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Wrex

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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #90 on: October 05, 2012, 04:28:51 pm »

It would, however, be very effective.


So, what do we want? Actual villany. We need someone that will hit the public consciousness in the solar plexus. When people see we mean business, we get notirety. Now, the kickstarter is too easy to track. Our biggest issue will bel supplies, logistics, and the such, for example, making money. Now, how could  we get funding? One option would be a demonstration, but we would need a secure way to recieve that funding- would a swiss bank acocunt be adequate?

As far as a demonstration goes, a golf cart, ghetto-rigged into a bomb cart could be more than adequate, depending on the power of our explosives. As they are a bit on the weak side, I reccomend we add an incendary or sharapnel based component should we try this. Perhaps rigged with speakers and the like to proudly monologue before it explodes in a storm of fire and shrapnel.

Should we decide to use this track, we would need a good target, a suitable junker vehicle, a decent amount of explosives, the sale of the components of which are pretty easily tracked. I would reccomend we invest a large quantity of our cash into a savings bond, one of those good ones that are only avalible for fairly large quantities of cash, as a temporary source of revenue/Long haul strategy.

We don't get a snappy costume yet. We don't get a badass name yet. We get those when they fear us. When the mere mention of our existence makes them tremble in their boots, when we are synonmous with death, pain, and destruction, then we will be the unholy scion we so rightly feel we are.

Therefore, I suggest we play the long game. Shuffle say, 100,000 into a good investment, hiring advisors if neccesary, or more if we feel comfortable with it. Decide what we actually major'd in, and get a job in that field. Build contacts. Note weaknesses. Accrue capital gains. You don't get an army overnight, you tap into the vein of displeasure and reactive hatred that suffuses the American youth. We attend Socialist rallies and the like, gain speaking talents, support local occupy demonstrations with cheap ramen and the like. Build good PR, saving as much income from the investments and our job as possible. Assess the situation a year later, when we have gained some level of maturity. Repressed the feelings of pride, we will plenty of time to indulge them when our former boss lays screaming at our feet for mercy.

Therefore, let's get shit done motherfuckers, it's plotting time.

I'm drinking tonight, can you tell?
« Last Edit: October 05, 2012, 04:30:44 pm by Wrex »
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #91 on: October 05, 2012, 04:33:45 pm »

I'd suggest reading more of the anarchist's cookbook.
Other than that, I agree with everything Wrex just said.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #92 on: October 05, 2012, 04:35:00 pm »

Sounds acceptable. Let's start that plan, fast-forward past the dull parts, and see where we are in about a year.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #93 on: October 05, 2012, 04:38:49 pm »

TO CLARIFY: Purchase the bomb components slowly, over time, during the course of the year. Make it harder to track. Use cash.

I suggest a major in mechanics, or some form of Physics. Be sure to gain pracitical experience over the course of the year. A position in construction and demolition would be immensly useful. UNLESS WE WANT OUR FRIEND AS AN EVIL CONFIDANT. We could use him as a mechanic then, and instead have a major in electrical engineering, work on vehicle mountable coilguns (I've built one, not that difficult) and radio controlled or electrical systems.

Therefore, what would you people consider most useful? Do not consider our decision final until we make a major repost about it.


We need to get our fucking heads together, because if we keep doing this, we fritter away our money, and should go hang ourselves from the nearest flagpole.

In post terms, we can use the interveneing time to get our fucking shit together, and stop being such a tosser.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #94 on: October 05, 2012, 05:01:02 pm »

I did list a couple of explosives we could make from home back on page 4,If were going for a big boom,i suggest the sparkler bombs.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #95 on: October 05, 2012, 05:05:18 pm »

I think the reason we frittered away our money was because we were trying to villainate. Well, it'd be harder to get the weapons and armor once we got all notorious...
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #96 on: October 05, 2012, 05:15:09 pm »

We don't need weapons. If we are shooting, we've already lost.

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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #97 on: October 05, 2012, 05:18:05 pm »

They help us cut our losses, and anyways we already have them so unless you want to try selling them to Mexico there's not a lot of point worrying about...
Wait, are we close enough to the Mexican border to make smuggling viable? If we take illegal immigrants here, we can claim it was a humanitarian thing!
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« Reply #98 on: October 05, 2012, 05:21:59 pm »

No, If we start shooting, we have failed in our goals. Notice how every other "evil" plan in history went south the second bullets flew at their founders. Risky, bad things are bad. They will get us killed.To death. Or jailed. All of that is bad.

Any suggestions for the things that matter, like our Major?
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #99 on: October 05, 2012, 05:37:58 pm »

First of all, I didn't read all the pages so I may be missing the point here.

I don't think you guys should go "okay let's get some people to work for us and blow some shit up" without making a name for yourself. Why don't just find the place where all thugs are hanging around and start making some friends. Nobody managed to get far as a criminal alone.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #100 on: October 05, 2012, 05:47:40 pm »

No, If we start shooting, we have failed in our goals. Notice how every other "evil" plan in history went south the second bullets flew at their founders. Risky, bad things are bad. They will get us killed.To death. Or jailed. All of that is bad.
Having a gun and not needing it is much better than needing a gun and not having it. We can't be perfect all the time, and not everyone will refuse to shoot people without guns.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #101 on: October 05, 2012, 06:27:31 pm »

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Shuffle say, 100,000 into a good investment, hiring advisors if neccesary

good ones that are only avalible for fairly large quantities of cash

I agree with everything Wrex just said.

Sounds acceptable.

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do not consider our decision final until we make a major repost about it.

You do some web searching and make some inquiries. You torrent some investment books and read them. It takes two days, but you come up with a couple options:


1) You find a number of certificates of deposit with as little as $1000 minimum investment and 10% annual yield. So, invest $1000, after a year you'll have $1100. Invest $10,000, after a year you'll have $11,000. You may purchase these in any quantity. The only disadvantage is that the money is not accessible during the year.

2) You find a 15% APY CD with 3 year and $10,000 minimums. So instead of a $10,000 returning $11,000 after one year which, reinvested becomes $12,100 after two years and $13,310 after three years...you could invest $10,000 and have $15,208 after three years. These CDs are also available in any quantity, but the money is unavailable for the duration of the investment.

3) You could invest in a mutual fund. There are a number of relatively safe-looking options and it looks like you can probably get 8.34% annual rate of return. Not as much as the CD, but with the option of withdrawing the money at any time.

4) Two bedroom houses in Dayton Ohio are typically renting in the $300-$400/month range. You could rent out the house instead of build an underground lair beneath it.

5) Looking around for similar deals, you find a three bedroom house in New Jersey with a list price of $47,000 that's renting for $1300/month

6) The Dayton house was appraised at $27000, and listed for $16,000. You paid $17,500 for it after fees. You could, theoretically, turn around and sell it for more than you paid.

Additionally, you're fairly certain you can find more deals of similar order of magnitude as #4 and #5 without much difficulty. There seems to be no particular shortage of them for investers with enough cash to buy a property outright.



January 6, 2013

On the second day of research, your broker in Ohio calls to inform you that the deal went through, and the house is yours. However, you do get a bit of bad news: property taxes on the house are based on 35% of market value, of which you're expected to pay 1% every six months. The house was appraised at $27000, so your taxes come to $95 every six months. Not a huge sum, but it was an expense you hadn't anticipated.

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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #102 on: October 05, 2012, 07:55:37 pm »

Step 1: Try to remember if any of my friends were economics students and ask them for advice.
Step 2: Modify the advice to fit with our plans.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #103 on: October 05, 2012, 11:18:29 pm »

While we're doing that we go to the mall and shoplift some nice hats. I like hats. Maybe a nice Neff snapback. I like snapbacks, they are some of my favourite hats. Hats are for your head.
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Re: You are a Suburban Supervillain
« Reply #104 on: October 06, 2012, 01:41:09 am »

I vote that we major in engineering.
Also that we rent out the house (it's not like we're using it) and go for the certificates of deposit.
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