[OOC] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[Lugia]

I think you two are barking up the wrong tree. Kabling's more into fast-paced shooters such as TF2, and he considers Skyrim boring, so I don't think RPGs are for him... ironically, given the abbreviation of the website he's on right now.

[Kamen Evie]

I think you two are barking up the wrong tree. Kabling's more into fast-paced shooters such as TF2, and he considers Skyrim boring, so I don't think RPGs are for him... ironically, given the abbreviation of the website he's on right now.

@Lugia

Skyrim is kind of a boring game, though, RPG fan or not. Especially if you don't mod it. Plus, I know he plays Borderlands, and I'd easily count that as an RPG.

[Lugia]

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Skyrim is kind of a boring game, though, RPG fan or not. Especially if you don't mod it. Plus, I know he plays Borderlands, and I'd easily count that as an RPG.

@lavulman

I'd consider it too much of a shooter to really count, especially if we're thinking about comparing it to the likes of pokemon. Final Fantasy (anything before 11) would be a more apt comparison, but, I don't think he's played any of those.

[Pearion_Rehtyer]

@Lugia I would definitely place borderland as an RPG. My friend that hates shooters but loves RPGs loves Borderlands. It's just a mix of the two genres as it is also most definitely a shooter

[Lugia]

Yes, but it's not pokemon-like. Chrono Trigger is much closer to how pokemon plays than, say, Mass Effect, or Borderlands. Speaking of, I tried Mass Effect, didn't take too long for me to stop liking it.

[Pearion_Rehtyer]

Yes, but it's not pokemon-like. Chrono Trigger is much closer to how pokemon plays than, say, Mass Effect, or Borderlands. Speaking of, I tried Mass Effect, didn't take too long for me to stop liking it.

@Lugia

Back to work. But just wanted to put in that I didn't really like Mass Effect either. And Pokemon is actually most similar to SMT but I doubt many here have heard of that. It is a lot more like Chrono Trigger than Borderlands as well.

And not saying someone who likes shooters should play pokemon, just that Borderlands was an RPG

[KaBling]

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Skyrim is kind of a boring game, though, RPG fan or not. Especially if you don't mod it. Plus, I know he plays Borderlands, and I'd easily count that as an RPG.

@lavulman

...and how the fuck do you know that?

I find Borderlands boring as well. Too grindy 'cause leveling takes forever. I would really appreciate it if I could use my skills BEFORE fighting Handsome Jack.

Seriously though, I own and have played Pokemon Y. It's average to be honest.

Anyway, today I woke up early to sell some power banks, e.g. the stuff you use to charge your devices. We sold out, so that's gonna look good for my 9 credit internal.

[Anlu]

@KaBling I don't know what a 9 credit internal is but that sounds like a good thing. Good job!
And I suppose not EVERYONE can like the game... xP

[Kamen Evie]

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...and how the fuck do you know that?

@KaBling

Because Claptrap is plastered over half of your sigs.

[Lugia]

Wait, is it my turn to post, now?

[Anlu]

I dunno!
I wanna post again ;~;
But I wanna wait for Ridlins so that we can segway into our team's affairs.

[Lugia]

Kabling still needs to post. Well, him and Sumable, but Sumable's on a vacation, or something right now, and won't be back for a week or two, so I'm going to post for him until he gets back.

[Anlu]

Gosh the waiting is terrible now I remember why I loaded up on so many roleplays back in the old days

Speaking of, I've got another pokemon RP that I've been trying to set up if anybody's interested. :P
It's a more medieval/feudal era type society centered in what modern-day Germany.

[KaBling]

It's a more medieval/feudal era type society centered in what modern-day Germany.

@Anlu

wha

I don't even

[Anlu]

@KaBling
Hah, I know, it's a little different. I've been rolling the setting around for a few months, and a few of my characters are from that world, but only now am I bringing it to the forum - or, well, I'm trying to. I enjoy it because it's more complex. The premise is that Team Flare's weapon wasn't stopped, but did misfire - failing to wreak its intended havoc but nevertheless triggering an event referred to now only as the cataclysm. Most large population structures were destroyed and most modern infrastructure was flattened. Over the next few hundred years, humans civilization slowly rescinded as they failed to meet the challenges associated with the post-disaster world and pokèmon began to band together, modeling the human society that they had been inducted into and competing for the same resources.

Collapsed since this isn't exactly topical to the current RP

Over time it's believed that humans died out, and the emergent pokemon tribes and kingdoms wound up following a similar evolutionary path to that of human civilization.

Some differences:
-I've gotten rid of the idea of "moves" entirely. Pokèmon retain their archetypal natures, and their elemental connections - really they can do anything they could have done before and more, but it's structured a little differently. There is magic, mysticism that's grounded in the individual's spirit (hence why a typhlosion can still breathe fire, but with practice they might develop more like a traditional pyromancer than the Pokèmon that we're used to). I find that it helps to discourage people making posts like "I use tackle", and helps prompt them to think a little more about what they're doing~ it helps me anyway!

-This mysticism is actually suppressed, so a lot of pokemon never learn it. Many bipedal pokemon learn to fight with weapons like swords, or they master martial arts, even if they're not "fighting type". This magic is restricted to those who are wealthy or who prove themselves capable in, say, an apprenticeship or in the army. These 'awakened' individuals are, if you will, very valuable to society. And most governments greatly frown on the idea of the unwashed masses having access to that type of power - much the same way as many real-life kingdoms throughout history have regulated the ownership of and training with weapons.

-The upper classes tend to speak languages adapted from the human era. In Moere, the central location of this RP, that language is German. The majority of the kingdom exists along the western bank of the Rhine, through modern-day northern Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The RP is likely to start off in Schwarzenburg, a squat and unassuming fortress just south of modern-day Mannheim. I'd initially considered a revolutionary type plot, but I think I'm going to change it up and go with something different. Maybe we'll explore the hollow shell of Mannheim and find what's left after more than five hundred years of decay~.

[KaBling]

@KaBling
Hah, I know, it's a little different. I've been rolling the setting around for a few months, and a few of my characters are from that world, but only now am I bringing it to the forum - or, well, I'm trying to. I enjoy it because it's more complex. The premise is that Team Flare's weapon wasn't stopped, but did misfire - failing to wreak its intended havoc but nevertheless triggering an event referred to now only as the cataclysm. Most large population structures were destroyed and most modern infrastructure was flattened. Over the next few hundred years, humans civilization slowly rescinded as they failed to meet the challenges associated with the post-disaster world and pokèmon began to band together, modeling the human society that they had been inducted into and competing for the same resources.

Collapsed since this isn't exactly topical to the current RP

Over time it's believed that humans died out, and the emergent pokemon tribes and kingdoms wound up following a similar evolutionary path to that of human civilization.

Some differences:
-I've gotten rid of the idea of "moves" entirely. Pokèmon retain their archetypal natures, and their elemental connections - really they can do anything they could have done before and more, but it's structured a little differently. There is magic, mysticism that's grounded in the individual's spirit (hence why a typhlosion can still breathe fire, but with practice they might develop more like a traditional pyromancer than the Pokèmon that we're used to). I find that it helps to discourage people making posts like "I use tackle", and helps prompt them to think a little more about what they're doing~ it helps me anyway!

-This mysticism is actually suppressed, so a lot of pokemon never learn it. Many bipedal pokemon learn to fight with weapons like swords, or they master martial arts, even if they're not "fighting type". This magic is restricted to those who are wealthy or who prove themselves capable in, say, an apprenticeship or in the army. These 'awakened' individuals are, if you will, very valuable to society. And most governments greatly frown on the idea of the unwashed masses having access to that type of power - much the same way as many real-life kingdoms throughout history have regulated the ownership of and training with weapons.

-The upper classes tend to speak languages adapted from the human era. In Moere, the central location of this RP, that language is German. The majority of the kingdom exists along the western bank of the Rhine, through modern-day northern Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The RP is likely to start off in Schwarzenburg, a squat and unassuming fortress just south of modern-day Mannheim. I'd initially considered a revolutionary type plot, but I think I'm going to change it up and go with something different. Maybe we'll explore the hollow shell of Mannheim and find what's left after more than five hundred years of decay~.

@Anlu

I think you're going a bit far with trying to learn German, but otherwise it seems to be a rather fitting premise.

[Anlu]

Is there any such thing as going too far to learn?

That said, I wanted to set it in a region where I could draw (selectively) on real-life scenarios and culture, and Germany seemed a good idea because I'm studying the region, culture, and language. This not only gives me motivation to find out new things and educate myself while I build the world, but it also allows me to more easily and fully flesh out the setting, because I'm more familiar with what I'm doing. :3

[Lugia]

Uh, Kabling, mind posting some IC, today?

[KaBling]

I got several internals and even a bloody external for some reason.

I need to stop gaming...

[Anlu]

I don't know what that means D: