Oh, c'mon Reaper! He's a total coward, and completely useless. All he'll do is eat up the pixels laying around and slow us down. He's no Galaga.

>>240132
you never know what someone will become in the futur it is wise to let him live for now, maybe someday we will meet again and then he will be wordy of being an ally

>>240137
By then, he may also be worthy of being an enemy.

Ask for his name, give him yours, and then leave.

>>240132
huh? we are leaving this area. he can have the pixels.

>>240139
well then he will also be a traitor for he as swear to help us in the futur

Falcon 2010/10/07(Thu)20:04 No. 240147 ID: 577290
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>>240130
>>240137
>>240141

"What is your chosen image?"

"UHHH, I AM BOB! YES BOB!"

hmmmm.
"I am the pixel reaper, I shall spare you for now. Remember your word."

>>240143
Fine, whatever. I still dont trust him, and your grasp of the english language does nothing to help that.

okay then, activate leaving ability.

Falcon 2010/10/07(Thu)20:08 No. 240152 ID: 577290
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Ok then.

Which way should I go?
North?
South?
East?
West?


If I remember correctly, Shark came from the north, so that might be empty or full of strong folk...

no way to "zoom out" or something? if not then let's go west.

Could go north, and run west or south if there's strong folk. Could be some nice pixels in the north, if Shark was feeding there.

Rearrange yourself meanwhile. Put your control centers and the yellow in the center, surround them with the blues and blacks, blues nearer the back, and put the reds in the front.

Just follow the trail of grey pixels. Assimilate the closest one, move to the next closest one, and assimilate it, repeat.

>>240165
They're not grey pixels, there's spawning pixels. ...I think. ...-Are- some of them grey pixels?

>>240168
They're probably not GREY grey pixels, but rather the grey of free-floating individual pixels, much like the ones we ate when we were just a four-pixel square, at the beginning of the thread

Falcon 2010/10/07(Thu)21:23 No. 240203 ID: 577290
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Short session that felt long. Sorry.Promise to have a good one soon

Rearrange black pixils/collect a couple more before moving on, and arrange them all in 2x2 squares to look like fewer pixils of a lower level. Hide your strength before going into new areas. Without a special, you need to do SOMETHING to have an ace in the hole.

Also: status window and current image seem to conflict. Can we get them reconciled?

>>240368
I SEE NO CONFLICT HERE.

>>240368
Yea, I'll fix that riiiiight up.

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)16:48 No. 244331 ID: f67dcd
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West it is then!

On the way I grab up a few more blacks to even out my form, now only the most observant will notice my secret beforehand.
Excellent.

Let's go!
...
...
...
...
A voice comes to me as I begin to breach the sheet barrier.
"One last chance girly,"

The world slowly fades into view, my image now fully on this sheet.
And not a pixel lost either, perfect.

"Surrender now my men here will have to... 'encroach upon your territory'"
GWAH HA HA AH AHA A

Hmmm.
What should I do?

who said it? anyway, just start going over and play dumb. act the fool and they will never see your genius. say "hey there, what's going on in this sheet?"

>>244331
Did we actually go east?

>>244335
Derp.

>>244335
[nah, you went west, I just thought 'west' and messed up positioning.
I really have to start paying attention]

>>244331
"Wot's dis den?"

ELIMINATE THE CHECKERBOARD! He looks wimpy, no reds or blues to be seen.

>>244346
Careful, look at his outer border. If those are actually pixels, he's got some high resolution that could be a problem. Also, that's a lot of white pixels, which is nontrivial.

>>244332
Agreed on loudly and seemingly cluelessly introducing ourselves.

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)17:34 No. 244376 ID: f67dcd
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>>244359
Hmmm, no those aren't high rez blacks, that is just the white border.

>>244332
>>244345
It seems that the voice came from the big one.

Hmm, yes, keeping my true nature hidden might be a good idea, though it is hurtful to my pride.
I adopt a more relaxed focus, making my voice mimic some of those flighty, foolish images I met in moments past.

"Hey guys, whats goin on?"

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)17:38 No. 244379 ID: f67dcd
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The group stops and focuses on me for a moment.

One of the smaller ones speak first.

"Who the heck er u?"

I'm the new guy, I came from over there.
It's empty though so don't bother, one of my buddies mostly cleared it.
So whatcha up too?

>>244376
Okay. He'll still have nasty high defense, though; best to be careful. Let's casually drift forward while saying that we're an explorer from a couple boards over, and who are they? Never seen a configuration like that before, what's going on?

How much defense will those white pixels give him? Could they stand up to our red/condensed black wall?

Continue to be a goofball while advancing towards them. When you're close enough for a quick sprint you can reveal yourself and attack!

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)18:05 No. 244408 ID: f67dcd
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I drift towards them, letting words roll casually of my metaphorical tongue.

"Ah well, I'm just an explorer from the other side, just came to-"

[/b]"Now stop right there, I don't give a chicken's behind who you are, just stay right dere and we will get to you in a moment"
The big one interrupts.

How rude.

"hey man, that ain't nice." keep getting closer.

>>244408
Don't stop. Comment that they're not being very friendly to newcomers, and you really expected better from your new hosts on this map hey are you planning to kill that little guy, blackredredblueblack individual?

Hopefully that will draw their attention back to their prior foe just a moment too late to stop them from striking, which will give you enough time to make your own move against them.

Anyone else getting lagged the fuck out of this thread?

Anyway, let them know they're being rude. And are those white pixels on that big guy, or just white space enclosed in his black pixels?

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)18:55 No. 244435 ID: f67dcd
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"Hey maaan, that's not nice. You know I'm a new guy? Is this how you are supposed to treat guests?"

"Boy, you better shut up before I-"

"Ahhhhhhhh-"
All focuses orient on the source of the cry.

The cornered image attacks, balancing the use of pixels so that the damage is spread evenly across and she loses none.

Interesting.

"BO!"

The large one seethes, turning his focus towards me.

"Oh No! Now u done it! CARL, PHIL, Grab that girl! I'll deal with shit-for-brains over here."

Oh no you didn't.

>>244432
[white pixels]

>>244435
Keep advancing, and drift somewhat downward towards the three on the bottom; you'll want to be in position to take advantage of whatever happens there. Also, if you can catch him in the corner he'll be weaker.

"FEAR ME FOR I AM THE REAPER!"
Increase speed, surprise him, and use your black pixels to flow between and reinforce your reds even as they extend them for longer range.

reds over there can take care of the mooks, you take care of chess-set. unfurl your blacks, let him know he has made a mistake.

>>244452
Don't unfurl your blacks. We want him to underestimate us and make a mistake, such as trying to cherry-tap us to inspire fear in his mooks.

I drift closer even as chess-face advances towards me, he is in for a big surprise.

COME' ERE BOY!

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)19:49 No. 244479 ID: f67dcd
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I blame the economy >.>

>>244479
Keep closing, but start circling around south while keeping your combat face towards checkerboard. if you could pull off an engulf on that little guy to pick up his yellow pixel and the massive number of blacks that we could get from his body, that would be most excellent.

Falcon 2010/10/16(Sat)20:07 No. 244497 ID: f67dcd
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[ I really have to work on update speed... and length... and quality. I WILL FIX THIS]

>>244497
Honestly I like the quality, update speed and length.
Just do it more often.

>>244479
Attempt to go down and EAT the dude with the yellow while simultaneously diverting some Black blocks to defend against the checkerboard.

Falcon 2010/10/17(Sun)16:33 No. 245167 ID: b20e4e
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"You gonna regret ever messin wid the great checkerboard"

Yea, whatever.

I reveal my true skill, eliciting a yelp of surprise from checkerboard, as I unfurl my black pixels, to quickly encompass Phil who was moving too quickly to change course.

Silly younglings.

I quickly change focus to lock onto checkerboard again even as my blue pixels and control centers work in unison to convert Phil's former image to my own resolution.

It seems he is going to attempt to assimilate me.
How quaint.

How should I repay him to this most heinous of insults to my person.

>>245167
(Doesn't white give a bonus to assimilation? This could be a problem. Time to pray to the RNG)

Retreat and eat some stray pixels, with two yellow you should be faster than him.

>>245175
Indeed they do give a bonus to assimilation. If assimilating someone can be accomplished with a touch, and our higher-resolution black pixels are easier to absorb than an equivalent number of lower-resolution pixels, we're basically boned. If it takes more contact or a lot of time, we should be able to launch a rapid assault and tear him up long before he can absorb us. With only black and white pixels he should be slow to reconfigure and follow, so we can keep him at range, striking repeatedly and healing much faster than he can.

>>245180
Yeah, we should be able to just hit-and-run him into oblivion.

lash out and strike a black with each of your reds, shrinking him to the point he can't eat you.

Falcon 2010/10/17(Sun)17:34 No. 245221 ID: 35947f
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Che.

I had forgotten about the assimilation boost to white pixels.

I back away, remixing my image to prepare for a ranged strike, even as I take a moment to absorb a stray pixel, my improved speed showing it's worth immediately.

"Hey guy,"

The once cornered one speaks, inturrupting my focus.

"Thanks for your help, If I ally with you, do you think you could help me take these guys out? I don't need any spoils, just help"

Hmmmm, what should I do?

He has a total of 25 pixels, 12 of which are white pixels, assuming a +1 bonus for each white, he's got a total difficulty of 37.
We currently have a total of 36 pixels, currently I would not recommend challenging him. If we punch him in the black pixels before we try to assimilate him we will have a much greater chance of success.
I recommend we hit him once, then retreat and grab that one spawned pixel behind us before we go for the assimilation role.

>>245221
all right help it its a win win situation

>>245222
bah too slow

>>245221
I kinda like this guy, even if only because he's the underdog here. He took a risk to strike back, took advantage of our distraction, seems pretty clever.

However, at the same time, this is pretty risky. Not sure we can take this guy and win. Tempted to say we should suggest simply running away to the little tyke (Assuming he can flee across borders), albiet with us accompanying him. If we don't do that, I say we take advantage of the fact we have a ton of blacks, and spread them out to counter his assimilate attempt a little, do hit and run attacks, take advantage of our superior speed and control.

...Also, what the hell is coming onto the board from the 'north'?

rolled 9 = 9

---

You can have that little one, this big one is mine. Playing field should be even with that one black we picked up, and with the awesomeness that is lvl2 blacks GO FOR THE ASSIMILATE!

>>245228
...How the hell do we keep getting rolls this GOOD?

>>245228
We can't assimilate quite yet, you need to be larger than the target. We're even right now, so ideally we should get 4-5 more pixels before trying to assimilate.

>>245253
>you need to be larger than the target
And when exactly did Falcon say that, hmm?

>>245253
Are you really going to argue with that roll?

>>245255
At the start when we assimilated that one guy:
> roll = 10 + 3 >10
So the equation is:
roll = [1d10] + [size over target] >10
Since 10+0 is not greater than 10, [size over target] must be greater than zero.

>>245261
then hit three pixels out of him and then absorb.

Falcon 2010/10/17(Sun)18:37 No. 245276 ID: 48efbe
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"Ok kid, you take care of tiny over there, I got big ugly"

"Thanks"

[roll = 9 + 0 = 9 <10]
[Fail]

I move towards checkers, whipping out my black pixels in an attempt to surround him... and his image... smiles?

[Resolution Bonus]
[Black Pixels - Lv2]
[Resolution over enemy = 2-1 = 1]
[(25-13)*1 = 12]
[roll = 9 + 0 + 12 <10]
[Success]

As I begin my assimilation, a ripple of shock runs through my enemies focus.

"What? But! That's impossible! The res-"

>Size + 25

Ah, sweet silence.
I wonder what he was prattling on about.

no idea, but something with dark reds just appeared.

Oh no, there's a star destroyer coming in from up top! Finish up fast!

>>245276
*takes notes*
Looks like you've got another big guy incoming.

>>245276
Laugh maniacally then tell the smaller one she might want to get the hell out of dodge.

>>245276
>All but two pixels on the new guy are new colors

We are so totally screwed

Falcon 2010/10/17(Sun)19:27 No. 245313 ID: a94d43
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A few moments pass as I observe the newcomer, still not fully on this sheet.

"Heheheheh, HEHEHEHEHHEHEHEH! You might want to get the hell out of here little one"

I can feel her fear, blasting off her in waves

"N-No, we made an ag-agreement and I plan to s-stick by it. Shirley Magnum ain't no lair."


Oh, crap.

What
Should
I
Do

Wait, its not Galaga is it?
Is it a friendly?

>>245313
Run like hell you stand no chance oh my god

>>245313
Begin retreating South. Bring Magnum with you. "H-hey there... Galaga...?"

>>245313
Sweet mother of god.

>>245313
That's adorable, and we should keep her. Advise her to pick up two more of the free-floating pixels for the size bonus. We should pick up two more as well; we're almost at 64.

In the meantime, begin preparing our own retreat. We know when we're outgunned.

We can't beat it, but we could buy some time for our new ally to escape.

Before escaping ourselves of course.

"Very noble, Shirley Magnum. Right then, then we'll simply -both- go and RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIVES GOGOGOGOGO!" Then run like hell (Maybe not south, since we'd simply be prolonging the inevitable. Maybe give Shirley a few pixels so the brave little tyke will survive moving to a new screen (From your comments before, I presume you can lose pixels from such an action.)

...Also, where did that 2x2 black pixel image disappear off to?

>>245340
Shirley took blocky out in that short a time? Impressive. However, suggest to the tyke to try assimilating more, though, 'cause otherwise good pixels are put to waste.

Falcon 2010/10/17(Sun)20:17 No. 245343 ID: 6b8417
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IDONNTTHINKTHATSGALAGA

"That's very noble of you Shirley, guess there is only on thing to do now..."

He focus rapidly shifts between me and the incoming giant, a mix of fear and honour pervading her image.

"RUN!"

Shirley takes off towards the southern border, he focus divided between salvation and myself as she waits for me to follow.

As I lumber along, weighed down by my extra size, I pause to consider grabbing a few of the extra pixels before I continue my flight.

Should I stop for a snack?
Or should I flee with Shirley?
Or do something else entirely.

Now is probably not the time for snacking, since their are only gray pixels around.
Rearrange yourself for speed and run.

>>245343
Eh, just get out of here. Forgot how annoyingly slow you'd be after absorbing all that; you're getting pretty huge. is there any way to upgrade the resolution of all your other pixels, short of sinking every single upgrade that you get from now to forever into collapsing them one at a time?

Just get the hell out of dodge.

Run dammit. Boost white pixel resolution if you can to make yourself a little quicker.

Or you could just ditch some black pixels.

Agreeeing with operation 'RUNNING THE FUCK AWAY -NOW-'. Almost tempted to suggest you dump some chaft and drop some pixels so you can move faster. Definitely burn some of those pixels to upgrade resolution if you can.

[To upgrade res, you must have L.Grey pixels or use a bonus]

>>245343
Just grab the one directly between us and the exit and tell magnum to wait for us to go first, we don't know what's on the other side.

And fix your damn he/her errors.

Falcon 2010/10/17(Sun)20:38 No. 245359 ID: 6b8417
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RUN RUN RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

G'Night folks. Disc Thread is open

>>245357
Sorry

I blame sleepiness?

>>245355
Right, voting for dumping pixels until we can move faster, we don't need all this stuff. Star Destroyer is catching up, and we need to GTFO.

...Also, any idea why Star Destroyer's pixels are all dark like that? Even the reds and blues are darker.

>>245362
[That's because he is still coming onto the sheet. People leaving and people coming are darker, free pixels are lighter.
Sorry if that was not apparent, I've tried to be consistent.]

wait, falcon, you forgot to shrink the black pixels we got from chessboard to 20x20 size.

>>245367
Indeed

It seems my laziness has caught up with me.

Ur still slower though.

>>245369
even with TWO yellows? if so then i agree with dropping some whites until we can move fast enough.

>>245371
Yes good sir, even with two yellows.

Not by much though.
In any case, you are slower than Shirley due to her compact nature.

Faster than battleship by a great degree though.

oh, well if we are outpacing him then we are fine.

>>245371
>>245362
>>245350
>dump pixels
wat.
fuck no, he's still warping in, and if we're 'slow' then he must take years to get across a panel. We've got plenty of time.

>>245381
yes, falcon just cleared up that we are faster then him even at this size.