[OOC] Gundam Build Fighters: Xcellence

[Sugihito]

STILL OPEN FOR SIGNUP!

The story is set in the near future. Years after the huge "Gunpla"-plastic models based on the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam-boom of the 1980s, a second Gunpla boom is taking the world by storm, fueled by the revolutionary new ability to pilot your own Gunpla creations in "Gunpla Battles ". These incredibly-popular Battles culminate in a yearly global tournament. The Tenth Gundam Battle World Championship International Tournament is close and Gunpla-Builders around the world are gathering for the tenth time!

Now I finished explaining, let’s get this started! Gunpla Battle! READY GO!

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Rules:
1) Standard rules in this website applies.
2) Make your characters and Gunpla reasonable. Don't want a Dark History Turn A upgraded with GN Sword bits running around.
3) Be supportive to new Rpers.
4) Try to cause less ruckus on disputes.
5) Mobile Suits from all works are welcome!
6) Have fun as usual.

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TEMPLATE:

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Apperance (Picture and descriptions both work):
Nationality:
History:
Other:

(Up to three Gunpla allowed)
Gunpla:
Scale:
Developed From
Armaments:

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Approved players, characters, and Gunpla:
- Myviewing, Hedy McVey, The TC
- Sugihito, Kartal Korkusuz, Marmara Hyperion Gundam
- Stern Algorithm, Fang YingJue, Mythos Gundam
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[Myviewing]

Nice to see it's ready. So should we just wait for the first IC post from someone in particular?

[Stern Algorithm]

Should we repost our CS's here?

[Sugihito]

I'll wait to see if there are any more people before starting off.

Re-posting your CS will help.

Name: Kartal Korkusuz
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Apperance (Picture and descriptions both work): Kartal has long black hair with a pony tail, brown eyes and olive/light skin. He wear a grey jacket, under it a dark blue t-shirt and grey/blackish jeans.
Nationality: Turkey
History: Kartal represents Turkey in the Gundam Battle World Championship International Tournament. He began building Gunpla when his father brought back a HG Hyperion Gundam and HGUC Zeta Gundam from a business trip Japan when he was twelve. As time passed he developed his modelling skills to build custom parts for his models and dedicated to make his models represent the best of Turkey. His closest reach to the championship was when he was eliminated at 7th tournament.
Other: Known as the “Eagle of Istanbul”.

Gunpla 1: CAT1-X0/3Ma Marmara Hyperion Gundam

Scale: HG 1/144
Developed from: Hyperion Gundam, Strike Noir Gundam, 00 Gundam
Armaments: 2 x Multi-barrel CIWS, RFW-99 "Zastava Stigmate" Beam Sub-machine Gun , 2 x "Forfanterie" Beam Cannon, "Armure Lumiere" Mono-phase Lightwave Shield, “Kilij” Heavy Scimitar

Gunpla 2: MSZ-006Ma Mavi Zeta Gundam
Scale: HGUC 1/144
Developed from: Zeta Gundam
Armaments: 2 x MU-86G 60mm Vulcan Gun, 2 x 2-tube Grenade Launcher, 2 x A.E.BLASH XB-G-35/TRK Heavy Scimitar/Beam Gun

You guys can add additional characters now to add more fighters. I'll get a few later.

[Myviewing]

Name: Hedy McVey
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Apperance: Pink red hair in a single braid, red eyes, semi-rimless under-rim glasses, red vest over a white sleeved shirt, red and black checkered skirt
Nationality: American
History: Hedy was a young five year old from California before her fascination with Gundam came about. One day when he father was finishing a Defiance marathon on the SciFi Channel (Yes it got rebranded again), Hedy got a chance to see the beginning of a new syndicated run of Gundam 00 on the Ani-Monday segment. The flashing mobile suits and destruction were something that caught her interest from the get-go, but the primary spark of her love for the franchise came from her first crush ever. Tieria Erde. After finishing her first marathon ever Hedy dedicated herself to the franchise when she searched for everything Gundam related she could get her hands on. Games, anime, doujinshi, manga, you name it she has something on Gundam along with a number of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s earlier works. She also gained deviantart fame as Trappedbunny4 for her famous art commissions.
When Hedy turned 14 she found an interest with the Gunpla community after seeing the climatic 7th tournament on tv. To prepare for this day she saved her money to build her own Gunpla army set. Her initial effort was to create a Seravee Gunpla but found much distress found managing six gn beam sabers at the same time. Going for the next best thing she has a model based on The O and feels confident about her chances to face her opponents in the upcoming tenth championship.
Other:
- She gets distracted easily.
- One of the first things she does when meeting anyone is ask for their birthdate.
- Stranger in a Strange Land is her bible.
- Having learned of his appearance in the last one, her true goal for the tournament is to find some way to win over the heart of Tiera Erde when she participates. Win or lose enticing him will be her true victory.

Gunpla: The TC
Scale: 1/144
Developed From: PMX-003 The O (Main color scheme is purple but with hot pink on the shafts and edges), RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam “Zephyranthes” Full Burnern leg plating and extra vernier motors.
Armaments: 4 x Beam saber, optional BOWA XBR-M-82-05H beam rifle

Gunpla: TC Wheel
Scale: 1/144
Developed From: ZM-S21G Brucknerg (Main color scheme is red with black eyes and inner chest) Armaments: 2 x beam saber, stored on main body, hand-carried in use; 2 x beam shield; Einerad; 2 x hardpoint.

Gunpla: TC Banner
Scale: 1/144
Developed From: RX-139 Hambrabi (Main color scheme is indigo)
Armaments: 2 x beam saber ; 2 x beam cannon ; 2 x arm claw ; tail lance

[Sugihito]

Here's a rival for now.

Name: Yosuke Sanada
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Apperance (Picture and descriptions both work):
Nationality: Japan
History: Sanada is a military buff from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture that's also a Gunpla builder. His interest in Gundam came about when he encountered cosplayers in Zeon uniform who told him of the franchise. He modified a God Gundam to give it the feel of being actually used in warfare by the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force. He equipped it with anti-Mobile Suit Tomahawk Missiles to be used as his trump card along with the Gekkou Storming Finger. He has knowledge in warfare, giving him an advantage in Gunpla battles.

Gunpla: GBF10-017JP Tsukuyomi Gundam
Scale: HG 1/144
Developed from: GF13-017NJII God Gundam
Armaments: 2x Beam Sword, 2x Tsukuyomi Slasher, 2x Machine Cannon, 4x Tomahawk Missiles, Gekkou Storming Finger

[Stern Algorithm]

Name: Fang YingJue
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Apperance:

Nationality: China
History: YingJue's mother was an engineer who did work on unmanned drones, and being a single mother, would sometimes take YingJue to work. YingJue grew up around machines and robotics. Seeing this, her mother encouraged her developing engineering mind by getting her toys that would promote this, like Legos and Gunpla. It should come as no surprise that YingJue would become something of a robotics otaku, and she fell in love with the Gundam universe, especially with funnels, bits, DRAGOON's, etc, because they reminded her of her mother's work in aerial drones. YingJue focused on her studies and is now in the middle of graduate school doing research on radio frequency and communications arrays. She joined the Gunpla club on campus and has followed her team to tournaments, but thanks to her uncanny sense of spacial awareness and relentless firepower, she soon rose to the top, first in intramural competitions, then university competitions, then in nationwide competitions. She is now set to represent China at the Tenth Gundam Battle World Championship International Tournament.

Gunpla 1: ZGMF-444Y Mythos Gundam


Scale: HG 1/144
Developed from: Legend Gundam, Nix Providence Gundam
The Legend's backpack is set to the folded-back configuration to allow room for the Nix Providence shoulder packs.
Armaments:
4 x Large DRAGOON Pods - 1 stored on each shoulder pack, 2 stored on backpack. Each pod has 4 x beam spikes and 5 x GDU-X7 assault beam machine guns
12 x Small DRAGOON Pods - 6 stored on backpack, 2 stored on each shoulder pack, one stored on each side-hip armor. Each pod has 2 x GDU-X5 assault beam machine guns
1 x MA-BAR78F High-Energy Beam Rifle - Can be stored on backpack, usually held.
2 x MA-M80S "Defiant Kai" Beam Javelins - 1 stored in each shin holster. Can be combined to form dual-sided javelin
10 x MX2351 "Solidus Fulgor" Beam Shield Generator - 1 on the back of each hand, 4 on each shoulder pack.

[Myviewing]

I only planned on using this character for the opening post but I think I could get some mileage out of him.

Name: Brian Scott
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Appearance: Purple flattop hair, blue eyes, grey slick three-piece suit matched with a blue shirt and tie
Nationality: American
History: Ever since Brian was eight he has watched every Gunpla tournament with heavy enthusiasm while one day imagining himself as the champion. It seemed like this would be the case when he was given a tour of one of his father's stores when in that same year while asking desperately for every chance possible to beat the competition. This hobby he developed managed to be enough of a distraction that he didn't notice much tension between his parents in his later young years.
He was 12 when his parents divorced but Brian did everything possible to remain within contact of his father while they permitted exchanged custody. His time as a battler continued while he continued to give every effort he could to one day qualify for the high school field trip to participate in the tournament. To achieve this he has taken to a life to trading and selling parts while in his later high school years managed to forge some fake parts for unfortunate customers. Being the son of a businessman helped sweeten the deal but some had
His father is still situated in San Francisco running his own business while living with his mother before leaving on his own for college. Unfortunately it has turned out that he needs more than just the best possible parts to win a battle. Whatever he needs he will seek it in the upcoming tournament.
Other:
- Bit of a jerk during first meetings.
- Skilled at making phony parts and gunplas.
- Has the businessman know-how of intimidating those he sees as being lower than him.
- Sees victory as his reason for moving forward and will take it by any means necessary.

Gunpla: GAT-X111 Revenge Gundam
Scale: HG 1/144
Developed From: Zaku III Custom, GAT-X105 Strike Gundam (Has the main body of the Strike Gundam but equipped with the external propellant tanks and additional armor) (Main color scheme is yellow while cockpit area is red)
Armaments: 57mm High-energy Beam Rifle, Shield, 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm Multi-barrel Anti Air CIWS, 2 x "Armor Schneider" Combat Knife, Hide Bomb Dispenser

[Sugihito]

Myviewing, so this NPC will be used in the American qualifier for your first post? Also Tieria was mentioned earlier. He's a cameo as well?

Post can start tomorrow I guess. I'll write the first post to start things up.

[Myviewing]

That's the idea though not exactly the qualifiers. He will be headed there though.

Yeah I plan on giving Tieria a cameo at some point though I planned on leaving the opportunity to others in case someone else wanted to post with him.

Although it might help to know if we're just skipping ahead to the end of the qualifiers and past any backstory. Sorry if I caused any confusion.

[Sugihito]

Thanks. I'll begin writing the post.

[Sugihito]

It's back after a while!

[Myviewing]

Good to see, I was worried for a sec. I guess while I'm on the subject I'd just like to make sure if my previous post met with the roleplay's conditions. I did do a few cameos but I meant them as a "blink and you miss it" type deal, nothing major other than that.

[Sugihito]

Post's good enough so far. I've been polishing the coming posts in the meantime and went through episode 10 of the series to get the information right.

Stern, you able to post soon?

[Stern Algorithm]

Yeah, will post today, wasn't able to get to it before the crash.

[Stern Algorithm]

Posted. Sorry it's not much, though.

[Slamurai]

I'll sign up, as a Gundam fan!
I've only seen the first few episodes of the Build Fighters show; is it correct that the "power" of a gunpla is determined mainly by the level of craftsmanship the builder puts into it?

[Sugihito]

That's also true.

You're in the nick of time also! Make a character sheet and I'll approve it if it meets standards!

[Sugihito]

Once our characters part for the night I'll quickly bring in the first round of battles.

[Sugihito]

Oh, yeah a bit of a reminder the first round is a four-player knockout match, meaning there will be four contestants in one match.