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[B]THIS ROLEPLAY IS NOW [U]CLOSED[/U][/B]
[i]Closed Roleplay[/i]
[b]15/15[/b] spots taken!

[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/687546]Achievements[/url]

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Welcome to http://Reality! I've put quite a bit of effort into making this roleplay, so I'm really hoping it gets off the ground. Some themes you guys should know about to get a quick gauge of what this roleplay will be about: sci-fi, video game world, artificial intelligence, AI ethics, networking, virtual/augmented reality. This will be a mission-based roleplay, and will to a degree hoist itself atop combat-based roleplaying, but by no means does this mean that you will [i]only[/i] be fighting. Despite the entities you will play as, violence isn't the only way to form a narrative here, and I highly encourage players to interact in as many ways as possible.

If you wish to express interest, I ask of you to look internally and consider a single question: [i]"Do I plan to stick with this roleplay?"[/i] In no way am I forcing you to stay here, but I do dearly hope that most players who join intend and [b]will[/b] stay with it. If you give me dedication, I will return it in kind, [i]fervently[/i] might I add. I can only do things for you if you engage and keep active. As a GM, I tend to keep plotlines malleable; that is, able to be shifted according to what the players do. I highly dislike creating a set plot that I will lead players along adamantly. That being said, please consider joining! I'm currently looking for interest before putting this in the OOC (I also have a few things coming my way to further spruce up the OP). Enjoy and thank you!

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The world as [i]you[/i] know it is limited singularly to the city of Tokyo, Japan in the year 2067, no longer "considered" a hub of technological progress, but the definitive [i]king[/i] of gizmo and gadget research and production. Within Tokyo exists a network of cameras and hologram projectors so perfectly integrated into the framework of the city and architecture, that it is a virtually omniscient and omnipresent force.

It is the avatar of the well-known [B]AUG-WORLD[/B]. Today, augmented-reality systems allow for very little interaction between the real world and the worldwide web. In 2067, this has changed, and the cost of augmented-reality technology for the common consumer is such that an infant could possess their own unit. Everywhere one walks, they can see the internet projected upon the world as countless holograms. Menus pop up in front of your eyes when you gaze through a window into a nearby restaurant, sample music plays when you pick up a CD case, your friend appears as a full-sized hologram in your very room when you call them over the phone. All of this technology fits in the palm of your hand, and nearly everyone possess one.

With the technology came video games, of course, as entertainment companies jumped to provide consumers with fun games that utilize the augmented reality systems already coursing through every aspect of life. One such game centralized in Tokyo has gained popularity that attracts individuals from across the world, and garners more cash than American football:

[b]AGAR MYTHOS[/b]

While not like other traditional games that have a real-world players actively controlling in-game avatars, it is considered a sort of sport given how so many of its unique entities are regarded as famous and admired "athletes" of sorts. Agar Mythos is a free-to-play game that requires a small download, a small fee to create an account, and offers users countless hours of action-entertainment just as soccer, football, or baseball does for others. Users desire to see [i]champions[/i] compete with one another, against NPC creatures, and to interact with. With the power of augmented reality in Tokyo, these champions can be seen in the real world as holograms; the world of Agar Mythos is a mirror of Tokyo itself, albeit with many fantastical elements introduced. When two champions battle, any common citizen in the same area can see their battle in real-time if they possess a copy of Agar Mythos and have its viewing effects enabled.

Champions are designed by private programmers with enough skill, or are funded and advertised by corporations. Whenever a champion completes a mission or defeats a champion on the "Hit-Board", the creator of the champion is given real-world money. As AI, champions possess their own free will, able to do as they please within the virtual-reality world of Agar Mythos (to a degree), and can undertake "Free Board" missions as often as they like. Real-world users can pay a sum of money to employ a specific champion to complete "Special Missions" and if the Champion succeeds, the player is given small sums of money (a greater amount than they paid) as well as "Boost Credits" that they can use during the end-season Champion Royale.

At the end of each year (during the month of December), all missions are prohibited and instead Champions participate in a large tournament. Boost Credits may be spent upon any number of Champions by users which increases their abilities. If the Champion wins the tournament (or a branch of it), the user once more wins cash depending on the amount of Boost Points they used on the Champion. Gambling, essentially.

You, as the Roleplayer Guild player, will not be a human... you will not be a [i]user[/i]. There will be no "players stuck in a video game" setting here. You will play as the Champions -the [i]AI[/i]. Born in the world of Agar Mythos, and forever chained to it. With all your so-called free will, as Champions of the game you must adhere to the rules regardless of your desires for freedom or otherwise. How will you take it?

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Champions are the virtual-reality avatars of artificial intelligences created by any number of people, private or corporate. Your cores can be in anything from a pedestrian's mobile phone to a series of computers locked away in a secret corporate safe. Regardless of your origin, you are bound to the programming your creators set you with. As AI you possess the ability to be self-aware, display emotions, and to make decisions. There are a few things that every AI is required to do:

-All AI will always execute a Special Mission proscribed to them that has been paid for. They must be purposefully executed.
-All AI will follow the commands of their creators or controllers.
-All AI will participate in the End Season Royale. Matches will be purposefully executed.

Champions can be virtually anything the creator can come up with; a mage, a giant robot, a pigeon with a rocket launcher. No matter what they are, the Agar Mythos directive automatically balances powers and abilities such that a Champion just created will have the same combat skill as another recently-created Champion. Lifespan and missions completed boost the strength of Champions passively.

Here is the sheet for Champion creation:

[Appearance at top of sheet]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Title:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Origin Myth:[/b]
[b]Powers/Skills/Abilities[/b]
[b]Equipment[/b]
[b]Theme Song[/b]

Notes:
[*]I prefer you use images for appearance, rather than a description only. Feel free to add a description to an image if you desire.[/*]
[*]A Title should reflect the motif of your character and be something short, generally two to four words. Something along the lines of, "John Doe, Representative of the Anonymous."[/*]
[*]Age reflects the length of time the AI has been "alive", not its "biological age".[/*]
[*]Origin Myth is just that; a mythological account of your champion's history. It never happened, per-se, but reflects the motif of your character. Where they came from, what they had done to gain great power... etc.[/*]
[*]Equipment is naturally more powerful (albeit very slightly) than inherent skills/powers/abilities/etc but is capable of being stolen by other Champions.[/*]
[*]While Agar Mythos automatically balances powers and the like, it still doesn't preclude you from making a fair Champion.[/*]

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[b]Mission Type Key:[/b]
[i]Destroy[/i]: Your mission goal is the destruction of one or several entities, be they champions, NPC's, or mobs.
[i]Protect[/i]: Your mission is the securing of an area, object, or individual from harm.
[i]Wanted Dead or Alive[/i]: Your mission is the apprehension of a target, and if such is impossible, elimination instead.
[i]Research[/i]: Your mission is the accruing of information ranging from champion data, NPC or mob behavior/activities, or even protected information.
[i]Espionage[/i]: Your goal is the surveillance and reporting of any range of activities without being discovered.
[i][REDACTED][/i]: Mission information is unknown or corrupted.

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[b]Type:[/b] Protect
[b]Mission Statement:[/b] The secluded city of Helsann has been continually assailed by gruesome abominations every night for the past month. Rumor leads us to believe that a certain necromantic scientist who goes by the name "Stitchenstein" has been raising these creatures in a hidden residence outside the city gates. For now, the mission requires its participants simply to guard the town from further incursion. Any further information on their origin or Stitchenstein's whereabouts come with greater reward. Participants are to arrive in Helsann and speak with mayor Brunel for specifics. 
[b]Players:[/b] Ekho, Gaul, Theow, [s]Sariel[/s], Gemini

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[b]Type:[/b] Wanted Dead or Alive
[b]Mission Statement:[/b] Three individual corporations have -on separate occasions- requested well-known champions to aid them in their search for so-called rogue AI, "Sprite". All three Special Missions failed. The corporations have collaborated and resolved to place this thrice-failed mission in the apprehension of Sprite as a Free Board mission for any champion to undertake. Participants who have accepted the mission will be contacted remotely by a representative of the conglomerate with further information.
[b]Players:[/b] Marian, Ki, Mai, Kid

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[b]Type:[/b] Research
[b]Mission Statement:[/b] Real-world scientists have developed a program that is nigh-universal in its effects upon common world and universe-simulations. Details on its behavior and capabilities are unknown as of now, but a mission has been issued to monitor and record the program during its stay in Agar Mythos.
Hidden Note - There seems to be a locked and hidden message within the mission statement data. To anyone without the ability to decipher protected data, it is impossible to understand.
[b]Players:[/b] Averus, Ulysses, Beringer, Koemi

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[b]Type:[/b] [REDACTED]
[b]Mission Statement:[/b] Miss- ---- #2 is 010pott @1... mission data heavily corrupted. Only a meeting location could be picked up: [Aurora Transfer Tower]
[b]Players:[/b] Synthia, Vydia, Myriel & Tara

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[*]Submit to the lord.[/*]
[*]Failure to comply by posting time regulations (which will be lose and in accordance with necessity) will result in termination... Possibly.[/*]
[*]By joining you agree to allow your character to [i]lose[/i] in many ways.[/*]
[*]All of your decisions [i]will[/i] have appropriate consequences. Roleplay you character as they would act, but be smart, ultimately.[/*]
[*]If you're going to be gone for any significant length of time, please notify me. There's no shame in needing to attend to real-life stuff... you fucking loser.[/*]
[*]Place your CS's in the OOC first and await approval. Once it has been approved, place it in the [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/23395/posts/ooc?page=1#post-640718]Champion Archive[/url].[/*]
[*]Rules subject to SWIFT AND UNEXPECTED CHANGES.[/*]