ACRONYM OOC VII: With Our Heads in the Clouds

[Boo]

Thread for OOC stuff related to the ACRONYM organizations - AMEN, GLoG, HALO, NO, PEACE etc. or ACRONYM locations in general.

If you're curious, ACRONYM stands for Associated Crazy and Redundant Organizations Needlessly Yearning Meaning. It's hard to define exactly what makes an ACRONYM, but they all share the following characteristics.

It's hard to define exactly what makes an ACRONYM, but they all share the following characteristics:
Their name is an acronym.
They tend to revolve around some sort of common trait shared by most of their members - in most cases, this is alignment, but we've had at least one organization that allowed only female characters.
They are roleplaying games, obviously.
They have one thread which is their "main" or "HQ" thread, which are usually numbered in Roman numerals and has a different, witty title for each new thread, and occasionally have spin-off threads for plots that take place outside of the base.
All the ACRONYMs exist in a sort of shared multiverse.

A few of the ACRONYMs include:

AMEN - The Association of Malicious, Evil, and Nefarious. The original ACRONYM group, and the longest running (if not the one with the most threads). Wacky, crazy, and often needlessly violent. Enter at your own risk.
HALO - The Heroic, Anti-Evil and Lawbreaking Organization. The first good-centered ACRONYM which survived more than a few threads. Currently holds the record for most threads. Formerly arch-enemies of AMEN.
GLoG - The Good League of Good. Their name comes from The Evil League of Evil, from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. (http://drhorrible.com/) The second good-centered organization to survive. Why two good organizations? There are distinct roleplaying differences between the two. If you want to join a good organization, I'd recommend trying out both and seeing which fits your likes better.
NO - The Neutralist Organization. Where gray is the new black. Very neutral.
PEACE - A semi-serious roleplaying organisation for evildoers, where plot is tolerated, and stamped on less than in AMEN.

Don't like any of the choices? Want to make your own? Read these rules first.

Acronym organizations are NOT Cliques, Clubs, or FanGroups. They are Role-Playing Games. Please start one only if you and a certain group of people have intent of following it through. If it's for the sake of having something in your sig, make up a club, gather friends, and sig it.
Acronym Organizations should be open. As per forum rules, nobody is to be denied admittance into our circle. Note: this is referring to players, not characters, it's perfectly reasonable to not allow evil characters in your good organization (unless they want to become good, but that's besides the point) but you can't not allow a player to join.
If Rule 1 is met by your intentions, please make sure none of the existing organizations fit your Role-Playing Necessities. Organizations based around the same thing should be significantly different in style, i.e. HALO and GLoG.
If a plot within an existent organization requires the creation of a new organization, remember that it is not necessary to create the organization OOC. Organizations can be created fully IC within the bounds of another organization, for example, AMEN's TESTAMENT.
It's not Personal, it's ACRONYM. As much as our characters may fight each other, remember we're all friends here and just want to have fun with each other.

ACRONYM Shack: You've got questions, we've got answers.
Q: Hey, why isn't my organization on the big shiny list?
A: Probably because it hasn't gotten to two threads yet. We love new ACRONYMs, we really do, but frankly, if it can't survive for two threads, it doesn't get to go in the big shiny index.
Thread Index:
Utility threads:
ACRO Character Registry (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97333)
Acro Digest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98423) - short updates on characters
GLoG Bulletin Board (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108523)

Frequent Turnover Threads:
GLoG - Good League of Good
Taverna Generica - It's a tavern. Duh.
HALO - Heroic, Anti-Evil and Lawbreaking Organization

Various public(ish) locations in/around/accessible to Acro:
PEACE III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119373) - People of Established Antagonism, Chaos, and Evil
NO IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117696) - Neutralist Organization
The Weald (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112034)
Inside 4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120219) - various urban locations
Outside IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118644) - various rural locations
Butler's Estate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107370) - Catpeople estate
Freedom Glades (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100185)
NO IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117696): Neutralist Organization
Decker's Hell (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101901) - One of the circles of hell
Magtok Land (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90540) - abandoned amusement park
Dreamscape (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108962) - land of dreams, visions, subconscious
War Island (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89009) - An island built for war! YO JOE!
Restaurant Enchante (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101576) - An illusory romantic restaurant. Of romance. And illusions.


Personal homes/bases/fortresses of characters:
Clearing in the Countryside (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114946) - Bushranger's Home
The Glass Citadel IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114633) - Home of Rabbit Vasque
Forest Cottage II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115169) - Home of Judy and Mint
Orson's Tower (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116621)
The MagCave (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96256)
Monument to the Efficacy of Steam (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118645) - Yaza's manse
Farthing Cottage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111819) - Catelyn's home
Saturno (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110776) - Harbinger Epoch
Sszinyon's Hideout (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116257)
Raven's Nest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97869) - Home of Peter Raven
The Rock Estate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60516)
The Inverted Tower (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100839) - Cal's Phylactery Fortress
K-Corp Ruins (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94432) - The remains of KR-15's original evil base


Plot Threads:
Myst Island (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119375) - Twisted Calublufiok adventure game
The Underworld/Creation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111002)
AMEN vs Hell (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116104)
The Queendom of Neirain, home of the Amazonian Pixies (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117348)
Waves (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102453)
Prima Materia (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112397)
Honeymoon in Texas (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108800)
The Doomsday Cave (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104856) - Calublufiok's downfall?
Apoca-Con (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114708) - Reinholdt's trap
Field of the Lost (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6036916#post6036916) - The afterlife of the Souless.

[happyturtle]

Boo, can you add this to the first post?

Thread Index:
Utility threads:
ACRO Character Registry (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97333)
Acro Digest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98423) - short updates on characters
GLoG Bulletin Board (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108523)

Frequent Turnover Threads:
GLoG - Good League of Good
Taverna Generica - It's a tavern. Duh.
HALO - Heroic, Anti-Evil and Lawbreaking Organization

Various public(ish) locations in/around/accessible to Acro:
PEACE III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119373) - People of Established Antagonism, Chaos, and Evil
NO IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117696) - Neutralist Organization
The Weald (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112034)
Inside 4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120219) - various urban locations
Outside IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118644) - various rural locations
Butler's Estate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107370) - Catpeople estate
Freedom Glades (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100185)
NO IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117696): Neutralist Organization
Decker's Hell (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101901) - One of the circles of hell
Magtok Land (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90540) - abandoned amusement park
Dreamscape (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108962) - land of dreams, visions, subconscious
War Island (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89009)
Restaurant Enchante (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101576) - An illusory romantic restaurant. Of romance. And illusions.


Personal homes/bases/fortresses of characters:
Clearing in the Countryside (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114946) - Bushranger's Home
The Glass Citadel IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114633) - Home of Rabbit Vasque
Forest Cottage II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115169) - Home of Judy and Mint
Orson's Tower (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116621)
The MagCave (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96256)
Monument to the Efficacy of Steam (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118645) - Yaza's manse
Farthing Cottage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111819) - Catelyn's home
Saturno (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110776) - Harbinger Epoch
Sszinyon's Hideout (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116257)
Raven's Nest (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97869) - Home of Peter Raven
The Rock Estate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60516)
The Inverted Tower (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100839) - Cal's Phylactery Fortress
K-Corp Ruins (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94432) - The remains of KR-15's original evil base


Plot Threads:
Myst Island (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119375) - Twisted Calublufiok adventure game
The Underworld/Creation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111002)
AMEN vs Hell (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116104)
The Queendom of Neirain, home of the Amazonian Pixies (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117348)
Waves (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102453)
Prima Materia (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112397)
Honeymoon in Texas (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108800)
The Doomsday Cave (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104856) - Calublufiok's downfall?
Apoca-Con (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114708) - Reinholdt's trap
Field of the Lost (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6036916#post6036916) - The afterlife of the Souless.

[Ashen Lilies]

BR, Than and M0rt: Feel free to have your characters retroactively escape the tower before the Eldritch Abomination locked it in, since you were deadtimed.

[Boo]

Done, though I did add a "YO JOE!" to War Island. It wouldn't feel right otherwise. (I could have added "COBRA-LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!")

[Ashen Lilies]

And so Captain Jack Formerly-Known-as-Hammer goes from Mr. Awesome to Butt Monkey once again. :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:
Of course, if it were Johannes there (unlikely, considering he's actually the alignment he claims to be), he'd snap the wire in two with his shins, before wondering why he's bothering with the weight and wrenching apart his manacles by flexing his wrists. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Ahhh...

I'm planning for my guys to get injured out of the whole Orson's Tower thing.

Brannon... well, he's charging up a blast to far beyond what is either safe or sensible.

Daisuke, I'm not sure.

Also, :smallsigh: so many character ideas, so little time.

If you want to know what I'm talking about, I got my hands on the Exalted book, and there's a bit in there saying that almost no Exaltations happen before puberty.

The character idea is for one of the "almost no" section.

[AmberVael]

Yeah... I kind of already beat you to that.
Multiple times. :smalltongue:

[Reinholdt]

Abigail is not a super-god. She's really not.

Like hell she isn't. She pushed away a PREPARED big-bad. A smart one who had her completely helpless, somehow managing to levitate a necklace, talk, and activate her uber-powers before the big-bad could do a simple thing like move the knife 2 inches. Super-god requires only a comparison. And compared to everything there, she is. Even your NPC drones were super-gods and you only killed them out of pity and in a very weak way.

Which among other things is leading right to my point. Remember when I said you always felt the need for all your attacks to work perfectly? Well you do. And your defenses too. Go back and read your posts. Not just Orson's Tower. Any of your posts.

You haven't got hit once. Not. Once. And you pretty much describe all their attacks as "ZOMG ought to kill you in one hit". And when they don't, you have OOC chatter asking about power levels and why it didn't work and stuff.

You insist on being THE hero. Not the hero. THE hero. What's the difference? The difference is that you alone are the one doing anything when you're THE hero. The hero works with other people. Let's them do stuff too. THE hero takes all the limelight for himself by solving everyone's problems with their overpowered capabilities.

All your characters are almost entirely perfectly rational. It's one thing to have hope and believe you're going to be rescued. It's another thing to have absolutely no fear whatsoever. To always know who is lying. To always try to redeem.

What am I telling you? You're the ultimate Marty Stu.

WHY am I telling you? It really detracts from everyone who wants to play. Why? Because suddenly the story isn't about a group of characters interacting. It's about YOU saving the day. That may make an interesting book, but it makes for poor RPing. In that no one else gets to really RP. Look at all those other heroes at Orson's Tower.

The point of me telling you all this is not because I want to rag on you. It's because it destroys the fun for everyone else.

How to fix this? It'd be rather hypocritical to just post all this, then not explain ways to do something about it. Hopefully other people can help me here too.

1. Let your characters get hurt! Let them get cut up. Let them lose an arm. Let them fail unconscious and be forced at the complete mercy of someone else. Let them die even. Not by your hands, but at other people's hands. In other words, willingly allow failure. Not doing so basically tells the other player their character and his/her attack is worthless. It's ok to dodge sometimes, but don't run circles around the opponent and their fighting style.

2. Understand your attacks aren't going to all work as expected. And don't complain about it when they don't. I could have Calublufiok throw a super-fireball capable of blowing up the planet at someone right now if I wanted. And they could block it, cut through it, or in the case of Captain Jack Hammer, take it straight up and live. And I would be alright with that! Because if he's not around afterwards, there's not much to interact with.

3. Don't go around throwing super-fireballs capable of blowing up the planet. Once in a long while in an epic plot, perhaps. Maybe when fighting Draken's aspect. But to throw around epic attacks daily is really frustrating, because then the other player is forced to either lose or upgrade his character's capabilities to levels he doesn't want them at. That is not what you want to do to the other player.

4. Slow down. Recognize that the other players in the area probably have a stake in things too. Don't solve their problems for them and steal the stage. Solve their problems with them. I think you and everyone else will find it far more satisfying. When in a fight, work with them. Perhaps set up the opponent to get in the other player's line of fire. Or something similar.

5. This one is pretty important. Have character flaws. And I'm not talking about being over idealistic either. Have a coward. Have someone be greedy and a cleptomaniac. Or someone who is insecure. Don't always be rational. People are irrational trying to live in a rational world and trying to be rational about it. It's ok to get in fights with someone because you're grumpy! It's ok to scream for help even if you didn't really need it. Don't be afraid to be human.

Anyways. I'm done. Sorry if this seems a bit harsh. But it needs to be put out there and faced. I want to see you grow as a player. We've had Mary/Marty Stu issues before. I've had them. I've watched a well known player here make literal leaps and bounds in their RP style and dig their way out of the issues put forth here. And it is a great pleasure to see how much they've grown. I'm hoping to see the same thing occur now.

[Neon Knight]

Yeah... I kind of already beat you to that.
Multiple times. :smalltongue:

In addition, there are a few canonical ones.

Like that one crazy Lunar who is really, really bitter about it. I forget her name.

[horngeek]

Reinholdt: I have aknowledged this, and am asking for ways to solve it.

The push away thing is what I just see as a part of the activation. Also, Magic-users generally aren't that physically strong, unless the magic boosts them specifically. But apart from that, she isn't that strong in combat. Sure, she's got a strong defence, but she doesn't have strong attacks as yet.

The problem is that I don't get that much time on FFRP, relatively. You guys are awake when I should be asleep/at school. So...

[horngeek]

Also, I note that several players tend to have particular areas where a large amount of their characters come from.

Vael has most of the Exalted, I do anime-type...

[AmberVael]

That's mostly a coincidence. I never meant to do more than two, but... it just kind of kept going.

Typically my characters come from all kinds of settings. I've got Aesa who comes from a sort of twisted nordic mythos, and Brasche, Knight of the Waning Day from a sci-fi universe. My first character was from an unspecified homebrew world.

I've also dabbled heavily with my homebrewed Dakorian lore, which some characters draw on.

Mediator, who some people here might be familiar with, comes from a world of fable and fairy tales... sort of. She's been made more creepy.

So yeah. This explosion of Exalted characters was really unintentional and beside the norm for me.

[horngeek]

Same with anime for me, to a degree.

I started with Daisuke, who was an exersice in "if I were a Shinigami, what would my Zanpaktou be..."

Then... well, you know the rest.

Here are some details of the outline I had for the potential Exalted

A Zenith Caste Solar Exalted, who Exalted as her villiage was burning (bandits).

She has some skill at combat, but her primary ability is that people... trust her. They will instinctively go "such a cute face must be trustworthy". Although characters may confuse this with Dani's cuteness, it really isn't. It's an actice Charm that's always on.

This isn't somthing she has learnt to turn off, as yet.

[happyturtle]

I'm not clear why time zones mean your characters have to be overpowered.

If you want to change, listen to Reinholdt's advice. And I'd add something else.

6. Try not to have more than one character in the same fight.

Even underpowered characters can crowd the limelight if 5 of them are in the same scene. Unless you're the one running the plot, try to keep it to one PC at a time. This won't always be possible, but in a scenario like this, where your characters are the ones going to the fight, it is.

[horngeek]

What I mean is: I try to get as much in as possible in that time.

[Neon Knight]

Same with anime for me, to a degree.

I started with Daisuke, who was an exersice in "if I were a Shinigami, what would my Zanpaktou be..."

Then... well, you know the rest.

Here are some details of the outline I had for the potential Exalted

A Zenith Caste Solar Exalted, who Exalted as her villiage was burning (bandits).

She has some skill at combat, but her primary ability is that people... trust her. They will instinctively go "such a cute face must be trustworthy". Although characters may confuse this with Dani's cuteness, it really isn't. It's an actice Charm that's always on.

This isn't somthing she has learnt to turn off, as yet.

The Eclipse caste are the trustworthy diplomats. The Zenith caste are priests. Priest-kings, technically.

Bit of an overlap between the two, sometimes, but still.

[dagaarn]

Hey guys, how's life?

[Ashen Lilies]

*slinks out of the shadows*

Actually Reinholdt, I'm sure Captain Jack Hammer would scream in terror like a little girl and crap his pants... just before dying horribly of course.

*slinks back into the shadows*

[horngeek]

The Eclipse caste are the trustworthy diplomats. The Zenith caste are priests. Priest-kings, technically.

Bit of an overlap between the two, sometimes, but still.

Yeah... basically she'd be a priest, but of the charismatic kind.

[happyturtle]

That's understandable, but you can still have as many posts as before without resolving everything at once. It's okay for big fight scenes to take several days to finish, and more fair to the other players if they do.

[horngeek]

Yeah... I'll try to spread it out more...

[Ashen Lilies]

That's understandable, but you can still have as many posts as before without resolving everything at once. It's okay for big fight scenes to take several days to finish, and more fair to the other players if they do.

Speaking of which...

*pokes HT to Hell?*

[AmberVael]

Yeah... basically she'd be a priest, but of the charismatic kind.

That is indeed a typical characteristic of a good priest.
What kind of priest can't convince and sway people to their side and way of thinking?

However... um... just in light of what everyone else is saying here, I want to add in one thing:
If you really do want to try and be less of a marty sue type, I suggest, just possibly, rethinking making an exalted character.
Exalted is a quite high power setting, and the characters from it (much like anime) are really too easy to make into marty sue characters, especially if they've actually been exalted.

Plus, we really do sort of have an overflow of Exalted characters now, and I feel like the uniqueness of them is wearing away. =/

[happyturtle]

This is the first plot I've been in since my semi-hiatus. Can someone find a recent example of a fight scene for horngeek where the RL pace was a bit slower and when it was over, everyone had bumps and bruises (or worse) to show for it?

[dagaarn]

Aww...I remember when there was just one Exalted character...

[horngeek]

Well, since I'm about to show an example of the time zones...

I bid you all good night. Tomorrow, I'll write up that character.

Setting Sun on the Horizon. Or Setting Sun. Or just call her by her unExalted name, Mia.

She won't fight much though...

or on Vael's advice, maybe not.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother, given I seem to accidentally piss everyone off in the OOC thrad every couple of months...

[dagaarn]

I'm gonna copy horngeek, being in Aus now...

[Neon Knight]

Plus, we really do sort of have an overflow of Exalted characters now, and I feel like the uniqueness of them is wearing away. =/

It's why I've been refraining from making another Exalted character even though I really kinda want to.

That, and I still need to kill off more of my existing cast.

*sharpens knives*

[Ashen Lilies]

The doomsday cave? Three characters (if you count Skrall 1) died, most people got beat up, and I think it lasted for around a week or so. But then, it wasn't all a giant rollomping fight like Orson's tower is ((I actually planned a dungeon crawl, but then you blew through the roof :smalltongue:)) so I'm not actually sure if it counts.
...
...
Yeah, I got nothing. Fights tend to be resolved rather quickly, unless they have me in them.
...
...
K-Corp, maybe?

[horngeek]

or on Vael's advice, maybe not.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother, given I seem to accidentally piss everyone off in the OOC thread every couple of months...

Anyway, I intend that all three of my characters will come out of this with some kind of injury.

[Ashen Lilies]

*slaps Horngeek*
I'll have none of that defeatist talk from you. If you wanna quit, quit, but do it because of you, not because of us.

[horngeek]

:smallsigh:

Fine...

Going to sleep now anyway. See ya all in tha morning. Too tired to be anything other than grumpy.

[happyturtle]

Yeah. What Kris said. We're trying to help.

What about making a normal character with no powers at all? Someone like Melody or Corentin can be very interesting to play.

[AmberVael]

That, and I still need to kill off more of my existing cast.

*sharpens knives*

Well, the Knight has already given you a start. Speaking of which, the knight needs to show up somewhere again...

@HG
I'm not pissed off or offended, I'm just trying to be helpful and say things as I see them. I mean, you did say you wanted to change, so...

The character idea is still usable and workable, even without the Exalted setting coming into the picture. You could use it as an exercise, in fact.
Knowing that Exaltation tends to make powerful heroes who steal the spotlight, you could think of how not being Exalted would affect your character. Think of the flaws and problems it would raise for them. Maybe she couldn't actually save her hometown, and had to flee, for example. Possibly the bandits are even still after her, and she's running from them because she can't fight.
Lack of power and heroicness tends to add complications to the character. Explore and investigate that, and it could help you out AND make the character more interesting.

[happyturtle]

Here's a quote from the appendix of the Fate 2.0 rpg rules (http://www.faterpg.com/), where during character creation, you pay for your flaws just as you do your perks, rather than getting extra character points for the flaws that you take.


[Any] quality of a character, regardless of whether it’s positive or negative, is something that makes the character more interesting and better ties them to the story.

Consider the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series: Buffy’s superheroic Slayer aspect is on a kind of narrative equal footing with sidekick Xander’s Normal Guy aspect. Both aspects bring the characters into the story, in a clear and thematic fashion. In fact, it’s often a character’s weaknesses that make them so interesting, much more than the fact that they can kill vampires or fly or cast spells. We care more that they are Paranoid, or are Vulnerable to Kryptonite or have a Dark Secret in their past. Since such entertaining stories can be told around these weaknesses indeed, some of the best GM’s plots are born out of chosen character weaknesses it almost seems weshould be paying more for our weaknesses, if the yardstick used is "story significance".

[The Bushranger]

*writes up big long-winded rant about plottery, then deletes it because he knows all his friends will get pissed at him for it and that makes him more depressed than the original issue*. :smallsigh:

[Morty]

What about making a normal character with no powers at all? Someone like Melody or Corentin can be very interesting to play.

This. Dipsnig is as mundane as dirt and yet is my favorite character to play, much more than Wenomir and Michalson, who are both more powerful.
And I agree with everything Reinholdt said. It needed to be said. Nobody likes rants - I remember once wanting to make a long-winded post about how all ACRO is turning into closed-circuit romance plots but I resisted - but sometimes, they're inevitable.

[Reinholdt]

We aren't looking to drive you away Horngeek, like they said.
I mean, we've all had those moments where we've screwed up by making our character too powerful or something. I know I have.

But my favorite character is Butler. He came in after Cal and Reinholdt. Know what he had going for him? Training in how to be a butler. In other words, absolutely nothing. I designed him to be a power level 0-1 peon.

Of course, he grew over time. I think that's just a side effect of being in the Nexus though. I'll probably depower him back down soonish.

The point is that often its a lot more fun to play the less powerful or even powerless characters than the powerful ones.

[McBish]

I remember that guy. Hehe, ah the memories. Silly Magtok.

[Reinholdt]

*Looks about nervously, makes a mental note to delete this post as soon as Daisuke's read it and it's fulfilled its purpose*

I (never) had the same exact problem when I first started RPing, and for quite a few months before something finally hit me like a sack of bricks. I (never) had a character, he was a million times worse than any other character I've ever seen RPed by anyone, ever.

He was...a psion. Who could fly. And wore a cape. And used lightsabers and guns when throwing stuff around with his head wouldn't work. It...it was horrible. And to top it off, the only person that so much as scratched his knees was of my own creation, a crude, early version of Magtok that was also pretty awful.

Anyways, my point is, I improved (was always this awesome). I (needn't have) improved even though I didn't have the benefit of people saying "That's kinda annoying, Mag", "He isn't as awesome as you think, Mag" or even "Stop, those cookies are for everyone, Mag". I went from the player in Town to the...14th? Yeah, 14th sounds fair and not too egotistical.

Right, so I went from nothing to around 11-14th best RPer around. Maybe number 8, it depends on whom you ask, I suppose. If the guy who (never) played a flying psychic Jedi gunslinger with a cape can do that, then so can you.
*quotes post for prosperity purposes*
Also so it can never be deleted. :smallbiggrin:

[Morty]

If I got into FFRP right after joining those boards 3 years ago... well, I don't know with what I'd have come up with back then, but it'd be probably something bad and power-trippy. Most likely some super-powerful 16-year-old mage/assasin or something. Many people do stupid stuff and make Mary Sue characters at some point.

[happyturtle]

*quotes post for prosperity purposes*
Also so it can never be deleted. :smallbiggrin:

*snicker*

:smallbiggrin:

[Lex-Kat]

*Posts to Subscribe*

[Kaelaroth]

Yaaay Blur!

[happyturtle]

Czernov asks, having closed the curtains, now sitting down nearby.

Peter and Czernov are behind the curtain together?

:eek:

[Kaelaroth]

Peter and Czernov are behind the curtain together?

:eek:
<.>
No. Blur's behind the curtain. By himself. :smallwink:
Wait. No. Eew.

[McBish]

Hm... so I will probably be introducing several new characters soon. Two of which are old from Town way back when, and the other is an idea I've had for awhile, and was reminded of recently.

[horngeek]

Heh. I probably won't do the Normal...

Because I have TOO MANY CHARACTERS ALREADY.

SERIOUSLY. On top of my ACRO guys, I've got the BleachitP guys.

In fact, Brannon will probably go back to his home universe after this, OOC to cut my character numbers down to a semi-reasonable level, IC because he does have a job he needs to get back to.

On a less serious note:


"Oh I see ma'am. So... who is in charge of words then ma'am? Do you know ma'am?"

Butler: Misunderstanding people since... hell, I don't know how long.

[The Bushranger]

<.>
No. Blur's behind the curtain. By himself. :smallwink:
Wait. No. Eew.

Hey, Patty's done it herself...

[Moofin Bard]

Patty's done it with nearly everyone...together.

My first Town character was Ari whom I still have.
A 17-year-old druidess from a circus who got pregnant, married, and divorced in the same 5 months.

[Reinholdt]

Butler: Misunderstanding people since... hell, I don't know how long.
December I believe.

All of BR's characters have done it with nearly everyone. :smalltongue:
This is probably an exaggeration. Probably...

[horngeek]

None of my characters.

I don't try for it, but I don't avoid it either.

[Kaelaroth]

Hey, Patty's done it herself...

Did not want to know... :smalltongue:

[The Bushranger]

Patty: Not as many as Angela! :smalltongue:

...and Brendan hasn't pulled the curtain with anybody. Yet. So there! :smalltongue:

[happyturtle]

On a random note, GLoG turns 1 on Aug 21.

[horngeek]

Cool! Just after I turn 18 on Aug 15!

[Moofin Bard]

Ari's only ever done it with Matt...

...obviously that's how the babies got there.


OMG BR I just realized, that whole thing is like Secret Life of an American Teenager except Ari isn't that whiny.

[The Bushranger]

At least it's not HALO 90210. :smalltongue:

[FireFox]

At least it's not HALO 90210. :smalltongue:

...
Why has that not been used as a thread title yet? :smallconfused:

[Kaelaroth]

At least it's not HALO 90210. :smalltongue:
... I'd totally read HALO more if it was, actually. :smalltongue:

[Moofin Bard]

Well it kind of is at the moment.

Love triangles...
Fights...
Attempted suicide...
Girl on girl on guy action...

[The Bushranger]

Because we have a lot of threads to get through before we reach that number, FF? :smalltongue:


Oh, and don't forget the Love Potion Action, Moofin. :smallamused:

[Moofin Bard]

Ooh la la.

Yeah next thread will be

HALO: Not quite 90210 but close.

[Kaelaroth]

[Dungeon]

"I'm here because I've been a 'bad boy' and need to be punished? "
:wink:....

[Boo]

Do excuse any absences from myself. I am, after all, working, writing three different projects, drawing several other things, and otherwise doing my best to have a social life. That, and I share a computer with four other people.

This also causes a lot of stress and depression. I hate my life. :smallsmile:

[The Bushranger]

Oh fer cryin' out loud...

Yesterday evening it started thundering. So, I told the folks in the Chat that I was disconnecting and would be back after the storm.

I started to move the mouse to disconnect...

click!

RUMBLERUMBLERUMBLERUMBLE...


"&*(@&#(@&#("


...yes, my home modem is dead. And, thanks to the utter and complete financial ineptitude of my parents, it cannot be immediately replaced. It may be up to a week before it can be. Therefore I can only get online here at the library until then. And, therefore, I almost certainly won't be able to post at all Saturday, Sunday, and Monday...


Hopefully I won't go insane between now and when it's fixed...

[Ashen Lilies]

Ouch. Ye have my sympathies.

[happyturtle]

Oh man, that sucks. You're always so careful to disconnect during storms too.

The most urgent thing we need you for at the moment is Orson's Tower, where Misaki is either being rescued or not by Daisuke depending on what Quinn does.

[Thanatos 51-50]

BR, Than and M0rt: Feel free to have your characters retroactively escape the tower before the Eldritch Abomination locked it in, since you were deadtimed.

The tower is sealed in?
Also, I'm pretty sure Ivan and Wenomir never actually entered the tower, proper.

[The Bushranger]

Yeah. Unfortunatly our storms have developed a habit of laying in ambush and launching *one* lightning strike close enough to fry...

I'll get to the Tower once I finish pondering the Heal/Hurt. :smallsmile:

[Boo]

Every time I hear the word "library" it makes me nostalgic of "Salem RPG", an old FFPBPRPG* I fancied back in the day (I was 12ish). Though the people there (35 members, 12 actives) knew my age, a... 29(?) year-old woman asked if I would be interested in having a long distance relationship with her. You never forget your first rejection. Especially when it's to someone more than twice your age. That was actually my first PBP forum ever. Good times, that.


* Free Form Play-By-Post Roleplaying Game

[Ashen Lilies]

The tower is sealed in?
Also, I'm pretty sure Ivan and Wenomir never actually entered the tower, proper.

It is. All the entrances are blocked by Eldritch Substance. Done by Orson out of spite, of course. Brannon managed to blast a hole large enough to get most of the prisoners out, but there's still people in, most noticeably Then, who isn't in the hollow.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Yeah. Unfortunatly our storms have developed a habit of laying in ambush and launching *one* lightning strike close enough to fry...

I'll get to the Tower once I finish pondering the Heal/Hurt. :smallsmile:

Try a JMA Intensity 6- Earthquake during a Tropical Storm. Fun stuff.


It is. All the entrances are blocked by Eldritch Substance. Done by Orson out of spite, of course. Brannon managed to blast a hole large enough to get most of the prisoners out, but there's still people in, most noticeably Then, who isn't in the hollow.

We can has burning tiem nao?

[Kaelaroth]

Peoples are hurting Kaela! :smalleek: C'mon, he only, like.. killed a few people... Or something...

[happyturtle]

I'm Peter Raven in this game. Kaela = :smallfurious:

[Kaelaroth]

Hey! I'm not going to be ressurected in H/H or Acronym so, so, so.. you're mean! :smallfrown:

[Thanatos 51-50]

Is Kaela still an innocent-looking pink ball of light and psionic energy that if brought into the ACROVERSE, will unravel Reality?

[Kaelaroth]

Is Kaela still an innocent-looking pink ball of light and psionic energy that if brought into the ACROVERSE, will unravel Reality?

He got brought into reality. And then got shot, after a less than a month of life.
By his dad. And then his aunt (maternal) through his body to zombies to eat.

[happyturtle]

Zombies which he created. :smalltongue:

[Thanatos 51-50]

So hes dead, temporarily?

And I just figured that if anyone wants a super-powerful and naive psion minion. Terrance fulfills both of those criteria, althought he will muck around inside your head, because he hasn't been taught thats wrong, yet.

[happyturtle]

Gah! NO!

*hides Terrence from Calublufiok*

[Thanatos 51-50]

Gah! NO!

*hides Terrence from Calublufiok*

Happy? What's wrong? Whos Calubufiok?

[Kaelaroth]

So hes dead, temporarily?

Being the operative word, possibly.


Zombies which he created. :smalltongue:

Oh, please. Next you'll be telling me that the various other Biblical hell-attacks he crafted were his fault, or that he was to blame for brutally killing his adopted cousin. Youthful indiscretions, 's all.



In other news, I have a veee-eee-eeery tentative kind of plot being worked out. Well, in fairness, it was meant to have been used twice before, just before Shepherd was born, and when Astir was alive, but never quite took off for a variety of reasons. If you're looking to play an interesting character, or one of your own, in a standalone little plot thread that may or may not have ramifications on the rest of Acronym when it unravels at the end, let me know, please. It will work best if you were playing in either the Waves plot, or were somehow involved with Shepherd, but not necessarily.

[Neon Knight]

If you're looking to play an interesting character, or one of your own, in a standalone little plot thread that may or may not have ramifications on the rest of Acronym when it unravels at the end, let me know, please. It will work best if you were playing in either the Waves plot, or were somehow involved with Shepherd, but not necessarily.

Although I fit neither of the criteria stipulated in the last sentence, I am interested.

[Thanatos 51-50]

In other news, I have a veee-eee-eeery tentative kind of plot being worked out. Well, in fairness, it was meant to have been used twice before, just before Shepherd was born, and when Astir was alive, but never quite took off for a variety of reasons. If you're looking to play an interesting character, or one of your own, in a standalone little plot thread that may or may not have ramifications on the rest of Acronym when it unravels at the end, let me know, please. It will work best if you were playing in either the Waves plot, or were somehow involved with Shepherd, but not necessarily.

*Shows interest*

[Lord Magtok]

In other news, I have a veee-eee-eeery tentative kind of plot being worked out. Well, in fairness, it was meant to have been used twice before, just before Shepherd was born, and when Astir was alive, but never quite took off for a variety of reasons. If you're looking to play an interesting character, or one of your own, in a standalone little plot thread that may or may not have ramifications on the rest of Acronym when it unravels at the end, let me know, please. It will work best if you were playing in either the Waves plot, or were somehow involved with Shepherd, but not necessarily.

*Waves a severed arm around to express interest.*

[Morty]

Though none of my characters is connected with Shepherd or participated in Waves plot, it sounds interesting. I'd probably toss Michalson in there, as Wenomir and Dipsnig are preoccupied and he hasn't been played all that much.
Hm. For the first time, I feel as if I didn't have enough characters. Also, I think that soon enough, I'll have been posting in FFRP for an entire year.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Hey - just finished reading something from the most recent GLoG thread.

GLoG has a new cyber specialist? This makes the undying-and-floating-in-the-infinite-void Alexander Wright sad.

[Morty]

*Pokes Neon Knight and points at NO*

[happyturtle]

Who do you mean, Than? Magtok?

[Thanatos 51-50]

I mean this:


[Firing Range]

I'm more concerned with the possibility of structural damage. I'm sure there are cybernetic implants available if anyone suffers hearing damage.

Also: Whilst we're here, Alex still has some anti-psionic stuff floating around if anybody is wanting to tinker and use it to build up defenses.

[happyturtle]

That's the mainframe talking about procuring cyberware for members. It isn't actually a cybernetics expert.

[Darkcomet]

DC could do cybernetics if he really wanted to.

The main reason he doesn't try them on himself is that he doesn't want the whole nervous system-cybernetics interactions and stuff like that to screw up his psychic abilities.

[McBish]

Hey anyone have any characters that they might want to be haunted by something?

[Morty]

Hey anyone have any characters that they might want to be haunted by something?

I'd maybe like Wenomir to be haunted by something, but he's stuck in a plot.
Also, Dipsnig is now supposed to prove the guilt of a guy he belives to be innocent. Heh.

[Reinholdt]

So hes dead, temporarily?

And I just figured that if anyone wants a super-powerful and naive psion minion. Terrance fulfills both of those criteria, althought he will muck around inside your head, because he hasn't been taught thats wrong, yet.
"Did someone call for a boss?" :smallamused: :smallbiggrin:

And I'd be interested Kaela. But Reinholdt's DEADED. So I wouldn't know who to use. Well... Butler actually. He was connected to Kaela, wasn't he?

[horngeek]

Daisuke would be an extremely bad choice. For the ghost.

Why? Because he'd just send the ghost on.

[McBish]

The haunting thing isn't really a spirit or ghost. Something else, though easily confused as one though.

[horngeek]

Ohhh... then he'd be a good choice.

After he's back from Plot. And I'm back from exam, which I go to noaw. Wish me luck!

[Reinholdt]

The haunting thing isn't really a spirit or ghost. Something else, though easily confused as one though.
*nearly volunteers*
*realizes he's in too much stuff already and pouts while lowering hand*

[happyturtle]

Just a heads up for people who don't compulsively read every thread:

Jack and Layla's wedding, starting here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6701740#post6701740), is made of awesome. It has Magtok, Saurous, Loony, and VESPE!!!!

[Ashen Lilies]

...
...
...
Damn.


Anyway, loving the sentient mainframe. I wonder if it'll become all totarilataoansd totaliran totalitarian and evil and stuff.
...
*imagines KR-15 and Mainframe team-up*
...
Naaaaaaaahhh

[horngeek]

Actually, more worried about our President at the moment.

He's... not acting like the leader of the Good League of Good should, it seems to me.

[Reinholdt]

By what? Making sure Raven doesn't loiter like he did all the time?

Raven is Evil! Seriously. Czernov was right to do what he did.

And if Reinholdt was supposed to teach you anything... anything... it's that you shouldn't try to redeem people who don't want to be redeemed.

[happyturtle]

In both cases, Charity and Stu begin channeling potentially harmless amounts of energy to fulfill their goals. It's painful. I'll let you decide what happens beyond that.

Er, what? Need more explanation plz.

[Reinholdt]

I think he meant potentially harmful. I think.

[happyturtle]

Yeah. I figured that part. But is still kind of vague.

[Ashen Lilies]

As, Charity and Stu could:
Succeed with no ill effects.
Fail to create what they wanted to create.
Temporarily burn out their magic potential.
Permanently burn out their magic potential.
Physically burn themselves.
Pass out.
Create an explosion.
Explode.
Die.

And so on.

[horngeek]

And they get to choose exactly what...

Was this what Orson wanted to use to do whatever it was he was going to do?

I forget what it was.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Woo! Fruitlessly battlin' an' Eldritch Horror with Laser pistols!

I take it Ivan's "Kill it with focused beams of light and fusion-generated fire" strategy is failing.
How fast is the EH's regeneration? Could he, like, blast a hole in, fly in, scoop up refugees, blast a new hole and fly out?

[horngeek]

Dude. Charity is painting holes in the thing.

I think all of our plans were made redundant by that ridiculous amount of AWESOME.

But you'd have to wait for KK.

[Kaelaroth]

Actually, more worried about our President at the moment.

He's... not acting like the leader of the Good League of Good should, it seems to me.

... How? :smallconfused:

[Thanatos 51-50]

Dude. Charity is painting holes in the thing.

I think all of our plans were made redundant by that ridiculous amount of AWESOME.

But you'd have to wait for KK.

And I, as a player, know this. Ivan, as a character, doesn't, as he's busy being above the tower. And not able to see whats going on - which would assumedly be taking place at ground level so everyone could run out.
Also - Charity might need a rescue, as the EH is still trying to plug the holes Charity is painting in it.

[horngeek]

Yeah, I know... but the forest might give him an idea.

[happyturtle]

It's Charity's Crowning Moment of Awesome.

Of course, she'll spent the rest of her life in frustration as she tries to relive that moment.

[horngeek]

It's Charity's Crowning Moment of Awesome.

Of course, she'll spent the rest of her life in frustration as she tries to relive that moment.

It so is.

We should put on the GLoG wiki a Crowning Moments of Awesome page.

We have one on the BleachitP wiki.

[happyturtle]

Yes, we should.

Of course the CMOA to end all CMOAs was Magtok's roller coaster confrontation with Reinholdt.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Plan was to have Ivan totally stunned after he burst through the ceiling, if at all possible, and intentionally leaving him wide open for a mighty thwacking from the Eldritch Abomination.

[horngeek]

Yes, it was.

I will freely admit I haven't managed one with any of my characters yet.

In Acronym, anyway. In BleachitP, there's that bit with my character's cat.

That is now a meme on the OOC.

[Ashen Lilies]

CMoAs, eh?
I think Johannes has achieved one sometime, and I think Kris-the-Slayer did at one point, but I can't remember what.
...
My favorite CMoA of all time has to be DC dropping the satellite on KR-15 though. It was pretty awesome.

Than: Ivan can try, but it'd take significant firepower to blast a hole in the EH, and it won't be possible at via the roof, since the EH stretches from the top of the hollow to the cell block level. Ivan's best bet is to find a wall and blow through it.

[happyturtle]

I liked KR eating a lollipop while kicking ass.

[horngeek]

Wait... I'd say that the only CMOA I'd be willing to say so far from one of my characters is Vileheart devouring Karuka after utterly subverting her personality for 600 years.

SERIOUS long-term planning there.

[Ashen Lilies]

I don't. Like. Lollipops. :smallbiggrin:

Also, Magtok rickrolling GLoG.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Okay, makes sense.
Would fusion torches + weaponised anti-grav be enough to punch a hole in one of the tower walls?

[horngeek]

Actually, where is KR right now?

I want Vileheart to do somthing. It will not harm her, apart from a bruised throat. Possibly.

[happyturtle]

Butler defeating an storm demoness with a kiss.

Peter Raven calmly threatening to destroy Magtok and everything he had ever created so that his existence would be forgotten - and Magtok believing him.

Tessa cutting open Alek's head and slicing his brain to ribbons to bypass a vow she'd made not to use magic on him against his will.

Happy feeding Shepherd's body to zombies.

[Ashen Lilies]

Okay, makes sense.
Would fusion torches + weaponised anti-grav be enough to punch a hole in one of the tower walls?

Sure. Of course, you'd have to do it twice to get into the hollow, and there's a chance you'll be too high and get EH to the face for your trouble.


KR is asleep in a lab. Also, Vileheart and her planned takeover of Hell better be afraid. Very afraid. And I'm not talking about no Five Horsemen either. :smallamused:


HT: I was just about to mention that last one. Also, the deaths Melody, Sheperd and RtM. More like CM of Oh S***, but still pretty awesome. Also, Hell Kitty Reinholdt and Fortress Exploding Reinholdt, both from the Fortress of Hearts. :smallbiggrin:

[horngeek]

Oh, she's not nessesarialy taking over hell.

It's just that that gives her a nice influx of souls. Souls mean Hollows.

She'll be paying KR a visit now. Okay?

[Ashen Lilies]

Whatever. By turning damned souls and devils into hollows, she's disrupting the balance of Hell. This is not good.

Anyway, if Ash is a member, does that make Rothka a member by proxy, or does he have to apply himself? Or is he in a state of not-quite-membership, but welcome anyway, like KR?

[horngeek]

Disrupting balance is what she's trying to do.

If this were happening in the Bleachverse, the Shinigami would be going :smalleek: because of souls that they send to Hell for misdeeds...

becoming Hollows anyway. To them, that's scary. That's the sort of stuff that can cause Armageddon.

[Kaelaroth]

Whatever. By turning damned souls and devils into hollows, she's disrupting the balance of Hell. This is not good.

Anyway, if Ash is a member, does that make Rothka a member by proxy, or does he have to apply himself? Or is he in a state of not-quite-membership, but welcome anyway, like KR?

Rothka needs his/her Ash! He/SHE NEEEEEEEEDS him.
'Cause (s)he totally doesn't massively crush on the guy who summoned him/her.
Totally.

[Ashen Lilies]

Right. Disrupting the delicate balance of the multiverse. What I said. And ASH BROEKHART, PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR does not like that.

^: Heh.

[happyturtle]

Each sentient entity must apply for membership on its own.

And I think Czernov and the mainframe intend to do something about people who just wander in and stay without joining.

[Ashen Lilies]

But... But... KR.... :smallfrown:

[horngeek]

What, even minors who you wouldn't expect to join?

Abigail's not a member, will they toss her out?

[Kaelaroth]

But Rothka can't write in stinky hooman! :smalleek:

[happyturtle]

KR joined, remember? And children at least should be registered by their parents.

@^: She can talk, right? And a drone or Ash can transcribe. :smalltongue:


And thought of another CMoA:

When Magtok sent an army of shapeshifters who looked like Shepherd after Reinholdt, and he used the Glass Citadel to make them look like an army of Reinholdt's so he could shoot them without hesitation.

[Ashen Lilies]

She... did? What? No way KR would willingly sign up for redemption. I think.
*is confoozed now*

[happyturtle]

It was after she was rezzed the first time, when she was all trying to be good.

[Reinholdt]

You guys flatter me way more than I deserve.
:smallredface:
*goes to hide now*

[Morty]

CMoAs? Come on, people. This trope has degenerated so much that now every time a character manages to eat a sandwich without choking on it qualifies as a CMoA. :smallyuk: It doesn't mean anything anymore.

[horngeek]

Love what you did in the Outside thread, Kris.

[Ashen Lilies]

CMoAs? Come on, people. This trope has degenerated so much that now every time a character manages to eat a sandwich without choking on it qualifies as a CMoA. :smallyuk: It doesn't mean anything anymore.

That's why we're trying to give each character one, and only one CMoA. The only characters who currently have more than one are Magtok and Reinholdt, and well, it's them. They (and probably Vespe) deserve it.

geek of horns: Mwahahaha.

[Morty]

That's why we're trying to give each character one, and only one CMoA. The only characters who currently have more than one are Magtok and Reinholdt, and well, it's them. They (and probably Vespe) deserve it.

Well, alright. I'm just allergic to TVTropes is all. I don't think any of my characters has had any moment like that anyway.

[Kaelaroth]

It charges up and fires a Cero.
*cough*
Wut?

[Darkcomet]

CMoAs?

DC's would be... Something to do with dropping a satellite on robot revolutions, probably.

[horngeek]

*cough*
Wut?

Sorry, massive energy blast.

[Kaelaroth]

I'm not sure my characters have had any. *hmms*

[Reinholdt]

CMoAs?

DC's would be... Something to do with dropping a satellite on robot revolutions, probably.
Kid Kris mentioned this one actually.

Shame I missed it. Oh well.

[Darkcomet]

*checks* Oh. Yes he did.

Anyway, I just got up, so meh.

Also, the situation in GLoG sounds like it calls for railguns and ion cannons. Too bad DC's not there at the moment, huh?

[Morty]

Hm. I suppose that the fact that Dipsnig has been running NO for few months but is neither insane nor drinking heavily might qualify as a CMoA, just a very long one. From the perspective of, say, the universe, few months is a moment.

[horngeek]

Actually, the laser pointer did the trick.

You kill a Hollow by shattering its mask, or at least that's what you do to the ones with masks.

[Darkcomet]

Well, since no one here but Daisuke could have killed it properly, I think KR was justified.

...but would she care? :smalltongue:

[Ashen Lilies]

Yeah. Maybe some OOC knowledge and Bleach Wiki-fu slipped in there... >.>

Also, the cause of mean drone's death, and to make sure no one is ever confused about a Cero ever again. Plus, it looked cool and was bizarrely appropriate, considering it's an actual Gillian doing it.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/bleach/en/images/b/bb/Cero.gif

@ ^: Considering it apparently destabilizes the universe or something, yes, I think she would care if she knew.

[Morty]

Is that a giant penguin? Sure looks like than on a first glance.

[horngeek]

That is a Gillian.

[Kaelaroth]

Is that a giant penguin? Sure looks like than on a first glance.

... I'd say it was a hybrid between a penguin and an orca. *nods sagely*

[Neon Knight]

It does look like a giant penguin. With a narwhal horn.

[Darkcomet]

Rothka makes me kinda nervous. Probably because of the similarity to Kaela...

[happyturtle]

Random silly image of the day:

http://taipanway.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/blasphemy.jpg

[The Bushranger]

Bad news: the back-up idea for getting a modem faster didn't pan out. It seems the "phone company if-a-surge-damages-equipment-we-replace-it" thing doesn't cover 'acts of Tobias'.
(:smallbiggrin:)

Good news: the replacement modems we ordered have been shipped...

[Kaelaroth]

Zee's awesome. :smallbiggrin:

[Thanatos 51-50]

Ivan is an idiot.

Is there any way he can tell that the people he dove in to save are out of the tower. Shooting an Eldritch Horror in the throat is maybe one or two power levels too much for him to deal with.

[RabbitHoleLost]

Magtok punched one in the face once.
That worked.

[happyturtle]

Well there's a group of people all huddled around below the tower, and one of them a little girl who is probably screaming Quinn's name.

The Painted Weald must have extended across the zombie lake moat thingie. I guess.

[Morty]

So now if Wenomir jumps down, he'll only break his legs, without getting eaten by zombies.:smalltongue:

[Thanatos 51-50]

Well, not using any suit mods and not being exceptionally strong, Ivan did manage to struggle free of its feeding tentalces, and the Avatar is in the middle of making a grenade.
So, yeah, he stands a chance.
Just not a very good one.

Unless the EH is only Power Level 6 or so, instead of the 7 or 8 I expect it is.

[Reinholdt]

Quick pause.

There's still 100 drones on Butler yes?

[horngeek]

50 now. There are what I call Awesome Fuel Drones.

They may be godmodded as part of an Epic Post.

[happyturtle]

Corentin hugs Vidalia close to him. "Yes, I am." He smiles at her. "And I have returned Crimson to us." He leans in to try and kiss her sweetly. "I'm sorry I had to leave you like that. I'll do anything you want to make up for it. Anything."

Vidalia's totally going to ask for a Corentin/Tia/Butler/Decker curtain session, isn't she? :smalleek:

[Reinholdt]

Ask for your very own home and garden store! Make him pay out his nose! :smalltongue:

[Neon Knight]

This situation isn't the exercise in love geometry that we thought it was; in fact, it's a secret plot by Vidalia to create her very own harem! :smalleek:

[Reinholdt]

She's been playing all of us from the start?!
:eek:

[Neon Knight]

From the very, very start. Every single one of her actions has been another step closer to her eventual enslavement of us all!

[happyturtle]

How did Vidalia and Dani never hook up?

[Reinholdt]

I knew it was invasion of the body snatchers with those onions. :smallannoyed:
She just kept distracting me with those caressing tentacles of hers and nearly no-leaf outfits.
>>
<<

[Neon Knight]

Yeah, that kinda got me too...

Um...

>.>
<.<

New topic! Cal's puzzles are hard! :smallfrown:

[Lex-Kat]

Awww. You guys spoiled the surprise. How'd you find out about her diabolical plan? :smallconfused:

[Reinholdt]

Yeah, that kinda got me too...

Um...

>.>
<.<

New topic! Cal's puzzles are hard! :smallfrown:
v.v
Sowwy. :smallfrown:

*pokes other players*
Go help them OOC with the puzzles!

Giving hints is so hard without giving this stuff away.

[Neon Knight]

Awww. You guys spoiled the surprise. How'd you find out about her diabolical plan? :smallconfused:

I read her diary.

Man, that thing had some juicy entries.

[KerfuffleMach2]

So, I have a completely in character reason for both Runner's and Powersurge's absence these past few days.

They passed out from lack of Energon.

[happyturtle]

@ Void Girl

If Neon plays the Void Girl, then that leads to the possibility of interesting Stu / Charity / Void Girl interactions.

Of course there's also the problem of Stu's possible IC action of going behind the curtain and never coming out again, thus preventing her from ever meeting anyone or learning anything. :smallbiggrin:

[Ashen Lilies]

I'd totally help with the puzzles... but I haven't been reading Myst Island. >.>

*adds to list*

[Boo]

I hope someone saw my hint in Myst Island before I deleted it.

[Ashen Lilies]

I saw you as last post, but I didn't bother to click because I was busy reading Myst Island from the start.

[Reinholdt]

I hope someone saw my hint in Myst Island before I deleted it.
I did!
...
Yeah. I know the irony.

[Boo]

Well... yeah, the irony is overwhelming. (Seriously, what is there to see about a damned organ? I mean, there is NOTHING to see! Oooo, you see keys, and switches, and sometimes pipes, but what else is there to see?)

[Boo]

Double post for questions.

Should I post my thread of unrivaled optimism? Or should I give it another week?

@V: B, though I dislike the avatars from that Gaia in general.

[Neon Knight]

I think you should go for it.

Other news: Working on a Void Girl tek-tek thingy. Could use some input.


A:
http://public4.tektek.org/img/av/0908/d13/2357/2a97217.png

B:
http://public4.tektek.org/img/av/0908/d13/2359/b615601.png

C:
http://public4.tektek.org/img/av/0908/d14/0001/1ba3559.png

Which variant works best?

[Ashen Lilies]

Second. The stars are sorta distracting/annoying.

First. The black is sorta... weird.

My personal interpretation though is that she'd have the swirly, night sky skin of the first, but without the stars.

[Lex-Kat]

I like the first best.

[Boo]

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss196/sinnyman/Open.png (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121539)
IT'S A SIGN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES...
TO CLOUD CUCKOOLAND!
(actually, it's multiple signs posted in many different locations around the world of ACRONYM)

[Reinholdt]

Torn between A and B.

And hey. The carnival is back. Vidalia and Butler went there. Fun times. :smallbiggrin:

[horngeek]

Well, this should be interesting...

The destabalising of Hell? Not going to be an issue very soon.

[Morty]

I'd help with the puzzles, but I suck at riddles and anything like that. v.v

[happyturtle]

Vileheart grins.

To any GLoGers who may be watching by some method. See ya in the Mortal World. The Nexus. Whatever you want to call it.

Armageddon time!

Yes, she just wants to see everything burn. Why do you ask?

Massive Garganta- black rips in reality- open.

And every Hollow in Hell marches through. To Outside, near GLoG.

About... 1000 Hollows in total. 100 Gillian, 9 Adjuchas, and 1 Vasto Lorde.

And Vileheart.

1000? Hollows?

100 Gillian?

Are these mooks to be godmodded and slain en masse? Because I can't imagine how long it would take to actually roleplay out fighting at that scale otherwise. Months, I should think.

[Ashen Lilies]

Should be pretty easy when people find out all it takes to kill a Gillian or a Hollow is to shoot it in the face.
...
Still, I agree. The number is quite large. But then, armies usually are. *shrugs*

[Morty]

Besides, I think that this whole "an army of supermonsters attacks GLoG en masse" got old at some point.

[horngeek]

Most are godmoddable. The ordinary Hollow can be anything, so you describe it. They will have a white mask and a hole somewhere, though.

Remember that a Gillian is Power Level 4, though.

The Adjuchas are controlled by me, and are power level 5-6.

The Vasto Lorde is much more powerful. 7.

Vileheart is at the top end of 7.

The Apocalypse comes when their mates from where Hollows go notice the big meal.

[Ashen Lilies]

...
Looks like we're going to need some backup. I think Phoenix has a divine favor token lying around...

[horngeek]

Oh, yes.

You will.

And there actually may be a revelation, so...

[happyturtle]

What is the function of the hole on a hollow?

And I think you'd better describe a bit of what a gillian is and what attacks and defenses they have.

[horngeek]

The hole is representative of it's heart.

Also, when I say Gillian, think that penguin thing firing the Cero.

That's pretty much it. It also steps on you.

[Ashen Lilies]

Also, neither can be killed except by smashing/destroying their mask. I think.

Wiki page (http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Hollow), for anyone interested. Contains info on all enemy types.

[horngeek]

You're right, KK.


And other tears are happening. Other Gillian and ordinary Hollows are appearing.

This will radiate outwards from around GLoG.

[Darkcomet]

Fear not!

I have an idea!

[horngeek]

Oh, god.

On a more serious note, you'd have to kill the Hollows faster than new ones appear. This is not easy.

[Darkcomet]

I'MMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR!!!

*cough*

Sorry. Had to be done.

[Kaelaroth]

Note for further large events such as Hollow Army:
Only start them when you're sure you have time to finish them, and make sure you want to play everything that's going on! Now I'm fairly sure I'll end up missing the rest of it.

[horngeek]

Sorry.

The GLoG bit will end, then I'll have Vileheart put up a new Vile Fortress.

You can take part in that, okay?

In the meantime, anyone may godmod an attack on one of their characters by a Hollow.

[happyturtle]

It's also best to give a bit of OOC forewarning, even if it's a surprise event in character, if only to try and check when people are likely to be around.

But it's cool. We'll godmod smashing this attack.

[happyturtle]

Another Bliss concept, going with silver instead of gold.

http://public4.tektek.org/img/av/0908/d14/1014/00e2337.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/30089047)

[Neon Knight]

I suppose that works just as well, although I personally am a tad less fond of it. If everyone else likes it better, though, I'll use happy's instead.

[Reinholdt]

The other ones are good too.
Granted, too many clothes for Stu's tastes in comparison. :smalltongue:

It's your character though. Pick what you like.

[happyturtle]

Don't be silly. Use the one /you/ like. Or better yet, get an avatarist to make something even hotter.

[The Bushranger]

How did Vidalia and Dani never hook up?

I think they only met once, after Dani was already with Sam.
Otherwise, she'd have totally dragged both Vidalia and Tia off... :smallcool:

[Morty]

Ick. GLoG's moral standars are falling even futher without Wenomir there to keep them in check. :smallyuk::smalltongue:

[happyturtle]

Huh? Wenomir never did anything to stop the loose sexual standards, other than not participating in them.

Or are you referring to something else?

In other news: Quinn discovers that (surrogate) parenthood means not getting to curtain whenever you like. :smalltongue:

[The Bushranger]

I think he was infringing on my punny. :smallwink:


And yes, yes she is. She's not quite sure what she thinks about that. :smalltongue:

[Morty]

Huh? Wenomir never did anything to stop the loose sexual standards, other than not participating in them.

Or are you referring to something else?


It was a - rather lame - joke. And now he's stuck in the Weald because his player's distracted.

[happyturtle]

Ah well. I get confused easily.

It would be funny if someone tried to impose sexual morality on glog.

>.>

<.<

*has plawt idea*

[happyturtle]

I can't really get a proper palette swap in tektek, but basically Charity has gone from this:

http://public4.tektek.org/img/av/0908/d14/1758/8feb792.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/30102860)

to this:

http://public4.tektek.org/img/av/0908/d14/1750/9e25751.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/30102654)

[happyturtle]

Wooo! Triple post!

Acro is sloooow, with some of our regulars at gen-con.

Anyone who is bored, stick a plot clone in the taverna, as the Gazebo crew is headed that way.

Expect silliness.

:smallsmile:

[Boo]

Or, you know... Cloud Cuckooland. *sigh*

[happyturtle]

Stu should totally take Charity and Bliss there once we've escaped the Weald.

I don't have another character I can see fitting.

Sunny - agoraphobic
Happy - disabled
Lyn - enslaved
Raven - strongly dislikes chaos

Decker I guess, if Butler wanted to go. But it would be funnier with Stu and Charity.

[Boo]

Well, I'm off for the night anyway. Work calls. If I'm lucky, my friend will do what I asked her to do, and I'll get off work early to... "see a friend in the hospital"

(excuse to go to a local bands concert. =P)

[Darkcomet]

Stu should totally take Charity and Bliss there once we've escaped the Weald.

I don't have another character I can see fitting.

Sunny - agoraphobic
Happy - disabled
Lyn - enslaved
Raven - strongly dislikes chaos

Decker I guess, if Butler wanted to go. But it would be funnier with Stu and Charity.

I don't have anyone who would go there, really

DC-too serious, also busy.
Vyrn-Are you nuts?
Drelin-Serious and also not really one to enjoy much of anything.
Deren-currently hiding out to avoid more assassins.

[happyturtle]

If the Weald plawt starts up while I am sleeping, Charity is on auto follow, with reasonable godmod permission given to Rein or Neon.

No, Stu, that doesn't mean you can do what you want with her. Player permission, not character permission. :smalltongue:

[Reinholdt]

If the Weald plawt starts up while I am sleeping, Charity is on auto follow, with reasonable godmod permission given to Rein or Neon.

No, Stu, that doesn't mean you can do what you want with her. Player permission, not character permission. :smalltongue:
"You're bringing the Stu-man down. Not cool man. Not cool."

[happyturtle]

Stu, you just lost your virginity and you're walking around with two naked girls. What the heck do you have to complain about? :smalltongue:

[KerfuffleMach2]

Hello peoples.

Slight possibility of me not being here tomorrow night, for tomorrow be the Woodward Dream Cruise.

Most of you probably have no idea what that is.

Basically, one weekend in August every year, a bunch of people in older cars drive up and down a major road here called Woodward.

And by a bunch of people, I mean it gets to a point where you have bumper to bumper traffic on a road that has four lanes on each side, and stretches for about, oh, twenty miles.

Anywho, not only will there be a bunch of classics and hot rods and muscle cars and stuff, there'll be some famous cars in the way of movies and television. Like the General Lee. Or the A-Team van. Adam West era Batmobile. The Ghostbusters car. KITT from Knight Rider.

I caught a glimpse of a different movie car today. One of many to join the ranks of famous movie cars in 2007.

Barricade.

For those who don't know which car it is by name, here's a few pics I took. Sorry about them being so small. My phone isn't entirely great for pictures.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g162/KerfuffleMach2/Image3-1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g162/KerfuffleMach2/Image4-1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g162/KerfuffleMach2/Image2-1.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g162/KerfuffleMach2/Image-1.jpg

[happyturtle]

ZOMG A-Team van! =D

You are SO lucky!!!!

[KerfuffleMach2]

Yeah...I know...:smallbiggrin:

If any of you are ever in the Detroit area mid-August, I urge you to check it out.

Here's a link if you wanna find out more about it. (http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/index.php)

[Ashen Lilies]

It's also best to give a bit of OOC forewarning, even if it's a surprise event in character, if only to try and check when people are likely to be around.

But it's cool. We'll godmod smashing this attack.

So... did we godmod the Hollow army scattering against GLoG's defenses like water against a steadfast rock, or did we not? The GLoG thread's left me confused.

[happyturtle]

Nobody godmodded it. Everyone deadtimed shortly after you and Horngeek did.

So I guess you can godmod it now, or have the battle resume when hg returns.

And goodnight everybody. I'm off to bed.

[Darkcomet]

I could just fire the lazor again...

Except Mage is in the way now.

[billtodamax]

Mage can teleport and stuff. He'll be fine! Mebbe...

[horngeek]

I currently have people at my place, for my birthday. So, I won't be able to post.

Again, you can godmod scattering like water.

Then I'll make a thread for the team that decides to go after Vileheart herself. Okay?

[billtodamax]

Happy birthday Horngeek! I threw you the biggest late B-Day bash, EVA! It's a real shame you couldn't attend, you'd have loved it!

[horngeek]

It's still the 15th over here.

So, who wants their character to be a part of the team going against Vileheart's New Fortress?

[Fredthefighter]

It's still the 15th over here.

So, who wants their character to be a part of the team going against Vileheart's New Fortress?

I offer Johnny, Nightwing, The Hand and even Wispy.
Take your pick. One's a sorcerer, one's a ninja, one's just The Hand and the other is a glowing ball of stuff.

[horngeek]

The Hand. THE HAND.

It'll be AWESOME, him going up against Vileheart.

Daisuke will, obviously, be going.

Heck, anyone who can figure a reason why their character would come can.

[Fredthefighter]

The Hand. THE HAND.

It'll be AWESOME, him going up against Vileheart.

Daisuke will, obviously, be going.

Heck, anyone who can figure a reason why their character would come can.

I was hoping you'd say that. :smallbiggrin:

I can already imagine dancing about the place saying "Neenerneenerneener!" while bobbing his tongue out at Vileheart. :smallbiggrin:

[horngeek]

Vileheart is not as easily angered as Karuka, though.

But it'll still be awesome.

It's a bit like putting Daisuke into a Horror-themed plot.

His sword can create light, ruining a lot of the atmosphere.

The Hand... just turns anything he's in into comedy.

[billtodamax]

HG...
<.<
>.>
Canberra.
>.>
<.<
It might not have been late.

[horngeek]

Sydney.

But it wasn't late.

[Fredthefighter]

Vileheart is not as easily angered as Karuka, though.

But it'll still be awesome.

It's a bit like putting Daisuke into a Horror-themed plot.

His sword can create light, ruining a lot of the atmosphere.

The Hand... just turns anything he's in into comedy.

Only most of the time. He is based on The Mask. If you want it to stay a serious plot I can just put in one of my other characters (Wispy, Nightwalker and his "Nightblades" or even Johnny).

And if Vileheart is not as easily angered as Karuka, then The Hand will just have to try harder. :smalltongue:

[billtodamax]

Sydney.

But it wasn't late.

*coughI'minCanberracough*

[horngeek]

Oh, Johnny might be better for serious.

Because Johnny knows Daisuke.

Also, I realised, Bill. Good to see a fellow Australian!

[Fredthefighter]

Oh, Johnny might be better for serious.

Because Johnny knows Daisuke.

Also, I realised, Bill. Good to see a fellow Australian!

Good point. Johnny Boy it is then.