OOC Discussion

Gus said:
I will spare you the research links, unless anybody really wants them, but I started with 'Gaussian Beam' on wikipedia and went from there. There is also interesting stuff in the links on foveal vision. I think I could get you a better answer if I spent the weekend digging, but here is a spitball answer from about 45 minutes of noodling around and back of the pizza box calculations:
If you want to punch a hole through concrete in about 1 second of looking, you need about 700 KW/m^2 and the size of the focus of your vision goes from about 1 cm diameter at half a meter to about 5 cm at 10 meters. The upshot of this is, it depends on what you mean by 'dissipate' If you want to be able to punch a hole through a concrete wall at a distance of 10 feet or so, you'll need to produce about 3.8 MW/m^2 at arms length. That will punch through almost any real world material, so anyone standing in your personal bubble when you open your eyes is pretty much f'd. That would spread out to the same wattage as sunlight (200 w/m^2) at about 2000 feet, which would stop you from knocking planes out of the sky and such. (though it would make a good signal flare for search planes) At 50 feet you could still get through a wall, but you'd have to hold your focus for a count of about '2 Mississippis' and the hole would be about 3 inches in diameter. At 500 feet, the impact for each second of 'look time' would be similar to that of a small caliber bullet, but spread out over about 2 foot diameter circle, so probably non lethal, but good for bowling folks over or whatever.


This is not meant to be definitive, as I fudged some things, and also because it is not a laser. But if you want enough 'oomph' to get through a wall, and you want it to come from your eyes, this gives a pretty good approximation of what that would look like.


If you want to punch a BIG hole in a wall, instead of just at your visual fixation point, you'd need A LOT more power, and it would also dissipate over a much much shorter distance.
Lovely physics lesson! Truly! And I actually understood most of it too! I love physics. And I might try to look more into that gaussian beam. Though I admittedly lack any serious prowess in advanced mathmatics.


I was hoping to avoid the complexities of real world physics for the sake of ease and understanding of involved parties. I also had a craving for making decent sized holes further than fifty feet. As for the output of energy, the watts can be fudged given one of her supporting powers. Which the energy generation seems to be more important than I had expected. Another problem with going with real physics would be I'm not entirely sure what her beam is made up of.


Hmmm... but it does give me some good insight on how I can handle range and dissipation. Judging from this, and looking up some comparisons, I think range should probably be less than a mile for now.


Lol I was basically handling this the ignorant nerd way when I made her, and tried to keep the sciencey details vague in favor of the suspension of disbelief.


Let's see... now if I had to describe my initial vision, I would have said the beam had a width of about a meter and would strike with a the same force up to a yet to be determined distance before tapering off until it hits something it no longer has the energy to get through or fades out.
 
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I for one, think that is totally fine, and in good keeping with the spirit of the game. I just saw a question asked and got a little obsessed with it. It's what I do. Well that and drink wine. And garden. And anything else I mentioned in OOC but forgot about having said previously. But those are all the things I do. I have no other interests, which is what makes me so mysterious.
 
Gus said:
I for one, think that is totally fine, and in good keeping with the spirit of the game. I just saw a question asked and got a little obsessed with it. It's what I do. Well that and drink wine. And garden. And anything else I mentioned in OOC but forgot about having said previously. But those are all the things I do. I have no other interests, which is what makes me so mysterious.
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Gus said:
I for one, think that is totally fine, and in good keeping with the spirit of the game. I just saw a question asked and got a little obsessed with it. It's what I do. Well that and drink wine. And garden. And anything else I mentioned in OOC but forgot about having said previously. But those are all the things I do. I have no other interests, which is what makes me so mysterious.
No worries! I'm always open for learning something new! I do appreciate it, discussing things always helps me to figure things out. And I do love figuring things out and discussing characters.(and speculation)


Though I do have another question, though it's unrelated to my application. Do characters powers/rank grow over time?
 
I am pretty sure Welian answered this with a 'no' somewhere upthread, but I can't find it in the blizzard of posts to quote it.
 
KingHink said:
Do characters powers/rank grow over time?
They do not. There is no battle system, no experience system, no leveling up - and therefore powers, for the most part, do not change.


The only exception, in rare cases, have been highly traumatic incidents where the victim is too emotionally or mentally disturbed to use their powers. It's not pretty.
 
So here's a little something I have been working on this morning, instead of cleaning my lab, and I would appreciate any feedback on how to get the CS 'street legal' if you will. I don't have any CCPs left currently, but I figure if the RP becomes a sponsored project, and if I am diligent about writing for Lucas and Aaron, I should be able to add Ooatu sometime within the next 500 million years or so. Well before the planet is eaten by the sun. And that would make me happy. Feedback turnabout is fair play right? Don't hold back, help me out.


Godot, O

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    Ooatu Godot

    Nicknames

    Harvey, All Mother, Eru, Aslan, Aflac

    Codename

    Pinkie Twinkletoes

    Gender

    indeterminate and irrelevant

    Age

    14 billion years -ish

    Rank

    Ω Rank (also α, but let's not brag.)

    Limiter

    Heh. Hee hee. Hahahahahahahahaha!!! *wipes tears away*


    Oh

    my

    , that's funny!

    Role

    Observer

 
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welian said:
They do not. There is no battle system, no experience system, no leveling up - and therefore powers, for the most part, do not change.
The only exception, in rare cases, have been highly traumatic incidents where the victim is too emotionally or mentally disturbed to use their powers. It's not pretty.
Gotcha! That makes things nice and simple lol


Alrighty! I'll send a revaluation of the beam details here in a little while I hope @welian Is there anything else you would like me to consider for the application in the meantime?

Gus said:
So here's a little something I have been working on this morning, instead of cleaning my lab, and I would appreciate any feedback on how to get the CS 'street legal' if you will. I don't have any CCPs left currently, but I figure if the RP becomes a sponsored project, and if I am diligent about writing for Lucas and Aaron, I should be able to add Ooatu sometime within the next 500 million years or so. Well before the planet is eaten by the sun. And that would make me happy. Feedback turnabout is fair play right? Don't hold back, help me out.
Godot, O

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  • Full Name

    Ooatu Godot

    Nicknames

    Harvey, All Mother, Eru, Aslan, Aflac

    Codename

    Pinkie Twinkletoes

    Gender

    indeterminate and irrelevant

    Age

    14 billion years -ish

    Rank

    Ω Rank (also α, but let's not brag.)

    Limiter

    Heh. Hee hee. Hahahahahahahahaha!!! *wipes tears away*


    Oh

    my

    , that's funny!

    Role

    Observer

Something about him reminds me of the Great Gazoo.
 
The great gazoo is a transdimensional echo of Ooatu, and one of the few pieces of hard evidence that Ooatu exists.
 
Gus said:
So here's a little something I have been working on this morning, instead of cleaning my lab, and I would appreciate any feedback on how to get the CS 'street legal' if you will. I don't have any CCPs left currently, but I figure if the RP becomes a sponsored project, and if I am diligent about writing for Lucas and Aaron, I should be able to add Ooatu sometime within the next 500 million years or so. Well before the planet is eaten by the sun. And that would make me happy. Feedback turnabout is fair play right? Don't hold back, help me out.
Godot, O

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  • Full Name

    Ooatu Godot

    Nicknames

    Harvey, All Mother, Eru, Aslan, Aflac

    Codename

    Pinkie Twinkletoes

    Gender

    indeterminate and irrelevant

    Age

    14 billion years -ish

    Rank

    Ω Rank (also α, but let's not brag.)

    Limiter

    Heh. Hee hee. Hahahahahahahahaha!!! *wipes tears away*


    Oh

    my

    , that's funny!

    Role

    Observer

wtf i just read


what


wat


Such a great, magnificent, boundless being. 10/10 would get roadrolled again.


The only imperfection is that their height isn't the golden ratio.
 
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@Gus am I hallucinating on cold medicine for my ear infection, or did you just post a Pink furry creature as a future character?
 
I would accept him as is under the stipulation that you narrate everything with a inner monolog with profound cosmic wisdom and Morgan Freeman s voice.
 
ViAdvena said:
wtf i just read
what


wat


Such a great, magnificent, boundless being. 10/10 would get roadrolled again.


The only imperfection is that their height isn't the golden ratio.
From wikipedia: Harvey is a 1950 comedy-drama film based on Mary Chase's play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewartand Josephine Hull. The story is about a man whose best friend is a pooka named Harvey — in the form of a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall invisible rabbit.


So the height is, sadly, non negotiable. Apparently the greeks were wrong about geometry. The universe likes 6' 3 1/2"
 
KingHink said:
I would accept him as is under the stipulation that you narrate everything with a inner monolog with profound cosmic wisdom and Morgan Freeman s voice.
I have already made four posts to the main thread, you just can't read them.
 
Manic Muse] [URL="https://www.rpnation.com/profile/31063-gus/ said:
@Gus[/URL] am I hallucinating on cold medicine for my ear infection, or did you just post a Pink furry creature as a future character?
Ooatu is only SOMETIMES pink, but Ooatu is also invisible, so you'd never know.
 
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Gus said:
So here's a little something I have been working on this morning, instead of cleaning my lab
Wait, so this furry pink creature is technically created in a lab?


Gus is a mad scientist confirmed
 
Now I want to do a CS for 'Rocky'


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So come up to the LAB and see what's on the SLAB!


I see you shiver with… antici……. PATION!
 
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I'm assuming Ooatu's existence is the reason the Knights of Raguel believe Super's are demons..


I mean, If I encountered a pink, omnipotent furry thing I would believe they were demons as well. < _ <
 
[QUOTE="St Indigo]I'm assuming Ooatu's existence is the reason the Knights of Raguel believe Super's are demons..
I mean, If I encountered a pink, omnipotent furry thing I would believe they were demons as well. < _ <

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INVISIBLE pink omniPRESENT, omniSCIENT furry thing. (Intangible puts some pretty hard limits on the level of 'potent')


Edit: But it is better not to mention such things where Ooatu might hear you. Negative personality trait is 'vengeful' and you just never know...
 
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