User blog:1hs444/God-Modding and the such

Hey everyone. I'd like to address something we at THDF are kind of sensitive about. That thing is God-Modding.

THDF is a place for us to write, RP, inspire and get to know each other, but it isn't a place where we can claim that our "fictional characters have tremendous strengths". If you are here on THDF only to tell us that your fictional self is stronger than ours, then we might have some bad news for you. (Just kidding)

Anyways, this blog doesn't reflect my opinion, but rather the opinions of many RP'ers that have voiced their opinions against the God-Modding cliche frequently arising in THDF.

To start us off, Heathcliff:
A recurring thing that I hear of a lot now is about Heaths godmodding. I will try to find sources.

The first skirmish in Eafth's system is by far the most notoriously overlooked God-Mod we've allowed:

Here is, and I quote (article typos were corrected): "''As he started his run on Omega, the sky filled up with anti-air fire and Chat ships moving in the engage the Hecate. Heathcliff deployed more mines and fired his pay load at the city. However, the Chat was able to destroy most of the bombs and mines before they could do any damage, though some bombs found their targets. Then, an Infinity class ship hit the Hecate with a Super MAC, forcing it to flee." ''

Basically saying that the Hecate took on a considerable amount of damage from anti-air fire, before taking a direct hit from a Super MAC. Any day to sunday, this is a god-mod. I don't care for your explanation, Super MAC's take on CSO supercarriers without a sweat.

Another little tidbit that I won't stress, but I feel noteworthy:

"Fox then decided to appear when the situation began to deteriorate, and Heathcliff shot down Fox's Arwing II with Sinon's PGM Hecate II, that was previously hidden in the ghillie suit."

Arwings are one of science fictions most advanced fighters, unrivaled by TIE Defenders or the most advanced X-Wings or A-Wings, capable of literally ramming into skyscrapers in some instances. It is a cool action movie trait seen in movies such as the Bourne Legacy, but it is a downright god-mod in this case.

Coolbuddy, Trol and Drullkus
Our other minor issues regarding god-modding are between the three above.

Coolbuddy has received complaints for overpowered Spartans. Many in the RP community would appreciate if no one would create any more Spartans for now, as they are a rare thing found in the Halo universe alone. We can't bring them all over into the THDF universe. Future roleplayers would be directed to not make use of a Spartan, or any affiliate of the UNSC for that matter.

Trol' Lolamee has received some complaints over his style of roleplay, and his "lack of common sense". I believe that this is merely because of lack of direction in our RP's, but in any case, it is a problem that should be addressed. Examples include the destruction of the Ravager and claiming the death of Lord of the STARS, while the Ravager wasn't even at the site of the battle, and the continued complaints over the course of the Alien subplot.

Drullkus has received some complaints for his god-modding style. Examples include the immediate destruction of Yoth's fortresses (ret-conned immediately) without any sort of warning by the use of satellite-lasers, and the large amount of near invincible weaponry he has created.

Conclusion
No harm and no foul here, just trying to bring up some notes on the topic of god-modding after being requested to write up a thing on it. Peace :3

05:18, January 30, 2015 (UTC)