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07-21-2013, 05:45 AM
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The Pace of Change - Interest and Sign-Ups

The pace of change: an Oddworld RPG

‘’Lol Roleplaying.’’ – Everyone on this idea

Hello one and all, all and one, and welcome to the information, rules and sign-up thread for the only RPG on this forum! I know, for I have looked, that there have been very very few RPG’s on this sight, and several of them appear to have been storyline driven by the GM. In my experience this leads to a lack of player motivation, as they feel they are ‘’means-to-an-end’’ in a story pre-defined by another.

As such, this RPG will be different, I am providing the basic ‘’map’’ of an area in which the game shall take place, as well as a few basic guidelines on how to ‘’run’’ your part of the map, and shall then be joining you as a player!

The premise of this RPG is a simple ‘’Industrialists vs Natives’’ story, where players play as either a heartless Moolah earning Capitalist, or a tribal nature loving native. The plan is to further the desires and power or your own ‘faction’ as well as to ensure that you stay on top of the pile inside your own faction. For an Industrialist you do this through (If you’re a Glukkon) making products and burning down forests to make room for factories, before selling those products to make Moolah. If you’re a Native, you fight back, protecting nature, and freeing the wage slaves from the factories.

In order to keep everything balanced, player factions will have separate threads, and factions will be made up of teams (ie: industrialists would have a food factory team, made up of the Glukkon player, and the slig player who managed security). Every post players post an action at the bottom of the post, expanding their factory realistically (ie: You cannot just build Rupture farms!’’) or taking over a neighbouring tribe! After everyone has posted, I shall post an ‘’Update’’ bringing everything up to speed, and informing people of world events!

I provide an example of a starting out Industrialists post:

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The young Glukkon looked out over a wide expanse of open land with culminated at the tree line to the forest. He had only just arrived from the ‘’big city’’ and already he was running out of Cigars. It was not a situation any Glukkon wanted to be in. However, he did not worry too much, for he had a plan to roll in buckets of Moolah, to set him up for life. He nodded to his small group of ‘’hired’’ native’s ‘’Go on then, I don’t pay you to stand their gawping! I pay you to work!’’ he shouted, as they scurried off to the tree line.

Action: Using hired natives from the local town, found a small lumber yard.

The World in which we find ourselves

Just to the west of one of the Largest Industrialist population centre’s lies a small town named Little Yolkton, considered by many to be ripe for exploitation. The town is overrun with immigrants from the other side of Mudos, bird like things by the name of ‘’Clakkers’’. A good supply of labour many think.

To the north of this town lies lush farmland, with the apex northern line leading to a forest, in which Mudokon and other natives dwell. To the west of the town a large river lies, and to the towns east, hills and mountains ripe with mineral riches. Of course, to the South of the aforementioned settlement lies that large Industrialist city, to which any and all products can be sold and of course, mercenaries, and Investors found.

What happens now, is up to you.

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Username:
Character Name:
Species: Glukkon, Vyker, Mudokon etc…
Persnality:
Bio:

Additional Notes and FAQ

Can I kill other players?
Of course you can, put it in your order, and I shall write up the result in the next update!

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Username: Warlord Arskittar
Character Name: Borik
Species: Glukkon
Personality: Your average, profit minded exploitation loving Glukkon
Bio: Born in the big city, Borik worked for most of his younger days as a junior supervisor over natives in a small mine. However, his lust for wealth was too great, and his job did not match his ambitions, so he upped sticks, and went out to start his own business!


Username: Jbot123
Character Name: Shmicheal
Species: Mudokon
Appearance: Radiation from the Clakker television has mutated him to have a large nose. He is also fat, and has a handlebar moustache. He wears a torn black T-shirt and Juice-stained Khakis. He also has broken sunglasses and "Air Jordan" like shoes.
Personality: Spacey, uses uneccesary slang words, tries to act cool by imitating Clakker tv shows, doesn't know much about how to interact in civilized society.
Biography: Abandoned outside of a Volcano, He crawled behind the couch in a Clakker living room eating leftover tortilla chips. He learned basic English by watching reruns of old Clakker teen dramas. One night he escaped and robbed a sporting goods store. Nobody was fooled by his disguise of a backwards baseball hat and Air Glukkon shoes. He was put in a circus, convincing the entire town that all Mudokons were mindless idiots. He escaped and took up residency in a nearby Mudokon Village where he gathers Popberries to feed his tribe. He wants to prove to the Industrialists that he isn't a moron.

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07-23-2013, 02:08 PM
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Cool, can I join?

Username: OANST
Character Name: Nod
Species: Slig
Personality: Likes killing stuff. And shooting.
Bio: Reckless mercenary, doesn't care about his past, present or future, provided he has a full-time job, at which he can kill somebody. He currently hasn't got any job, but he has a gun. And anger issues. And sadism. And all other kinds of stuff.

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07-24-2013, 04:56 AM
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Varrok, this isn't really the time or place to pull that kind of shit. If you're not 100% fucking sincere with that "signup post", you really need to stop while you're ahead.

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Everyone ignores OWRPG, but that doesn't mean you have to come and poke fun at its remaining occupants. If anything, it means no-one will be watching you to laugh at your joke.

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Cool, can I join?

Username: OANST
Character Name: Nod
Species: Slig
Personality: Likes killing stuff. And shooting.
Bio: Reckless mercenary, doesn't care about his past, present or future, provided he has a full-time job, at which he can kill somebody. He currently hasn't got any job, but he has a gun. And anger issues. And sadism. And all other kinds of stuff.
Just shut the fuck up, seriously. It's not fucking funny, it never was.
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07-24-2013, 12:35 PM
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Everything except the username was serious. Fuck off everybody.
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There's at least three other things in that post that can be interpreted as jokes of some form, and that's not including the username. Have you ever roleplayed on a forum before? When you make a character profile, you're making a full fledged character that you will be playing the part of. Flesh it out. Give it a three dimensional existence. Don't tack on joke upon joke then post it in a sign up thread when the OP is very solid. It will make you look like either a cunt or a fool.

If you really are serious, I suggest redoing your character profile. Having a detailed profile will come in handy down the road if you stick with the character.

Arskittar: I just realized while reviewing your post again that you don't have a section for "appearance". Is there any particular reason for this?

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07-25-2013, 07:31 AM
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Slog, PM me, I am so confused as to why people are getting angry about the incorrect username!

And, there is no section for appearance, as in my experience, few people fill it out. It is normally filled out as ''Green....Slig Like.....''
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OANST is the name of a member who would cut off his own arm before joining an RPG. That's basically it. People thought that, because of that joke, Varrok was messing about and wasting your time. The others were haranguing him for that, which annoyed him as he meant the rest of the profile seriously (the username option does strike me as a little superfluous, but ah well).

Chaps, please let this be resolved now.
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I've never done an RPG before. I might not function properly. Anyway, I decided to take that Mudokon we made in that one thread and give him a serious purpose. He's the guy that advertises Mudokons being idiotic scum. (If you find any of this too ridiculous, I can get rid of it.)
Username: Jbot123
Character Name: Shmicheal
Species: Mudokon
Appearance: Radiation from the Clakker television has mutated him to have a large nose. He is also fat, and has a handlebar moustache. He wears a torn black T-shirt and Juice-stained Khakis. He also has broken sunglasses and "Air Jordan" like shoes.
Personality: Spacey, uses uneccesary slang words, tries to act cool by imitating Clakker tv shows, doesn't know much about how to interact in civilized society.
Biography: Abandoned outside of a Volcano, He crawled behind the couch in a Clakker living room eating leftover tortilla chips. He learned basic English by watching reruns of old Clakker teen dramas. One night he escaped and robbed a sporting goods store. Nobody was fooled by his disguise of a backwards baseball hat and Air Glukkon shoes. He was put in a circus, convincing the entire town that all Mudokons were mindless idiots. He escaped and took up residency in a nearby Mudokon Village where he gathers Popberries to feed his tribe. He wants to prove to the Industrialists that he isn't a moron.
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07-27-2013, 12:21 AM
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Okay, I'll rewrite the character ._. It seems kinda crappy, when I look at it now. But I can't do it right now (I guess I have to think about it for a while).
I just thought the "Username" field was kind of useless... but now I realize that Warlock just copies the whole post to the Singup Section, and it makes it a bit easier to him, as he doesn't have to write the username himself.
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07-27-2013, 08:27 AM
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JBot: Accepted

Varrok: I'll review your character once you have made the edits.
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(...) I have looked, that there have been very very few RPGโ€™s on this sight, and several of them appear to have been storyline driven by the GM. In my experience this leads to a lack of player motivation, as they feel they are โ€˜โ€™means-to-an-endโ€™โ€™ in a story pre-defined by another.
I started W@RF in 2002, and may I verily humbly say that it had a good run, despite being storyline driven. Also, in my experience, a story can not be predefined by one person if the majority of characters are controlled by other people. The way I remember W@RF, a good deal of people found it a very engaging thing to participate in a story in such a manner.

This is no critique, don't get me wrong. Just don't underestimate the power of the Storyline, or the RPG mod will use his sorcerer's ways on you.

I have no intention to join, seeing that I've had my share of RPing as is and my duties wouldn't really permit it anymore, but cool to see a new attempt at bringing life to this dark corner of the Forums.

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08-12-2013, 06:13 AM
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Are there any further potential sign-ups?
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Yes.
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Well, feel free to post it then Carnix.
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It's still only potential. I'm waiting for this to catch on before I commit.
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Not sure if this dead or not, but is this RP still gonna happen, given that there are enough people joining? ._.
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I'm pretty sure that Wa has already left.
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I think I saw him on the online list recently.

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Honestly, I am waiting for people to sign-up.

Still looking to do this!
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You're gonna be waiting a looooong time.

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Username: Renney77
Character Name: Rawrick
Species: Glukkon
Personality: A young and inexperienced Glukkon who has only just recently entered into the real world of business.
Bio: Rawrick is finally ready to make it big. (A young Glukkon who has been assigned to Borik?) Not given too much responsibility Rawrick is here to help out and learn the way of a true business man....business Glukkon.

Looking forward to this, hope thread is still going.
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I just realized how annoying my character will be to roleplay as. Not that that'll matter!
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Haha yeah! Don't worry, can't wait until this thing gets going like Surely there are enough people to do it by now? if you wait much longer people will forget about this forum and you'll loose players
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Is 4 people enough, potentially 5? Can we start?
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I think that's easily enough! should be fun
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I think I'll pass for now
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I used to do addoworld RP, but the other players we're way too exclusive. So I hope this will go better, though there are not very many players as of yet, or for that matter there hasn't been enough for half a year it would seem. Regardless, I do hope this ends up going well, and here is my character sheet.

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Bio: Crug used to be head of security of a factory that produced Cigars. After said factory was shut down though, Crug's living quality dropped. He's now looking for security jobs where ever he can, but never lifting finger where he doesn't have to. He can rarely be found pants-less, as he doesn't go sleep very often.
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Well, it would appear we have enough people to get this at least started!

All good with people of we get going?
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