Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board As Supreme Ruler of the Universe

Miner, methinks you deliberately misunderstand.

If she says, "don't jump in the lake," (in "Do not do this," the "this" equates to "jump in the lake"), and you DON'T jump in the lake ( "this" is not done - to do "this" you would jump in the lake), you get rewards.

But no reward if you DO "this" and jump in the lake.

Therefore, if you DO jump in the hypothetical lake (what if there were no... never mind), you get burned or lioned.

Thank you, Kent! Always happy to see a fellow Coluan trying to educate the masses!

Coluans - so cliqueish.

But the deed must be done in order to get to the "do not do this" stage, as we saw with the example you set earlier.

Technically, she is not saying "do not do this", but "do not do this anymore". Big difference, and one that can lead to extreme donutty goodness.

All of those who obey the rules can have donuts, cupcakes, but those who do not obey the rules can not have donuts and cupcakes because they will be busy with the sun/lions/etc. Whether or not the citizen of the Universe previously did something which I later decree against is irrelevent. If you jumped into the lake before I gave the order not to jump into the lake, you won't be penalized for it, and your status will be equivalent to that of the citizens who did not jump into the lake (donut and cupcake acceptable.) But you will not gain some bonus for jumping into the lake, having guessed what my next decree would be before I gave it--other than being in a lake, I guess.

Essentially, just follow orders and don't get too creative trying to second guess Supreme Ruler- that's pretty straightforward. But do we get some sort of badge to show that we're "donut and cupcake acceptable"?

Supreme Ruler,

I'm unsure of what to have for lunch today. Any suggestions? Pizza, Chinese food, or a deli sandwich?

Sincerely,

Your admiring subject Cobalt Kid

Well, you're welcome to make your own badges if you like.

And deli sandwich, if it's not too late. It sounds healthier.

I like a Supreme Ruler who lets her subjects dabble in free will.

Hey, as much fun as firing people into the sun can be, I don't wanna have to spend all my time at it...

thats what underlings, minnions and henchmen are for Mearl and i'm sure you can find one or two on Legion World up for a good Hench every now and then.

Even Supreme Rulers need to understand how to delegate.

Sharing responsibility for the sun cannon just seems like it could lead to, well... cannon abuse...

I would hate for my reign over the universe to be remembered as one which led to unjust cannon launchings.

But as supreme ruler you simply retroactively declare any perceived unjust launchings to be just. And as willing servants of the supreme ruler we would accept this. (of course I would also declare an extra weekend and double cupcakes just to be safe)

Did you ever shoot anyone into the moon? Seems to me that would be a really wicked punishment. People probably burn up before they actually reach the sun but with the moon, it's just... well, *splat*.

They have longer to ponder on their trangressions.

My own ponderings concerning the moon seem to catching on!

But there's no air - so we can't hear them go *Splat!*

And you're right - the sun's corona is actually hotter than the sun itself - they'd be fried millions of miles out

There's something quite satisfying about sending people into the sun... the screams and whimpers, and you get to pretend they're 'sunspots' if anyone wanders by while you're listeneing to their last gasps on the radio.

Maybe he can shoot a barrage of parachute-cupcakes out over all your loyal subjects?

That way he gets to fire it - but not in a punative way.

Hey, nobody else gets to fire the cannon! That sacred and heavy responsibility is mine and mine alone.

I am selling some "Best Of" holovid recordings of my cannon firings, though.

Care to name any names - rich and famous who got the cannon treatment?

(Or may I say, cannonized?)

If George Lucas had listened to this, he would not be a multi-millionaire today.

It's been too long since we've had awesome cupcakes and space-cannon firings!

Hey, maybe the cannon can be fired at Pluto instead? We get to hear people scream for much longer!

I miss Mearl. I hope she is well, wherever she is.

I never really got to interact with her.

you missed out. She was mega-kewl. you know when some people just show up, and feel like they've always been here? Like so many of the now-'classic' posters who have joined in the last few years did when they were newbies?