ACRONYM OOC XIV: Can we talk?

[Lex-Kat]

Thread for OOC stuff related to the ACRONYM organizations - AMEN, GLoG, HALO, HATS, NO etc. or ACRONYM locations in general.

New to Acro? Want to start? Read this first, then jump into this thread and say hi!

If you're curious, ACRONYM stands for Associated Crazy and Redundant Organizations Needlessly Yearning Meaning. It's hard to define exactly what makes an ACRONYM, but they all share the following characteristics.

It's hard to define exactly what makes an ACRONYM, but they all share the following characteristics:

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1. Their name is an acronym.
2. They tend to revolve around some sort of common trait shared by most of their members - in most cases, this is alignment, but we've had at least one organization that allowed only female characters.
3. They are roleplaying games, obviously.
4. They have one thread which is their "main" or "HQ" thread, which are usually numbered in Roman numerals and has a different, witty title for each new thread, and occasionally have spin-off threads for plots that take place outside of the base.
5. All the ACRONYMs exist in a sort of shared multiverse.

A few of the ACRONYMs include:

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• AMEN - The Association of Malicious, Evil, and Nefarious. The original ACRONYM group, and the longest running (if not the one with the most threads). Wacky, crazy, and often needlessly violent. Enter at your own risk.
• HALO - The Heroic, Anti-Evil and Lawbreaking Organization. The first good-centered ACRONYM which survived more than a few threads. Currently holds the record for most threads. Formerly arch-enemies of AMEN.
• GLoG - The Good League of Good. Their name comes from The Evil League of Evil, from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. The second good-centered organization to survive. Why two good organizations? There are distinct roleplaying differences between the two. If you want to join a good organization, I'd recommend trying out both and seeing which fits your likes better.
• NO - The Neutralist Organization. Where gray is the new black. Very neutral.
• WATCHTOWER - An organization separate from GLoG or HALO, dedicated to stamping whoever the apocalypse bringer of the week is. Alignment does not matter, the only requirement is that you not be an omnicidal maniac. Though considering the IC founder, this too, is to be treated as more of a guideline.

Don't like any of the choices? Want to make your own? Read these rules first.

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1. Acronym organizations are NOT Cliques, Clubs, or FanGroups. They are Role-Playing Games. Please start one only if you and a certain group of people have intent of following it through. If it's for the sake of having something in your sig, make up a club, gather friends, and sig it.
2. Acronym Organizations should be open. As per forum rules, nobody is to be denied admittance into our circle. Note: this is referring to players, not characters, it's perfectly reasonable to not allow evil characters in your good organization (unless they want to become good, but that's besides the point) but you can't not allow a player to join.
3. If Rule 1 is met by your intentions, please make sure none of the existing organizations fit your Role-Playing Necessities. Organizations based around the same thing should be significantly different in style, i.e. HALO and GLoG.
4. If a plot within an existent organization requires the creation of a new organization, remember that it is not necessary to create the organization OOC. Organizations can be created fully IC within the bounds of another organization, for example, AMEN's TESTAMENT.
5. It's not Personal, it's ACRONYM. As much as our characters may fight each other, remember we're all friends here and just want to have fun with each other.

ACRONYM Shack: You've got questions, we've got answers.

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Q: Hey, why isn't my organization on the big shiny list?
A: Probably because it hasn't gotten to two threads yet. We love new ACRONYMs, we really do, but frankly, if it can't survive for two threads, it doesn't get to go in the big shiny index.

Thread Index:

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Frequent Turnover Threads:
GLoG - Good League of Good
Taverna Generica - It's a roadside tavern in the countryside, not within the city.
HALO - Heroic, Anti-Evil and Lawbreaking Organization
HALO Timeskip - HALO in the future
Trog's - Another tavern, in the city of Inside/Town.
Inside - Various urban locations within the region's principle city.
Outside - Various rural locations.
AMEN
NO
Utility threads:

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ACRO Character Registry
Acro Digest - short updates on characters
GLoG Bulletin Board
FFRP General Guide
FFRP Community Thread / OOC

Various public(ish) locations in/around/accessible to Acro:

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Felina/ Adam's Estate - Catpeople estate
Freedom Glades
Decker's Hell - One of the circles of hell
Magtok Land - abandoned amusement park
Dreamscape - land of dreams, visions, subconscious
War Island - An island built for war! YO JOE!
Restaurant Enchante - An illusory romantic restaurant. Of romance. And illusions.
Crazy Ol' Magtok's Battle Arena of Terror - an arena! of terror!
The Temple of Iames
New Yiridian Army Base Camp
Random Locations IV
Lulz Bar and Grill - a modern roadside diner

Personal homes/bases/fortresses of characters:

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Clearing in the Countryside - Bushranger's Home
The Glass Citadel IV - Home of Rabbit Vasque
Forest Cottage II - Home of Judy and Mint
Orson's Tower
The MagCave
Monument to the Efficacy of Steam - Yaza's manse
Farthing Cottage - Catelyn's home
Saturno - Harbinger Epoch
Sszinyon's Hideout
Raven's Nest - Home of Peter Raven
The Rock Estate
The Inverted Tower - Cal's Phylactery Fortress
K-Corp Ruins - The remains of KR-15's original evil base
Home - meta-location for the homes of characters
The Celestial Embassy / Palace of Doors - home base of the Celestial Deliberative
The Planar's House
Hyuga Demi-Plane
MagCave II
MoveMent - an abandoned mansion owned by Magtok
Vulpan Keep II
Kundalin Keep
The Knaves Castle

Plot Threads:

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Myst Island - Twisted Calublufiok adventure game
The Underworld/Creation
AMEN vs Hell
The Queendom of Neirain, home of the Amazonian Pixies
Waves
Prima Materia
Honeymoon in Texas
The Doomsday Cave - Calublufiok's downfall?
Apoca-Con - Reinholdt's trap
Field of the Lost - The afterlife of the Souless.
Survivor - Just like the reality show, except with ffrp characters!
Dusklands
Denandsor and Environs
The East of Creation
Moro Mansion
Underdark
The Amethyst B&B
The Rising Fall of Carrion

[Recaiden]

No, that's not a joke. That's why I make villains in FFRPG.

Sure, I'll have the bandit leader, so long as he has a sword. 'kay?
Just tell me when he is supposed to come.
(Tomorrow?)

(Recaiden? Are we abandoning the Fairy Plot?)

(No, I'm just sick and can't think of how the rest of it was supposed to go.)

[Je dit Viola]

((Oh. Well, that's a good excuse.

I hope you get better quickly, because being sick is not fun))

[Lord Iames Osari]

As for everyone else, Gordon is going to be down for a while. But, let's just say that for Cerise, Nice Job Breaking It Hero.

Wouldn't be Exalted without a few of those.

The Primordial War: "So you've successfully rebelled against the creators of the world, killing several and forcing the rest to swear terrible binding oaths of surrender on their very names. Too bad the dead ones hit you with a death curse that will make you slowly go mad."

The Usurpation: "So you've successfully overthrown the power-mad demigods who were enslaving the world with mind control magic and performing reckless, creation-endangering experiments, and locked away their superpowers in a box under the ocean. Too bad you broke one of the constellations and killed off all the people who had the power to keep all this utopian magitech up and running."

The Rise of the Scarlet Empress: "So you've successfully defended creation from the infinite hordes of ravening monsters from beyond space and time, and managed to survive the horrible plague that killed 9/10ths of the world's population. Too bad you had to make a deal with those demonic overlords to do it*. I'm sure that won't come back to bite you in the ass."

*Not an established fact of the setting, but a reasonable inference. Can also be replaced with "Too bad the society you're setting up will dissolve into internecine chaos if you ever disappear for any significant length of time."

[McBish]

Good League of... Good?

What do they do?

I'd say they do Good.

[horngeek]

I'd say they do Good.

Yes, but what does that mean?

Heck, she comes from a world where Law vs. Chaos is much more important, to the degree where the 'hero' can be Evil and the 'villain' can be Good, because the actions are what's important, not the reasons behind them. So, being the 'Good League of Good' means nothing to her. That's what they stand for- so, what do they actually do?

[Je dit Viola]

Redemption...that's what they do, I suppose.

Kinda. Generally.

[horngeek]

So tell her that IC! Nothing in the name says they redeem people.

[Morty]

Isn't "good" an obvious term regardless of one's culture, origin or whatever? The difference in what constitues as "good" is of course another thing.

[Je dit Viola]

Would you rather have them call themselves the "Redeeming League of Redeeming People"?

RLoRP?

Sounds like a sound that a squished frog makes as it goes down a boy's throat.

[happyturtle]

Yes, but what does that mean?

Heck, she comes from a world where Law vs. Chaos is much more important, to the degree where the 'hero' can be Evil and the 'villain' can be Good, because the actions are what's important, not the reasons behind them. So, being the 'Good League of Good' means nothing to her. That's what they stand for- so, what do they actually do?

Heal the injured, feed the hungry, provide shelter for the homeless. Not so much redemption, other than by example.

But being the first contact for a new character who is completely new to Acro and needs to have everything explained to them down to the meaning of deadtime takes more energy than I have tonight. Sorry. I think I overdid it yesterday.

But in better news, I finally have an appointment with the Chronic Fatigue specialist tomorrow. That's the appointment I've been on the waiting list for since... last June.

But in less good news, at the job that I'm not well enough to go, my entire department's work is being outsourced to India. So if I ever do get better, I'll have to look for work.

[horngeek]

Isn't "good" an obvious term regardless of one's culture, origin or whatever? The difference in what constitues as "good" is of course another thing.

But they might have a different definition of good than she does.

[Morty]

But they might have a different definition of good than she does.

Which leads me to a conclusion that they're going to naturally assume Good League of Good does what they belive is good. But I can't see anyone having trouble with the concept of "good".

But in less good news, at the job that I'm not well enough to go, my entire department's work is being outsourced to India. So if I ever do get better, I'll have to look for work.

Wow, that's bad. Here's to hoping it'll work out alright.

[McBish]

But wouldn't she think that good is good? And they would be doing it. I had this problem in the last D&D campaign where things were based in law and chaos. But they would still use words like Good. Unless you wanted to change the whole language.

I mean I could see her being suspicious if they gave any reason for, I just found it funny that she would ask a question that would have such an obvious anwser.

And for the most part the general idea of Good is pretty universal. It is something not bad.

[Je dit Viola]

Wow, yes, Happy. That is really sad. I hope everything works out.


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I think that the problem would be that Horngeek's person's definition of good is likely not-good, but rather more of an objective biased non-good standpoint of non-goodness and nongoodity.
So, obviously, the culture has vastly different definitions of the same word due to growing up on a different existance.

[happyturtle]

My chances of ever being able to go back to work are pretty low though. Maybe less than 20%. So... it's kind of bad but not horribly bad.

[horngeek]

Well, it's also that her culture has the view that you obey those above you.

Even if you disagree with those instructions personally, you still do it.

@^: That sucks. Both on the 'low chance of being able to go back to work' and the 'lost job even if you could go back to work'.

[XtheYeti]

And I am about to reveal something that will shake the foundations of Acro.

[Beans]

And I am about to reveal something that will shake the foundations of Acro.

EVERYONE IS SECRETLY AN AIRPLANE.
Nyyeeeaaaowww.

@Happy: Oh dear. I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope things get better for you...

[happyturtle]

Ark casts time stop. He walks over to Angie, and looks at the remote.

That's got to go.

He draws something on the remote, and something on her phone. Then he sighs.

I'm sorry Angie. It's for your own good.

He holds up his hand, and a bead of pure white energy forms in it. (when the time stop ends, it is a delayed blast fireball that has been altered to be nonlethal damage. It should knock her unconscious instantly. The blast will trigger the runes on the phone and remote, which should cause those objects to be disintegrated.) Then he walks back over to Bal, and surrounds him and Bal with a shield of force. Then the time stop ends.

BOOM!!!!!

Grrr... Time Stop...

I know it's not technically godmodding, but it definitely falls into the gray area since the opponent can't respond.

And what happened to scaling Ark and Bal to their opponent?

EDIT @ everyone: Don't worry about me. My physical health is pretty poor, but emotionally I'm doing fine.

[horngeek]

And I am about to reveal something that will shake the foundations of Acro.

No, it's not. Not unless everyone else thinks it should.

[McBish]

Meh, sorry X, but I doubt any of your characters have been around long enough to shake the foundations of this place. Now if Magtok became a good guy completely or Draken came around and handed out bunnies and kittens of cuteness without it being a evil plot, or something like that, sure that could shake some foundations.

[XtheYeti]

No, it's not. Not unless everyone else thinks it should.

You're right...I was exaggerating a bit anyways. And Yes Time stop is cheap. And Yes. Ark and Bal are going to be getting scaled back, I would like to mention though, that there is a forth opponent involved here. And they are to scale with said person.

[happyturtle]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you?


*decides all of my characters are fairly well anchored in the time stream and are therefore resistant to time stop*

[horngeek]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you?

Yeah... unless this fourth opponent is played by someone else, I'm dubious about it.

[XtheYeti]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you?


*decides all of my characters are fairly well anchored in the time stream and are therefore resistant to time stop*

The forth opponent is revealed. And yes. He is played by me, but he will also be getting scaled down. Soon-sih. I'm going to try to bring all my characters down to about PL 6 ish.

[Je dit Viola]

I'm guessing they probably have an evil sister.


*comes up with own Time-stop proof answers, unique to each character*

[UncleWolf]

Five bucks says it's their father or mother.

[McBish]

5 bucks is that it is my helper robot... or is that a 5th person.

[Beans]

And the fourth opponent, that you're scaling to, is played by you?


*decides all of my characters are fairly well anchored in the time stream and are therefore resistant to time stop*

*decides that Pesty's ADD and general inability to sit still for a minute render her resistant to time stop as well*
*wishes to have bell-bottomed denim trousers*