New Power: Hack

[Travissimo]

Another one I'm not sure was ever mentioned, but if so, I'm bringing it back, like porch monkey.

I'm thinking this might be a r/c/r power, which lets you access your opponent's powers. That's EXTREMELY powerful, so this would have to be pretty rare, I'm thinking.

It would work like this: When you hack a piece, you can mouseover it to see the list of powers it has, and then activate one just like you could on your own pieces. I'm thinking maybe if you don't also have it spywared, you'd only see a list with a bunch of gibberish code, rather than actual the powers the piece really had. That way spyware can be pretty handy. If you don't know what a power is, you can risk clicking on it, but things might go badly for you. On the other hand, if you spywared it, you can see what the piece has and use your opponent's powers to your advantage.

[horseclaw]

I think this power has some real potential.

don't know what that porch monkey thing was about though...

[Travissimo]

I think this power has some real potential.

don't know what that porch monkey thing was about though...

Clerks Deux, bebe.

[Jack_Luminous]

travis is a bigot

[Travissimo]

That's not true.

I just love a good donkey show.

[P Monie]

For this idea. To make it less powerful, maybe it should be a one time sorta deal...a torus with 4 powers gets infected, you choose 1 power and that's it. Personally, I'm against my own idea, but just thought it should be mentioned incase anyone's for it.

[horseclaw]

I need an example of how the hacked power would behave. Like if you click a jump proof does you piece get jump proof or does the hacked piece get jump proof. What about destroy radial? Does the destruction radiate from your piece or the hacked piece? Who's pieces are being affected if it's the opponents power? Am I overcomplicating this?

so hungry.

[Travissimo]

I need an example of how the hacked power would behave. Like if you click a jump proof does you piece get jump proof or does the hacked piece get jump proof. What about destroy radial? Does the destruction radiate from your piece or the hacked piece? Who's pieces are being affected if it's the opponents power? Am I overcomplicating this?

so hungry.

Whooooaaaa, there little doogie. That's a lot of questions for a little whippersnapper like yourself. Here, have some milk and cookies and I'll explain.

When you use the power, it works as if that piece used the power. So, say you're blue and your opponent is red. If you hacked a red piece and used recruit row, and one of your pieces was in that row, it would go red. On the other hand, if you kamikazed, same deal. But, if there were no blue pieces in that row, you'd just get the, "No Effect/No Loss," response.

This is a risky power to use, like bombs. You might end up smartbombing yourself. On the other hand, you might exhaust your opponent's useful powers in a strategically bad place. Or you might run through their powers to see what they have, keep them from beneficiarying, teaching or whatever. If you see a hacked piece advancing like he's going to recruit your front row, activate that recruit in an earlier row so you don't get so screwed. It's got a lot of applications, but, again, risky.

[horseclaw]

nice, i like it. thanks for clearing things up, gramps.

[Moose]

While I do like the hack, I don't know if it would satisfy me for an entire month as the NPT. I would probably just rather have pilfer. I REALLY like the interaction with spyware though, because that's almost like a new power and a half.

Man, the best thing about references is that if people don't get them, move on. I love a good donkey show too, but please don't bring it down a notch by explicating it to chlaw.

[horseclaw]

1. This power is totally different than pilfer.

2. I'm assuming he didn't want to look like a racist.

3.

[Moose]

Oh I didn't say it wasn't different from pilfer, I'm just saying I would rather have pilfer.

Ooh maybe all lower tiles and raise tiles should come in packs of 2!!! OMG great IDEA!

[Travissimo]

Ooh maybe all lower tiles and raise tiles should come in packs of 2!!! OMG great IDEA!

Holy shit, that's not a bad idea. With a little of my genius modification, that is. New thread, here I come.

[Moose]

Yeah totally do it. Chlaw will put up more archie comics if I start the thread. What do you think - when you land on it you get raise tile x 2, or like 1 raise tile AND 1 lower tile? See your response in new thread.

[horseclaw]

We've planned so many new powers that we are planning to plan more when we are done planning this one.