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Virtue is its Own Reward 2.0 Discussion Thread
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works for me!
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies Quote: Morganni wrote:With the okay from our de facto editor-in-chief (aka Foxboy) then I'll be glad to join in. If such permission is given I'd likely be trying to 'relevel' from scratch a character I'd played on the European servers. How people are turning out seems to be based a lot on their perception of the character, with a scattering of miscellanous bits, and a touch of randomness in terms of the extent of the merger. Would I be right in working from those assumption? Admittedly there'll also be a disadvantage in not being known by people, being in another country (although that's already shown as fixable), and a third in the alt in particular who'd be the most... interesting to be merged or turned into. 
I think RevDark hit it on the head with the degree of change. It's the focus, with a bit of serendipity thrown in. Rev is actually well trained in the use
of swords himself in RL. So Excalibastard (I think, anyway) is a gaming extension of the kind of carnage he could hand out right now if he really wanted to. So while he's gained powers and skills, his personality and appearance haven't really changed dramatically. Not so much that people would immediately clue in, anyway. My character was a shapeshifter, so I kept my identity, but had it blended with two others, along with two 'donor locations' for powers. Some others would prefer to be their alts if given the choice, and so that's what's happened. I think personal preference, both conscious and subconscious play a large part in determining how you're affected when the change occurs. --- Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do. 
Hmmm. I'm gonna let folks in that want in.
 Merior, we can say someone gave you a US Server-keyed code or box as a present or summat... Wire, I'll allow the "sleeper" effect if you make sure to write in that you were doing something silly like rolling a die to decide who to play, or a board game spinner while drunk or something. BUT you'll be the only one, and as an added bonus, you can take ONE non-Virtue toon to put in your rotation to replace the Hexe name you were holding. Provided you have any. Also, I'd like to recommend that "vocal tics" be something you can't control when morphed appropriately. Say, as Fruitfly, you HAVE to do the Buzzy voice. 'ZZZZZere's nozzzzzzzing wrong with my voizzzzzzze!' ''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll
Sold - I'll bring in my SI toon from Justice.
so my lineup is as follows: Myself as a Dark/Regen scrap Mag - Ice/Ice tech armor Lost - BS/Shield, insane, female Fruitfly - Rad/Rad, flier, insane, female, insectoid Pooky - demon, neuter, flier House Kat - catgirl, female, Claws/regen, SS. near throwaway. Mustaporkish - MA/Regen, 9 ft tall, made of bacon Kimquat Commando - Plant/therm dom, insane, female Farmin' Roy Orbison - 8 ft even, huge form, fire/kin Interstellar Pigeon - pigeoform kheldian, flier Shade of Ukobach - Old Vengy looking male, dresses like the biker from YMCA. throwaway Vengeful Flame - Mecha Vengy Infection13 - based off an industrial song, looks like a naughty nurse zombie. female. throwaway Agnarr the Assembler. animated skeleton. bots/ff MM. NO MORE DJ VANGELUS. power item: protest sign. african american, 4' tall, gazongas the size of watermelons, dresses in PURPLE and NEON GREEN. winged. flier. throwaway (except for the Power Item: Protest Sign). Inv/SS tanker ...oh boy. "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
WG's hook into VIIOR sounds interesting and gets my imagination running. Hypothetically speaking, what would
happen if someone was twiddling around with costume bits in Icon when the event happened? Especially if the character has a tech origin with a powersuit from which she derives some of her powers? Fun stuff? A weird merging of casualwear and power armor? Chainmail bikini's? Dysfunctional armor? btw WG I can actually imagine a superhero concept called The Sleeper.  _________________________________ Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.
Sadly, that's been done already. That was the "hero" name Croyd Crenson had in the Wild Cards series. He was called "The Sleeper"
because every time he went to sleep (every two weeks or so, for about a month each time) he would essentially reroll his superpowers. He had no control, and never duplicated a form to my knowledge, although he often had repeating basics like superstrength. Once, he even got every superpower in the entire book without any physical changes to his basic human appearance. Unfortunately God-Crenson was so powerful he exhausted himself in only a couple of days and was out like a light before he could do more than be amazed at all the powers he had. --- Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
yep, I believe I referred to it as 'rolling Croyd' a couple times in-game tonight.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
I've been assuming we're going about the same as the original in things like how much someone's abilities are like the game, how much personality
transfer there is, and so forth... which is to say, there's a lot of room for variation, depending on the individual character and how they've been developed. In my case, for instance, Alexis Morgan is not only a SI character, but one with a history stretching back before CoH even existed, who's been noted as having several times the experienced life of the author at this point. So, Morgan in ViiOR doesn't feel that much different personality-wise, but there's likely to be little things that sneak in without conscious awareness. (Being so blase about changing genders, for one thing.) And this time around, she's remembering the fact that she's a Cutey Honey template a lot sooner. (Something CoH can't really depict... though Kheldians have some of the gameplay elements.) -Morgan.
As a different possibility for Wire's 'open' slot, maybe when that slot comes up he's just his pre-ViiOR self, no powers at all.
Speaking of which, so Wire has 15 slots, 3 of which are listed as insane (all 3 female too), 3 more listed as throwaway (and 1 near throwaway) which I assume mean they were more spur of the moment/joke characters? lets see appearance-wise, 3 demonic in form, 2 undead, 1 giant tentacled Pigeon, a catgirl, an insectoid woman, and a bacon golem ... leaving 6 that look relatively normal. Wire seems to have volunteered for the 'live in interesting times' curse. ___________________________ "I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin Quote:Wire seems to have volunteered for the 'live in interesting times' curse. Which just means that VIIOR is following reality, as far as that goes 8 ) "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
Spud, I love how you wrote up Posi and his mindset, its good to know he's all for keeping things alive now lol..but really it as usual was a great bit of
writing....Now ..I can't promise Posi won't be lynched by players Hateing the Posi Task force... Lol maybe if he promised to make it less painful he may live longer ^_- lol Quote:It was, he noted with some amusement, much like being back in Paragon City. His job was to stay put, to make sure that other heroes had their chance. holy SHIT, Spud! wow! "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies 
I've got (what I hope) an interesting thing going on. Main thing that plays into this is Rina is a very focused and calm person. Not much will (outwardly) phase her. Since there is only some mild change there, taking it with out even noticing isn't too far of a stretch. I think out my characters a lot as they go along and grow and such, and add into that actual memory bleed from the character and it starts to get real philosophical just who is the 'real' you. Characters are an extension of the self, for me at least. It'll be interesting to see how this goes along.
--- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
Hmmm. Plays very similar to my own take on Misao-Me, only in my case it's just that they're so closely integrated that there isn't much difference
between them. Basically one consciousness that fully remembers and embraces being both. And for much the same reasons, I think... So of the Kumogakure-gumi, we've got Misao, Misty, Sachie, Inari, and Rina so far... were there any other PCs that aren't played by the same people? -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
There is plenty of difference between my characters and me, but if I couldn't put that aside I wouldn't be much for RP. The whole embrace being both
thing could be a slight issue of identity, but that'd not be worried about unless exasperated. I think Drenivian had a Uchiha character, but I'm not so sure on the name. I think we've every player accounted for, even if not every character. --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
Things should pick up soon. I'm about to kick over to some Misty/Logan's job conflict and then a "day off" Probably going to place a
"Meet at the New York site if practical" notice on the e-mail drops. ''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll Quote: Drenivian wrote:Well, Ed, I'd need to know by a week from Saturday, Madison local fic time.If you do not, mind if I use you on an NPC basis....subject to your own alpha read an approval, of course.
Hrm. Something we need to decide, then... how long should Misao be able to keep up a Kage Bunshin to preserve the illusion of doing my job?
 -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. Quote: Foxboy wrote: Actually, for a meeting location, I'd recommend The Arch in St. Louis, MO. It's about as close to middle of the continental US as possible, making it less difficult for people to get to.
As long as dramatically necessary?
The current date for the event places 'me' after the end of the summer school here, so it's all free there. --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
Oh dear. Lina Inverse as Ran's role model.
Absolutely hilarious... and very wrong.  --- Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do. 
Say guys? Anybody free to do a preread pass on stuff? I've just been posting first draft stuff so far and I'm thinking it could be better if I just had
something like an editor telling me what works and what doesn't, you know? Plus if I was partnered with someone, we could bounce ideas back and forth.
I'd be glad to give some proofreading, sure, but I think C8 is in a different sort of idea-zone (so to speak) then me and the rest of the kunoichi. You
might be able to juggle plot with Sweno, Terr, or Ran though. They're all just going around with exploration too... --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI |
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