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There very well might be. What kind of experience are you guys looking for? Are there things you've always wanted to try in an RP? Just throw stuff out there.
Most of that'll be contingent on the types of characters that we end up with. As far as other races go, tell me what you're thinking of and I'll consider it. I do want to keep this pretty "realistic", if you can really even use that term about science fiction.
So this is just a pretty basic idea at the moment, but I also want to get input from other people on how this will pan out, it being a sandbox RP and all. What I know so far is that I wanna have a setting that justifies having people run around in spaceships to different planets and systems and shit all the time. Maybe it's 300ish years in the future and there's some very reliable means of traveling between systems in a reasonable amount of time, maybe faster-than-light, and there are human colonies on several stars neighboring Sol. However, the significant communications delay that the distance between these systems introduces causes cultures to generally be centered around single planetary systems. Faster-than-light communication via quantum entanglement is generally very expensive and is only used by governmental and news agencies. Most of the colonies are essentially huge city-sized space stations or rings around a planet's equator, but there are some planetary colonies, though humanity has yet to discover an exoplanet anywhere near as comfortable as earth. These colonies are generally just collections of vast geodesic habitat domes, though structures like mining camps and the like can be found on the bare surface. Terraforming is not yet a viable science and so, in general, human habitats tend to be entirely artificial and in need of constant maintenance.
That's kind of just the basic type of thing I'm going for. Obviously there's a lot of flavor and background to be added here, but I want to have most of that in the hands of the players! As far as what I'm looking for in terms of players you should:
-Have a very strong grasp of writing prose(which does not mean a strong grasp of how to constantly (mis)use 10-letter words)
-Either be pretty well-versed in the types of science and philosophy hard SF tends to touch on, or be willing to use wikipedia every once in a while
-Not be afraid of throwing weird ideas out there in the name of experimentation(or, you know, fun)
-Be committed to developing your character in a realistic way
-Respect the autonomy of other people's characters
-Not have a problem posting at least once a week(hopefully way more)
-(mom voice)BRING A GREAT ATTITUDE
That's kind of just the basic type of thing I'm going for. Obviously there's a lot of flavor and background to be added here, but I want to have most of that in the hands of the players! As far as what I'm looking for in terms of players you should:
-Have a very strong grasp of writing prose(which does not mean a strong grasp of how to constantly (mis)use 10-letter words)
-Either be pretty well-versed in the types of science and philosophy hard SF tends to touch on, or be willing to use wikipedia every once in a while
-Not be afraid of throwing weird ideas out there in the name of experimentation(or, you know, fun)
-Be committed to developing your character in a realistic way
-Respect the autonomy of other people's characters
-Not have a problem posting at least once a week(hopefully way more)
-(mom voice)BRING A GREAT ATTITUDE
I've been looking for something like this for awhile. And it's risus, too! I've been meaning to try that. I could use some feedback on the cliches, as I'm not sure whether they're supposed to be more of a reflection of the character's personality or their setting-applicable skills.
Name: Ilya
Appearance:
Cliches:
MGS-ripoff cyborg ninja(3), accomplished underwater basketweaver(3), foodie(1), tabla player(1), political theorist(2)
How You Got Here:
Before he was conscripted into UN military service, Ilya was part of an artists' collective in a co-op high-rise-turned-arcology in Vladivostok where he made a modest living selling artisanal wicker baskets and vegan mueslix. Needless to say, receiving a draft letter was a bit of a surprise for him. His service was mostly uneventful, save for the shocking experience of basic training. His most exciting engagement, stationed in Burkina Faso, involved a harmless pack of primary school kids and a stray bottle rocket. When his tour of duty finally came to an anticlimactic end, Ilya found himself wishing for some way to justify the time wasted learning procedures and techniques he'd never used. His desires led him to seek out work with Steelhead, where he found he could exercise his talents, make alright money, and still have time left on the weekends to sell baskets at the local flea market.
Name: Ilya
Appearance:
Cliches:
MGS-ripoff cyborg ninja(3), accomplished underwater basketweaver(3), foodie(1), tabla player(1), political theorist(2)
How You Got Here:
Before he was conscripted into UN military service, Ilya was part of an artists' collective in a co-op high-rise-turned-arcology in Vladivostok where he made a modest living selling artisanal wicker baskets and vegan mueslix. Needless to say, receiving a draft letter was a bit of a surprise for him. His service was mostly uneventful, save for the shocking experience of basic training. His most exciting engagement, stationed in Burkina Faso, involved a harmless pack of primary school kids and a stray bottle rocket. When his tour of duty finally came to an anticlimactic end, Ilya found himself wishing for some way to justify the time wasted learning procedures and techniques he'd never used. His desires led him to seek out work with Steelhead, where he found he could exercise his talents, make alright money, and still have time left on the weekends to sell baskets at the local flea market.
First off, I'd like to apologize to everyone who I basically ditched the first time I wanted to run this(if they're reading this). I dropped the ball. Vague busy-ness isn't really an excuse for what I did. Sorry. Anyway. Here's the original OOC post copy-pasted.
The city.
It's not exactly known when the cities along the northern coast of the Gulf of Thailand merged into the single continuous sprawl of wet concrete and searing neon they are today, but the event itself is undeniable. From Bangkok to Phnom Pehn, city. Stands of spindly skyscrapers with the lumpy gray of the slums groveling at their feet. Waterways perpetually clogged with unmanned supply barges. Crime is rampant and largely ignored where it isn't brutally punished. Capitalism is the order of the day, much of the voracious expansion of the city fueled by the ambition of immense conglomerates worth trillions of baht. And of course, with capitalism comes the massive class divide: executives and investors and entrepreneurs holed up in their shining arcologies while the working people below scrabble to eat, indentured and usually practically enslaved to the companies that employ them, usually drawn from somewhere else with the promise of good work, a better life. They're trapped here, in the biggest city on the planet, in what should be a shining beacon of opportunity. It doesn't have to be just so. But, humans are humans, of course, and so it is.
Who are you? Are you a disgruntled laborer, finally fed up with the torturous state of affairs in your place of work and ready to strike? Are you a criminal? A killer-for-hire? A simple, petty, timeless thief, be it of memes or gold or drugs? Or are you something else entirely?
K there's the pretentious exposition pitch thing taken care of. Uhh yeah everything determined in the original interest check still applies as far as setting goes. Augmentations exist, the government is basically a figurehead and is controlled by megacorps because duh it's cyberpunk, there's a """""cyberspace"""""-type thing that's used for recreation and also houses runaway AIs that deal in information services. Space travel is expensive but can be done dangerously and slightly cheaper via unlicensed services. The culture is cosmopolitan as hell and just about everyone's mixed-race and from somewhere else.
I won't ask you to make a character sheet. I want you to make a pretty descriptive write-up, though. Nothing ridiculously complex; just give your character some dimensions. Background, motivations, personality, in addition to standard superficial stuff like appearance. Note that it'll also serve as an impromptu test of your writing ability.
I suppose we can work out some type of plot hook once we have everyone's character, something that'll neatly include everyone.
Oh and I'm not making a formal minimum on post length. Sometimes there just isn't much to type without resorting to filler, and I don't want to create an environment where that feels like a necessity. Just try, please.
The city.
It's not exactly known when the cities along the northern coast of the Gulf of Thailand merged into the single continuous sprawl of wet concrete and searing neon they are today, but the event itself is undeniable. From Bangkok to Phnom Pehn, city. Stands of spindly skyscrapers with the lumpy gray of the slums groveling at their feet. Waterways perpetually clogged with unmanned supply barges. Crime is rampant and largely ignored where it isn't brutally punished. Capitalism is the order of the day, much of the voracious expansion of the city fueled by the ambition of immense conglomerates worth trillions of baht. And of course, with capitalism comes the massive class divide: executives and investors and entrepreneurs holed up in their shining arcologies while the working people below scrabble to eat, indentured and usually practically enslaved to the companies that employ them, usually drawn from somewhere else with the promise of good work, a better life. They're trapped here, in the biggest city on the planet, in what should be a shining beacon of opportunity. It doesn't have to be just so. But, humans are humans, of course, and so it is.
Who are you? Are you a disgruntled laborer, finally fed up with the torturous state of affairs in your place of work and ready to strike? Are you a criminal? A killer-for-hire? A simple, petty, timeless thief, be it of memes or gold or drugs? Or are you something else entirely?
K there's the pretentious exposition pitch thing taken care of. Uhh yeah everything determined in the original interest check still applies as far as setting goes. Augmentations exist, the government is basically a figurehead and is controlled by megacorps because duh it's cyberpunk, there's a """""cyberspace"""""-type thing that's used for recreation and also houses runaway AIs that deal in information services. Space travel is expensive but can be done dangerously and slightly cheaper via unlicensed services. The culture is cosmopolitan as hell and just about everyone's mixed-race and from somewhere else.
I won't ask you to make a character sheet. I want you to make a pretty descriptive write-up, though. Nothing ridiculously complex; just give your character some dimensions. Background, motivations, personality, in addition to standard superficial stuff like appearance. Note that it'll also serve as an impromptu test of your writing ability.
I suppose we can work out some type of plot hook once we have everyone's character, something that'll neatly include everyone.
Oh and I'm not making a formal minimum on post length. Sometimes there just isn't much to type without resorting to filler, and I don't want to create an environment where that feels like a necessity. Just try, please.
Chicken to be fucked shortly. Thanks for your patience, everyone. I'm sorry about the wait.
Accepted! And yeah: https://www.piratepad.ca/p/thesprawl
Multiple characters are fine. I'm going to see about finally getting my sheet up tonight, after I bang this programming project out. Sorry for the wait, everyone.
Multiple characters are fine. I'm going to see about finally getting my sheet up tonight, after I bang this programming project out. Sorry for the wait, everyone.
No rush; I'm actually traveling this weekend so I may be even slower in getting mine up. Take your time.
FoxFired said
Is this still open???
It is.
babbysama said
Okay, so I don't have a full CS yet, but I did make a write-up to accompany my CS as a way to gauge my understanding of the setting. It's really short, and I don't usually write in this kind of style, but I thought it was a good accompaniment with the setting. Just a way to introduce the character. Also, don't take all this at face value. Heng Dith, though he styles himself the "King of the Mekong", is somewhat marginal. He's got a Napoleon complex, in essence. Anyway, tell me what you guys think! Hope it's okay.
All I'm going to say is that I can't wait to hear more, and furthermore, for this thing to get off the ground.
Yeah, we can just keep sheets in here. And that's certainly not overpowered. Accepted! Additionally, once more people start posting ideas for characters or the sheets themselves, you can have some of them be prior relationships, if you can both work out a story for the connection.
Uhhhhh gonna be real here man you've given this much more thought than I have hahaha. For convenience's sake for now I'd suppose that the general lingua franca is English, since most of the multinational corps that came and essentially colonized the area are from the Western world, but of course the native languages of each area are going to be present. Hm. I'm not sure, but in general I'd think that translation technology wouldn't make this too much of an issue on the "metagame" side of things. Lore-wise I'd love to hear what you think would make sense. Maybe English/whatever we decide this trade language will be is just more prevalent in the corporate centers and as you radiate out it becomes much more varied.
babbysama said
Also, I'm wondering, is there an official language for the city, or do different portions speak different languages? For instance, would people other than the natives still speak Khmer in the area near Phnom Penh, Thai in the Thai portion, Vietnamese along the Vietnamese coast? I know that there are a lot of immigrants and most people are of mixed race, so is there a lingua franca used by everyone to bridge the gap?
Uhhhhh gonna be real here man you've given this much more thought than I have hahaha. For convenience's sake for now I'd suppose that the general lingua franca is English, since most of the multinational corps that came and essentially colonized the area are from the Western world, but of course the native languages of each area are going to be present. Hm. I'm not sure, but in general I'd think that translation technology wouldn't make this too much of an issue on the "metagame" side of things. Lore-wise I'd love to hear what you think would make sense. Maybe English/whatever we decide this trade language will be is just more prevalent in the corporate centers and as you radiate out it becomes much more varied.
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