[OOC] Deep Ground Online

[TheWendil]

I'll begin working on Black King in about an hour. Also, expect a first IC post either tomorrow or, if people still need time to make a CS, the next day.

[Jedly]

Went along with the Green King, since I was under the impression the slots are open if the RPer can write up and above the standard. It's a WIP, I'll write the rest after I get my history HW out of the way.

Michael

Appearance (Real Life):


Wears a green scarf around his neck throughout the year, to represent his kingdom.

Height:
176 cm

Weight:
119 lbs.

Hair Color:
White

Eye Color:
Green

Name:
Michael Yinyues

Age:
15

History:
Michael was born to an extremely typical middle class family, offering an easygoing life at his disposal. His mother was a housewife, meanwhile his father single-handedly supported the whole family, committing his days as an accountant. The man was definitely an expert at the job, and reeled in enough cash for them to live a life without money problems. Michael intended to follow in his father’s footsteps, and would be taught under the man’s wing in the art of business. Even at a young age, the boy showed signs of advancement in the field, as he seemed to naturally be a people’s person, easily getting along with his fellow classmates. Michael managed to keep them on beck and call, waiting for the next set of words to roll off his tongue. Though this verbal ability of his wasn’t used on purpose, it went on without his control.

At the age of 13, Michael received his first copy of GDP. As Michael wanted to force a challenge upon himself, he chose the Sniper speciality of the Gunner class. Obviously starting out as the first level, he slowly made his way through the stats by taking out players from a far, and gaining better firearms. The speciality required patience and the great perception, to ensure a hit on a target. Throughout the next two years, Michael managed to join the Fanged Rangers and moved up in the ranks. Along with his advancement in his in-game life, he also enrolled in a new academy once he entered high school, bringing about new experiences and relationships to be made. It wasn’t long until Michael was highly regarded amongst his guild mates, as he constantly attended school meetings and always gave his own personal insight, becoming a trust member of the faction. By the time he had reached the age of 15, the king of his faction had almost exceeded his time in GDP, nearing the 18 year mark. The only individual who could be trusted to take the reins of the Rangers was Michael, who openly had no quams with the decision. Up until now, he has managed to lead the green faction in a neutral path, allowing the other kingdoms to wage war amongst themselves. Though, evading conflict was inevitable, meaning that Michael would have to find those who would be his allies and enemies.

Personality:
In school, Michael is a calm individual who is able to easily make conversation with. He is that one individual who people look up to for assistance and guidance. Constantly finding himself in the matters and relations of others, people rarely ask why he never shows any of his own personal feelings. But when the question arises, he always manages to weasel his way out of giving a thoughtful answer and changes the subject. His position in-game effects how people see him on campus, as he helpfully converses with his followers.

Internally, Michael dislikes the excessive attention he receives from his classmates and guild members, though he feels obliged to carry the burden of the faction. In all honesty, he loves the role that was trusted to him, and vigorously guides his comrades into battle. In-game, he talks less and has a cooler head than his real-life counterpart, only speaking up to give out a command or for urgent information. He wishes to find a solution to his predicament, unfortunately, up until now, he has made no progress of becoming a less noticeable person, and is constantly surrounded by his comrades. Michael does not wish to be the “bar” people have their aspirations set to reach.

Appearance (Avatar):


Avatar Class: Gunner - Sniper Specialization

Avatar Title:
Silent Death - Green King

Avatar Level (Initial):
9

Avatar Guild:
Fanged Rangers

Perks:

Marksman: Gun accuracy increased by 30%

Combat Armor: Reduce melee damage by 20%

Eagle Eye: Ranged skill that homes in on an enemy's weak point. Guaranteed critical hit, but 1-second charge time & 10-second cooldown.

Elite Soldier: Increases all damage - except trap damage - by 10%

Banner of Courage: Increases your HP - as well as the HP of everybody in your party - by 10%

Fatal Fire: Ranged skill that instantly kills most NPC enemies; deals players and Dissolutions damage equal to 90% of their total HP. 3-second charge time; 60-minute cooldown.

Abilities

Precise Aim

- Increases accuracy by 20%

Ocular Distortion

- Enables the user’s armor and body to blend in and reflect the surrounding materials, physically making them invisible. The skill can only be used when the user is out of combat, and must be disengaged to attack, leaving the user open to attack for a short amount of time.

Far Sight

- As the name implies, the user has better vision at ranges, clearing away the effects of depth of field. Improves overall accuracy by 5%, and gives the user better perception.

Other:
Favorite Weapon
ASVK - As game-breaking as it may seem, known for its ”one-hit kill” on players of level six and below, the ASVK requires an elite marksman to wield such a powerful weapon. The Russian bullpup rifle is bolt-operated, fed by a 5-round box magazine, and is chambered with the lethal 12.7x108. Though, there are multiple cons to the firearm, per example; it has an extremely low magazine size and has an effective range of only 1,500 meters, forcing the user to only take shots where much leading is required, since it only has a muzzle velocity of 750 m/s. Also, the sniper requires a dampener or silencer to remain intact, as the round is propelled out of the barrel literally flaming, ready to pierce some light armor, or eviscerate a non-matériel target.

Theme Song:


Favorite Color:
You guessed it; Green

[UnendingEmpire]

Small update to the perks for Wizards. Zombehs pointed out to me that neither of the Level 5 perks for that class were applicable for Sorcerers, so I've gone ahead and swapped Extrasensory out for something new. Extrasensory would be hella weird to RP anyway.

[ERode]

Oh, Windel, what happens to a Guild if all the members leave?

[TheWendil]

Then it's disbanded. Note that it has never happened in the history of Deep Ground Online.

[Lucius Cypher]

Hey Windel, did me some editing. Added a bit of what Donny's been doing for the last five years since he's been in Deep Ground and removed the excess skills from Restu. I know you said that Deep Ground is a more skill based game than equipment one, but I do hope that stockpiling all that loot would serve some use for Arms Slave down the line. Also, what sort of a win/lose scale would be considered a "Good" future? Donny's at a 0/0 but plans to change those numbers as quickly as he can now that he's going to join up with the Black Guild and cause mayhem. And how quickly could someone reach level 9?

[TheWendil]

100-200 wins is about the average for a moderate future. 400-500 wins are pretty much guarantees. Of course, this is grossly exaggerated for story-wise reasons, so at most realistically, I'd say maybe ten legit fights for a good future.

IC, you guys may level up again after winning three battles. So if one were to do the math for all those IC posts...yeah.

[Lucius Cypher]

Assuming we're not collaborating battles and we fight each other? If we have at the minimum of five players, two characters each all level 1, that's ten avatars that can fight each other. Assuming that there's a winning streak, it'll take 27 duels to reach level 9. Now if each player takes about three posts each per fight, we're looking at 169 posts for each level 1 player to hit level nine, assuming that they're on a constant win streak. That's only including duels between the players, not any NPC avatars or missions. Also I did not include if the players were powerleveling on the same character or not, which may skew the results to a greater degree. May be greater or shorter depending on if we collaborate for each duel.

[Scarifar]

I believe that my character sheets are now done.

[TheWendil]

Lucius Cypher said
Assuming we're not collaborating battles and we fight each other? If we have at the minimum of five players, two characters each all level 1, that's ten avatars that can fight each other. Assuming that there's a winning streak, it'll take 27 duels to reach level 9. Now if each player takes about three posts each per fight, we're looking at 169 posts for each level 1 player to hit level nine, assuming that they're on a constant win streak. That's only including duels between the players, not any NPC avatars or missions. Also I did not include if the players were powerleveling on the same character or not, which may skew the results to a greater degree. May be greater or shorter depending on if we collaborate for each duel.

Oh by all means, use collaborative posts for interactions. It certainly makes things flow much easier.

Scarifar said
I believe that my are now done.

Daniel is fine. For Press, it seems a bit sketchy to have him be in control of the entire student populace. Remember that everyone is attending Purple Crown Academy, so I doubt he'd have control so easily.

[Scarifar]

Oh woops forgot about that little detail. I will go edit the history. The skills are ok, though, right?

EDIT: Done. Changed "entire school" to "small majority of students". Meaning, around like 15 or so. Man, I gotta work on my wording a little.

[TheWendil]

Yep, everything's all good! Adding to the list now.

[TheWendil]

A Brief Notification: Attention everyone. The CS for Black King has been completed; they can be found at the bottom of the first post of this OOC thread. As the story progresses, more and more information will be revealed about their identity outside of Deep Ground Online. For now though, enjoy your enigmatic Black King. That is all.

[UnendingEmpire]

Speaking of kings, I'll be posting an updated and finished (mostly; still haven't done Avatar Abilities) version of Ariel's CS over her current one (also on the first page) within the next five minutes. Somehow or another, she wound up becoming the Red King. Just in case anybody was doing a Red King as well....just so's ya know

[ERode]

Something to note for anyone who's in the Ivory Masks. There are three rules.
1. Every week, donate one win to the White King.
2. In battles, wear a mask. The White King will pay for the mask, so feel free to be fancy with it.
3. Choose one skill that isn't trash, but that you can live without using. Donate that skill to the White King. Those who are lower than LVL 5 will be carried by higher-level guild members to compensate for the nerfing.

All rules are subject to change, because the White Terror is pretty whimsical at times.

Reality

Height: 5'6
Weight: 56 kilograms
Hair Color: As Black as the Black King
Eye Color: Topaz
Name: Haruka Fujiyama
Age: 16
History: Haruka Fujiyama was orphaned at a young age, not because of anything particularly depressing such as a car accident or a serial killer, but simply because her parents didn't have enough money to raise a child. Instead, they were forced to pass her on to a foster home, in which she was soon adopted by a rich philanthropist. She never hated her biological parents for that though. In Haruka's mind, they were always good people, who knew what sometimes, good things could only come through sacrifice, either by sacrificing themselves, or sacrificing others. And because they were good people, they chose to give up their own happiness in order to give her a better life.

She could accept that. What she could not accept was the system that categorized people depending on their fighting capabilities in a video game. Despite never showing it outright, forever playing the role of a grateful foster daughter who strived to excel in academics and sports, Haruka loathes the concept behind the Deep Ground Program. Logically, it makes no sense that combat capability is equal to intelligence and people-managing skills in the real world. How does having a high win-loss ratio mean that you're a more capable person in the real world than, say, someone who works hard but is a pacifist?

She harbors such feelings, but Haruka still knows the reality of such things. Money is power, and the Deep Ground Program, which ensures a good life as long as you play the game well, has gotten rather rich. Television broadcasts of matches between high-ranking players in the game constantly show up during primetime, while the international nature of the game has pretty much erased the concepts of racism and prejudice from younger generations. Violent confrontations have, mainly, been settled online, and scientific experimentation had improved by leaps and bounds in the new realm of a virtual reality capable of turning hypothetical situations into reality.

The child knew, at an early age, that she needed power. More than that, she knew how to get such power. Haruka needed to reach the level of a King, to have hundreds of players be WILLING to lose matches against her. She needed to amass an obscene amount of wins, and maintain no less than a 90% win ratio. She needed fame, reputation, and everything else.

And when she joined Deep Ground, when she reached the level of three and attained her unique skill, everything began to fall into place for Haruka.

At the age of 14, she amassed dozens of followers.

At the age of 15, she became a high-ranking member of the Ivory Masks.

And at the age of 16, she overthrew the previous White King, taking the throne for herself.

Of course, you can't make a hundred thousand friends without making a few enemies along the way, but that's a different story.

Personality: Despite how fearsome her 'legend' in Deep Ground is, Haruka Fujiyama, at her very core, is a naive, idealistic young lady who manages to smile despite how cynical and realistic her goals are. She's a level-headed person, one that gives off a very genuine atmosphere, but she's also a liar and an actor. Her actions often seem to be on a whim, her decisions ones that she makes at a moment's notice, but there is almost always an underlying reason for it. She probably just hasn't thought out what reason that would be. To some outsiders, she may appear to be a tyrannical King who mercilessly lowers the win ratios of her own Guild Members in order to improve herself, but Haruka shrugs that off quite easily. Those who stay in the Ivory Masks have signed away their own futures for the sake of empowering hers, and as a King, she has the duty to repay them in kind after she steps back into the real world.

Anyways, she had already disclosed her identity to every single person in the Deep Ground, so if she ever goes back on her promises...well, security doesn't protect against an army. In this case, many had likened her as the opposite of the Black King. It helps that, for whatever stupid kiddie reason, the Black King hates her.

Fiction

“1v1 me, noobs.”
Avatar Class: Brawler, Berserker-Spec
Avatar Title: White Terror, the Hypercarry
Avatar Level: 9
Avatar Guild: The Ivory Masks
Avatar Ability: Interestingly enough, White Terror possesses only two abilities, and most often, only uses one: The Legacy System. This ability, unique to White Terror alone, allows the formation of month-long contracts between White Terror and another Avatar, allowing White Terror to temporarily remove one skill from that Avatar and add it to her own arsenal. At the end of the month, the skill is returned to the user, who can then choose to prolong the contract for another month, or not.

By gathering dozens of contractors from her own Guild, White Terror wields an amazing amount of abilities, granting her unheard-of versatility in battles. It should be noted though, that the damage from abilities that are not from the Brawler class are reduced by 30%, and the effectiveness of healing spells are halved.

However, like most Kings, she has a trump card in case she is unable to access the Legacy System. This trump card of her's is called Ougi: Unparalleled Destructive Soul, a thirty-second buff that gives her 1% more physical strength and speed for every Avatar she has a contract with, drawing on the amount of followers that she has as a Ruler. Capping at a 500% to speed and strength, it is both her joker and her undoing, as, after activation, her HP is reduced to 1%. So far, only the Orange King, with his annoying Null skill, has seen it in action.

Asshole still won though, because turrets OP.

Commonly Used Abilities
Quick Draw – Allows the user to summon a weapon from their inventory or bank account into their hands. Can not be used if they are already fully equipped.

Mandala Form – Slows the user's perception of time and enhances their senses by 30% for three minutes. Has a four minute cooldown.

Chains of Hate – Each hit by the user applies a stack of Provocation onto the target. Target's movement speed is decreased when moving away from the user.

Hissatsu: Hand of the Dark God – The user's weapon increases three times its original size, before being thrown. For the first second, it stays suspended in the air, allowing for those with sharp eyes to react. After that, it accelerates to twice the speed of a sniper bullet, bisecting the first Avatar it strikes. If it misses, there is a five hour cooldown. If it hits and kills, the cooldown resets.

Perks:
Pain Infliction
Titan's Grip
The Zaraki Method
Icarus Attack
Boomerang
Herculean

Other: Outside of having a stupid amount of abilities, White Terror also 'owns' a whole armoury of weapons, due in part by the fact that she has, at her coronation as White King, made every guild member donate their weapons to her. Then, she went and stored all those items in the guild's bank, allowing them to borrow the weapons from her at any time. Though it sounds like a pointless action, it's essential for drawing out the most effect out of one of her 'borrowed' skills.

Ironically enough, her favorite color happens to be black. Though she doesn't like black yukatas.

[Scarifar]

I can understand the mask part, but how do you "donate" wins and skills? Is that even possible?

[Lucius Cypher]

She can take skills due to her own unique ability, while she get's wins by having her own guild members fight and lose to her on purpose (though I imagine that she's skilled enough that they'd lose even if they went all out).

[Scarifar]

Hmm... I better switch from the Ivory Masks, then....

[Scarifar]

Better switch from the Ivory Masks then....

[UnendingEmpire]

hey look, a fellow Berserker king :D