Boggle vagantly at these shennanigans - A Bard's Quest

[Bard The 5th LW]

I have been on this site for quite a while now, and it actually sparked (or at least revived) my interest in RP'ing. My early posts sucked pretty hard in hindsight, but I feel like I've become a somewhat known member of the community, and that I have improved enough to GM here. This isn't actually my first time running an RP (about the third), but it is my first time running one here.

There was a brief discussion about it in this here thread (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=34621&page=212), so in case it wasn't obvious, I first and foremost would love to run an RP based on MSPaint Adventures! The question is which one?

First off, I would like to run one based around either Homestuck (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001901)or Hivebent (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=34621&page=212). Either can be done, and I have a good feeling about how I would go about it. I can have a CS up in the time you can snap your fingers as well. The question is which one to run (rhyming is fun).

If I can get at least six, then I'll go and make a sign-up thread. I'll probably cap off at 10 (yeah right). Right now, this is just an interest thread.

Any inquiries? Suggestions? Conundrums?

[POS Industries]

I might be willing to get into this.

[Fifthfiend]

I excitedly anticipate making a minimal if not actively antagonistic contribution, then flouncing.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I might be willing to get into this.

INTEREST IS BOTH APPRECIATED AND NOTED.

I look forward greatly to making a minimal if not actively antagonistic contribution, then flouncing.

CONTRIBUTION EQUALLY NOTED AND APPRECIATED.

[synkr0nized]

Let Me Express My Interest In This Assuredly Fantastic Endeavor

[mauve]

Sure, I'd go for either a Homestuck or Hivebent (or even Midnight Crew) RP. Would we be making original characters, or would we be playing as Terezi, Dave, etc?

And will MSPA not being finished pose a problem in regards to GMing this?

[Bard The 5th LW]

It won't really pose a problem, as we have a decent understanding of the mechanics.

I actually did consider putting problem sleuth/midnight crew on the options. If someone wants to vote for it, then sure. An exile side-story is possible (completely optional), but it would probably focus on the events of the exiles in game rather than on Earth.

Original Characters, however, if we do the exile thing, they can be pre-existing.

[POS Industries]

If you'd like, I could set up a poll about which aspect of the story everyone would prefer to play.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Please do.

[POS Industries]

And done.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Perfect.

[Fifthfiend]

I vote for "some completely separate universe on a completely different planet populated by some wholly unheard-of species of sentient videogames-playing middleschoolers."

Just some entirely new society with completely different dumb social dynamics.

Like... sextants. Or um... Relationbattleships.

EDIT: NOT FAIRIES OR ELVES

[Bard The 5th LW]

CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER PLANET OF SPARKLING VAMPIRES!

[POS Industries]

I vote for "some completely separate universe on a completely different planet populated by some wholly unheard-of species of sentient videogames-playing middleschoolers."

Just some entirely new society with completely different dumb social dynamics.

Like... sextants. Or um... Relationbattleships.

EDIT: NOT FAIRIES OR ELVES
GODDAMMIT FINE OPTION ADDED

[Wizardcat]

I'd definitely be interested in either Homestuck or Hivebent. ...Or anything else, really. But mostly those two.

Now I need to go find a Sollux avatar, since POS took Eridan. (Jerk.)

[Overcast]

fuck you and your attempt at being 2ollux, iim the only one wiith even a hiint of the mental capacity for that kiind of 2hiit.

Nah but seriously, a fully original game based on what we already know about the game would be preferable to me.

[Arhra]

I vote for "some completely separate universe on a completely different planet populated by some wholly unheard-of species of sentient videogames-playing middleschoolers."

Just some entirely new society with completely different dumb social dynamics.

Like... sextants. Or um... Relationbattleships.

EDIT: NOT FAIRIES OR ELVES

CLOWNS?

I'm usually reluctant about using existing settings but the classiness of this little get-together is off the charts.

[Aldurin]

I'm up for this and I like the idea of creating our own idiotic culture and race.

[krogothwolf]

i'm really up for anything!

[Inbred Chocobo]

I like the idea of Relationbattleship so I am voting for that.

[Bard The 5th LW]

New society seems to be the majority, so it seems that is the direction! CRAB PEOPLE IT IS! not really

I have some few, vague concepts. I'd like to take suggestions as well though.

On thing on my mind is the Carapaces. Its said that when they are exiled, they rebuild society on the planet. What after that? Would Sburb eventually make its way back into their society?

Thats just one idea. I'm forming others still, as that wouldn't be entirely new. Like I said though, suggestions.

Edit: I'm going to go ahead and remove the cap mentioned on first page. We can have a split up into teams, with a reacharound or something later.

Edit2: Well actually, 6 people voted for other things, so it isn't necessarily a majority. Still, taking suggestions.

[Arhra]

Question: Would we want an entirely self contained session or do we want to include a Hivebent-alike as well?

Relatedly, should the Hivebent session be played or stay mainly off screen?

Personally, I think there's a certain appeal in keeping them initially mysterious but don't know how well that'd actually work in an RP.

[Bard The 5th LW]

We'd just be playing one species. Humans, trolls, or whatever other species we can come up with. Personally, I'd rather it be humans/trolls, but I can adapt.

They'd probably just be kept off-screen.

[Aldurin]

Is this Sburb/Sgrub gonna be identical to the official version in concept of mechanics, or are we gonna have a "modified source code" session (I've seen some LP's on other forums that do that concept)? I think it's simpler if we go with unmodified as I'm probably gonna go mad with all of the possibilities of source edits (quadruple prototyping, rigging the makes-weird-shit machine to modify existing objects so I could imbue myself with some awesome shit like the Alex Mercer virus or the chaos emeralds, and a heavily imbalanced stock exchange on each home plane).

[Bard The 5th LW]

No idea what your talking about, so its just gonna be Sburb. I may fudge very small canon details here or there when it is convinient.

[Aldurin]

No idea what your talking about, so its just gonna be Sburb. I may fudge very small canon details here or there when it is convinient.

Good enough.

[Geminex]

Hmm...

I think that Alternia has a lot to give, still. We know a little about it,the basics. But there's so much to explore, discover, invent for ourselves. I think it would serve us well. Better than something completely homebrewed, because here at least we have a structure, a few basics that work and are fun. That'd certainly be helpful.

If we homebrew a world/society, we'd have to define a lot of stuff ourselves, and the creation process itself could turn out ot be problematic. Though we could almost definitely make it work, I'm not sure to what degree it'd be worth it.

Though I do like this idea:
On thing on my mind is the Carapaces. Its said that when they are exiled, they rebuild society on the planet. What after that? Would Sburb eventually make its way back into their society?
We can base that society on the troll society we know from Hivebent, but any freedoms we want to take would be more than justified. We'd come up with our own trolls, maybe redesign Sgrub a little. I think this makes a good compromise between a hivebent-esque and a homebrewed society. Let's do this.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I think that Alternia has a lot to give, still. We know a little about it,the basics. But there's so much to explore, discover, invent for ourselves. I think it would serve us well. Better than something completely homebrewed, because here at least we have a structure, a few basics that work and are fun. That'd certainly be helpful.

If we homebrew a world/society, we'd have to define a lot of stuff ourselves, and the creation process itself could turn out ot be problematic. Though we could almost definitely make it work, I'm not sure to what degree it'd be worth it.

I basically agree with this. I think it would be simpler to just take on Humans or Trolls, with a little bit of exile sprinkled on top.

Almost like there are too many options up there. I'd kinda prefer just 1) Homestuck, 2) Hivebent 3) Original.

edit: Yeah I think I'm going to throw Democracy out the window (your effort was appreciated POS) and probably pull up a sign-up for either Homestuck or Hivebent tomorrow.

Any final input?

[Aldurin]

Don't be stupid.

[Dracorion]

Actually, if you're doing anything from MSPA you should be stupid.

But that goes without saying.

Anyway, I'm interested.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Sign up coming soon.

[Overcast]

I'm disappointed. I will still give this a try, but altogether I've never been much for doing things with other people's characters. We'll see what happens.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Its original characters. Any characters in the story, like John or Karkat, will be completely disregarded. Its just the same setting.

Edit: Sign up sheet here. (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=39029)