[OOC] Gun Burst Online [Closed]

In the near future, technological advancements have led to a sudden rise of Virtual Reality gaming. Thanks to the newest forms of brain-machine interface, for the first time ever, hardware available to the general public was able to reach a state total immersion where all of the player's senses got feedback from simulated realities within the game worlds.

For obvious reasons, this opened a new era of entertainment with online games benefiting the most out of it. Dated genres like MMORPGs had a massive comeback when people were finally able to become the character of their choice. However, as is expected of any gaming revolution, First Person Shooters would quickly rise to dominate the gaming scenery.

The biggest of these games, named Gun Burst Online, has a unique mix of Sci-Fi and real world elements as well as top notch graphics and a superb physics engine which is rumored to have been developed for military purposes. It is capable of emulating reality to an impressive degree while still keeping the subtle differences that make it a game to cater both to hardcore veterans and the most casual players alike. The best part is that Gun Burst is completely free, sustained by vivid microtransaction system as well as advertisement, which—they claim— plays a crucial place in simulating a dystopian world dominated by mega corporations.

Monetization schemes aside, no one can deny that when it comes to realistic, yet entertaining shooting games, there's not a single one that can surpass the giant that Gun Burst Online became. And it's in this world that your adventures will unfold.

In the year of 2025, virtual reality technology has finally reached a level that was previously only heard of in science fiction stories, bringing up the rise of a new era in entertainment.

The story of this RP will be about the players of the biggest virtual reality online game, Gun Burst Online, a massive, Sci-Fi FPS where the only limits for a player's character is their own creativity. And that's exactly the main setting of this RP. Ro be more precise, the story will deal with the events of the newest editions to Bullet Break, the biggest battle royale tournament in the world of Gun Burst Online. What drama and mystery could await in the future for those brave enough to join it either for fun or profit?

The world of Gun Burst Online is a post-apocalyptic, science fiction land dominated by threats of both the natural and artificial kind. The few remaining bastions of civilization exist as massive dystopian cities dominated by the power of money, while untamed wilderness and deserted badlands dominate everything else. Finally, ruins from a distant past dot the land, serving the same purpose as dungeons would in a fantasy game.

A world of dust and gunpowder, where only the strong have any hope of surviving. That's what Gun Burst Online is.

While the real world counterparts of the in-game characters will have little focus for most for the duration of the tournament, the RP will be based in Gun Burst's Japanese server. Thereby, all characters must either be from Japan or have an explanation about why they are playing in another region's server.

Real World Character

Name: Your character's name. You can also include common nicknames, online handles, titles (if your character happens to have something like that in the real world), and any other ways by which people would normally refer to them.

Age: While there are not much in the way of maximum age restrictions, please use some common sense here. However, no player character should be under the age of 14.

Gender: Your character's gender. Male or Female only, please, this isn't a question about sexual orientation.

Appearance: Your character's appearance. Either a picture (no real life photos, please), a short description, or both is enough.

Short Bio: A brief resume of your character's backstory. It doesn't need to be anything dramatic or special, just enough to give everyone an idea of who your character is. At least one paragraph of description would be appreciated.

Gun Burst Online Character

Name: The name of your character's Gun Burst Online character. Follow the same guidelines as above, except that you can include proper in-game titles here, if you want.

Gender: The gender of your character's Gun Burst Online character. Again, only Male or Female, however, it doesn't need to be the same as their Real World counterpart.

Appearance: The appearance of your character's Gun Burst Online character. Follow the same guidelines as their Real World halves.

Level: Unless you want to begin at a lower level, everyone can start the game at Level 90, the current level cap for Gun Burst Online player characters.

Specs: Your character's special abilities and perks, as well as Gun Burst Online's main progression system. Every character receives one at Level 01 plus one more when they reach Level 15 and every 15 levels after that, for a maximum total of 07 Specs (1, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90). If you are in doubt about whether or not an ability qualifies for this, please ask.

Signature Weapon/Combat Style: Include any weapons your character likes to use the most, or their most used weapons in case they don't favor any kind in particular, as well as their favorite combat style. You can be as descriptive as you want or not here. This is just to give everyone an idea about what your character specializes in.

Inventory: Your character's inventory, including any leftover in-game normal currency (Credits) and premium currency (Photonic Crystals). There are no explicit guidelines for how much of anything you are allowed to have, but a bit of common sense is advised.

Other

Sample Post: A small writing sample describing a part of your character's daily routine. It can be a significant event inside of Gun Burst Online or anything else that you feel like writing as long as it has to do with the RP. A minimum of two paragraphs, please.

Misc: Anything else that doesn't fit with the above categories like character themes (if you want to use them), bits of trivia you might find interesting, or anything else. If there's no additional information to describe, you can leave this field blank.

[Kuroyomihime]

Gun Burst Online has a very simple, yet deep, character creation system. Humans are the only available race at character creation, and every player character shares the same set of basic attributes:

• Strength (STR): Determines the character's carrying capability, ability to use certain weapons, damage of melee attacks and recoil reduction.
• Agility (AGI): Determines the character's reaction time, evasive skills and movement speed.
• Endurance (END): Determines the character's maximum hit points and stamina.
• Perception (PER): Determines the range and precision of the character's sight and hearing.
• Luck (LCK): Determines the quality and quantity of loot acquired from mobs and treasures.

At the 1st Level, all characters have a certain number of points that they can assign freely to these attributes. Whenever additional levels are acquired, players get extra points to assign as they wish or a general boost to all attributes at once.

Aside from this point-based progression, the other main options to customize a character are through skills, equipment, and the most distinctive of Gun Burst Online's progression systems, Specs. For the purposes of this story, only the later three matter. All of the other attributes and stats don't need to be included in the Character Sheets.

Some guidelines for the character creation process follow below:

Gun Burst Online offers a wide variety of equipment and weaponry that can be acquired through random drops, merchants or crafted by the players themselves. From leisure wear and protective gear to nearly any kind of weapon ever produced and some who have yet to be designed, Gun Burst has it all.

From a gameplay point of view, equipment is divided into a few broad categories and some sub-categories. The most prominent of which are exemplified below:

• Combat Gear and Leisure Wear: Items that your character can dress up and or wear fall into this category. From t-shirts and jeans to bulletproof vests, exoskeletons, and everything in between.
• Weapons: Gun Burst boasts one of the widest selections of firearms and other weaponry on gaming history. Pretty much any tool of killing ever devised is available for those who know where to search for them. There are even rumors about advanced science fiction weapons that can be acquired under special circumstances. For simplicity's sake, they are divided into a number of sub-categories:
  
  • Melee, Handguns, Sub-Machineguns, Shotguns, Assault Rifles, Rifles, Machineguns, Explosives, and Exotic
• Consumables: Any type of item with limited uses like medkits, grenades, keycards, ammunition, etc. Usually, these make the literal bulk of any character's inventory. For the intent of this RP, you don't need to list every single item your character is carrying (especial ammunition), just make a note of the most important ones and apply some narrative sense while using anything that's not listed.
• Other: Anything that doesn't fit with the categories above, like cosmetic items, drones, personal vehicles, personal housing, etc. Just as a side note, players are prohibited to bring anything that they can't carry to the tournament, this means that pretty much all kinds of vehicles are banned since anything as large as a motorcycle and beyond can't be stored in a player's inventory.

As long as it falls within these categories, pretty much any kind of item will be permitted for player characters. That said, advanced science fiction items (energy weapons, personal force field generators, power armor, etc.) are very rare in the game so the number of players who can own them will be very limited.

I reserve the right to ask a player to tweak or remove any piece of equipment that may be disruptive to the game, regardless of its power or functions.

Skills are optional character abilities that represent the players' aptitude with various non-combat related tasks as well as their aptitude with each main weapons group, except for Exotic weapons, which require a unique Skill mastery for each of them. While every Gun Burst Online character can try to do any in-game task, the rate of success and efficiency of such actions depend on the character's skill levels. Skills ranks range from 0 to 1000; the only way to raise them is through repeated usage, learning new and more complicated tasks with every new rank. However, real-world experience can speed up the skill-mastering process significantly.

For the purpose of this roleplay, all characters can begin the game with two maxed combat-related skills, plus 3000 skill points to assign freely between any other skills as they see fit. You don't need to assign all the points; in case you leave any unassigned points, you can just lump them all together as "Others" in the skill section. This means that your character has a wider range of usable skills but none of them will have an especially high ranking.

Some examples of skills include:

• Weapon Skills, Martial Arts, First Aid, Stealth, Bladesmithing, Piloting, Gunsmithing, Salvaging, Mining, Fishing, etc.

There are also many rumors about Darks Skills, infamous, some even say illegal, Skills that aren't listed on a character's information page, even on external character databases. No one knows whether or not there's any truth to these stories but it doesn't forbid many players from pursuing them through any means necessary.

The most unique of all of Gun Burst Online's progression systems. Specs allow you to customize your character even further beyond what's permitted by Skills and Equipment, making sure that no two player characters will ever be equal to one another unless it's a conscious choice of their players.

Every character receives one at Level 01 plus one more when they reach Level 15 and every 15 levels after that, for a maximum total of 07 Specs (1, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90). Just like with Skills, the number of Specs available is staggering high, no one is aware of their exact number but many educated guesses estimate some 500 and 1500 unique Specs, most of which are yet to be discovered by the players. Some examples of Specs include: include:

• Improved Speed: Improves your character's movement speed. Can be taken multiple times.
• Improved Reflexes: Improves your character's reaction time. Can be taken multiple times.
• Improved Strength: Improves your character's strength, allowing them to carry heavier loads, deal more damage with melee attacks and bows, etc. Can be taken multiple times.
• Guts: Once every 24 hours, your character can survive one attack that would otherwise kill them, with 10% hit points regardless of how many they had before the attack. Can be taken multiple times, but it doesn't allow for more than one user within the same day. Instead, it'll increase the regained hit points by 10% for each extra time you select this spec.
• Far Shot: The maximum range of your ranged attacks is improved. Can be taken multiple times.
• Fast Aim: You can aim your attacks faster.
• Standing Shot: You can shoot heavy weaponry (anti-materiel rifles, rocket launchers, etc.) while standing without any penalties to your accuracy.
• Iron Fist: Improves the damage of your unarmed attacks. Can be taken multiple times.
• Etc....

If you are in doubt about whether or not an ability qualifies for this, please ask.

[Kuroyomihime]

Reserved.

[Devol]

Here~

[Carlyle]

@Kuroyomihime Is there a set date as to when we should have our CSes finished and up for review/waiting to be accepted?

[Kuroyomihime]

@Kuroyomihime Is there a set date as to when we should have our CSes finished and up for review/waiting to be accepted?

@Sola

Not really. I don't want to rush anyone to finish their characters within a fixed schedule.

However, I'll not be waiting for everyone forever as well. I'll have the IC open sometime this week or the next weekend, the most that can happen for anyone that takes to long is not being able to participate in the tournament.

Other than that, I'll take character sheets for evaluation whenever they come.

[OwO]

Should we add a section for stats?

[Kuroyomihime]

Should we add a section for stats?

@Burger

There's no need for that since they are being handwaved. If you wish to, you can include your characters attribute priorities (like AGI/STR, END/STR based builds) somewhere on their CSs but it's not mandatory.

[GarlandChaos]

Thankfully, I finished up my CS a couple of days in advance:

Saori Nishihara/Dokurohime

Real World Character

Name: Saori Nishihara; usually uses "dokuro24" as a username for forums and the like

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance

Short Bio: Saori grew up in Akihabara, Tokyo, the only daughter of two parents who were both very big fans of video games of all kinds. Together, the family frequented various arcades in the region whenever they weren't too busy with their jobs or school work. Eventually, when she was much older, Saori applied for a job of her own in the area and ended up working in a maid cafe because she had "the right equipment for the job", as her employer put it. As much as she wasn't keen on the idea of having her cursed body essentially being used as eye candy, the job payed well enough for her to get away with spending the rest of the day at home. Considering how absorbed she was into GBO, she really needed a well-paying job if she was to play it just about every day of the week and still be able to pay her bills.

Gun Burst Online Character

Name: Dokurohime

Gender: Female

Appearance

Level: 90

Skills:
-SMG Skill MAX
-Shotgun Skill MAX
-3000 Points left over

Specs:
-Improved Speed x3
-Improved Reflexes x3
-Fast Aim

Signature Weapon/Combat Style: Saori specializes in speed and raw damage output, her weapons of choice being the Heckler & Koch MP5A3 for peppering foes with rapid fire SMG bullets and the Franchi SPAS-12 for pump-action shotgun mayhem. While running around like a blur on the battlefield, she catches her targets off-guard with a barrage of SMG fire and finishes them off with her shotgun when they're at their most vulnerable. Saori has said on 2channel and various forums in the past that the strategy more or less came from an old class-based team FPS she used to play, with a few minor differences here and there.

Inventory:
-8000 Credits
-600 Photonic Crystals
-A scope attachment for her MP5A3

Other

Sample Post

Saori gave a sigh as she clicked through the various tabs she had open in her browser. She figured she had enough GBO for one night, and needed something to distract her in the meanwhile. Thankfully, 2channel and some of the forums she frequented were good places to visit for a quick laugh. One particular 2ch thread, however, left a bad taste in Saori's mouth.

"are any of the gbo players here with female characters actually girls irl? i cant go 2 matches without finding an insanely stacked chick with an ak47 or other such assault rifle"

"OP, I hope you realize how the internet works"

"i do. girls are guys in real life" Saori couldn't help but chuckle, but it still left a bad taste in her mouth. This kind of problem needed immediate attention.

"Girls have means of escapism, too, y'know. Some of us just share them with guys. There's a reason the character I play as doesn't have big boobs like I do." Immediately after posting that, Saori realized she had made a big mistake.

"big boobs? hot"

"haha, funny joke, tell us about the one with the running refrigerator next"

"And here I thought the thread wouldn't get any more degenerate once someone spoke up. I'm out" Saori felt the same way, and decided to back off of 2channel for the night. Instead, she figured it'd be wise if she checked for any news on the upcoming Bullet Break tournament. A better use of her time, for sure.

Misc:
English Voice Actress: Sarah Blandy
Japanese Voice Actress: Rie Murakawa

Hopefully this is acceptable. If not, I'll fix the sheet up where needed.

[Kuroyomihime]

@GarlandDaHero
Your character is alright, however you still have to add Skills to your character sheet.

[GarlandChaos]

@Kuroyomihime

Ah. I didn't see that bit. I'll edit in some skills in a bit.

EDIT: And I added the skills section. Hopefully that's acceptable.

[OwO]

gun that punches people

Catch these hands

Real World Character

Name:
Shirai Hiroyuki

Age:
19

Gender:
Male

Appearance:
Standing at the staggering 6'0", Hiroyuki is exceptionally tall for someone in Japan. While he calls himself "lithe", he is more athletic than anything else. Very little stands out about him besides his height. He is, while not ugly, not pretty. He looks extremely average.

Short Bio:
Legends tell of a professional team so strong that they have not lost a single match.

Because they didn't play a single match.

The life of Jade Knights was short lived. In the one month they were active, they were embroiled in so many controversies that nation-wide regulations came out specifically to protect players from these very situations. To make a long story short, Jade Knights had managed to pouch key players and fire them to disband other teams, put players in unhealthy living conditions, send one of their own players to the hospital multiple times, become involved with an illegal gambling website, get busted for counterfeit merchandise, and even more morally corrupt acts. Hiroyuki was, of course, a player on the team. He was scouted at the age of 16. Despite his young age, he had been playing the game for only 4 years, but somehow managed to become one of the top players in Japan. Using all of his measly savings, he went to follow his dreams.

He came back a confused and slightly more poor boy. Without much else in his life, he had decided to give up on his professional dreams to focus on schooling. Three years later, a rusty Hiroyuki decided to pick up the game once more.

Gun Burst Online Character

Name:
Junkdog

Gender:
Male

Appearance:
A behemoth of flesh and steel, Junkdog stands at a hulking 6'9" (205.7cm). Weighing no less than 550 pounds, floors beneath him creak and groan as he move along them. His most notable feature is his head. Taking the form of a revolver on top of a shark-toothed jaw, his head is much too small to be seen as a helmet. The grip extends behind head, reminiscent of a short ponytail. His large, shark-toothed mouth is stuck in a perpetual grin, constantly taunting others to get closer. Dressing similar to classical gumshoes and detectives, Junkdog is almost always smoking when he's not in combat.

Because it looks cool.

Level:
90

Specs:

• Improved Strength x2
  Improves user's strength, allowing them to carry heavier loads, deal more damage with melee attacks and bows, etc.
• Improved Endurance x2
  Increases the user's health and stamina.
• Hyperdense Muscles
  Extremely improves user's strength and health at the cost of agility.
• Explosive Takeoff
  Allows the user to convert strength to movement speed in order to charge in a single direction.
• Iron Fist
  Improves the damage of your unarmed attacks.

Skills:

• Martial Arts - 1000
• Speed Loading - 1000
• Intimidation - 1000
• Grappling - 1000
• Shield Mastery - 600
• Others - 1400

Other

Signature Weapon/Combat Style:
Junkdog, through usage of shields and elusive augmentations that take the slot of Specs, is known for being one of the few people insane enough to use almost exclusively fists. Rather than use swords, knives, or any actual weapon, Junkdog uses a mixture of boxing and grappling to destroy things that he manages to reach.

Inventory:

• Deployable Half-Body Shield
• .357 Magnum Gloves
  Woefully inaccurate with a three shot capacity, these gloves fire .357 magnum.
• Revolver Skull
  A cosmetic item gained from an April Fools gacha, this item replaces one's head with a revolver.
• Detective Outfit
• Cigarette Carton (cosmetic)
• 1 563 920 Credits || 3 Photonic Crystals

Other

Sample Post:
"Get him!" Igor screamed.

"Shush," Boris had commanded, "he's in here."

"Sasha, keep the GL ready," Ana stated, "we're waiting him out."

Sasha remained silent.

In all honesty, Junkdog didn't know any of their names and he was too busy running from them to check. He just named them as though they were henchmen. Igor was muscular, short, and hotheaded. He looked ready to explode at any moment. Boris was tall, athletic, and attractive. He was the only one out of the four that revealed his full face—for good reason, too. Anyone who spent that long sculpting the perfect face would want it shown. Ana was their leader. She was built small and had a submachinegun to match. Sasha was fat, brave, but dumb. Anyone who made their avatar fat was brave and/or a memelord. The memelord bit was always hand and hand with being dumb.

Resting behind a crumbling wooden pew, Junkdog had been waiting. His large frame concealed by the cover of night and dozens of ruined benches. Was it a church? At some point, yes. It was nothing more than ruins at this point. Besides the occasional shuffle, command, or shout from one of the four stooges, it was completely silent. Junkdog remained calm. What was the old saying? Divide and conquer? They certainty weren't dividing. That meant all he needed to do was conquer them. No big deal.

As their flashlights scanned the church, Junkdog had been watching. While the stooges relied on flashlights, he was already adjusted to the darkness. He had been trying to form a plan, but could only find vague things of use. The pews were heavily damaged by time. And there were a ton of them. While there was only eight pews in a column, there were ten in each row. The stooges had to be careful where they shot. After all, there were hundreds of hiding places in this church. They were, no doubt, running out of ammo. Even Junkdog, who relied mostly on his fists, only had one or two bullets left.

The stooges remained by the only entrance. The church's stained glass windows had since been barred off and broken. The only intact window was over the entrance, twenty meters away from him. Though, how would he reach the stooges? The shortest distance between two points was a straight line. Pews, however, blocked his path. If he tried to sneak towards them, he would no doubt be caught by a light. However, in his mind, a plan was formed. It was a vague plan. He'd just move on instinct.

Pew. Straight line. Glass. Conquer.

Let's jam.

Quietly, Junkdog removed a single casing from his hand. He waited for any opportunity. With a careful flick, he sent the casing flying away from him. It landed behind an unwatched pew. Without so much as an ounce of hesitation, Sasha fired the grenade launcher directly at it. Just as expected. Junkdog took advantage of the chaos. As soon as the stooges had trained their sights on the explosion, he rose from his hiding spot. With arms outstretched, he grabbed the sides of the pews and pulled. The pew easily broke free from the rusted screws holding it in place. In one smooth motion, he threw his makeshift weapon at Boris and began to run directly at Ana. The remaining pews acted as a barrier, but they were no match for his might. Each one broke and crumbed as Junkdog charged. Igor fired his rifle at Junkdog, but his shots all missed. Boris had to try to recover from a sudden bench shattering on him. Ana was panicked. After all, behemoth of a man was charging directly at her. She couldn't even think to fire her gun. Sasha was desperately fumbling to switch to his pistol.

Colliding with Ana, Junkdog had sent her flying into the wall beside the entrance. Sasha had finally brought out his pistol and drew it as fast as his wide arms would let him. It was too slow. As he tried to aim the gun at Junkdog, a mere arm's length away, it was stopped by Junkdog's left hand. A quick cross struck Sasha's jaw, forcing him to do an about face and drop his pistol. Boris, now re-centered, aimed to shoot Junkdog. Sasha was in the way, his large frame managing to hide every single bit of Junkdog. Boris hesitated. Igor didn't. Opening fire, Igor struck his comrade time and time again. The occasional shot pierced Sasha's armour and fat, glancing a blow against Junkdog. It was fine. He could manage a few weak shots like that. A tell-tale click resounded through the church, Igor far too angry to immediately react. Junkdog pushed the recently-deceased Sasha into Boris, his rifle fumbling as the weight of Sasha collided with his arms.

Junkdog ran down Igor. With a heavy uppercut, Igor's full-face helmet was sent flying. A quick few crosses, and Igor was down. Junkdog turned his attention to Boris, who fumbled to get his gun from underneath Sasha. With a quick dash, Junkdog grabbed Boris' head with both hands. Not wearing a helmet was a mistake. Using all of his might, Junkdog brought Boris' head to his own. The two clashed with a fierce amount of power, but when flesh against iron would collide, iron would always win. Boris was down for the count. With a quick spin, Junkdog threw Boris by the head towards Ana. Ana, who had been rattled significantly, was finally getting her bearings back. She had managed to ready her SMG and aim it at Junkdog, only to be rebuked by her comrade's body. Junkdog picked up Sasha's grenade launcher and threw it directly at the glass window above Ana and Boris. The glass, angled inwards, fell directly on top of the two.

Like a cockroach, Igor had risen. This time, he didn't have any sort of gun. He had a knife and was determined to gut Junkdog like a fish. The knife itself was horrific, even for mall-ninja standards. It was made from a carbon alloy designed specifically to rip and tear into flesh. It had several more edges than the bog standard two. Igor grunted, wheezed, and laughed. His breath was ragged and rough.

Junkdog assumed a stance. Southpaw. His left hand remained by his head, but his right arm was extended towards Igor. The two remained at a stand still for a brief moment. Then, Igor charged at Junkdog, who squeezed his fist.

Bang.

A solitary gunshot rang through the church and dropped Igor like it was nothing. All four of his assailants were defeated. From a pocket in his coat, Junkdog pulled out a carton. He took a single cigarette and placed it in his mouth. He didn't even light it. He didn't even carry a lighter on him. Smoking didn't do anything in the game.

But damn, he felt cool doing it.

Misc:

[Carlyle]

How many credits/crystals would you say the average schmuck would have? It seems (from the submitted character sheets), the average credits are around ten-twelve thousand or so, although the crystal amount varies wildly.

[HachiRoku]

Alright, if anyone's still considering it I thought of a fireteam organization. Like @Sola pointed out on the interest check, there could be a sniper/spotter dynamic; however, in a more flexible environment, there could be a close-range/mid-range/long-range setup. For instance, a 'scout' with a shotgun/SMG, 'leader'/'support' with an assault rifle/LMG, and a 'sniper' with either a composite bow or blowgun a long-range rifle. This could in theory allow for both effective overwatch cover and leapfrogging.

[Massasauga]

Real World Character

Name: Cheryl Becker

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance: Somewhat tall at 6' even, and a rather thin build due to high metabolism and lack of physical exercise, as well as being quite pale.


Short Bio:

For Cheryl, life was always about a fight. Sadly, she never was really good at fighting like how it usually would be in the streets, which led her to sequester herself in her room most days. A small gig doing gunsmithing on the black market with an old combat vet showing her how it's done helped pay her bills in the American mega city, but she always needed an escape. Books, movies, music, and eventually video games. Making friends with some of the bootleggers peddling video games like moonshine came to in her favor when she got a hold of Gun Burst Online, and she soon found herself extremely sick and tired of the North American server, as it was half the time dead and the other half saw the same roving band of players running around and wiping the floor with anyone they saw.

Cheryl was able to get her version and console spoofed and allowed her to connect and log in to the Japanese server while also giving her a translator for audio that would show up as subtitles on her HUD. This finally let Cheryl begin to hone her skills, and start leveling up her character. While still at the lower levels, there were some things you didn't need to level up to get skilled in. Cheryl learned how to tune her senses, wait for the right moments, and be aware of her surroundings. Eventually she broke down and bought the "Hell in the Jungle" pack that was chock full of old Vietnam style gear. She always had a soft spot for history and a respect for the classics, and she got as much in-game currency to do it as she could manage before paying the rest of it out of pocket.

With more room to practice and more people to fight, it wasn't long before Cheryl had begun to make a name for herself as a solo operator. It helped that she had a personal library chock full of old war stories and even some old US Army handbooks on things like Counter-Insurgency and Small Unit Tactics. Her usage of hand signals is well-known by those who have fought with her on occasion, along with her usage of quick text orders.

Gun Burst Online Character

Name: Leadslinger

Gender: Female

Appearance: 6' 2" and a more muscular build than her player's


Level: 44

Specs:
- Fast Aim 1
- Improved Reflexes 1
- Improved Strength 1

Signature Weapon/Combat Style: Colt M16A1 with detachable M7 bayonet to be utilized in close quarters. Adept at night fighting and jungle warfare.

Inventory:
- US Army style Vietnam era olive drab jungle fatigues with EDRL "Low-lands" camouflage pattern helmet cover
- US M1 Helmet with late-war liner
- M69 Flak Jacket
- M17A1 Gas Mask
- Vietnam era pistol belt and suspenders with ammo pouches, holster, and canteen
- Colt M16A1 with "67" written in blue marker on the receiver
- Colt M1911A1
- M7 Bayonet with scabbard
- 2 M76 Frag grenades
- 1 M34 White Phosphorous grenade
- Camo paint
- Music module
- 4,000 Credits
- 10 Crystals

Skills:

- Gunsmithing 1000
- First Aid 1000
- Assault Rifle Proficiency 1000
- Handgun Proficiency 500
- Bayonet and Knife Proficiency 200
- Stealth 150
- Salvaging 200

Sample post:

Sample Post

Branches whipped by at an alarming pace as Leadslinger beat feet in a dead sprint. Behind her was a a three-man team out for blood. Her blood. She had popped one of their friends who she suspected had been stalking her and now she was finding out that she really hated fighting alone, even if she was good at it. Well, she had to be good at it. No one could really communicate effectively with her to pick up on a team fight so she had to make due on her own. A lone wolf. Well, the wolf was on the run now. But the wolf had a few tricks up her sleeve...

After a few minutes, she stopped and hunkered down behind a tree. She worked on calming her heart rate and catching her breath as she looked all around her. It was night. Good. She could operate well in the night, and the forest she had run into served to really hide her shadow. She just had to focus. It wasn't long before she heard the crunch and snap of leaves and twigs. The team was closing in, and she saw the subtitles of their talking on her HUD.

"Spread out and find her! I want her dead for what she did to Tanaka!"

"Yes sir!"

What she "did" was self-defense, but these didn't sound like the kind of guys that could be reasoned with. She sighed as she drank from her canteen and then put it back in its pouch. She then took the M7 bayonet out from its scabbard on her belt and affixed onto the end of the lug on the A-frame of her M16A1. With the sounds of footfalls getting louder, she knew they were getting close. But they were at least somewhat smart. The middle man was letting his teammates on the flanks push ahead of him in a sort of V formation. That was going to make it difficult, even more so if these guys had NVGs. She didn't see it, but no one could be sure.

Leadslinger listened as she planned her engagement. She could...no, she would take these guys out in one fell swoop. She had to. One twenty round magazine would be fine on semi-auto, but she was going to have to fire bursts and that would run the thing dry damn quick. She took a deep breath as she heard the footsteps now directly on either side of her. Do or die time.

The woman who looked like she stepped right out of the late 60's stood up and sighted on where she heard one of the crunches of leaves to her right and sprayed a long burst. In the light of her muzzle flashes, she saw the man go down. Not enough time to confirm the kill; She swung to the left while keeping the stock tucked into her shoulder and sprayed another long burst behind her. She walked the bullets across the way and cut down the second man. Now that just left one last guy. She popped out from the tree and emptied the rest of the magazine in his general direction. Sadly, with her position, she couldn't gauge exactly where he was like the others. So the fire was meant to suppress more than kill.

But, in the same manner, she saw the night light up and watched the guy duck behind another tree. There was no time to reload or else she'd be caught up in a prolonged gun fight, and she didn't want to deal with that at night. Too much could go wrong. So she put her rifle down at her hip, grabbed the handguard and stock firmly, and rushed out from behind the tree. The last man stepped out from behind his position to sight her in but he was too late on the draw. She had already closed the gap, and he had presented himself as a target for her. The bayonet sunk into his gut as she rammed into him with enough force to knock him to the ground. He didn't have time to try to get back up before she took the rifle up and used the butt-end of the stock to bash his face. A quick stab into the heart and it was over.

The scene was a bit grizzly as Leadslinger went to each individual and made sure the were no longer a threat and then left them there. It was done, and she was heading to the nearest populated settlement to bed down for the night. Hopefully without anymore trouble, as she nonchalantly slapped a new magazine into her rifle and smacked the bolt release. She activated her music module and listened to a song as she walked with the map.

[Kuroyomihime]

@GarlandDaHero

Your character is ok now. However, you can remove the mention to premium membership from her bio since the game is on a freemium model. Also, please, trim down the excessive use of Hiders. If you are already placing the whole character sheet inside one, there's no need for so many more of them. You can post her on the Characters tab once you are done with these changes.

@Burger

Most of your character is ok. However, these three Specs: (Gunmetal Skin, Augment - .357 Striker, and Augment - Revolving Skull) aren't right. Like I said before, Specs are either combat skills or improvements to a character's normal capabilities, they aren't special abilities or meant to turn your character into something not-human.

You can keep the appearance you have, saying that it comes from cosmetic items and the like. But you can't keep the functionality.

How many credits/crystals would you say the average schmuck would have? It seems (from the submitted character sheets), the average credits are around ten-twelve thousand or so, although the crystal amount varies wildly.

@Sola

For a level 90 player having anything between one hundred thousand and one million credits at any time could be considered average. Just think of them as Japanese Yen, when imagining how the in-game economy works.

As far as crystals go, each one is worth roughly 100 Yen. The average free-to-play player can receive around 500 crystals per month from login bonuses, missions, and events.

I hope these give you a better estimative. In the end the maximum quantity will depends mostly on how much of a hoarder and how much of a whale each player character is.

@Massasauga

Your character is alright. You can move her to the Characters tab.

[Jurassic Weeb]

I was curious about equipment, but the opening posts cleared that up. I'll work on my CS more once I'm on a computer instead of my phone.

[Carlyle]

@Massasauga You missed the opportunity to have her name be Charlotte, therefore nicknamed Charlie. Although it seems you were going more for the US side of things.

[Massasauga]

@Sola I’ve gotten back into Rising Storm 2, can you tell?

[HachiRoku]

I assume the in-game characters don't need living spaces, as the user can log off?

[Kuroyomihime]

I assume the in-game characters don't need living spaces, as the user can log off?

@HachiRoku

Yes, they don't.

Housing is optional. Even though it has its own benefits, they don't matter as far as fighting goes.