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What is Wicked?

#1 Pallas Athene

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Posted 31 July 2001 - 04:44 PM

Does anyone have any theories? Has anyone heard of it?

[url="http://"http://www.biggerplanet.com/wicked/index.html"]What is Wicked?[/url]

OK, so what do you think? I know it's not 100% related to Ares, but in my opinion it's closer than even EV Posted Image

Somehow I think it might be significant that there are _two_ [zombies?] in the current pic. One might argue that the [zombies?] are enemies, but then there's the possibility that you control them, hence the name Wicked. I think it'd be interesting to see an RTS from the Admiral, but an After Dark-type game could be cool too.

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Posted 01 August 2001 - 01:21 AM

They're obviously undead/zombies, and the wickedness is because they are possessed by evil urges... it would be a funny world if undead and zombies weren't evil...

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Posted 01 August 2001 - 10:21 AM

I was trying to imply that the game is called Wicked because you are the wicked faction (and hence control _two_ zombies).

If you control them both, then it's likely an RTS game. But then, Ares is a form of RTS and I'm not sure if the Admiral would do the same type twice.

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Posted 02 August 2001 - 03:47 AM

Indeed, what is wicked? What is good? What is evil?

Philosopher's have talked about this for aeons, yet no satisfactory answer has been reached. Freud said it was sex, some other guy said it was power, but I have a much simpler answer : pleasure. Humanity is addicted to the drug and if blowing up the world will get you more, then blow up the world! Live for the moment, not the future. Of course, if you take care of the future, the moment will take care of itself.

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Posted 02 August 2001 - 06:45 AM

I believe that at one point Nathan's site mentioned that Wicked was a "3d engine like no other" or something like that

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Posted 02 August 2001 - 07:57 AM

Yes, but I'd assume it's not just an Engine - much of the appeal would be taken out of a game like that if there wasn't a scenario pack it shipped with to showcase its abilities. (Then again, the Ares Scenario didn't showcase the Ares engine's abilities that wellŅ just look what we can do with Hera Posted Image

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Posted 03 August 2001 - 07:43 AM

Hmmmmm. Last time I talked to Nathan, he told me he was working on something set in the Ares universe, but "on a different scale". This might be it... assuming it's not some zombie-related horror thing...

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Posted 03 August 2001 - 08:42 AM

Well, I, personally, would assume that Wicked would not refer to something within the Ares universe. The crystal ball says something too, along with the medieval stone wall.

Then again, there's always the possibility that he's working on an "unannounced" project too, concerning Ares.

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Posted 03 August 2001 - 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by Pallas Athene:
I was trying to imply that the game is called Wicked because you are the wicked faction (and hence control _two_ zombies).

If you control them both, then it's likely an RTS game. But then, Ares is a form of RTS and I'm not sure if the Admiral would do the same type twice.

Hmmm...the Necromancer in Diablo II raises the undead, and he isn't on the side of evil (but that doesn't mean he's on the side of good, either).

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Posted 03 August 2001 - 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by Sundered Angel:
Hmmmmm. Last time I talked to Nathan, he told me he was working on something set in the Ares universe, but "on a different scale". This might be it... assuming it's not some zombie-related horror thing...

Urgh, shades of last year.

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Posted 04 August 2001 - 12:15 AM

Yes, it's probably fair to assume "Wicked" is not Ares related. Just noting down a tidbit I remember. Hmmmm...

Stone Walls, Zombies and Crystal Balls...

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Posted 04 August 2001 - 01:27 AM

I feel I have something to add to this conversation:

Nathan Lamont is on holiday, he will be back on 8th of August.

There.

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Posted 04 August 2001 - 03:11 AM

I note that 'Wicked' is something brits use to say 'cool!'.

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Posted 04 August 2001 - 05:37 PM

*Hopes that Wicked is as open-ended as Ares is*

Then I'd make it Ares-based!

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Posted 05 August 2001 - 01:35 AM

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Originally posted by Pallas Athene:
*Hopes that Wicked is as open-ended as Ares is*

Then I'd make it Ares-based!

Hmmm... that'd be interesting...

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Posted 05 August 2001 - 02:30 AM

Deleted, suffice to say NL has been hard at work since the final release of Hera.

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Posted 05 August 2001 - 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by Talon Karrde:
I note that 'Wicked' is something brits use to say 'cool!'.

Incorrect, it's American.

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Posted 06 August 2001 - 01:18 AM

In Oz, 'deadly' means much the same thing... atleast among abo's.

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by Laguna:
Incorrect, it's American.

Are you sure? Cause I usually here it when brits are around...

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 04:01 AM

In Canada, people say 'shoot', as a kind of light expletive, and in Mag Steelglass land, people say 'bah'.

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 04:34 AM

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Are you sure? Cause I usually here it when brits are around...

Well, I only hear it on those early weekend morning cartoons with the stereotypical American surfers.

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 07:01 AM

"Wicked" is ancient slang, so I assume you could still here it in some backward areas of both Britain and America.

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 01:44 PM

I've only heard it a stupid movie with stereotypical American surfers Posted Image

And by the way, I'm leaving for England for a week and a half, I probably can still post but at a much-decreased rate.

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by Pallas Athene:
I've only heard it a stupid movie with stereotypical American surfers

And by the way, I'm leaving for England for a week and a half, I probably can still post but at a much-decreased rate.

Assuming you mean this England (why would anyone come here?), stay well *away* from London. But if you must venture into it's abyss of darkness, DO NOT smell the free samples of after-shave offered to you on the streets if you don't feel like collapsing to the floor and waking up with no wallet.

(Speaking from experience)

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Posted 08 August 2001 - 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by Laguna:
Assuming you mean [i]this[i] England (why would anyone come here?), stay well *away* from London. But if you must venture into it's abyss of darkness, DO NOT smell the free samples of after-shave offered to you on the streets if you don't feel like collapsing to the floor and waking up with no wallet.

(Speaking from experience)

Rats, I wanted to go to London and smell aftershave. Posted Image

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