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For large social games such as Survivor where the primary mechanic is social interaction.
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Post Post #100 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 7:31 am

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Survivor: xofelf where everyone plays a former xofelf character, the game for 50 players!
I thought the PSV theme turned out well tbh, the cartoon avatars made it feel like a kid's show and everyone loves ice cream.
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Post Post #101 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 7:45 am

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In post 94, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 79, hiplop wrote:Pedit: idk man imna huge gamer and i struggled to tell the difference between people in nexus
this is such a wild concept to me.

the only complaint i could see that for would be like... mixing up tyrael/auriel because they're both angels
zeratul/karass were both protoss but they looked really different
Kel thuzad/karass/zabanthur /abathur/ tyrael/auriel/

All extremely odd names that looked vaguely alienish
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Post Post #102 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 7:46 am

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Bro I think honestly the issue with MLS is all the logos are very similar. If you did like football mascots(American) I don't think it'd be hard. But a bunch of letters surrounded by some emblem is not good.
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Post Post #103 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 8:19 am

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I think sports could be fine. It may work best as a smaller game and people should know what they're getting into ahead of time though. I also mentioned Olympics cause that would allow a more general approach to sports that imo could appeal to casual fans in addition to others. Like it'd be more of a focus on the sports in general than specific athletes and teams from a minor league soccer thing nobody cares about.

That being said, if I run a game this summer, I'm leaning towards MCU/Skyrim/Food/SW/UN
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Post Post #104 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 8:48 am

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In post 102, hiplop wrote:Bro I think honestly the issue with MLS is all the logos are very similar. If you did like football mascots(American) I don't think it'd be hard. But a bunch of letters surrounded by some emblem is not good.
Eff u DCU is a fucking Eagle. Timbers are an Axe. RSL is... okay I'll give u that one
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Post Post #105 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 11:32 am

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Also like logos are so devoid of personality, it's messed up but how someone's avatar looks totally affects how I think of them and how much I like them. And I also got Columbus and Colorado mixed up all the time and still do tbh

I didn't get the people in Nexus messed up and I knew none of them going in, I don't know what Hiplop is talking about. Also Zabanthur isn't a thing.
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Post Post #106 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 11:37 am

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I think the best themes are themes that virtually all potential players can relate to, I don't care that much about most themes and sign up regardless of them, but my favorite theme so far of a game that I've been in is Civ because even though I don't play the video game, I know world history and almost everyone knows some world history so that was an easy place to start conversations

The polar opposite of that is DBZ Abridged where the theme was about as niche as it can get

So I would support like a UN game or a Food game, I know people were suggesting Survivor of the Fittest at one point and that would also be great. You want as much familiarity with the theme as possible
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Post Post #107 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 11:56 am

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I really enjoyed being able to reuse basically every conversation ever about Pikachu. As long as it's something I can talk about. Marvel/DCU/Pokemon are all great themes for that reason.
I had no problem with MLS avatars, I thought their basic, bright color schemes were aesthetically pleasing >.>
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Post Post #108 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 2:23 pm

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Burn Pikachu
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Post Post #109 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 2:24 pm

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How about Survivor: Pokémon that aren't Pikachu
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Post Post #110 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 2:43 pm

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But I want a turn to be pikachu........
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Post Post #111 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 2:55 pm

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I would actually think a Pokémon series based on each gen would be cool
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Post Post #112 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 3:05 pm

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In post 109, BROseidon wrote:How about Survivor: Pokémon that aren't Pikachu
Get kloud, then...


EDIT: That was supposed to be for the above post, lol.
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Post Post #113 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 4:00 pm

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Final Fantasy is an amazing theme, please do it.
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Post Post #114 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 4:26 pm

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In post 68, xRECKONERx wrote:PSV was mostly newbies and people did get apathy from the theme
Yeah I quit spectating PSV quickly because I couldn't distinguish the players well enough or get attached to them, same with MLS
In post 81, Empire wrote:has final fantasy been done as a theme? mina and i have been talking about modding a game and that might be what we go with if it hasn't.
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Post Post #115 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 4:49 pm

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Mint chocolate chip was great you should have got attached to him :(
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Post Post #116 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 4:54 pm

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I was, but he called me old and I just couldn't have that.
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Post Post #117 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 5:56 pm

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By the way, I'm now looking for a co-mod for The Emojivivor Movie! It's a Survivor game based on emojis and The Emoji Movie (not a joke)
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Post Post #118 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 6:16 pm

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Post Post #119 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 7:40 pm

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Still don't see how dragonball z is niche.
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Post Post #120 (ISO) » Fri May 04, 2018 7:41 pm

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abridged is niche
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Post Post #121 (ISO) » Sat May 05, 2018 12:39 am

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In post 48, Aronis wrote:Since this is a theme test market, what're y'alls thoughts on the following themes? Do any specific ones sound fun?
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Star Wars
Yes

Marvel cinematic universe
Yes

DC cinematic universe
Meh

Hunger games
Sure

Pirates of the Caribbean
Yes but pirates in general would be better

Food
Yes

NFL
No

MLB
No

NBA
No

Olympics
possibly

College sports
No

Skyrim
Yes

Fortnite
Fuck No

Minecraft
Sure

United Nations
Yep

Indiana Jones
Yah
In post 58, Vijarada wrote:Skyrim has tens/hundreds, although perhaps not many appealing characters. All Elder Scrolls would have more & be great. minecraft no characters, but popular franchise. food would be good I would love food. hunger games doesn't appeal to me. Olympics would be nice, other sports not so much, those are all American sports I have no interest in, but nobody wants to do Survivor Cricket either. Literally never heard of fortnite apart from hella people are streaming it on twitch or whatever.
i would absolutely play survivor cricket
In post 62, BROseidon wrote:Just wait for me to do Rugby Union :)
would also love this
In post 85, Cephrir wrote:i still kind of want to do fire emblem but that requires me to have the thought process "modding a survivor game is a good idea" which is a relatively rare thought process for me to have
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Post Post #122 (ISO) » Sat May 05, 2018 12:40 am

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I'd say DBZ is even niche.
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Post Post #123 (ISO) » Sat May 05, 2018 1:50 am

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In post 119, DeathNote wrote:Still don't see how dragonball z is niche.
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Post Post #124 (ISO) » Sat May 05, 2018 1:50 am

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I can wear DBZ shirt to a party and everyone will know what it is?
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