Half Pint

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

@Half PintI think I'm going to rescind my offer on Co-GMing. I think a lot of my enjoyment in this RP comes from the unhindered building I've done as a player without having to worry about the responsibilities of caring for the player base as a whole, and I'm not sure being a GM will encourage the same off the cuff posting.

I am however going to continue with my Iron Man sheet in the meantime, and with players being encouraged to create events, Brainiac will keep advancing in the background along with anything I cook up with Iron Man. But the idea of being equally responsible for all players (especially mid game when I didn't have a hand in forming the roster) doesn't strike me as a good fit personally at this time.

That said, I do want to see this game continue and hope with or without a Co-GM we as a player base can do so. These games place a heavier onus on the players themselves to keep things moving, especially without an over arching plot. So, to everyone, if you have ideas you want to play out, share them. If you're struggling to run solo, say so and see if someone wants to bring you into their story.

Yes this is 'one RP' but it's actually a vessel for a bunch of interconnected micro RPs and it's great to have someone with a colourful banner in the corner of their post coordinating everything, but it's not necessary if we take some onus on ourselves as players too. We're all here to write, so let's write damnit.

@Lord Wraith

No problem at all! Thank you for the offer and I'm glad to keep you as a player, I've been really enjoying your story with Clark and would love to see a Braniac event down the line!

I just want to echo everything you said following this, very well put. I'm really happy with how things have been going and now that I have some room to breathe I plan on having a more active hand in making sure everyone is happy and not struggling with anything.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

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These ones are all grand.

@Sep

Great, I'll wait on Wraith confirming before I change anything!

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So are you wanting to do more episodic events like JL: Unlimited and Avengers EMH? Are you wanting an overarching theme/story that goes down the line (if you can talk about such things).

I'm always happy to help with story 😂

@Sep

Probably a mixture of the two. I'd love to build towards a grand RP-wide event to bring everyone together, but I think planning this for the right time in everyone's stories is important and I don't have a wealth of experience preparing for this sort of thing!

I don't have any solid plans for an overaching story, but it would be something great to work towards. In the meantime I'm content to let everyone breath and create the story in a natural way, but yes working towards something like a 'Civil War' or Darkseid event would be fantastic.

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Annoyingly my colour blindness is different than Wraiths and I'm still struggling 😅

@Sep

Sorry just seen this now!

@Lord Wraith

Is there a shade of red that works for both of you? How do any of the below look? I intend to use the final colour for Andrew's dialogue so I wouldn't want to make it hard for anyone to read!

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Also open to suggestions!

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I'm not looking to be Co-GM but give me a shout if you want an alien invasion I can help set you up 😉

@Sep

That would be fantastic! I'd also like to open the floor to anyone with ideas for events or grander story arcs in the world of the roleplay. As much as I am the GM I'm open to anyone running an event big or small if this is something they'd like to do and we can make work.

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@Half Pint @Cyrania @Taka @mattmanganon @King Kindred

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Ronnie was currently somewhere between the fist of one of the bigger, uglier fire trolls and a brick wall. The troll grunted as it sent hammer after hammer into his mid-section, pummelling him deeper and deeper into the mortar until it was entirely concave around his body. Satisfied with its work, the troll let out a breath of smoke through its nostrils and turned to wreak more havoc on the streets.

Ronnie groaned, trying to claw his way out as heavy bricks rained down onto him with every movement. For a moment he resigned himself to this clay tomb, staring up at the sky through floating dust.

"Get up, kid. We've got work to do."

"Yeah, yeah..." He rubbed his eyes and pushed himself back to his feet, grabbing a brick as he rose and tossing it up and catching it. "Hey, ugly!" He called to the fire troll, tossing the brick as hard as he could against the back of it's huge head. It turned over its shoulder to face him. "I didn't hear no bell."

He launched at the beast, a trail of nuclear energy burning behind him, calling on what energy he had left he burned white hot - streaks of plasma ash marking the ground behind him. He angled up at the last second, gripping onto its horns and dragging the lumbering mass through concrete, tearing up the ground before raising up into the sky above the city.

His emotions were running hot and so was he. This was more power coursing through him than he'd ever felt before. He was a hundred feet up and rising, holding the troll up by one horn and punching him in the face with his spare fist.
"You wanna show me up in my city, huh? Embarass me in front of my friends? I'm gonna send you home in a lunch box pal, you're going to be eating lava cake through a tube for a year after I'm done with you!"

He continued his assault, both verbal and physical. The horn he was holding onto with his nuclear burning hand was beginning to crack at its base. Finally against an onslaught of damage it snapped and the troll was in free fall, tumbling down towards the city below.

"Ronnie, that thing is going to land in the city! It could crush someone!"

Jesus, when he was right he was right. Maybe this wasn't the smartest plan.

With a grunt he angled downards and shot down like a falling star. He quickly beat the troll to the ground, singeing its fur as he passed by. He looked up as his feet touched down, the troll was falling, just a dot blocking out the sun that grew and grew until it was almost upon him. He braced himself, holding his hands palm up above his head to catch the thing which sent his ankles a few inches below the concrete. He tossed the monster to the ground ahead and pulled his feet up breathing heavily.

"God damn these things can take a beating. I've gotta regroup with the other guys I'm not sure I can take much more of this-"

The troll stirred awake, pushing itself up on one arm and staggering to its feet.

"Oh for Pete's sake come on!" Ronnie got into a fighting stance again, ready to burst out with the last of his reserves and jump on the beast.

Its eyes were glassy and it looked almost straight through Ronnie as it spoke. “KING ATLAN HAS RETURNED.”

Ronnie looked incredulous. These things could speak?! They had a feudal system?! The giant began to slowly trudge towards the water, disappearing under the crashing waves. Ronnie rubbed his eyes, this had been a hell of a day.

He flew back to the group surrounding the blonde boy. He was now battered and bruised, with blood trickling down from his nose and smearing his upper lip.

"Uh, I think we might've won guys?" He scanned his surroundings, full of fire and debris. "Although I'm not sure what the prize for winning is, looks like our work has just started.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

I think what maked @Bounce so good as a CO-GM was actually running an event for players so I'd hope any replacement CO-GMs would bring a similar collab energy, given so far this game has survived the sophomore slump these games usually have.

@Ezekiel

I definitely agree with this, the NYC event has been a blast to read and be a part of. I have a few ideas for events myself, but Bounce has really been amazing at steering that whole thing.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

@Half Pint, give me 24hrs to mull it over, but I am enjoying this RP and if you are seriously looking for a Co-GM, I might give it a go along with a secondary (who may or may not be Iron Man) to help shape out some other parts of the map.

Also the idea of Tony and Clark becoming a new World's finest is rather tempting.

@Lord Wraith

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It could be fun to see you as CO-GM.

But if it doesn't work out for you, I could step up as CO-GM.

Regardless, I hope you seriously consider having Tony Stark as your second character.

@Cyrania

I'd honestly appreciate any help offered and wouldn't be against a 3 man GM team!

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A shorter post than I'd wanted and not how I wanted things to go, but c'est la vie.

@Half Pint has been aware of this for a bit, but my circumstances have changed in the last two weeks and I'm struggling to find time for this hobby yet again. I've been trying to carry on in the hopes the situation would be resolved by now, but its looking like it'll continue on for a bit.

I've got a few things I've told Half that I'll tidy up, but I intend for tomorrow to be my last day as Co-GM. If there's anyone who would be willing to take my place, I'd appreciate it and I'm sure Half will as well.

@Bounce

I'd just like to publically thank Bounce for all their help in running this Roleplay. I really don't think this would have lasted as long as it has without their help, and I appreciate all of the help and lessons I've learned from Bounce in our time GM'ing together.

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Pretty much any dark shade that's overly saturated.

Could I offer #ca2727 instead?

@Lord Wraith

How does it look now? I went with your recommendation!

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Unfortunately, with that shade of red, for me at least, it may as well be the same colour as the Guild's background. If it wasn't for the ones with the black backing, I'd never have seen it.

@Lord Wraith

How does the below look? Is it mainly darker shades that aren’t suitable?

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