Ooc: Cage Fight, 40BP Characters! Options

[Miststlkr]

:( i hope maybe someone logged those last few so we can get reposts? I didn't..

or are we going to take this opportunity to let it die in peace since posting has slowed remarkably of late? I personally think it was a great game, but can certainly understand that interest dies and priorities change so I'd be reluctantly willing to let it die a noble death.

[krishcane]

I'm still enjoying the game, even though it's slow. Slow shall it ever be, I imagine, just because of the medium.

But, let's take the opportunity to take a roll-call. I know everybody likes the game, but please vote as to whether you'd like to keep playing it.

So far votes are:

krishcane: Aye
Miststlker: Aye

--K

Edit: FYI, the old threads are IC:CageFight and OOC:CageFight.

[Glyph]

Glyph: Aye

[illogik]

:eek: it slowed down? I thought that was only because our GM had a life (should be a sin)

I'm all for continuing.. I think I'm getting a hang of my character (finally)... and she is showing at least some personality... (and is finally able to contribute)... jeesh :P

[krishcane]

Well, that's enough "aye" votes for it to continue. We're only missing the Scrier. He can chime in whenever he's ready.

I'll start the IC thread later today.

Regarding the GM having a life, here are my photos from Mt. St. Helens. Now you can visualize the place. :)

--K

Edit: The new IC:CageFight thread is active now! The action is to Rat and Blackout.

[Dashifen]

[krishcane]

And who is stuck as a witch in Bethlehem. Hoo boy, I don't envy you, my friend. My wife's family is from Allentown, and we spend a bit of time up there now and again. Not exactly pagan-rich country. I'm happy to provide a little entertainment for you. :)

--K

[snowRaven]

add another aye vote from an avid fan :grinbig:

Also, krishcane - read your mountaintrek and looked at all the pictures; awesome - wish I had been there, I love mountains! Oh, and a good thing you didn't go tumbling down that rockslide - we would have missed you (and this adventure, of course!)

Anyway, I'll let you get back to the story now :upsidedown:

[Dark Scrier]

Err... Aye.

[Miststlkr]

i hope you don't mind that i threw that one in there.. i know it's still combat time and all, if you have to, break it up into 3-word parts and make those my free actions for the next year :P

[krishcane]

I don't mind. In gaming, reality makes exceptions for flavor. Would that real life worked that way.

--K

[illogik]

oro? I thought that it was...

human life is just an exception to reality added for flavor

[Digital Heroin]

I'd like to take this opporotunity to appologize for completely dropping off the face of the forums in mid-play a while back (Jimmy this be)... I just completed my Basic training with the Canadian Forces, which was the source of the drop off... and my net access wasn't too stellar there ($4 an hour, if I had access at all)... I seem to have missed a damn cool game, and crapped out on my own players for one I was starting... so for that I'm sorry... most definitly...

[Dark Scrier]

Can we work Jimmy back in later? I liked him.

[Miststlkr]

yeah, he was pretty cool.


K - LOVE the shamanic mask :D if spell defence is something you think he can do without training, he's giving 1/2 to them and 1/2 to himself. i can't remember if it's something that has to be taught or not. If he can control it it would be more to them then himself.

[krishcane]

Mistslkr -- glad you liked the mask! I love writing about that kind of flavor. :) I used to be a self-taught shaman myself, so I enjoy imagining these guys. Of course, SR lets the magic be a lot more showy and dramatic than it usually was in real life.

Also, good smarts on the illusion thing. You saw right through that. Other players might have too, but you were the only one who could do something about it. Lou is turning into a real team player.

DigitalH -- we understand that real life interferes. You are forgiven. Hope Basic Training went well! It seems that we would enjoy having Jimmy back in the game if you're interested. I don't have any way to work him in right now, seeing as how the team is underground in a volcano in the NAN, but when they get to civilization, he could get back in touch with them. If you don't have time for that, that's okay too.

In reality, Jimmy wouldn't have had a whole lot to do on this run anyway, although his genius intelligence might have helped in many ways. The next run will be considerably more urban.

--K

[krishcane]

Isn't this just fascinating, watching these PCs make their way through all this stuff? :)

I like the social strain between Blackout and Lou. Hopefully it doesn't escalate much... the team needs teamwork to get through this one. They're doing well so far, but they're not out of the woods yet. Much to Kayla's concern.

--K

[Dark Scrier]

Blackout will get over it, I'm sure. He's probably just sulking.

[Miststlkr]

:P

can't take someone else being right, huh? :P



i never meant for Lou to be a non-team player, but it's kinda hard at the times when he's completely useless... or at least thinks he is.. for example: he may very well have been the best person to fight that statue, but odds of him actually having the moxi to go up and hit it are slim to none. he can't win a fight against a person, let alone a stone statue ;) so i just played up his indecision and made him useful when he had something to do :P

sorry if i seem to be out to "save my [character's] own skin" :(

[krishcane]

You're doing fine. There's no worries.

It looks like all the characters are in their respective locations, staring slack-jawed at some thing or another. :) When somebody wants to do something, I'm sure you'll let me know. It's no problem if they want to stand there for a while though -- it's in character to be confused. :)

-K

[Dark Scrier]

Ok, what happened to the game?

Is everyone else just sick of it?

[Miststlkr]

nope, just kinda waiting... kinda at a loss as to WTF to do to get across a room "packed" with angry spirits.. and, as K saidm i immagine Lou would be as well.

/me shrugs

[krishcane]

Hi guys,

I've been waiting to see if the team decides to "take a break" and let people wear off some stun damage, or if Blackout plans to enter the spirit-soaked room against Lou's warning. I thought about taking the helm of the story and just deciding, but then I thought it would be better for Blackout (as team leader) to make his decision and live (or not) with the consequences. :)

Also, I was out of town for the last few days with my friend His Holiness the Dalai Lama. :)

--K

[Dark Scrier]

Ok, fair enough.

If you want to write it up, I'll use Blackout's little impulsive trick, and have him go inside. I'm kinda snowed under with school work, otherwise I'd write something good.

Also, does anyone else sense an irony in the fact that they cancelled Sunday Meditation for a few weeks to make preparations for the Dalai Lama?

[krishcane]

It's not really an irony, I think, but it does represent a built-in constant danger that religion has to guard against. The point of religion is to make people better at living life, but it can easily become self-absorbed with the mechanics of delivering the message. When that happens, people stop getting good at living life and start just getting good at delivering the message -- but the message is now hollow and pointless.

That said, I think they did a good job in this case of keeping the center functioning until the last possible moment. His Holiness' visit has an amazing number of complexities due to his status as a visiting "head of state" according to the US State Department. That imposed a lot of procedure, and the presence of the US Diplomatic Protection Corp (part of the State Department, I think).

On top of that, there's just the concert-type logisitics of 5000 visitors at a place that usually has a couple of dozen.

Back to the run.... I'll post Blackout's impulsive action for ya. :) I'm also leaving town this Friday for a couple more days, for some ninja training up in Ohio. We'll see what we can get in for the run today and tomorrow.... Once I'm back from that on Monday, I should be consistently in town for at least a few weeks.

--K