Kin surving, or Psimax dying.

[Sushulana]

I'd go with kin surviving, since that would imply that they win the maze. Since Psymax is not from their reality and the majority of other realities are evil, leaving him to destroy the leftover teams would statistically be a win for the forces of good. Also, they'll never have to meet him again, so that would be a win.

Agreed, we could really use a good win right about now.

And, seeing Kin come out of this with legs would be interesting and perhaps the wildest complication so far ... gives us something long-term to discus besides a psychotic Dwarf that breaks all the rules.

[RocketScientist]

Who gets Psimax?
I don't understand.
Who kills Psionic Minmax? At the end, somebody's got to do it! Is it Forgath? Who?
Nobody. Nobody kills him. He lives.
You mean he wins? Jesus, Thunt, why did you write this thing for?
You know, you've been very sick, and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we'd better stop now.
No, I'm ok. I'm ok. Sit down. I'm all right.


I want Psimax to live... to the pain.

[SamWiser]

There are no words to describe how awesome that is.

[Zigit]

Yes, to the pain. Dying is too good for him...

[Snowy_One]

Kin surviving, of course making the assumption that she doesn't die later on due to things related to Psimax as well. Kin is easily the character I want to root for the most aside from Dies, and even Dies is changing now that he's free of Junior.

[Verz]

They are both great characters, and PsyMax could, potentially, come to fill almost any role because of his 'neutral' alignment stance(even if most of us think he is an evil bastard)

[RJJ7]

Who gets Psimax?
I don't understand.
Who kills Psionic Minmax? At the end, somebody's got to do it! Is it Forgath? Who?
Nobody. Nobody kills him. He lives.
You mean he wins? Jesus, Thunt, why did you write this thing for?
You know, you've been very sick, and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we'd better stop now.
No, I'm ok. I'm ok. Sit down. I'm all right.


I want Psimax to live... to the pain.

Took me a minute to figure out what you were driving at. But when I did, many chortles were had.

[Prometheus]

I'd go with kin surviving, since that would imply that they win the maze. Since Psymax is not from their reality and the majority of other realities are evil, leaving him to destroy the leftover teams would statistically be a win for the forces of good. Also, they'll never have to meet him again, so that would be a win.

Agreed, we could really use a good win right about now.

And, seeing Kin come out of this with legs would be interesting and perhaps the wildest complication so far ... gives us something long-term to discus besides a psychotic Dwarf that breaks all the rules.

I disagree that he breaks all the rules (alignment is about intention, not absolute truth). But more importantly, why does everyone hate Psimax? He just wants to end pain and suffering, it's not his fault he broke the counter and can remember every horrible traumatic death he's ever experienced in the MoM (or maybe it is). I guess he's not as awesome as http://www.goblinscomic.com/11012011/ This guy.

[Liesmith]

Who gets Psimax?
I don't understand.
Who kills Psionic Minmax? At the end, somebody's got to do it! Is it Forgath? Who?
Nobody. Nobody kills him. He lives.
You mean he wins? Jesus, Thunt, why did you write this thing for?
You know, you've been very sick, and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we'd better stop now.
No, I'm ok. I'm ok. Sit down. I'm all right.

Oh, that's just wonderful

I hope he lives forever, like a Spartan curse. If he became a permanent fixture of the Maze, it would be wonderfully poetic justice. Maybe something involving a river of healing potion...

[ThatGuy]

Just me being curious here - if you had to choose between Kin managing to survive this, OR Psimax getting killed permanently, which would you choose?

Wait...

Kin managing to survive this, OR Psimax getting killed permanently

So... If Kin survives than does that mean Psimax lives too? Or are you saying that if Psimax dies Kin has to die too? I... I don't get it.

[Krulle]

It's hypotherical.
He just wants to know what you'd prefer.....

Both dead, or both alive.

I know what the winning option in a poll

1. Kin survives, PsiMax dies
2. both survive
3. both die
4. Kin dies, PsiMax survives

would be, as that would be a no-brainer.
But if the options are both die or both survive, it's indeed interesting...
Is your desire to see PsiMax dead large enough to accept Kin's death as well, or do you want Kin to survive so much, that you'd accept PsiMax suvival as a consequence?

The poll is completely independent of Thunt's opinion, story, or decisions.

[hol]

Who gets Psimax?
I don't understand.
Who kills Psionic Minmax? At the end, somebody's got to do it! Is it Forgath? Who?
Nobody. Nobody kills him. He lives.
You mean he wins? Jesus, Thunt, why did you write this thing for?
You know, you've been very sick, and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we'd better stop now.
No, I'm ok. I'm ok. Sit down. I'm all right.


I want Psimax to live... to the pain.

My theory, Psimax lives and gets killed on reset by his reality companions as for (insert plot of FMK winning maze here) he is unprepared for it.

[DuIstalri]

It's hypotherical.
He just wants to know what you'd prefer.....

Both dead, or both alive.

I know what the winning option in a poll

1. Kin survives, PsiMax dies
2. both survive
3. both die
4. Kin dies, PsiMax survives

would be, as that would be a no-brainer.
But if the options are both die or both survive, it's indeed interesting...
Is your desire to see PsiMax dead large enough to accept Kin's death as well, or do you want Kin to survive so much, that you'd accept PsiMax suvival as a consequence?

The poll is completely independent of Thunt's opinion, story, or decisions.

Thanks for that summary, I was worried people might misunderstand the point of the question.

[Krulle]

I found it pretty obvious.

While I did choose "both survive", I am fully okay with both dying.
In my humble opinion, Kin is a player character put in space to give the adventuring group a quest and put someone at their side to complete the task, give the necessary information, influence the groups decision, ...
As a consequence of that, Kin needs to be removed after the Quest anyway.
Either by Minmax and Forgath (the group) teleporting away using Kin's Jade Teapot, or by Kin dying.
And since Minmax's player has the trueseeing role playing going on, chances are that winning the Maze of Many would break apart the group (Forgath going his way, Minmax staying with Kin), and therefore Kin needs to die.

I don't remember any breaking of the in-character rule regarding Kin as Minmax did with Forgath here, so (as far as I remember), there has been no hint that Kin is played by someone.

[Rooks]

I'd rather see a main character who I enjoy stay alive, then a villain be offed any day of the week. Because once they get out of this maze, they'll never see PsiMax again.

[Centurion13]

I just wish it would update already. It's already over a day late. Is this a common occurrence?

Cent13

[Krulle]

Yes, with Thunt's current workload (game testing, amount of detail, perfectionism,...), this is rather common.

A few weeks of Altsplanations might help, but I am afraid, that THunt would just testplay the upcoming card game even more.....
He needs a bit of self-made pressure..... ;)

[Prince Legolas]

I think both dying would make a more interesting story.

[DrinksTooMuchCoffee]

We don't want an interesting and sad story; we want a happy story.

Having recently seen Futurama's "Jurassic Bark" episode, however, I may be somewhat inoculated from sad endings.

[BuildsLegos]

Happy and sad both have potential for quality and Thunt knows his way around both. Besides, you certainly don't speak for us all, or else most of us would have stopped reading by now.

[Incendax]

The easiest solution is for PsiMax to help 156 succeed at the maze so they leave.
Then everything gets reset to the way it was, and he can succeed at his plan of suicide with no further complications.

Also, PsiMax is one of the coolest characters in this comic now. I know I will never get to see it, but I would love a confrontation between him and Kore.