No-Win scenario

[dragonseth]

He says that this was his own no-win scenario in his rant, and that his players would be in a no-win scenario in his campaign, so that means he's doing this from where his players would be, right? So, his players would be defending this castle?

[SteveMB]

He says that this was his own no-win scenario in his rant, and that his players would be in a no-win scenario in his campaign, so that means he's doing this from where his players would be, right? So, his players would be defending this castle?

Apparently -- it would seem that the people who guessed that the cute and plush side were the ones Parson described as "vile and unholy, not to mention unspeakable" called it.

[Yogi]

Apparently -- it would seem that the people who guessed that the cute and plush side were the ones Parson described as "vile and unholy, not to mention unspeakable" called it.

Not necessarily. He never said that the players would be playing the good side.

[SteveMB]

Not necessarily. He never said that the players would be playing the good side.

He did say they would be in "a desperate final struggle for survival", and now says he was going to put them in "a no-win scenario", which sounds far more applicable to Stanley's side than to Ansom's.

[chionophile]

Doesn't mean that the characters in Parson's game match up with the ones in Erfworld. It's very possible that Ansom is good and Stanley is evil while the besiegers in Parson's game are evil and the besieged are good.

It's the scenario that's the same, not the people.

[Radar]

It is most likely that Parson's friends would play the defending side. First because it is harder to win with that side and his players are propably rather skilled, so nothing below impossible would be enough Second thing is, what kind of army Ansom leads - too cute to be likable (it was discussed in details elsewhere).

Apparently -- it would seem that the people who guessed that the cute and plush side were the ones Parson described as "vile and unholy, not to mention unspeakable" called it.

This word catched my eye. Didn't Stanley mentioned the very same aspect? It seems that Erfworld is similar to Parson's scenario in more ways then i have seen before.

By the way: even if Erfworld is an ideal copy of Parson's game, it still can be real. In a Mulitiversum all possibilities exist.

And i find it interesting, that Parson prefers to put his eyebook so that it resambles a laptop.

[SteveMB]

Doesn't mean that the characters in Parson's game match up with the ones in Erfworld. It's very possible that Ansom is good and Stanley is evil while the besiegers in Parson's game are evil and the besieged are good.

It's the scenario that's the same, not the people.

Possible. Presumably, Parson would be running the side opposed to his playtesters, and he said that prefers to play the bad guys....

[Imgran]

Knowing Parson, he created a situation where he would trick his players into picking a side which looked like it had the overwhelming advantage, but in fact had so many subtle little problems that it could not win.

[Electric_Monkey]

Plus, it makes more sense for four players to be controlling the disparate coalition, with whatever tricks Parson's come up with to cause communication problems and infighting.

[Fo Shizzle]

I personally think Ansom was pretty evil like in #34 with all that talk about non royals and such. So it's all up in the air for me as to which side is the "good" side.

Maybe Parson designed his game to blur the lines of good and evil which would probably only add fuel to the fire of a no-win situation.

[Frank]

I think Ashna (Comic 0015) looks like the dominatrix Erfian, and the guy next to her on OUR right looks like Stanley. And the guy on her left like the hippie.

Which would make him on the side of his players.

Therefore...

SPOOOOOOOOILER

















Erfworld is punishment to overrigheous DMs.












Anyone else?

-Frank

[Frank]

I think Ashna (Comic 0015) looks like the dominatrix Erfian, and the guy next to her on OUR right looks like Stanley. And the guy on her left like the hippie.

Which would make him on the side of his players.

Therefore...

SPOOOOOOOOILER

















Erfworld is punishment to overrigheous DMs.












Anyone else?

-Frank

[Jari Kafghan]

I think the guy in the hat also looks very similar to the first warlord that was encountered in the strip.