SpeedRun: A Different MMORPG Story (Interest Check)

[Ontos]

A titan has fallen.

The year is 2050. World of Warcraft has shut down. The titan that has seen off the challengers that sought to dethrone it from its eternal reign has collapsed upon itself.

Another MMORPG has risen from its ashes. The first ever to use virtual reality technology in ways that brought science fiction and reality together. From the screens of dothack into a device you could hold in your hands, this is the MMORPG ‘Freedom Online’. Produced by a company called ‘Thunderstorm’, best described as the love-child of Ghostcrawler and Peter Molyneux (if that ever made sense), Freedom Online paid tribute to both the old, the current and the new, taking the world (and many of humanity’s colonies) by storm.

A medieval fantasy MMORPG with touches of science-fiction not unlike World of Warcraft, like its name, the possibilites of Freedom Online are, quite remarkably, endless. Raids, dungeons, crafting, art, socialisation and exploration… Freedom Online has everything for everyone.

But what is this SpeedRun that was mentioned?

From a group of 5 gamers hiding in their parent’s basement to a subscriber base somewhere in the low hundreds, SpeedRun is a Let’s Play group that plays Freedom Online. 5 students, bored and out of their mind, decide to create SpeedRun and record their many triumphs and failures.

SpeedRun’s destiny is not dissolution, but success. Let’s make it so.

This is not Sword Art Online. This is not ½ Prince. This is not dothack. This is not Log Horizon. This is not Star Ocean: Till The End of Time. This is a story about a Let’s Play group in the future of Virtual Reality MMORPGs.

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This is an RP about a normal Virtual Reality MMO (as normal as it can get). No rogue AIs, no insane creators, no crazy glitches, no ‘getting-stuck-in-your-virtual-body’.

We play members of SpeedRun, as we wear masks online in more ways than one. It's probably going to be mostly comedy, maybe with some dramatic touches.

Are you interested?

[Polymorpheus]

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[Ontos]

Well, probably not too many.

[QueenBee]

so we'll be playing as one of the five?

[Esper]

Quite possibly. I would like to help if we can talk detail.

[Ontos]

QueenBee said
so we'll be playing as one of the five?

Pretty much. We may have more members later.

[QueenBee]

keeping my eyes here then :D

[Zombehs]

Stamping this with my interest.

[Ontos]

*bump*

[Ontos]

The video crackles with static, followed by a strange video overlay. Videos captured from retro games pass by each other in their full-screen form, the sprite and pixel glory there for all to see.

A few seconds later...

In all caps, and in the green retro pixel art, the word "SPEEDRUN" appears, with an appropriately exciting musical tone.

"Testing, one, two, three," a voice that mixes feminine grace and light masculine tones speaks out. The editing of the video disappears, to reveal the face of a girl, though one could find it not that difficult to identify the girl's face as a boy. A quick look at her chest area shatters that illusion, however.



She seems to handle something behind the camera, mumbling a few words about camera quality and such. No other noises seem obvious, as the video only records the back of the empty inn room she's standing in. The strangest sounds, however, come from a few tiny squeaks that sound animal-like, though it's impossible to figure out its source.

With a self-satisfied grin, she steps back and gestures a thumbs up into the video, winking.

"My name's Lilias. Well, some of you know me already. I used to raid with Exemplary. I was their main tank for a year, until we all went our separate ways."

Lilias held her tongue about the circumstances. 'Raid leader caught hacking into government mainframe' was not wise to mention, especially when the lawyers told her the words 'innocent until proven guilty'. That thought showed up in the video as a stiff gulp of saliva, though only the attentive watchers would have noticed.

"I'm making this little Let's Play group called SpeedRun. It won't all be about raiding, though. I want people of the spectrum! Though admittedly, I would only be needing..."

She tapped her index fingers upon her other hand, as if gesturing to count.

"4 people. We'll have fun, record stuff and post it online! Do apply!"

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I got bored and typed this out. Man, it's tricky making an MMO world. How much detail should I have?

[Zombehs]

Well that's a nice snippet.

Anyways, on the question of detail, I don't think too much focus on the "game" aspect of things, ie, how Freedom Online plays needs to be had. I would rather see the fluff, or lore if you will, of the game. Just my take on it anyways.

And in the case that you were asking for how detailed the lore of Freedom Online should be, well then I got... nothing.

[Ontos]

*bump*

[Ontos]

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[Prankster]

Yo.

I might join in, but what level of detail are you looking for?

[Ontos]

Define detail.

[iciclerapierfaize]

I'm intererestio! [just made up a word]

[Prankster]

By detail, I mean by how much you want us to post each time.