The Horrible Ideas Thread

[Creaphis]

Speaking as a man (which somewhat limits my perspective on this subject) I don't think that the option of playing as a Doomgal is necessary for this game. When you play Doom you're playing as a character: an unstoppable juggernaut of a man who is hilariously macho even without the cheesy one-liners that characterized later '90s shooters. Sure the characterization is a little thin, but Doomguy is still a character, just like Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft, etc. are characters (and you can't change their genders at will).

[thelaptop]

Larry Croft, tomb raider.

Sounds boring.  O.O

[Creepy]

The character you see on screen is either a tiny icon or an @ sign. Most of the time, references to the character are through the pronoun "You", which is gender neutral. The few directly masculine references are in flavor text of the trait descriptions, which are minor. Any added gender-switch would be purely cosmetic, do nothing but flip a few random words in the skill descriptions, and be all-around kinda pointless.

You want to play a doomgal, put a femme name when prompted for one. This achieves exactly as much as a gender option would.

[thelaptop]

Firewalker Medal

Walk on 50 lava tiles without boots and healing in a single game.

Firewalker Cross

Walk on 200 lava tiles without boots and healing in a single game.

[eharper256]

You want to play a doomgal, put a femme name when prompted for one. This achieves exactly as much as a gender option would.

Did you read this at all:

Mainly because I feel bad for a DoomGuy if I just give him a girls name and pretend. Because I can't help thinking: "clearly he was a guy, its just he got given a girly name by his squadmates". :D

Sure the characterization is a little thin, but Doomguy is still a character, just like Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft, etc. are characters (and you can't change their genders at will).

Actually, to me, Doomguy is characterised pretty well, since I actually owned the cheesy comic (where all the quotes for DoomRL skills are from, I believe) and I've read the rather meh novel (Flynn Taggart, I believe was his name there).

Interestingly, though, in the novel, there was a Female UAC marine. So its not entirely without precedent. Still, I figured most would see it as a horrible idea, hence me placing it here!

[Motorheadbanger]

I'vereadthatI'vereadthatI'vereadthatyayyayyayI'mnottheonlyoneyay!

[Creepy]

I read all four too. A.S. was definitely a fun character. =P

[ZicherCZ]

Firewalker Medal

Walk on 50 lava tiles without boots and healing in a single game.

Firewalker Cross

Walk on 200 lava tiles without boots and healing in a single game.

Well ... That means something like Lava Pits with two envirosuits ;).

[thelaptop]

Hmm.  You've got a point.

Change it to walking on lava tiles while taking damage from lava.  This also means that invul won't work, but 'zerk would.  =D

[raekuul]

Why noy just make it "Take 50 damage from Lava" and "Take 200 damage from Lava"?

[thelaptop]

I dunno.  I like the idea of not wearing boots being a part of it.  But anyway, it's supposed to be a horrible idea...  =P

[raekuul]

Angel of Frost - Every stage is either frozen over, a hard nut to crack, or a special stage.
Angel of Waves - Every stage has a flooding lever of some sort.
Wave Rider Diamond - Clear N! Angel of Waves without pulling a single lever.
Angel of Three - Mancubi Everywhere
Angel of Plasma - Why waste time carrying bullets and shotguns when you've got plasma weaponry already?
Angel of Ceres - Combination reverse-direction game and AoRA.

[Thexare]

Angel of Three - Mancubi Everywhere and you can only use the Tristar Blaster

Fixed that for you.

[Ander Hammer]

Angel of Waves - Every stage has a flooding lever of some sort.
Wave Rider Diamond - Clear N! Angel of Waves having pulled every single lever.

Fixed that for you.

[Klear]

Wave Rider Diamond - Clear N! Angel of Waves having pulled every single lever.

That remonds b of Escape form LA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_E9ebt1a_s