What, dig it out and walk off with it?Cynical Cat wrote:Nah, they would take that too.SirNitram wrote:I'd be more worried because if there's one thing all moon bases have in common, it's a self-destruct.
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What kind of universe do you live in? All self destruct systems are contained in a cylinder with a glass panel on top that you can smash and then insert the code. Duh.SirNitram wrote:What, dig it out and walk off with it?Cynical Cat wrote:Nah, they would take that too.SirNitram wrote:I'd be more worried because if there's one thing all moon bases have in common, it's a self-destruct.
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http://www.llbbl.com/data/RPG-motivatio ... et103.html
No, I'm just kidding. I'm sure that our mighty Game Operations Director will show mercy. *supresses laughter*
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There's always Tachyon.LadyTevar wrote:800 miles from NYC to Chicago... 8 Heartbeats.
250,000miles to the Moon.
IF Argent can do it, it would take 42 minutes to get back... and she'd need one Hell of a strong link to follow.
...Oh wait...
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The term micro is used loosely, the generators are roughly three stories tall and built to the back of the base very close to the inner "moonrock" wall.Cynical Cat wrote:I'm sure that will happen. Really. Because I would never take the micro-fission power plants when I was stripping a base.Dark Silver wrote:unless they manage to get those micro-fission power plants restarted and air recirculating....
It's a lovely and stunning view for the three sublevels....
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I'd just like to mention for the benefit of the group that Haizu asked Sir Nitram to edit his post because I mentioned to Haizu what I intended to write as a reply, and he beat me to the punch.
Tasat, being a paranoid, mentally unstable Damned Soul in command of some hella strong demon powers, would have fought back. He thought that it would be bad, and didn't manage to talk me out of it. I admit I was a little irritated when he blocked me, but in retrospect, he was right. As long as I get to dish out some collateral damage eventually. I really didn't cause a whole lot in the gunfight, which is weird.
Tasat, being a paranoid, mentally unstable Damned Soul in command of some hella strong demon powers, would have fought back. He thought that it would be bad, and didn't manage to talk me out of it. I admit I was a little irritated when he blocked me, but in retrospect, he was right. As long as I get to dish out some collateral damage eventually. I really didn't cause a whole lot in the gunfight, which is weird.
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How is that even loosely a "micro" anything? Fission reactors power submarines and aircraft carriers, they're not THAT big.Dark Silver wrote:The term micro is used loosely, the generators are roughly three stories tall and built to the back of the base very close to the inner "moonrock" wall.Cynical Cat wrote:I'm sure that will happen. Really. Because I would never take the micro-fission power plants when I was stripping a base.Dark Silver wrote:unless they manage to get those micro-fission power plants restarted and air recirculating....
It's a lovely and stunning view for the three sublevels....
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That would have been better, actually. It would have given you more interaction with the team, and we'd have gotten to play with you more.Bloody Good wrote:I'd just like to mention for the benefit of the group that Haizu asked Sir Nitram to edit his post because I mentioned to Haizu what I intended to write as a reply, and he beat me to the punch.
Tasat, being a paranoid, mentally unstable Damned Soul in command of some hella strong demon powers, would have fought back. He thought that it would be bad, and didn't manage to talk me out of it. I admit I was a little irritated when he blocked me, but in retrospect, he was right. As long as I get to dish out some collateral damage eventually. I really didn't cause a whole lot in the gunfight, which is weird.
Besides... how much damage do you think Tasat would have done if he was struck by an Empathic "HappyHappy JoyJoy" attack?
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A better question would have been, how much damage can he do before an empathic happyhappy joyjoy attack?
The answer is, a lot. I tend to go over-the-top when it comes to collateral damage. I'm also the sort of gamer who rarely stops half-way through a fight unless the reasons for doing so are damned convincing, even when I know I should. Haizu knows this. I offed a fellow PC because we had a disagreement as to whether we should kill the guy we were interrogating. Ironically, I was saying no. There's a reason I usually play crazy people.
Besides, I already showed Tasat's reaction to people trying to calm him down when you did it the first time. He gets all paranoid. Twitchy, if you will. Part of his history is tied to a demon who specialized in deception, and said demon owned him in hell. He's terrified of things that remind him of Lasciel, which unfortunately, emotional manipulation does.
Regardless. I've been talking to Haizu, and we're kicking around good ways to meet back up with rest of the group. The possibility of backtracking to help with wounded civilians came up. Beats my first idea, which was a hundred-foot tall flaming arrow. Sort of a "we are here" marker. Game Ops Director seems to think it's too subtle.
Main point, located atop my noggin: Haizu is stuck between me, the crazy man, and the rest of you. Paired with being new to gaming in general and mint-in-box type new to play-by-post RPG's, it sucks to be him. Cut him some slack.
The answer is, a lot. I tend to go over-the-top when it comes to collateral damage. I'm also the sort of gamer who rarely stops half-way through a fight unless the reasons for doing so are damned convincing, even when I know I should. Haizu knows this. I offed a fellow PC because we had a disagreement as to whether we should kill the guy we were interrogating. Ironically, I was saying no. There's a reason I usually play crazy people.
Besides, I already showed Tasat's reaction to people trying to calm him down when you did it the first time. He gets all paranoid. Twitchy, if you will. Part of his history is tied to a demon who specialized in deception, and said demon owned him in hell. He's terrified of things that remind him of Lasciel, which unfortunately, emotional manipulation does.
Regardless. I've been talking to Haizu, and we're kicking around good ways to meet back up with rest of the group. The possibility of backtracking to help with wounded civilians came up. Beats my first idea, which was a hundred-foot tall flaming arrow. Sort of a "we are here" marker. Game Ops Director seems to think it's too subtle.
Main point, located atop my noggin: Haizu is stuck between me, the crazy man, and the rest of you. Paired with being new to gaming in general and mint-in-box type new to play-by-post RPG's, it sucks to be him. Cut him some slack.
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We often forget how bad we were our first RPGs. 
Personally, I think it takes a mature gamer to really play-by-post, because you have to have the confidence to trust your fellow gamers, often people you'll never even meet in your life. It's all too easy to get a group that's too-many-chiefs, because everyone's wanting to show off and be the boss.
That's one reason why I try to have Argent bow to Blackheart, although that doesn't always work She's getting better at it, honest!
The main trick in play-by-post is learning to leave your actions against NPCs and other players OpenEnded. Do not automatically assume their character will react in a certain way. A good example is how I had Argent offer her hand to Blackheart, instead of just taking it. That gave CynCat the option to have Blackheart be macho and bull-headedly refuse her offer.
Thankfully, Blackheart's a smart cookie who knows he'd work best without the pain blinding him, so he took her hand. That also gives Argent someone that she can empathically read so she can react somewhat to the things she can't hear.
It's more important to do this in a fight with an NPC. B4's a sneaky bastard, so what you think might be a insta-kill on an enemy bounces off a shield the bastard didn't reveal until he absolutely needed it. Or, if B4's thinking a fight's starting to get too long, the enemy might self-destruct (see Baden's death when Blast and Tachyon caught him in the crossfire).
Wow... didn't know this would evolve into something resembling gamer's wisdom... ;)
Anyway, my 2-bits; for what it's worth.
Personally, I think it takes a mature gamer to really play-by-post, because you have to have the confidence to trust your fellow gamers, often people you'll never even meet in your life. It's all too easy to get a group that's too-many-chiefs, because everyone's wanting to show off and be the boss.
That's one reason why I try to have Argent bow to Blackheart, although that doesn't always work
She's getting better at it, honest! The main trick in play-by-post is learning to leave your actions against NPCs and other players OpenEnded. Do not automatically assume their character will react in a certain way. A good example is how I had Argent offer her hand to Blackheart, instead of just taking it. That gave CynCat the option to have Blackheart be macho and bull-headedly refuse her offer.
Thankfully, Blackheart's a smart cookie who knows he'd work best without the pain blinding him, so he took her hand. That also gives Argent someone that she can empathically read so she can react somewhat to the things she can't hear.
It's more important to do this in a fight with an NPC. B4's a sneaky bastard, so what you think might be a insta-kill on an enemy bounces off a shield the bastard didn't reveal until he absolutely needed it. Or, if B4's thinking a fight's starting to get too long, the enemy might self-destruct (see Baden's death when Blast and Tachyon caught him in the crossfire).
Wow... didn't know this would evolve into something resembling gamer's wisdom... ;)
Anyway, my 2-bits; for what it's worth.
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Ever since you ninja'd your way out of the womb and found out your daddy was the mailman.B4UTRUST wrote:I'm a sneaky bastard?!
Since when?
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Just be glad he went Chair Force. He could be a Ninja Lawyer.Bloody Good wrote:Ever since you ninja'd your way out of the womb and found out your daddy was the mailman.B4UTRUST wrote:I'm a sneaky bastard?!
Since when?
Heh heh. Ninja baby.
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No insulting the Chair Force. I am proud to poke wires into a very expensive componant while being paid too little for the amount of crap I put up with. I am poking wires for your freedom!
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You don't poke wires though. You're not authorized to do that. You have to have at least a 5lvl for wirepoking. Right now you're only qualified for card swapping.
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Shut up, ninjababy. A multimeter cable counts as a wire,
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The prisoner was still entirely covered by me, no way to touch him without going through ooze that can stop small-caliber bullets.
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Talking to Bloody Good, who'd put down that he was torturing Lenox. By doing stuff to his head, but I hadn't released him at all yet. Not important really but just putting it down.Hotfoot wrote:Um, okay...Charon wrote:The prisoner was still entirely covered by me, no way to touch him without going through ooze that can stop small-caliber bullets.
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Now, gentlemen... we are not in SanFran proper, but in one of the many surrounding bedroom communities. With permission of the G.O.D, I have found floor plans for The House.
Master Bedroom is Argent's. There is a basement, reachable from the Utility room. If you're going down there to explore, let me know so I can tell you what to expect from "Ember's Playroom".
The GameRoom upstairs and the FamilyRoom both have large couches that can fold out into beds, so there should be plenty of room. The pool is on the far side of the Lanai (patio), on the side with the Master Bedroom.
Master Bedroom is Argent's. There is a basement, reachable from the Utility room. If you're going down there to explore, let me know so I can tell you what to expect from "Ember's Playroom".
The GameRoom upstairs and the FamilyRoom both have large couches that can fold out into beds, so there should be plenty of room. The pool is on the far side of the Lanai (patio), on the side with the Master Bedroom.
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Oh MY GOD FRIGID WAS HERE AND RPED!
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Just to clarify, guys.. The Living Room is the room with the vaulted ceiling beside Bedroom #3. It's smaller than the Family Room that opens out onto the 'Lanai' and the pool.
The Living Room is in black & white: plush checkerboard rug, black leather sofa set and chairs with white accents, black iron coffee and end tables with glass tops. Like the dining room, it's meant to impress, but has seen little real use.
The Family Room is the one I lead everyone through at the beginning, with the comfy chairs, the L-shaped sofa set and lazyboy chair, a nice entertainment center set up more for music than tv, and a wooden coffee table and end tables with water rings from forgotten cups.
So, Nitram's got Gravitas on the vaulted LivingRoom ceiling, where he'd have more room to hang upside down. Haizu, please clarify: Which room is Tholos in?
The Living Room is in black & white: plush checkerboard rug, black leather sofa set and chairs with white accents, black iron coffee and end tables with glass tops. Like the dining room, it's meant to impress, but has seen little real use.
The Family Room is the one I lead everyone through at the beginning, with the comfy chairs, the L-shaped sofa set and lazyboy chair, a nice entertainment center set up more for music than tv, and a wooden coffee table and end tables with water rings from forgotten cups.
So, Nitram's got Gravitas on the vaulted LivingRoom ceiling, where he'd have more room to hang upside down. Haizu, please clarify: Which room is Tholos in?
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