If you have superpowers, would you do good or become evil?

Urban Ranger · June 16, 2003, 05:17

It doesn't matter what kind of powers, come up with some your own. You could be like the Hulk who has superstrength, or maybe Professor X with telepathy, or Iron Man who knows how to build those nifty powered armour suits.

So would you use the powers for good deeds or use them for your own gain? Or perhaps you want to be a superneutral, somebody who can't be arsed until some villain encroaches upon you, then you give him a severe kicking?

BeBro · June 16, 2003, 05:25

I hope I would be neutral. Since good/bad is highly subjective, the chance to mess up things with those powers then is quite high.

But then I think I wouldn´t probably able to resist to do something that I see as good - to help, etc. The problem then is that probably your morale system changes when you always have to decide when to use the superpowers and when not.

FrustratedPoet · June 16, 2003, 05:27

Paul Hanson · June 16, 2003, 05:28

I'd use my superpowers to destroy Exeter, then I'd only do good from that point onwards.

BeBro · June 16, 2003, 05:34

What´s wrong with Exeter?

Paul Hanson · June 16, 2003, 05:37

Personal reasons that you don't want me to go into here.

Lets just say it involves a girl I like, her boyfriend's home city, and a great deal of death and destruction to satisfy my nasty jealous urges.

BeBro · June 16, 2003, 05:39

Ah, sounds reasonable

Just drop us a message before Exeter is wiped out

Urban Ranger · June 16, 2003, 05:54

Send us some photos

Paul Hanson · June 16, 2003, 06:12

No photos as of yet, sadly, but here's an artist's impression of what it might look like:

BeBro · June 16, 2003, 06:19

ROTFLMAO

Paul Hanson · June 16, 2003, 06:21

You know the best part? That's AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF EXETER!!!

Anyway, back on topic. I apologise profusely for leading the conversation this way.

Urban Ranger · June 16, 2003, 06:23

I probably will be neutral with good tendencies.

MikeH · June 16, 2003, 06:31

I will use them to get money and girls. Is that good or evil?

Stefu · June 16, 2003, 06:33

I'd probably just use the powers to my convenience. You know, like flying around instead of walking, using X-ray vision to peek under ladies' clothes, things like that. And there would be a lot of uses for telepathy.

Q Classic · June 16, 2003, 06:36

i would enjoy making my own sort of cosmic balance.

i would use my superpowers to stop the supervillian, and then use those same superpowers to trip up six hundred people at the same time. one one hand, good. on the other, bad.

Skanky Burns · June 16, 2003, 06:49

I would be neutral. Use my powers for the good of myself and those close to me, but not at the expense of others. Too much.

Mr. President · June 16, 2003, 07:17

It's fun to be evil. But that personal gain stuff is tempting.

MRT144 · June 16, 2003, 07:20

i would use them solely for personal gain.

Eli · June 16, 2003, 07:26

I'll take over the world and manage it like in Civ.

There will be many evil actions, but the result will be good.

MRT144 · June 16, 2003, 07:31

Eli, would you impose ICS?

Hydey · June 16, 2003, 07:39

must not look at woman with my xray vision.

Eli · June 16, 2003, 07:44

Quote:

Originally posted by MRT144
Eli, would you impose ICS?

My plans are top secret.

Flare · June 16, 2003, 08:31

~WEG~ Probably closer to neutral. I would want telekenisis, which would make me very dangerous on the road! ~EG~ Road Rage to the extreme!

CerberusIV · June 16, 2003, 08:32

I voted to do evil.

Reason 1. It's more fun!

Reason 2. It will inspire people to do something about it rather than sit back knowing someone else is doing good. So, paradoxically, more good would come of me doing evil.

Az · June 16, 2003, 09:12

Money, Girls, and world peace.

Starchild · June 16, 2003, 09:29

Become evil?

Lorizael · June 16, 2003, 10:37

If I had superman like powers, i.e. near omnipotence, I would start out just doing it to get what I wanted. But I know that eventually, if someone angered me, I'd forget why I should resist the urge to crush their skull in my hands. It would pretty much go downhill from there.

Inverse Icarus · June 16, 2003, 11:14

i'd probably end up trying for good, fail miserably, then proceed to rain hellfire down on my enemies, plagues, hoping to destroy mankind. i would then leave, thinking man is dead.

kinda like god.

Jack the Bodiless · June 16, 2003, 11:31

I'd satisfy all my personal needs in an "evil" fashion (e.g. raid banks to make myself rich), then do "good" against the world's nasty dictators and suchlike. How much "good" can I do anyhow if I need to hold down a regular job?

Probably best if I get two costumes, and I'll have to be very careful not to get them mixed up.

Inverse Icarus · June 16, 2003, 11:33

i saw hollowman. that would so be me.

that hot b1tch across the street thats always teasing me with her hotness? BAH! inviso-rape her!