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Time and time again people have critisised my plans for global domination. "EVIL!" They shout.

What have I done wrong? I merely want to be supreme overlord of the world, and impose the death penalty for any crime! Of course including disagreeing with me... But is that so bad? Is it not what every man dreams of? (Apart from being in a hot tub with 15 naked beautiful girls and maple syrup.)

I merely want to bring order to this world. Is that so wrong?

Answers on a postcard please.

Cactus! Oh, and bump.

I'd have to say I agree. I have a feeling that I can run this place a hell of a lot better than the current guys do :D

I'd have to say I agree. I have a feeling that I can run this place a hell of a lot better than the current guys do :D

The route to order is fear. MAKE the people FEAR what will happen if they break the law. Incarceration does not work. Painful execution does.

And to hell with Ethics. Nothing but a group of stupid morals set up by a group of religious nuts to keep us in line. I will ensure safety and peace, by enforcing my own morals on the people-they break em? They die in pain. :mad:

I'd be something of a "Smile! OR ELSE" leader. So yeah, fear it is.

Sweetie, it's nothing to do with your plans per se, it's just that people really dislike change & struggle to cope with it. Give a few years of your utter domination & painful executions & maple syrup & they'll soon see the error of their ways

ps. did I mention that I'm a beautiful woman? ;)

Give a few years of your utter domination & painful executions & maple syrup & they'll soon see the error of their ways

ps. did I mention that I'm a beautiful woman? ;)

Oh yeah? ;)

Concidering how screwed up the world currently is, I doubt it could get worse if I took over it. :D There are some differences in how I would do it, however. Fear is not fully reliable at all times, so I would combine it with brainwashing. People would dedicate their lives to obey. They would have it as their ultimate goals. Combine that with moderate amounts of fear, and order is pretty much guaranteed.

I also don't see why to have the death penalty for all crimes. Why not reserve it for the wort cases, and use torture and "re-education" for lesser crimes? It would be atleast as effective, and once punished, the people could continue mindlessly working for my society.

It's egoistic.

*nod*

It's egoistic.

*nod*Egoistic? Dedicating your life to improving the world? :D

Egoistic? Dedicating your life to improving the world? :D
More like shaping the world to your own ideas of right and wrong...... and yes that is egoistic.

The world can be improved without taking it over

Because you'll fail, and it will end in tears.

A long, long time ago, in a family room far away, I almost achieved complete dominion over my rivals. Because you don't know any better, I'm going to write this story, and if there's any justice in the universe some malevolent will is going to force you to read it.

It was Kevin's birthday party, Tony, Dave, and myself were going to be sleeping over. We hadn't conceived of midnight capture the flag, with the joys of police officers, emergency rooms, and sweet sweet bitter tears. So Kevin busted out his Marvel Superheroes game. But since none of us, save he, had properly played the RPG, we made up new rules to go with the little tear off hero pieces and the generic city map. There would be four teams, and we would pick from the hero pile, and the last person to pick a hero would be the first to pick a building as a base which only his team could enter and would be unassailable.

It was Kevin's birthday so he picked first. Be a great fan of Marvel Comics, he picked based on the which characters were coolest at the time. Wolverine went first, and his team was tough, but mostly photogenic. Tony was next, and being a numbers kind of guy picked the guys with the biggest numbers; notably, Magneto and Thor. I was third, not quite the comic devote I picked who I thought was cool (The Hulk), and as a last pick entirely by coincidence Rogue. Dave, well, he set out to make his team a rag-tag band of underachievers and early Queer Eye pioneers, especially Iceman. He succeeded brilliantly.

Kevin explained the rules: The abilities were listed on the back of the cards that corresponded to the map piece for each hero. And we rolled two 10 sided die and consulted a table on the back of the booklet. A miss was just that, and a green feat was good enough, but a green feat or better would beat it. A yellow feat would beat a green feat. But the only thing that would beat a red feat was another red feat. And so we played our epic ad hoc game of Marvel Chess. And for hours NOTHING happened. Our pieces moved hither and yon, but as it would turn out, it was a delicate balance. For instance only Wolverine could kill The Hulk, and he'd need a red feat, but he might do it one shot. The only one with a realistic shot at killing Wolverine was the Hulk, but it'd take forever. And Thor could cream almost any little guy from nearly anywhere on the map, but if he left the his sanctuary, one of the other heavyweights like the Hulk, might put a quick end to it. Dave's team was almost inconsequential, and only Invisible Girl could prevent his team from being wiped out immediately.

But he and Kevin would have these little skirmishes. And anytime a sizable fight broke out the very mobile, and powerful would start to show up to begin the desperately needed attrition. But soon Spider-man's odds would begin to look very slim, so the heroes would escape, and with no one willing to risk their heavy hitters, the fight would just evaporate. And so it went for 5 long hours.

But just as one fight was breaking up, my Hulk slammed Kevin's Wolverine, knocking him out. Dave, finally sensing an opportunity to do some damage that might be sorely felt, had Iceman encase Wolverine in ice up to his neck. Ice that Wolverine would need a rare red feat to escape. And all at once a plan was revealed to me. The Hulk was all but invulnerable to everything but that accursed Wolverine. Who himself was all but unkillable due to his X-factor healing. But Rogue could steal powers, and for the purposes of this game, she got to keep every power she stole, and got to keep it for the remainder of the game. So startling everyone, who thought I would just begin the long dice rolling marathon that would be The Hulk trying to choke Wolverine to death, and probably failing, The Hulk scooped the frozen Canadian up and jumped into a square adjacent to my impervious base. As I'm moving Rogue out of my base to administer the coup de grace no one knows is coming, Dave start in on me, demanding to know what the hell I'm doing. With Rogue in position, and my turn ended, I tell him to wait, "It'll all make sense soon enough." So he hunkers down for another hour of grinding futility, convinced that right there the balance of power would have shifted, and now it's all my fault. And maybe a nagging worry that everything would be ended on terms decisively dictated by me. On Kevin's turn, Wolverine wakes up, and we figure out Wolverine needs that red feat, which isn't all that easy to get. He repositions his pieces near some of Tony's. And Tony responds in kind. My turn has come at last.

So I begin the most articulate, detailed, confident, and I might as well say it, over-dramatic speech of my life. Oh I tell Dave why I did what I did. It's over. The rest of the game is a formality at this point. It's mathematically IMPOSSIBLE for me to lose. And by the way, here's the step by step plan of how I'm going to take each of the heavyweights down, and mitigate whatever counter measure might exist. In my hour of triumph, I *know* there is nothing that will save any of them as I laugh maniacally, and distant thunder peels. I can see their sullen expressions, the misery will end, but it will be slow, and hopeless. And I'm as happy as I've ever been. So I announce Rogue touches Wolverine and steals his power. Oh hoho, but not so fast. After all he is awake, as Kevin points out. I know what you're thinking, yeah, he's encased in ice. And they're quick to point out Rogue can't touch him *through* the ice.

Quite the technicality, but after a speech like that, they're not going to let me off. Besides, he's in ice, it's only a matter of time. He's the only one who can even harm The Hulk, so why should I be worried. A small delay to the inevitable. So I roll. And they just can't believe it. A 99. A red feat. Wolverine is toast, and my merciless justice will be swift today as well. Even Kevin, flush from his recent legal victory, gulps back the bitter unfairness of it. Resolute, he rolls. Barely, making a red feat. Encased in ice, and dazed, Wolverine managed to evade Rogue's touch. Couldn't she have just followed the contour of the ice? Probably, but 1) A five yearold wasn't there to point that out, and 2) this story would have a completely different ending. So I start making another speech about how it doesn't really matter, another turn is coming up, and I realize I can't be heard over Wolverines cheering section. But it's Tony's moment now, after that I can put an end to this. So he looks up from the back of his hero cards, and asks, "This says I can make Unearthly weather? Would that break Iceman's ice?"

"YES!! Yes it would!" replies a beaming Kevin. And then I knew how all of the James Bond supervillians felt. Yeah, I still had my turn. But I was just going through the motions, a dim, desperate spark of empty hope propelling me. The Hulk's smash missed a newly freed Wolverine, and a dream of hegemony (however small) died an ugly quiet death. After that the game changed. Like Joshua, everyone else had learned a very valuable lesson. So we just put the game away, and went to sleep. While I learned to cry on the inside.

I can't believe I actually just read all that

There's nothing wrong with it. Nothing at all.

Well...I am afraid "we" cannot allow you to conquer the world...That's "our" job. Should you attemp to do so, well I look forward to facing you on the field of battle.

Well...I am afraid "we" cannot allow you to conquer the world...That's "our" job. Should you attemp to do so, well I look forward to facing you on the field of battle.

Nah. *Presses Red button*

Oops... that was the "Nuke China" Button... wrong one. :eek:

Nothing is wrong do you need an able Lieutenant? if so im your man!

Fascists

More like shaping the world to your own ideas of right and wrong...... and yes that is egoistic.

The world can be improved without taking it over
Right! Ever heard of the Illuminati? ;-)

Right! Ever heard of the Illuminati? ;-)
Yes. I used to win playing hide and seek with him

I already secretly rule the universe. I'm God, the Creator, Big Daddy, you see.

Time and time again people have critisised my plans for global domination. "EVIL!" They shout.

What have I done wrong? I merely want to be supreme overlord of the world, and impose the death penalty for any crime! Of course including disagreeing with me... But is that so bad? Is it not what every man dreams of? (Apart from being in a hot tub with 15 naked beautiful girls and maple syrup.)

I merely want to bring order to this world. Is that so wrong?

Answers on a postcard please.

Nothings wrong with that. Everyone of us could run the world better then what we have now. And the death penalty is a fine idea.

I already secretly rule the universe. I'm God, the Creator, Big Daddy, you see.

You can't be. I played poker with god last week. It's impossible to bluff the bastard. :mad:

I already secretly rule the universe. I'm God, the Creator, Big Daddy, you see.

Nice title :P

I already secretly rule the universe. I'm God, the Creator, Big Daddy, you see.

"As Seen in People Magazine"

The problem with all of you trying to take over the world is that I'll have to build a bigger jail to house all of you when *I* take over the world.

*joins election campaign*


http://www.hlj.me.uk/TIN.jpg

TIN for supreme overlord of Earth!

Somehow I doubt the leaders of the world would willingly yeild all power unto me. :rolleyes:

Ive got no reason to live Ishall be your Cannon Fodder!

FascistsNot at all. We are all loving and caring and want nothing but to improve people's lives*, and guide them towards that goal in the most wonderful ways imagineable*. :)

*From our point of view, that is.

I also want the world (and the universe & beyond, of course ;) ), but i choose the path of pure benevolence. No one will die under my watch. :fluffle:

Spread the Plutonian love people! :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

I also want the world (and the universe & beyond, of course ;) ), but i choose the path of pure benevolence. No one will die under my watch. :fluffle:

Spread the Plutonian love people! :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:How about a compromise? You spread your love, and I spread plutonium? :D

How about a compromise? You spread your love, and I spread plutonium? :D
considering my love for nukes, it doesn't take long to realize that i wouldn't mind vaporizing a few million . . . :D