Is this seriously it? These are all the RPs we have? This is it? This is all? There isn't more amazing RPs just like back in the day? I feel like I should fix this :/
Who wants an RP list? :D
(Even dumb RP ideas are relevant because they can lead to amazing RP ideas.)
I have TONS of RPs stashed away :D
I don't have many ideas >.< I would like to see more RPs here though X3
If you have any good ideas, I won't stop you. But remember that maintaining the quality of an RP will require work on your part.
Agreed.
The reason why there are so little rps in the thread is because some time ago we decided to "clean" the whole forum from the threads that were dead. There were pages over pages of rps before.
What the mod said, that and honestly I find the lack of a RP section that allows RPs usually deemed to violent for this, with age limitations naturally, I can understand keeping them off the boards accessible to everyone but you also have to perhaps take in consideration that things like not allowing some wounds and stuff can be a little limiting. No gore or more....mature interactions I can understand, the rules right now though seem adjusted to that we will have 7-10 year olds going into the RP boards constantly though and no-one else.
Quote from: Weremetalwolf on 2015 Mar 06, 15:14:28
The reason why there are so little rps in the thread is because some time ago we decided to "clean" the whole forum from the threads that were dead. There were pages over pages of rps before.
Yes I understand that, and actually remember when you (not you specificly) locked all the RPs and went through them all to find any BAD stuff :D But the ones that are active now are.... well you know :s
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 06, 10:28:12
If you have any good ideas, I won't stop you. But remember that maintaining the quality of an RP will require work on your part.
Yes I am aware. I've done RPs in the past and they ended up being a flop because there were two many players who weren't active or too many players in general. NOW we seem to have a few. However I will have sign ups.
(Believe me. I have work, n' school. I hope everyone is patient)
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 06, 16:51:25
What the mod said, that and honestly I find the lack of a RP section that allows RPs usually deemed to violent for this, with age limitations naturally, I can understand keeping them off the boards accessible to everyone but you also have to perhaps take in consideration that things like not allowing some wounds and stuff can be a little limiting. No gore or more....mature interactions I can understand, the rules right now though seem adjusted to that we will have 7-10 year olds going into the RP boards constantly though and no-one else.
I get that. No need to tell me that. And yes.... It IS very limiting... But that's fine :) I understand that.
Alright. Thanks. I haven't been here in a few years, but I'm back :D Wish me luck. Imma go POST my RP list n' then maybe pick an RP.
Unfortunately, I've found myself not interested in a lot of the RP's on here. Or unable to participate in them due to others not participating or it just being very confusing.
:'(
I'd like something that's fun, enjoyable, and not confusing. But with the restrictions of what you can and can't do on this forum, that might be somewhat impossible.
*sighs*
ono
Quote from: LostSanity on 2015 Mar 07, 18:12:34
Unfortunately, I've found myself not interested in a lot of the RP's on here. Or unable to participate in them due to others not participating or it just being very confusing.
:'(
I'd like something that's fun, enjoyable, and not confusing. But with the restrictions of what you can and can't do on this forum, that might be somewhat impossible.
*sighs*
ono
Agreed, most RPs on here have the problem of REALLY easily getting confusing, no-one asking on the OOC threads about what actually IS happening when they need to know it doesn't help much either.
Are ya kidding? If you jump into an RP, you should ask what the setting is and what is happening. Sum all that up and give it to the person who's asking, then the RP won't take a random, unpredictable, turn. There are simple ways around these problems. It's just a matter of not getting to frustrated when said problem happens.
If your talking about my list, they're supposed to be vague. And yes. I remember when it was Teal, Nova, Magus, ect. who were starting the RPs now? Amateurs are starting them. I'm great at RPs. But starting a group RP on the forums and managing them, I am a noob at.
Just a note onto the thread because ive seen and I know this argument will be brought up sevral times
The Forum rules are in place for the protection and enjoyment of the users and are not designed to hinder Roleplays and I can fully atest to the fact there have been many great RP's on the forums while keeping in tandum with the rules set out.
So please don't blame the forum rules for the lack of Roleplaying because they have not overly changed since the forum start aside from a few wording alterations to make them have more sense.
In addition I should mention the clean up only removed RP threads that were inactive for 2 months worth of posting.
Offical Ryo out of the way a moment
If you want to talk RP greats then yes I will admit we have had our fair few great GM's come and go from the forums and the lack of creative ideas has also gotten me conserned, however given the watched market for RP's at the time. There is certainly a corner that has been written into that Social RP's are getting samey and Sign up RP's with overaching story just dont intrest the current audiance.
If I had more time and ability I can easly introduce three RP ideas that I have on file onto the forums all apropriate for users however I feel they would just go unapiciated as Life in ___ will take presidance and the story driven will go unoticed. One of the major lacking factors is indeed Writters, Nova, Galvin Roe and yes Magus are no longer part of the forums for there own selective reasons (please do not start a debate over one of the names listed if you want to argue for him PM me).
So in summary I think its time to brighten your hirizons a bit Write a story indoduce your players and try to escape the rut of Jump in and GMless RP
who knows maybe when I find more time I will even asist in these efforts
Yeah Magus mainly made interesting RPs but he s banned now and moved to his own forum. I think Nova and Teal followed him for the most part.
GMless RPs CAN be good, the problem is that it relies heavily on all players to not just suddenly derail any kind of loose story that's been put in by introducing all kinds of crazy stuff that after a while just makes it one big ball of chaos that'd make Discord jealous.
I'm not creative or good enough to run an RP. So that's not an option either.
*sighs as I continue to wait for an RP on here that I'm actually interested in*
:'(
I personally would sign up for an adventure based RP, and am only using social rp's because they're what's available.
Thank you all for you input. I enjoy it. And agree at many levels. I know the rules aren't to hinder ability.
I still RP with magus n' such. He's awesome. Teal is awesome. Nova disappeared. And others? I don't know. Also.
I remember a time when I thought Teal and Nova were being cold jerks, but really they were just being serious bussiness XD
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 08, 19:27:13
I personally would sign up for an adventure based RP, and am only using social rp's because they're what's available.
Ya would? :D Imma redo my Tundra RP then :D (it failed because of too many RPers and a dragged out beginning. We didn't even hit the ice.)
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 09, 16:11:31
Thank you all for you input. I enjoy it. And agree at many levels. I know the rules aren't to hinder ability.
I still RP with magus n' such. He's awesome. Teal is awesome. Nova disappeared. And others? I don't know. Also.
I remember a time when I thought Teal and Nova were being cold jerks, but really they were just being serious bussiness XD
Ya would? :D Imma redo my Tundra RP then :D (it failed because of too many RPers and a dragged out beginning. We didn't even hit the ice.)
Your RP was called Tundra? Oh wow, that's actually the name of one of my OCs as well. X3
So...hmmm...would a Lovecraftian based RP be ok? X3 (obivously following the forum rules)
we could make an rp about galactic ponies.... This was a 5 second thought lol
Quote from: GlassMirror on 2015 Mar 09, 16:24:14
we could make an rp about galactic ponies.... This was a 5 second thought lol
.....what is a galactic pony? o.O
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 09, 16:26:17
.....what is a galactic pony? o.O
You know, like a regular pony, but from SPACE!!!
I haven't done an Amnesia: The Dark Desent RP. But I know many ways to keep it in line.
Lovecraftian? I think it can be done and done well. As long as it clings to the rules.
Galactic Ponies? Magus did a cosmetology RP and it worked (I always wanted to be in his RPs but I never could be :c)
If your looking for a Sci-fy RP.... that will only work in the RPers in the RP KEEP the feeling of Sci-fy. Trust me on that.
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 09, 16:26:17
.....what is a galactic pony? o.O
A pony in a space station lol
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 09, 16:29:59
Galactic Ponies? Magus did a cosmetology RP and it worked (I always wanted to be in his RPs but I never could be :c)
If your looking for a Sci-fy RP.... that will only work in the RPers in the RP KEEP the feeling of Sci-fy. Trust me on that.
Pony Cosmology? That thing died because lack of RPers. The fun thing is that that ting is still in both top 10 topic lists if you look at the stats.
But it didn't had anything to do with space station/ships if you exclude that one time a Tech god made them.
Quote from: Night Pony on 2015 Mar 09, 16:34:28
Pony Cosmology? That thing died because lack of RPers. The fun thing is that that ting is still in both top 10 topic lists if you look at the stats.
But it didn't had anything to do with space station/ships if you exclude that one time a Tech god made them.
well, it was just a suggestion ;)
Listen. I know about cosmetology. I had no idea it died because nobody joinined. And I just wanna make 5 more RPs that were suggested here.
Space RP
Adventure (Tundra/Desert) RP
Sniper RP
Amnesia:TDD RP
Lovecraftian RP
ONE AT A TIME VICK! YOU HAVE A LIFE!
Edit: Yes they will follow da rules.
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 09, 16:11:31
Thank you all for you input. I enjoy it. And agree at many levels. I know the rules aren't to hinder ability.
I still RP with magus n' such. He's awesome. Teal is awesome. Nova disappeared. And others? I don't know. Also.
I remember a time when I thought Teal and Nova were being cold jerks, but really they were just being serious bussiness XD
Ya would? :D Imma redo my Tundra RP then :D (it failed because of too many RPers and a dragged out beginning. We didn't even hit the ice.)
I know where Nova is and I still have him on Skype. I can't say where he went publicly (PM me if you'd like to know) due to it featuring more adult content but he basically went to an all RP site where better RPers are. I tried it out but due to lack of ponies (seriously, don't like to play humans) I couldn't get into it.
Magus actually made his own website...but it's under the radar of the entire internet so you can guess how fast things get boring there.
Rad Thunder is basically all gamer now to my knowledge, though I have him on Steam and Skype.
Galvin Roe moved on to stuff in his life to my knowledge, though I also have him on Skype.
Sponk/Rumor is basically gone, I haven't seen him around (unless he's just changed his name).
I'd like to get back into the public RP scene, but I have the problem of either not seeing interesting RPs or just playing characters that are seen as essentially useless (IE; Sanny) in just about everything.
I think I had an idea to host an RP some time ago, but I never did finish thinking it up. I was busy with GED studies at the time.
Quote from: Teal Turken on 2015 Mar 14, 03:11:30
I know where Nova is and I still have him on Skype. I can't say where he went publicly (PM me if you'd like to know) due to it featuring more adult content but he basically went to an all RP site where better RPers are. I tried it out but due to lack of ponies (seriously, don't like to play humans) I couldn't get into it.
Magus actually made his own website...but it's under the radar of the entire internet so you can guess how fast things get boring there.
Rad Thunder is basically all gamer now to my knowledge, though I have him on Steam and Skype.
Galvin Roe moved on to stuff in his life to my knowledge, though I also have him on Skype.
Sponk/Rumor is basically gone, I haven't seen him around (unless he's just changed his name).
I'd like to get back into the public RP scene, but I have the problem of either not seeing interesting RPs or just playing characters that are seen as essentially useless (IE; Sanny) in just about everything.
I think I had an idea to host an RP some time ago, but I never did finish thinking it up. I was busy with GED studies at the time.
Gosh almighty. So what? Is it up to me to make a bunch of RPs and share responsibility with some ponies? I already have like 5+ big ideas and I can almost guarantee 3 of them will be successful.
(
At this point I am rambling.) There are no SIGN UP RPs. I remember when I was AFRAID to sign up because I thought it took dedication. I basically had a list of like 50 different things I hated about this place. At the time I was young and dumb and didn't know how to deal with the large number of small problems I was having. I had problems with RPing. I won't list them but now my brain is MUCH more mature and I can solve ALL of these problems with simple solutions.
But Now It seems Rad, Magus, Nova, Sponk, and MORE are gone. I don't blame them and I understand why they are gone. Now it's only me, Teal, and others who I have just met. I just want more GOOD RPers, RPs, etc.
(Also, We need to get misty into the Island RP.)
I can be a good RPer when it's something I enjoy and like.
But since I'm talking about myself, that's just my opinion and an obvious bias.
:P
To raise the mantle when there is none.
To live up to the heroes, those who are gone.
Time...I guess my time......has returned.
Righty ho! All four years of my life have been devoted to these sections of the forums. I'm in, even if I have to GM one myself.
Quote from: Night Pony on 2015 Mar 09, 16:34:28
Pony Cosmology? That thing died because lack of RPers. The fun thing is that that ting is still in both top 10 topic lists if you look at the stats.
But it didn't had anything to do with space station/ships if you exclude that one time a Tech god made them.
*cough* Good Times *cough*
Times as an eleven year old tech god were marvellous. I regret everything D:Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 09, 17:23:16
Listen. I know about cosmetology. I had no idea it died because nobody joinined. And I just wanna make 5 more RPs that were suggested here.
Space RP
Permission to take on the Space RP old friend? I have a plot which I am currently developing to take on.
tell you what while this thread still exists im going to throw in a rather intresting question and that is
how would you all feel about a moderator run RP as I stated before I have been an RPer and a GM and if I was to run a game or even join one eventualy would it be to weird considering current position
I don't really think it matters who hosts an RP, rather if the RP is interesting.
Plus it would keep the RP well regulated. :P
I'd like to see some kind of spaceRP, perhaps in a space station, on a colonized moon, etc etc.
Quote from: Ryo_D_Disk on 2015 Mar 14, 19:37:16
tell you what while this thread still exists im going to throw in a rather intresting question and that is
how would you all feel about a moderator run RP as I stated before I have been an RPer and a GM and if I was to run a game or even join one eventualy would it be to weird considering current position
I remember back at EO days we did that before.
It didn't finish, but we got pretty far.
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 14, 19:51:24
Plus it would keep the RP well regulated. :P
Quote from: Teal Turken on 2015 Mar 14, 19:41:45
I don't really think it matters who hosts an RP, rather if the RP is interesting.
I agree with both of you, it doesn't seem like a bad idea, plus it'd be great to get some more people hosting an RP that goes beyond "You're in location ____, do stuff."
Quote from: Somebeing on 2015 Mar 14, 18:52:45
Permission to take on the Space RP old friend? I have a plot which I am currently developing to take on.
Can't hold it back. Already working on the plot.
Sad that space RP isn't up and running.
Made a spelling error...
Quote from: Ryo_D_Disk on 2015 Mar 14, 19:37:16
tell you what while this thread still exists im going to throw in a rather intresting question and that is
how would you all feel about a moderator run RP as I stated before I have been an RPer and a GM and if I was to run a game or even join one eventualy would it be to weird considering current position
Depends on what kind of RP it is...
X3
Hmmm, a space rp. I like that idea. And a moderator run rp would be interesting. I'm in :)
Quote from: Somebeing on 2015 Mar 14, 18:52:45
Permission to take on the Space RP old friend? I have a plot which I am currently developing to take on.
Bro. go for it. But please have it be a sign in and require all RPers to put effort into their posts to retain a sort of feeling to the RP. Some of the best RPs can't be repeated because they had a certain FEEL to them. KEEP whatever feel. Keep it alive. Heed my words. Old friend? It's been so long. Tell me about our connections
Quote from: Ryo_D_Disk on 2015 Mar 14, 19:37:16
tell you what while this thread still exists im going to throw in a rather intresting question and that is
how would you all feel about a moderator run RP as I stated before I have been an RPer and a GM and if I was to run a game or even join one eventualy would it be to weird considering current position
......I don't think so. You're just a person. Not the Gestapo police.
OK LISTEN! I think if anyone is gonna make a space RP, I should at least be involved in the development, the story, event ideas, the setting, a hub, a disscussion, limitations of the RP.
Because I've done many good space RPs, and other Space RPs have fallen flat on their faces because the other RPer, or 1 person kept using words like "Door" "Window" "Bath tub" "Car" "Gas" "Ect" We need to be careful of who we let INTO this major RP. :c
Listen, I know what it takes to make an amazing Space RP. There are a million different things we can do, but we need to just choose ONE! Before we choose, we need to know our limitations, we need to know what we can do in that RP. We need to make sure it's a versatile RP atmosphere, theme, setting, concept, story, etc. THEN! We need to play it out, stick to the boundies, keep the RP alive, keep everyone happy. I have TONS of great Space Ideas, concepts, settings, etc.
Ok, I'm done.
Agreed. I have an idea of what RP to revive:
http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=9195.0
Any thoughts?
Quote from: Somebeing on 2015 Mar 15, 17:58:49
Agreed. I have an idea of what RP to revive:
http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=9195.0
Any thoughts?
The owner of that RP says to not steal his idea but instead make your own. If you want Equestria 2500 so badly you can go to his forum.
PM me if you want a link.
Quote from: Night Pony on 2015 Mar 15, 18:06:15
The owner of that RP says to not steal his idea but instead make your own. If you want Equestria 2500 so badly you can go to his forum.
PM me if you want a link.
Thanks for the PM offer, I already have the link though.
I think that the idea of everyone controlling their own sort of fleet or mini empire is great. Just in a different setting or plot is all.
Me and him did a 1 on 1 of that.... It was pretty awesome... I need to get back to him on that RP XD
Honestly I'm not into the whole "look at my planet. I run this planet."
I'd rather run a crew on a ship, a single individual caught up in said event, or setting.
Same here. I'd prefer a more Star Trek atmosphere because it doesn't only make every character's role significant, but their is also relatively low combat as antagonists can be just as much environments as they can be opposing fleets.
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 16, 11:18:24
Same here. I'd prefer a more Star Trek atmosphere because it doesn't only make every character's role significant, but their is also relatively low combat as antagonists can be just as much environments as they can be opposing fleets.
Sounds quite interesting, and battles wouldn't be roflstomps done by really strong characters but instead a coordinated effort, though that'd require everyone important to regularly be online.
We may need the captain to be online more often than not, but the crew could also have non-player characters that do the jobs of the player characters when they aren't around, and since the player characters outrank their NPC counterparts, they simpy take over the task when they jump back in. And now that I think about it, even the captain isn't always needed, and his role could be passed down the chain of command.
Yeah, it'd be interesting to adapt characters to it though, I can actually think of how to adapt one of my characters already.
Same, I already have Blazing Legend knowing a how to use star charts and maps, and his 3D spatial sense would work wonders on an away team. I'm thinking Navigation's Officer or the like. Then Match Stick would probable be in a management position, possibly in the engineering department where his ample magical energies could be used to power the ship or something.
Frosty Skies, being a pegasus cryomancer and all, would probably be good to have on hoof for emergencies like fires or overheating along with in general just keeping cooling systems up and running or augment them with his own magic in a pinch, he'd also be decent on away teams since, so long as there's enough moisture in the air, he can freeze it to form things such as ice shields. Plus he can handle arctic temperatures without much of an issue, so that'd help too.
WHY HASN'T ANYONE MADE THIS A THING YET!
Also we need a captain. I'd suggest Match Stick, but it would have to be after he matured a bit and not the Alternate Alternate World version where he turns evil... at least at first 0:)
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 16, 14:46:30
WHY HASN'T ANYONE MADE THIS A THING YET!
Also we need a captain. I'd suggest Match Stick, but it would have to be after he matured a bit and not the Alternate Alternate World version where he turns evil... at least at first 0:)
It takes time, devotion and laziness (mainly the third) to make a RP.
It'll be out Soon .TM
My OC Star Diver would be perfect for this rp ^-^ I'm not sure what position he could fill though. He's an excellent astronomer, and excells at telescopic magic
Yes I probably should explain some more details and I will avoid giving spoilers away to it
Jump in- Im afaid a bit of a copy paste awnser but I have some ideas to set up another educational and shcool based RP a bit more open to all than some previous, admidily I have less write up for this one but some sub plots pre written. Although for certain levels of control all players would be students leaving GM's to be teachers
Sign up- A bit of recycling here but I have written and ready to go an adventure RP traveling to a lost temple found within the newly renwed to life Cystal kingdom (written just after sombra's defeat)
A Puzzle game that takes place accross many planes and worlds
and a few others that are still in planing
So I've been reading the past posts after mine and... I love it. I love this. HOWEVER I think this RP would require several people running and maintaining it. I seriously don't think I can do it alone. And I don't' WANT to do it alone. I want other people in on this. I want to share this.
AND I have a few Ideas for Vick and I might work with many of my other OCs
Vick could either be:
An outside crew-member (floating in space, around the ship, most of the time...)
A small stealth-combat unit with a compact jet pack, adjustable ray gun, and space shovel XD
A pilot.
One things for sure tho: He'll know how to MOVE!
So we have:
► Away Team Leader (Blazing Legend)
► Captain (Match Stick?)
► Astronomer/Navigator (Star Diver)
► Pilot (Vick McBread)
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 17, 17:22:18
So we have:
► Away Team Leader (Blazing Legend)
► Captain (Match Stick?)
► Astronomer/Navigator (Star Diver)
► Pilot (Vick McBread)
Don't forget Frosty Skies, though I'm not quite sure what kind of role he'd have specifically, maybe away team situational member/engineer, he probably wouldn't focus only on coolant systems, that'd be stupid.
Don't forget that I could be anything else OR even me a multi-tasker.
What would be nice is a covert-combatant, and an external crew-member :D
Also. Don't make everything so technologically advanced to the point of everything being bland & boring. Simplicity is nice, but keep the interesting bits. Like a headset, rather than just say "I have a microphone implanted into my tooth. The future is all about not being able to see whats interesting"
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Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 17, 17:57:35
Don't forget Frosty Skies, though I'm not quite sure what kind of role he'd have specifically, maybe away team situational member/engineer, he probably wouldn't focus only on coolant systems, that'd be stupid.
And yes, we WOULD need an engie. At NASA, not only do the worship the destroyer, but they all need to make sure every astronaut knows how to fix EVERYTHING fixable.
I don't think this kind of game needs a covert hit squad. But if you really want that to be your position, you'd probably not see much use.
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 18, 00:14:34
Don't forget that I could be anything else OR even me a multi-tasker.
What would be nice is a covert-combatant, and an external crew-member :D
Also. Don't make everything so technologically advanced to the point of everything being bland & boring. Simplicity is nice, but keep the interesting bits. Like a headset, rather than just say "I have a microphone implanted into my tooth. The future is all about not being able to see whats interesting"
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And yes, we WOULD need an engie. At NASA, not only do the worship the destroyer, but they all need to make sure every astronaut knows how to fix EVERYTHING fixable.
"In 500 years, a weapon would be a drink of water. You would drink it, and all of your enemies would be gone."
Sign up should be up by the end of the day.
Quote from: Somebeing on 2015 Mar 18, 10:02:44
"In 500 years, a weapon would be a drink of water. You would drink it, and all of your enemies would be gone."
Sign up should be up by the end of the day.
It's gonna be up soon™
The birth of the Union Aerospace Corporation starts with you. We are one of many that exist in this small universe of ours, but we can assure you that we are one of the most dominant forces around here. Our technology is superior, our workforce is superior, our policy is superior, and our price rate is, well, superior. The UAC is the pinnacle of pony-kind.
Always on the forefront of technology, the UAC is making safer worlds through superiority.
((Just a small teaser. Will be up in one-two hours top.))
Woot! :D
Quote from: annosrules on 2015 Mar 18, 09:01:58
I don't think this kind of game needs a covert hit squad. But if you really want that to be your position, you'd probably not see much use.
I'm not saying that XD
I guess I should have said that VICK would be a hired speed-stealth based space mercenary.
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Quote from: Somebeing on 2015 Mar 18, 21:00:27
The birth of the Union Aerospace Corporation starts with you. We are one of many that exist in this small universe of ours, but we can assure you that we are one of the most dominant forces around here. Our technology is superior, our workforce is superior, our policy is superior, and our price rate is, well, superior. The UAC is the pinnacle of pony-kind.
Always on the forefront of technology, the UAC is making safer worlds through superiority.
((Just a small teaser. Will be up in one-two hours top.))
Wait are you kidding? You all didn't contact me?
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WHOA WHOA WHOA! What's happening?! It's up? Nobody talked to me? I know nothing!
What am I kidding. The RP section will never be what it used to be.
I give up.
Spoiler: Plot/Whatever notes I have • show The Past:
Nine years after the coronation of the elements of harmony, an evil never seen before rises over the empire of Equestria. Beings both indescribable and unimaginable begin to spawn from this evil, they began to swarm in innumerable numbers. Starting from the west of the continent, the small city of Tall Tale was consumed in a mere hour. Reconnaissance from after the battle show that there were no signs of any structures after the evil passed through the city. The ponies that were met with these unknown forces suffered terrible trauma, nearly unable to speak. All that was left were the green open plains that once rested an entire civilization.
Yanhoover suffered the same fate. Within another hour, the city was gone. Of course, local defensive forces managed to relocate in an attempt to protect the city. Reports from more tolerable witnesses say that guards saw demented beings pitch black and opaque, describing them as darkness themselves, would appear at the border of the town. A swift fog would then roll in, making it impossible to see, even with a light source. Then, everything but the dirt beneath them was gone. It would be impossible for someone to explain that there was once a booming city over the vast pools of water and land.
Realizing the new and potential dangers of this new terror, the princesses decided to summon their ultimate weapon before any more people could be in danger. The elements of harmony were swiftly deployed to Smokey Mountain to counter the advancing darkness.
The elements were quickly used, eliminating all of the darkness and its forces.
Upon return to Canterlot, the elements of harmony were sick. With the final remains of darkness that were blasted away by the powers of magic, it managed to plague the nervous system of the six ponies. Realizing the symptoms could be fatal within hours and without any conventional cures working, they were encased in stone. They would reappear once a cure were to appear...or if they were in dire need of again.
Years after this event, it began to appear that all darkness and evil that existed in every single being was purged. Many theorists believe that the attack on Tall Tale was done by all evil spirits and being combined together in a joint force to banish the light from the world. However, it was strange that no ponies were harmed in these attacks. Theorists respond with previous events such as Nightmare Moon and the Chaos Lord himself, playing with their victims rather than slaying them outright. The most believed theory was that the evil were joining together to restart the world, rid it of all foreign elements (such as buildings), giving the planet a new start.
The Present:
Without the worry of any evil happening ever again, the job rate of guards significantly dropped. In fact, many animals adapted to the new pure life of their new planet. Other and new significant jobs were created or spread across the country. Equestria began to delay its work on its militarism and work on scientism.
Ninety-Nine years after the Dark Event (as they so call it), a revolutionary invention is distributed throughout the country. It is able to teleport across a very short distance (such as 1mm) over a very short duration (such as 0.01sec). Dubbed the FTM drive (Faster Than Magic), it is powered by earthly magic crystals found deep within the earth of Equestrian rock. These variables could be adjustable to meet the demands of other occupations, if they had the fuel to do so.
And adjust the ponies did. The first pony in space was soon launched into space five years after the FTM revolution. Soon, other species began to join in the space endeavour. The first space station would be created just a year later.
Another nine years, and a pony was the first to land on a foreign planet. It was located closer to the Sun than Equestria's planet, but its average temperature was only a few degrees higher. It was lush with rain forests and tropic vegetation. New and common animal life would soon be discover. Another nine years, the planet was colonized with an initial population of 12,500. The planet was dubbed "Exodus" due to its wildlife.
Another nine years, another planet was discovered. The griffins were the first to discover this unknown mass. Located farther from the sun, its climate was the exact opposite of Exodus. A few degrees lower than Equestria's average temperature, it housed wildlife that would be commonly seen in these arctic regions. The climate fared well for griffin-life. Nine years and it would be fully colonized with a population of 152, 200. It was dubbed "Polar".
The discovery revolution would soon begin. Planet after planet was discovered, colonized, named. Space station after space station was created to research and observe other celestial objects. Of course, that is all classified, but that is why you are here.
Future:
You receive an envelope in the mail, sealed with an emblem you have never seen before. Upon opening the letter, instead of the usual piece of paper with writing on it you receive an unknown electronic device. Upon pressing the large circular button located at the bottom, the dark screen lightens up with a variety of colours. Said colours are in formation to show certain words:
"The birth of the Union Aerospace Corporation starts with you. We are one of many that exist in this small universe of ours, but we can assure you that we are one of the most dominant forces around here. Our technology is superior, our workforce is superior, our policy is superior, and our price rate is, well, superior. The UAC is the pinnacle of pony-kind.
We have already accepted you into our program. However we will need more information in order to place you into a suited environment in our corporation. Space adventure is fun, although new and dangerous. It hasn't been a century and we've gone so far as the exterior of our Celestial System (that information "was" classified, but since we accepted you, you have the right of knowledge to know that). Fill down the information below and we can get you started.
I know a lot of stuff is unknown to you or is classified. Only so many ponies know of these newly discovered regions. You'll see under the ink after we accept you.
Always on the forefront of technology, the UAC is making safer worlds through superiority."
Scrolling down, a sign-up form is listed below for you to fill out:
Name:
Any specific role you want to be in:
Gender:
Race (please try to stick with normal races. No humans please, nor alicorns):
Age:
Appearance (either description or image is fine):
Personality:
Inventory (tools, etc. Listing down this information is vital to ensure all cargo is secure):
Motive (any reason you want to join the UAC and make the universe a safer place?):
Alignment:
Backstory:
Relationships (if any):
Special abilities:
Place of origin:
Current home:
"Callsign" (Anything will do. Most crew members will refer to your Callsign. Closer ponies will refer to your name):
Transport ID:
Cargo ID:
Corporation:
GM has final say, no matter the situation. If there is a problem PM a GM
Any rules can and will be changed if a RPer is willing to twist them.
Follow all Forum Rules:
This means no gore, sex, or other such things
No powerplaying. This means no controlling another player's character in any way unless explicit permission is given.
No Godmodding. This means no overly-powerful characters, gods, or any such beings, unless I give explicit permission (as with Clockwork King etc)
Equestrian swears only. You know them from the show and fandom.
No real-world religion or politics. In-universe equivalents are fine.
No personal attacks out-of-character. In-character it's fine, but don't go overboard.
Cargo ID is: 1502. Do not forget it.
Try to post at least a paragraph each post. I will actively post around twice a day. This gives you a span of twelve hours to make up a detailed and well-constructed posts for me to work with and integrate into the RP. A post like:
*eats food* *Sees explosion* "Oh my asfgspofkosgsdg-"
Will not get me too far (Yes I overdid it but still)
Posts like:
Nameless began to trot up onto the hilltop, bands of sweat coursing down his fur. He knew that once he got up there, it was finished. He couldn't give up now.
He ate his final energy bar to replenish whatever energy he could muster. Once arriving at the hilltop, a ball of fire engulfed him.
He tried to react but all he could do was tumble back down the hill, forcing him to climb back up once more.
I can do a lot with these posts. Get a better understand of the character's personality, stuff like that, etc.
Transport ID is: 4409. Do not forget it.
Sign up first before posting, of course. Anyone posting out of character "(( -- ))" during the RP is acceptable, but don't spam.
Keep OOC in the OOC thread.
Have fun!
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Current Players:
>insert player here<
<-=-=(|||||||||)=-=->
You begin to think: You haven't researched too much about what you are going into. This is what you know so far:
<-=-=(|||||||||)=-=->
There is 1 currently known corporation:
Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC):
Always on the forefront of technology, the UAC is making safer worlds through superiority.
They have offered you a rare job to come take part of their corporation located in the skies above. Not much is known about them, but the statistics you have researched are true. They have the superior statistics than other local corporations. I guess they are truly superior.
<-=-=(|||||||||)=-=->
There are 3 currently know celestial bodies:
In order: from closest to Celestial (sun) from farthest.
Exodus
Tropical wildlife and a big tourist trap. Mainly populated by ponies. Colonized in 2142.
Equestria
Your home. Our home. Too much to describe about it, its perfect in all aspects of life. For space entrepreneurs, however, it is just another planet.
Polar
Arctic wildlife dominant the cold regions. Mainly populated by griffins. Colonized in 2150.
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Before you sign this document, you ask yourself: are you sure that you are ready to explore the outer reaches of space?
?What just happened?
He opened up a sign-up thread.
Oh my god. Why did you work so hard man, why?! Why WOULD you? I am surprised... I have a moral obligation to not even attempt a space RP because you worked so hard... What the heck. Why didn't anybody PM me. I posted HERE that I've done many many sci-fy RPs and that they're DELICATE!!! I don't even care any more. I just want to know why.... No I DO care. I CARE because I want a big awesome RP without all this nonsense.
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 21, 11:35:52
Oh my god. Why did you work so hard man, why?! Why WOULD you? I am surprised... I have a moral obligation to not even attempt a space RP because you worked so hard... What the heck. Why didn't anybody PM me. I posted HERE that I've done many many sci-fy RPs and that they're DELICATE!!! I don't even care any more. I just want to know why.... No I DO care. I CARE because I want a big awesome RP without all this nonsense.
Too many details have a tendency to make RP's a bit confusing when things actually are happening.
Yea I kinda feel like my rp went a light crazy :c
So how are the space RP's going?
Galactic one didn't start yet...I've been holding back on posting on the signup because I can't think of what to include in my inverntory, and what to write for the backstory X3
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 Mar 30, 17:40:34
Galactic one didn't start yet...I've been holding back on posting on the signup because I can't think of what to include in my inverntory, and what to write for the backstory X3
I don't think Somebeing is even going to host it anymore, he did say he gave up a couple posts ago.
Se he left the notes for us to use? Huh. Well Vick said he had something, but I'm not sure.
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 Mar 30, 17:42:57
I don't think Somebeing is even going to host it anymore, he did say he gave up a couple posts ago.
O: Didn't see that
DD:
:facehoof: A Sci-fy RP is VERY delicate... The only people I can let into the RP, are the ones willing to live up to my expectations (which aren't high.)
I will do a Space/Galactic RP, IF those who partake in the RP, are all willing to keep the essence of outer space alive, and wait for me to keep track of it, as well as post my own fair share...
I WANT a lot of people to participate in this RP. I will also (to keep it alive) somewhat demand patience and others to bring new things to this RP (via seggestions sent to me by PM and then put into the RP event list.) I won't expect much, nor will I even DEMAND everybody bring something new, and awesome, creative, and fitting. Just make sure your posts cling to the feel of the RP. Make sure you put effort into your post.
Well I am in support of your Space RP.
Well if I could make a suggestion, a space station could work fairly well for an RP in terms of flexibility, events could happen through ships docking there for various reasons, it would also allow people to drop in through being sent there as extra crew if they're too significant in some way to not have been mentioned or noticed earlier in the RP if present on the station.
A small ship would be a bit troublesome in introducing characters without a lot of timeskips or patience from ponies wanting to join, not to mention you wouldn't have quite as much room for the magical powers of improvising/adding locations for the purpose of plot convenience.
Either way I think it'd be a somewhat good idea to have something like a bar or lounge like in Star Trek, would we be on star trek technology levels or would we be a bit lower? And magic would definitely have to have some sort of involvement.
I was thinking a galactic class ship, like the Enterprise from star trek.
I like all of your Ideas and I have some of my own: Such as a ship specifically designed for exploration missions. Also, let's have a universal language adapter communicator. And yes. I'm thinking of taking the begging hallways of Black Mesa in HL2, making the hallways curve in a circle and have tubes (<---simplicity) connecting them all. Also we can mix in some designs from the movie "Interstellar" when we deal with the OUTSIDE or INSIDE of the ship : D I'm still open to suggestions and everything is still uncertain, changeable, and lucid.
I would love to join a space rp mostly because I'm starting to just understand my rp style
Successful Sci-fy RPs I've done (Only 2):
Space Exploration RP My character had an affinity for a dangerous planet and sent down drones. He hired a feline scientist and they went down to capture one of the reptilian soldiers. They make peace with the hostile planet and joined forces with it's Fuhrer. Then The reptilian soldier and his medic partner joined our crew. Currently, a stallion from a green green planet joined us along with a sneaky space pirate racoon. This RP is THE BEST!
1 on 1 Space RP Two RPers are trapped together in outer-space. (Vagueness breeds opportunity and possibility in RPs.)
WHAT I PLAN TO DO: We all make up a versatile crew on a small independent ship, or space station. (Please keep in mind that a 'small independent ship' is VERY large. A space station can be smaller because it isn't mobile.)
As the RP moves along, we can all decide weather we belong to a faction, company, federation, empire, union, government or are alone and all come from different back grounds. Or weather we explore, trade, fight, steal, flee, wander, hide, or cause trouble.
We must choose wisely so the RP stays flexible.
My choice for the RP: We are an independent team who trades, pays for things we need, and fights for resources. We all come from different backgrounds. Maybe a few of us have secrets. But we are all a team. We have BOTH a small independent ship, AND a cloaked space station.
(Let's also talk about if we have other loot, and possibly personal, 1 man ships.)
If it is an independent ship, than I would require both escape pods and landing ships, because the living populace needs to be able to evacuate, and such a large ship would be impractical to land on a planet, or was constructed in space and incapable of surviving in an atmosphere.
My ideas;
Ship name: (Something like USS) Harmony
Class: Galactic Cruiser
Mission: Spread harmony throughout the galaxy, and befriend other civilizations.
Captain: Match Stick (Or other suitable OC, alicorn maybe?)
The (USS) Harmony is a modern marvel, equipped with cutting edge technology and fully competent crew. The ship utilizes a unicorn powered harmony drive that warps space to achieve FTL travel.
Now build on I community, and when we deem the setting sufficient, I will personally start the RP thread.
Actually, I think the ship WOULD be able to land. I imagine the independent ship being a bit bigger than the Millennium Falcon
(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070217133237/starwars/images/3/3f/MillenniumFalconCrossSection-SWICS.jpg)
If it really IS too huge to land on the planet... Then I agree that we need ships that are manned by a single pony, if not two.
I don't want to limit the RP to spreading harmony. I think we should be friendly, but this is space we're talking about.
If we're seriously going to be bound by an empire, then I want to have a contract that allows us to leave the boundies of the empire independently...
And if we're seriously going to have a huge cruiser ship, then I think we should either be a team on that ship or something else. But I don't want that.
Action/Adventure? Maybe? Fighting too? Or not? Just something fun that is adventure-like?
:s
Quote from: LostSanity on 2015 Apr 04, 17:57:32
Action/Adventure? Maybe? Fighting too? Or not? Just something fun that is adventure-like?
:s
Adventure?
Yes.
The RP does need a centralized structure though, lest it fall into discord from everyone playing out their own individual stories and expecting everyone one else to play to their idea of what the RP is. Also, an independent ship requires an agricultural section, which alone would take up a few acres and multiple crewmembers to run properly.
Exactly : D I'm going to start a list of everything we all can agree upon.
AGREE or DISAGREE Please tell me if I missed anything. Anything that isn't up here is either something I don't want to happen, or I just forgot.
1• Friendly interaction. But no harmony spreading.
2• Independent ship with team of only us.
3• Independent space station (Where we refill our supplies, such as food from our space farm.)
4• Ship is dependent on space station.
5• Black-mesa theme'd interior (Only curved and designed according to zero gravity)
6• We belong to an empire
7• Paying attention to tending to resources (In the empire, the space ship, and the space station.)
8• We're not the only ones that dock with the space station.
9• The space station is a community (instead of our own personal space station)
0• The space station is the empire's
11• We're part of an empire and the invulnerable space station can only be docked with members of the empire, and friendly ships.
12• We're part of an empire and the cloaked space station can only be found by empire members, and trusted ships
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1. Agree, harmony thing was mostly propaganda anyway.
2. Agree, but only if the team has a diverse and complete enough skill set
3. Disagree, their should be space stations, but I believe anchoring to only one would reduce the exploitative nature of this RP.
4. Agree, but only if their are multiple space stations.
5. Meh? Aesthetics don't really matter since this is theater of the mind.
6. Agree
7. Disagree, resource management is a cumbersome system that should only take effect if the ship is disabled or otherwise cut of from a supply.
8. Agree, cause why would intergalactic space malls exist if their was only one ship?
9. Agree
10. Disagree, most might be, but others should be independent or opposing.
11. Disagree, OP space station is OP
12. Disagree, OP space station is OP
1. Agree, the harmony deal is pretty vague anyways.
2.Agree, though there should be occasional recruitment on space stations and such so new characters can jump in if needed.
3. Space Stations makes more sense, plural, having multiple different ones to anchor to can give a bit more leeway for RP scenarios, plus we could occasionally be doing things such as simple transporting of goods from one place to another.
4.Fair enough, though the ship should still be able to last a fair while without docking just so we don't have to fuss as much with that.
5.Black Mesa is pretty dull in colour for me, so meh.
6. Agreed.
7. No thank you, resource management can be an absolute pain in RPs and can also quite easily scare off potential joiners.
8.Agreed, it makes perfect sense.
9.Agreed, it's pretty much a space-mall anyways.
10. Agree, so long as it isn't all space stations, would be neat to dock at some neutral space stations.
11. No, there's nothing that is invulnerable. Disagree.
12. This is even more OP, no way there'd be a perfect cloaking system short of dropping in and out of existence, which wouldn't even be cloaking in the first place. Disagree.
Alright. SO! We agree on most things...
Infinite vs Finite Resources: I'd like to pay attention to resources because it would give opportunity in the RP... However there are too many disadvantages for that to happen. We instead will have to use that as an alternate plan to keep this RP going when it starts to die.
Space stations: I do believe that we can all agree that there can be many space stations around space that belong to various groups. There will be space stations owned by the empire, community owned, pirate owned, planet owned, you name it! We all might even have a small event/goal in the RP to build our own : D As a little fun challenge X 3
Interior of the ship: I think we can all imagine the inside of the ship however we want : D It's just that we can't differ in mindset at the structure, size, lay out, etc, of each artificial interior.
Us and only us + Recruitment: I LOVE the Idea of starting out with a small capable crew and then expanding it out within reason. We can seriously start the RP with just you, me, and him. And then gain RPers who come looking for a fun, casual, controlled, fleshed-out sci-fy RP experience : D
(Please keep in mind that I DO want a fun casual RP, YET this one must STILL be closely moderated because of how delicate sci-fy RPs are.)
Ok, I know I missed some things from your comments throughout this entire discussion, so please state whatever you wanna say. Otherwise, I want to say that we're ready for this RP to take off.
We just need a begging and a direction to drive the RP in : D Running away from something maybe? X 3 That's my suggestion : )
Now that I have the closure I was looking for. I may possibly have an actual RP idea.
Would anyone like to hear it?
Shoot.
Basically... it's an Ace Attorney RP. Except with MLP:FiM OC's/ponies. It's more along the lines of the spinoff game "Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth" RP though.
I have three cases I created that I was unable to finish. I'll leave it at that in terms of why I was unable to finish it. If you want more info on this, you'll have to ask me over PM. But that's not the point and it's off-topic.
Anyway...
It's basically like an Ace Attorney case where you find evidence, talk to witnesses, detectives, and so on and you get testimony and you find the contradictions, point them out, and find the truth/find the real criminal, and so on.
That's about as much as I can describe it. The real question is if I could get anyone to participate in it and not go inactive on me which has happened to me before too.
But there's my idea.
(*Sigh* My second post since the time BOTH PCs, and the only ones we had, broke. >A<)
That sound great, but I noticed someone mention "fighting" and now...
For some VERY strange reason, I want a DBZ RP, which may end up REALLY bad.
I'll definitely want to participate in that :] but it needs to be run by a GM to prevent the rp from being overloaded with posts or from straying off of the plot X3
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 May 06, 17:37:47
I'll definitely want to participate in that :] but it needs to be run by a GM to prevent the rp from being overloaded with posts or from straying off of the plot X3
Or keep people from getting too, aahh... gore-y.
Yeah, that too X3
Wait, me or LostSanity?
I'm confused (Which isn't rare, to be honest).
They're talking about your DBZ idea I think. Mine saw no interest.
It did on Canterlot.com when I posted it though. Though I don't know how long that will last when I give them more details concerning how it was done from the forum I was ousted from and I really don't want it to be done any differently.
We'll see. I guess. If anyone is still interested in my idea though... I guess you'll have to join Canterlot.com. I'm not going to do the same thing on two different forums.
:I
Quote from: LostSanity on 2015 May 07, 18:22:13
They're talking about your DBZ idea I think. Mine saw no interest.
It did on Canterlot.com when I posted it though. Though I don't know how long that will last when I give them more details concerning how it was done from the forum I was ousted from and I really don't want it to be done any differently.
We'll see. I guess. If anyone is still interested in my idea though... I guess you'll have to join Canterlot.com. I'm not going to do the same thing on two different forums.
:I
Huh, Canterlot.com eh? I wonder if they have the same RP policy as here...
Ugh, they do, darn, here I was hoping to use some of my more mature(not talking sexual here) character ideas for once, I will still share them with anyone who asks in PMs if they want however, so if curiosity strikes, feel free to private message me whenever, even if I'm not online at the time.
Well then, let's avoid Frieza's Death Beam (Literally what it's called), attacks that cut, and explosions similar to things like dynamite. Okay?
In all honesty, I don't know if anyone is actually interested in my idea or not.
No one responded after I posted about it, so I just assumed.
Though it might be better to do it on Canterlot.com anyway, because Case 3 has some danger in it.
:s
To be honest, the rules never restricted anything I ever wanted to do. It's not hard at all to keep within the rules! And personally I would like it less if the rules were looser. I find the rules keep things in line.
The rules aare honestly a little vague on what is and isn't allowed, for example, if a character loses a leg or something, is it allowed if the wound isn't visible and/or bleeding?
Makes me wish their was a sub-forum only visible to the older members, so we could have more mature RPs
Quote from: waaaaaaah on 2015 May 11, 05:02:38
Makes me wish their was a sub-forum only visible to the older members, so we could have more mature RPs
@waaaaaaah The reasons why there is no mature section for the RP part of the forum are rather simple. First of all, this is a forum that is suppose to be utterly child-friendly, hence, making a "mature" section in the forum would break said concept. Another thing is about the age system, which I think is what you meant with older members. You see, we can't know if those on the other side of the screen are actually of the age they say they are. I've seen it many times that a lot of users, not only in this forum but also almost everywhere, lie about their age. So, if we'd put a "mature" section for the RPs, we'd be forced to make special rules also for that and the main one would probably be: Be at least 16 for rps containing violence and 18+ for all the rps that will have the other kind of "mature" topic. So, those who would break that hypothetical rule would result in an instant ban.
The main reason why there is and, for my knowledge, will never be one is that it would go against the primal concept that was this forum, thus, a friendly and safe forum for everyone regardless of their age. So, if you wish to take part of any kind of "mature" roleplay, there are plenty other forums that would allow you to rp with any topic you want, being it fitting for this particular forum or not.
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 May 08, 11:24:43
The rules aare honestly a little vague on what is and isn't allowed, for example, if a character loses a leg or something, is it allowed if the wound isn't visible and/or bleeding?
@Chibalt No, regardless if it's bleeding or not, losing a limb in an rp that is caused it from being cutted of by someone or anything else goes against the rules. If you want to have your character to have that in its backstory, that's fine but be vague and do not go into details. The best way to do it in my opinion, is say that said character had an accident and thus lost a limb but if anything like that would happen in any rp, it would make so that us moderators would take action towards who did that in the post.
I need to start a few more more RPs so I actually have RPs to RP in :l
Well since I saw no interest for it here...
http://www.canterlot.com/topic/20723-the-leaked-turnabout-sign-up-thread/
This is pretty much my last time attempting the RP stuff I did on the forum I was ousted from.
After this, I abandon them for good.
Spoiler: CONTROVERSIAL. You probably shouldn't read this. But it's up to you. It's in small font too... so... you know... • show Blame Equestrian Dreamers.
I just love dropping "CM Punk Pipe Bombs"
:l
Quote from: LostSanity on 2015 May 22, 18:49:17
Well since I saw no interest for it here...
http://www.canterlot.com/topic/20723-the-leaked-turnabout-sign-up-thread/
This is pretty much my last time attempting the RP stuff I did on the forum I was ousted from.
After this, I abandon them for good.
Spoiler: CONTROVERSIAL. You probably shouldn't read this. But it's up to you. It's in small font too... so... you know... • show Blame Equestrian Dreamers.
I just love dropping "CM Punk Pipe Bombs"
:l
What was the premise? Can't view and it's just too late and I can't be bothered to make an account.
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 May 22, 20:21:28
What was the premise? Can't view and it's just too late and I can't be bothered to make an account.
Custom "Ace Attorney" Cases with MLP:FiM OCs in RP form.
Quote from: LostSanity on 2015 May 23, 10:23:47
Custom "Ace Attorney" Cases with MLP:FiM OCs in RP form.
Ah, sounds interesting, I myself got an idea a few days ago, though I doubt it'd work here, basically snag the concept of mage guildss from Fairy Tail and toss it into Equestria in the future or something.
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 May 23, 14:54:38
Ah, sounds interesting, I myself got an idea a few days ago, though I doubt it'd work here, basically snag the concept of mage guildss from Fairy Tail and toss it into Equestria in the future or something.
Thanks. I'm unfamiliar with Fairy Tail but it's on my
very large "to watch" anime list.
Quote from: LostSanity on 2015 May 23, 18:50:39
Thanks. I'm unfamiliar with Fairy Tail but it's on my very large "to watch" anime list.
It's a good anime, and basically has a ton of different types of magic, takeover magic, which is basically swapping out your body partially or completely is one example, and one character in the series in particular has a particular one called Satan soul, in short it is stupidly powerful, there's also others like scripture(basically runes) magic, picto magic, dragonslayer magic, devil slayer, ice make, water, time(on non-biologicals only), zodiacs, ect, the mages there also are quite physical, many of them will straight up try to punch your lights out while using their magic to add to or enhance their attacks.
It's a bonkers universe and I feel it would work fairly well here in theory, since you could basically have anyone just pop in with some odd or creative magic, it could be natural, learned or even in a few rare cases, implanted. I'd probably also lop off the requirement of magic=unicorn and just say unicorn magic is probably the most researched, and developed, magic. I never liked the concept of magic being exclusive to unicorns anyways, other races, and types of ponies too, should be well able to use magic too, just through different means and methods.
My Blazing Legend OC is already an earth pony with very magical powers, able to perceive the landscape in three dimensions as well as a sort of astral projection that only shows landscape. And my other earth pony OC that creates explosive turnips with various effects.
Quote from: Chibalt on 2015 May 23, 19:07:35
It's a good anime, and basically has a ton of different types of magic, takeover magic, which is basically swapping out your body partially or completely is one example, and one character in the series in particular has a particular one called Satan soul, in short it is stupidly powerful, there's also others like scripture(basically runes) magic, picto magic, dragonslayer magic, devil slayer, ice make, water, time(on non-biologicals only), zodiacs, ect, the mages there also are quite physical, many of them will straight up try to punch your lights out while using their magic to add to or enhance their attacks.
It's a bonkers universe and I feel it would work fairly well here in theory, since you could basically have anyone just pop in with some odd or creative magic, it could be natural, learned or even in a few rare cases, implanted. I'd probably also lop off the requirement of magic=unicorn and just say unicorn magic is probably the most researched, and developed, magic. I never liked the concept of magic being exclusive to unicorns anyways, other races, and types of ponies too, should be well able to use magic too, just through different means and methods.
I'm not a very big anime watcher, but an RP based on this sounds like real fun, I'd surely participate! My character's already magical, so why not?
Quote from: GoldenTerrabyte on 2015 May 23, 23:43:33
I'm not a very big anime watcher, but an RP based on this sounds like real fun, I'd surely participate! My character's already magical, so why not?
It has a LOT of different styles of magic, heck, there's even one that works by memorizing and copying attacks, memory magic I think, and it can mix them too, though that's very high up in magic and not innate, innate magic types would probably be almost entirely fairly simple stuff and still quite rare, for pretty much everyone they'd basically be able to say their character studied some kind of magic type and learned to channel their inner magic appropriately, thus removing the unicorn limit on pretty much all magic save the quite versatile unicorn magic itself.
The reason it seems so difficult to me is because the concept relies on a constant stream of stuff to do, IE jobs, tasks and basically quests of varying nature and scale, occasionally perhaps conflict against other guilds that have sided with evil, dark guild for short, it could very easily run dry, not to mention I can't b on reliably enough to run it all the time, even more so if most of the RPers live in the US.
You would have pretty destructive fights though, high-level mages have so much energy most of them could level cities with a little effort and maybe half a day or so of time, for the weaker ones.
Sounds cool. Hopefully if you can't run it, you can find someone who can.
OK! I'm stuck between two choices.
Option 1: Start like 5 big RPs so I can remember this site and RP regularly.
Option 2: NOT start any big RPs because I won't remember them.