fair, dealing with people in the way they see fit. I do see the argument that perhaps more moderators might be needed. What came to mind for me was when/if Way of Kings movie comes out. If it does well, we will see a MASSIVE surge in membership. And as the membership increases, our relatively tight-knit community will have to adapt. (Because as we know, all the weirdos come after the movie. ) Furthermore, while I agreed with removing the downvotes- i was guilty of misusing them at times as well- I am strongly against removing upvotes. While yes, they can sometimes be used negatively, in general they are here to reward hard work and good thinking. At the end of the day, it's meaningless, but I feel that removing them would be a mistake.

Darn it. I tried to stop the faction, but apparently i went after the wrong person. Killing Orlok may or may not be a good idea. Hm.

This was a hard game. Taught me a few lessons. Hael Hydra.