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Let's say I do decide to start doing repeats. Should I be asking you all to make new suggestions, should I be pointing out the old suggestions they had, or should I be doing both? :P

@TheDoc : It's also worth mentioning that there were guys like MegaMan.exe, Magic Man, King, Bass, and most notably, Ballade, that never got a real chance to prove how much of a contender they'd actually be because they just happened to get caught in awkward battles with unexpected vote totals. In fact, with the exception of Mega Man > Ballade, all of the other 4 battles--Roll > MegaMan.exe, ProtoMan.exe > Magic Man, Skull Man > King and Enker > Bass--were ALL decided by a difference of just ONE vote.
As far as I can tell, all 8 of these characters have the potential to be Division Finalist material at the very least--some might even challenge the likes of Vile, Sunstar, Mega Man and Proto Man, themselves. That's just a prediction, though; we'll see for sure in 2-3 months. :P


@MusicalKitty : You mean, like a Tournament of Champions. GameFAQs did 2 of those with their Character Battles, too.
Link won both of them. Pretty much just as easily as he's won 4 of the 7 GameFAQs Character Battles that he's shown up in. Now, granted, I'm almost positive that this is because there's always a prize in it for whoever predicts the bracket most accurately, and there was no such prize for this Tourney. There likely won't be, either, 'cause as far as I've seen, that would corrupt the unpredictability of this tournament by having the same people vote for the same characters over and over again, even when they wouldn't, otherwise. That's no fun.
I know of ways to keep this tourney fresh besides including prizes; if the 2nd one turns out to be subpar [it SHOULDN'T, but, it could], and people still want a 3rd one, I'll have a way to make that one better. I promise. A mad genius always has backup plans for his backup plans. :P


@Meta : I just told you, it's called "Seasonal". Some also call it "Quarterly", but, either one works. :P

@TailsMK4 and @Tobyjoey : Yeah, I could go with a whole seeding, ranking thing, but, that creates massive amounts of predictability. I figured it would be much better for every1 if the entire bracket was randomized without me tinkering with it at all; this makes for boring blowouts, like the aforementioned King > Bomb Man, but also crazy upsets, like Enker > Bass, Auto > Ring Man, Sigma > Zero and, of course, Proto Man > Sunstar. With all due respect, There was always either 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or--in the case of the Final Battle and the Galaxy Man > Saturn tie that I had to break--11 voters. This could easily change 2-3 months from now, as we won't have precisely the same audience.....I think. Proto Man, for all the votes he had going for him, still had some pretty close calls down the home stretch; He only beat Mega Man by 2 and he only beat Sunstar by 1--that could easily reverse if they ever face off again, 'cause it won't be the same 10 and 11 people voting on it. I guarantee it.

Whether Proto Man maks it in or not, I'll leave it up to the people of Prototype; there'll be no Guaranteed entries for the 2nd Tourney. If he does win that one, too.....well, your idea will be a lot easier to consider, then, won't it, T.J.? :P

@Meta : It's called "Seasonal", my friend, due to how the seasons change every 3 months. "quad-yearly" isn't a thing, and even if it was, that would be every 4 years. :P

Definitely a Level 100 Pikachu, here

I'm still determining if there's anyone in the Top 50 that I HAVEN'T interviewed that still comes around here on at least an almost-regular basis--I'm still waiting to hear back from Spinstrike, after all, and I don't wanna wait that long for anyone else. If there aren't any, that's cool, too, 'cause then I get to do REPEATS! WHOOOO!

Srsly, though, any ideas, fellow programs?

@TheDoc: Awww, you're too kind. You kick butt, too, for all the work YOU put into participating in it so much. =)

Actually, I've said this is the Chat plenty of times, but, if there is a 2nd Tourney, I'd be nixing the idea of the 5 Mega Men being guaranteed entries altogether. In fact, not even Proto Man will be guaranteed in. To compensate for this, I'll be allowing 30 nominations per person instead of 25, next time.

There's also pleanty of characters that people forgot that I think would be pretty good contenders, if nothing else. Not naming names, though. :P

Proto Man will likely have even stiffer competition, next time. Just sayin'. :P


@MegaBossMan : The Final battle was not only the most popular non-Mikey battle of the whole tourney, but, Proto won it by one, buddy. That IS theatrics. Put it this way, what was more theatrics: The Final Battle or King vs. Bomb Man [R1 of Division 5]? :P

Oh, also, I edited the opening post. =)

Sorry about the extremely late announcement, here; meant to do this earlier, tonight, but, I had too much stuff going on my comp at once, and I shut it off to let is rest before rebooting it, completely forgetting about this. :P

Anyway, we have our tournament champion:

THE FINAL BATTLE [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 1/2/16]:vs. (6-5)

It's an upset and a half, in all honesty. StupidStudiosN broke the tie with his vote. It was a close one, but, you, the people of Prototype, have decided that Proto Man is the greatest Mega Man Character EVER....for now, at least.

[The pastebin has been updated accordingly, along with the [almost] complete rankings of all 71 characters who made it into the tourney, from the Eliminator all the way to the Final Battle.](http://pastebin.com/D8gmNq4J)

When you're done looking at that, do me a favor and vote on one last bonus battle:

BONUS BATTLE!
2 months vs. 3 months [voting ends at ??:?? pm on ??/??/????]

How long should we wait before doing another tourney like this?

Also, feel free to give me your thoughts on the tourney itself; How do YOU feel about it?

Huh. All the votes in this round took place in the 1st 12 hours. :P

Grand Division, Round 2:
Proto Man [Mega Man 3] vs.(6-4)
vs. Sunstar [Mega Man World 5 (8-2)

And with that, we have our grand finale. Our crème de la crème of the Mega Man universe:

THE FINAL BATTLE [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 1/2/16]:
Proto Man [Mega Man 3] vs. Sunstar [Mega Man World 5]

Who will be crowned champion? It's up to you to decide, Prototype, startiiiiiiing NOW!

HAPPY 2016, ALL!

Grand Division, Round 1:
vs. Proto Man [Mega Man 3] (6-2)
vs. Mega Man [Mega Man] (5-3)
vs. Terra [Mega Man World 5] (5-3)
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] vs. (6-2)

Let's celebrate by narrowing the field down to the final 2!

Round 2 [1/1/16; Happy 2016!]
Proto Man [Mega Man 3] vs. Mega Man [Mega Man]
Terra [Mega Man World 5] vs. Sunstar [Mega Man World 5]

It might be difficult, but, I know you all can do it. BEGIN!

All righty, then: Our final Grand Division entry iiiiiis.....

Division 8 Final:
vs. Enker [Mega Man World] (8-1)

Speaking of the Grand Division....

Grand Division, Round 1 [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/31/15]:
Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] vs. Proto Man [Mega Man 3]
Vile [Mega Man X] vs. Mega Man [Mega Man]
Knight Man [Mega Man 6] vs. Terra [Mega Man World 5]
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] vs. Enker [Mega Man World]

....here it is, the final push to decide who is the greatest Mega Man character of all time [for now, at least] starts now. Let the Grand Division.....

.....COMMENCE!

WOW. Easily the biggest upset, yet:

Division 8, Round 2:
vs. Shade Man [Mega Man 7] (5-4)
vs. Enker [Mega Man World] (5-4)

...Now we get to see who has to face Sunstar in the Grand Division:

Division 8 Final [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/30/15]
Shade Man [Mega Man 7] vs. Enker [Mega Man World]

En Garde!

Yeah, this round went about how I expected, save for the lack of blowouts. :P

Duo.exe [MegaMan Battle Network 4] vs. (5-2)
Shade Man [Mega Man 7] vs. (7-0)
Bass [Mega Man 7] vs. (5-2)
vs. Enker [Mega Man World] (4-3)

Let's see if the 2nd round will be any closer.

Division 8, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/29/15]
Duo.exe [MegaMan Battle Network 4] vs. Shade Man [Mega Man 7]
Bass [Mega Man 7] vs. Enker [Mega Man World]

GREEN LIGHT! :P

I just thought it was worth mentioning that Sunstar got what's called in the Mortal Kombat circles as a "Double Flawless" in rounds 1 and 2.

Division 7 Final:
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] vs. (6-2)

I think we have a new favorite for the Grand Division. Who will have the unlucky task of facing him? Only one way to find out: Enter the 8th and final Division!

Division 8, Round 1 [12/28/15]
Duo.exe [MegaMan Battle Network 4] vs. Tron Bonne [Mega Man Legends]
Shade Man [Mega Man 7] vs. Rock Man Shadow [Rock Man And Forte: Mirai Kara No Chosenshu]
Bass [Mega Man 7] vs. Quick Man [Mega Man 2]
Mikhail Cossack [Mega Man 4] vs. Enker [Mega Man World]

Who will be our final Grand Division entry? Let's see!
*FIRES PISTOL IN THE AIR*

Sunday Night Chatroom 12/27/15

More Mega Man Mega Quiz opinions, and the possible return of Adrian?

@TinyTailsMK4 : I'm afraid your vote came 3 minutes too late, friend [12:02].

.....not that it mattered:

Division 7, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/26/15]:
vs. Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] (7-0)
vs. Gemini Man [Mega Man 3] (7-0)

Glad I didn't make any predictions. I could make some for the final, but, that'd be considered swaying.

Division 7 Final [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/27/15]:
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] vs. Gemini Man [Mega Man 3]

Let's see if there's any remaining upset to be had. TO BATTLE!

Well, well, well, well, well. There's some upsets in this bunch:

Division 7, Round 1:
vs. Elec Man [Mega Man] (4-3)
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] vs. (7-0)
vs. Roll [Mega Man] (4-3)
vs. Gemini Man [Mega Man 3] (5-2)

I'm not gonna make any predictions on Round 2; quite frankly, all 4 are liked by most, and I've been wrong too many times before. :P

Division 7, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/26/15]:
Elec Man [Mega Man] vs. Sunstar [Mega Man World 5]
Roll [Mega Man] vs. Gemini Man [Mega Man 3]

Should be very interesting. CHAAAAAAAAARGE!

I feel like I sent Galaxy Man to the slaughterhouse.....geez.

Division 6 Final [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/24]:
vs. Terra [Mega Man World 5] (9-0)

So, Terra will face Knight Man in the Grand Division. This means that we have 6 spots filled and only 2 to go. This next Division is gonna be something else, though, I think:

Division 7, Round 1 [voting ends at 11:59 Pm on 12/25/15]:
Punk [Mega Man World 3] vs. Elec Man [Mega Man]
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5] vs. Strike Man [Mega Man 10]
MegaMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] vs. Roll [Mega Man]
Rush [Mega Man 3] vs. Gemini Man [Mega Man 3]

Happy December 25th. Now, TO BATTLE!

We got ourselves a tie!

Division 6, Round 2:
Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9] vs. Saturn [Mega Man World 5] (5-5)
Terra [Mega Man World 5] vs. (8-2)

That means I have to vote, huh? Hmm. Well, I've never played either of the games that they've appeared in, so, I'm solely basing this choice on which one would be more interesting for Terra to go against:

Galaxy Man
Roll.exe

...which means...

Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9] vs. (6-5)
Terra [Mega Man World 5] vs. (8-3)

...and we now have our Division Final:

Division 6 Final [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/24]:
Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9] vs. Terra [Mega Man World 5]

....Enjoy. GO!

@Beta Blizzard : Actually, it is based on most favorite.

Auto beat Ring Man. If this was based on strength, that wouldn't've happened. -_-

I guess, when you think about it, these 4 were too easy to predict, huh?

Division 6, Round 1:
Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9] vs. (5-1)
Saturn [Mega Man World 5] vs. (4-2)
Terra [Mega Man World 5] vs. (5-1)
vs. Roll.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (5-1)

I think this'll be closer, though.

Division 6, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/23]:
Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9] vs. Saturn [Mega Man World 5]
Terra [Mega Man World 5] vs. Roll.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]

Let's test my theory, shall we? BEGIN!

Huh.....and I thought this would be close.

Division 5 Final [voting closes at 11:59 PM on 12/21/15]:
Knight Man [Mega Man 6] vs. (6-2)

Now, uh, I wanna apologize about this next Division and the overabundance of characters originating from the same game in it, but, it wouldn't be random if I tinkered with it, you know?

Enter Division 6.

Division 6, Round 1 [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/22/15]:
Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9] vs. Blizzard Man [Mega Man 6]
Saturn [Mega Man World 5] vs. Gravity Man [Mega Man 5]
Terra [Mega Man World 5] vs. Mercury [Mega Man World 5]
Heat Man [Mega Man 2] vs. Roll.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]

Who will survive to face Knight Man? We begin finding that answer.......NOW.

You can all thank Retro Pikachu for these results; both fights were tied before his vote:

Division 5, Round 2:
Knight Man [Mega Man 6] vs. (5-4)
Skull Man [Mega Man 4] vs. (5-4)

Place your bets, ladies and gents; we have probably the closest final yet, coming up.

Division 5 Final [voting closes at 11:59 PM on 12/21/15]:
Knight Man [Mega Man 6] vs. Skull Man [Mega Man 4]

Huh. A surprise upset, here; see if you can spot it.

Division 5, Round 1:
vs. Knight Man [Mega Man 6] (7-2)
vs. Sigma [Mega Man X] (5-4)
vs. Skull Man [Mega Man 4] (5-4)
King [Mega Man And Bass] vs.(9-0)

This leaves us with a couple of interesting battles for Round 2:

Division 5, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/20/15]:
Knight Man [Mega Man 6] vs. Sigma [Mega Man X]
Skull Man [Mega Man 4] vs. King [Mega Man And Bass]

I'm looking forward to this one. PLAY BALL!

@TheGrinch : Please refer to both the opening post and to Post #118 about abstaining from votes. I must have an vote for ALL 4 battles by 11:59 PM, EST.

Huh. I expected it to be a tad closer, but, still....

Division 4 Final:
Mega Man [Mega Man] vs. (6-3)

So, it'll be Vile against Mega Man. That'll be good. 1/2way through the touney, now, and to be honest, I'm sorry I didn't cut the voting time sooner; We'd be closer to the Grand Division if I did. :P
Still need 4 more for it, though. I give you the verrrrry interesting Division 5:

Division 5, Round 1 [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/19/15]:
Uranus [Mega Man World 5] vs. Knight Man [Mega Man 6]
Zero [Mega Man X] vs. Sigma [Mega Man X]
Thomas Light [Mega Man] vs. Skull Man [Mega Man 4]
King [Mega Man And Bass] vs. Bomb Man [Mega Man]

Should be some good ones, here. START!

Well, thanks to StupidStudiosN for taking the pressure off of me. I did NOT wanna have to decide that. Whew.

Division 4, Round 2:
vs. Mega Man [Mega Man] (8-1)
Bass.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] vs. (5-4)

THIS should be a good Division Final. Winner advances to the Grand Division, where they'll have to take on Vile.

Division 4 Final [voting ends on 11:59 PM, EST on 12/18]:
Mega Man [Mega Man] vs. Bass.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]

BEGIN!

OK, I'm putting the kibosh on abstaining, right now. Doc's votes were counted, this time, but, a new rule has been added to the opening post saying that if you vote, you must vote in ALL currently running battles, or your vote won't count, PERIOD; I don't wanna have that happening--a tie could be happen because of a withdrawn vote, and then, it's up to me to break that tie, and controversy 'cause someone only voted in 3 battles. I don't wanna have THAT kind of controversy in this.

I got lucky 'cause it didn't matter, but, I don't want that situation happening, so, that's why I'm putting a halt on it, now.

Division 4, Round 1
vs. Duo [Mega Man 8] (6-3)
vs. Mega Man [Mega Man] (6-2)
Bass.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] vs.(6-3)
Auto [Mega Man 7] vs. (6-3)

That was a good Round 1, right? Let's see if Round 2 will be better.

Division 4, Round 2 [voting ends on 11:59 PM, EST on 12/17]:
Duo [Mega Man 8] vs. Mega Man [Mega Man]
Bass.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] vs. Auto [Mega Man 7]

Should be a good one. COMMENCE [something other than 'GO', for once]!

So, your Division 3 winner is an X series character who beat 2 Classic characters and a BN character before finally winning the 3rd Grand Division entry.

Division 3 Final:
Vile [Mega Man X] vs.(6-2)

...but who will he face, there? Enter Division 4!

Division 4, Round 1
Time Man [Mega Man: Powered Up] vs. Duo [Mega Man 8]
Ballade [Mega Man World 4] vs. Mega Man [Mega Man]
Bass.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] vs. Chill Penguin [Mega Man X]
Auto [Mega Man 7] vs. Ring Man [Mega Man 4]

ReadyGO!

By the way, The Pastebin has some extra info for those of you that are worried about how the 24-hour cut in voting time will change things. vote totals that you see in triple parentheses are what the results would've been if that fight was only 24 hours.

Well, well, well, one battle was predictably lopsided, while the other was a complete and total upset.

Division 3, Round 2:
Vile [Mega Man X] vs. (8-2)
vs. ProtoMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (6-4)

This should be an interesting final:

Division 3 Final [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/15]:
Vile [Mega Man X] vs. ProtoMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]

3, 2.....oh, fudge it, just GO, already. :P

Heal Meta, Hurt Music.

Heal Tails, Hurt MegaBoyX7.

It's getting down to only people I really know, now. Fudge.

Well, you are in the lead, Tails, so.... Heal Meta, Hurt Tails. Sorry.

Not quite as much blowouts as Round 1 of Division 2, but, pretty close:

Division 3, Round 1:
Vile [Mega Man X] vs. (9-1)
Albert Wily [Mega Man] vs. (7-3)
Magic Man [Mega Man And Bass] vs. (9-1)
vs. ProtoMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (6-4)

2 interesting round 2 fights, though; Let's see how they play out.

Division 3, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/13]:
Vile [Mega Man X] vs. Albert Wily [Mega Man]
Magic Man [Mega Man And Bass] vs. ProtoMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]

ReadyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyGO.

I'd like to keep it going, myself; I don't think the problem was 20 contenders, it's that there was a combined 200 points between them. Better to start every1 at 5 or 6 or 7, next time.

Also, there's the spontaneity of the -2 bombs. Can't they be -1 and be released in a set time pattern next time [like 'every 40 posts', for example]?

Oh, also, heal StupidStudiosN, hurt MegaboyX7.

Sorry for the long update. I overslept a bit. :P

Division 2 Final:
vs. Proto Man [MM3] (5-2)

This means that Pharaoh Man's opponent in his Round 1 Grand Division fight will be Proto Man. That's near the end of the tournament, though. We need 6 more before then. Enter Division 3.

Division 3, Round 1 [Voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/11]:
Vile [Mega Man X] vs. Metal Man [Mega Man 2]
Albert Wily [Mega Man] vs. Tornado Man [Mega Man 9]
Magic Man [Mega Man And Bass] vs. Star Man [Mega Man 5]
Axl [Mega Man X7] vs. ProtoMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]

Also, since all the votes for that fight took place in the 1st 24 hours again, STARTING WITH DIVISION 4 [12/16], ALL FIGHTS WILL BE 24 HOURS LONG. That'll give you all time to prepare for the quicker fights.

That aside, you still have until 11:59 tomorrow for THIS fight. 321GO!

Heal Meta, Hurt Spinstrike.

Well, actually, I decided to listen to what you all said LAST time:

Retro Pikachu [currently Retro Sneasel] is up next; I wouldn't get him angry if I were you all--he might be Lv. 100. :P

Suggest away.

I know I said that Round 2 wouldn't be closer--it was, technically.

Division 2, Round 2:
Napalm Man [Mega Man 5] vs. (7-2)
Proto Man [Mega Man 3] vs. (8-1)

We have our final. The winner faces off against Pharaoh Man in Round 1 of the Grand Division.

Division 2 Final [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/9]:
Napalm Man [Mega Man 5] vs. Proto Man [Mega Man 3]

Also, I noticed that all the votes for round 2 were made during the 1st 24 hours, which would suggest that I should lower the voting period, so, when you make your vote for this battle, also vote on whether or not all future voting periods should be lowered to either 24 or 36 hours, or if they should stay at 48 hours, pleaseandthankyou.

That said, Readyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, GO!

Heal Tails, Hurt Crystal Miner.

Napalm Man v. Magnet Man was close, but, the other 3 were the 3 most lopsided battles yet.

Napalm Man [Mega Man 5] vs. (5-4)
vs. ElecMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (8-1)
vs. Proto Man [Mega Man 3] (9-0)
Mega Man X [Mega Man X] vs. (9-0)

I get the feeling that the Round 2 battles won't be as close. You have until 11:59 PM, EST on 12/7:

Division 2, Round 2 [voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/7]:
Napalm Man [Mega Man 5] vs. ElecMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
Proto Man [Mega Man 3] vs. Mega Man X [Mega Man X]

ReadyGO!

Heal Meta, Hurt Spinstrike.

And the winner of this division [and the first entry into the Grand Division] is.....

Division 1 Finals:
Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] vs.(5-4)

Closest battle yet, but, Pharaoh Man goes on. The pastebin has been updated accordingly [scroll to the bottom], however, there's still 7 other open spots; Enter Division 2:

Division 2, Round 1 [Voting ends at 11:59 PM on 12/5]:
Napalm Man [Mega Man 5] vs. Magnet Man [Mega Man 3]
Freeze Man [Mega Man 7] vs. ElecMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
Wind Man [Mega Man 6] vs. Proto Man [Mega Man 3]
Mega Man X [Mega Man X] vs. Iris [Mega Man X4]

Remember, you're voting on all 4 at once, just like with Division 1's round 1. The 4 survivors face off in Round 2. Readyyyy, GO!

Heal Tails, Hurt Ender.

Heal Meta, Hurt Crystal Miner.

vs. Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] (6-3)
vs. Pluto [Mega Man World 5] (7-2)

This means that the first competitor moving into the Grand Division will be one of these 2 survivors:

Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] vs. Pluto [Mega Man World 5]

Only you can decide [unless there's a tie, of course]. You have until 11:59 PM on 11/3. GO!

I'm not saying it. Forget it. I said I'm not.....Oh, fine.

Meow.

There. Now, who's next?

Yes, I'm asking all of you, again, 'cause Spinstrike. You deserve it, I think.

Noms end at 11:59 PM on 12/1. No nominating yourself, pleaseandthankyou.

Heal Music, Hurt Spinstrike. You already know why. :P

@Kirbologist and @MusicalKitty: Both your posts were after the deadline, so, they can't count, unfortunately.

.....not that they would've mattered:

Division 1, Round 1:
Blade Man [Mega Man 10] vs.(5-2)
Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] vs.(5-2)
Buster Rod G [Mega Man: The Wily Wars] vs.(6-1)
Pluto [Mega Man World 5] vs.(5-2)

The 4 survivors advance to face off in the 2nd round:

Division 1, Round 2:
Blade Man [Mega Man 10] vs. Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4]
Buster Rod G [Mega Man: The Wily Wars] vs. Pluto [Mega Man World 5]

Voting ends at 11:59 PM, EST on 12/1. Go!

You want him? You got him.

Dance to the MusicalKitty; he's next. Suggestions, please [still only 7 per person, though]. :P

Heal Shadownnico, Hurt Toby.

Let's meet the combatants and who they'll be fighting in each division, shall we?

Looks like a good tourney ahead. Remember, the winner of each of the 8 divisions will advance to the Grand Division, where the greatest MM character ever [at least, for now] will be decided on by you.

First, we'll get the 1st round of Division 1 out of the way. 4 of these 8 characters...

Blade Man [Mega Man 10] vs. Top Man [Mega Man 3]

Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] vs. Crash Man [Mega Man 2]

Buster Rod G [Mega Man: The Wily Wars] vs. MegaMan [MegaMan Star Force]

Pluto [Mega Man World 5] vs. Mega Man Volnutt [Mega Man Legends]

Will fall by the wayside; you all have 48 hours [11:59 PM, EST on 11/29] to vote for your FAVORITE character in each of the 4 faceoffs. Any ties will be decided by me. You can vote normally, or you can PM me your votes, just like with the Eliminator.

The 4 with the most votes face off in Round 2. GO!

....and the results aaaare....

Group A
01. Thomas Light [Mega Man] (0)
02. Mercury [Mega Man World 5] (-1)
02. Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] (-1)
02. Quick Man [Mega Man 2] (-1)
02. Saturn [Mega Man World 5] (-1)
06. Roll.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (-2)
06. Strike Man [Mega Man 10] (-2)
08. Pluto [Mega Man World 5] (-3)
08. Top Man [Mega Man 3] (-3)
10. Heat Man [Mega Man 2] (-4)
10. Iris [Mega Man X4] (-4)
10. Magma Dragoon [Mega Man X4] (-4)
***13. Quint [Mega Man World 2] (-6)***

Group B
01. Blade Man [Mega Man 10] (0)
01. Knight Man [Mega Man 6] (0)
03. Buster Rod G [Mega Man: The Wily Wars] (-1)
03. ElecMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (-1)
03. Magnet Man [Mega Man 3] (-1)
03. Mikhail Cossack [Mega Man 4] (-1)
07. Bomb Man [Mega Man] (-2)
07. Metal Man [Mega Man 2] (-2)
09. King [Mega Man And Bass] (-3)
10. Blizzard Man [Mega Man 6] (-4)
10. Wind Man [Mega Man 6] (-4)
***12. Green Biker Dude [Mega Man X2] (-5)***
***12. Hidden Phantom [Mega Man Zero] (-5)***

Group C
01. Shade Man [Mega Man 7] (0)
01. Time Man [Mega Man: Powered Up] (0)
01. Tornado Man [Mega Man 9] (0)
01. Tron Bonne [Mega Man Legends] (0)
05. Uranus [Mega Man World 5] (-1)
06. Crash Man [Mega Man 2] (-2)
06. Rush [Mega Man 3] (-2)
06. Star Man [Mega Man 5] (-2)
09. Auto [Mega Man 7] (-3)
10. Duo.exe [MegaMan Battle Network 4] (-4)
10. Servbot [Mega Man Legends] (-4)
***12. Ring.exe [MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge] (-5)***
***13. Sniper Joe [Mega Man] (-7)***

The 2 in each group with the most votes were obviously the 1st 6 to go, but, there's a tie for 2nd in Group A, which means I get to vote, too. Ahem:

Group A:
Strike Man
Magma Dragoon
Quint

Group B:
Blade Man
Metal Man
Hidden Phantom

Group C:
Tornado Man
Tron Bonne
Servbot

NEW results:

Group A
01. Thomas Light [Mega Man] (0)
02. Mercury [Mega Man World 5] (-1)
02. Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4] (-1)
02. Quick Man [Mega Man 2] (-1)
02. Saturn [Mega Man World 5] (-1)
06. Roll.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (-2)
07. Strike Man [Mega Man 10] (-3)
07. Pluto [Mega Man World 5] (-3)
07. Top Man [Mega Man 3] (-3)
10. Heat Man [Mega Man 2] (-4)
10. Iris [Mega Man X4] (-4)
***11. Magma Dragoon [Mega Man X4] (-5)***
***13. Quint [Mega Man World 2] (-7)***

Group B
01. Knight Man [Mega Man 6] (0)
02. Blade Man [Mega Man 10] (-1)
02. Buster Rod G [Mega Man: The Wily Wars] (-1)
02. ElecMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network] (-1)
02. Magnet Man [Mega Man 3] (-1)
02. Mikhail Cossack [Mega Man 4] (-1)
07. Bomb Man [Mega Man] (-2)
08. Metal Man [Mega Man 2] (-3)
08. King [Mega Man And Bass] (-3)
10. Blizzard Man [Mega Man 6] (-4)
10. Wind Man [Mega Man 6] (-4)
***12. Green Biker Dude [Mega Man X2] (-5)***
***13. Hidden Phantom [Mega Man Zero] (-6)***

Group C
01. Shade Man [Mega Man 7] (0)
01. Time Man [Mega Man: Powered Up] (0)
03. Tornado Man [Mega Man 9] (-1)
03. Tron Bonne [Mega Man Legends] (-1)
03. Uranus [Mega Man World 5] (-1)
06. Crash Man [Mega Man 2] (-2)
06. Rush [Mega Man 3] (-2)
06. Star Man [Mega Man 5] (-2)
09. Auto [Mega Man 7] (-3)
10. Duo.exe [MegaMan Battle Network 4] (-4)
11. Servbot [Mega Man Legends] (-5)
***11. Ring.exe [MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge] (-5)***
***13. Sniper Joe [Mega Man] (-7)***

This means that Magma Dragoon is the 6th eliminated, which just leaves the question as to who #7 will be, which is easy: it'll be who has the most votes of the 65 remaining characters, which is obviously Servbot.

So, officially, Magma Dragoon, Quint, Green Biker Dude, Hidden Phantom, Ring.exe, Sniper Joe and Servbot are out, leaving us with 64 characters. We have our tournament, now. Please stand by while I generate the bracket; I'll post as soon as possible when I have.

Uhhh, Alpha? Read Post #1, first, pleaseandthankyou. Nearly all the characters you mentioned aren't even in the Eliminator, let alone in the tournament. The character have already been picked, friend; there's 71 of them, in fact. The goal is to eliminate 7 of them so that we can START the tournament. :P

Please read post #1, then edit your post. I'll have to ignore it altogether if it's not edited in the next.....*checks clock*.....5.5 hours.

Heal Tails, Hurt Spinstrike. Still waiting, Spinner.....

Heal Ender, Hurt Toby.

All right, that's it. I'm reviving this thing.

Spinstrike, unfortunately will not return my PM's. He did choose his 10 community Questions, but, unfortunately has still yet to answer MY 10, and, as a result, his interview must be put on hold unless and until he returns. It has been almost 3 months, after all, and the show must go on.

But, how will it go on? Well, that's easy. You all decide how it goes on! You all deserve a say in the matter after waiting so long. :P

Simply post in this thread before 11:59 PM, EST on 11/27 [even if I've already interviewed you], AND be in the Top 50 on the Leaderboard, and you'll have your chance to be the next 20 Questions subject as picked by the people of Prototype. =)

@Thankfuljoey : Ring Man is already in the Tourney and is not even in the Eliminator, let alone in Group C. :P

I was having trouble deciding if I should be voting in this tourney or not, but, seeing as how we'll likely need to break ties, I've decided that I'll only vote in the tourney as a tiebreaking vote.

First, we'll need to thin the herd a bit, as there's 71 characters nominated to be in the Tourney.

Here are the 32 that you all have decided gets in the tournament for sure, based on your nominations, save for the 5 Mega Men.

Albert Wily [Mega Man]
Axl [Mega Man X7]
Ballade [Mega Man World 4]
Bass [Mega Man 7]
Bass.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
Chill Penguin [Mega Man X]
Duo [Mega Man 8]
Elec Man [Mega Man]
Enker [Mega Man World]
Freeze Man [Mega Man 7]
Galaxy Man [Mega Man 9]
Gemini Man [Mega Man 3]
Gravity Man [Mega Man 5]
Magic Man [Mega Man And Bass]
Mega Man [Mega Man]
Mega Man Volnutt [Mega Man Legends]
Mega Man X [Mega Man X]
MegaMan [MegaMan Star Force]
MegaMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
Napalm Man [Mega Man 5]
Proto Man [Mega Man 3]
ProtoMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
Punk [Mega Man World 3]
Ring Man [Mega Man 4]
Rock Man Shadow [Rock Man And Forte: Mirai Kara No Chosenshu]
Roll [Mega Man]
Sigma [Mega Man X]
Skull Man [Mega Man 4]
Sunstar [Mega Man World 5]
Terra [Mega Man World 5]
Vile [Mega Man X]
Zero [Mega Man X]

The other 39 characters didn't quite get enough nominations to be guaranteed entry, and so, 7 of them have to go, and you all get to decide who they are.

I've randomized all 39 characters into 3 groups of 13. When you post, you simply vote for the 3 characters you dislike MOST in each group. Simple as that. You can post why if you'd like, or not, if you don't. If you don't want your vote made public, I will accept private votes made via PM, as well.

Remember, ONLY 3 FROM EACH GROUP, please and thank you. The 3 characters in each group with the most votes will most likely be eliminated, and then the tournament will TRULY commence.

Group A
A01. Heat Man [Mega Man 2]
A02. Pharaoh Man [Mega Man 4]
A03. Strike Man [Mega Man 10]
A04. Iris [Mega Man X4]
A05. Quick Man [Mega Man 2]
A06. Mercury [Mega Man World 5]
A07. Roll.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
A08. Magma Dragoon [Mega Man X4]
A09. Saturn [Mega Man World 5]
A10. Thomas Light [Mega Man]
A11. Quint [Mega Man World 2]
A12. Pluto [Mega Man World 5]
A13. Top Man [Mega Man 3]

Group B
B01. Metal Man [Mega Man 2]
B02. Green Biker Dude [Mega Man X2]
B03. Knight Man [Mega Man 6]
B04. Blade Man [Mega Man 10]
B05. Hidden Phantom [Mega Man Zero]
B06. Blizzard Man [Mega Man 6]
B07. King [Mega Man And Bass]
B08. Buster Rod G [Mega Man: The Wily Wars]
B09. Bomb Man [Mega Man]
B10. Magnet Man [Mega Man 3]
B11. Mikhail Cossack [Mega Man 4]
B12. ElecMan.exe [MegaMan Battle Network]
B13. Wind Man [Mega Man 6]

Group C
C01. Uranus [Mega Man World 5]
C02. Ring.exe [MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge]
C03. Crash Man [Mega Man 2]
C04. Servbot [Mega Man Legends]
C05. Rush [Mega Man 3]
C06. Tornado Man [Mega Man 9]
C07. Auto [Mega Man 7]
C08. Time Man [Mega Man: Powered Up]
C09. Duo.exe [MegaMan Battle Network 4]
C10. Sniper Joe [Mega Man]
C11. Shade Man [Mega Man 7]
C12. Tron Bonne [Mega Man Legends]
C13. Star Man [Mega Man 5]

You have 48 hours. All votes made after 11:59 PM, tomorrow [11/27] will not count. GO!

As of this post, you now have less than 13 hours remaining to turn in your nominations. Any edits made to your post after 11:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time tonight will NOT count.

Hurry.

Heal StupidStudiosN, Hurt MegaBoyX7.

Heal Tails, Hurt Uraccountcrashed.

11/22/2015's meeting in it's entirety. Enjoy!

@DaCrashBomber : Yeah, Boss hurt me, too. Doesn't guarantee that you go out, though, 'specially at this early stage, where there's 17 other targets and repeat hurts are forbidden. You'll be fine. Shake it off; I had to. :P

Heal StupidStudiosN, Hurt Spinstrike for not giving the people what they want; an interview. :P

Yeah, it's pretty much settled on, now; there WILL be 64 characters in this tourney.

4.5 days left to get your nominations in.

Heal Ender, Hurt Rhythm.

NOW, heal Meta, and hurt uraccountcrashed.

Heal StupidStudiosN and hurt MegaBoyX7.

Right. Time to rectify.

Heal TAILS and hurt Shuriken.

People post so much at the same time, that I recommend that we all just let Tails [or someone of Tails's choosing] run the list from here on. With multiple people posting at the same time, it's a nightmare trying to keep that list up.

I'm just gonna say, forget the list, and just Heal Meta and hurt Shuriken for this post. I'll leave the list to Tails. There. Neeeext.

Deadline pushed up to Thanksgiving (November 26). I figure that no one feels like waiting until December for this. :P

Have all your nominations in by then, pleaseandthankyou.

Heal Meta, Hurt FemaleForte.

13: Rhythm_BCA
13: Spinstrike
12: Meta [+]
12: ThatGuyNamedMikey
11: Bt Man
11: Crystal Miner
11: MusicalKitty
11: Shadownnico
11: TailsMK4
11: ThatOneEnderMan
11: ZeroDXZ
10: DaCrashBomber
10: StupidStudiosN
09: AlphaShurikenGSXR
09: MegaBoyX7
09: Retro Pikachu
09: Tobyjoey
09: uraccountcrashed
04: FemaleForte [-]
04: TheDoc

Time to repay more debts, I see. Heal StupidstudiosN, hurt Tobyjoey.

13: Spinstrike
12: Rhythm_BCA
11: Bt Man
11: Crystal Miner
11: Meta
11: MusicalKitty
11: Shadownnico
11: TailsMK4
11: ThatGuyNamedMikey
11: ThatOneEnderMan
11: ZeroDXZ
10: MegaBoyX7
10: Retro Pikachu
10: StupidStudiosN [+]
10: Tobyjoey [-]
09: AlphaShurikenGSXR
09: DaCrashBomber
08: uraccountcrashed
06: FemaleForte
04: TheDoc

1. Astro Man [Mega Man 8]
2. Bright Man [Mega Man 4]
3. Roll.exe [Mega Man Battle Network]
4. Roll [Mega Man]
5. Sigma [Mega Man X]
6. Sage Harpuia [Mega Man Zero]
7. Sunstar [Mega Man World 5]
8. Rush [Mega Man 3]
9. Luna Platz [Mega Man Star Force]
10. Iris [Mega Man X4]
11. Double [Mega Man X4]
12. Duo [Mega Man 8]
13. Gemini Spark [Mega Man Star Force]
14. Rogue [Mega Man Star Force]
15. Skull Man [Mega Man 4]
16. Cut Man [Mega Man]
17. Elec Man [Mega Man]
18. Chill Penguin [Mega Man X]
19. Kalinka Cossack [Mega Man 4]
20. Overdrive Ostrich [Mega Man X2]
21. Freeze Man [Mega Man 7]
22. Frost Man [Mega Man 8]
23. Magma Dragoon [Mega Man X4]
24. Dr. Thomas Light [Mega Man]
25. Lan Hikari [Mega Man Battle Network]

Heal Spinstrike to give him reason to PM ME BACK THE ANSWERS TO OUR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS. :P
Hurt FemaleForte.

12: Bt Man
12: MegaBoyX7
12: ThatGuyNamedMikey
11: Meta
11: MusicalKitty
11: Retro Pikachu
11: Rhythm_BCA
11: Spinstrike [+]
11: TailsMK4
11: ZeroDXZ
10: Shadownnico
10: StupidStudiosN
10: ThatOneEnderMan
10: Tobyjoey
09: AlphaShurikenGSXR
09: Crystal Miner
09: DaCrashBomber
08: uraccountcrashed
07: FemaleForte [-]
04: TheDoc

I have nieces that aren't as old as BCA. That's how good it is. :P

You keep on making 'em, Rhythm, and I'll keep on reading them, amazed at how awesome you are at this. Deal? :P

Ow! Stahp it, Doc! :P

Heal Stupid Studios N, hurt Doc. Right back atcha. Hehehehehe...

12: Bt Man
12: Rhythm_BCA
11: MegaBoyX7
11: Meta
11: MusicalKitty
11: Retro Pikachu
11: StupidStudiosN [+]
11: TailsMK4
11: Tobyjoey
10: Shadownnico
10: ThatGuyNamedMikey
10: ThatOneEnderMan
10: ZeroDXZ
09: AlphaShurikenGSXR
09: DaCrashBomber
09: FemaleForte
09: Spinstrike
09: uraccountcrashed
08: Crystal Miner
06: TheDoc [-]

Awwwwww, you two are swell. [/mickeymouseimpression]

One good turn deserve another; heal Retro Pikachu, hurt Crystal Miner.

11: Retro Pikachu
11: Rhythm_BCA
11: TailsMK4
11: ThatGuyNamedMikey
11: Tobyjoey
11: ZeroDXZ
10: Bt Man
10: MegaBoyX7
10: Meta
10: MusicalKitty
10: Shadownnico
10: Spinstrike
10: StupidStudiosN
10: ThatOneEnderMan
10: TheDoc
09: AlphaShurikenGSXR
09: DaCrashBomber
09: FemaleForte
09: uraccountcrashed
08: Crystal Miner

There. All nice and ABC'd for you guys.

Next time, N. :P

Also, A new rule suggestion to prevent gang-ups: You can't hurt or heal the same person in consecutive turns. So, for example, you can't heal Boss, and then heal Boss again on your next post. Gotta heal someone else. :P

Ow. Glad to see that you missed me, Bawwwwwwwss.

She's not here to hurt, really, so, I'll hurt FemaleForte and give it to someone who's actually here....uhhhhhh......T.J.! [TobyJoey]

Also, Meta, you forgot to heal someone in your 1st post. and Bawss isn't in this. :P

10: TheDoc
10: Meta
11: Tobyjoey
11: TailsMK4
09: ThatGuyNamedMikey
10: ThatOneEnderMan [Since Meta forgot to heal]
10: Rhythm_BCA
09: FemaleForte
10: StupidStudiosN
10: uraccountcrashed
10: ZeroDXZ
10: MusicalKitty
10: AlphaShurikenGSXR
10: Retro Pikachu
10: Spinstrike
10: Shadownnico
10: Crystal Miner
10: DaCrashBomber
10: Bt Man
10: MegaBoyX7

@Retro Pikachu : It WILL be in less than 72 hours, actually, so, double thanks. :P

So, some fuzzhead named Mikey has been a Member of Prototype for 1 Year starting today [I actually thought it was yesterday! HAH!].

W00t!

@MusicalKitty : Boss has a bit of a point, what with them directly facing the 4th wall. They're REALLY small, too.

Bumpity, so that this thread is on the Community section's front page.

@matthewftw123 : Can't fault you for that. Thanks for trying, anyway, though.

@TheDoc : Ah, HERE it is. I was wondering where this went. Since there's no actual RPing done in this thread, I figured it'd be best left in the General section. :P
It was a borderline thing, so I thought. Sorry. x)

@Tobyjoey : You know I'm gonna call it Bowl Man, right? xD
I do wonder how he throws bowling balls, though...
Actually, T.J., I'm calling it. If you'd be glad to sprite for me, I'd be glad to have to as a spriter. You're in. =)

===
Just in case Life decides to treat an accepted spriter like crap, I know I'll need more than one spriter, so, please keep your samples coming if you're interested. There's still no deadline, but, still, the sooner, the better.

...also, bumpity, since this is in a new section, now.

This interview was SOOOOO STUPID! x)

Next up is.....I'm not saying that joke again. He's used it up, enough, already, what with the spinning, and the "baby".

Spinstrike. AND I WANT MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE SUGGESTING this time, pleaseandthankyou!

@Tobyjoey : Were it not for directly facing the 4th wall, I'd say that this is as good as Swamp. One more? Please?

@DaCrashBomber : You made all 3 of those? They look pretty darn good, if I'm totally honest. Do you have any more?

@matthewftw123 : The whole point of the thread is for you to showcase your best works, Matthew, so, try to refrain from posting things you haven't finished, yet, pleaseandthankyou.

@Brimstone : Halberd is pretty impressive, actually. Not shabby at all. Post more if you have any.

Also--and I just edited this part into the opening post--I can't accept you if you wish to work alongside Adrian and Boss in the REAL Prototype, unless and until I have Adrian's DIRECT blessing for you to work with me on Armageddon. As I've stated in the opening post, it would be unfair to Adrian, Boss, and all of Prototype's fans for me to take valuable resources away from it for any reason.

Nothing personal, but, I can't do that to Adrian; he has a hard enough time with Prototype as it is without me taking things from it.

@MusicalKitty : ...not entirely sure that's in MM-classic style; his heads looking right at the 4th wall. :P
Try a smaller more, MM-Classic-based creation.

@Brimstone : "If we're all supposed to be using an 8-bit style here, then I'm pretty sure I may or may not have just went slightly out of it."

That. *points up*
8-bit MM-style is preferred, since Armageddon's visuals will be in said style, and I can more accurately judge the qualities of sprites that way.

@Shadownnico : Go crazy. Surprise me. Just be in 8-bit MM Classic style.

@Tobyjoey : Whichever style allows you to better showcase your skills. Take your time. I'm in no rush.

@Brimstone : Yes, that. Read the opening post, again. :P

@Tobyjoey : HAH. Lily pad on his head. Hehe.
Swamp isn't shabby at all, actually. You have any more like this [I did say sample*s*]?

@MusicalKitty : As I've never played any game from the Mother series, I wouldn't be able to [accurately] judge how good this looks.
Now, 8-bit MM-style sprites on the other hand..... :P

@Meta : The whole point of me posting the thread is to see how talented of a spriter you are BEFORE I bring you on as a spriter, Meta. :P

@Tobyjoey : Of course not. Go nuts. Just make sure that the guidelines set in the opening post are followed.

@MegaBoyX7 : Should've saw that coming [ xD ]. Remember the part where I said it couldn't be an OBVIOUS frankenedit at a glance?
Do you have any works that DON'T look like they come straight off of Mega Man?

Pardon the double post, but, I'm the one that originally made it possible for the AJAX Chat to be the new chat, so, it's only fair that I do this, since it's down.

I'm already there. Enjoy.

Backup Chat

It's not just a Chrome thing. IE 11 over here, and the bug is real here, too. Wheeeee. -_-

Thank you so very much for your questions, fellow Prototypers. I had a blast answering them.

Next up is--Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey, who you calling "stupid"?!

StupidStudiosN [formerly Phantom Man]! Suggest away.

It's DONE! Get a snack, fellow programs; this is a long one.

You might've been wondering why I waited so long to interview Boss.

That's because I wanted him to be #9, so that your gift for allowing me to make it to #10 would beeeeee...

.....me.

Yeah. Me. How an I gonna interview myself? Easy, with 20 Community Q's chosen by BOSS [though, Boss can still only suggest 7 like every1 else]!

So, yeah, me. Ask away. =)

There's a Rule #9, now. Just saying.

I know this is Boss's job and all, but, everyone needs to know about this.

*ahem*

Don't forget to drop by the Chat on Sunday, June 14 at 6:00 PM, Eastern for this week's Sunday Night Chat as ThatGuyNamedMikey [might] releases his proposed rough draft remodeling of Prototype's Demo Mode! He'll also reveal a pastebin with contents that may very well allow him to singlehandedly make the Speed stat completely relevant [for once]!

Don't miss it!

@.@

I'm out. *drops mic*

No, seriously, I'm out. Those things are hyper broken POS's that take suck up everything that's still fun about pkmn and vomits 'em in your face; there's a reason more and more of them will become illegal in official Nintendo-sanctioned tournaments.

Also, it's still digivolving. x)

Digimon has their creatures going back and forth between forms, too. They called it digivolving.

I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now. It's digivolving; They just thought they were being clever calling it "Mega Evolution". -_-

@TheDoc : No, what I mean to say is that Speed is useless because of Ability Speeds, and that Defense is ALMOST made moot by Star Force. :P

You have them all, like I do, so, you already know this. :P

@TheDoc : You can't mention the attack stat without bringing up Star Force, my friend. Defense currently means diddly in the face of 1,024 Star Force, and it'll only mean too MUCH later on, if the new system applies when 576 additional MM5 Star Force are thrown into the mix.

@MusicalKitty : Speed IS nearly useless. When a robot from my army--where there's not a single stat that breaks 4,000--can beat 9,999'ed out bots with ease in the current Prototype, Speed doesn't matter in the slightest. Speed only matters in VERY special situations, and even then, said situations only really impact the above-average player in Player Battles.

@poi2000 : The full list of the pokemon that are and aren't allowed in this tourney is in the post right above yours. :P

Digivolving isn't allowed at all, though; Retro himself said so. Sorry.

This obviously isn't mine at all; it's Adrian's.

I found Hallow Man--if he makes it in game, that is.

I've cracked this message [in ~20 minutes], Pit.

Would you like me to post it here or send it to you via PM? :P

Let there be Shadows.

Now, unfortunately, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but, due to circumstances beyond my control [namely watching my 8yo niece], the next one may take juuuuust a little while longer to post, especially since I just got through celebrating her b-day on May 15, and my sister hasn't made me babysit her since then.

In short, I'll be a while.....or *will* I?

...any questions?

Heh. A few months ago, I confirmed that Prototype is playable on a PS3, as well. There's no sound, but, it works perfectly, otherwise.

@Retro Pikachu : I can't believe I'm saying this, but, I'm actually considering going for this.

I gotta know some things though:

1. What happens in the rare event of a draw?
2. If this becomes a Round Robin, What happens if there's a tie for first place?
3. Are Legendaries allowed [Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Celebi, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Latios, Latias, Deoxys, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Regigigas, Giratina, Cresselia, Shaymin, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai and Arceus are what I consider Legendaries from the 1st 4 Gens]?
4. Are all our pkmn supposed to be Lv. 100 [I know that official world tournaments have caps of Lv. 50]?
and 5. Is anyone allowed to digivolve their pkmn?

Get back to me when you can; this'll help me decide whether I want to enter.

All right, Recess is over.

Next up is pretty much the all-time best Prototyper NEVER to have gotten his immortality.

Shadownnico. Suggest away.

The doctor will see you, now.

Next up, it's--*school bell rings*

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY, it's Recess! Now, where's my friend, T.J.?

No, not Detweiler; TobyJoey, of course.

Suggest away.

Internet Explorer 11 is MUCH more than a 'no', at this point. I've been playing Prototype *on IE 11 for the better part of 9 months with [so close, it makes no difference] no major problems whatsoever. :P

I suggested in previous SNC's that Rain Flush's Attack power should've ust been weakened significantly instead of doing what it now does. An RF with an Attack of *1* would seriously be better than this. =(

Well, this one went a lot smoother. Thanks, Tails.

Next up, an apple a day will keep him away...we HOPE. Newest Prototype Staffer and W-Tank, TheDoc will take 15 of your suggestions, now.

Yeah, my niece turns 8 on May 15, and stuff. her Birthday party was being set up at her house, and my sis and her fiancé didn't wanna spoil it, so, they're having me babysit her util then. They come by to pick her up for school, but, then, they bring her right back. As usual, I get paid for it, so, 'no' isn't an option. :P

It's finally done though: 20 Questions About.....ZeroDXZ, 5/13/15

Next up, HE CAN FLY! To the top of the Leaderboard! TWICE.

TailsMK4 is up next. Suggest away.

4/19/15's semblance of an SNC.

This is basically what happens when I sleep completely through an SNC. :P

@TailsMK4 : who called my name?

How come Mega Water S doesn't have 200 Health, by the way? He has 56 HP when you fight him, officially, no?

That said, we could talk about the MM8 bots having 142 Health, too, as they have 40 HP [1 3/7 what a RM usually has], officially. That should shake up their stats a bit.

Rhythm got Rhythm (with 15 Community Questions!).

Count down with me: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....




ZERO.....DXZ!

Suggest, please.

20 Questions About.....ThatOneEnderMan.



Next up, He's a spriter, he's a moderator, he's an artist, he's a wizard with Perler beads, he makes his own comic, and he has RHYTHM! :P

Your next subject? Rhythm_BCA. Suggestions, please.

Ender's chosen his 10. Pastebin to come as soon as he answers mine.

@MegaBossMan:
@MetaKirbSter : Oh, I'm imagining it, all right.....xP

Meta's interview is pastebinned in the opening post. I'll allow comments on it in here as long as you are nice. Please note that I know the answers are short, that's why I've added 2 new rules to the opening post: "Also, if I choose you as a subject, assume that "I don't know"s are NOT acceptable answers, and that the person asking wants to know WHY you chose that answer."

That said, next subject is ThatOneEnderMan, a guy with a Minecraft-based name who happens to be pro at a Mega Man RPG. Ask him what you want, just don't stare at him, or, he'll warp to where you are and knock off 1/3 your health by touching you. :P

Suggest away.

Meta's chosen his 10. I've already sent him a PM with his 20 Q's. Pastebinned answers to come when he's done. Thanks, fellows.

The first subject for "20 Questions About....." happens to be 10.75-year-old Meta[Kirbster]. Which questions have you always wanted to ask this young Prototype semi-phenom?

@Tobyjoey : To your response to Subject 3: With the Held Items mechanic, everyone pretty much becomes a Copy-type bot all at the same time, and DIVERSITY is what's needed, here.

To your response to Subject 4: Nono, I said nothing about them SHARING Items, only that Items, Abilities and Fields are SPLIT between them--That is, Auto has ~1/3 of them, Reggae has another ~1/3, and Kalinka has the last ~1/3, so that none of them become useless quicker than the other 2.

Also, you said that, "It doesn't prevent excessive item usage for younger players or collectathon-mentalities for more experienced players", ...and that's the problem, T.J.: It's too easy and predictable that way. Find a hard battle? Farm money, buy a bunch of Extra Lives and Yashichis, and then, spam the heck out of them. Battle won. Remember, there's currently no plans to cost you a turn for using an Item, so buying 99 Extra Lives and/or Yashichis for a battle is basically a guaranteed win. That'd be ridiculous.
Also, to try to make a battle OUT of spamming Extra Lives and Yashichis would be more of a chore than any form of fun, and fighting even the most powerfully awesome optional Boss in any game can be both very difficult AND very fun, at the same time, so why not make it so without still treating people like they're kiddies still learning how the game works, you know?

There's a Rule #8, now. I'm pretty much completely responsible for it. Sorry.

Yeah, unless there's things that the Adrian isn't telling us. x)

Guess who deleted all of the double and triple spacing? BY HAND?

Where there were 1,322 lines, there's now only 988. Enjoy. Sunday Night Chatroom 2015/04/12

...oh, and thank me next time you see me.

You forgot to mention that new rules are subject to be added at any time, and that it's our responsibility to keep up with them [you'll also need to bump whenever a new rule is posted, too].

So, I did some counting and stuff.

Currently.....

Jupiter is... Electric/Wind
Mars is... Flame/Missile [Should be Explode/Missile, as he doesn't actually have any Flame moves; almost every move he has results in explosions, not flames. :P]
Mercury is... Freeze/Crystal [Should be either Copy/Shadow, Copy/Water or Shadow/Water, as he's made of liquid metal (Water) and can steal the HP (Shadow) and abilities (Copy) of others]
Neptune is... Earth/Water [Should be Impact/Water, as he has no Earth moves, and uses his weight, more than the earth; Guts Man isn't an Earth-Type, right?]
Pluto is... Impact/Swift [Should be Missile/Swift, as he does have homing missiles. Plus 3 of the Droids are already Impact-type.]
Saturn is... Shadow/Impact [Should be Shadow/Time, as he can freeze time, and he has a ring which doubles as a freaking BLACK HOLE (doesn't get much more Shadowy than that].]
Sunstar is... Flame/Time [Should be Flame/Explode, as he has no time freezing moves; everything he has concerns either flames or blowing things up.]
Terra is... Electric/Laser
Uranus is... Earth/Impact
Venus is... Explode/Water

Types currently represented by the Droids:
Copy: 0
Crystal: 1 [Mercury]
Cutter: 0
Earth: 2 [Neptune, Uranus]
Electric: 2 [Jupiter, Terra]
Explode: 1 [Venus]
Flame: 2 [Mars, Sunstar]
Freeze: 1 [Mercury]
Impact: 3 [Pluto, Saturn, Uranus]
Laser: 1 [Terra]
Missile: 1 [Mars]
Nature: 0
Neutral: 0
Shadow: 1 [Saturn]
Shield: 0
Space: 0
Swift: 1 [Pluto]
Time: 1 [Sunstar]
Water: 2 [Neptune, Venus]
Wind: 1 [Jupiter]

Tiny spelling fix to Rule #10.

Also, both yours truly AND your friendly neighborhood MegaBossMan came up with the new Rule #11. Enjoy.

Oh, and obviously, The Doc is a Prototype Mod, now, so, he's a Mod in the Xat, as well. Don't **** him off.

Oh, Fudge, Doc's a Mod, too? We have, like, a STAFF, now. Awesome. x)

@Adrian Marceau : I think I'll address this during the SNC this coming Sunday [4/11].

Fair warning: heads will be forced to stop staring at clouds.

I'll be here, as always, though, also as always, I shouldn't be counted on for Pastebinning. x)

Also--just noticed this--the opening post says 7:00 pm, instead of 6:00.

@Bt Man : It seems to have happened somtime between last week's SNC meeting and now, so at the very most, it's a week old.

I'd say that makes me a newbie compared to Adrian, Boss, Rhythm and Spin. :P

WHOA. A.....THING happened while I was away. I seem to have mysteriously gotten ahold of an Energy Capsule.

most regulars no doubt know this, but, I though I'd come and announce it; Adrian has made yours truly a contributor, so, it's official, I'm not just a CHAT Mod, anymore.

You have been warned. Have a nice day.

Good news!

It turns out that some of Xat's games actually WORK!

...you have to be in a Private Chat with the person you want to play with, is all.

I can confirm that Connect 4 works almost flawlessly; played 7 games last night with Shadownnico [beat him 3-0] and Phoenix Wright [beat him 3-1].

Chess and Pool work, too, but, not quite as flawlessly.

Game on. Maybe we can have tournament-like stuff later on in the future, once I confirm more working games.

EDIT [3 hrs, 15 min later]: False alarm. Connect 4 is the only game that fully functions. Pool and and Chess work, but, they're broken as heck; Pool doesn't recognize who sank which balls, and Chess doesn't even recognize whose turn it is; you can even move nay piece anywhere to capture an enemy piece at will--even the King.

So, yeah, only Connect 4 works. Sorry. Special thanks to MetaKirbster, Phoenix Wright and ThatOneEnderman for helping me to confirm this.

Rule 10 now just explains the fastest way to use a custom avatar in the Xat. Thank me later. :P

The tiniest [and more meaningless] of grammatical revisions have been made to rules 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7.

There's also a Rule 10, now, concerning custom avatars. Please read.

And it only took you almost 10 months. :P

Seriously, though, nice work.

Well, I remember him being weak against the Junk Shield in the first Arcade game, so, that's Earth-type [and Shield-type], which would make sense, seeing as how a fast car gets bogged down if it goes off road [into muddy Earth]. :P

Hey, Adrian. Guess why I have to point out every mathematical error you ever do concerning programming Prototype? :P

In all seriousness, though, I challenge your ideas not to be an annoying _________, but, because someone has to. This game should turn out as well as it possibly can with as few errors and overkilling features as possible; You, good sir, deserve that, without needing to find out later that you have a lot ***MORE*** things to fix, you know?

You keep churning out the ideas, and I'll keep making sure they don't work [or do work if my math says so. I promise]. :P

Thanks, Adrian. A lot.

At the risk of peeving some peeps off, I have to join in on this one.

Currently, I run Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man Battle Network 3, Pokémon Conquest, Shadow The Hedgehog, and Custom Robo.

You KNOW I'll be in the Xat waiting. I'd just host the darn thing if more than me and one other person would show.

That said, Adrian sometimes relays things/information/questions to ask the rest of us/possible future features to Boss [what with Boss being the #2 guy on the site], but Boss can't tell us anything if no one shows up. We need *AT LEAST* 4 people to have an actual MEETING, here, folks. We need you. Please.

We meet up in the Xat at around 5:30-ish [Eastern] before the actual meeting at 6:00 [or 6:30 if not enough people are in by 6:00]. Please join us? Pretty please?

@The Zion : In my opinion, there are 2 top-notch ways to show that you are a good enough spriter for the Prototype:

The first--and in my opinion, the better of the two--is to create a thread in the General section showcasing some of your more impressive works. If you can wow the regular members enough that they post positively and often enough, you'll likely get the attention of the Community staffers [the most active ones are MegaBossMan, Spinstrike and Rhythm_BCA, currently], and if you get THEIR attention, and they like your works, they'll be sure to try to get your creations seen by Adrian Marceau, the programmer and creator of Prototype, and if HE likes your work, BOOM! You're most likely in.

If you're shy, though, you can go to the profile of any of the 3 above staffers and PM [Private Message] them links to your stuff. This is slightly less reliable than the first way, though, as all 3 of them--ESPECIALLY Rhythm--are busy, BUSY fellows.

In either case, make sure you show ONLY your BEST NES-style MM sprites. The BEST. If you show up with disappointing sprites, prepare to receive disappointing judgments.

Good luck.

First website suggestion of 2015? Sure, I'll take it.

Technically, it's not 2 months old, yet, so, it doesn't TECHNICALLY qualify as necroposting. Plus, it's an extremely valid and logical suggestion, too, I believe.

We ended up doing a lot more discussing than idea-giving, this week. It was a pretty nice change of pace.

Enjoy. Sunday Night Chatroom 1/25/2015

Those rules need their own stickied thread in the WORST way. There's also the matter of noting who the Admins and Mods are.

Shall I get to work? :P

I'd like to reiterate in case people didn't pay attention to Retro.

SEND YOUR VOTE IN A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO EITHER RETRO PIKACHU, MEGABOSSMAN, DAROACH OR MYSELF. DON'T COMMENT YOUR VOTE IN THIS THREAD.

Feel free to make actual comments or questions here, though.

Thank you. :)

It's like Mikey and proper punctuation, boi. :P

Barring an Adrian/Rhythm/Spinstrike/Reisrat showing, I'll probably be hosting [and pastebinning] this thing if Boss either doesn't make it or has to leave in the middle of it.

Needless to say, I'll be there.

@Daroach : Hasn't been decided yet. That'll be on the 19th, according to Retro's schedule in the thread post.

@Retro Pikachu : Why not just have this third one use all 10, then? With a different audience and a different time, it can very well mean different results. :P

@MegaBossMan : Retro said in Post #3 that the categories are the same 5 in the in the previous topic's thread; that would be "Favorite RM", "Favorite Type", "Favorite Classic Series Weapon", "Favorite Ability" and "Favorite Classic Series Stage".

Nothing about music in there, buddy. :P

Could I suggest "Favorite Classic Game", "Favorite Stage Music" and "Favorite RM To Fight" categories?

Been turned in mine. I do have a question, though: Exactly how many categories will there be to vote in?

*the SUNDAY Chats will resume.

@tobyjoey : Uhhhhhhhh, T.J.? You accidentally dropped an S-bomb, there, my friend. :P

@MerryBossMan, Adrian Marceau and ThatOneFrostMan : This only makes things worse.

50.5% of 375,000 damage [189,375] is even WORSE than 1% of 750,000 damage [7,500]. Nothing's balanced, nothing's even, and in the case of the indestructible Dark Spires, nothing's unbroken--you have so many different variables; as Field Support, Field Multipliers, Robot Weaknesses, Resistances and Immunities, Ability accuracies, Critical Hits, the fact that obtainable Neutral attacks HAVE no multiplier [or Star Force] support, and are therefore always weak, the list goes on and on.

There's so many ways to go around a Dark Spire to attack a group of enemies and/or a boss that it's not even funny, and 49.5% defense against even 15,000 damage [which is obtainable even WITHOUT Star Force if you know what you're doing] STILL kills any playable robot currently in Prototype.

If the Star Force are gonna be in Prototype, can the Star Force just be placeholders [Items that do nothing], at least for the time being until you 'figure out another way to make them unbroken'? The game's already broken enough as it is, what with us being able to OHKO 9999'ed out bots, along with the massive breaking of stats, the insane EXP boosts [making 9999 exp per battle even easier to achieve].

Also, again, there's nothing Adrian can do to Coreforce [besides the obvious thing] that *doesn't* make it either too useless or too broken: if it blocks 49.5%, it's much too low, if it's 99%, it's still not enough, and if it's 99*.99*%, it'd be too much.

No part of this 'trinity' keeps the other 2 in check enough to be anything other than extremely broken or extremely useless.

You showoff. :P

Also, you've already beaten Cossack's story, haven't you? o_O

@Shadownnico : If I'd have pointed that out, Adrian would've assumed that I'm taking a stab at his mathematical skills.

Actually, I pointed this out in the Legacy Chat meeting where he introduced Core Force, too.

@TheGrinch and King DeDeDe : I know who makes the game; It says on the bottom of every page on the site who made the game. I've suggested things for almost all of the 3.5 months I've been a part of this site, and yet, Adrian seems to take every 2nd thing I disagree with and/or correct him on outside of a Legacy Chat as disrespect. I only try to address what wrong with Prototype and give the most sensible, constructive and simplest solutions possible; Adrian is, after all, ONE guy doing all the programming by himself, so, it shouldn't be a crime to try to save the man some extra work.

It's not like I speak gibberish or make non-sensical arguments and points. It's a FACT that the game and Player Battles will be broken if Star Force is kept the way it is [and even MORE broken if Dark Spires are input into them]. It's a FACT that the game is currently hardest at the MM1 bots. It's a FACT that Level 100 won't cut it with over 130 confirmed opponents leveling up at least once for every storyline win the player attains. It's a FACT that there are better ways to unbreak the game than to add more things. These aren't opinions.

I don't call anyone derogatory names, I don't downgrade Adrian's programming skills, I don't curse, either. There aren't even any rules posted that AREN'T just unspoken, and I don't break those, either. If I'm supposed to believe Adrian's claim that I'm being aggressive, that's something else we're not gonna agree on. I believe I've already proven that can make very logical arguments without even coming close to breaking a single rule, so, I'm not disrespecting anyone. Never have. ADRIAN's rules say so.

Showing my work as to why I disagree with an idea--instead of just, you know, saying I don't like it--does not constitute breaking a rule.

@Adrian Marceau : Then, why are Copy and Neutral Stars sellable in Kalinka's shop?

See, you can't blame anyone for making an incorrect assumption when already released information is then deemed incorrect itself via new decisions you make. You end up with glaring inconsistensies, like that, and you even end up getting things wrong, yourself, such as what Shadow just mentioned, as well as the fact that there are *103* planned RM's, once you add the 10 PCR numbers into it. And yes, that 1 missing robot accounts for ~100 Stars, so it makes a difference in the Star Force count, which will STILL be in the neighborhood of 9,300-10,000. STILL impossible to put a lid on with the combinations of those and Critical Hits and Robot Weaknesses and Field Multipliers, even WITH both Coreforce AND this Dark Spires mechanic in place: 1% of 750,000 damage still slaughters any currently playable robot in the Prototype.

I don't disagree with ideas like this Dark Spires thing just to be......some word I can't say on this site. I show my work as to why I don't without breaking any posted or UNposted rule, even, so, I'm sorry, but, I don't see where I'm being aggressive and disrespecting you.

@Adrian Marceau : This was precisely what I meant when I said that, "If you're not careful, you'll end up having a mechanic regulating a 2nd mechanic meant for balancing out a 3rd mechanic meant for normalizing a 4th mechanic, etc, and STILL not achieve the desired result [and have yourself even MORE broken game mechanics as a result]" in my response to you in my Ideas #5 thread.

You've created a unneeded game mechanic to moderate 2 other unneeded game mechanics. Dark Spires will be absolutely useless during the storyline, as Star Force--from what you, yourself has told me previously in the Xat--is only available after you beat the mandatory storyline. If that's still the case, these Dark Spires will only matter AFTER we Prototypers beat the outer space robots to begin with; You'll have a bunch of storyline Boss battles with big, dark crystals in them that happen to be completely and utterly useless, and not influence the battle in any way.

Of course, you can remedy this by including Star Force in the storyline, too, but, as you just said, "Field Stars grant a +10% attack boost to dealt elemental damage of the same type. Fusion Stars work in much the same way, but contain the power of two different Field Stars in one. When collected by the player, their combined Star Force can boost the elemental effectiveness of a given type by over 9000%!"

It's actually more like than 12,000+ or 13,000+% for some types [Cutter, for example] after all 10,000+ planned Star Force stars are input into the game, but, I digress: My point is that, judging by that explanation, you don't plan on changing Star Force **at all**, so, including Star Force in the mandatory storyline will only make regular storyline battles even EASIER than they already are.

If you're trying to make memorably challenging boss fights using this Dark Spires system, it's only going to make the game insanely simple. Not to mention that it's more coding and programming for you, what with inputting a formula that's just as unneeded as both the insanely overpowerful Star Force AND the insanely useless Core Force. Even if the 3 ARE somehow properly and evenly moderated, it's impossible to KEEP it that way, with over 10,000 planned Star Force stars, now. It's only a matter of time before this idea becomes just as moot as Core Force is.

@IceTailsMK4 : Some people already don't wanna see my ideas, and that's OK; That's a reaction that I'm willing to put up with to challenge the broken systems that exist, and to see about offputting future broken systems by coming up with more solid ones. Someone has to have the gravitas to try to help the Prototype by point out a weak system when they see it BEFORE it's already implemented; might as well be me.

First, you've also made a mistake: Additional intro stages have been confirmed, and there's no promise that they'll all be Lv. 1, nor is there no promise that Adrian DOESN'T have plans to make players face Trill or other Bosses more than once. There's also no publically known TRUE storyline in place, yet, beside the Doctors and their robots mysteriously ending up in the Prototype to start with; The story hasn't STARTED, let alone finished. That matters not, though, as Adrian has confirmed in a previous Legacy Chat that he plans to work on the story last, so, enemy bot Levels matter even now, in this early stage of development.

Second, I mentioned the 'EVs' in my response to Boss's response to my Idea #8. I'm aware of the stats increasing after Lv. 100, but, the problem is that without ADDITIONAL coding and programming by Adrian--which can be completely avoided by simply raising the Level cap, by the by--Giving EV's to storyline enemies will be pretty difficult, if not impossible. I know this because some VERY good programming was likely needed to give Lance his 3 hacked Dragonites [2 are Lv. 48, 1 is Lv. 50, and Dragonair doesn't evolve into Dragonite until AT LEAST Lv. 55] in Pokemon Soul Silver. Why not save him the trouble of extra coding when he can, hmm?

Third, Adrian can change Star Force all he wants; It's going to be broken in some way, shape, form, fashion, sense, matter, magnitude or dimension, always and forever. There's over 10,000 of them planned for the game now. OVER 10,000. Adrian CAN'T keep it perfectly moderated with well over 10,000 of them to keep track of. Period. Not even the greatest programmer on Earth could maintain an even likably moderated Star Force, in my opinion. I'm trying to help Adrian realize this sooner than later; Star Force will ALWAYS be out of control.

Finally, your 3 points for moderating Star Force are all moot, because, as I said, Coreguard either doesn't block enough damage or will block TOO MUCH damage [i.e. 1 damage per turn], even 49.5% element defense can't save anyone from the combined power of Max Attack Stats AND Field Multipliers AND 10,000+ Star Force AND Robot Weaknesses AND Critical Hits.
Instead of Adrian making more and more work for himself, I'm simply saying that he can make things SO much easier on himself in the long run by just nixing the incredibly broken animal that is Star Force, altogether. It's an original element, yes, but, so are Program Advances in the BN series, and those are just as galactically broken; Just saying. Prototype would be a much better Prototype without it, and who doesn't want a better Prototype, hmm?

Oh, and please make some idea threads of your own. I'd LOVE that. xD

@MerryBossMan : Pardon the triple post, but, again, I'm making extremely valid points, here: No garbage or nonsensical gibberish, right? Just ideas backed up with some facts and flanked on either side with some hard truths. :P

@MerryBossMan : @ your response to #'s 4 and 5: Unpredictability is already why we have this thing called Ability accuracies. You've noticed the percentages attached to every Ability. That's it's base accuracy percentage before Speed is calculated, so, believe me, there's already an unpredictability factor in place LONG before Critical Hits are part of the equation: Will you hit or will you miss? This is a strategy game anyway, so randomosity doesn't need to be taking place more than absolutely necessary. Critical Hits are NOT necessary. You have all 3 Paper Mario games, Boss: Play a full front-to-back run on one of them if you still think that Critical Hits and 'randomosity' is important in making a memorably good RPG experience.
By the way, I've been shafted by Criticals too much in both the Pokemon series AND this game to ever see any 'good' side of Criticals. The game shouldn't get to decide how much damage something does. It'd help more if you remove Criticals anyway, since, chances are, they'll happen more TO you than FOR you, no matter WHAT percentages Adrian programmed them for.
As for the Speed stat as we currently know it, it's almost completely redundant, as I stated in 12/14's Legacy Chat. Why? Because even though it determines accuracy, there's already a system in place determining accuracy, and it's attached to every offensive ability in the game. Speed [as I also said in the same Legacy Chat] should be determining who attacks first, not some "Attack Speed" stat that makes all stats in general look completely useless. Again, my army should not be crushing Tails's in ANY battle, but they do, and almost easily, at that. Surely YOU can see that's ridiculous.
................right?

@ your response to #6: My remedy for offensive Abilities that deal damage in percentages was to give them static base attack numbers like every other well-regulated and well-moderated attack in the game. My remedy for offensive Abilities which increase/decrease stats by a percentage is to program some of my Status ideas in their stead, so that they increase stats by the same percentage regardless of how much damage it does, or how much Star Force is beefing it up.
If you have any better ideas........

@ your response to #7: You think that just because no one has told you that they have qualms about Star Force making the game too easy, that they AUTOMATICALLY don't have a problem with it? Stop pretending that you're *that* closed-minded; you aren't. :P
You know who ELSE broke the game? You. And pretty much everyone who has at least 1/2 the Stars. I've already explained during the 12/14 Leagacy Chat about how Coreguard will change nothing except make things more broken; if you have a lot of Cores, the storyline is easy as crap, even vs. Bosses. If you have a lot of Starforce AND Cores, the damage from the Starforce will make the Cores look like scrap.
Even if 99 Cores negated 99% of 750,000 damage, that's still 7,500 damage. -99% of 500,000 damage? 5,000. With the help of the Star Force AND Field Multipliers AND Robot Weaknesses AND Abilities that boost stats up to 99,999, come the MM5 update, base damage will reach levels like that, making Coreguard look ridiculous. Just to remind you, with EVERYONE's base HP at 100, you'll never see HP over 4,462 on a playable robot, save for the 3 lady bots.
There's nothing Corguard can do to fix this without being broken in some OTHER way. 99% is about as close to unbroken as it can make things. The lower it gets from that, the more useless it literally becomes. The higher it gets from that, the closer you get to making ALL attacks do 1 damage. This is why Coreguard is scrap. And also why the Star Force needs to go, it's literally breaking the game more and more the further into development the game goes.
As for your Support-Type idea, while it SOUNDS clever, you forget something; a 21st Type wouldn't be needed if ALL Star Force was gone.

@ your response to #8: There's ALREADY 'EVs': KO an enemy Robot and the Robot who dealt the blow will gain a little bit more Attack, Defense and Speed than [s]he normally would.
As for the bridge, we're already getting very close to it, by the by, what with more intro stages, more bots, at least 1 confirmed incoming Boss and 8 brand new robots to face in the MM5 update. Contrary to your response, Lv. 50 HAS been broken: Cossack's 'Final Destination III' bots are at Lv. 55, and it's EXTREMELY likely the MM5 update will push it to Lv. 60, Lv. 65 or even more; Do you REALLY think that the update that has Lv. 100 storyline bots is that far off?

So, there. I tried to find an agreeable point in there, but, it's likely buried under ideas that either cram more broken mechanics into the game or are just plain wrong, especially when you do all the proper research and math.

@MerryBossMan : Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. How is it that I see things you still can't?

@ your response to #1: BAAAAAAAAAD comparison. Wood Man's Base Attack is 132 on his stage with an attack that needs 2 turns to launch. THAT, plus the face that nearly 1/2 of Wood's Base stats in centered on Defense, are the reasons why Wood Man sucks. Cut Man's base attack is 214 on his stage with an attack that can hit 3x, and his stats, for the most part, are well-rounded, making him the MUCH more lethal opponent.
Fire Man and Gemini Man is another bad one. Fire Man has 266 base attack on his stage. Gemini Man only 182 base attack on his, and mind you, you don't face Gemini Man in a storyline scenario, yet. Pretty lopsided.
Elec Man is VERY OP [both FOR you and especially AGAINST you] once you put Thunder Beam into it. Don't make me get into that again. That also has to do with both Idea #6 AND stats.
You're missing the point. It's not that the MM1 bots themselves are OP [most are actually UNDERpowered]. It's that they're OP on THEIR Field, and you must FIGHT them on THEIR Fields.Why are the MM1 bots OP on their fields? Their stats. You face them first, an their stats are too lopsided for being the first major enemies you fight. Plain and simple. Especially Bomb Man and Elec Man. There's not a playable robot in the entire GAME with as much attack power as they have. Not yet, anyway.
Stats are not only *A* problem, they're *THE* problem. I shouldn't have to consult a BBS or a guide for the FIRST CHAPTER IN THE GAME, you know? This isn't a sequel. This isn't an X/BN/Zero game, either. Heck, even MMX1 isn't so complicated that you need an instruction manual [or a BBS].
This is.

@ your response to #2: The Nitron family would like a word with you.
Jokes to the side, if we put a stop in the normalcy and sameness, NOW, it'll save Adrian a bunch of trouble later. Again, barring that, Tier 3 moves should just be slightly more useful than your normal Tier 1 and Tier 2 moves, and they should really be unique. I mean, TRULY unique. Make Gyro Man fly. Make Drill Man dig underground. Make Hard Man do his patented [not really] 12-damage headbutt. Make Quick Man use his supposedly awesome [not really] agility to give him my Evade status [ups chance of avoiding all Abilities to 30%.] for 2 or 3 Turns.

@ your response to #3: They're not ALL supposed to be freebies. I just got finished talking about how, at some point, the game has to stop treating you like a beginner. NOTHING should still have a base stat total as low as 200 when you're 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 chapters into it. Just no. RPG's--good ones, anyway--don't have enemies that wimpy that late on, and Prototype shouldn't, either. All the current v1 Mechas, regardless of Level, are easy to crush for when you meet them. But, it CAN'T stay that way for EVERY v1 Mecha in the game.
In fact, The stats for current v1 Mechas are so low, that the only chance they have of attacking first comes when you factor Attack Speed into it. That's ridiculous. The base stat totals of Mechas must also start increasing at some point as you advance later on in the game, especially if you want to create a more enjoyable experience. As I've been saying, easy does NOT automatically = enjoyable, and the game shouldn't be treating you like a beginn.....you know.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Nice to have you back, Pika--I mean, uhhh, Sneasel.

Why'd you need a whole year [not really], though? :P

So, there you go. Mikey being a stubborn idiot by talking back to The Adrian, right? No. Mikey stating what he sees to be blatantly obvious and trying to keep you from making more broken game mechanics. I do care enough to tell you that 170% of 100 isn't 17,000, remember? :P

I care about this thing you made. Just don't wanna see it [more] broken.

@Adrian Marceau : Well, heck, Adrian, it's you, so, of course I have to not be rude and answer back. xD

@ your response to #1: When's the last time you played the game from the start? As I've stated in previous Legacy Chat meetings, Bomb Man and Elec Man have a base Attack stat of 282 on their fields, and that's not considering the doubled base attack stats of their Abilities. That 282 is higher than any other available Robot Master boosted by the field multipliers on a non-Fusion Field. This is LONG before any Star Force is even a factor in the game. Yet more proof that the MM1 robots are hardest, which, again, is completely backwards.
Stats are a MUCH bigger problem than you think, friend.

@ your response to 2: Another broken idea you have there, especially with 8 robots on my team. You can endlessly use 'Giga Attacks' this way, forever. When my 1st robot drains all it's WE by using one, I just switch to the 2nd. The 1st now regains WE at twice the rate, and I get another Giga Attack to use. Instantly. Rinse and Repeat. Do you know what that would do to Player Battles?
Things are already too broken as it is, remember? Giga attacks aren't needed. UNIQUE attacks are what's needed. For some Tier 3 ability ideas, try the Dive Torpedo [Dive Man's Slide sprite] or the Guts Quake [when Guts jumps straight up] or the Needle Headbutt [Needle Man's headbutt sprite] or the Gemini Twins [Gives Gemini my Speedster Status, allowing him to attack twice for the following 2 or 3 turns]. Come talk to me if you want more ideas. You know how to PM me [it's your site; you better know how xD ].

@ your response to #3: So, MM10 Mechas will have 200 base stats, too? All right. You'll see what I mean when they just become EXP magnets, allowing players to dispatch of the later RM's and Bosses like scrap [dem overkill exp bonuses, man].

@ your response to #4: Removing stuff is not conceding defeat, nor is it a sign of weakness: Who are you racing against to build this? :P
I hate that most of your remedies is to make the game more complicated by overthinking and adding broken and easily exploited game mechanics. :P
In all seriousness, though, nothing more should be left to chance than absolutely necessary. Critical hits ruin the 'strategy' part of the whole game, randomly spotting off double damage when the game wants isn't strategy. And again, I keep finding that this is a problem much more near the beginning of the game, where the MM1 robots are already un-beginner-friendly as it is.
Oh, by the way, Pokémon attacks--most of them, anyway--does not deal absolute damage totals. Sometimes you can actually get 'critical hit!' prompts when it only does what seems like 1.6x or 1.7x damage, and yes, 3x damage is VERY much possible.

@ your response to #5: As I told Tails once, the fact that my robots --where there's not a stat that even touches 3,100, let alone 9,999--can dispatch of robots in Tails' army like scrap is ridiculous. If I choose my attacks against his teams correctly, I can make all those 9,999's look completely and utterly meaningless, and get billions of BP in the process. You don't find that ridiculous? Even a little bit?

@ your response to #'s 6 and 7: I don't mean to be rude, but, No neutral Stars is a complete contradiction to what you say in your response to #7, my friend. Roll, Disco and Rhythm [and possibly Rush, Treble and Beat] will STAY weak compared to all the others? Forever? This is why I suggested #7 to start with; if you're going to omit one type of Star Force, you should omit them ALL--your response to #6 just revealed [likely accidently] that Neutral-type robots are going to be the weakest type of robot in the whole game, forever. I thought you DIDN'T want to 'piss people off'? :P
It's funny how your remedies are to add MORE things and plop MORE work on yourself instead of saving yourself the agony and the time and simply UNdoing what's obvious. If you're not careful, you'll end up having a mechanic regulating a 2nd mechanic meant for balancing out a 3rd mechanic meant for normalizing a 4th mechanic, etc, and STILL not achieve the desired result [and have yourself even MORE broken game mechanics as a result]. So, we now know that you couldn't care less about who you anger, so, again, what's the problem with making the game UNbroken and removing them all? :P

@ your response to #8: Lv. 100 is not an accomplishment when you can get there in 10 battles [LESS than 10 if you're Bass, Disco, Proto Man and Rhythm, since they start at Lv.'s 11, 11, 21 and 21, respectively]. It's also not an accomplishment when every robot you pick up is already AT Lv. 100, as the later obtainable bots will be. You are, again, overthinking this with some new game mechanic that'll break your game even more, my friend. Again, the cap doesn't have to be Lv. 200 or Lv. 250, but, it CAN'T stay at Lv. 100. Not if you want any semblance of challenge in the latest stages of the storyline.

*gasp* You went back in tiiiiiiiime!

Heh. Never had this happen to me.............yet. I'll let you know if it does.

It's my pleasure to report that Tails is now a Chat Mod. WOOOOOOO!

Don't **** him off. :P

*Scrooge :P

@MerryBossMan : Actually, it might be better if they seemed not monotone and machine-like, and not as if they have personalities like your run of the mill RM, but, a personality in between. After all, they will be either mini-bosses, or just plain out and out bosses [either way, unobtainable].

I have an idea in mind: Cold and calculating, a la DarkMan.exe from MMBN3. Observe:

Dark Man 1:
Start: Target acquired. Preparing to attack enemy.
Taunt: Enemy is slow; in more ways than one. Preparing endgame.
Victory: Enemy dispatched. Acquiring next target...
Defeat: ...tanked again. Retreating.....

Dark Man 2:
Start: Enemy spotted. Preparing defensive barriers.
Taunt: Target's offenses are laughably low. Preparing to terminate.
Victory: Target neutralized. Scanning next target...
Defeat: ...shielded from victory. Retreating.....

Dark Man 3:
Start: Target in sight. Ready to fire.
Taunt: Enemy is a wimp...and a *weak* wimp, at that. Launching final assault.
Victory: Enemy destroyed. Seeking next target...
Defeat: ...taking contact. Retreating.....

Dark Man 4:
Start: Enemy in range. Initiating complete destruction.
Taunt: ...preparing to end the pathetic and miserable existence of enemy.
Victory: Enemy finished. Readying next enemy for destruction.
Defeat: Enemy...refuses...to be destroyed. Retreating.....

and, seeing as I suggested a Dark Man 5 as an optional Superboss in a previous Legacy Chat:

Dark Man 5:
Start: Prey has appeared. Commencing annihilation.
Taunt: Preparing to put prey out of their misery...
Victory: ...prey was just like all the others. Seeking next victim.
Defeat: ...the prey is...the hunter...? Retreating.....

There's personalities there, but, they're strictly business, focused on their goal, like DarkMan.exe was. Get me?

I don't mean to double post [or bump, for that matter], but, it's pretty important that opinions be voiced about this. It's pretty much at a standstill unless either I know whether people like it or not or until Adrian comes back with HIS opinions on it, and the latter might take another month. :P

Which, again, explains why we never see him anymore [and also why his BP is collecting dust]. :P

I should go over to that chat and fetch him, sometime. x)

@Kirbologist and @TheGrinch : Yeah, Kirb, it is an unwritten, but, enforced rule here that cursing isn't allowed. Just so you know. And, actually, Do--uh, Grinch, both Field Support AND Mecha Support randomly appear in Reggae's Shop. When it DOES show, you can buy both from Reggae for 12,000z per doctor [and you can choose what doc you buy it for before you buy it].

@ZeroDXZ : Yeah, sure, they matter, but, they are very much BOOSTED by the stars that you collect, and the more you have, the more they will be boosted.

Stats matter, yes, but, Stars matter more. MUCH more. As I told you that night [12/2], you must get more Stars. 20 isn't gonna you too far up the first page of the leaderboard.

@TheDoc : That'd be a good idea, as Pengs have an affinity to Water attacks, anywho. x)

I don't know WHAT happened, there, but, I'm gonna assume that this affinity had SOMETHING to do with it.

@TheDoc : The problem with Shadow Man, though, is that he doesn't do enough damage to be anything more than annoying in the difficulty department. Touching him or his Shadow Blades only does 4 damage, if I recall correctly, and his slide only does 6, I think. If it weren't for the fact that bustering him only does 1 damage to him instead of 2, he'd just be another Fire Man [if you meet Fire at full health, and keep rapid-firing the Buster as quickly as you can, you'll almost always kill him before he kills you].

The only possible ways that Shadow Man can kill you is by your having a bad reaction time, or by jumping left when you should've jumped right [or vice versa].

Charge Man, in my experience, is a better Shadow Man than Shadow Man is, seeing as how he's much taller, a little faster and very much more efficient at giving contact damage.

.....which brings me back to the point of the thread: what's there to like about Shadow Man besides him being a ninja, again? x)

I suppose I should've clarified that I hate the little jumping jack. There's way better and tougher RM's that I feel as though make Shadow Man look stupid: Ice Man, Elec Man, Charge Man, Slash Man, Search Man, Clown Man and Grenade Man just for starters [and if you don't think that Elec Man is tough, beat him with just the buster. Harder than it sounds, I promise you.]

I especially hate Shadow Man's stage theme, as I feel that it's almost as overrated as Snake Man's theme, which is almost as overrated as the MM2 Wily Castle 1 theme.

Whenever I ask someone why they like Shadow Man, tough, I get the same stock answer; "'cause he's a ninja". No one ever names any other reasons, at least, not to me. :P

Also, Doc, you should try fighting Spark Mandrill with just uncharged Buster Shots. I've still yet to beat him this way. :P

"Magna Centipede is awesome"?

No, Mega Man X is awesome. Spark Mandrill is awesome. Toxic Seahorse is awesome. Shadow Devil is awesome.

Besides him barely resembling a ninja, it'll have to be logically explained to me as to how someone as wimpy to fight as Magna Centipede [or Shadow Man, for that matter] can be awesome.

Greaaaaaaaat. I don't COMPLETELY suck at this.

.....automatically? o.O

.....following that extremely strange logic, that makes Magna Centipede in X2 awesome, too [he's not]. :P

[I let you [and Tails] have your week in the sun. My turn. :P]

@MetaKirbSter : So, you KNOW you were pulling a Searinox as you typed this?

Just letting you know; unless you delete this thread immediately, you should expect to be TREATED like a Searinox.

Someone's in the Xat.

Some guy named Mikey, idunno.

Meh, some guy named MegaBossMan, whoever he is. xD

@Retro Pikachu : MUST. RESIST. CURIOSITY IMPULSE.

Whatever you do over the next 365 days, please stay safe and in one piece.....and alive, preferably. Take care, man.

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@MegaBossMan : Oh, great. Adrian's already a stranger as it is. *siiiiiiiiiiiigh*

Who's supposed to be the site's Number 3 until you handle your newfound Smash addiction?

@MetaKirbSter : you'll need to drop into the Xat so that I [or another Admin or Mod] can promote you to a Member.

Impressive. VERY impressive.

I'm not even an art person, and I'm impressed. Nicely done.

You forgot MM, though. :P

You forgot to put November 7's chat up there, Boss. Post #151 has the link.

Also, to explain further, people are generally busy Friday nights at 7 PM eastern, what with homework and dinner, so, to accommodate, Boss and I took a vote after today's Legacy Chat and found that Sundays at 6 PM may be best.

So, OFFICIALLY, the next Legacy Chat meeting will be Sunday, November 23, at 6:00 PM eastern. Mark your calendars.

You might have a good idea, there, Kirb. I'll second that.

38. My Roll still works, by the by; I just make sure to use the original one, which my Dr. Light has. The 2nd roll is Dr. Cossacks, and I haven't even given it moves, yet, let alone used it; I'm afraid BOTH Rolls will end up like Shadow's Bubble Men if I do ANYTHING wth Cossack's Roll, though, so, I'll likely NEVER use her.

That makes you only the 7th person ever to get them all. From one member of the 1024 Club to another, I congratulate you.

Next time you wanna celebrate something, though, post it here in the Celebration Thread. The board would become clogged with celebrations if a thread was made for each one. :P

Edited previous post with the 8 I didn't like.

I have 37 DS; of those, there's 29 that I like at least a little bit:

Bejeweled Twist [Puzzle],
Big Brain Academy [Action/Puzzle],
Bomberman [Action/Adventure],
Custom Robo Arena [Adventure/Shooting],
Diddy Kong Racing DS [Racing],
Dig Dug: Digging Strike [Adventure/Arcade],
Geometry Wars: Galaxies [Shooting],
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days [Adventure/RPG],
Kingdom Hearts: Re: Coded [Adventure/RPG],
Kirby Mass Attack [Action/Adventure],
Kirby Squeak Squad [Action/Adventure],
Kirby Super Star Ultra [Action/Adventure],
Mario Kart DS [Racing],
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March Of The Minis [Puzzle],
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem [Puzzle],
Mega Man Star Force [I have the Leo version, Adventure/RPG],
Mega Man Star Force 2 [I have the Zerker x Ninja version, Adventure/RPG],
Mega Man Star Force 3 [I have the Black Ace version, Adventure/RPG],
Meteos [Puzzle],
New Super Mario Bros. [Adventure/Platformer],
Pokémon Conquest [RPG],
Retro Game Challenge [many different genres],
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood [Adventure/RPG],
Space Invaders Revolution [Arcade],
Star Fox Command [Strategy/RPG],
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll [Action/Puzzle],
Tetris DS [Puzzle], and...
The World Ends With You [Adventure/RPG].

...and there's 8 that I ended up not liking so much or not liking at all, but, just never traded in because Gamestop is cheap with used games:

Mega Man Battle Network 5 Double Team DS [Adventure/RPG],
Mega Man Zero Collection [Adventure/Platformer]
Pokémon Soul Silver [Adventure/RPG],
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue [Adventure/RPG],
Kirby: Canvas Curse [Adventure/Platformer]
I Spy Universe [This was a gift. Hidden object/Puzzle],
Brain Age [This was a gift. Puzzle]
Brain Age 2 [This was a gift. Puzzle]

No game has a rating higher than E10+, except for The World Ends With You, which is rated T.

Well, what DS games do you have?

I'd like to report a site bug.

< Notice this column over here. Not the hundreds of billions of BP, but the 2 stats UNDER it; the TP [Topics Posted] and PP [Posts Posted]. See 'em? Remember those numbers.

Now, click on my name, and go to my profile. Look under the "Community Forum Stats" on it. Notice a difference?

Pretty positive that thae FORUM'S tally is correct, and not my Profile's; I haven't been here that long [only 2 months] to log in that many topics. The differences are even wider with VERY active Forum posters such as Adrian, Boss, Tails, Shadow, Account, MetaKirb, etc. [i.e., fellas who've been here posting on the forums for way longer than I have. :P]