[quote]The posts that follow chronicle the adventures of a [b]group of humans[/b] on an Earth nearly identical to our own[/quote]

I think this might be where you're defying everyone's expectations...

If we're sticking to "humans based mostly on IRL selfs with flavor provided by avatars," I'm in. If we're going all "pick a random badass picture on teh Internetz and play it," I'm not.