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Recent Statuses

4 mos ago
Everybody wants that fire IC but nobody wants to GM it.
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12 mos ago
If you're roleplaying with your only friends, you're roleplaying with your best friends.
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2 yrs ago
I think to sell someone on an interest check, it's really important to seem enthusiastic about your own idea. That means writing more than a single sentence to attract potential players.
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3 yrs ago
The virgin "My post was so bad it killed the RP!" VS the chad "My post was so good it concluded the RP."
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Bio


W I T H R I G H T E O U S H A N D S





Did you know that Dante's inferno is called a divine comedy because things work out for the protagonist? Back in the day, the only two genres were comedy and drama. The only difference was that in a comedy, the protagonist is better off at the end, and a drama is the opposite. So that's why a story about going through hell can still be considered a comedy, even if it's not funny.

Name:
Broken Promise, BP, Boss

Age:
Old enough to know better, too young to care. (that is to say 30's)

Preferred RPs:
I Prefer to make my own, but will occasionally join something if it looks interesting. I'll join just about anything so long as it isn’t overly edgy/sweet, though it's rare for me to do. I don't do 1x1s too often either.

Preferred Roles:
I tend to play adorable characters everyone wants to befriend or proper assholes everyone wants to stay away from. I try not to play moral paragons or prime evils.

RP Conquests:
I've completed quite a few RP's off site, but most of them are on private forums or have simply been lost to the ravages of server crashes. As for stuff here, I'm sure everyone who sees me post in the off topic sections has seen me find an excuse to talk about Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage. It's a project that took over 4 years to complete and I feel pride not only for myself but all the wonderful people who helped make it enjoyable during its run. Re: Zero: The High Council Is technically my first, but it was just something I kind of took over and ended up ending the story after just six months. It finished, but eh...

Last RP I finished was Symphony of Espers which turned out pretty good.

RP's in progress:
For some reason I can't seem to stay away from Ari's magical girl RP, even if I'm not sure why I'm still in it.

As for my own projects, I'm doing Symphony on High to continue the gigachad adventures of the espers in Pax Septimus.

RP Graveyard:
I've been pretty fortunate on this forum. I think I joined one when I first came on the site that didn't really do anything, and there are a few 1x1 things that didn't go anywhere. It's disappointing when an RP ends before it can be finished, but I've come to look at them as learning experiences.

And then there's that london magical girl RP, and that dark magical girl RP. I think I'm done joining magical girl RPs for a while.

Other interests:
Videos
I watch a lot of educational videos on youtube. Usually as research for something I’m writing or purely because a topic interests me. I like channels like Tier Zoo and Daryl Talks Games, and I’ll also watch things like Critical Drinker or Literature Devil to deepen my understanding of story telling. Though I also like memes and jokes, to which I’ll find myself watching stuff like Sseth, but usually find myself surfing through meme videos. I gotta work on that.

Games
I have a rather long history of playing virtually every platformer to come into existence during the indie boom, as well as quite a few other indie games. I’ve played Meatboy, Binding of Issac, Gunvolt, Cuphead, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Classic Metroid, Warcraft 3, Final Fantasy 7,8, and 14, Left 4 Dead, Shantae, Celeste, Danganronpa, God Eater, the list goes on. What I’ve played is kind of all over the place. I don’t play many games these days, I tend to pick things that look interesting and go on a decent steam sale.

Painting Minis
I do this in moderation. Otherwise, it's a pretty expensive hobby to start...

Music
I listen to everything, save most country/rap songs. I have too many favorites to name.

Personality:
Not one to take life or the internet too seriously. Is only serious about writing well and having a good time.

People to Insult:
Dalton is a Dingus.

Most Recent Posts

Adressing Worren the fire ninjer, afaik, the character sheet format is weapon/element/side element, meaning that the shuriken summoning and whatnot is a seperate category of special weapon abilities.


I'll address the full post when I get home, but Worren doesn't create the weapons. He summons them with hand signs and runes. Think Naruto ninja summon scrolls.


I still don't understand. I mean sure, he summoned the weapon. While it may not be earth magic, it still doesn't seem like fire magic. clearly utility powers are okay, but at which point have we gone too far with them?

I wanted to say, in reference to mentors and students fighting, Each Mentor will definitely take different approaches. We all have different styles and ways in which we do things. Honestly... no 2 people will probably be taught the same way. But, that is the way of the Arena. It is very diverse as far as perspectives go.


That works too. it's not just the new combatants, but their teacher's methods that are being tested!

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If you want. I can go over the sheet for you. This may be worth your while, as creating stories is a large part of what we do and there js a lot of fun to be had in creating your own, as well as being involved in the evolution of someone else's character.

Competition is our lifeblood. Really. But we have learned to make our fights exciting. Me and Guru, for instance, have a story built up over years of interacting anf it's mainly still all competition between us, to try and have the top family. And it's the same in some respects for us all.

Also, I am throwing my name in as.

A participant. #cheatmode.

Wait. Guru just informed me that I am not allowed. But I can mentor.


Oh you silly nilly, trying to pass as a contestant.

But yes, rollplaying is all about interaction. While I haven't done the arena fight thing yet, impacting each other's characters and ongoing stories come with the territory. There's just no competitive element.

Anyway, I'm kind of curious as to what you'd say about my character, and I'm sure it would be a good learning experience for everyone. So I'll just post her here. And yes, she's another glass cannon type. We don't really have enough of those. That last bit was sarcasm.

There is some placeholder information in there, but it's more or less ready for your scrutiny.



I'm speaking as someone who's very exited to see how this whole thing plays out, but not feeling like it would be worth my while participating in. I say this with a character sheet resting in my inbox that I made to what I perceived to be the specs for this tournament.

How about, if @Darth is agreeable we keep the current system of players creating their own characters. Because it is part of the learning process, and we take Darth's idea of pre-made skills, and apply it to them. He can help structure a wide array of abilities to be simple, yet bring something unique to the table so everyone isn't doing all the same things with different elements.


I think this is a great idea, or at least it would have been a great idea. But you've already got people submitting and possibly working on applications for this. I do think Darth's points would at the very least be worth looking at.

If this thing is still in the ideas/conceptual stage, I have a few observations.

As someone who's been rollplaying for a while and doesn't have more than one joke arena battle to their name, The following things are my primary concerns with arena in no particular order:

Arena players are jerks.

It's just two people beating each other up with no storytelling.

It's competitive.

While my previous experiences with arena players outside the arena section has been that they are argumentative, stubborn beasts, I can now see that not every arena player is deserving of that reputation. You guys can be pretty fun, level headed, and even agreeable. If this tourney does one thing for arena, it will be to clear away arena's reputation of being a toxic community.

The second one is just wrong. When you actually look at some of these battles, they are more than just slug fests. Sure, some of them are, but the really good ones actually are based around a story. The stories are as diverse as the arena players themselves.

The competitive element... Make no mistake about it, I have no problem playing competitive card games or the occasional team based FPS. But these affairs do not require me to interact as “intimately” with my opponent. I have no problem creating a story cooperatively with a bunch of strangers, but I'm not sure I could do the same thing competitively.

I'm not sure if this is what you already had planned, but I think what would help alleviate some of the anxiety is for everyone to have like a tutorial sparring match with their mentor. It would help write the story and give everyone a bit more insight of what's expected of them. I don't think people outside of arena are as uncreative/inexperienced as you think, they just don't know what's cheating and what's fair in your eyes. As an example, the fire ninja that is linked in the first post has dominance over fire, but they can create steel weapons. Isn't that more in the realm of earth/metal than fire/heat?
@addamas Oh, and make sure you look at my April fools RP if you haven't already.

There isn't a whole lot you could dip in caramel that I wouldn't eat, to be fair.
@addamas Oh Joyus day!

Well, I don't want to do any posting over the hiatus, but if you'd like we can work on a collab. I have a few ideas that i'd like to discuss with you in private, since you'll be the first person controlling a character that has come back from outside the game.

PM incoming...


Alright, we are now on hiatus. We will start posting again on the 20th.

While I have nothing to discuss at the moment, I'd very much appreciate it if everyone stopped by to post ooc on occasion. if just for some of the more distant members to let us know they're still alive.

Good luck on your tests, I hope you score well.
@Mr Allen J Well... They ARE really busy, just in every corner of the forum but yours!
looks like that's 3 yays and 0 nays for a hiatus. Unless I get some more input, I'll declare the RP on hiatus until the 20th.

@BrokenPromise As long as we keep an active ooc/discord/anything, I don't mind having a break at all


I plan on posting ideas and making suggestions, as well as taking potential character sheets over the course of the hiatus. I myself am in Melo's position where I don't need a break, but am willing to take a rest if it means more people can participate in the RP.


Originally it was my understanding that only Aewin was going to be busy in may. But the more I prod around, it's starting to look like everyone is busy with something.

How do you guys feel about taking a 2-4 week hiatus?

I'm not sure exactly how busy everyone is, but it seems like everyone is doing tests. If it was just one or two people I think we could get to the cool stuff just in time for everyone to get back. However, it seems silly to press forward if half of the players are buried in tests or other RL related havoc.
Thanks for the responses. I recently read the TB battle basics tutorial, so I do realize that breaking up the fights with story segments makes a fight easier to follow.

Essentially it comes down to what you want to play. The arena is highly competitive but we do value having a good time. As well as weaving an interesting story. So while you may want to give it to a more physical character, is that the story you want to tell? We also, well I, frown upon loading up one character with all types of advantages. Fast, strong, durable, er flaws allow for a better story to be told.

How do you overcome them? How does the witch get around being fragile to combat someone who can take a few hits?

My characters tend to lean towards the faster side, less defensive, decent power output.


It might be the story I want to tell, yes. But arena or not, this is a roleplay, and my partner's input matters to. Is it the story they want to tell? There is a competitive element to the fights in arena, which I assume is why people come here. It looks like there's a contest going on with a cash prize. That's definitely going to facilitate a "play to win" mentality. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

@Vordak@Guru@MelonHead

This talk about tier play, levels, and balance brings me to my next question: What are the tiers of play and how are they balanced? Or is it more done on a fight-by-fight basis where the combatants all need to be tweaked to complement each other?
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