Spheretech - Damavik

[Kavlo]

I've know Spheretech for a good bit now, though we haven't talked for a really long time we'd been more of acquaintances but regardless I can say that is Spheretech really does want to roleplay they can, not every played joins every round of CM for the roleplay that's for sure but if they want to play Predator there is definitely going to have to be at least some kind of effort in that department which I believe Spheretech can pull off.

The application itself is very well written and has a clear large amount of effort put into it which if Spheretech didn't have the reputation they have would easily pass.

+1.

[Blade2000Br]

I don't comment on pred apps normally, but will give an exception to this:

Sphere is a good, robust even, player. He knows his ways and whatnot. So I don't see an issue in being more focused on combat and handicapping yourself to give marines a chance.

I don't care to your backstory or your way to play as pred. What I am iffy about is that you don't seem like you will even attempt to RP. I feel a vibe that your pred will be mute 90% of time and focus solely on hunting, fighting and whatever. While this in itself is not bad, Preds are still hold to a higher standard, and I wouldn't like to see you join just to be a mute pred that do honor duels with some known Marine players and yadayada.

I wil lbe neutral for now. If you can like, give me some kind of RP you could do as pred I will vouch for ya. Don't need be some extreme HRP, just something that makes me feel confident you actually is capable of RP. Just a mini thing you pred would be doing. (Please, don't come with meme "roar". Think something unique, take your time.)

[spheretech]

I will hit myself with a minor damage object just to get the green blood all over my sprite.
My lodge will have heads, xeno hides and meat outside for display.
I've also been theorizing if I can capture a xeno and get it to a cage. I don't know of all the stuns preds have but the traps slowdown could possibly allow me to pull the xeno where I want it.
Ideally, if it's possible to get xenos to the pred ship, I could host a "tournament" and reward the marine if he can kill the captured t1 or t2 aliens 1 at a time, with proper gear of course.
Theres a lot more stuff that preds can do with marines than with xenos.
I could also be a sort of trader who would give marines things for xeno bodies, assuming they killed the xeno.
I'm sure I would get a lot more ideas if I actually knew all the things predator have access to, though.

[Blade2000Br]

I will hit myself with a minor damage object just to get the green blood all over my sprite.
My lodge will have heads, xeno hides and meat outside for display.
I've also been theorizing if I can capture a xeno and get it to a cage. I don't know of all the stuns preds have but the traps slowdown could possibly allow me to pull the xeno where I want it.
Ideally, if it's possible to get xenos to the pred ship, I could host a "tournament" and reward the marine if he can kill the captured t1 or t2 aliens 1 at a time, with proper gear of course.
Theres a lot more stuff that preds can do with marines than with xenos.
I could also be a sort of trader who would give marines things for xeno bodies, assuming they killed the xeno.
I'm sure I would get a lot more ideas if I actually knew all the things predator have access to, though.

That seems pretty good enough for me. Your pred does sound interisting.

How will be your interactions with other preds? Will you be friendly? Funny? Hateful? How would you react to another pred's death? What if a pred died and got captured by the marines, how would you handle it?

I am more inclined to +1, just that last bit to seal it for me.

[Kerek]

Why would he cover himself in his own blood?

[spheretech]

That seems pretty good enough for me. Your pred does sound interisting.

How will be your interactions with other preds? Will you be friendly? Funny? Hateful? How would you react to another pred's death? What if a pred died and got captured by the marines, how would you handle it?

I am more inclined to +1, just that last bit to seal it for me.

Following my story, he would probably feel as if they are less honorable (depending on their fighting style/weapon) because of his clan specifics.
The character would be less than friendly to them but I OOCly would love to actually interact with the others in some way.
I'm not sure where but I read that pred vs pred duels are a possibility. Id always be down for that if it's allowed.

I'd want to fight whatever killed the predator, and the character would most likely think that nothing of great value was lost because the predator managed to get himself killed.
However, if he he died by just being swarmed by 10 aliens or marines, I would be more sympathetic
If a predator got captured, I would retrieve the body and trigger the bracer.

[taketheshot56]

Why would he cover himself in his own blood?

+1 very good app but I have the same question as Kerek.

[spheretech]

+1 very good app but I have the same question as Kerek.

ICly - bigger fear factor. I'd do it with red blood as well, but green is more alien.
Xeno blood doesn't stay on your sprite. Besides, it looks badass.
We don't have many ways to dye our characters and these are the closest things to battle paint we have.

[taketheshot56]

ICly - bigger fear factor. I'd do it with red blood as well, but green is more alien.
Xeno blood doesn't stay on your sprite. Besides, it looks badass.
We don't have many ways to dye our characters and these are the closest things to battle paint we have.

What about synth blood? Killing the synth is SPOOOOOOOKY

[spheretech]

What about synth blood? Killing the synth is SPOOOOOOOKY

Not sure if the synth would even count as worthy tbh. Haven't ever seen a pred fight one.

[Symbiosis]

Not sure if the synth would even count as worthy tbh. Haven't ever seen a pred fight one.

They’re a robot, so no more honorable than a sentry turret.

Not to suggest a certain Predator didn’t take down a sentry turret with a spear; but that probably wasn’t his chosen target.

[Kesserline]

One of the most robust marine player around.

Definetely +1. I would love to see a Pred that is relying on his skill rather than cancer weaponry to avoid getting memed.

[Blade2000Br]

If a predator got captured, I would retrieve the body and trigger the bracer.

You already got a +1 from me, but I want to elaborate a bit more on this.

Let's say the pred killed by the marines is taken to Almayer, his body is placed on CIC as a trophy for the marines, Which is extremely dishonorable to your race, and the equipment of said pred was taken by the command and research.

How would you deal with this situation? Would you avenge your fallen comrade by killing the dishonorable command staff that humiliated him? Would you go guns blazing? How would you recover his equipment?
I want to push you to extremes because this already happened while I was the aCO in one round. I want to see how you will react to this extreme proposal.

[spheretech]

You already got a +1 from me, but I want to elaborate a bit more on this.

Let's say the pred killed by the marines is taken to Almayer, his body is placed on CIC as a trophy for the marines, Which is extremely dishonorable to your race, and the equipment of said pred was taken by the command and research.

How would you deal with this situation? Would you avenge your fallen comrade by killing the dishonorable command staff that humiliated him? Would you go guns blazing? How would you recover his equipment?
I want to push you to extremes because this already happened while I was the aCO in one round. I want to see how you will react to this extreme proposal.

Generally I would try to avoid going to the Almayer at all costs. I don't think it's a place for preds.

I would try to just retrieve the body and gear stealthily and kill anyone wearing pred gear. It would be hard to know who is at fault in this situation and I don't wanna kill 15 people innocent people because a select few dishonored the pred. Going guns blazing on the Almayer would probably be a terrible idea.

I don't know if you can trigger the bracer on the Almayer but that would also be a bad idea.
It would have to be a covert mission with minimal bloodshed.

If not going up at all was an option, I'd choose that.

[Blade2000Br]

Generally I would try to avoid going to the Almayer at all costs. I don't think it's a place for preds.

I would try to just retrieve the body and gear stealthily and kill anyone wearing pred gear. It would be hard to know who is at fault in this situation and I don't wanna kill 15 people innocent people because a select few dishonored the pred. Going guns blazing on the Almayer would probably be a terrible idea.

I don't know if you can trigger the bracer on the Almayer but that would also be a bad idea.
It would have to be a covert mission with minimal bloodshed.

If not going up at all was an option, I'd choose that.

Yeah, you know how to act on a dangerous situation.

Just keep in mind, if the pred body is taken up, you and other preds have to retrieve it's body and gear. Even if you don't want to kill, on this type of mission, you will have to. If the pred is on CIC, you can either activate it's bracer or take it to a more hidey place and activate, but you still have to no matter what.

Killing anyone with pred gear is also a must. Even if they are innocent and didn't helped kill the pred, just for having the gear is already a reason to be killed on sight.

I hope ya keep that on mind. Nonetheless, I will stand with my +1.

[Dolth]

I will hit myself with a minor damage object just to get the green blood all over my sprite.
My lodge will have heads, xeno hides and meat outside for display.
I've also been theorizing if I can capture a xeno and get it to a cage. I don't know of all the stuns preds have but the traps slowdown could possibly allow me to pull the xeno where I want it.
Ideally, if it's possible to get xenos to the pred ship, I could host a "tournament" and reward the marine if he can kill the captured t1 or t2 aliens 1 at a time, with proper gear of course.
Theres a lot more stuff that preds can do with marines than with xenos.
I could also be a sort of trader who would give marines things for xeno bodies, assuming they killed the xeno.
I'm sure I would get a lot more ideas if I actually knew all the things predator have access to, though.

This is fucking exactly why Sphere would be such a good pred. Jesus the amount of extra RP and fun that can be brought by Sphere's playstyle is HUGE.

[Renomaki]

You know, lately I been noticing something very.. Interesting from you throughout the weeks.

Whenever it is a predator round, I can't help but notice that you have a particular loadout that, while it was probably designed to be used to fight xenos, ends up being used on predators more often than not (said loadout involving a motion scanner, shotgun and flamethrower when as a PFC, or a flamer and rifle/LMG when as a scout). The moment you see a predator, you go flipping ham on it and chase it across the map, jumping through hoops just to kill a pred and doing everything in your power to watch it DIE... Then no doubt loot it for its armor to give you an edge in combat.

Like, fighting with preds is expected, they aren't your friends and they could be a threat. But you take it to another level: you HUNT them with an almost obsessive passion, bringing the best weapons to take them down and utilizing every tool you have to claim your trophy.

I'm almost afraid as to how you'll handle being an ACTUAL predator, having access to the armor you so seek along with some advanced tech. I can't help but feel your violate your oath to be a hand to hand fighter just so you can WIN, which isn't what being a predator is about.

Hell, I'm concerned what you'll do when no one is watching and you find some more... Powerful weapons that could give you an edge.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ ... eInTheDark

[Asmodius]

Look, you're a good Marine and that's great, but, I have watched you ruthlessly hunt down predators presumably for their gear as Renomaki has just posted, and this wasn't something that I thought about posting until yesterday. A predator was fighting a screen and even as a ghost where I have omniscience, I didn't even see you sprint of off-screen and silently light the predator on fire, attempting to switch your weapon and finish them when you got heavy-castered twice and the predator came back to finish the job.

I don't know your character for RP, I know your character for dropping the M4RA as scout spec besides when it used to be viable to hunt preds and someone to avoid when I roll as Xeno. Your PvP skills are excelled and that's great and all for a predator, only, I don't want to get valided by a predator who can beat 95% of players in PvP in my honest opinion.

Sorry, Lisa, you're great and all, but, predator is still considered an RP role. -1

Edit: I think Predators were hostiles to Marines that round, but, I think they were more hostile to Xenos than anything. I think Marines just tried to valid the predators which was the causation of their aggression and the usual stolen clan gear.

[spheretech]

I NEVER attack predators without provocation. Every single time I have engaged a predator, he has engaged marines. What usually happens is that Reno will attack marines and expect invincibiliy and free engagement. I will NOT allow him to hunt marines.
My last 2 encounters are literally de-whitelist worthy for Reno, and I can't believe he would post here after what hes been doing this week.
To summarize, reno will CONSISTENTLY fight me while cloaked with the most dishonorable ranged weapons such as the plasma pistol and the spike launcher. He even killed mark echo while cloaked the entire time with his pistol just a week ago. Yesterday, Reno would rather cloak shoot me with a spike launcher than dare fight me. I was alone near nexus, where he was. I find him again while hunting for the last xenos, but then Reno uses the HEAVY caster on me and attempts to finish me off while I was unconscious from pain.

You would rather maim me with a spike launcher while I was alone than actually decloak and fight.
You are in no position to criticize me if we look at how dishonorably you play, Reno. It's clear to me this response is only sparked from me nearly killing you yesterday, as well as calling you out along with many other people in OOC and deadchat.

If I am a predator and a marine or xeno has the audacity to follow me and try to kill me? I will not hesitate to give them the fight they want instead of running away like a coward.

And Asmo, the scout stuff is really out of context. The scout rifle is bad, it has nothing to do with predators. The rifle is actually still lethal to them.

[Renomaki]

I NEVER attack predators without provocation. Every single time I have engaged a predator, he has engaged marines. What usually happens is that Reno will attack marines and expect invincibiliy and free engagement. I will NOT allow him to hunt marines.
My last 2 encounters are literally de-whitelist worthy for Reno, and I can't believe he would post here after what hes been doing this week.
To summarize, reno will CONSISTENTLY fight me while cloaked with the most dishonorable ranged weapons such as the plasma pistol and the spike launcher. He even killed mark echo while cloaked the entire time with his pistol just a week ago. Yesterday, Reno would rather cloak shoot me with a spike launcher than dare fight me. I was alone near nexus, where he was. I find him again while hunting for the last xenos, but then Reno uses the HEAVY caster on me and attempts to finish me off while I was unconscious from pain.

You would rather maim me with a spike launcher while I was alone than actually decloak and fight.
You are in no position to criticize me if we look at how dishonorably you play, Reno. It's clear to me this response is only sparked from me nearly killing you yesterday.

If I am a predator and a marine or xeno has the audacity to follow me and try to kill me? I will not hesitate to give them the fight they want instead of running away like a coward.

And Asmo, the scout stuff is really out of context. The scout rifle is bad, it has nothing to do with predators. The rifle is actually still lethal to them.

And here we go with the misunderstandings and lack of context, I'm not surprised that you would say this, although I am surprised that you blame me for EVERYTHING, even though my predator is known to be the only one of his kind with a special set of armor that sets him apart from others (although a lot of people probably don't realize that...). That same round I recall another predator mentioning someone setting them on fire WHILE THEY WERE FIGHTING THE QUEEN, and they mentioned you by name. I assume that one was the one that blew you up with a heavy blast.

This is the shit I get so bitter about: People flinging "DISHONOR" left and right without understanding the position me or any other predator was in. From the infamous incident a week ago that resulted in you and your friend dying to a runner while you were chasing me across the entire map to kill me(that caused so much drama that Dchat has to be muted for awhile), to the recent "shower ambush" from just yesterday. It is shit like this that makes me look forward to you becoming a predator, just so you can finally walk a mile in our shoes and maybe understand WHY we do what we do, instead of getting butthurt that I decided not to blindly charge into your FLAMETHROWER, let alone fight you on uneven terms.

I'm not a perfect predator, I admit that. But I'm not a fool who just fights anyone who looks at him funny, and I certainly don't have to fight YOU if I don't want to. I have the choice to hunt whoever I want, and if I don't want to fight you? I'll ward you off with plasma fire or darts. That is what they are there for, after all.

Being a predator is just as much about making very hard choices as it is about hunting for glory. Sometimes you will do things you don't WANT to do, but HAVE TO. I don't WANT to use my dart gun to maim marines, but if they won't leave me ALONE, I WILL USE IT. If I'm hunting a xeno and they won't stop running away whenever I manage to fight them, I WILL USE A SNARE. And if someone SHOOTS ME (not accidentally, mind you), then I can choose to IGNORE IT, or TAKE IT AS A CHALLENGE. And don't get me started on the concept of self destruction.

You will learn this when you become a predator. And you'll know just what it is like to have people bitch and complain about your choices... EVERY... SINGLE... ROUND.

[Jakkkk]

Since I couldn't get any from your story, what is their personality like besides "unga me hit with fist only"?

[spheretech]

Since I couldn't get any from your story, what is their personality like besides "unga me hit with fist only"?

Proud and arrogant. The other predators fight less honorably. Only his clan has "true honor". I would duel other predators (if it's allowed).
Not necessarily hostile to the others, but he would feel as if he was above them.

[Jakkkk]

Hasn't the proud and arrogant personality been done a million times before already?

[Imperator_Titan]

This isn’t like synths where everyone needs a different quirk, albeit it’s preferred, keep that in mind. There is barely anything that isn’t done yet by others mainly because the role is limited by what it is, a killing role. I’d prefer proud and arrogant over the generic hunt honorably and die honorably.

My verdict is still a -1 as I previously stated but just thought I’d like to weigh in.

[spheretech]

Hasn't the proud and arrogant personality been done a million times before already?

Like Imperator said, it's a KILLING role. As much as everyone calls predators a RP heavy role it's hard to believe when you see them in practice.
I stand behind my gameplay section, not my story or my RP. I did try to make it as unique as I could, but realistically what's unique is well... ME...
Yeah I am supposed to fight with honor IC, but I want to also be honorable OOCly in the eyes of others. I know what makes deadchat scream dishonor,
and I want to avoid that. I know what people hate about preds. (I mentioned before what I think is honorable)