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Posted December 19, 2016
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So, I bought Eador: Genesis from the Weekend Promo. Boy, is it a real shiny 149 MB of rich turn-based strategy cake generously sprinkled with RPG and fantasy world-building bits. The weekend seems to have disappeared as well, I mean who really needs to sleep or go outside? There's just this little thing bothering me: one unit of my in-game army that I can't figure out what it is about.

That's why I'm turning to you experts to possibly help me with a description of this mysterious member of my force. The most accurate (read: creative) entry will get a glorious GOG copy of Eador: Genesis.

Then, for a second copy of the game, random.org will give us one more winner taken from all remaining entries.

The giveaway will close sometime on December 25th, so the two winners will have something sweet to play over the holidays. Looking forward to see what you'll come up with, have fun and good luck all :)
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Post edited December 26, 2016 by chevkoch
This question / problem has been solved by VeTrackimage
Posted December 19, 2016
It's very simple, really. It overwhelms the enemy with the popularity of the server.

Edit: Also eliminates all DRM on the screen.

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Re-re-edit: Adalia entered, did he? I'll be in for him.
Post edited December 22, 2016 by zeogold
Posted December 19, 2016
This unit hugs the misguided enemy units, overwhelming them with love so they switch to your side. ;-)
Posted December 19, 2016
This unit opens rips in the universe, but ultimately leads to nothing. Initially, attackers become confused or bummed out, but then realize they were too drunk to spell correctly and they eventually figure out their mistake.

This cuddly unit comes with exactly 404 hitpoints.
Posted December 19, 2016
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zeogold: It's very simple, really. It overwhelms the enemy with the popularity of the server.

Edit: Also eliminates all DRM on the screen.

Re-edit: Not in, although I apologize if I stole the best one.
Blue Screen of Death, who wants to risk that? Too scary, even if it's just for show. I guess I'm going to let this freak hang back until it learns something more constructive.
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kmonster: This unit hugs the misguided enemy units, overwhelming them with love so they switch to your side. ;-)
Free hugs to let the enemy defect - how endearingly unorthodox in a conflict like this. Makes me wonder if there is a penalty for excessive use of this tactic, a lost fur meter to watch?
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chadjenofsky: This unit opens rips in the universe, but ultimately leads to nothing. Initially, attackers become confused or bummed out, but then realize they were too drunk to spell correctly and they eventually figure out their mistake.

This cuddly unit comes with exactly 404 hitpoints.
Oh, a powerful confusion-over-time ability, neat. But then, if attackers need to be drunk for this to hit... Cuddly can take a lot of damage at least ;)

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By the way, I'll assume that people are in with their entries unless they are mentioning otherwise :)
Post edited December 19, 2016 by chevkoch
Posted December 19, 2016
He's trying to run, but with only dex 2.. the poor thing..

(not it btw)
Post edited December 24, 2016 by Stooner
Posted December 19, 2016
It's a Trojan Bear. If it makes a successfull attack on an enemy unit, that unit 1) loses its defence 2) loses two turns while it sits and writes letters to all those in its address book. Furthermore, when the Trojan Bear is destroyed it explodes, damaging all units in surrounding hexes.

The best protection against this unit is an "Aunt Vera" (aka AV). This can shield adjacent units against the Bears attacks.
Posted December 19, 2016
It just a bear that's jealous of it's panda cousins in WOW. Just restart your game and it will leave.

Not in but thanks for the giveaway!
Posted December 19, 2016
Not in, but here is my idea:

It's the icon representing an arbitrary code execution exploit.

When its special ability is used, it looks for a process called "gogbear", and once found, reads data from a specific location in that process's memory, writes it into the Eador process's memory, and then executes it.

This can cause, depending on the gogbear process's memory, things like the following:
* Game crashes (most likely result if the gogbear process isn't specially crafted)
* Some sort of cheat effect (like causing you to instantly win/lose the match)
* The current game of Eador is replaced with a completely different game entirely (like pong or Akalabeth)
* Your files become encrypted with a key that only the malicious hacker who supplied the gogbear executable has, and are then requested to pay a fee of 1 bitcoin to get your files decrypted (ransomware)
* (If run with admin privileges) The computer shuts down and boots into the Debian installer
Posted December 19, 2016
i can't remember the name of that unit, but it has the soon(TM) skill, which can convince every other unit to stop their actions and wait.

not in
Posted December 19, 2016
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Stooner: He's trying to run, but with only dex 2.. the poor thing..
Short, stubby legs. Maybe running is not its forte, but what is then?
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bonzer: It's a Trojan Bear. If it makes a successfull attack on an enemy unit, that unit 1) loses its defence 2) loses two turns while it sits and writes letters to all those in its address book. Furthermore, when the Trojan Bear is destroyed it explodes, damaging all units in surrounding hexes.

The best protection against this unit is an "Aunt Vera" (aka AV). This can shield adjacent units against the Bears attacks.
That's adding insult to injury, tending to personal letters in a fight.
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Vythonaut: It just a bear that's jealous of it's panda cousins in WOW. Just restart your game and it will leave.

Not in but thanks for the giveaway!
The odd panda out then. Perhaps too much hot sauce on the bamboo.
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dtgreene: Not in, but here is my idea:

It's the icon representing an arbitrary code execution exploit.

When its special ability is used, it looks for a process called "gogbear", and once found, reads data from a specific location in that process's memory, writes it into the Eador process's memory, and then executes it.

This can cause, depending on the gogbear process's memory, things like the following:
* Game crashes (most likely result if the gogbear process isn't specially crafted)
* Some sort of cheat effect (like causing you to instantly win/lose the match)
* The current game of Eador is replaced with a completely different game entirely (like pong or Akalabeth)
* Your files become encrypted with a key that only the malicious hacker who supplied the gogbear executable has, and are then requested to pay a fee of 1 bitcoin to get your files decrypted (ransomware)
* (If run with admin privileges) The computer shuts down and boots into the Debian installer
I like your tech angle. Or maybe fear it, reading what it could entail. Perhaps I ought to just dunk the bear through Malwarebytes' halo as a safety measure.

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apehater: i can't remember the name of that unit, but it has the soon(TM) skill, which can convince every other unit to stop their actions and wait.

not in
That would be helpful. Soon enough, I'd have intricate offensive spells prepared then.
Post edited December 19, 2016 by chevkoch
Posted December 19, 2016
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chevkoch: I like your tech angle. Or maybe fear it, reading what it could entail. Perhaps I ought just dunk the bear through Malwarebytes' halo as a safety measure.
Of course, if you do that, you have to trust that Malwarebytes doesn't contain a security flaw that allows the bear to trigger arbitrary code execution just by being scanned.

(Recently, at least one major piece of antivirus software had such a flaw, which is the sort of flaw that would make me say "don't use it until it gets patched".)
Posted December 19, 2016
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dtgreene: [...]
(Recently, at least one major piece of antivirus software had such a flaw, which is the sort of flaw that would make me say "don't use it until it gets patched".)
They'd likely call it the "Theodore patch".
Posted December 21, 2016
Its a really powerful unit, dont let the stats fool ya. Its warm and fuzzy, so your enemies won't see it as an enemy unit and you can infiltrate it. After that the unit is a mixture of a magic grow animal(those sponge thingies that u pour some water and they grow) and a gremlin, so all you have to do is get it wet and he will pop out a whole bunch of crazy misshapen wild aggressive funny bears to attack but it also will grow to the size of a full grown t-rex, so you can destroy your enemies.

Thanks for the giveaway
Posted December 21, 2016
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piapancudo: Its a really powerful unit, dont let the stats fool ya. Its warm and fuzzy, so your enemies won't see it as an enemy unit and you can infiltrate it. After that the unit is a mixture of a magic grow animal(those sponge thingies that u pour some water and they grow) and a gremlin, so all you have to do is get it wet and he will pop out a whole bunch of crazy misshapen wild aggressive funny bears to attack but it also will grow to the size of a full grown t-rex, so you can destroy your enemies.

Thanks for the giveaway
I can see it: a towering, spongy T-Rex plus a gang of bouncy Haribo abominations. Now, just to infiltrate and accidently fall into the drink :)
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