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A group of college-aged friends gather in an apartment. Summer has finally come around, and rather then head to the beach, go outside or do anything boring like that, the first day of summer vacation begins with what they consider to be the best thing in the world: A VIDEO GAME MARATHON!

Busting out the NES, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Gameboys, PSP, Dreamcast, N64, DS, Playstations, Xboxes, and their Laptops, these friends are ready for the greatest week-long tournament of the champions, to see which one among them is the ultimate gamer! Loaded with a couple kegs of beer, energy drinks, pop, chips, and enough delivery pizza to choke a Ninja Turtle, these gamer guys and gals are ready for anything... Except what happened next.

The lights go out, and I mean everything. TV's, laptops, handheld games, even the sunlight peeping through the curtains. Everything goes dark. An old CRT in the corner powers on, the low-grey glow becoming the lone source of light. It suddenly begins to grow brighter and brighter, until a blinding flash of light from this old television becomes a vortex, a portal to another world, that sucks the gamers inside, bringing them to a place that none of them could have possibly imagined- The Mainframe, a digital realm where fact becomes fiction, and fiction becomes fact. Upon their arrival, they learn of a grave threat to our world, a viral scourge called The Default who have taken over the system and have designs on accessing the DataCore, the central processing unit of both the Mainframe and the Earth's internet. The only way to stop them and return home is by travelling into the Game Realms that make up the network of Mainframe, defeat the Default-infected Bosses, and gather mystical artifacts that together make up the access code to the DataCore.

Armed with the power of their chosen game mastery and ready to face this gauntlet of game worlds before them, The Gamer Squad steps forward as the Title Screen comes up, playing an epic pixel tune, preparing them for the awesomeness that lays ahead. A sole option appears on the massive door before them, containing the portals to the game worlds:



So, as you've probably guessed by the little overview I've written up, this RP will centre around a group of gamers who are pulled into a video game and must defeat the many evil Bosses in order to escape. Think something along the lines of "Captain N: The Game Master" or "ReBoot"
This will combine elements from our favorite gaming companies (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, SEGA, Capcom, ect) and our favorite game series (Super Mario, Little Big Planet, Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, and more!) This will be a very relaxed and comedic RP (although we'll definitely have to get serious at certain points), where the characters simply try to interact with the worlds around them and most likely get into all kinds of jams (ex. In the Kirby world they would argue over killing the adorable enemies, while the Call of Duty or Halo world would reluctantly pit them against each other in a randomly generated death battle). Some worlds will change them and allow them upgraded versions of their gear (ex. Going to Skyrim will make all the equipment more medieval based, while landing on Planet Zebes will force the weapons and armor to get as futuristic as humanly possible)

So, let the games begin!

RULES
1. No GMing. We don't want any Mary-Sues or Gary-Sues
2. Maximum of 3 Active Characters per person. Any more needs approval by a GM
3. Characters can and WILL die, but please ASK somebody before you attempt to kill their character rather then just say "Your guy is dead."
4. Keep it PG-13!! Romance and Lovey-Dovey stuff is fine, as well as the occasional innuendo, but take smut scenes to PM, please. Also, violence is allowed, but please don't rip out a guys entrails and hold them above his head while he slowly dies. We're not monsters (well, not all of us)
5. If you got this far, here's a cookie *hands cookie*. Also, include the name of the first game you remember playing in your "Other" section so I know who's read the rules (anecdotes about first game are also welcome)
6. Please make PvP combat fair (if the need for it arises). It really sucks when somebody unleashes their ultimate power and freezes the other person's foot to the floor, then proceed to just punch the crap out of their immobile opponent. In addition, GM moves will NOT be allowed inside PvP combat unless approved/announced in a GM event.
7. Enjoy the RP to the best of your ability!!

CHARACTER SHEET
Name:
Nickname: (optional)
Appearance: (Description or image. Feel free to include their normal look and what they may look like in their Game Master Outfit)
Gender/Age:
Gamer Title: (Like a Gamertag or Steam name that the Game system recognizes as your character)
Chosen Game Mastery: (Mario, LBP, Final Fantasy, ect. Your selected game mastery will define your powers/abilities. An example would be if you picked Mario, you could jump higher then other characters and be able to adopt the various jobs Mario has gotten in the past, but you won't be able to use weapons like somebody who chose Zelda. Also, try to avoid having similar/the same game masteries as other characters. One Game Master per series, please ^^)
Game Master Abilities: (Up to 3 passive abilities that act as buffs for yourself/the team, up to 3 active abilities (with limitations) these can be anything from summoning weapons to providing a temporary damage boost, whatever makes sense for your chosen Game Mastery. All Game Master Abilities may not be usable in every game world.)
Background:
Other: (include any additional information you want. Maybe a catchphrase that your character says, or their favorite video game)

Lastly, I will be taking suggestions for the types of Game Worlds we'll be visiting, so if you have any ideas, let me know!
Hidden 8 yrs ago 8 yrs ago Post by Peaceless
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First!

Dibs on Prototype

Actually, no, you know what, I have a more interesting idea in mind.

Dibs on Worms.
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Dibs on Monster hunter
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@Crossfire Oh I have many suggestions for game worlds.

1:Monster hunter (or a clone/ similar game)

2:Phantasy star universe

3:Dragon's dogma (a must pls)

4:Nier (A must pls)

5:White knight chronicles

Also I change my mind on my game mastery. I choose White Knight chronicles
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Here's the CS for the DM's approval:

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@Crossfire I'll probably double. So, dibs on Earthbound and Watchdogs.

Oh, and we need to do an Assassin's Creed universe!
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Dibs on mastery of, like, Street Fighter
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Dibs on mastery of, like, Street Fighter


How do you not take dibs on The Necrodancer with that avatar, seriously?
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How do you not take dibs on The Necrodancer with that avatar, seriously?


Because my sick dance moves would be too much for anyone to handle and I don't wanna wish that upon others
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@Crossfire I am interested...

Dibs on Serious Sam possibly.
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I've been thinking about Xenoblade Chronicles myself, though I could go with something else like Persona or Fire Emblem...
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Great ideas so far everyone!

So, this is what I'm thinking, to decide which world we'll tackle, I'll do up a poll or something that we can vote on, most popular choice wins, and then next time around I'll use the same choices, but with a new world swapped in.

No idea how many worlds we'll end up visiting in total, but it could definitely go on for a while. I feel like we should have a goal in mind, 8 seems to be the magic number for a lot of old Nintendo games like Mario and Zelda, maybe we'll be looking for artifacts from 8 different genres? Either way, we'll probably encounter some plot twist on the way to lengthen our quest.

@Peaceless everything looks good, go ahead and post it in the Character Tab whenever!
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Oooooh what game to pick >w< so many choices! I think I'll end up with either Advance Wars or Golden Sun maybe (good ol gba)
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@Crossfire yeah there are so many games to choose
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Wait! Stuff Earthbound, dibs on Uncharted Waters!
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@fer1323@Erklings25@Fabricant451@DFA@MechonRaptor@Chaotic Chao

So hows it going guys? Any questions or concerns about the CS?

EDIT: I threw this together http://www.strawpoll.me/10948617 don't know if I'll be doing up a poll like this for every game world, may just be easier to throw a bunch of options in a post and discuss it here. I'll play it by ear until I can get a consensus on which method is better. Sidenote, this was just the first couple of games that popped into my head. Zelda would probably involve some combination of a giant Hyrule Warriors-esque battle scene followed by a Boss Rush mode, or we'd take on one massive dungeon together with a single super strong boss at the end. Killer Instinct would be more or less a straight up 1 vs 1 tournament of us vs the evil NPCS. Dark Souls would be a lone portion of the game, we clear an area and beat a boss, then claim our prize. Pokemon would probably have to be like a tournament as well, Something like Gym Leader Castle from the N64 games, I cant think of any way to encapsulate the Pokemon experience in any other way that doesn't immediately turn this into a Pokemon rp for 6 months. Halo would most likely be a multiplayer match or 2. Doom would likely be a straightforward 'go in and kill shit' kind of mission, and Mario kart could be either a grand prix race or the battle mode (or maybe both)

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@Crossfire Everything is great so far, working on my character right now. My questions can come later whenever we actually start the IC off.
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@Crossfire What are the limits on abilities in the beginning and can we unlock more as we progress?
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@fer1323
No real limits I suppose, just as long as they're within reason, there may be story elements to upgrading skills later on, but for now I'll leave it up to each of you to decide if you want to leave room for power evolution or just have the full scale power from the get-go. General rule of thumb I used when designing my guy is a couple of passive abilities (increased strength, agility, tactical awareness) and one ultimate skill with a major limitation (he can summon any weapon (mainly from Gears of War) but once hes selected them, hes locked in until a 'cooldown timer' counts down) Sitting here now has me actually thinking it over, maybe I'll do a slight edit to that portion of the CS to have some hard guidelines on our abilities to reduce the need to just completely strip them away depending on the game world... I'll sleep on it anyway (3AM here now).
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