ACRONYM OOC XIV: Can we talk?

[Lex-Kat]

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

New to Acro? Want to start? Read this first (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119585), then jump into this thread and say hi!

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.
WATCHTOWER - An organization separate from GLoG or HALO, dedicated to stamping whoever the apocalypse bringer of the week is. Alignment does not matter, the only requirement is that you not be an omnicidal maniac. Though considering the IC founder, this too, is to be treated as more of a guideline.

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:
Frequent Turnover Threads:
GLoG - Good League of Good
Taverna Generica - It's a roadside tavern in the countryside, not within the city.
HALO - Heroic, Anti-Evil and Lawbreaking Organization
HALO Timeskip - HALO in the future
Trog's - Another tavern, in the city of Inside/Town.
Inside - Various urban locations within the region's principle city.
Outside - Various rural locations.
AMEN
NO
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)
FFRP General Guide (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119585)
FFRP Community Thread / OOC (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135689)
Various public(ish) locations in/around/accessible to Acro:
Felina/ Adam's Estate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124974) - Catpeople estate
Freedom Glades (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100185)
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.
Crazy Ol' Magtok's Battle Arena of Terror (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148963) - an arena! of terror!
The Temple of Iames (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144713)
New Yiridian Army Base Camp (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146901)
Random Locations IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145512)
Lulz Bar and Grill (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100837) - a modern roadside diner
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
Home (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131051) - meta-location for the homes of characters
The Celestial Embassy / Palace of Doors (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142771) - home base of the Celestial Deliberative
The Planar's House (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143046)
Hyuga Demi-Plane (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135621)
MagCave II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124262)
MoveMent (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109721) - an abandoned mansion owned by Magtok
Vulpan Keep II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144708)
Kundalin Keep (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141636)
The Knaves Castle (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133273)
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.
Survivor (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145539) - Just like the reality show, except with ffrp characters!
Dusklands (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148633)
Denandsor and Environs (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146871)
The East of Creation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147462)
Moro Mansion (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145402)
Underdark (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145714)
The Amethyst B&B (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143157)
The Rising Fall of Carrion (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145730)

[Recaiden]

No, that's not a joke. That's why I make villains in FFRPG.

Sure, I'll have the bandit leader, so long as he has a sword. 'kay?
Just tell me when he is supposed to come.
(Tomorrow?)

(Recaiden? Are we abandoning the Fairy Plot?)

(No, I'm just sick and can't think of how the rest of it was supposed to go.)

[Je dit Viola]

((Oh. Well, that's a good excuse.

I hope you get better quickly, because being sick is not fun))

[Lord Iames Osari]

As for everyone else, Gordon is going to be down for a while. But, let's just say that for Cerise, Nice Job Breaking It Hero (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NiceJobBreakingItHero).

Wouldn't be Exalted without a few of those. :smallamused:

The Primordial War: "So you've successfully rebelled against the creators of the world, killing several and forcing the rest to swear terrible binding oaths of surrender on their very names. Too bad the dead ones hit you with a death curse that will make you slowly go mad."

The Usurpation: "So you've successfully overthrown the power-mad demigods who were enslaving the world with mind control magic and performing reckless, creation-endangering experiments, and locked away their superpowers in a box under the ocean. Too bad you broke one of the constellations and killed off all the people who had the power to keep all this utopian magitech up and running."

The Rise of the Scarlet Empress: "So you've successfully defended creation from the infinite hordes of ravening monsters from beyond space and time, and managed to survive the horrible plague that killed 9/10ths of the world's population. Too bad you had to make a deal with those demonic overlords to do it*. I'm sure that won't come back to bite you in the ass."

*Not an established fact of the setting, but a reasonable inference. Can also be replaced with "Too bad the society you're setting up will dissolve into internecine chaos if you ever disappear for any significant length of time."

[McBish]

Good League of... Good?

What do they do?

I'd say they do Good.

[horngeek]

I'd say they do Good.

Yes, but what does that mean? :smalltongue:

Heck, she comes from a world where Law vs. Chaos is much more important, to the degree where the 'hero' can be Evil and the 'villain' can be Good, because the actions are what's important, not the reasons behind them. So, being the 'Good League of Good' means nothing to her. That's what they stand for- so, what do they actually do?

[Je dit Viola]

Redemption...that's what they do, I suppose.

Kinda. Generally.

[horngeek]

So tell her that IC! Nothing in the name says they redeem people. :smalltongue:

[Morty]

Isn't "good" an obvious term regardless of one's culture, origin or whatever? The difference in what constitues as "good" is of course another thing.

[Je dit Viola]

Would you rather have them call themselves the "Redeeming League of Redeeming People"? :smalltongue:

RLoRP?

Sounds like a sound that a squished frog makes as it goes down a boy's throat.

[happyturtle]

Yes, but what does that mean? :smalltongue:

Heck, she comes from a world where Law vs. Chaos is much more important, to the degree where the 'hero' can be Evil and the 'villain' can be Good, because the actions are what's important, not the reasons behind them. So, being the 'Good League of Good' means nothing to her. That's what they stand for- so, what do they actually do?

Heal the injured, feed the hungry, provide shelter for the homeless. Not so much redemption, other than by example.

But being the first contact for a new character who is completely new to Acro and needs to have everything explained to them down to the meaning of deadtime takes more energy than I have tonight. Sorry. :smallfrown: I think I overdid it yesterday.

But in better news, I finally have an appointment with the Chronic Fatigue specialist tomorrow. That's the appointment I've been on the waiting list for since... last June.

But in less good news, at the job that I'm not well enough to go, my entire department's work is being outsourced to India. So if I ever do get better, I'll have to look for work.

[horngeek]

Isn't "good" an obvious term regardless of one's culture, origin or whatever? The difference in what constitues as "good" is of course another thing.

But they might have a different definition of good than she does. :smalltongue:

[Morty]

But they might have a different definition of good than she does. :smalltongue:

Which leads me to a conclusion that they're going to naturally assume Good League of Good does what they belive is good. But I can't see anyone having trouble with the concept of "good".


But in less good news, at the job that I'm not well enough to go, my entire department's work is being outsourced to India. So if I ever do get better, I'll have to look for work.

Wow, that's bad. :smallfrown: Here's to hoping it'll work out alright.

[McBish]

But wouldn't she think that good is good? And they would be doing it. I had this problem in the last D&D campaign where things were based in law and chaos. But they would still use words like Good. Unless you wanted to change the whole language.

I mean I could see her being suspicious if they gave any reason for, I just found it funny that she would ask a question that would have such an obvious anwser.

And for the most part the general idea of Good is pretty universal. It is something not bad.

[Je dit Viola]

Wow, yes, Happy. That is really sad. I hope everything works out.


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I think that the problem would be that Horngeek's person's definition of good is likely not-good, but rather more of an objective biased non-good standpoint of non-goodness and nongoodity.
So, obviously, the culture has vastly different definitions of the same word due to growing up on a different existance.

[happyturtle]

My chances of ever being able to go back to work are pretty low though. Maybe less than 20%. So... it's kind of bad but not horribly bad.

[horngeek]

Well, it's also that her culture has the view that you obey those above you.

Even if you disagree with those instructions personally, you still do it.

@^: :smallfrown: That sucks. Both on the 'low chance of being able to go back to work' and the 'lost job even if you could go back to work'.

[XtheYeti]

And I am about to reveal something that will shake the foundations of Acro.

[Beans]

And I am about to reveal something that will shake the foundations of Acro.
EVERYONE IS SECRETLY AN AIRPLANE.
Nyyeeeaaaowww.

@Happy: Oh dear. I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope things get better for you...

[happyturtle]

Ark casts time stop. He walks over to Angie, and looks at the remote.

That's got to go.

He draws something on the remote, and something on her phone. Then he sighs.

I'm sorry Angie. It's for your own good.

He holds up his hand, and a bead of pure white energy forms in it. (when the time stop ends, it is a delayed blast fireball that has been altered to be nonlethal damage. It should knock her unconscious instantly. The blast will trigger the runes on the phone and remote, which should cause those objects to be disintegrated.) Then he walks back over to Bal, and surrounds him and Bal with a shield of force. Then the time stop ends.

BOOM!!!!!

Grrr... Time Stop... :smallyuk:

I know it's not technically godmodding, but it definitely falls into the gray area since the opponent can't respond.

And what happened to scaling Ark and Bal to their opponent?

EDIT @ everyone: Don't worry about me. My physical health is pretty poor, but emotionally I'm doing fine. :smallsmile:

[horngeek]

And I am about to reveal something that will shake the foundations of Acro.

No, it's not. Not unless everyone else thinks it should.

[McBish]

Meh, sorry X, but I doubt any of your characters have been around long enough to shake the foundations of this place. Now if Magtok became a good guy completely or Draken came around and handed out bunnies and kittens of cuteness without it being a evil plot, or something like that, sure that could shake some foundations.

[XtheYeti]

No, it's not. Not unless everyone else thinks it should.

You're right...I was exaggerating a bit anyways. And Yes Time stop is cheap. And Yes. Ark and Bal are going to be getting scaled back, I would like to mention though, that there is a forth opponent involved here. And they are to scale with said person.

[happyturtle]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you? :smalltongue:


*decides all of my characters are fairly well anchored in the time stream and are therefore resistant to time stop*

[horngeek]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you? :smalltongue:

Yeah... unless this fourth opponent is played by someone else, I'm dubious about it.

[XtheYeti]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you? :smalltongue:


*decides all of my characters are fairly well anchored in the time stream and are therefore resistant to time stop*

The forth opponent is revealed. And yes. He is played by me, but he will also be getting scaled down. Soon-sih. I'm going to try to bring all my characters down to about PL 6 ish.

[Je dit Viola]

I'm guessing they probably have an evil sister.


*comes up with own Time-stop proof answers, unique to each character*

[UncleWolf]

Five bucks says it's their father or mother. :smalltongue:

[McBish]

5 bucks is that it is my helper robot... or is that a 5th person.

[Beans]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you? :smalltongue:


*decides all of my characters are fairly well anchored in the time stream and are therefore resistant to time stop*
*decides that Pesty's ADD and general inability to sit still for a minute render her resistant to time stop as well* :smalltongue:
*wishes to have bell-bottomed denim trousers*

[XtheYeti]

It's Ark's last life. The one that Good Bal sacrificed himself to end. (and due to the Mirror guess who is also coming back.)

I'm saving the other family members for later...Oh, and is it ok if I declare that the robot helper is R2D2?

[McBish]

Nope he is Helper. He helps. And he heals, and if necessary he kills, or acts as someones liver. He is from Venture brothers, with some modifications.

[Je dit Viola]

Oh, darn.

I was hoping it would be their sister.


In other news, I have a very fo'serious question.
Actually, no I don't. Well, I do, but I'm saving it for when it becomes relevant.

[McBish]

I also don't really understand why his past life would come back. Though to be fair I don't really understand the whole mirror personality thing, just doesn't make much sense to me.

[happyturtle]

As earth shaking revelations go, that was decidedly unshakey. Maybe if Ark's last life had played itself out on screen it might have had more impact.

[XtheYeti]

Oh, darn.

I was hoping it would be their sister.


In other news, I have a very fo'serious question.
Actually, no I don't. Well, I do, but I'm saving it for when it becomes relevant.
Would you like to play their little sister Je? She's going to show up soonish.


As earth shaking revelations go, that was decidedly unshakey. Maybe if Ark's last life had played itself out on screen it might have had more impact.

Yeah...which is why I said I was exaggerating.

[Je dit Viola]

Maybe I could. What's her personality like?

((Psst! note: Whenever I read a post that calls me by "Je", my first thought is 'man, that person has bad grammar. Same thing if you call me "Je dit".
--Just a note--))
(Because the first means "I" and the second means "I says")

[XtheYeti]

Maybe I could. What's her personality like?

She's 17, and an anarchist priestess of freedom and really really likes to beat the crap out of her brothers. She isn't really mor powerful then they are, but they treat her like a glass doll so she pretty much does what she wants. But she's nice to people who make her laugh.

[Beans]

Maybe I could. What's her personality like?

((Psst! note: Whenever I read a post that calls me by "Je", my first thought is 'man, that person has bad grammar. Same thing if you call me "Je dit".
--Just a note--))
(Because the first means "I" and the second means "I says")
... All I can think of now is an aristocrat sipping tea and beginning every sentence with a squawk of "I say!"

[Je dit Viola]

Huh...well, I'm good at "Freedom" characters, I think, but I've never done an anarchist before because they remind me of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

It could be fun, I think.

[XtheYeti]

Huh...well, I'm good at "Freedom" characters, I think, but I've never done an anarchist before because they remind me of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

It could be fun, I think.

Her name is Valarie Bandor. And she's all yours.

[Lex-Kat]

X- I think you shoulod call it DC-09. But ask DeeCee for permission first. :smalltongue:

[Darkcomet]

...more antigovernment lunatics. Joy.

[XtheYeti]

X- I think you shoulod call it DC-09. But ask DeeCee for permission first. :smalltongue:

Apparently it's name is Helper...

[McBish]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.E.L.P.eR.

For those that don't watch Venture Brothers. It is somewhat modified.

[happyturtle]

I think we already have two Val's in Acro. Not that you can't have a third. But just so you're aware.

Also.. the story was a lot better when Angie was conscious and able to interact and stuff. Today's installment has been decidedly meh. :smallsigh:

[XtheYeti]

I think we already have two Val's in Acro. Not that you can't have a third. But just so you're aware.

Also.. the story was a lot better when Angie was conscious and able to interact and stuff. Today's installment has been decidedly meh. :smallsigh:

She's going to be back awake in about 5 more posts. Have a bit of faith in me?

[Je dit Viola]

Where should I have Valarie show up at?
And when?
...and what color are her eyes?
[those are my last questions, 'kay?]

((5 posts is a long time))

[XtheYeti]

Where should I have Valarie show up at?
And when?
...and what color are her eyes?
[those are my last questions, 'kay?]

Valaire, (who's nick name is air, not val) should show up in Trogg's when Ark and Bal have been there fore a post or two.

He eyes are golden.

[happyturtle]

She's going to be back awake in about 5 more posts. Have a bit of faith in me?

You lost a lot of faith when you used time stop. It'll take you a while to earn it back.

/isgrumpytoday

[ApeofLight]

Hey, Viola I didn't know that you didn't like being called just Je or Je dit. I'll remember to call you Je dit Viola or Viola.

Also I'm back!

Also there are unresolved things with Garth in GLoG. Lex-kat post, please?

[McBish]

*Goes to hug Happy, stops, puts on Pants, goes to hug Happy*

I'm fine with Time Stop, if I didn't want it to work it wouldn't have.

[Je dit Viola]

Hey, Viola I didn't know that you didn't like being called just Je or Je dit. I'll remember to call you Je dit Viola or Viola.

Also I'm back!

Also there are unresolved things with Garth in GLoG. Lex-kat post, please?

Naw, I'm alright with being called by those (or any of the other 6 nicknames for me used on these boards...). I was just saying that they make me laugh because they're soooo grammatically bad.

[XtheYeti]

Naw, I'm alright with being called by those (or any of the other 6 nicknames for me used on these boards...). I was just saying that they make me laugh because they're soooo grammatically bad.

From now on, you are JDV. I decree it.

[Lex-Kat]

Hey, Viola I didn't know that you didn't like being called just Je or Je dit. I'll remember to call you Je dit Viola or Viola.

Also I'm back!

Also there are unresolved things with Garth in GLoG. Lex-kat post, please?
I'm at work. I post when I can. :smallsmile:

[ApeofLight]

Hooray!

...

...

Wait...

[happyturtle]

How big is the AMF?

I really really don't want to just disjunction that thing or something cheap like that...

Come on, X... a guy who is 20,000 years old can think of a non-magical way of coping with this. :smalltongue:

And can you disjoin a machine anyway? :smallconfused:

[XtheYeti]

Come on, X... a guy who is 20,000 years old can think of a non-magical way of coping with this. :smalltongue:

And can you disjoin a machine anyway? :smallconfused:

Not the machine, the AMF. Like V did in OotS.

And yes, Methy can, the thing is can I?

A little help please? My brain not working right now. Not been sleeping enough lately.

[Je dit Viola]

Hit it with a rock.

Or burn it with fire.

Or poke it with a sword.

That's what my characters alway do when faced with anti-magic.

[happyturtle]

But if you disjoined the AMF without destroying the machine, wouldn't that be like shoveling the walk while the snow is still falling? It would just keep pumping out anti-magic.

[XtheYeti]

Hit it with a rock.

Or burn it with fire.

Or poke it with a sword.

That's what my characters alway do when faced with anti-magic.

Yeah, but robot...oh wait!

Hey McBish, What kinda armor does that thing have?

[FireFox]

Burn the whole building down. >.>

[XtheYeti]

But if you disjoined the AMF without destroying the machine, wouldn't that be like shoveling the walk while the snow is still falling? It would just keep pumping out anti-magic.

IDK.

And FF...I don't wanna kill Angie too.

[billtodamax]

Build a Kill-sat to deal with it. It's clearly the only practical way. :smalltongue:

[FireFox]

Why would Methy care about Angie? It seems pretty evil to me...

[Beans]

Just start CHAAAAARGIN YER LAZOR.
... BWAAAAAAGH.

[XtheYeti]

Why would Methy care about Angie? It seems pretty evil to me...

He wants to torture her for information.

How cheap would it be for Methy to use the fabricate spell to make a s=one shot EMP device?

[happyturtle]

Cheap. He should at least have to go to town and buy one. Making something out of nothing is the kind of thing the Spork of Power used to do, and we had to severely limit it to keep it from breaking plots. Basically by not letting it leave the GLoG thread, ever.

[XtheYeti]

Cheap. He should at least have to go to town and buy one.

Is BR online? cause I'd think that EE would have one in stock...or...he could just teleport in somewhere steal it and teleport out...but that's cheap crap too.

[Darkcomet]

>.>

I still wonder how that building is left standing in the first place. Must need to increase the cannon's power output...

[/beingtheguywhoblewupMagtokLand]

On another note! No killsats!

[McBish]

Does he have the materials to create a EMP device on hand, because that is how fabricate works.

I mean the robot is only sort of armored. In a fight it would loose to several people probably.

[XtheYeti]

>.> On another note! No killsats!

But I wass three of them...just not for Methy Ark or Bal...

Sigh...Well then Guess we're going to have to do this the...wait..past lives...huh...AMF...not APF...huh...

[happyturtle]

I don't know about Helper, but I wouldn't be surprised if the anti magic device was EMP shielded. Erin's sells pretty high quality, reliable goods, after all.

[XtheYeti]

I don't know about Helper, but I wouldn't be surprised if the anti magic device was EMP shielded. Erin's sells pretty high quality, reliable goods, after all.

I has moved past cheap bull and am back on the whole bunch of really random crap that Ark's past lives can do.

I'm going on a food run. I will try to have some idea to propose when I get back. Feed back and help with ideas would be appreciated.

[FireFox]

I has moved past cheap bull and am back on the whole bunch of really random crap that Ark's past lives can do.

... Umm. I don't really... That's not... I think that sentence needs an edit... :smallsigh:

Well. You edited it. Hokay then. But still. :smalltongue:

[Beans]

I has moved past cheap bull and am back on the whole bunch of really random crap that Ark's past lives can do.

I'm going on a food run. I will try to have some idea to propose when I get back. Feed back and help with ideas would be appreciated.
No change there, then, har har raucous laughter.

[XtheYeti]

So here's what I'm thinking. A dagger made of Iron, plus a lightning bolt = Sorta like a rail gun. Figure out where the center of the AMF is, then shoot the dager at it with a bolt of lightning (rely on the magnetic field created by the lightning to propel the dagger.)

Would all that work? or do I has my physics screwed up?

[happyturtle]

Or he could throw the dagger?

[McBish]

Yeah your physics is screwed up. Dagger would need to be harder and it would probably be better to just shoot it. Though there is a time limit soon Angie is going to be up and awake. Then we can resolve this with words... maybe.

[XtheYeti]

Sigh. All right fight time then.

[happyturtle]

Hey X, have you accepted the possibility that maybe Methy won't get what he wants here? I get the feeling that you're trying to figure out a way to make the events fit into the plot you've envisioned instead of just having Methy do whatever is IC for him to do, and find out if it succeeds or fails?

[XtheYeti]

Hey X, have you accepted the possibility that maybe Methy won't get what he wants here? I get the feeling that you're trying to figure out a way to make the events fit into the plot you've envisioned instead of just having Methy do whatever is IC for him to do, and find out if it succeeds or fails?

The main thing I'm trying to figure out at this point is how Methy will react when he fails. I was unprepared for the AMF being in the robot...and the Robot being more than a HALO DRD...the other thing is that Methy is smarter than I am currently. (lack of sleep, brain not working)

[Je dit Viola]

Well, even smart people can fail at seemingly obvious things that require thinking out of the box.

Maybe how he would act is very frustrated, and really mad? Like, he would punch random things (walls, rocks, trees, sharks) and would be in other ways mad?

[XtheYeti]

Well, even smart people can fail at seemingly obvious things that require thinking out of the box.

Maybe how he would act is very frustrated, and really mad? Like, he would punch random things (walls, rocks, trees, sharks) and would be in other ways mad?

No no. He'll be pissed and all. I'm thinking more along the lines of what would he do to try to fix the problem. At this point all I can think of is he vanishes and runs off to hide and plan...which is lame...

[McBish]

Sorry Angie just rocks robot socks.

[XtheYeti]

Sorry Angie just rocks robot socks.

Sometimes things happen. Mainly I am now laughing abotu how it's a bad idea for Mages to try to fight robots with AMFs...especially when My brain is completely out of gas.

[horngeek]

...see, now you all have me thinking of Nanoha.

Here's an idea- cover your spellbolt with a magic shell. The AMF will dissolve the shell, but the bolt itself will be protected just long enough to hit.

[XtheYeti]

...see, now you all have me thinking of Nanoha.

Here's an idea- cover your spellbolt with a magic shell. The AMF will dissolve the shell, but the bolt itself will be protected just long enough to hit.

Or, since the HELPeR is tasked to keep Bal Alive stab him to distract HELPeR, and then stab HELPeR with the sword...

[McBish]

Yes I can't wait for Helper to go to Security setting 2, and god help us if he goes to 3.

[Beans]

Beans is desiring to put a character in GLoG, one that actually will do stuff. A young ex-supervillainess who has trouble returning to normality.

[The Bushranger]

I don't know about Helper, but I wouldn't be surprised if the anti magic device was EMP shielded. Erin's sells pretty high quality, reliable goods, after all.

Exactly. :smalltongue: Military-grade equipment is shielded.
And EMP is overrated anyway...

Electronic Effects of Nuclear Initiations
By Stuart Slade

Introduction
When people in The Business start to discuss the effects of nuclear initiations with outsiders, sooner or later, the subject of Electro-Magnetic Pulse or EMP is raised. This is usually in the connection of some vastly powerful, unstoppable force that can devastate the electrical equipment of whole continents, leave radars blinded over vast areas and do other hideous things. While these are chilling descriptions and suggest dreadful possibilities, there is one small difficulty. EMP as it is described in such accounts simply does not exist. It is a creation of science fiction authors and politically-inspired pundits who seized upon a menacing-sounding term, took a few out-of-context comments and used them to build a chimera. We'll return to this imaginary "Scifi-EMP" later. In reality, the electronic effects of a nuclear initiation represent a complex web of interacting phenomena that have wildly different characteristics. Their effects are also widely differentiated and they exert those effects over durations that range from microseconds to years.

The existence of the electronic effects of nuclear initiations have been known since the 1940's when nuclear weapons were being developed and tested. At these early tests, a number of effects were noted including landline howls and interference with radio and radar transmissions. However, these effects were not considered to present any serious threat since they only reached dangerous proportions in areas where the more obvious effects of a nuclear initiation were such that there were unlikely to be any survivors to suffer from the electronic problems. As the testing moved to handle larger and larger devices, the problems caused by electronic effects actually diminished. They were only significant within a small radius of the point of initiation, and , as the size of the device initiated, the radius of the fireball grew faster than the radius over which the electronic effects were dangerous. While the fireball radius never actually overtook the electronic effects radius (the crossover point was estimated to be an initiation of 1,250 megatons), the obvious electronic effects of the initiation was not considered to be worth investigating further.

In retrospect, that was a mistake; something was going on and people should have looked at it a bit more closely. They didn't, not until 1962 when the US conducted a series of high-altitude atmospheric tests, code named "Fishbowl." The nuclear explosion, "Starfish Prime," which was detonated in the Pacific Ocean 800 miles from Hawaii, caused an effect that disrupted radio stations and electrical equipment throughout Hawaii. The disruption caused substantial alarm and consternation that prompted an investigation into the electronic effects of nuclear weapons. This quickly revealed that what had been dismissed as a few insignificant quirk occurrences were the visible manifestations of an entirely unexpected range of phenomena.

High-Altitude EMP (HEMP)

Electro-magnetic pulse is a broadband, high-intensity, short-duration burst of electromagnetic energy, most commonly resulting from a high-altitude nuclear initiation. The electromagnetic pulse consists of a continuous frequency spectrum from below one hertz to one gigahertz. with most of the energy distributed through the 3 Hz and 30 kHz bands. Peak electric fields can reach tens of thousands of volts per meter. These effects cover an area defined by the line of sight from the detonation to the earth's horizon. In other words, if the initiation can be seen from a given location, that location will experience some level of EMP. The area that can be effected by a HEMP pulse is enormous. For example, a suitable large nuclear device initiated 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Kansas will generate an electromagnetic pulse that will cover nearly the entire contiguous 48 states. The pulse itself is relatively harmless. The danger comes when it is picked up by metallic conductors such as wires or power cables. These act as antennas to conduct the energy shockwave into the electronic systems of cars, airplanes, and communications equipment. There, they can produce damaging currents and voltage surges.

So, what is this HEMP of which so many speak? HEMP is actually a child of a thing called the Compton Effect. Gamma radiation from a nuclear initiation isn't really that much of a problem; its absorbed by the atmosphere before it can do any harm to anything that hasn't already been comprehensively destroyed by the other effects of a nuclear device. However, once we start initiating devices at higher and higher altitudes, the atmosphere gets thinner and thinner and the distance traveled by the gamma radiation gets greater and greater. When we initiate a device in a vacuum, there is nothing to absorb the gamma radiation. It drops in intensity with distance due to the cube-law effect (for a sphere, surface area is proportional to the cube of the radius; thus doubling the radius form the point of initiation reduces the intensity of the gamma pulse by a factor of eight, tripling the radius by a factor of 27). Note the importance of atmospheric density here; if it's too great, the gamma gets absorbed before it can do anything. In real terms, the lower limit for a HEMP-generating initiation is 40 kilometers, any lower than that and HEMP just doesn't happen.

When we initiate a nuclear device, the formation of a HEMP begins with the very intense, but very short burst of gamma rays caused by the nuclear reactions within the device. About 0.3% of the device's yield is contained within the pulse which lasts for only 10 nanoseconds at most. This is a very important thing to note. Electromagnetic pulse is just that - a pulse. It lasts for 10 nanoseconds. It does not hang around for hours. It is, quite literally, in the same order of duration as a lightning flash.

So, the gamma rays generated by the initiation propagate outwards as a sphere from the point of initiation. The only ones of any interest are the ones that go downwards, towards the earth. Initially, the atmosphere is thin and the gamma rays penetrate it. As they do so, a thing called the Compton Recoil takes place. The gamma collides with electrons in air molecules, and eject the electrons at high energies by way of a process called Compton scattering. (Compton did pretty well, he has a lot of things named after him). These energetic electrons in turn knock other electrons loose, and create a cascade effect that produces some 30,000 electrons for every original gamma ray. Eventually, the air gets too thick for this to continue and it peters out. That happens at around 20 kilometers. So we now have a defined layer of atmosphere in which HEMP is generated 20 to 40 kilometers altitude. Please note this is quite independent of device initiation altitude or the size of the device. These electrons released in the upper atmosphere by the incident Gamma rays encounter the earths magnetic field. This causes them to spiral round the field, thus producing a huge line of current loops and creating a powerful downward directed electromagnetic pulse lasting a few microseconds.

So we have an EMP gneration defined. To occur, the device must be initiated above a critical altitude and the EMP is generated within the atmosphere below that device. The strength of the HEMP generated is directly proportional to the intensity of the gamma ray burst that kicked it off. Thus, the higher the initiation is above the critical atmosphere band that generates EMP, the weaker is the gamma ray pulse that hits the band. Eventually, if the device is high enough, the strength of the EMP pulse generated is inconsequential.

The pulse generated is pretty much a bell curve. This is very important; there is a period when the electrical surge induced in wiring and antennas by the HEMP is detectable but not dangerous. This can be used to detect the presence of a pulse coming and undertake counter-actions. Contrary to mythology, comprehensive protection against HEMP surges is technically very easy; it adds around five to ten percent of the cost of a piece of military electronics (proportionally the cost of protection drops as the cost of equipment rises). Pretty much all military electronics is EMP-protected. To put the HEMP surge into context, its at least an order of magnitude less powerful that that resulting from a lightning strike on a telephone line.

The simplest countermeasure of all is also the most effective. Switch the kit off. That's what normally happens. The surge is detected , the kit switches off, 10 nanoseconds later the surge has gone and the kit switches back on again. For, taking an example, a radar system, that 10 nanosecond gap is inconsequential; the operators wouldn't even notice it.

Thus ends the physics lesson for today.


Also, as a note, for those who might have missed it or not recognised it, the device that Erin gave Angie is the Anti-Prior Device from SG-1. :smallbiggrin:

[XtheYeti]

Any HALO character could now rescue Vespasion from the crazy Angie now...

[Boo]

Sorry to Lex and BR. I've been sorta busy with real life lately and have had a slump in roleplay ability because of recent events. I'll respond by tomorrow at the latest, though it might just be a "giggle" response.

[Morty]

*pokes HT to Watchtower*
I apologize for pestering, but I don't like to leave a confersation unfinished.

[Xaspian]

I'm coming back to play in Town here after a long break, and someone in the Town OOC thread suggested I said Hi over here, too.
So, uh, Hi! How's it going?

Anyway, I hope to be about a bit, so please don't eat me. See you around.

[happyturtle]

I never mind being poked. My memory is shockingly bad and I often need it.

[Chaotic Bob]

Oooh, hey, it's Xaspian.
Welcome back!

[Morty]

Welcome Xaspian. I remember RPing with you back when I joined FFRP and roleplayed in Town before moving to ACRO.

[Xaspian]

Thanks, guys, it's good to see a couple of familiar faces.
Well, familiar avatars, in any case.

[The Bushranger]

Welcome, Xaspian! We won't eat you. We might eat the Pigeon, but not you. :smalltongue:

[Chaotic Bob]

It's probably sad that I remember abusing the pigeon and had a sudden desire to resume doing so.

[Xaspian]

Well, The Pigeon hasn't come back yet. Give it time, and you might have another chance to kill him, but not today.
:-þ

[Chaotic Bob]

Hey, at least this time it won't be a teddy plucking his wings off. Probably.

[happyturtle]

I guess I owe everyone an update. Much to my shock and dismay, the specialist did not have a Potion of Cure Disease with her. (Yes, I'm totally suing for malpractice!)

What she has to offer are the basic management tools that I've learned from my own reading - basically, learning to pace and not overdo it. It would just be a bit more formal. They also have a group therapy session, but it's a bit far away, and it starts when I'm travelling anyway. So I won't be going to that.

The appt wore me out though, so no rp tonight.

[Dori]

eh HI!

I'm hoping to be around a bit and play.

Though I got a question.

Is there any rule to creating a character or just make one up?

[Je dit Viola]

8 simple Rules are as follows:

1. Make sure you have fun.
2. Overpowered characters may seem fun, but they get old after a while.
3. Have fun.
4. Respect other people's fun, as well.
5. [insert power source]-using indestructible characters who can solve every plot with a snap of their fingers are usually overpowered.
6. Glass cannons fit into that category as well, in general. Same with One-Trick Pony characters, because they're overpowered 10% of the time and useless the other 90%.
7. Make sure you have fun. Because not having fun is not fun.
8. :smallsmile:

Alternatively, if you don't wish to follow those rules, then the simplified rules are these:
A. Have fun!
B. Respect other people's fun, as well.
C. Other than that, there are no rules.

[Dori]

cool um where do I sign up?

[Je dit Viola]

You don't have to sign up, to play.

Just make a character in your head, and then introduce them somewhere!
(Trog's Tavern, Dancing Fox Inn, or Taverna Generica are probably the best places, with Trog's as the absolute best.
It's located in the city of Inside, just so you know. And it's in the Nexus, which is ACRO/Town combined.)

If you have any questions/concerns, just ask!

[Lord Raziere]

in that case, are there any rules against building big armies and attacking people?

[Dori]

Oh cool! DO I need to post my character somewhere? I just saw a ARONYM character registery.

[Recaiden]

in that case, are there any rules against building big armies and attacking people?

No, but make sure it's done well, and slowly, and still isn't overpowered.

And you don't need to post a character in the registry, but I think it's suggested.

[horngeek]

in that case, are there any rules against building big armies and attacking people?

People get annoyed if it comes out of the blue; otherwise, no.

[Je dit Viola]

You don't need to post it somewhere, but it's preferrable that you do it eventually.
However, I would suggest that you RP your character about a little bit and flesh out his(or her) personality, before writing it officially down.
That is, unless you already have your character written down on a paper (DnD sheet?).

You can also try putting parts of your character down here and ask for help how it could be improved, and people will probably help.

__________________
Re: Large Armies

Like Recaiden said, you have to have a good buildup, and discuss it here in the OoC thread.
There aren't any official rules on it.
HOWEVER! Through experimentation, problems, and so on, most of us have come upon a consensus that large armies are boring for most characters because they can't do anything, and are boring for the rest of the characters because they're overpowered.

So, you can do it.
However, I would suggest discussing it out here in the OoC thread.

[Je dit Viola]

Oh! I forgot something.

It's suggested that you have read This Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119585) before you get too far into playing.

It goes over rules like Godmoding, the infamous(?) curtain, what deadtime is, and tips for RPing.

If you've already read that, great!
If not, I would suggest you read it so you can enter more smoothly.

[Lord Raziere]

People get annoyed if it comes out of the blue; otherwise, no.

thats ok, I'mma gonna roleplay it out, build it up, ain't gonna be overpowered or anything

though I can't promise slow.

[Dori]

You don't need to post it somewhere, but it's preferrable that you do it eventually.
However, I would suggest that you RP your character about a little bit and flesh out his(or her) personality, before writing it officially down.
That is, unless you already have your character written down on a paper (DnD sheet?).

You can also try putting parts of your character down here and ask for help how it could be improved, and people will probably help.




So there is a format following DnD?

I was thinking of doing a ranger or rouge chracter. Haven't decided on race.

[Je dit Viola]

No, the format does not follow D&D. But you can translate it into the format, if you desire.

I, personally, am glad that it doesn't, because I don't understand D&D at all.
(Well, Mordokai is giving me lessons, but, other than that, I know nothing)


Well, I think that ranger or rogue characters are generally good. Especially the "Disney Hero" type ones.
Human is usually good, if you can't think of anything else.

[Morty]

thats ok, I'mma gonna roleplay it out, build it up, ain't gonna be overpowered or anything

though I can't promise slow.

If I may offer advice, think it over twice or even three times. RPing an army isn't easy.

[Dori]

Hmmm how often does one need to post in the FFRP? Some seem pretty often.

[horngeek]

Whenever you want to, basically.

If there's a plot your character's involved in, it's probably a good idea to post enough so it keeps going, but otherwise, when you want to. :smallsmile:

[Ashen Lilies]

I RETURN!!!

For like, a day.
Buuuut... I has a new character idea. He was originally meant to be a throwaway NPC for a Star Wars RP on another forum, but I liked him so much (possibly due to the bad pun in his name) that I'm adamant he become a PC here.

[happyturtle]

*glomps Kris* :smallbiggrin:

[Ashen Lilies]

*is glomped*
So uh... the issue is... how does one run a Black Market in ACRO of all places?

I also have a second idea, but that's less 'new character' and more 'KR in disguise.' Yeah, she's serious about spying on HATS. Or maybe she just wants to stomp on a box of puppies when DC's not watching.

[Darkcomet]

As if I wasn't worried enough about HATS.

[Boo]

*is glomped*
So uh... the issue is... how does one run a Black Market in ACRO of all places?

Open a thread, advertise, make very subtle political references, and be sure everything you sell sounds either illegal or strange.

I'd honestly use a crazy/desperate shopkeeper. You know, the one that haggles or bugs you SO MUCH that you HAVE to buy something.

@^: I've only got one good hat, so I don't have much to worry about.

[horngeek]

Oooh! A hutt!

...is it wrong that my first thought was of the metal bikini Jabba made Leia wear in Episode VI, and wondering whether this hutt does the same? :smalltongue:

[Ashen Lilies]

Well, Attila's is up and open. If it's successful enough, it might warrant a thread of its own, but for now it's in Inside.

@^: While Attila the Hutt does have a certain... appreciation for the humanoid form, he keeps his relationships with any scantily clad sentients under his employ purely professional. If you're not in his employ, however, you may soon have a large slug-thing flirting with you. Which may not be as disgusting as it sounds. He did have a reputation as being 'the most charming Hutt on Nar Shaddaa.' Of course, YMMV.

[Boo]

You're a boy. Boys do that. If I were a feminist, I'd say yes.

Great, now I'm thinking of a character with "feminist" as a race. It'd be a halfbreed and act like Smeagle talking to Gollum.



For BR + Lex so you guys don't have to look very hard to find my post.


{Infirmary}

Sorry for the long wait. I've been like "EHHHH" since I last posted, and I still kinda feel like "EHHHH".

Shirley was unknowing of such technology. She was impressed quite a bit--amazed even. Although she couldn't really think of a use for it having that added feature.
"It's wonderful." She said, a slight awe and an even slighter caution in her voice. The part about connecting to her nerves would of course make her nervous. Although Quinn had explained it so simply, she didn't understand it at all.

[horngeek]

:smalltongue:

I am so tempted to send one of my female characters down there just for the amusement of a hutt flirting with them/doing whatever a hutt does to the female in question.

...I'm a horrible person, sometimes.

Alternatively, I'm a teenage guy. So, I blame testosterone.

[Ashen Lilies]

Doesn't necessarily have to be a female.

[happyturtle]

Oooh, Charity is soooo turning up there when I have the energy to rp again. :smallamused:

[horngeek]

Doesn't necessarily have to be a female.

So he's a bisexual hutt? :smalleek:

Wait. Does he even keep slaves? :smalltongue:

[happyturtle]

WTF link (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/821591-evil-clown-hired-for-stalking-threats-and-a-pie-in-the-face) of the day.

Srsly... WTF?!!!!

[Moofin Bard]

WTF is right.
Daaaaaaang. That would give me nightmares and scar me for life.

[Recaiden]

Alternatively, I'm a teenage guy. So, I blame testosterone.

That doesn't excuse you from being a horrible person.

Also, hiring a clown to terrify people seems...contrary to the idea of fun. Hiring a clown to scare yourself, yes, but I imagine that would take some of the fun out of it.

[Boo]

What the... clown?

Well now I want to live in Switzerland.

[Ashen Lilies]

So he's a bisexual hutt? :smalleek:

Wait. Does he even keep slaves? :smalltongue:

Given Hutts are hermaphroditic, does the term 'bisexual' even apply? My guess is he doesn't really register the difference between male and female humanoids. They just look slightly different, but they're generally the same, when you get right down to it.

Clown is WTF, and yet oh so awesome.

[horngeek]

That said, according to some of the databooks I have, for a Hutt, it's less about them being attracted to the female in question, and more about just asserting dominance by humiliating them.

Of course, nothing says this one can't be different. :smalltongue:

In other news, I think I have an idea for a new character.

...a Twi'lek. :smalltongue:

[Ashen Lilies]

I was going to have a Twi'lek character for a Star Wars RP... It was set during the Galactic Civil War, so deciding to buck the trend, I decided to buck the trend, and make her an 80+ survivor of the Jedi Purge (as opposed to a femme fatale or a scantily clad set piece), and kind of a crotchety old bitch as well.
I even had a character portrait and everything. (http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/AisaVellia.png)
Then the RP turned out to be a Rogue Squadron type thing, so I couldn't. And then subsequent RPs never got off the ground.
...
Arg we need to have a Star Wars ITP now...

[horngeek]

Heh. My character will probably be a... not sure. Not a Jedi. I know that much.

Probably a sneaky-type. Investigator.

Or just a freelance operator. Probably end up joining NO, actually. :smalltongue:

So, what is the personality of your Hutt like, anyway?

[Ashen Lilies]

Hmm... I don't know how to explain it. So instead I'll distract you with some evidence as to the relative non-existence of 'female' Hutts.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070821061325/starwars/images/9/99/QueenJool.jpg
What really gets me is the fact she's wearing a corset.

[horngeek]

As I said: it's not a matter of attraction to one particular humanoid gender with most hutts. :smalltongue:

I assume yours is different in that regard?

[happyturtle]

That said, according to some of the databooks I have, for a Hutt, it's less about them being attracted to the female in question, and more about just asserting dominance by humiliating them.



If that's the case, he won't get very far with Charity. Modern feminist liberal chick demands to be treated with respect.

[horngeek]

I'm talking about most hutts. This one may differ. :smalltongue:

Of course, with most hutts, Charity wouldn't get a choice in the matter.

[Ashen Lilies]

Didn't work out too well for Jabba, last time he tried.
But yeah, different for this Hutt.
Writing up his planned introductory post from the other RP, for you to take a look at. Think of it as backstory.

[horngeek]

Okay. In that case, my twi'lek might not get along so bad with him. :smalltongue:

If he was the typical hutt, she'd either stay away from him, or try to put a blaster bolt in his... skull? Sac? Hutt equivalent of a head, whatever!

[happyturtle]

I'm talking about most hutts. This one may differ. :smalltongue:

Of course, with most hutts, Charity wouldn't get a choice in the matter.

Charity may not be very tough herself, but I imagine Edijar or Basil or one of her other Friends-with-Benefits would make sure that Charity did have a choice. :smallamused:

[horngeek]

Well, she doesn't have to worry about that with this hutt, anyway.

And my Twi'lek is already there! :smalltongue::smallamused::smalltongue:

[Ashen Lilies]

Sneak Peak! Includes Attila's like, only appearance in the other RP.


Nar Shaddaa Refugee Sector - 24 Hours before the Event

Attila's Cantina

Though the two of them had deliberately chosen the most out of the way corner to sit in, all eyes were upon them. This was primarily due to the fact that one of them was the owner of the Cantina itself, Attila the Hutt. Small for a Hutt, Attila was not very highly regarded among the Hutts on the Smuggler's Moon. The only reason he had managed to retain his small territory amidst the Refugee Sector is that no one wanted it anyway. At least, that was the 'official' reason that the other Hutts used to save face. The real reason is that he had an uncanny knack for information; information that the other Hutts and crimelords of the area desperately wanted but, unskilled as they were, unable to obtain for themselves. His Cantina was also widely regarded as being Neutral Ground. Here, the opposing crimelords could meet in secret, or even openly, as equals, without needing to fear attempted assassinations. Of course, this was even more beneficial to Attila himself, as this provided him the means to know who was meeting who, which gangs were forming alliances, and which gangs were at war. Information which, again, could get him a lot of credits if sold to the right buyer. He was also the person to meet if someone wanted someone else found, or someone else to disappear.
His partner was somewhat less distinctive. While beautiful at a second glance, most never made it past the first. She seemed to exude an aura of blandness that made her very hard to describe to the relevant authorities. She wore a halter-neck top, cut to reveal midriff, under a black leather flight jacket and baggy black cargo pants. A DL-44 blaster pistol, illegally modified, was shoved casually into one of the loops. She wore heavy boots, had dark hair, dark skin and dark eyes. Her name was Kari Balfour, and she had an Arrangement with the Hutt.
It was an Arrangement that was beneficial to both of them. Attila gained 50% of her earnings, his reputation for getting things done, and occasionally, a bit of diplomatic 'leverage'. Kari got free food and a place to sleep, and a contact that could land her the big jobs. The jobs where it didn't matter that she only got half the money. The jobs that usually went to other, more successful bounty hunters. Not that she wasn't 'successful' herself. She had never failed a job. She just wasn't notorious enough. And frankly, that was just the way she liked it. Notoriety brought you rivals, every two-bit thug with a blaster and a claim to fame gunning for you. It meant you were easier to pick out in a crowd, it meant that prey went into hiding or off-world as soon as they got sight of you. No, notoriety was not something she wanted. She learned that from her father's mistake.
Right now, she was busy eating. Messily. She wasn't afraid to seem uncouth. Not in front of Attila. He was a friend. Besides, she was hungry.
<You did well with that job for Robba. He was most pleased with your efficiency.> Said Attila, speaking smoothly in Huttese.
"Y'mean he was mos' pleased with your efficiency?" She said, pronouncing the word 'efficiency' with an exaggerated posh accent. It wasn't something she said much. Either the target was breathing, or had several bullet holes preventing him from doing so. Efficiency didn't enter much into it, unless it was a stealth hit, in which case you replaced 'bullet holes' with 'vibroblade holes'.
<Of course. You know I'd give you the credit, if you ever wanted it.>
"'f'course you would. So who'm I shootin' next?"
...
<Nobody. The gangs have been silent. No hits. Not until things get rougher, and with current attitudes, that might not be for months yet.>
"Wha? Months? 'm not gonna las' that long if I've got no job. You've got my eating down, but there's still some other things I need..." She frowned.
<Well, if you are itching for a job, I notice we have been short a dancing girl since Meela had that tragic accident where she fell onto a knife 47 times, so->
Kari laughed. Once.
"Ha. You'd like that, wouldn't'cha, slimeball."
<Complements will not gain you any sympathy from me. I'm not running a charity here.>
"Please. You've been trying to get me into one of them... rags since you've met me."
"Well," said the Hutt, suddenly switching to Galactic Basic. "I do have an appreciation for the human form, and you, my dear lady, are a particularly fine example."
Kari felt a blush rising, despite her attempts to find it. Somehow, the Hutt's frequent compliments managed to find their way under her skin.
"Watch your tongue, 'fore I decide t'take it fer a trophy."
The Hutt sighed, raising both hands in a gesture of mock defeat.
"Okay, okay."
He ponders for a moment.
<Hm... Now, I don't have any jobs for you, but I do have a rumor. One that could be quite profitable for us both. Rumor has it, there is a Jedi on Nar Shaddaa...>
Kari's face was still, but inwardly, her heart raced. The Empire bounty on Jedi was massive, and if she could collect...
"A Jedi, you say?"
*stuff here depends on other players, because someone would inevitably have made a Jedi character*


24 hours IC time after this happens, some sort of Cataclysm levels the Refugee Sector, thus precipitating the events of my planned Plot/RP thing, which is still in the planning stages. Unfortunately, Attila does not survive. :smallfrown:
Or maybe he does, and instead gets teleported to the Acro-verse. Given it's for a different forum, it probably doesn't matter. He's just meant to be a throwaway backstory character, in any case. Knowing the other forum, it's all moot anyway. It will be abandoned a few days in, what with everyone apparently having the attention span of a... a... thing with a really short attention span.
...
Maybe I should run it here, instead, as a Single Thread RP? Or on both forums? Hopefully it'll be finished up by the time I get back, and I can decide.

[Morty]

Huh. It just dawned on me that Dipsnig's character sheet, backstory to be precise, is outdated and I should change it. It was made in ye olde D&Desque days.

[Beans]

Hm... a Musical Plot may be in the works... it depends muchly on stuffs.

[Viera Champion]

NOOOOOOOO!!!! The shipping thread got shut down! WHYYYYY??!! Well I know why, it's because someone in Crack Pairings posted an incest story or something like that. But not shiiippiinnggg! My life will never be the same again! I might have to move my stories to DeviantArt! The horror!

[Beans]

... To distract you from your loss, I CAN HAS MUSICAL PLOT IDEAS PLZ?

[Viera Champion]

Oh um... I don't know... Let me think... I'm bad at coming up with plots, but for you Beans, I'll try.

[happyturtle]

Plot generator (http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=storygen)

And another one (http://www.chaoticshiny.com/adventuregen.php)

And lots and lots more generators (http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Main_Page)

[Viera Champion]

... To distract you from your loss, I CAN HAS MUSICAL PLOT IDEAS PLZ?

Something that includes one of my characters and obviously one of your characters. That's as far as I've gotten.

[XtheYeti]

Plot generator (http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=storygen)

And another one (http://www.chaoticshiny.com/adventuregen.php)

And lots and lots more generators (http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Main_Page)

OMG Generate this!

[Beans]

I can almost guarantee space.

And science.

[Viera Champion]

Space and science? Um which of my characters would work well with that?... Quinton... Though he's a new character to Acro/ Town and hasn't really met anyone yet, Luke knows science, and so does Genkai.

[Beans]

My musical plots are nearly always non-canon, throw-your-charry-in, what-if things...

So... What If Our Characters Were Test Subjects On A Space Station?

[Viera Champion]

Oooo! I like it! And, it will be my chance to really introduce Quinton, the deaf catboy, who I'm gonna move to HALO. I tried to keep myself from doing so, but nope, he's gonna be part of HALO.

[Beans]

In this case, I'll invent another catperson character to play a certain plotty role and have Pesty as my main char.

[XtheYeti]

I play in dis Muzic too?

[Viera Champion]

That's three cat people! Singing songs! In space!

[Beans]

Sure... Kurama and X and myself... I'd really like more players to be in this with us.

[Je dit Viola]

I have a catperson, also. However, I don't know if I'll be able to participate in it.

Sounds fun, though.

[XtheYeti]

I think the whole cast needs to be catpeople.

[Beans]

... Catpeople in Sciencey Space.

If anyone needs me to explain how you do songs in a musical plot, I shall be happy to explain.

Also, not everyone needs to be a catperson.

[ApeofLight]

Explain musically plot please.

[Beans]

It's... well, at points in the plot, characters have a song. Hopefully, it is somehow relevant to the situation/their feelings/etc.

The song is done by getting the lyrics of a song in copypasted text form, changing them to fit your purposes, and putting a Youtube link to the song itself.
Example. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145730)

[Je dit Viola]

Hmmm...I kinda want to make an evil wizard-type character.

However, I can't think of a good name.

Or where to introduce him.

Or who should be the first person he fights.

Or whatev'

[billtodamax]

The Dread Wizard Bob?

[horngeek]

No, his name should be...

TIM!

[ApeofLight]

ooh, use one of the name generators that Happy posted.

And I could use a wizard in Inside for something. Not necessarily something evil or anything, I just need them to identify a magical object.

[Je dit Viola]

The Dread Wizard Bob, Master of the Underworlds, Undertaker of Justice, Logic, and the Common Man, He who sleeps in his Socks, known by his friends as Tim.

That works perfectly.

Thanks!

[horngeek]

And because it's my standard plot when I'm bored, he should try kidnapping someone. :smalltongue:

[Je dit Viola]

Actually, she's a woman.

And, yes, she can kidnap people, too.

[XtheYeti]

Actually, she's a woman.

And, yes, she can kidnap people, too.

KIDNAP ANTON!!! Please?

[ApeofLight]

Please, someone in Inside, I need to find someone that can identify a magical object for Garth! Please!

[Je dit Viola]

Who's Anton?

I don't know who this Anton is that you're speaking about. Unless you're talking about an Indonesian Politician or a Slavic Wrestler, of course.
(So...maybe. I haven't decided yet.)

[XtheYeti]

Anton is the newly orphaned four year old who is currently in a castle made by Eternal Drifter's spell book

[Je dit Viola]

But I can't have my wizard kidnap him, due to logistical reasons.

Plus, he's already involved in a plot, and thus has plot immunity to insane wizards.

[XtheYeti]

But I can't have my wizard kidnap him, due to logistical reasons.

Plus, he's already involved in a plot, and thus has plot immunity to insane wizards.

But he's going to leave said castle soon...and I wass him to get kidnapped...meh whatever I'll just ask H.A.T.S. to do it.

[ApeofLight]

Garth can has diviner in Inside?

Or do I have to do a cope out and RP it myself?

[XtheYeti]

Garth can has diviner in Inside?

Or do I have to do a cope out and RP it myself?

I does it Ape. I gots your back.

[horngeek]

But I can't have my wizard kidnap him, due to logistical reasons.

Plus, he's already involved in a plot, and thus has plot immunity to insane wizards.

...I'm half-inclined to volunteer my Twi'lek character, now. :smalltongue:

As long as it doesn't end with her dying.

[Je dit Viola]

Okay, so, you know how when you laugh when you're drinking soda, it comes out of your nose and burns really bad?

Well...that just happened to me.

...

Except with bread.
It hurts a ton. And my eyes are watering like crazy.

[Lex-Kat]

I does it Ape. I gots your back.
Thanks for volunteering. I thought it was funny/sad when....

..........the wizard tower slowly sinks back into the ground......it looks dejected.... :smalltongue::smallfrown: Poor wizard tower.

[The Bushranger]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3222945662_58b6027eaf.jpg

[Ashen Lilies]

Oh! In case no one lurklurklurks Vulion's thread like the rest of us, he gave us a picture of Kal's great-grandmama.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Li_Kenta/KKRequest3.jpg

[Je dit Viola]

Wow, that's pretty good.

No, I don't lurk that thread.

[billtodamax]

Okay, so, you know how when you laugh when you're drinking soda, it comes out of your nose and burns really bad?

Well...that just happened to me.

...

Except with bread.
It hurts a ton. And my eyes are watering like crazy.

*can't help giggling a bit*

Are you alright?

[Je dit Viola]

Well, now I am.

I'm better, now. It did hurt. And, yes, I would have been laughing too if it didn't happen to me, because it's hilarious in retrospect.

[Beans]

Okay, so, you know how when you laugh when you're drinking soda, it comes out of your nose and burns really bad?

Well...that just happened to me.

...

Except with bread.
It hurts a ton. And my eyes are watering like crazy.
Bread.
Bread came out your nose.
... That is terrible.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Bread.
Bread came out your nose.
... That is terrible.

Is it as terrible as Lex Luthor stealing forty cakes? (That's as many as four tens!)

[Falgorn]

Well, now I am.

I'm better, now. It did hurt. And, yes, I would have been laughing too if it didn't happen to me, because it's hilarious in retrospect.
I had no idea that was even possible.
Well done, you deserve a prize.

[happyturtle]

At the risk of restarting a debate that we've had umpty times before, I am seeking information.

Is there anyone out there who enjoys apocalypse plots as a player (saving the world), rather than as a GM (bringing teh apocadoom)?

Or maybe it would be better to make it pseudo-SCIENCE!-tific with a scoring system.

0 - 5 scale

0 - I hate them! I would be happy if there were no more of them ever.

to

5 - I love them! It wouldn't be Acro if the world wasn't continually in danger! Saving the world is my favourite plot!

((And no, I'm not suggesting a blanket ban on them or anything. Just gathering data for some nefarious purpose my own curiousity.))

[Lord Iames Osari]

This is a haiku
Exceeding ten characters
My answer is 3

[Darkcomet]

1, at best. Often, 0.

[Morty]

2, I suppose. I don't mind them, although they do get old if done too often.

[Falgorn]

2, I suppose. I don't mind them, although they do get old if done too often.

Seconded. I think they could be good if GMed well, and not overdone.

[Darkcomet]

One of my main issues with 'em is that they never stop, so I can agree with that.

It's a painful loop, really. With apocaplots it would only really be 'done right' if it affected everyone, but people get so tired of them that it's impossible, from my perspective.

[iElf]

about 2, although, I prefer "after the end " plots, clinging onto life, surviving in the ruins of the old world

[happyturtle]

0 for me...

[Darkcomet]

about 2, although, I prefer "after the end " plots, clinging onto life, surviving in the ruins of the old world

>.>

Hence Fallout, I assume?

[iElf]

>.>

Hence Fallout, I assume?

he's a villain from a shadowrun campaign our group ran, which took place after WWIII in 2090, so yeah.

[Falgorn]

he's a villain from a shadowrun campaign our group ran, which took place after WWIII in 2090, so yeah.

By "Fallout," he's reffering to the Fallout game series, which puts your character as one of the survivors of a giant war between People's Republic of China and the United States of America. The third of which was massively popular...
I preffered the first two, personally. >.> <.<

[Beans]

By "Fallout," he's reffering to the Fallout game series, which puts your character as one of the survivors of a giant war between People's Republic of China and the United States of America. The third of which was massively popular...
I preffered the first two, personally. >.> <.<
I actually don't think he's referring to that.

Fallout is the name of a character of iElf's, and he himself is quite post-apoccy.

[Falgorn]

I actually don't think he's referring to that.

Fallout is the name of a character of iElf's, and he himself is quite post-apoccy.

By what I said, I meant that I thought that DC was saying that the character Fallout's name came from the Fallout games.

[Darkcomet]

I was referencing the character, and though that wasn't the specific meaning, Falgorn, I find it a distinct possibility.

[happyturtle]

6 people have answered, with an average score of 1.5.

More people want to weigh in?

{table=head]Player|score
Iames|3
DC|0
Morty|2
iElf|2
Falgorn|2
happyturtle|0[/table]

[UncleWolf]

I give a 1. As long as they're done well, and not LOLARMAGEDDON!. Unfortunately, I haven't seen many well done ones...

[Je dit Viola]

0 - I hate them! I would be happy if there were no more of them ever. :smallfurious:

to

5 - I love them! It wouldn't be Acro if the world wasn't continually in danger! Saving the world is my favourite plot! :smallbiggrin:


Honestly, I don't think my answer really matters, since I haven't really been involved in them anyway, despite wanting to be.

...It can't be my favorite plot, because, besides sending Helen to beat up some shadow cultists, that's the closest I've ever been to a Save-the-World plot.
On the other hand, I think they're good if they're spaced out and done properly, involving those who want to get involved, but not involving those who don't want to get involved.

So, since neither 0 nor 5 are even close to my answer, then it obviously means I have to give it a 2.5
Or, if only integers are allowed, then that's a 3. Or a 2. No, it would be a 3.

[iElf]

Fallout's name , and the name of the game , both have the same origin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout) ,so yeah...

[FireFox]

I say 0, but without the :smallfurious:

[happyturtle]

:smallfurious: was just for illustration purposes. My actual attitude is probably a lot closer to :smallsigh:

{table=head]Player|score
Iames|3
DC|0
Morty|2
iElf|2
Falgorn|2
happyturtle|0
Wolfbane|1
Je dit Viola|2.5
Firefox|0
[/table]

Average: 1.39



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[D_Lord]

4, we haven't had one in a while.

[Darkcomet]

I think someone has not been paying attention, then. The Dusklands thing going on is one, and there's another soon coming a bit after that.

[Recaiden]

I'd give apocalypses 2.5

[ApeofLight]

Hmm, for OMGDoom plots I'd say a 2.5. Nice and right in the middle for me.


Also do you know something you never ever touch? Exhaust on aeration machines!

It burns...

[Gnrlshrimp]

The problem with apocalypse plots is that they need to be done well, and they need to be original.

I don't think the problem is too many apocalypse plots, so to speak, though if they were slightly less often that'd be nice, rather I think the major problem is that they're all very similar.

Anyway, I'd give 'em a 2.5 overall, I suppose.

[happyturtle]

Still looking for more ratings.

How do you feel about apocalypse plots as a player (saving the world), rather than as a GM (bringing teh apocadoom)? Rate your opinion on a 0-5 scale.


0 - I hate them! I would be happy if there were no more of them ever.

to

5 - I love them! It wouldn't be Acro if the world wasn't continually in danger! Saving the world is my favourite plot!

((And no, I'm not suggesting a blanket ban on them or anything. Just gathering data for some nefarious purpose my own curiousity.))

{table=head]Player|score
Iames|3
DC|0
Morty|2
iElf|2
Falgorn|2
happyturtle|0
Wolfbane|1
Je dit Viola|2.5
Firefox|0
Shrimp|2.5
apeoflight|2.5
Recaiden|2.5
D_Lord|4
Boo|3
Inigo|1
billtodamax|3
Magtok*|0
Saurous*|0
horngeek|3
Bergett|1
Kurama|3
Beans|2

[/table]

Average: 1.81
Median: 2

* rating given in chat

[Boo]

I'll give'm a three.

I haven't seen a lot of them (personally), but I agree that they need to be done right to be worthy of attention. Judging by all of your reactions, they're as common as grammies, and about half as valuable.

[Inigo Montoya]

I'd give it a 1. Mainly because they are annoying, and they really never end.

[billtodamax]

Eh. *shrugs* I like Epic plots, and they tend to fall under the same category. However, they've gotten a bit stale. call it a 3.

[horngeek]

Eh. *shrugs* I like Epic plots, and they tend to fall under the same category. However, they've gotten a bit stale. call it a 3.

This. Plus, World-shattering plots provide a chance for everyone to get involved.

On the other hand, they're happening a bit often.

[Bergett]

I give it a 1.

They're cool... Sorta...

Just don't seem all that likely for the frequency they happen.

Not that I ever get involved.

Also I just DON'T have the kinda characters to participate in that stuff... I just keep under the B Power Level usual keep it to a C or D.

So 1.

EDIT: Just DON'T have the kinda characters..... that was kinda bad...

[Morty]

Yes, the apocalypse plots require, or at least encourage, a good number of characters to participate in order for them to work. So they encounter troubles when certain people are unwilling to interact with anyone except for a select few.

[Lex-Kat]

I'll give them a 3. Basically it's "Meh, another apocalypse plot." Then I decide if I wanna join it or not, depending on GM.

[happyturtle]

One thing I dislike is when you start getting accusations IC "Why aren't you doing anything to try and save the world? Aren't you a good person / good organization / protector of the innocent / etc?" When the real reason is lack of interest on the player's part. That's one of the reasons I crippled Happy IC. It happened right after a string of apocaplots, and it was a good IC excuse for why she wasn't going to charge in and save the day.

Now, my IC excuse is going to be "I've seen it before, and the world never comes to an end. I'll just be busy drinking / gardening / building robots / chasing ducks / <insert character's favorite leisure activity here>."

I don't mean this as an attack on apoca-GMs. If you have fun doing it, and you have players who have fun fighting against you, then go for it. But it looks like finding participants for these plots is going to be an uphill battle most of the time, based on the numbers.

[Je dit Viola]

I think someone has not been paying attention, then. The Dusklands thing going on is one, and there's another soon coming a bit after that.

Wait, there is another apocolyptic plot going on? :smallconfused:

How is it that I never find out about these until they're already half-over? Am I just always online at the wrong time? Do I just RP with the wrong people?

[Recaiden]

Wait, there is another apocolyptic plot going on? :smallconfused:

Do I just RP with the wrong people?

Well, I haven't done any apocalypse plots, so that's one person for which this is a yes.

[Viera Champion]

My answer is a 3.

[Beans]

2 for me...
---
I may start that musical thing soonish-ish-maybe-ish.

[Je dit Viola]

I just realized.

I want a steampunk cowboy.

I was just listening to some music that sounded like a cross of Victorian and Wild West, then it just came to me. "This music sounds kinda like a steampunk cowboy."

So, now, I want one.

[Lord Iames Osari]

So make one then. :smallsmile:

[Falgorn]

Due to (very) recent, personal matters, I'm going to be taking another hiatus. Possibly a short one, but more likely to be long. Like anyone cares.

[Beans]

Like anyone cares.
I do!
*hugs*
I wuv you! :smallfrown:

[Je dit Viola]

Aww....sad.

*cares also*

Bye, though.

__________________

So, now I have to decide on a name for my Steampunk Cowboy Person.

[billtodamax]

Aw... Bye Falgorn.

*huggles*

[Recaiden]

Due to (very) recent, personal matters, I'm going to be taking another hiatus. Possibly a short one, but more likely to be long. Like anyone cares.

I care! And you want us to care, because you used lemon chiffon instead of white! :smallsmile: :smalltongue:

I do hope you come back soon, Falgy. I'll miss you.

[ApeofLight]

Ahhh, bye bye, we'll miss you.

We care too!

[Rebonack]

>_>

I enjoy pretty much any form of open, non-personal Plawt that anyone feels inclined to throw together. It gives a chance for PCs that probably wouldn't interact to unite behind a common cause.

Just to get some criteria hammered out here, an Apocoplawt has the following characteristics, at least near as I can tell.

-Universal or wide reaching: The Plawt has an impact on multiple threads, Outside, Inside, and even some private locations if the owners so desire.

-Open: The Plawt must be open to all PCs and Players. If people get turned down to save the wold (or make the situation worse) then it isn't an Apocoplawt.

-End of the World: The threat of the Plawt is to End the World as we Know it. A regional disturbance of some kind isn't an Apocoplawt. Nor is a military take-over.

To my knowledge the only Plawt of that kind that has cropped up was nearly a year ago at this point. Draken's bugs probably would have been another if not for getting aborted.

If what I'm reading here is right then most set the bar a fair bit lower. Which makes me curious about what most people here mean by an Apocalypse Plawt.

Long speil aside, a Five. Because any well done open Plawt that I'm not running is good in my books.

[Je dit Viola]

I don't know what I count as an apocalyptic plot.

So...yeah. Exactly.


Oh. Speaking of plots, that reminds me.
I still have a whole bunch of wolves in Trog's. I don't know how I keep on forgetting about them.

[Eternal Drifter]

:smallsigh:Aye aye aye aye aye...

I'm just a Townie from another realm,
I'm not a real fighting man,
...

Ack...

Anyway, I've joined Town a month ago (just after joining the Playground, in fact), and not really interested in the large organizations of Acro, but since Acro and Town seem to be linked to the point that destruction of Acro will destroy Town, and people are talking about threatening to destroy everything with a thread Apocolypse...:smalleek:

0.

Not interested! I'll keep my library, thank you very much! A couple small plots, that span one or two threads, sure... but this is the kind of thing that will force a reset if it goes wrong.

Right. Now that that is straightened out... I'll just retreat to Town...

Edit: Upon thinking about it more... I have changed my mind...slightly. I might not mind a apocolypse plot in the future, but I'm too new to really do much... AND he has yet to complete one of his goals, which is to build the Eternal Library and keep people coming back to it. So, for the sake of a apocolypse plot in the future...

1.

Second Edit: I didn't scare everyone off... did I?

[The Bushranger]

*hugs Falgorn*

And I give Apoca-plots a 1. Primarily because I don't think we've made it a month in the time frame since I joined GLoG last year without one either in-process or brewing. <_<

[FireFox]

Tony's more than an little pissed off. He only came to GLoG to see if Toby was redeemed. He assumed he wouldn't be, but had no intention of taking Toby away right then. He only wanted to talk it out with Daisuke, to see what they could agree on together. And now he's being attacked by four or five people... I guess GLoG would rather fight a noncombatant than talk to him.

What really irks me is Abigail. She tells Tony to stay away from Jamie's dad, then tries to blast him while he's walking away from him... :smallannoyed::smallsigh:

[horngeek]

Hey, she can't read tactical situations that well yet. :smalltongue:

[FireFox]

Yeah, I'm not complaining that people are doing IC actions. I just dislike how the characters, and their actions, are just so stupid. So much for trying to resolve a situation peacefully, with words and adult discussion. I guess Tony should have brought in a force of paladins to drag Toby away by force and kill anyone who tried to stop them, huh?

[Darkcomet]

I blame all the children.