[NEXUS] Nexus OoC 13: Saturday the Nexteenth

[TechnoScrabble]

Oh yeah...wow I'm blind.
I'm going to have Alex and Garrett finally meet in Riverside soon, if anyone wants to be there to help me avoid total self role play and Garrett most likely being killed.

[Gullara]

Oh yeah...wow I'm blind.
I'm going to have Alex and Garrett finally meet in Riverside soon, if anyone wants to be there to help me avoid total self role play and Garrett most likely being killed.

Well Nite is coming to Riverside. Maybe Garrett sneaks off, possibly leaves a note. Adele wakes up, panics. Nite shows up, Adele gets him to go after Garrett. Something like that.

[TechnoScrabble]

Dandy idea.
Just have to wait for someone to post in Riverside so it's not double post.
And you said you couldn't think at night!

[Gullara]

Well it is 2 AM. How much will you be on tomorrow do you think?

[TechnoScrabble]

Hmmm...I plan to get on around fivish PM(eastern time)...But I should still be on until noonish...
It's not late at all here in Dublin...and all my friends have work on sundays.

[Gullara]

Totally not on eastern time and much too tired to figure it out.

...

I'll be on all day tomorrow.

[TechnoScrabble]

What time are you on? I'll do ter maths.

[Darklord Bright]

Dublin? I should get you to help me write a phonetic Irish accent.

If I ever do one.

[Gullara]

What time are you on? I'll do ter maths.

I don't even know. It changes every half a year. GMT -7 I believe.

I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada. We are much too cool for daylight savings time.

[TechnoScrabble]

I hate daylight savings time! When I lived in the US it was nothing but useless and annoying!
Let's see...I'll be on around threeish PM for you...
and I should be on until 10ish AM.
**** sleep, I have BAILEY'S!
That time period in between is for fishing and working out. Don't wanna turn into a slug!

[Gullara]

I hate daylight savings time! When I lived in the US it was nothing but useless and annoying!
Let's see...I'll be on around threeish PM for you...
and I should be on until 10ish AM.
**** sleep, I have BAILEY'S!
That time period in between is for fishing and working out. Don't wanna turn into a slug!

I'll see if I can get up early then.

As for working out...

Slug powers activate!

...

I have the metabolism of a... something with a good metabolism. Probably should still work out, I am out of shape.

Meh.

[VeisuItaTyhjyys]

This is my weekend off the "Eff sleep, yay booze" mentality which otherwise determines my evenings. Since, uh, finals didn't turn out to be the break from that it should have been. >.>

[Mina Kobold]

Whatever happened to the Adventurer's Guild?

[TechnoScrabble]

Whatever happened to my flying, Dalek inhabited hospital?

[horngeek]

Dalek-inhabited hospital?

Incidentally, I'm thinking Merra might have friends/cohorts/young to help her capture and torture drow.

You know, so OOC volunteers don't have to wait.

[TechnoScrabble]

Davitte might start capturing and selling the enemies who attack him instead of eating them.
Would that take him from Chaotic Hungry to chaotic evil? I hope not.

[Mina Kobold]

Whatever happened to my flying, Dalek inhabited hospital?

Dunno, evil Doctor?

We need to reintroduce it somehow...

Maybe it gets taken over by giant sentient bacteria?

Or controlled by an evil computer that makes it attack somewhere?

A walrus-based marketing campaign?

Hope any of those are useful.

[happyturtle]

Just cause a thread is inactive for a few days or weeks doesn't mean it's dead. Locations can come out of deadtime as easily as people do. If it's been more than 6 weeks, just PM Zeb the Troll and ask for necro permission, which he'll give you if you're making a location active again and not just bumping the thread.

[Mina Kobold]

Just cause a thread is inactive for a few days or weeks doesn't mean it's dead. Locations can come out of deadtime as easily as people do. If it's been more than 6 weeks, just PM Zeb the Troll and ask for necro permission, which he'll give you if you're making a location active again and not just bumping the thread.

I see, I was operating on Non-Nexus FFRPG basis.

With those a week of no activity usually means it's either dead or just barely struggling.

AvatarITP, War of the RingITP, SupersITP and many more, may you rest in peace.

Anyway, good! That means the Daleks can get back!

MWAHAHAHAHA!

[Samm]

Say guys, I'm interested in joining Nexus. I've got a vague idea for a character, and it all seems a little intimidating, so I'm wondering if you guys'd help out a bit.

Can you give me a general idea of how Nexus usually plays, it's posting speed, general guidelines etc.?

[TechnoScrabble]

I'm prolly not the one to introduce anyone to the grandiose masterpiece that is the Nexus, but I must say I am glad to meet a fellow Spore-er.

[Mina Kobold]

Say guys, I'm interested in joining Nexus. I've got a vague idea for a character, and it all seems a little intimidating, so I'm wondering if you guys'd help out a bit.

Can you give me a general idea of how Nexus usually plays, it's posting speed, general guidelines etc.?

It usually plays very differently depending on where and who are there.

Trog's Tavern is mostly silly while some places are mostly dark.

The posting speed is roughly nine pages a night (for Europeans) for this thread and at least one or two for each other thread, but if your deadtime is conflicting with this then don't worry, plenty of us are from other timezones and ready to RP when the Aericans deadtime.

The general guidelines are: Don't god-mod or god-mode, let other people have a chance and generally have fun.

At least, that's the ones I've been following.

[Morty]

Hmmm... does anyone feel like encountering my goblin scouting parties in Underside, or should I just have them mark the borders of the new colony?

[TechnoScrabble]

I'm good at running NPC monsters and biology so I could think up something for them to encounter and either tame or hunt or fight or whatever.

[Morty]

If you're feeling up to it then, sure.

[TechnoScrabble]

Maybe they'll run into the horrible, terrible, wearable CEILING WOLVES!
What? They make good coats once they've been poked enough.
If you'r spoking them with arrows.

In truth, the ceiling wolves are docile and in no way canine. They just howl like wolves.

[Beans]

Say guys, I'm interested in joining Nexus. I've got a vague idea for a character, and it all seems a little intimidating, so I'm wondering if you guys'd help out a bit.

Can you give me a general idea of how Nexus usually plays, it's posting speed, general guidelines etc.?

Posting speed varies by thread, players, day, post content, etc.

Read the thingy about godmodding (I'm sorry, too lazy to find a link ) and take it to heart.

Making an aggressive character who always gets into fights is not quite the best way to begin FRRP, nor is making a shy one who sits in the corner.

We assume that anything explicitly seckseh happens behind the Censorship Curtains... but I suspect they're just playing Scrabble with no pants on.

Don't be a racist raisin, a buttpants, or Beans.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THOSE STAIRS BRO

Have fun!

[happyturtle]

Read post 3 of the stickied FFRP Central thread, post 1 of this thread, and then ask any questions you have here. And welcome.

General Nexus FAQs:

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What kind of character can I make? Any. There are no restrictions on genre, alignment, world of origin, etc.

Will my power work the way it does in the source setting? Almost certainly not. In your setting, you may have been the Mighty Zorlox, whose power to control the world's socks was absolute, but in the Nexus, you may run across Madam Bo Peep, who controls the world's wool.

If my power goes against wool power, who wins? In combat or any type of adversarial situation, the defender has the final say. So if Zorlox tries to turn Bo Peep's wool socks purple, Peep's player gets to decide if her wool power prevails. But if Bo Peep tries to have a pair of wool socks strangle Zorlox, then his player gets to decide if his sock power wins.

Where should I start? Long answer, in any thread that isn't a private thread or a plot thread. Short answer, Trog's. Just start at Trog's.

Do I need to get pre-approval for my character, or fill in a registry form before I start? Nope. You can if you like, but it's not required. And sometimes it's better to get a feel for your character first, before deciding all the details about them.

Your first character

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So, you're ready to make your first character. One of the hardest things to get used to in ffrp is that you don't start out in an adventuring party, and there's no DM to push characters together. You'll have to actually find people to interact with on your own. Here are some tips (not requirements!) for making that easier on your first character:

• Don't be the quiet person in the shadowy corner. If you roleplay as someone who is outgoing and talkative, you'll find it easier to make IC friends. Someone who is curious or greedy will be more open to plot hooks and adventure opportunities. But if you roleplay someone who is shy or quiet or wary of other people, you're likely to be left alone.
• Don't be openly evil. If you walk into the tavern and start murdering npcs, you are unlikely to make a lot of friends and likely to get jumped on by a bunch of PCs who were looking for a fight.
• Consider starting low-powered. It's tempting in a freeform system with no scores or points to decide that your character is the best at everything, but where will they go from there? They can always gain powers or magic items or skills as they go on.
• Don't be too needy. Remember in ffrp, you are not THE hero of the story. You are A hero, and there are many stories. The characters you meet at first are likely to be involved in their own affairs. Some players start by having their character immediately in need of rescue, healing, training, attention, etc. This can work well, but make sure you have a plan B in case there is no one willing to drop everything to devote themselves to being your rescuer! Can your character make it if they receive only a minimal amount of help, or none at all?
• Don't be too self-sufficient. Remember in ffrp, you are not THE hero of the story. You are A hero, and there are many stories. If you are a combat powerhouse and a healer and a master of obscure lore and a spellcaster, people are likely to get weary of their characters taking a back seat to yours and decide you can do just fine without them.
• Be aware of deadtimes and real life. Sometimes, not many people are online and active. Sometimes the people who are may only have a limited time to play and want to use it to progress their favorite storyline instead of meeting new people. Try to be patient and remember that it won't be long before you'll be the one wrapped up in your own favorite storylines. Talk to people in the ooc thread while you wait for your character to get 'stuck in'.
• Have fun! Remember this is a game, and if it isn't fun, you aren't doing it right.

If anyone has anymore FAQs to add to the Nexus one that would be helpful for new players, please do so. The 'Your First Character' is copy pasta straight from the FFRP Central thread.

I think both should go in the OP of the Nexus OOC thread, if everyone agrees.

[Gullara]

I really don't know how I dragged myself out of bed, but I'm up.'

So Techno, whenever you're ready.

[TechnoScrabble]

Yeah, I'm ready.
My checks will be ten to fifteen minutes apart, though. I'm watching TV and checking during commercials.
The Brits make some damned good telly.