Re: [BNW] A Bouncer question

["Patrick Legg" <plegg@lineone.net>]

>
> "Stupidly overpowered?"
>
> Comic books have a wide range of power levels.  BNW isn't a comic
> book, nor is based on one.  While one can compare the levels if one
> wishes, doing so really doesn't get you much.
>
> Now, using comic books for inspiration, that's a good and worthy thing to
do.
>
> But I wouldn't go saying that Spiderman is "stupidly overpowered."
> Assuming one can figure out why the choice of the word "stupid..."
> BNW isn't simulating 4-color comics (as they are traditionally
> called).  So it doesn't matter that BNW can't do Spiderman.  It
> wasn't meant to do so.
>
> We don't know what Alphas were like power-wise.  Heck, we are never
> really told whether they are just stronger versions of the packages
> or multi-packages, or whatever.  We shall have to make it up
> ourselves and/or wait for Crossroads.
>
> And if BNW isn't high-powered enough for you, it's easy enough to
> change.  UP the numbers or give out more than one power package.
> When you play it, it's your game.
>

I hate the internet. Whenever you comment on something you have to word it
perfectly, or your opinion and the main point of your message, is lost
because somebody reads what you say in the wrong way. You can see it
yourself. From the whole of my message you picked up on two words which go
against your opinion. To me the sentence "It just goes to show how stupidly
overpowered most comic book characters are compared to the BNW setting"
means exactly the same as "it just goes to show how stupidly underpowered
BNW characters are compared to most comic book settings). The phrase
stupidly is used to emphasise the vast difference between them. The main
point was an agreement about Spiderman being alpha class (at
least) by analysing what his abilities might be in the setting.