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http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/88587-gamers-world-a-virtual-escape/ooc
Alright, ladies and Germs. Here’s the idea as it stands, let’s see whose interested.
I’ve been wanting to do a virtual reality RP for a while now, inspired originally by watching the Anime, Sword Art Online but the story itself is based on a book that I am in the process of writing.
Firewood is the first, or most impressive, Fully Immersive Virtual Reality (FIVR) MMORPG of its kind. A massive virtual world on a thousand different servers all connected to one gargantuan network. The Long and short of it is that five years after the games initial launch there are over 25 million players logging on to play Firewind on any given day. With the Fifth Anniversary Celebration approaching a cyber terrorist attack is launched. A virus that tears through the servers and leaves all those affected unable to log out of the game. Their physical bodies are left in a comatose state in the real world while their minds are stuck within the game itself.
Death in the game will result in death in real life.
Attempting to remove the hardware from the player will result in death in real life.
You are trapped inside the game and no one knows quite what is required to escape. It could be a quest, or finding an artifact, or defeating a specific boss monster. No one knows.
The day of the attack a Mass PM goes out to every player in the 6 servers that were affected by the virus before Yxel Entertainment Systems was able to disconnect the others from the network, explaining how players are taped, the consequences of suffering an in game death, etc. With only six servers in operation, each running at capacity there are over 150,000 players trapped within the world of Firewind.
Virtual Reality gamers are known as Fivers by most people as a play on the FIVR Acronym.
I’ve got some twist and turns planned for you guys, in particular leading to who did it and why.
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Now, to lay out a few ground rules. Players will have to play two characters. One will be a knew player, someone that just logged in for the first time and has never played Firewind before. This player won their console system, their copy of the game, and all the hardware required in some raffle or by answering a few questions for a representative of the company. The catch was they were to plug a data stick into the console that would run a subroutine, designed to gather player data such as learning curve, combat statistics, etc, so that Yxel Entertainment could create even better games.
This is a lie. The data stick actually contains the last few lines of code for the virus that causes everyone to get trapped in the first place. Your characters are directly responsible for trapping everyone else, even if it was by accident.
Second character will be someone who has been playing or a while. No one higher than level ten, but they’ll have been around for a bit. Since everyone is going to have two characters I will be limiting this to five, maybe six players, just to keep things from getting too confusing with too many characters running around.
With that said I think I’ll cut this off to keep from dumping too much on you at once. More can be discussed and explained as we go if we get enough interest.
http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/88587-gamers-world-a-virtual-escape/ooc
Alright, ladies and Germs. Here’s the idea as it stands, let’s see whose interested.
I’ve been wanting to do a virtual reality RP for a while now, inspired originally by watching the Anime, Sword Art Online but the story itself is based on a book that I am in the process of writing.
Firewood is the first, or most impressive, Fully Immersive Virtual Reality (FIVR) MMORPG of its kind. A massive virtual world on a thousand different servers all connected to one gargantuan network. The Long and short of it is that five years after the games initial launch there are over 25 million players logging on to play Firewind on any given day. With the Fifth Anniversary Celebration approaching a cyber terrorist attack is launched. A virus that tears through the servers and leaves all those affected unable to log out of the game. Their physical bodies are left in a comatose state in the real world while their minds are stuck within the game itself.
Death in the game will result in death in real life.
Attempting to remove the hardware from the player will result in death in real life.
You are trapped inside the game and no one knows quite what is required to escape. It could be a quest, or finding an artifact, or defeating a specific boss monster. No one knows.
The day of the attack a Mass PM goes out to every player in the 6 servers that were affected by the virus before Yxel Entertainment Systems was able to disconnect the others from the network, explaining how players are taped, the consequences of suffering an in game death, etc. With only six servers in operation, each running at capacity there are over 150,000 players trapped within the world of Firewind.
Virtual Reality gamers are known as Fivers by most people as a play on the FIVR Acronym.
I’ve got some twist and turns planned for you guys, in particular leading to who did it and why.
——
Now, to lay out a few ground rules. Players will have to play two characters. One will be a knew player, someone that just logged in for the first time and has never played Firewind before. This player won their console system, their copy of the game, and all the hardware required in some raffle or by answering a few questions for a representative of the company. The catch was they were to plug a data stick into the console that would run a subroutine, designed to gather player data such as learning curve, combat statistics, etc, so that Yxel Entertainment could create even better games.
This is a lie. The data stick actually contains the last few lines of code for the virus that causes everyone to get trapped in the first place. Your characters are directly responsible for trapping everyone else, even if it was by accident.
Second character will be someone who has been playing or a while. No one higher than level ten, but they’ll have been around for a bit. Since everyone is going to have two characters I will be limiting this to five, maybe six players, just to keep things from getting too confusing with too many characters running around.
With that said I think I’ll cut this off to keep from dumping too much on you at once. More can be discussed and explained as we go if we get enough interest.