New Masks (Persistent Storyline and Group)
By
Apollos_Will,
Posted on: 2006-01-10 21:06 in Roleplaying
Please, also add in your application if you have interest in just playing and be part of this group, making artwork and/or writing the Story of this group on a weekly basis. Apologize for any inconvenient.
Respectfully
TombWalker
This sounds like a pretty neat idea. Need the services of my new fire/fire tanker? If you've still got the room I'll send my specs over sometime this weekend.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
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This sounds like a pretty neat idea. Need the services of my new fire/fire tanker? If you've still got the room I'll send my specs over sometime this weekend.
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Yes, send the specs to me (as in the above application form would be neat 
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Got a few questions as well, I will try to answer as well.
Q: So I need to make a new character on the Virtue Server?
A: Yes. We will start the story-line in Outbreak, since it a great background for a group to join arms. We will also try to stay close to each other in levels, and I find the easiest way to do such, by starting from Ground Zero.
Q: So you want a picture of my character? How to do such?
A: The easiest way is to make your character and enter the tutorial (Outbreak). In there move the camera around until you get your character in a great profile and hit the Print Screen key. The picture will be saved in a folder under your CoH library called screenshots. Find the picture and send it to me. The email address to me will be send to you in a PM as soon as you have either send the application to me in a PM or by posting it here in this thread.
Q: Why an application system?
A: I just find it a great way to see if you would fit in with this group. Also the question in the application form Why this Group could be Great to be part of will show if what you believe this group is about, is actually so. Hopefully that can prevent some wasted time on a group that was not what you thought it was.
Q: Can I make a Demon, Angel, Deity or aliens character?
A: Yes, you can, as some of them are also to be found in DCs Justice League and Marvels Avengers. But we do not want a whole group of such rare cases. Preferable would be more down to earth backgrounds. But it is free of choice.
Q: I like this idea, but the time you seem to have chosen do not fit my free time. I wish it were different.
A: If the times (Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 PM est.) do not fit you, but you would like to try this, still apply. But add it as a note. Those times are not set in stone and can be changed, especially the days. The hour will be a little harder (that time is fitting for me 
)
Q: What happened if there was a schedule gaming day and I could not attend?
A: You would just not attend and the rest would play on. You would probably fall a bit back in xp, perhaps even level, but you can catch up on that in-between schedule gaming days.
Q: Im not the best Role-Player, but I would like to try this out? Can I?
A: Make an application and state so. Role-playing is something that is easy to learn if the player is willing to, and so much fun 
. As long as you wish to try and learn, it will not count against you.
Q: Why dont you want me?
A: I will reply to any application and in the rare case where I dont think you would be a fit; I would say so and explain why. Its not to be rude, but we just want to build a group up around players that enjoy the same play-style. I apologize again, but am certain you will find a better fit in another group.
Q: I do not have CoV and can therefore not enter or build a base. Is that a problem?
A: No. Base-building will be a part of this group, but not a must have or must do. The scheduled gaming day will not be centered in the base. The base will mainly be used as a recreation center and just a place to call home. By playing the game following the above concept, it will also take an extensive time, before enough prestige is earned to build something worthy and useful. So CoV is not needed, but still recommended .
Respectfully
TombWalker
I find this quite fascinating, let's see what I can draw up in the form of an application. ^.^
Just sent one off. Happy reading!
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
And sent, although I realized near the end that I don't have cov and thus cannot get in bases... eh..
Have received some great background stories and concepts. Thanks.
The above mini FAQ have been updated to included the question about not owning CoV and therefore not being able to access bases.
A nice little group has at this time been put together. A good all-round team with most of the archetypes covered, but more important, a team with some characteristic heroes with some nice backgrounds.
We still have some spots available and of course still free for any origin and types (but a controller and a kheldian would make it complete) as long as the interest for storytelling and role-playing are there.
Start date and time is a little bit under negotiation, but will either be the 18th or the 19th January and will start earliest 8 pm or latest 9 pm (US Eastern Times).
Hope to hear from a few more
Respectfully
TombWalker
Last Call-out.
I talked with a few In-game that seem interested in this. Please send a PM as soon as possible, preferable latest the 16th (tomorrow), if you are still interested.
The days of gaming will be Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting at 8 pm (US eastern time) and the first game session will be the 19th of January.
Respectfully
TombWalker
The group is ready and the date is set.
Thanks for the great applications and interest for this project. Have had some fantastic reading.
If any other decides that this could be fun to join, send me a PM. We will eventually add more members and will also need guest heroes and SGs, where the only requirement will be that the story and role-playing is the main focus.
A special thanks to the ones I talked with and found that perhaps another group would be a better fit. You were all very mature and understanding about it. I really appreciate that. Thanks. Truly hope you find what you are looking for.
Respectfully
TombWalker
Many fought the battle of the streets. Fought in the shadows of the alleys. Fought in the light of former titans. The score was in balance, neither weighing in favor of the minds of crimes or the souls of virtue, and each day new spirits of both sides emerged.
and :P).
It was time to stand together. It was the hour to start a new era leading to the end of the war and bringing Paragon back to its glory.
And so started a legacy of a few of the many who formed the shield of alliance, lifting the cloud of fear and despair by strength and numbers.
Yes, as youve probably already guessed, this is yet another upcoming supergroup, but with a twist. To avoid wasting too much of your time going over the agenda, I will list a few key points. If it doesnt spark an interest from you, you should not waste more time here. If it does, I will be looking forward to meeting you.
Schedule Group-Gaming Days
Small level-spread in Group
Heavy Role-Playing
Storytelling outside the screen
Free choice of Origin and Look
Democratic Leadership
Building base as a team
The above key points are explained in detail below.
Schedule Group-Gaming Days
Twice a week, this group will meet and play together. This is the meat of the group. As it stands now those days will be Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 pm (eastern US time) and will each last a few hours depending on time available (at least two hours). These times can change depending on demands. If everything goes well, first time will be on the 18th of January.
Small level-spread in Group
The group will advance together in levels to keep a consistent challenge for all players involved. To keep the levels together, players are only allowed to gain experience, outside the scheduled gaming days, if they are not at a set max. level. The max. level will always be the level the highest character had at the end of a scheduled gaming day. Some of us will probably want to play more with the character than those two days allowed and often we will have already reached the maximum level. That is possible by joining some of the newer heroes of Paragon and exemplar down. That way we can show our masks outside the group and also later on, it will benefit the group by earning prestige. This is also a great opportunity to find a few of the exploration badges if you are into that. Just be careful not to get in a fight where you will be rewarded XP.
Heavy Role-Playing
Role-playing will be of high importance for this group. This is not the group for you, if you are more into reaching higher levels and/or gaining the highest output of damage. When we play, we will communicate In-Character (talking as our character as if we were actually Superheroes in a world full of crime) and with emotes (using descriptions/texts to allow our characters to do more than what is possible with the in-game animated emotes). We will try to bring our heroes to life with more than just powers and levels. They have a past, fears, goals and so on. In-character in this group, is not done be use of Internet Slang (acronyms made for the web such as LOL and BRB) and emoticons (such as
This group will hopefully also be an opportunity to gain a few more friends outside the game, so OOC (out of character opposite to In-Character) will be done when we meet up and before the actually gaming starts, after the end of actually gaming and if you feel for it, by tells. If you need to say something OOC to everyone (we will all need a bio-break now and then), rather than sending a tell to each hero, it could be done with brackets such as this: ((Insert OOC messages)).
Final note: Role-playing is not about premium spelling and correct grammar setting (Im a European, I know), but about being able to bring a character to life through text and staying in-character. So, do not be afraid of joining, if you are not a native English speaker as long as you have enough skills to make yourself understandable. The will to role-play is all it takes.
Storytelling outside the screen
Together, we will hopefully make an interesting story worthy of sharing with the CoH community outside the group. So if you enjoy writing or are an author, this group will be a great opportunity as training and to show your skills. We will, if any of the members decide to write the story of the group each week, make a site, in which other members can access and read about our heroes and our ventures. We will supplement those stories with in-game screen pictures and/or if any is an artist with drawings.
Free choice of Origin and Look
This group will not be more theme-based than DCs Justices League or Marvels Avengers. There will be room for any look and origin of character. But we do shoot for a more serious story line, so characters from Q 4orce or The Paragon Funny Papers would not fit very well within the group, neither in background or looks. But with the free choice do come thoughts. You should think a bit about your characters origin and looks beyond of just choosing Natural, Magic, Science, Mutation or Technology and hitting the random button under the making of your character.
We will try to put a group together that could work fine in the game and complement each other well, but it will not be of the highest priority.
Democratic Leadership
I will try to provide the group with more details of the story beyond what our contact would tell us, kind of a Storyteller/Gamemaster/Dungeonmaster. My origin and powers of my character will help with that. I will, based on what is fitting for the group and story choose a mission or in some cases missions to choose between. That will mean that in only rare cases you will have to gain an in-game contact. The missions will hopefully therefore be more story-like than just an assignment given by a random bystander. But this does not mean, that Im the leader of the group. The leadership of the group will be found in-game, in whatever way we as a group choose, E.G. by natural selection (some just have the charisma to be seen as a leader by all) or democratic election (whatever it will only be once, weekly or again what the group choose). So everyone joining will, if they wish, have the chance to be the leader of the group.
On the Supergroup roster (when we have reached level 10th I will make the group. Name will be discussed in-game) I will be the only one allowed to promote, demote and kick-off players. This is only done to prevent if any conflict should occur, where a player would wish to do harm by E.G. disbanding the group. The four other rank positions will be used as how the group decides. Everyone will have access to base building, color and symbol changes and so on. Just keep in mind that most of that should be decided in-game and as a group (again depending on how the group decides the leadership should be).
Building base as a team
We will all earn prestige for this group, so all should have access to explore the building part of this game. The team will together and hopefully In-Character, decide the building, structure and form of the base.
Application
Yes, application does sound like work and it is a little bit. This is just to make certain that you would fit in well. This group will start even with a limited number (3 members is enough), so you should find that acceptable before applying. The max. numbers of members will of course be 8, so we all can team up on the schedule gaming days. That number can later be increased if we are in need because of low attendance and/or members that leave. Other plans are also in the works, such as starting a Group Friendship-list.
To apply you can either reply to this post or send a PM to me. When that is done, I will send a PM back to you with a private email-address where you can send a JPEG file, picturing your character.
Before applying you should make your character under the Virtue Server, just to check name availability. You can/should enter Outbreak, but do not play. Our first session will start there.
When applying, please use the following form:
Characters Name: (No copyrighted name. Just to avoid too many heroes in the group called GenericHeroXXX)
Gender: (free choice. We do not ever need to know what your real gender is)
Archetype(s) and Powerset(s): (Which Archetypes and Powersets you wouldnt have a problem playing within this group. If more than one, please put them in the order you prefer. Only choose more than one if you are certain you are willing to play either one of them)
Origin: (Choose the one you would prefer to play the most)
Background: (No need to write a novel, but enough to get a picture of your characters background. This background should be fitting to your first choice Archetype and powerset. If you get assigned one of your other choices you are of course free to change the background for your character. This is mainly to see, if you are willing to put a bit of thoughts into your character)
Why this Group could be Great to be part of: (Just another check-up to make certain that what you believe this group is about, actually is about that).
Looking forward to hear from you, and even more to play with you guys and gals.
Respectfully
Tombwalker
Note: It has come to my attention that this thread probably should have been under Supergroups and I apologize. I do believe that this group will contributed to the Storytelling of Paragon and therefore hope I can be forgiven.