Balthazar007

Dragon Ball: Universe Zero

@FalloutJack@Darkmoon Angel@BladeSS4

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and make my next post which will catch us up to events all the way to Eclipe's battle. Then it will be me versus @FalloutJack.

Also, in case anyone is wondering. When there is a battle going on, anyone can still post. Of course if you're not the one fighting, you're posts are probably going to be your character's reactions to the fight that is happening.

New Opportunity! Next Step?

@Mahz@Ruby@Hank@stark@LegendBegins@POOHEAD189@Byrd Man@NuttsnBolts@Frizan@Jorick

@Sundered Echo@Ezekiel@Jackdaw@Ellri@Sini@FallenReaper@Almalthia@Heat

Admins and Moderators,

I am writing to share an idea that is many years in the making.

I've been a part of this roleplaying community from year one, when I was in high school. (I'm 28 years old now.) I took a few years off at one point and had to make this account five years ago. I think my old screen name was YinYangMan. In any case, this community has influenced me so much, not only in my writing, but in life.

What I want to share with you is a business idea that was inspired by this site. I wrote the business plan nearly three years ago, when the idea first formed. Two years ago, I made it into a LLC under the name Infinity Fiction. Since then, I have been trying to bring the idea to life. I had a friend who claimed to be a top notch web designer, who failed to create the website as I imagined it. Not that it was his fault, but my final vision is a highly functional website/app, perhaps too much for any one developer. I could see where I wanted to go, but not exactly how I should get there.

At first, I was planning on getting the site up and running. Then I was going to approach you all, the staff of this site, to see if you would want to join and merge forces. I've come to the realization that this is impractical. I can't get the site made first, I don't have the resources. It would be better (and I wish I would have realized this sooner) if we worked together on this from the beginning.

To be clear, I am not asking you all to invest time and money into some outside thing, at least not any time soon. First, what I would like to do is start a new persistent world called "Infinity Fiction". Here I would test my ideas and show that they can work. One of the main ideas in this project will be that people are only allowed to write in this world during designated times when a moderator has agreed to be online. Of course, I would be the one doing this, and I would be doing this on a purely voluntary basis. I would be online to moderate, two hours a day, every day, at the same time each day. Later, if able, I could dedicate more time to moderating. Also, players could volunteer time to moderate as well. Eventually, I would want the world to have a moderator(s) online for a good portion of every day.

I won't go into more detail on the project at the moment. Instead I would like you all to get to know me a little better. I want you all to understand how serious I am about making this work and how confident I am that it WILL work.

I grew up in a middle class family from TN. Both my parents worked in a factory (and still work there to this day). I made good grades in high school and got through college on a combination of scholarships, student loans, restaurant work, and the occasional help from my parents. I got my bachelor's degree in business management. While in college, I studied abroad and was the president of the International Business Association for a few years.

After college, I stayed in the restaurant industry while I was deciding how best to use my talents. I knew I wanted to start a business, but I didn't know what kind. I also knew I loved to write, so I spent my off time writing a book and roleplaying on this site. Then it hit me, I should find a way that we (people who love to roleplay write) could make a living off of doing what we love. That's what led me to this project.

Today, I am a self-published author with a family of my own and great big idea to share. I am also practically unemployed as my restaurant has closed its dining room and bar, but they have decided not to close and keep their to-go's open. As a server/bartender and technically a part time employee, I'm screwed. They haven't laid me off, and I am technically still employed, even though I'm not getting any shifts to work. So I'm receiving no compensation as of yet and getting no hours to work. Luckily, I have enough saved to get by for the next month or two.

All this is to say, I would really appreciate the chance to show you all what I believe is possible. This is not something I've came up with over night. It is a huge undertaking, but I have the motivation to do things right. I also have the motivation to achieve big results FAST. And if you let me start a persistent world here, I know it can be done. Give me two weeks, and you will all be able to clearly see what I'm talking about.

This involves no risk or cost for anyone but myself (as I will be volunteering my time to get things done). And if it all works out as envisioned, we may all find ourselves on the ground floor of something VERY BIG.

Thanks for your time.

Please feel free to ask me more.

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@FalloutJack@BladeSS4 Nice posts people.

@Darkmoon Angel Looking forward to it!

Good times!

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@BladeSS4@Darkmoon Angel@FalloutJack

@BladeSS4 and I are done with our battle. If everyone can, I'd like everyone to get one IC post in, to show their reactions to our match and their own character's thoughts. After everyone posts once, I'll move us on to the next match, which will be Eclipes (i.e. @FalloutJack)

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World Martial Arts Tournament, Planet Earth

Saturday, July 16th, Age 2500
Bakuto vs Rhine

As Bakuto circled Rhine, the crowd grew more and more quiet in anticipation. Everyone could tell the same things, that this final attack would decide the fate of the battle. And they were right...

Results

* Rhine can't defend against Bakuto's fast paced assault and takes 49 damage, he has no more health left.

* Bakuto takes no damage from his opponent, because his opponent had no time to counter. Bakuto only takes 4 damage from the recoil of his own attack.

Bakuto's Attack Roll: roleplayerguild.com/rolls/18292
Rhine's Attack Roll: roleplayerguild.com/rolls/18291

The stadium roars for Bakuto, as Rhine falls to the ground unconscious!

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World Martial Arts Tournament, Planet Earth

Saturday, July 16th, 2500
Bakuto vs Rhine

As the match continued, the crowd began choosing sides and growing in volume. They chanted both combatants names and roared when their fighter landed a solid blow. Unfortunately for Rhine's fans, they had little to roar about. No matter what he did, Bakuto stayed one step ahead of him. And the longer they fought, the larger the difference between them grew.

Results

* Bakuto blocks and dodges all damage from Rhine and only takes 4 damage from the recoil of his own attack. Remaining Health: 103 Available Power: 106

* Rhine is overwhelmed by Bakuto's speed and power and takes a massive 30 damage from Bakuto's attack and the recoil of his own attack. Remaining Health: 33 Available Power: 50

Bakuto's Attack Roll: roleplayerguild.com/rolls/18206
Rhine's Attack Roll: roleplayerguild.com/rolls/18205

The fighting came to a stand still. The air was frozen. At least, that's how it felt for Rhine, when he found himself with just a few feet of distance between him and Bakuto. He had to change his tactics, this was going nowhere fast. It was time to return to his element. No more running around, trying to match this man's speed. Instead, he would wait for the opponent to come to him. He would wait all day if he had to, and he would attack when the time was right.

-Tai-Chi Counter Measures Serious
Remaining Health: 33
Available Power: 50
-- Attack 20 x2 = 40
- Speed 0
--- Defense 30

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Alright I think I fixed it, if I see correctly with the 'serious' moves one stat has to be lowered right? I think I put it together right.Lowering def to that is dividable by 10 while putting 2 times the serious stat which would be speed for Serious Speed

@BladeSS4

Actually, I didn't lower any stats before I did the SERIOUS multiplier, at least not because of the multiplier. My guy took seven damage, and half of seven is 3.5. I rounded up to 4 for your benefit. Thus his total available power level became 66

Your guy only took 3 damage from his own recoil, so half of that would be 1.5. In this case, we might as well round to 2, because odd numbers don't help anything. So your total power available should now be 108. Simply split up that 108 between your three stats (keeping in mind your character's spread), then multiply one of those stats by 2 for the SERIOUS boost.

So the bottom of your post should look something like this...

-Focus- Serious Speed
Remaining Health: 107
Available Power: 108
** Attack-40
*** Speed- 50 x2 = 100
* Defense- 18

I added the asterisks to remind us which stats are favored in your focus spread. Also, I added the Remaining Health and Available Power fields to keep track of damage and power. If you look at my last IC post, you'll see where I added those fields to my character as well.

You can tweak what I did in the example above. Just make sure that the stats all add up to 108 (pre-SERIOUS boost), and make sure they remain distributed correctly (i.e. defense isn't stronger than attack and such).

If I was you, I would either keep it how I've shown above OR move more points from attack into speed. It's all up to you.

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I would prefer you change your latest post and leave your character sheet how it is. Also, the SERIOUS boost isn't a one time thing. You would probably do best to start using it now. You can use it any time, on one of the three stats.

We'll still allow the damage done by your post before this last one, though. No need to go that far back.

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@BladeSS4

So, I just noticed this, but your character's focus spread is "Speed - Attack - Defense", which by the way, should be written "Speed > Attack > Defense".

I should have noticed this last time you posted, but you made your Defense stronger than your Attack, which shouldn't be possible. With your spread, as you set it, your defense should be your lowest stat.

Also, did you understand my last post about the new SERIOUS feature? You can temporarily multiply one of your stats by 2 each time you post.

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@BladeSS4@Darkmoon Angel@FalloutJack

Okay everyone,

I'm adding another battle feature. Our characters have been destroying their competition with relative ease up until this point, but now it is time to get serious. So, from here on out, you have the option to give a SERIOUS boost to one of your three stats. The base power of these stats still have to be in line with your normal spread; meaning that if you have a spread of "Defense > Attack > Speed" you still can't have speed be more than attack or defense still, but you can apply the SERIOUS boost to speed, to temporarily accomplish just that.

As an example of this, please refer to the bottom of this post: roleplayerguild.com/posts/5091103
Notice how he boosts his Attack to make it stronger than his defense, but the base stat for the attack is still less than his defense's base stat.

Also, you will notice that I decided to make his speed 16. This is because speed is divided by 4 before being added to damage dealt and damage blocked. You all can do this too. Just remember these three things:

* Attack is always divided by 10 to calculate recoil. So your attack stat should always be divisible by 10.
* The Speed stat is always divided by 4 before it effects damage. So your defense stat should always be divisible by 4.
* The Defense stat is always divided by 2. So your defense stat should always be divisible by 2.

Any time I have to round to the nearest whole number, I will round down.