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TonyG
10-04-2005, 12:52 PM
seen a few online rpg's and i think i can run a better one, if it is allowed on here?
Anyhow this is how it works, i will need 5 people to start with ( more can join when i get it right. at start you will be a naked man/Women stood in the game area with nothing else. All will have the following stats.
Health : 10 ( how much damage you can take before death )
Strengh : 5 ( your carry weight )
Intelligence : 5 ( Each good idea you have will increase this, dumb ideas will decrease it )
Speed : 5 ( Dictates the amount of things you can do each day )
Personality : 5 ( every 5 points of Personality will allow you to contact 1 other player each day )
ok i may come up with more stats or have to make up new ones if the players do something to warrant it. its all pretty basic stuff, if you have a speed of 3 you can do 3 single things each day, be they pick berries, gather wood or rest. with a strengh of 5 you can carry 5 items so long as they are nothing silly like a huge Boulder :D. if i think you have exceeded your carry weight i will inform you of this and you will need to lower your carry weight in your next turn. Inteligence is just a way of showing other players how well you are doing, like a level if you like. Personality will allow for interaction with other players, for trades, offers or just Idea mixing.
Now to the difficult part. Each day you will PM me your move's for that day, And any move that is illiegal shall be ignored ( i will pm you with what has been ignored and why ) ie Trying to stab another player when you have nothing to stab him with. your moves can be anything from Picking berries for food collecting wood or making something out of what you have, Movement will cost nothing for now as the game area will not be huge to begin with.
To make items you need all the relevant parts in your inventory and give me a detailed Description of what you want to do with them... so put twig with stone to make spear wont be good enough. with a detailed description of how you wish to make each item i can give it a quality rating so there may be 3 items in the game that are the same, but one may be better than the other 2 due to the way it was made.
Here is an Example ( the movement required to make a poor wood knife. 1: collect a decent piece of Branch :2 goto Rocky outcropping and Scrape the Branch end untill you get a decent sharpened point. ) there you have a rather poor sharp pointy stick that can be usefull. of course that's one of the easiest weapons to make but the process is shown in the example.
In short you can do anything that is possible with what you have or can find, you can make things and then other possabilities will open themselves up to you with your new equipment, you can improve your stats but this will be by trial and error and each will have to find out how to do these things without my help. i will just pay attention and inform you of stat increases or new Fields of Character generation as and when the need arises.
Talking with other players must also come through me, you pm me what you want to say and i will pass on the Pm to its intended target and return the answer. This allows me to see that no rules are being broken and that things are being done fairly.
the possabilties are Endless, and its through your own wit and intelligence that you will survive/thrive. i now open the floor to any questions you may have about the game and i will answer as best i can.
wowwee! where do I sign? :w00t:
no, there is a way: you gather some 10-15 people, choose 5 of them and say to them, that if they speak- they sleep with the fi... err... I mean they're bad persons, and will not play anymore.
Havell
23-04-2005, 11:01 PM
Sounds good... I'm in!
What is the game area like? A desert island?
Lizard
23-04-2005, 11:39 PM
Why not?
Looks interesting...
Sir! Im going In!
you know, I just noticed the original post is 14 days old... where were we earlier? :crazy:
ADDED: guess the man went away... dag nabit! we missed such an oprtinity :cry:
maybe someone else would volounteer to do this? I myslef probably couldn't, unless you can tolerate ocasional 1-2day dealys. :D
Doc Adrian
28-05-2005, 03:42 AM
I would give it a whirl too, if you go higher than 5 let me know :)
im up for playing, not dming though.
hmm... I believe this thread is in the wrong section of the forum- it should be moved to 3Xblah!
please?
troop18546
29-05-2005, 04:56 PM
I'm in, if it's alright.
Mahar Vairo
29-05-2005, 05:10 PM
I would like to try, but, (sigh), alas, I only use the internet during the weekends.
:cry: :cry: :cry:
Mahar Vairo
29-05-2005, 06:06 PM
BTW: Anyone tried contacting TonyG?
Havell
29-05-2005, 06:23 PM
Somebody else could run it instead of him, as I think he has gone.
Originally posted by Doc Adrian@May 28 2005, 03:42 AM
I would give it a whirl too, if you go higher than 5 let me know :)
I believe our Doc was going to try running it for a while... wasn't he?
Mahar Vairo
29-05-2005, 06:43 PM
If the game works PM.
I like to see how the game progresses every week. :ok:
Originally posted by Mahar Vairo@May 29 2005, 06:06 PM
BTW: Anyone tried contacting TonyG?
I tried. using both PM and email, he didn't respond.:(
was he? where is he then.
Tony is MIA, Adrian is around, you can PM him if you really need to.
if I didn't answer your question, consider posting who 'he' is.
Doc Adrian
02-06-2005, 03:39 AM
The Doc is back, sorry I was gone for 5 days on vacation
TonyG
16-06-2005, 09:40 PM
damn i dissapear for 2 months and people take an interest.
tbh i thought no one was interested.
I can still do this if people want me to, apply and i will pick the players.
While the game will be played mostly by PM each new day i will update the game world for all to see ( which means i will Write out the Area Description with any changes that need making ).
This may start of slowly as i find my feet and while the players do too, but it should still be fun.
i may need to change some rules during the game to make things smoother or easier for me to run, i wont know untill it is up and running.
Please ask any questions in this thread so everyone can see the answers, might save me some pm time.
one more thing, when i say you can do 3 things a day i mean in a game day to save me getting a backlog of turns. hopefully i will keep it to actual day moves in real time but you never know. you will know when a new day has started as i will post a New Area Description with a new date.
so thanks for the interest shown so far and i hope my lack of attendance hasnt scared you all away. i do intend for this to work, i just need 5 people who want it to work too.
Doc Adrian
16-06-2005, 10:49 PM
Tell me what you would need..if I can do it, I would be happy to sign on :)
MadMarius
17-06-2005, 12:36 PM
the ideea sounds great and I would like to try...if that's not a problem...i like RPG's and what is written above sounds real great..Pritty pliszzzzzz..............can i join?
:bye:
TonyG
17-06-2005, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by Doc Adrian@Jun 16 2005, 10:49 PM
Tell me what you would need..if I can do it, I would be happy to sign on :)
i only need you to sign on, you need to build your character as well as the game world as you go.
as for what i need in game terms, one PM telling me the 3 things you want to do that day is all i require. i will then inform you by PM of how your turn went and update the Game world/ Character sheet accordingly.
here are a couple of other rules i dont think i have mentioned, Dont attack fellow players at first, we need a good game going before i allow any psycopathic tendancies to depopulate my world.
pay attention to the game world. sometimes when the area Description is posted there will be clues to hidden Dangers, Wollf Packs etc. if you then enter that area in your turn you could be attacked/ killed by whatever lurks there.
Death: If you die the next person on the list of applicants will take your place and ye shall be relegated. as i have said i Hope to have many more people playing than 5 at some point but untill then if you die due to your own mistakes you shall be re-entered at the bottom of the waiting list ( if one exists :whistle: )
i will also need to know your character sex, other than that i need only for you to sign up.
Players so Far.
MadMarius
Doc Adrian
If anyone changes their mind either before we start or in game inform me and i can Remove from list/Kill in an ugly maner and let someone else play instead.
I belive I made it clear I want in, but if I didn't...
"I want in!!!" :D
Mahar Vairo
18-06-2005, 05:18 PM
Is there anyway to be a spectator.
Like maybe a weekly update of what's happening in the game in ...let's say a newspaper topic of the game.
(I hope you understand what I mean by that)
TonyG
18-06-2005, 05:42 PM
Originally posted by Mahar Vairo@Jun 18 2005, 05:18 PM
Is there anyway to be a spectator.
Like maybe a weekly update of what's happening in the game in ...let's say a newspaper topic of the game.
(I hope you understand what I mean by that)
the Game world will be updated in a thread for all the Forum to see, i will probably mention anything important that happens during the course of the turns also.
A1s, i thought you might want in :ok:
so the list of players is
MadMarius
Doc Adrian
A1s
omg
i will get it started in the next couple of days, if i only have 4 then im sure we will manage.
if any of you have any questions just ask away.
the only thing that will take part in pm will be player specific moves. that way if they find something nifty or have a great idea, it remains between me and them. Players will be able to 'see' each other in each game update. so if someone is carrying a spiffy new Pointy stick you will be able to see it. Its just the Mechanics of making it that will remain between me and the person who made it.
just out of interest does anyone know which forum the Official game thread should be in?
ReamusLQ
18-06-2005, 06:18 PM
ooo! ooo! Pick me! Pick me! I'm a sexy redheaded male! Every game needs one of those! :bleh:
TonyG
18-06-2005, 07:04 PM
if you want in mate, then you are number 5.
The game will begin soon. if im not told otherwise all 5 players will be counted as males.
keep an eye out for the official game Thread for the area Description and Character sheets, the character sheet will be the Top post and will be updated Continually.
Things to do. Re-read my posts in this Thread to make sure you remember everything i have said so far. Only 1 PM a Day will be accepted ( game day ) In this you should Tell me what your move for that day is. and ask about anything you are unsure of, if you dont ask you will never know.
Only things you could do in real life will be possible in game, So lets not try make magic just yet :sneaky: .
If you are sending me a PM with your move and a question or anything else please Seperate them for me, So put your move First and then Leave a decent space Before you ask any questions or do anything else. just makes it easier for me to read and understand.
Now if all 5 of you could post to say you have read this and understand i can get this thing up and running,also post those last minute questions for me.
and again, this forum or would it be more appropriate elsewhere?
Originally posted by TonyG@Jun 18 2005, 07:04 PM
Only 1 PM a Day will be accepted ( game day ) In this you should Tell me what your move for that day is. and ask about anything you are unsure of, if you dont ask you will never know.
what if I make some illegal moves (for example: there is a large rock, I (beliving 'large' to be something like a 100 kilos) tell you I want to move it , and then do something with it (dam a small creek, grind seeds, etc...), while in reality the 'large rock' is something twice my height and weightnig more than ten tons, so clearly immoveble to begin with), will I be able to make a redo? and what would be the rules about it? also I never realy got the part about aperance. are we not allowed to make contact with each other trough PMs? (that is logical of course) but if we only send you one PM per turn, how can we put 5 contacts in there? or do you mean we can only contact five other people?
TonyG
18-06-2005, 08:06 PM
Originally posted by a1s+Jun 18 2005, 07:23 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (a1s @ Jun 18 2005, 07:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-TonyG@Jun 18 2005, 07:04 PM
Only 1 PM a Day will be accepted ( game day ) In this you should Tell me what your move for that day is. and ask about anything you are unsure of, if you dont ask you will never know.
what if I make some illegal moves (for example: there is a large rock, I (beliving 'large' to be something like a 100 kilos) tell you I want to move it , and then do something with it (dam a small creek, grind seeds, etc...), while in reality the 'large rock' is something twice my height and weightnig more than ten tons, so clearly immoveble to begin with), will I be able to make a redo? and what would be the rules about it? also I never realy got the part about aperance. are we not allowed to make contact with each other trough PMs? (that is logical of course) but if we only send you one PM per turn, how can we put 5 contacts in there? or do you mean we can only contact five other people? [/b][/quote]
1st: if you make one small illigal move that dosent effect your overall turn too badly, you will just lose that part of your move, if it was something that could cause you to hurt yourself ie: bad back after trying to lift mountain then you could be hurt and will be informed of this :Brain:
If you make one illigal move that Ruins your Whole turn i will tell you about it straight away, and if i get a quick' ish re-move than i will let it slip, just as long as it dosent happen to often.
To be honest if you Examine the rocks ( dosent cost any move points ) before you try to pick one up you will Find a small One of suitable size. If you tell me you have Examined the Area i will take it you found what you wanted so long as you are in the appropriate area.
and i think you are right about problems with Player interaction. how does this sound. Players can chat in the Official game thread so long as its on Topic, ie you are in Character. if you agree to a swap of ideas or trade inform me of it by PM Both of you so i can update the character sheets. it wouldnt be wise to tell all the players how to make that new life saving toy you have invented :bleh: and lose your edge.
Common sense shall prevail! LOL
Any other Questions are welcome.
Havell
18-06-2005, 08:52 PM
I'll join too, if the game hasn't already started.
Originally posted by R Havell@Jun 18 2005, 08:52 PM
I'll join too, if the game hasn't already started.
there's a waiting list. even if the game would start you can get in as soon as someone dies (it depends hevaily on the gameworld when that will hapen, but probaly soon :twisted: )
TonyG
18-06-2005, 10:53 PM
Originally posted by R Havell@Jun 18 2005, 08:52 PM
I'll join too, if the game hasn't already started.
i have the initial 5 mate, but after the first couple of game days i should know how i will cope with the workload. If im managing easilly i will probably allow a couple more players to join.
otherwise you are no 1 on the waiting list.
Hopefully i will get this started tomorrow.
I don't believe Tony is coming back...
so what I wanted to ask is: does anyone want to take his place? I would voulanteer myslef (and will if we need be), but I'm not all that good with writing.
P.S. allso post here on wheather you still want to do it.
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