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The Evil Overlord List

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:07 am
by Holsety
A list of the top 100 things you should keep in mind if you end up as an evil overlord. Most/all of them fit into sci-fi and fantasy stuff.

pcy5.backuppage.googlepages.com/overlord1.htm

My favorite one is pretty early on:
When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll say, "No." and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him then say "No."
Another:
All bumbling conjurers, clumsy squires, no-talent bards, and cowardly thieves in the land will be preemptively put to death. My foes will surely give up and abandon their quest if they have no source of comic relief.
I will instruct my guards when checking a cell that appears empty to look for the chamber pot. If the chamber pot is still there, then the prisoner has escaped and they may enter and search for clues. If the chamber pot is not there, then either the prisoner is perched above the lintel waiting to strike them with it or else he decided to take it as a souvenir (in which case he is obviously deeply disturbed and poses no threat). Either way, there's no point in entering.

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:06 am
by Gadget nee Jemcheeta
Wow, how long has this list been kicking around? O.O Over a decade at least.

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:18 am
by emotional leper
Atleast since '95, and that was on AOL Newsgroups Access.

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:38 am
by jacob Raver, sinTempter
what's O.O mean?

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:49 am
by emotional leper
Eyes huge in shock.

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:52 am
by Holsety
For fun variations you can use o as well. So o.O or O.o .

And ya I realized it was old, but I didn't see it around so I figured give people a look at it.

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:26 pm
by emotional leper
Holsety wrote:For fun variations you can use o as well. So o.O or O.o .

And ya I realized it was old, but I didn't see it around so I figured give people a look at it.
It's always good it introduce the uncorrupt to these things.

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:51 pm
by Fullmetal660
Now I wanna be an evil overlord, to the evil-mobile!