A Special Request

Hello all,

I'm reaching out to both the designers and the amazing community here for Sentinels of the Multiverse. My girlfriend of over a year and I play the game on a nearly daily basis- it is by far our favorite game out of our growing collection. I have decided that I want to spend the rest of my life with her- she is both the most wonderful woman I have ever met and my best friend. I want to make my proposal special for her and for that I would like to request the help of the Sentinels team! 

I would like to ask from the developers to help me create a card I can insert without her knowledge into the deck of her favorite character (Expatriette) and be on one knee when she draws it. 

My idea for the card was "Engaged in Combat" perhaps with a picture of Expatriette kissing or about to kiss a member of the male cast (or future hero, whatever!). I would like the quote at the bottom of the page to be "Will you Marry me?".

I know this is a great deal to ask- especially with Shattered Timelines coming out-but I would gladly pay any associated price for the art and production etc (I can't find any art that can match Adam's in quality and style). 

From the community I would like to ask:

What do you think the card should do for mechanics?

Who should be her soon-to-be fiance (my favorite character is Absolute Zero- but her lips might get stuck to his faceplate!). Maybe at some point in the future it could be adopted into the plot.. but now I'm just talking crazy.

I do hope to hear from you guys at Greater than Games; I've had nothing but good encounters with you in the past and I cannot wait for the new expansions!

In any event, everyone have an amazing New Year's and please continue to be the amazing community you are, 

-James Hamilton

Wow. That's awesome. 

She should definitely marry Haka... the rest are married already, wear armor everywhere (makes kissing difficult), are a bit old for her, or just don't seem her style. Haka is the ultimate lovable badass. 

Also, the card should be an "ongoing" of course and it should be "limited"...

As far as the mechanic it should say "Attach this card to a hero character card of your choice. Should this card ever leave play, take half of that hero's equipment, ongoings, and..." hahaha. I'm just kidding about that part. Sorry. Couldn't help myself. 

For real though, maybe it can say something like "team up with hero of your choice. Combine your hit points, equipment, buffs, etc. You now act as a unit. Deal damage, take damage, and heal as one. This card is indestructible." 

Or something like that. 

This is a really cool proposal. Let's make it happen! Heck, I'll pick up a pen and start sketching if Adam can't do it (although I am sure there are better artists in here). 

Oh, and I hope your girlfriend doesn't frequent this forum...

I suggest making it an indestructible, ongoing card.

Perhaps the card can have a power that does one radiant damage to all villain targers.

Hi Jagarciao!

That is an amazing idea! I love the team up idea! (I might be watching this nervously). To my knowledge she does not browse the site. I will keep her from doing so to the best of my ability though!

Thank you so much for your support,

-AJH

This sounds awesome, James. Also, welcome to the community. Great to have you here. I really want this to turn out well.

I think below Jagarciao suggested text, it should say:

POWER: Say yes.

What about Bunker? They could bond over their love of projectiles! Either show him out of his suit about to kiss her or the two of them in a corner spraying bullets eveywhere! I love the idea of the POWER: Say yes. Thank you all or your support so much ; it means more to me than you know.

If you're trying to keep this a surprise I think I would ask the mods to change your user name, just in case (I assume it's your real name).

Beyond that I don't think I've got anything I can add to the excellent suggestions above.

Oh, yes I do.

http://ascensiongame.com/news-archive/item/an-ascension-proposal

That's a link to a page where someone did something very similar with the game Ascension, if you get it off the ground be sure to set up a video camera like they did!

James,

Some thoughts on how you can make the card yourself as the >G guys, while awesome, are also very busy at the moment.

First, the forge of the multiverse software in the Villain Contest section is great for making your own card layouts. If your art skills suck as bad as mine, you could scan in the Legacy Ring card to get an appropriate image (attached), possibly with some recolourisation.

Second, if you sleeve your cards you could just slip the card into one of the Expatriette sleeves. If not, a replacement card from the Expatriette deck costs 59 cents to get the back and you could glue the card over the top.

Third, this is a really cool idea and I wish you all the best with it.

Something like the attached perhaps?

:-)

Let me know what particular text you want on it!

hi mezike! Checking in from 33,000 feet up! Thanknyou for your help! I'm going to play around with the card creator when I'm home next week.

Still hoping for some help from >G though!

You're not hoping to get an actual card printed at an actual card printer by >G, are you?  Because that would be ludicrously expensive.  I would assume the best you could hope for from the >G guys would be a PDF of a card that you could print at a place like artscow.com.  And if that's the case, then the card creator is likely to get you what you're looking for without needing to hope they've got time to help.

James;

Let's make something happen here. I'm excited about this idea. Shoot me an e-mail at christopher@sentinelsofthemultiverse.com, and let me know what sort of timeframe we're working with here.

-Christopher

Spiff,

I of course don't expect >G to go through that much trouble!

I actually did not know about the card creator- that solves a good portion of the issue- but I think new art would go the extra mile to make it truly unique and I haven't found someone to copy Adam's style. I'm willing to accept any help the >G team can give, if only advice.

Christopher,

I will send you an email ASAP; the next hour or so she'll be looking over my shoulder!

this is all terribly exciting!

i hope you let us know how this all works out :-)

Got your e-mail, James. I'll work through some logistics and get back to you with options early next week. 

As for everyone who is interested in the outcome, we'll post updates and such here as they happen.

Christopher,

This means the world to me. Thank you so much. If anyone has any more ideas don't be afraid to hide them! They've been spectacular so far.

This is amazing. I am watching this SO HARD, you don't even KNOW.

I love this idea! I'm sure Adam can draw you something awesome. I kind of like the idea of a scene with AZ on one knee presenting a ring to Expattriette...

As for the mechanics, I like the idea of something like the Staff of Ra - there's a power to say yes and spend the rest of your life in married bliss, or you could discard to "throw it" saying no and doing a bazillion damage to James Hamilton (protip: that second part is only funny/cute if you two have already discussed getting married and basically are already going to... if you two have not already decided to get married to each other DO NOT include that part, it would be way awkward even if she does want to say yes). 

beevolant: You're awesome. 

Ha beevolent,

I love the picture idea! It sounds perfect! The mechanics though.. unsure how far I'm willing to push my luck! :)

Wow, just have to comment how cool this sounds, and I agree with beevolent's idea for the picture that would be sweet.

Beevolant's got the right idea: it's gotta be AZ and Expatriette if you're going with your favorite characters.

And I'm with McBehrer: I am watching this so hard. I love this idea.

Hope to hear how this works out :)

I can only add to the sentiments expressed before - this is very exciting. I wish the best to you and your soon-to-be fiancée and can't wait to hear how this plays out!

I love coming back to this forum and seeing something as delightful and touching as this. I wish you the best, Hamilton, and look forward avidly to any updates.

oh hell jeeze i want youtube videos and and and and adn...

wow.

cool

This is adorable. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ ✧

So will AZ and Expatriette now become a couple in the SotM canon?

This sounds so great!

Good luck!  This is a great idea.

This is so cool. Good luck. Could you let us know how it goes and post a pic of the card?

Oh gosh, I am late. I only saw this now, and GOSH. I want to know how it turned out :O Good luck!

Oh, man... :D  So kyooooot!  *squee*

I'm looking forward to an update too!

Hey guys,

Just an update from my end (I haven't heard from G>G since January). Things exploded for both of our business lives so I've pushed off proposing until later in the year when things will be more settled (the relationship is still rock solid though). Big move coming up and everything. I'm sure G>G has been busy as all hell too- I'm hoping to get more in touch with them over the summer if they're still willing to help. Thank you all for the good wishes!

Thanks for the update. I imagine they are busy with KS shipments and GSF, but they ended up in them willing to make a card for you? Have you decided on the text/image? And of course...we would really love to see the finished card!

Good to hear things are still going well. I think you've become the most favored couple on the forums.

Dang, I was hoping this had already happened and I didn't have to wait to find out the results.

Good luck man